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Every now and then, a song will come along that may or may not change your life, but it may just change the way you live your life. This song has been around for sometime now this year, but every time I hear The Head and the Heart’s “Lost In My Mind,” I go nuts. I turn up the volume in the car and I belt this song at the top of my lungs so much that it embarrasses my own brother sitting next to me in the driver’s seat. I find myself breaking down into a little  folk dance that I make up on the spot and if I’m in public, I don’t clap my hands to the beat of the rhythm because I’m so sloppy and I love this song way too much to even care.

When I hear this song I am reminded of one of my favorite moments from this summer when I watched them live for the first time at Capitol Hill Block Party surrounded by my boys: Max, Mathew, Evan and darling Jen. I’m in a sea of hundreds of people on a hot hot Friday; I was nowhere near the stage, but for the first time, in a long time – I felt like THIS was home. My home throws their own music festival and I get to be there with my neighbors, the locals, the people I go to school with and my best friends. I knock back my head and all I see in the sky is nothing, but at the same time EVERYTHING. It was perfection in a form that I’ve never even seen before in my life. I probably could’ve gotten hosed in the face (which happened later on at Block Party that weekend) and would’ve been fine with it. I know people are still might be unhappy with Block Party because it interferes with their weekend and relaxation bulls***, but I think that this music festival is such a gift to the neighborhood. It’s been almost a month and I’m still talking about it.

I’m so proud of Seattle music. I’m not even sure if that’s the correct word I want to be using right now, but I realize every day how lucky I am to be immersed in this type of community filled with such passionate and talented people. Anyways, I don’t want to hide it. I can’t keep you from this song and this is the only way I know how to share it.

Sometimes I wonder what it would look like for an outside person to read one of my posts. I’m sure if I ever took the time to read my posts out loud, I would probably delete all of them for fear of sounding corny, cliche, or vulnerable.

Ehhh f-it. Enjoy this song. Enjoy your life. Last year’s pick was Local Natives – Wide Eyes