My Top 5 Songs

Just like last year, I am two weeks late for March's Top 5 entry.   I read what I wrote last  year - it makes me sad.  I haven't changed much since then. I know what it is - it's the stress of school.   I work very hard in my graduate classes (I am two months from graduating!) and its kept me from a lot of social contact.  Not that that would make me a happy person, but it helps soften my periods of depression, and gives me inner strength.  I am so busy this weekend (as I will be until this fucking class is over), so I will leave it at that. We'll see how I adjust to post-school life at the end of May!  I will be free of school and its worries for the first time in about 5 years.  And, I will be in a good living situation (the apartment), and with a job that is tolerable (for the most part)....all in all, a situation where all departments of my life are at least acceptable, for the first time since probably around 1991 - seriously, tha...

Things looking up in a hurry. Spring arrived very early, and the weather has been fantastic. My spirits are looking up. I got a new job recently - a well-paying job associated with my field of study (well, somewhat). I got rid of my old car for a small amount, and now am car-free, and saving a fortune on gasoline. Well, my student ID pays for my bus fare, and the tuition to GET that ID was not exactly chump change. Anyway, the glory of music has eluded me for the last couple months - a lull, like I sometimes get. I am definitely out of the loop with what is on commercial radio, at least, and haven't really found new stuff to enjoy. That's OK - I've been revisiting older songs from the last 3 decades (was Pat Benatar's "Precious Time", an excellent album, really THIRTY years ago???). And, I'm slimming down the crap from my CD collection. I'm only in the As, but have gotten rid of maybe 4 CDs, while ripping onto my computer the few good songs from...