Strange Connections

It’s weird how the senses work. Particularly considering the theory of conditioning, Pavlov’s dog and all of that stuff psychology majors love. How music can connect to a memory, a particular food to a time in your life. I was thinking about how many songs, foods, scents, even TV shows, remind of the most specific times in my life. Bon Iver’s “Skinny Love”=2nd semester freshman year, sitting in my dorm room. That song makes me think of cold dorm floors, fluoresecent lights, and Organic Chemistry. Somehow Poptarts remind me of that time too. I know whenever I listen to “Show Me What I’m Looking For” by Carolina Liar I will think of this summer, MCATs and headaches from staring at my computer screen. Car exhaust never fails to remind me of Asmara, Eritrea, when I visited back home with my family when I was 16. Cigarette smoke either reminds me of my first concert or anywhere in Paris. Bad coffee of sophomore year. Strangely, “You Found Me” by Kelly Clarkson=Veronica Mars & Logan’s motel kiss. And of course every good College Park student who goes to class will be reminded of their college days when they have blisters on their feet and are sweating after walking 25 minutes in the sun. Memory is totally weird.

This song grew on me, like a wad of algae

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwVTK10cwQ

Darn I love it.

This song soars