Identity crisis? I don't think so. Yet there can sometimes be an overwhelming feeling of "Who am I?" when I find myself shifting between my current roles in the world. Right now, I'm in uniform, and I have been in this role for the better part of the last month. When I'm in uniform for longer than just a few days, it feels right, I enjoy it more than not, and I want to keep Soldiering on.
When the uniform "comes off" (literally rather than figuratively here, because a Citizen-Soldier really continues to be a person in uniform in daily civilian life, too) I return to my career in the private sector, and there is a different pressure but a very different type of fun too. And it feels right and and want to keep hitting the computer buttons and talking business and growing in my civilian career with the great company I work for, and with.
15 April 2011
07 April 2011
Day 06 - A Song that Reminds Me of Somewhere
Day 6 of the 30 Day Song Challenge.
Well. "Roundabout" by The June Spirit definitely reminds me of somewhere. It reminds me of the R.I.T. Inn & Conference Center. I woke up to this song EVERY morning using my PC alarm when I was living there as a student. I'm not really sure why. It was loud and exciting, and a good way to get me out of bed early in the morning to head to campus for some P.T.
Well. "Roundabout" by The June Spirit definitely reminds me of somewhere. It reminds me of the R.I.T. Inn & Conference Center. I woke up to this song EVERY morning using my PC alarm when I was living there as a student. I'm not really sure why. It was loud and exciting, and a good way to get me out of bed early in the morning to head to campus for some P.T.
I'm not sure if my roommate appreciated the role "Roundabout" played those early mornings as much as I did...
Day 05 - A Song that Reminds Me of Someone
Day 5 of the 30 Day Song Challenge.
The first song that comes to mind that reminds me of someone is "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys. I remember listening to it so early in a relationship that has turned into my own dream come true. I distinctly remember sending an email to her containing the lyrics through my old Yahoo! account during my lunch break as a YMCA Daycamp Counselor. That was Summer 2000. We were 16 and 15.
Finding out that the actual 1960s Beach Boys video footage in the link above is not able to be embedded in a post, I searched YouTube a bit more and came across a cover of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by Sydney Wayser. Apparently it was recorded live at a club in Paris, France last year. I thought it was pretty awesome, anyway.
The first song that comes to mind that reminds me of someone is "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by The Beach Boys. I remember listening to it so early in a relationship that has turned into my own dream come true. I distinctly remember sending an email to her containing the lyrics through my old Yahoo! account during my lunch break as a YMCA Daycamp Counselor. That was Summer 2000. We were 16 and 15.
Finding out that the actual 1960s Beach Boys video footage in the link above is not able to be embedded in a post, I searched YouTube a bit more and came across a cover of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" by Sydney Wayser. Apparently it was recorded live at a club in Paris, France last year. I thought it was pretty awesome, anyway.
Might be worth checking into more of Sydney Wayser's stuff. She seems to be a complete singer-songwriter / musician package, a French-American based in New York City.