#12.23.2016

[poshtash]

I guess it's going to have to hurt, I guess I'm going to have to cry, And let go of some things I've loved to get to the other side I guess it's going to break me down, Like fallin when you try to fly, Sad but sometimes moving on with the rest of your life starts with goodbye

Carrie Underwood 

[poshtash]

Epiphany

Have you ever had an epiphany and realize that you’re just walking through life dealing with the way people treat you because its the norm. Well it is time to wake up, smell the roses, and hand them the same shit they have been giving you. Why should you be unhappy or emotional about anything. Life is too short; I know its a cliche but there is no better way to explain it. Lets begin treating others the way they treat you because if your anything like me, you will treat them the way you want to be treated and get hurt EVERY time. Its like you hold them to a higher standard than what they even deserve. Which is completely sad but part of life---I guess. 

For the new year, lets worry about our own happiness, lets laugh a little harder, enjoy your favorite things and most importantly leave the people, things, or behaviors that make you unhappy in 2016. Live for you and no one else. ✄

[tartkiwifruit]

2007/8 vs Dec 2016

Here’s a speedpaint!

[multsicorn]

hamilton listening notes

1. Took me over a month from when I first heard the Hamilton cast album to want to listen to anything else - that's when I downloaded the In The Heights OBC, lol.  Took just about two months exactly to go back to listening to anything that Lin-Manuel Miranda didn't compose ;).

2. I'm still mostly listening to Hamilton though.  I don't wanna wear it out, but I'm not sick of it at all…  I could listen to it, or I could not, and I really really wanna.

3. There's only a couple of numbers I don't love that much - "Farmer Refuted" and "Washington On Your Side."  FR - I still can't actually hear both sides of the argument at once (or I should say, I can't hear what Ham's saying when he's talking over/around someone); WOYS is just kinda repetitive?  Sorry.  *ducks.*

4. I usually skip the King George songs… it's funny, they were highlights of familiarity the first time I listened through.  And they're hilarious, don't get me wrong!  But musically they don't feel like they're in the same world as the rest - which makes sense, brilliant idea and execution - but when I turn on Hamilton, it's cause I want to be immersed in that revolutionary world.

5. Favorites change through time.  My very first were "Satisfied" and "Wait For It" (I still think those are two of the best), but I've gone through obsessively listening to… hm… "Take A Break" (soundtrack to the first fic I started), a few of the less show-stopping more sing-y tracks - "Dear Theodosia" and "Hurricane" and "One Last Time."  "That Would Be Enough," over and over again, it's so relevant to my life.  The battle songs, especially "Stay Alive" and "Yorktown."  And oh, for crying over John Laurens reasons, "Raise A Glass (reprise)."

6. re: skipping, for real, though, I should also note: I stop almost every time when “Blow Us All Away” starts, and either skip ahead to “The Election of 1800″ or (more commonly) go back to sometime earlier in the play.  I almost cannot listen to Philip’s death sequence, it just destroys me, and I generally prefer not to listen to Alexander’s either.  (... I mean.  The whole thing is amazing, it’s just also super sad.  Of course.)