So... Mom brought by the early 90's equivalent of Pandora's Box.
The case of Mix Cassette Tapes I'd made in High School.
Yeah. I'm still wrapping my brain around exactly how I'd organized Mixes #1 - #8, as they are labeled in white-out on each cassette. Of course, I also have the store-bought DC Talk, Michael W. Smith, Boyz II Men (gotta have the Roman Numeral II in there, ya know!), Mariah Carey, and YES NKOTB. I think somebody's STYX single wound up in my bag, too.
As I listened to one very badly recorded song, the lyrics were quite ironic,
Ain't it funny how a melody can bring back a memory
Take you to another place in time
Completely change your state of mind
It can make a right from a wrong, it can make you fall in love
It can get you singin' along
~Clint Black
Yeah, there were a couple of Garth Brooks tapes and PLENTY of KRRV radio mixes on those stinkin' tapes, mixed in with the 93QID ones. :-D
One strong memory that's coming back is the fact of how obnoxiously I was in love with Gerald in high school. Obnoxious as in I made a sickening and pretty much screwdriver-in-the-eyeball-painful mix of songs for him to listen to on his flight to Europe 6 months after we started dating. I remember asking him, upon his return, if he'd enjoyed the tape I'd made. He said he'd listened to the first couple of songs, then turned it off because it DEPRESSED HIM! Not that he missed me so much, just that IT WAS DEPRESSING!!! I know this now because I'm listening to the tape as I type.
My stomach hurts from all the sappy sugar. Ugh!
Oh Holy Heck!! It's Jon Secada's SPANISH version of "Angel." Gerald took French in High School - why would I EVER put this crap on his tape?
>>>>fast forward>>>>
Naturally I'd put the ENGLISH version right after it.
See, folks. This is PROOF that love makes you crazy.
>>>>fast forward>>>>
PM Dawn - much better. I have this song on my iPod now. I guess it's pretty timeless. Carry on.
So anyway, I'm looking for a specific tape w/ cadences from high school. Y'see, we're having a staff meeting tomorrow @ work, and we want to get the teachers all Fired Up about working with the kids, and how do you get people fired up without a PEP RALLY!?!?! I didn't find the tape, and I appear to have lost my dignity in the process.
So, I want to hear that I'm not the ONLY nutjob on the planet who has found their Cassette Organizer and all those long-repressed memories from high school. Let's hear it, people. What's on your life's Mix Tape? I'm dying to know!
ps... Baby Update for all those who are just Salivating! I'm feeling my sweet princess moving around quite a bit lately. She actually got more active as I was going to bed last night, and Gerald said, "She's wanting to play, Mommy!" I still haven't really taken any new pics lately. Believe me. I'll try to remember in the next few days, okay? :-)
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