Thursday, October 13, 2011

Spookyness and Romance

     Yes, I've changed my background again. Since Halloween is coming up, I wanted to do something spoooooky. I've got my Halloween decorations up in the house and it's gotten me in a spoooooky mood. Unfortunately, blogger templates didn't seem to get that memo. So this isn't all that spoooooky, but it does make me think of old school Vampires for some reason.
     And while Vampires won't help me to sleep, this song will, my answer to today's song challenge (30 Day Song Challenge, Day 10: A Song That Makes Me Fall Asleep).

A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square by Harry Connick Jr.

     I used to play music to help me fall asleep. I had a mixed tape (ha- mixed tape! How old does that make me feel!) of quieter songs at first, and then later, I got a stereo that would program songs from CDs so I could only play the slow songs. This song is one of my faves from my mixed tape days. After seeing the movie Only You (Robert Downey Jr, and Marisa Tomei), I desperately wanted to reenact their slow-dancing-on-the-street-at-night-to-the-sound-of-a-saxophonist-playing-nearby scene. I think it's incredibly romantic. I would listen to this song and daydream about dancing with whatever crush I had going on at the time. It's a beautiful image- something I should put into a book one day!
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7 comments:

  1. Chantele SedgwickOctober 13, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    Yay for mixed tapes!! :D I had a few. Then cd's took over. It's funny how most teenagers these days have never even seen a tape! lol :)

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  2. Jenna CooperOctober 13, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Hmmm I love Harry Connick Jr.! His voice is amazing.
    Even though CDs have been popular for the majority of my life, I used to mix tapes because I didn't have the technology (or knowledge) to mix CDs, so I'd put a tape in and record a song when it came on the radio.

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  3. Emily R. KingOctober 13, 2011 at 11:24 AM

    I could fall asleep to this, too. Great pic! And I like your new background!

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  4. S. L. HennessyOctober 13, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Hey, I thought these were pretty cool Halloween backgrounds. Thought you might like them...

    http://www.thecutestblogontheblock.com/free/free-backgrounds.html?phpMyAdmin=6aed647b10b09002285f780e3a64699e

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  5. AnonymousOctober 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    I like the new background and the spooky font. Happy Halloween!

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  6. UnknownOctober 15, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    Go in your HTML and find body.background. There should be an URL there with the background image. Change the URL to whatever image you want.

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  7. UnknownOctober 15, 2011 at 12:45 PM

    Or you can save the pictures and upload them on the blogger template. I like this background you already have though.

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