Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Song du Jour: Story of My Life

Same Mistakes
by The Echo Friendly

The Cast of "Girls"
Today's song I heard during the credits of HBO's "Girls" and it quite accurately simplifies how I'm feeling about pretty much my whole life.  For the record, I really didn't like Lena Dunham's character Hannah at first because she's just a tad (and I'm being generous) delusional and self-involved.  And then, as is my custom, I realized that I am Hannah, albeit 40lbs lighter and employed.  I'm having this sort of existentialist crisis right now and either no one noticed or no one cares.  Either way, I'm seriously freaking out.  I'm turning 25 this Friday and I am just now formulating a life plan but the thing is....I'm pretty sure it's way too late and I've completely blown my chance at becoming a functional, worthwhile adult.  About a week ago, I realized I made a huge mistake.  A colossal one, in fact and I realize that now but I'm still not sure why I'm paying so much for that.  I was young....I didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up so I majored in Psychology.  I assumed alot of things that might've been true before the recession started.  That was naive -- I totally get that now.  And I really want to go forward with my life but I don't understand why so much backtracking has to be involved. 
 
 
And then, I start thinking back on past mistakes and people and I am amazed how many things I f*cked up and how many times I keep doing the same things, expecting different results.  Not just different results.  Better results.  According to Albert Einstein, that's insanity, which is a rather accurate description of the chaos that is going on inside my head.  But, I've decided that I have to make my own magic, even if it's uber scary, and thus, I'm giving myself a birthday present that I've put off way too long.  I'll explain in detail at a later time, mais bien sur, but while you're waiting, listen to this song. The style is what they call "dream pop," whatever the f*ck that means, but it's in the lyrics where I found relevance. It's off the "Love Panic" LP that The Echo Friendly will be releasing sometime in the near future. The video (which is after the jump) isn't anything particulary spectacular or visionary or whatever, but -- as I said -- it's about the song.