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Song #1: Opening Credits: ”Blinded By The Light” by Bruce Springsteen

Actually this is kind of perfect because the intro totally feels like the intro to an old 50s movie set in Morocco. (As in I want my life to be Casablanca).

Song #2: Waking Up: ”Too Many Rappers” by Beastie Boys feat Nas

No idea. Doesn’t go at all and if you played this at me to wake me up, I would hit you.

Song #3: 1st Day of School: “Keep Drivin” by Katherine McPhee.

Again, other than my wish to keep driving past school…doesn’t fit.

Song #4: Falling In Love: “Cry” by Mandy Moore

PERFECTION. This always makes me think of the end credits of A Walk to Remember and happy people falling in love.

Song #5: Fight Song: “Goin Out West” by Tom Waits

Really doesn’t fit but I have friends who hate Tom Waits so I guess it might start a fight.

Song #6: Breaking Up: “Don’t You Remember” by Adele

I swear it chose this. I don’t think a more perfect song could be chosen.

Song #7: Prom: “I’m Not Down” by The Clash

Look if The Clash were actually played at proms, I would be thrilled. 

Song #8: Life: “Creepin” by Eric Church

My family calls me a creeper for following celebrities on twitter so this sort of works. Except not really.

Song #9: Mental Breakdown: “Smile” by McFly

Does not fit at all. Love the song but so so wrong.

Song #10: Driving: “The Best Damn Thing” by Avril Lavigne

I do listen to this when driving and it’s song #6 on my road trip soundtrack, the pop version.

Song #11: Flashback: “Houdini” by Foster the People.

Song #12: Getting Back Together: “I Run to You” by Lady Antebellum

Aw. Technically the people are already together in this song but the sentiment still works. 

Song #13: Wedding: “Straight to Hell” by The Clash

Could not be more perfect if I tried. Dying of laughter.

Song #14: Birth of Child: “Rose Garden” by Nick Jonas and the Administration.

The most embarrassing about this is the “band”.

Song #15: Final Battle: “I’ve Been Tired” by The Pixies

Um, sort of?

Song #16: Death Scene: “I Believe in Ghosts” by Jason Aldean. 

All I can picture is telling someone that and then staring creepily into their eyes and saying ‘do you believe in ghosts? do you?’ and making them think you’ll haunt them later.

Song #17: Funeral Scene: “Thrive” by Switchfoot

A song about living life. During my funeral. Nice timing, Switchfoot, now go away.

Song #18: End credits: “Boys” by Britney Spears

They did take up a lot of my time. So sure. Let’s hear it for the boys. 

Let’s clear one thing up right away. I’m not writing this to justify my decision to occasionally smoke. At this point, everyone knows that smoking is bad for you. But so are fats, cookies, alcohol, in-laws, carbs, too much TV, and whatever else some new study has come up with. Smoking just gets judged the most. Besides, if you listen to theorists, we’re going to be in a nuclear war in like 10-20 years so why give up something I enjoy. Wow, that was almost justification. Whatever. The point is, I’m not naive so please don’t give me the damn surgeon general lecture in the comments.

The real point though, was to share why this is one of my comforts. First, you have to know that it’s pouring rain outside. This to me is pretty much paradise. I love the rain. I don’t mind that it makes the bottom of my jeans soaking wet or tracks in mud or forces everyone to wear sweaters. If weather can be a spirit animal, rain is mine.

Rain serves another purpose for me. I think best in the rain. Well not directly in the rain, I’m not completely crazy. But those days when I need to just think through life, not necessarily figure out little details or plan out a day, but just to process where I’m at in life, a cigarette on the porch with it pouring down rain just a few feet away is about as perfect as it gets. I’m not completely sure what it is. My only decent theory is that the methodical nature of the rain coming down and the consistent drags on a cigarette keep my mind from being able to psychotically multi-task. It’s a five-minute reprieve from the world.

That last sentence is a good reason for why I, and many of my friends enjoy a good smoke. Taking side the habitual cigarette breaks, sometimes life comes at you fast. It can be in a good or bad way but you just need to escape for a minute afterwards and process. But that’s not the only reason it’s a simple joy for me. There are memories and moments wrapped up in the idea of a cigarette too.

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Oh election years. The debates, fights, muckraking, promises, and handshaking are already in full force. Granted, politicians never really stop campaigning but the year of the Presidential election means everything gets that much more public and very intense. I tend to have a love/hate relationship with election year. I love having the freedom to vote. It’s a freedom more people my age should take seriously. But I hate a lot of the idiocy that comes with it. Honestly there’s very little that pisses me off more than voting for a party. That’s such a terrible way to approach the voting process. But I’ll get to that. In general, I’m not one to really talk about who I’m voting for. I’ll answer if asked, but I find most people just want to hear a name so they can argue with you, rather than understand why you made these particular choices. So I tend to encourage people to vote, rather than on who to vote for. But I thought that this year, I’d at least put my process out into the world. You don’t have to agree with it but this way if you’re like, huh, I wonder how Melissa would vote, this will probably give you a clue.

Before I get into that however, I want to encourage you to vote, no matter what. The United States allows you to write-in names on the ballot so there’s honestly no excuse for you to not vote. You can argue all you want about how your one vote doesn’t make a difference but if millions of citizens would stop saying that, you might actually see things accomplished. And don’t even think about pulling the “I have the freedom to choose not to vote” excuse on me. That’s bullshit and you know it. Write your own damn name on the ballot if you can’t think of anyone you want elected. There are millions of people in this world who would trample you on the way to the ballot box if someone gave them the right to vote. Don’t piss it away. And please remember; IF YOU DIDN’T VOTE, DON’T COMPLAIN.

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