One Year Ago Today......

        One year ago today....... June 21st 2011, I just looked through my old notebook, and that was certainly quite a night. We had a big party in the domicile and then went to powerplant. I "vividly" remember that night because of course everyone wanted to go to subway...and of course I didn't, so I was ridiculed for my decision. "It's subway Jeff, it's healthy" I was told......Ya...right...
       But I saved a few messages from that night and still remember them for some reason. We all went to Matt Horgan's apartment, so it was certainly a crap shoot. Sketchy girls lurking, awkward guys creeping. Standard Loyola stuff. But looking back on that night, it doesn't seem like a year ago; I feel like I was just in the domicile about to start senior year, and now I'm in rural Thailand, looking back on it all (with the help of some Hong Thong).  But where I'm going with this is I feel like much happier about everything in life than I did a year ago. This time last year, I didn't have a care in the world. The Dom was bumping, we were hanging at the pool every day, I had an internship I didn't really love, things were so easy. Life was easy. I didn't have a care in the world. But now I'm sitting here feeling the complete opposite. And I kind of like it. Work is now my reality and the future seems like the world crushing on Atlas' shoulders...and it is a feeling I have been waiting to feel for a while.
         But so much has changed in the last year. And change is awesome. Especially this change. One thing I can attribute to my change is my now love of country music. And that little girl living on Falls road is the person I can attribute to that change. Now when I am in a free loving mood I look to Keith Urban, The Band Perry, or Kip Moore. It puts a smile on my face when my girlfriend is 8600 miles away. Music does wonders to one's soul. It enriches the mind and can help put words to a situation, when your mind draws a blank. If you asked me a year ago if i like country music....I wouldn't have answered. I would have simply laughed. Now it is my go to free loving music (after the Red Hot Chili Peppers of course)....but still. It puts me in a mindset, and takes me back to the rolling hills of North Carolina, and the small town bliss of Virgina....(they say it's for lovers)
        So when times get tough, and I miss my girlfriend, I just throw on a country Jam, and know that everything is going to be ALRIGHT. I thank her for converting me to the Dark Side (as i would have called it a year ago) and opening my eyes to the favorite genre of probably one third of our country. Brianna, you are so country. Keep doing what you are doing, and I will love it forever.

Yours Truely, JTP


This was the first country song I remember falling in love with...with the help of my B!!