Okay, bear with me because I don't exactly know what I want to say. But lately, I've been thinking about the way people interfere in the way other people live their lives. It's one thing for a friend to intervene when she thinks you're doing something that will result in sorrow down the road. It's another to be fighting others' preconceived expectations at every turn. Maybe I've just been living in the suburbs too long (and luckily I get to leave soon). I guess a lot of the thoughts I've had are similar to an entry I posted I think around Christmas, about how people live much more complex lives and have much more complex relationships then anyone likes to talk about. I think about the people I know who got married to socially acceptable partners and had kids, as they were expected to do, and then got divorced. Obviously the reasons for divorce are also complex, but would it have been as bad if there hadn't been a sense of failing those expectations?
Anyway, anyway. If anyone has any thoughts on these vague ramblings, let me know.
On another note: since muxtape as it was no longer exists, here's a text-only version of the latest playlist/CD I made myself. As usual, it's a mix of songs that won't get out of my head and ones that reflect my current state.
Eyes on the Prize
1. These are the Fables - the New Pornographers
2. Wash Away - the Chapin Sisters
3. Mamma Mia - Meryl Streep
4. Recommendation - Mirah
5. I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues - Elton John
6. The Wood Song - Indigo Girls
7. Good to Me - Inara George
8. The Ballad of John and Yoko - the Beatles
9. Eyes on the Prize - M. Ward
10. Troubled Times - Dar Williams
11. I'd Have You Anytime - George Harrison
12. My Sweet Love - John Mellencamp
13. Goodnight Lover - Dawn Landes
14. It's Alright - Dar Williams
15. Dry the Rain - the Beta Band
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I've had many conversations with our friend G-love about how people get really uncomfortable when they can't take another person and wrap them up in a well-labeled and predictable package. But a person's behavior is based on so many complicated decisions and viewpoints that that's impossible no matter how stereotypical a person may seem. It's frustrating and disturbing, though, when you're the victim of other people's attempts to "package" you up. This might only be me, but sometimes it gets so frequent and oppressive that you begin to wonder yourself if they're right about you, which is just really kind of screwed up.
Anyways, that's what I think about this.
Thanks for putting us on your playlist! -- Jess Craven of the Chapin Sisters
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