It's that time again, when the leaves fall from the trees with reckless abandon, when disturbing people blab on about a rather gross beverage from Starbucks and when those who honour Halloween as their favourite holiday, kvell and prepare in exaltation.
Unfortunately it's also the start of SAD. It's literally called SAD, guys.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is perfectly acronymed (that's not a word) to describe what we most dread, the end of summer. Those halcyon days of staying up too late watching some outdoor movie and crawling to work the next day on sunshine and a double latte are over. We've come to the end of the sunny run. Also, (and not unrelatedly) we have an Election coming due here in Canada and a few of the choices are quite grim.
In light of these unpleasant concerns there are a multitude of reasons to want to a) hibernate b) cry c) hibernate and cry. (ASIDE: Definitely vote before you succumb to either of these things). For myself I'm choosing the more optimistic of the voting options that aligns with my values which is the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Jagmeet Singh, but in the interest of things going absolutely toe-up with the creepy, Mr.Sandman looking opposition, I have made this moody and emotive playlist for you to sip your tea (wine) and stare out the miserable window to.
Do not distress dear hearts, or if you must, distress along to this playlist and the following movies: Dirty Dancing Hairspray To All The Boys I've Loved Before Peace, Love and Misunderstanding Invincible. Sometimes it's important (after taking considerable action) to simply wallow in things to sit in miserable mire and meditation and really feeeeeel the pain and suffering. so enjoy the curated playlist chock full of Portishead, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Charlotte Church, Amos Lee and some equally mercurial lovelies that may be new to you. Wallow my darlings wallow, then rise again and conquer!!
No comments:
Post a Comment