tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291906100378680322024-03-08T06:33:25.798-05:00_johntobias.meI'm just, you know, I'm just the guy who does the thing. We've run out of pie.John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-33379300975446518152024-03-06T23:30:00.003-05:002024-03-07T12:05:10.985-05:00Sometimes the past is past. (or, How to put your behind in the past)<p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczVlIwndvOzY4K6JQ8oIikIqu4r0obX3DH9KgcwbVf5Y2Y3tDPKVKeO07c5ssCBVesMEFtmF3YNcb_uMYUOIc6ni6cDU7jBDQRwP7MEroTyRlTYFepjQ3KPogLwMDUVJnGMcVNWGYrTfZjSdWyMMT0Mi6tHPRY_5SAwr1l54TwZVIabZLI7wOUnMm8kg/s601/DecWriter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="601" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczVlIwndvOzY4K6JQ8oIikIqu4r0obX3DH9KgcwbVf5Y2Y3tDPKVKeO07c5ssCBVesMEFtmF3YNcb_uMYUOIc6ni6cDU7jBDQRwP7MEroTyRlTYFepjQ3KPogLwMDUVJnGMcVNWGYrTfZjSdWyMMT0Mi6tHPRY_5SAwr1l54TwZVIabZLI7wOUnMm8kg/w200-h173/DecWriter.jpg" width="200"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes, no matter how great the past was, it is the past and it's gone forever.</span></div><p></p><p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Back in the day (WAY back in the day) my high school had what would now laughably be called a computer lab. We had about 25 Atari 8-bit computers (a mix of 400 and 800 models) that we used to learn how to type, budget, write, program, and (though they didn't know it) play games. This isn't about those computers. I still have a working Atari 400 and a working Atari 800 (and countless other older computers) This is about the other thing in the lab. </span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span></span></span><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2024/03/sometimes-past-is-past-or-how-to-put.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0St Clair Shores, MI 48081, USA42.4974085 -82.89636039999999214.187174663821153 -118.05261039999999 70.807642336178844 -47.740110399999992tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-86029512269214561612023-05-05T23:30:00.001-04:002023-05-05T23:30:00.129-04:00Coffee, Neurosis, and wit.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstWNs2FG3WN0U5lM15Ldi6UbJPD5I99xW7MTvcoasWwZb5EoytpXu4-pUy87WH_BC0wJR_VqJWciiwKxlVcCscJ1CsCXWxfTbMOX3Y2tpyfcn4sxp9jvHCJnpDxS0-AbiMahzMWUWmNrqrqGKenrF7Si1clK3TrkzlZLAj57uHvnp5i8_ez4nrmwX/s1142/Sketches_1.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1040" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstWNs2FG3WN0U5lM15Ldi6UbJPD5I99xW7MTvcoasWwZb5EoytpXu4-pUy87WH_BC0wJR_VqJWciiwKxlVcCscJ1CsCXWxfTbMOX3Y2tpyfcn4sxp9jvHCJnpDxS0-AbiMahzMWUWmNrqrqGKenrF7Si1clK3TrkzlZLAj57uHvnp5i8_ez4nrmwX/w195-h215/Sketches_1.png" width="195"></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When I power-watch a TV series that I have already been through any number of times one of two things happens. Either I mostly ignore it, knowing exactly what is going to be said by whom and when, using it as background noise or filler. Or I pay extra attention to it wringing out new meanings, new details, and little in-jokes that I somehow missed the previous times through the show. </div></span><p></p><div><span></span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2023/05/coffee-neurosis-and-wit.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-29994898578410707812021-10-09T23:00:00.004-04:002023-04-13T09:10:11.045-04:00Decision Making Paradigm re-evaluated. <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1wGOYJtjGpSDvoYNsCrQ91rQ97QVEGweVn4MNwTaD-v1fYzrE4p3NDqoKYXdKlxjKu_itrEWpdWV6KeeAp_cYo5_719IVM6Nk4CX6OZXckOp-sqZP5aOSNzpcjHO_khQVFZWZ8_mpDc/s720/sahara.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="720" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ1wGOYJtjGpSDvoYNsCrQ91rQ97QVEGweVn4MNwTaD-v1fYzrE4p3NDqoKYXdKlxjKu_itrEWpdWV6KeeAp_cYo5_719IVM6Nk4CX6OZXckOp-sqZP5aOSNzpcjHO_khQVFZWZ8_mpDc/s320/sahara.jpg" width="320"></a></span><span>So while I had hoped that I was done writing about friendships it turns out I am not. </span><span><span></span></span></span></p></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2021/10/decision-making-paradigm-re-evaluated.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-70893024555076499902021-08-08T09:44:00.025-04:002021-09-30T13:34:57.520-04:00Time to re-evaluate my decision-making paradigm...<p></p>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span><br><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Rita Mae Brown, in her 1983 book "Sudden Death" wrote, "Unfortunately, Susan didn't remember what Jane Fulton once
said, 'Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but
expecting different results.'”</span></div><span><span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2021/08/time-to-re-evaluate-my-decision-making.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-61082921903702831662021-04-27T23:59:00.024-04:002021-09-30T11:20:52.032-04:00When the fall is all there is...<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-NdGXDu31xTgq7UUX9a-tQkbm2t2P5GFD3opAgThN8WuOJNBv3xGuprhn5Fs3Nt_LZz920QpSfotN3RKq0nRO116lvGvb5ICsr3MKYh4kfwkrxj35trDs8UUy_W_zrnwyYINudC_G-E/s481/thefall.PNG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="221" data-original-width="481" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo-NdGXDu31xTgq7UUX9a-tQkbm2t2P5GFD3opAgThN8WuOJNBv3xGuprhn5Fs3Nt_LZz920QpSfotN3RKq0nRO116lvGvb5ICsr3MKYh4kfwkrxj35trDs8UUy_W_zrnwyYINudC_G-E/w320-h147/thefall.PNG" width="320"></a></span></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br><div style="text-align: justify;">One of my favorite movie scenes of all time is from "The Lion in Winter" (1968) (and 2003 for that matter...) when Geoffrey, Richard, and John are in the dungeon waiting on the king to come for them. They have a little back and forth and Richard is going on about how he is going to meet his death. There is an interchange between them that I really like a lot. It goes like this:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Richard: He'll get no satisfaction out of me. He isn't going to see me beg.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Geoffrey: Why you chivalric fool—as if the way one fell down mattered.</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>Richard: When the fall is all there is, it matters.</i></span></div></span><p></p><h1 class="quoteText" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-weight: normal; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px;"><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></span></h1><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2021/04/when-fall-is-all-there-is.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-70002689501179379672021-04-20T00:00:00.080-04:002021-09-30T11:19:00.282-04:00The Inner Light<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaTsn9XsMKePaSsp_dcdJXevcvPyHXdJXe1k8PTzeS0Ofdj1nGfOdD_z0lB_QHHGi6p3j9sPiq75Rj_nLIS4IfIgn1iF_LQhaE5577b8DgRxbFIriDuqnIufEYbsKPjm1lKKFwJj0qdg/s1000/5x25_The_Inner_Light_title_card.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaTsn9XsMKePaSsp_dcdJXevcvPyHXdJXe1k8PTzeS0Ofdj1nGfOdD_z0lB_QHHGi6p3j9sPiq75Rj_nLIS4IfIgn1iF_LQhaE5577b8DgRxbFIriDuqnIufEYbsKPjm1lKKFwJj0qdg/s320/5x25_The_Inner_Light_title_card.jpg" width="320"></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I recently watched the Star Trek The Next Generation episode "The Inner Light" (Season 5 episode 25). This is far from the first time as it is one of my very favorites from the series. This time however it started me thinking and if you know me at all there are only two possible outcomes of my thinking: Very BAD things happen or very PROFOUND things happen. I guess you will need to read on to see which it was this time...</div><span></span></span><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2021/04/the-inner-light.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-43936376918989266532020-12-16T00:00:00.032-05:002021-09-30T11:17:17.760-04:00Short Fiction, the Internet, and Everything.<p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRui167NQl3tf8-ie0CX_DPhnWhxw-YyDk_WSdOefKNPv3er_rmm2tZAWRNk8UgEL6tFaoSKn1yNLU11ClXgoAGj-bPTTMkJkdl1sDA3udBuM9lvnYihiXDLwpEPhCyPH2Z1HqRwryHZI/s1999/emag.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1999" data-original-width="1767" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRui167NQl3tf8-ie0CX_DPhnWhxw-YyDk_WSdOefKNPv3er_rmm2tZAWRNk8UgEL6tFaoSKn1yNLU11ClXgoAGj-bPTTMkJkdl1sDA3udBuM9lvnYihiXDLwpEPhCyPH2Z1HqRwryHZI/w177-h200/emag.jpg" width="177"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">I have been reading what you would call short fiction since I was very young (is there anything that more epitomizes short fiction than a <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/56899/golden-books/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Little Golden Book</a>?) and I was probably 9 or 10 years old when I got my first magazine. I am reasonably sure it was a copy of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine; I still have a couple issues from back then, though not all of the ones I read by any means.</div></span><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To have lived through some of the heydays of fantasy and sci-fi short fiction and the magazine boom only to then to see it falter, almost disappear completely, and then start to recover was an interesting experience.<span></span></span></p><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2020/12/short-fiction-internet-and-everything.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-49515897967739164502019-05-03T23:30:00.003-04:002021-09-30T11:14:25.066-04:00Out In The World<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">When I was a kid a bookstore was a magical place. A holy place. Full of action and adventure, science, and imagination.</div>
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</span></div></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2019/02/is-writer-still-writer-if-he-isnt.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-6401742228984427552017-08-21T23:30:00.002-04:002021-09-30T11:08:26.358-04:00NaNoWriMo Once and Again.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Last November I participated in <a href="http://nanowrimo.org/" target="_blank">NaNoWriMo</a> (National Novel Writing Month) and was a winner. This was the first time since I was in middle school (7th grade maybe) that I had completed anything I had started writing. </span><br>
</span><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/08/nanowrimo-once-and-again.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-31673103583263576412017-07-13T23:30:00.002-04:002021-09-30T10:59:20.795-04:00Musical Moods, Songs and Such.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">That's the complete list of the songs that are currently on my <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1m4mlvw3F1Ug6tYCnF573i?si=f6b7a01c7f0c4fd7" target="_blank">mood playlist</a>, the songs I turn to daily. These are the songs that mean the most to me right now and I hope you enjoyed them.</span><br>
</span><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/musical-moods-songs-and-such.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-44514517476506065532017-07-07T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:55:50.853-04:00The Moods of Songs: I See Fire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdMxYbgqiU5RpXFhwaglZQPojnLITDPnEJveSfV9p8yfw9qYC1LgJRnbYVzY0QWrHJE8vmniGvW5Rbcki5gGuJiFPKOWLlhwGr0n0TnLAL-uK96VlaOTNn60L3b0OiSCP9rDiGfjIN64/s1600/Ed_Sheeran_-_I_See_Fire.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="316" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjdMxYbgqiU5RpXFhwaglZQPojnLITDPnEJveSfV9p8yfw9qYC1LgJRnbYVzY0QWrHJE8vmniGvW5Rbcki5gGuJiFPKOWLlhwGr0n0TnLAL-uK96VlaOTNn60L3b0OiSCP9rDiGfjIN64/s200/Ed_Sheeran_-_I_See_Fire.png" width="200"></span></a></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.edsheeran.com/?frontpage=true">Ed Sheeran</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oh, misty eye of the mountain below</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Keep careful watch of my brothers' souls</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And should the sky be filled with fire and smoke</span></div>
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</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-i-see-fire.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-14430076164113512592017-07-06T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:53:59.702-04:00The Moods of Songs: Secrets<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8owOG45IrDsWx99uod55KHulmBHvoZZmPklG-UnimuADyj7wcJYs87r23hqriPc4-7DLwGXdvHuXEZ_21VjB_Y7R9H7NlL8Um4d2jhl-SC4R2mq65dZ6iaMSY_rw8_xB2zV4ph9MOlyg/s1600/secrets.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8owOG45IrDsWx99uod55KHulmBHvoZZmPklG-UnimuADyj7wcJYs87r23hqriPc4-7DLwGXdvHuXEZ_21VjB_Y7R9H7NlL8Um4d2jhl-SC4R2mq65dZ6iaMSY_rw8_xB2zV4ph9MOlyg/s200/secrets.jpg" width="200"></span></a></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://youtu.be/CxRMFwPpkBE">Secrets</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://thepianoguys.com/">The Piano Guys</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/TiffanyAlvord">Tiffany Alvord</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">(Originally by <a href="https://www.onerepublic.com/">One Republic</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Song 11 of 12</span><br>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I need another story</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Something to get off my chest</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My life gets kinda boring</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Need something that I can confess</span></div>
<a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-secrets.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-977960889733943512017-07-05T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:53:35.715-04:00The Moods of Songs: Let Her Go<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRcRIBoxTPFWPzCpzsJJEfwdMrfUawbIWmWYY5wSkerb9P2Rgg2hYUteCPgVg0EtxM-jFMnIlcWsj8mlR2Y-ZWc1AitSVf44TIKVQpv8Q_mMML_vzsntgsDHFuKoeQ0rIiGe51bMVpos/s1600/bundle.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRcRIBoxTPFWPzCpzsJJEfwdMrfUawbIWmWYY5wSkerb9P2Rgg2hYUteCPgVg0EtxM-jFMnIlcWsj8mlR2Y-ZWc1AitSVf44TIKVQpv8Q_mMML_vzsntgsDHFuKoeQ0rIiGe51bMVpos/s200/bundle.jpg" width="200"></span></a></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/BIHrkqBFUL4" target="_blank">Let Her Go</a></b></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxMYYfhs8BqYmJLBHmgsXLw" target="_blank">Jasmine Thompson</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Originally by <a href="http://passengermusic.com/" target="_blank">Passenger</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Song 10 of 12</span><br>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Well you only need the light when it's burning low</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Only miss the sun when it starts to snow</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Only know you love her when you let her go</span></div>
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</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-let-her-go.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-71899227761248271722017-07-04T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:53:17.966-04:00The Moods of Songs: All I Want<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvBf5NBqJ3a_edHRukHxVmdTZpII4hyphenhyphenxHb5NSC_q6NMo5ZiA9gXzKy9Th_wLBtRJtDqGU73iExIO2s5I_WZkBOtHiZpYamEuQWkB4fIgsUXM87QScoJ_VEqtiHYukSysZTLDbBn-vWSs/s1600/inaperfectworld.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghvBf5NBqJ3a_edHRukHxVmdTZpII4hyphenhyphenxHb5NSC_q6NMo5ZiA9gXzKy9Th_wLBtRJtDqGU73iExIO2s5I_WZkBOtHiZpYamEuQWkB4fIgsUXM87QScoJ_VEqtiHYukSysZTLDbBn-vWSs/s200/inaperfectworld.jpg" width="200"></span></a></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.kodaline.com/">Kodaline</a></span></div>
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<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Song 9 of 12</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">All I want is nothing more</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To hear you knocking at my door</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">'Cause if I could see your face once more</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I could die a happy man I'm sure</span><br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-all-i-want.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-59981114617376233682017-07-03T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:53:00.164-04:00The Moods of Songs: Break My Bones<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/4nB1umWe4zc">Break my Bones</a></b></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.johntaylor.us/">John Taylor</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Song 8 of 12</span><br>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can say what you like</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'll pay you no mind</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cause I've heard it before</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A thousand times</span></div>
<a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-break-my-bones.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-38795373218573593892017-07-02T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:52:38.872-04:00The Moods of Songs: Antidote<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Song 7 of 12</span><br>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Finding refuge in my own lies</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">How are you I'm doing alright</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Small talk is a great disguise</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Just let me be just let me be</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Empty thoughts start to crowd my mind</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Am I only living, living to survive?</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Shake it off but I've lost the drive</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">Just let me be just let me be</span></span><br>
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">let me be okay</span></span></span></div>
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</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-antidote.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-5251459084680251892017-07-01T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:52:19.576-04:00The Moods of Songs: Almost Lover<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T5yGmHF0Pd3dVfhRLX_Nj5th1YP3V0L6PWeXiNTTJTJEWK5It95I0NR-xU4xDqFZE6l4mZihXavpnjSmH6tQ5S0LWTbvGfg8v13mwZ3U9uls_kwGLVKWtfT1AE4Xq_Zrz2CmzEcp6yM/s1600/one-cell-in-the-sea.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7T5yGmHF0Pd3dVfhRLX_Nj5th1YP3V0L6PWeXiNTTJTJEWK5It95I0NR-xU4xDqFZE6l4mZihXavpnjSmH6tQ5S0LWTbvGfg8v13mwZ3U9uls_kwGLVKWtfT1AE4Xq_Zrz2CmzEcp6yM/s200/one-cell-in-the-sea.jpg" width="200"></span></a></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The palm trees swaying in the wind</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You sang me Spanish lullabies</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sweetest sadness in your eyes</span></div>
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</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/07/the-moods-of-songs-almost-lover.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-65441279734429801752017-06-30T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:52:02.438-04:00The Moods of Songs: Maybe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9Sx85EQ8QQGBsYwOOTx1mCVtTnorlLHHJKeIHO0AAPCgSiJFUlvEbROh-zHjzGe-bnfmYB4Qdkv9WZkhN-hRd64_TOQn_CG6oPws_WvoA7jOl4d7sVCkB3ateTJn4Nne234ppWuYGC0/s1600/Ingridmaybesong.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9Sx85EQ8QQGBsYwOOTx1mCVtTnorlLHHJKeIHO0AAPCgSiJFUlvEbROh-zHjzGe-bnfmYB4Qdkv9WZkhN-hRd64_TOQn_CG6oPws_WvoA7jOl4d7sVCkB3ateTJn4Nne234ppWuYGC0/s200/Ingridmaybesong.jpg" width="200"></span></a></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.ingridmichaelson.com/" target="_blank">Ingrid Michaelson</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don't wanna be the one to say goodbye</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But I will, I will, I will</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don't wanna sit on the pavement while you fly</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But I will, I will, oh yes I will</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">'Cause maybe in the future, you're gonna come back</span><br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/06/the-moods-of-songs-maybe.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-2820825889748250252017-06-29T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:51:38.741-04:00The Moods of Songs: Between The Lines<div style="text-align: right;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQysIY8q3qWQt9TPXUyYyNih9F7Wt9QbpM9fTX9JovSfKfYwetcbcGbZSAq15J99-229bJ3Fvb1oWhpjD1xosqaXUDttiL8Rc6GRP2hrXDVE1AFPltJV_T_tUC388BVL9DBrOFPthoaQ/s1600/LittleVoice.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrQysIY8q3qWQt9TPXUyYyNih9F7Wt9QbpM9fTX9JovSfKfYwetcbcGbZSAq15J99-229bJ3Fvb1oWhpjD1xosqaXUDttiL8Rc6GRP2hrXDVE1AFPltJV_T_tUC388BVL9DBrOFPthoaQ/s200/LittleVoice.jpg" width="200"></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Time to tell me the truth</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To burden your mouth for what you say</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No pieces of paper in the way</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cause I can't continue pretending to choose</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The opposite sides on which we fall</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">The loving you laters if at all</span><br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/06/the-moods-of-songs-between-lines.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-19883348470226584462017-06-28T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:51:19.791-04:00The Moods of Songs: Near To You<div style="text-align: right;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_SrEIW4X4vPoIPce08bck40pHD2-IMgfHePypPlSG57CrjNruvQShG9qeUVM0iwMjTUKr4Ri-_qFq9_Sl99ZlUh6mjzYaeAj_J0h2Z3lkbjtYDxVNu678RPMApKYZYBAlCZRdq8Tam0/s1600/one-cell-in-the-sea.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_SrEIW4X4vPoIPce08bck40pHD2-IMgfHePypPlSG57CrjNruvQShG9qeUVM0iwMjTUKr4Ri-_qFq9_Sl99ZlUh6mjzYaeAj_J0h2Z3lkbjtYDxVNu678RPMApKYZYBAlCZRdq8Tam0/s200/one-cell-in-the-sea.jpg" width="200"></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://youtu.be/aYLCynqAl8U" target="_blank">Near To You (feat. Larry Corbett)</a></b></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">He and I; had something beautiful</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But so dysfunctional it couldn't last</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Loved him so, but I let him go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">'Cause I knew he'd never love me back</span><br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/06/the-moods-of-songs-near-to-you.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-35888241524930020102017-06-27T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:50:00.283-04:00The Moods of Songs: Let It Go (No, not that one!)<div style="text-align: right;">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uKWN1HvR4-8i8gwxsGJ0ETHdDnKN3EUS_CR99RIK4FRjE_B2tjzEAJkDBDM8H5Fktw_auBYEdLKuImOCBiZddkH8N3fWwQKM0gYOW3EY1H223zphESABBF3bGDPysKim8Gq1q1riXMw/s1600/letitgo.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9uKWN1HvR4-8i8gwxsGJ0ETHdDnKN3EUS_CR99RIK4FRjE_B2tjzEAJkDBDM8H5Fktw_auBYEdLKuImOCBiZddkH8N3fWwQKM0gYOW3EY1H223zphESABBF3bGDPysKim8Gq1q1riXMw/s320/letitgo.jpg" width="320"></span></a><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>"<a href="https://youtu.be/x8s1mpuFYOM" target="_blank">Let It Go</a>"</b></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Piano Arrangement by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AlefNathan" target="_blank">Nathan Alef</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From walking home and talking loads</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To seeing shows in evening clothes with you</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">From nervous touch and getting drunk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">To staying up and waking up with you</span><br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/06/the-moods-of-songs-let-it-go-no-not.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-68113052985493119462017-06-26T23:30:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:49:47.340-04:00The Moods of Songs: Gravity<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span>Song 1 of 12</span><br>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Something always brings me back to you</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It never takes too long</span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No matter what I say or do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I'll still feel you here 'till the moment I'm gone</span><br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.johntobias.me/2017/06/the-moods-of-songs-gravity.html#more"></a>John Tobiashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11851273173277681179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929190610037868032.post-24444879814899485642017-06-26T23:00:00.001-04:002021-09-30T10:49:22.703-04:00Music and it's Power Over Your Mood.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Everyone knows that music can have a powerful effect on someone's mood. You play hard fast music to work out to, and you play slower softer music to relax. You listen to sad songs and you listen to bright songs.</div>
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