So I admit I have not posted in quite awhile…and I cannot adequately update on the last two months in this post…and frankly I don’t have time right now.
However, I will give a very quick update. I arrived back from a wonderful time in San Francisco – and I miss it terribly. What a wonderful community and what a fabulous city!!! I spent Christmas at home and am now back at Truett for one last semester!!!
For this quick post I thought I’d share some personal expression from my San Francisco experience.
As most of you know I am a huge music fan. Since music has (does, and always will) played such a formational part of my journey I have gotten in a particular habit the last couple of years. At the end of every semester I make an End of Semester CD. This CD serves a couple of uses: (1) it contains songs that may have come out and been popular during the semester (2) the songs may have something to do with events that transpired during the semester (3) the songs may sum up feelings I felt during the semester. I love pulling these out and remembering what I was going through during a particular semester and reflecting on how I have grown since. Of course my semester in San Francisco could not go without a CD. So I am going to share with you the playlist for the San Francisco CD. I highly recommend every song on the list (even if they seem cheesy to you.
Josh’s San Francisco CD:
Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois [Sufjan Stevens]
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair [Scott McKenzie]
My Pilgrimage [The Cobalt Season]
Jesusland [Ben Folds]
Qué Onda Guero [Beck]
Fake Tales Of San Francisco [Arctic Monkeys]
Yahweh [U2]
New Test Leper [R.E.M.]
Chicago (Acoustic Version) [Sufjan Stevens]
Somebody Loved [The Weepies]
Jimmy Hoffa Jokes [Aimee Mann]
A Flower Grows [Asiam]
San Francisco [The Weepies]
Track 5 [Dan Dixon]
O Valencia! [The Decemberists]
San Francisco Bay Blues (Live) [Eric Clapton]
Begin Again (Live) [The Cobalt Season]
Too Far To Walk [Andrew Osenga]
Hold Out My Hand [Asiam]
The World Exploded Into Love [Bob Schneider]
Track 11 [Dan Dixon]
I Left My Heart In San Francisco [Tony Bennett]
Just a few disclaimers: (1) Dan Dixon was one of my roommates and an incredible musician; (2) The Cobalt Season is a couple in the Re:Imagine community, and you can check out their music at their website (www.thecobaltseason.com); (3) I know that Sufjan’s song Chicago may seem to have nothing to do with San Francisco, but the theme and meaning of the song struck me this past semester, that is why it is included.
Well there it is…enjoy.
