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Published!

Well look at me; SheKnows published something I wrote. I signed on with them to write a series of articles about hooping and starting to get into it. Check it out; it's pretty awesome if I do say so myself.


http://experts.sheknows.com/post/health-and-wellness/7-reasons-you-should-hula-hoop

Ode to an Emo (cross post from LJ)

Tales Told By Dead Friends is my new jam. Mayday Parade's first EP. It's pretty much everything. And of course, the Mayday fans ride this one out for that reason. But after listening to it thoroughly, I realized that the lyrics are just so. Circling. It's like - a 6 song EP but it's so done. And all of the lyrics are very compelling and just damn good. The story told can be told in so many different ways. And THAT'S what makes a good album. 

These songs have taken me back to a place or maybe a feeling I've had before. It gives me... a Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be kind of feel. And I like it. 

I've actually been emoing it out for over 10 years now. It's hard to believe that this would cross over into my adult life and I would still be so passionate about it. And so into it. Like, I literally feel like I'm swimming in a pool of it when I listen. 

I think that emo music fills some type of hole in my heart. Not only do I like the content, but I LOVE that I'm the only person that listens to it. In my circle anyway. I know I can find people online with similar interests. But these are MY songs. These emo songs I have on my side are no one else's. Therefore, I'M the only one who can make the memories and the references for it. That has always been an amazing perk to my emo self - the fact that I am almost alone in that way.

I've never looked at it as a bad thing. It's just... something that has always set me apart. It's silly that I can remember me as a young teen. 13/14 and just getting into bands. And the 15/16 year old version of myself finding Motion City and Matchbook Romance. The 18/19 year old college student discovering Get Up Kids and Taking Back Sunday. The early 20's me rocking out... And now here I am. A mother/professional. Still just as emo as ever...

I think about the Further Seems Forever, Hawthorne Heights, Dashboard Confessional, everything days - they've never been amazing. But they are there... And this music; it helps me get through whatever it is I have on my shoulders. It makes me happy... in an emo way.