Awww....

[moominmuppet]

grf just paid me the nicest compliment I've had in a long time. The Grateful Dead's Sugar Magnolia came on, and he said that it always makes him think of me.

Sugar Magnolia always makes me think of my best friend in college, V, in all her wonder and splendor. So does And She Was.

Although, speaking of nostalgia and music, it's so good to be able to enjoy Shelter From the Storm again. For much too long it could still elicit grief that I usually thought was long-past.

Music's such an associative thing for me, both in memory and emotion. There's nothing like it for evoking memories of people and times in my life.

GodDAMN but this upcoming Peep reunion is making me nostalgic as all hell. In a really pleasant way, though, because I'm so happy with life at the moment that it's a fondness thing, not a "I wish it were then instead of now" kind of feeling.

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Several completely unrelated people throughout my life have told me that And She Was reminds them of me, and I always take it as a huge compliment (being unreasonably fond of The Talking Heads and whatnot).

*grin* Oh, totally!

I totally grok your joy at getting an old favorite back after having to shelve it for so long.

*nod* This one took an especially long time because that was the song my most serious and least resolved ex-boyfriend always said made him think of me. Thankfully, I was able to go back to most of the rest of the music I associate with him (Misfits, Thrill Kill Kult, White Zombie, Shriekback) a couple of years before I could really handle Shelter From the Storm again.

p.s. I had really needed something to squee about today, and being reminded that I have my most favorite SP song back and then listening to it, was just the thing. I know you didn't specifically mean to, but: THANK YOU. Seriously. <3

Oh, excellent! Glad to have done so!