Hello there! Still out and about for the long weekend, but I am participating in the May edition of Bloggerstock, a monthly “blog-ring” of posts around a common topic.
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Heather of Boyfriend Challenged, a recent college grad who is about to embark on a year-long adventure in Europe. Lucky!
PS – You can find my take on today’s topic “What is your theme song?” with Rob of The Stir-Fried Dinosaur.
And here’s Heather:
Ah, my first round of Bloggerstock! And I actually made the deadline! Suki was worried about me for a minute there. Heh. I know, deadlines! Blogs are supposed to be fun, aren’t they? No deadlines! No time crunches! Hey, it’s okay… actually, the ‘deadline’ is more of a… you-have-a-month-to-prepare-this-don’t-procrastinate-it-until-the-last-minute-like-you-do-everything-else. So, I made it stressful and unfun for myself for about one hour there when I realized I was about to miss it and would ruin the chain. Bloggerstock is fun, and it’s really interesting. It’s like a blog swap but better because it’s actually a blog ring. Everyone involved blogs on the same topic slash theme. Blogger #1 posts on Blogger #2’s blog and so forth and so on. I think I’m like Blogger #12… or something.
This month’s Bloggerstock theme has me feeling slightly perplexed. “What is your theme song?” I am asked. It’s like I’m being asked to define the meaning of life. (Which is 42, if my small-capacity-science-fiction-pop-culture-memory serves me right.) But seriously… what is your theme song? Could you have posed a more difficult question for me? No, I don’t think so.
My theme song is practically impossible to package, mostly because my theme song is not necessarily a static piece. It’s changed over the years. Depending on what I am going through at that particular time in my life span, my theme song will be dramatically different than from other times in my life. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve sat at my computer and have tried to fill out those “Soundtrack to Your Life” memes. I fail every time. Not because I can’t find songs that fit but because I have way too many.
Therefore, it can be justified that, for this particular round of Bloggerstock, this question must be pluralized.
What [are] your theme song[s]?
Well, since you asked…
I’ll go with the Top 5 most relevant to my life songs.
Because I am perpetually boyfriend challenged (and blog about it everyday), I might as well start with my relationship status theme song. These days, I like to think that I am not so desperately single that I actually believe this song to be true to my heart but underneath it all, it’s pretty much spot on. Fortunately, I’ve channeled this desperation into healthier, more cathartic outlets (blogs!) and I’ve stopped firing it into the dark night sky as a beacon for my singleness. Regardless, this song still encapsulates my general feelings about (sometimes) wanting, craving, and needing a significant other and having NO IDEA how to find one.
How Will He Find Me – Deb Talan
In an attempt to contradict myself, I’m actually starting to feel like Perfectly Lonely by John Mayer is more of an accurate theme song for my current phase in life. Because I like not belonging to anyone right now. But, like always, the theme song always changes and for future reference, Haven’t Met You Yet by Michael Buble (however cliché and overplayed it may be) is a pretty all encompassing theme song. Maybe that will be my relationship status theme song, actually. Hmm… I told you this is a hard question to answer!
Anyway… here’s a little less wordy recap of the rest.
Leave Home (Save Yourself) – Driveblind – For my home and family life during college – trying to let go, and doing it alone. (lyrics)
Rough Cut – Amber Rubarth – When I am feeling down or have been through something painful (breakup, family issues, whatever), this song pretty accurately describes the process. It hurts but I always come out of it, realizing that the pain helps shape the person that I am and will continue to be! It took me a long time to figure this out so I am very grateful for this song as therapy during those difficult times.
Peace and Love – Blessid Union of Souls – Because I love my family and dear ones, this song is a definite theme song for how I feel about all of those who are closest to me and all of the things that I’d wish for them.
And for my absolutely perfect, right on it theme song for today, for this very moment in time, my self-proclaimed theme song is:
Wildflowers by Tom Petty – My life is exactly how I want to be and I have worked really hard and have been through a lot to get to where I am today. I’ve never been destitute or anything dramatic like that, but I feel that this song really envelopes how I feel about my life and all that I deserve. I just want to be free, flowers in my hair, my lover at my side, just enjoying my life. Ideally, I’d love for someone else to declare this as my theme song, as a gift of song that they’ve bestowed upon me, but sometimes… you just have do things for yourself!
And to keep the chain alive, check out Bobby’s Bloggerstock on my blog, Boyfriend Challenged!
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