alanis

It's been a tough week. Yesterday was a low point I wasn't expecting. But today I'm feeling okay. I spent the morning listening to Alanis Morissette. Her "Jagged Little Pill" was the first CD I ever bought, and I have every single one she's released since then. Rocking out to her music works for me the way I think some people find peace listening to MoTab. I'm not kidding. It's hard to explain. It's music that's followed me for over a decade, and it works for every emotional pitfall and new life experience. Irritated with the world? "UR." Sorting out the guilt over living in the world's richest country? "Thank U." Feeling like social pressures are out of proportion with your feeling of self? "So Pure." Needing to feel like you're alright just the way you are? "That I Would be Good." Feeling unnattractive? "So Unsexy." Angry at the war in Iraq? "Citizen of the Planet." Anything. She's great.
Anyway, I guess this blog is just a short ode to a musician I really respect and feel deeply connected to, and in whose music I have yet again found myself this morning.