"Jazz will endure as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains." -John Phillip Sousa

It's been a rough past few days. My heart is heavy and my thoughts too serious. I yearn for beautiful distractions to remind me why it is good to be alive. I've been listening to Bebel Gilbelto for more than a week now in my car. Jason burned it for me after hearing me listen to Gets/Gilberto. He thought it was the same girl. But the girl who sings in that cd is Astrud Gilberto. I love "The Girl from Ipanema" song. I listened to it on repeat for days. I need to thank Joo for introducing me to that cd and to the world of jazz. Both of these cds are in the style of Bossa Nova. I like it because the sound is soothing and dreamy. I really like dreamy music whether it be jazz, classical, or rock. What do I mean by dreamy music? When I listen to dreamy music, it takes me to another world. I get this feeling - a peaceful, sunny, floaty, open, on high feeling.

I daydream to de-stress. It works for me. I close my eyes and think of myself on vacation. Where I go and what I do depends on my mood at the time. Sometimes I go to a sunny island beach, sometimes to European cities, sometimes even to places I've never been to which takes more imagination - like another planet. Hahaha...