i watch it go from left to right
"quiet and pining for sleep"
i hope it doesn't make me cry. there are too many songs that dredge up acoustic memories. i used to have another sleep mix. it was lovely, but i don't listen to it anymore. it's not suitable, and unfair to torture yourself when you're trying to sleep. i think i threw it away.
so many breathtaking songs that i've listened to, in consideration. but memories break out like branches from family trees, and i won't let connections like that poke into my dreams and interrupt my sleep. i'm restless enough as it is.
i tend to "daydream" before i go fall asleep. sometimes i just make up a story for my life as i wish it was, or how someday it may be i wish it could be. this method certainly beats counting sheep, or making "to-do" lists in my head that i won't remember (and then i'd have to sit up, turn on the light and write it down on a post-it note anyway, defeating the whole purpose of trying to FALL ASLEEP).
listening, analyzing and choosing. all for a CD to sleep to. yes, it's a process. even songs that i thought i "owned", i come to find are tainted. they are not mine. so letting those infuse my slumber is just not an option.
ah.
42 minutes after i started this entry, my mix is complete. whittled down from 3 hours to 1.3 hours. 17 songs. that should fit on a CD. hopefully. the flow is good. the songs are exquisite for daydreaming into night.
garcon! another glass of this divine blackberry merlot, please. here's to a good night's sleep.
cheers.
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