No..NOT really. ;) But it doesn't mean that I don't dream of just pointing my car in one direction and imagine a gas tank, wallet, and tummy that never empties so I can just drive and keep going...
Meanwhile, back on planet earth...
Most days are filled with music. Some days are awash in it. Some days are filtered through it. But every day has to have it, even if it means just one song. I replaced my old Bose dock with a Bose SoundTouch.. something VERY different and fun. It works via WIFI and you control it using your iPhone, iPad, MacBook Pro (in my case), or other smartphone non-i thingy. :-) Pandora, iTunes music library, other internet radio station, etc. SO much fun... and it has a radio and Cd changer. I opted for just a single changer to save money because most of my music library is on my devices anyway.
But back to the real subject matter....
Driving/Cars... Old car. New car. Fun car. Not-so-fun car. I've always loved it. Slow cars. Fast cars. Had them at both ends of the spectrum. Reneaux Le Car (remember those? lol).. not exactly the fastest car on the planet and what I learned to drive in. '72 Mustang Mach 1... throw you in the back seat on take-off if you're not careful (and some cars you just don't want to be careful on takeoff... in SAFE circumstances, of course). '66 Mustang... still freaking fun to drive but only had a radio. STILL rocked out in that one all the same. Have had a few others along the way over the years, none of them brand new.. Turismo, Scirocco, Acura, Nissan Sentra, Datsun something-or-other-I-can't-remember, Z28 (miss that car), Saturn. Currently a Liquid Yellow 2005 Mini Cooper Dinan S ("Marley")... and waiting on my Volcanic Orange 2015 Mini Cooper S ("Captain Kumquat" aka "Julius") which is awaiting transport as we speak. :D "Julius" is my first ever new car! I'm super excited!!
So here's the deal with music and cars... they simply go hand-in-hand for me. Not to say there aren't times I don't really need the peace of just driving without anything but the sound of the road. I do need that on occasion. But it's the music + driving that really gets my blood flowing, and there are certain songs that I just NEED to hear when I drive, because music changes my mood, lifts me, invigorates me... and the one below is one such song. This is one that I HAVE to listen to.
There is a stretch of road here in Alabama that is on my route when I drive to Daphne (town in south AL) where I queue this song at the beginning of that route. I exit I-65, stop at the stop sign, and prepare for that exhilarating and curvy little route that takes me to my destination. Or, it at least takes me most of the way. Queue, turn left, cross the bridge, say a prayer that no one will be in my way to slow me down, and with only one stop sign and once crossing the railroad tracks... it's off the beaten path curves and music the whole way in my Mini. :) And if there should be other cars ahead to slow me down, no biggie. It's still fun, and still a beautiful drive, and I still have my Mini and my music. I often see other Minis on that stretch of road, so others do love to go there and play. Beautiful!
So here it is, Conjure One's "Still Holding On," the song that gets my blood flowing and makes me dream...
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