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lagilmanthis was written last night but, since I'd had several glasses of very red wine at that point, I held over to post until sober judgment had been passed...
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I freely and willingly admit to being a Jersey Girl. Putting my entire Springsteen library on random play is like letting my entire life flash back at me. I'm not the most musically oriented person, but he wrote the soundtrack to my life, sometimes at the exact moment, more often years ahead of when I'd need it.
Sometimes, it's a rockin' memory of being 18 and watching the sun rise over the ocean, exhausted and exulted.
Sometimes it's the memory of my heart breaking, shattering inside me and hurting like nothing survivable.
Sometimes, it's a first-day-of-spring dance party that's never going to end.
Sometimes it's solemn pain, the memory of soot and smoke and sirens that will never end.
Sometimes, and these are the best times, it's "fuck you" and "rock on" and a reminder than no matter what comes, a rough grin and a rockin' band and the willingness to give yourself over to your passion can get you through any damn thing.
There's a more serious essay in there, somewhere, but for now, with the music blasting and the wine flowing and life beating, this is all I've got. And it's enough.
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The tweets that prompted it:
@LAGilman Having an almost unholy urge to get in the car & head down the shore. It's probably a good thing I no longer own a car, huh? #jerseygirl
@LAGilman barefoot girl put down the beer & got the hell out of town, but some nights, she still remembers. :-)
@LAGilman ..."Lion's Den" just cued up on iTunes. Why am I not driving 70mph south down the Parkway? ('cause I've had 3 glasses of wine, that's why
@LAGilman For those not fluent in Northern Seaboard, "down the shore" and "Parkway" are your linguistic cues that I'm a #Jerseygirl born-and-bred
@LAGilman A #Springsteen playlist on random is like my entire life, replayed. I'm barefoot girl, grown up, worn & wiser but still dancing. #jerseygirl
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I freely and willingly admit to being a Jersey Girl. Putting my entire Springsteen library on random play is like letting my entire life flash back at me. I'm not the most musically oriented person, but he wrote the soundtrack to my life, sometimes at the exact moment, more often years ahead of when I'd need it.
Sometimes, it's a rockin' memory of being 18 and watching the sun rise over the ocean, exhausted and exulted.
Sometimes it's the memory of my heart breaking, shattering inside me and hurting like nothing survivable.
Sometimes, it's a first-day-of-spring dance party that's never going to end.
Sometimes it's solemn pain, the memory of soot and smoke and sirens that will never end.
Sometimes, and these are the best times, it's "fuck you" and "rock on" and a reminder than no matter what comes, a rough grin and a rockin' band and the willingness to give yourself over to your passion can get you through any damn thing.
There's a more serious essay in there, somewhere, but for now, with the music blasting and the wine flowing and life beating, this is all I've got. And it's enough.
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The tweets that prompted it:
@LAGilman Having an almost unholy urge to get in the car & head down the shore. It's probably a good thing I no longer own a car, huh? #jerseygirl
@LAGilman barefoot girl put down the beer & got the hell out of town, but some nights, she still remembers. :-)
@LAGilman ..."Lion's Den" just cued up on iTunes. Why am I not driving 70mph south down the Parkway? ('cause I've had 3 glasses of wine, that's why
@LAGilman For those not fluent in Northern Seaboard, "down the shore" and "Parkway" are your linguistic cues that I'm a #Jerseygirl born-and-bred
@LAGilman A #Springsteen playlist on random is like my entire life, replayed. I'm barefoot girl, grown up, worn & wiser but still dancing. #jerseygirl
