as simple as a breeze.

Why was I not aware that Ryan Adams had a new CD coming out today? I was seriously just thinking about him and how much I've grown to love Easy Tiger when I saw his name under "new releases" at the iTunes store. Huh?! Granted it's only a 7-song album, I obviously got it and it's amazing. It's called Follow the Lights and is with the Cardinals, with whom he makes some of my favorite music. He's allegedly coming out with a box-set later this year too; which means soon since it's almost November. That man makes music like nobody's business.

This makes an otherwise annoying day completely fabulous. It doesn't really take much to make me happy, does it? Lately I've found that the smallest things make me down to the bone, incredibly happy. That kind of happy that makes you cry. The most innocent song. The simplest quote. A night out with my friends. A meal I cooked myself. A card from my mom, which not only held a beautiful Hallmark message but in which she also wrote "You are the gift of a lifetime." My life in general.

I'm really busy with school and freelance work right now, but it's a happy, I love my life type of busy. For class, I'm writing Boston magazine style articles, which at first annoyed me because it's an editing class and I signed up to edit, not write. But now I'm realizing how much I love this stuff and that I em equally happy writing and editing, totally depending on my mood. Sometimes I can't believe that I am able to make a career out of the things that I would be doing even if I was paid nothing. A "real" job would be nice (as opposed to my work at home freelancing), but I'm not settling until I find something I absolutely love. I made myself that promise when I left my last job, and I'm sticking to it.

Sorry I'm sickingly happy lately. I don't know what's wrong with me. But I kinda hope it lasts.

"To tell the truth, it's hard enough without a lover who you only want to hide your darkness from, so you don't let them down." Ryan Adams