Introduction

I started up a music blog awhile ago, but cast it to the wayside in September after it had become the home of ten thousand half-baked emo lyrics. I think it's still floating around the Internet for the sake of comedy. I very distinctly remember a good friend taking a look at it and, instead of giving me the lyrical critique that I hoped for, told me to go get a dog to keep me company. I guess when you post songs with lyrics like "IF I'M GOING TO DIE ALONE, WHY THE HELL DO I NEED FRIENDS," those are the kinds of responses you deserve to get.
I think I've left my emo stage though. At least for awhile.
In fact, one can even say I've gone soft. I've replaced The Dresden Dolls on my iPod with The Magnetic Fields. I read stories on mylifeisg.com for hours without cringing once. I see boys holding hands with girls and am not immediately tempted to throw large flaming objects at them. At first this change of heart somewhat scared me. After all, I am a self-proclaimed cynic, an angsty rock chick, a brooding pianist who is too cool to express her love to anything that is not an inanimate object (or perhaps Matt Bellamy). Of course, this can all be blamed on a very nice man who showed up on my front porch with hummus one night when I was contemplating running off to a local monastery. It's like my songwriting life is a video game and he unlocked the sappy love song level. Maybe he had a cheat code with him when he brought me that hummus, so I could stop trying to beat the boss on the cynical get-me-a-dog-or-send-me-to-a-nunnery level and skip ahead. Whatever the case, I'm all mushed up in time for February, the most sickeningly lovey dovey month of the whole damn year. And instead of just locking myself in a closet with Kill Bill and a stash of Chinese food leftovers again this year, I'm going to embrace it. I am going to throw a love song up here everyday.
Shouldn't be hard, right? Love is a central part of who we are and therefore is a part of most songs that become so popular. Some songs will be covers. Some songs will be originals. Some songs will celebrate love in the traditional sense. Some may be about inanimate objects. Maybe there will be a song or two about heartbreak and giardia, for old time's sake. Maybe I'll take requests. Maybe three days into it I'll wake up, realize this is mildly insane and abandon the whole venture. Or maybe this will become a bizarre internet sensation and all occupants of cyberspace will be talking about that ultra hip red head who plays piano and sings quirky love songs. Who knows.
All I know is that Monday is February 1st. A video will be posted. We will see what happens from there. :D