365 project "and its all in how you mix the two and it starts just where the light begins"

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Artist:the used
Album:the used

In college, I lived in a house with four other girls and one boy. We were all very different in almost all aspects of our lives, but there was one thing that all six of us could agree on…the used was a really awesome album.
About one half of our housemates were comm. majors, so we generally had a lot of fun working on projects and other such things around the house. One of the things I remember most about that house was the night that Cricket had the party so that she could film a video for “pieces mended” for one of her TV production classes. We had a house full of friends, lots of adult beverages, and a video camera. Of course when the video was done, the party continued, because hell, this was college.
We, as a house, spent a lot of time with this CD, at least as I can remember. We had talked about going to see the band as a group, but only a few of us actually went. Every time we threw a party that year, this CD made its way into the stereo. It was not uncommon to hear it playing in some part of the house or in one of our cars at any given point during that year. Listening to it now is like a time machine, taking me right back to 2002-03.
There are really so many great songs on this album, and so many memories attached to it. it’s a sleeper favorite, I guess. As I sit here and listen to songs like “blue and yellow” and “on my own” I think about how much they related to things that were going on in my life when this album first came out, and how much they relate to things that are going on now. As far as I’m concerned, “blue and yellow” is one of the sweetest best-friend songs ever written. There is absolutely something to be said about having someone in your life that you’d rather waste time with than do anything else ever. Those are the people that you should hang onto.
I guess ill close with this thought…I’m glad I didn’t get a chance to see this band until AFTER Bert learned how to not throw his guts up on stage every night. Just sayin.