OF A GOLDEN AGE

Oh, embarrassing. I am smitten with this singer-songwriter who’s 18 and from Joplin, Missouri, best known as a major pitstop for Bonnie and Clyde. (Did you know they were only 25 when they were killed by the police?)

Never Shout Never got my attention with a short clip of his song “Happy” featured in a TLC promo for their show Table for 12. It’s a sweet song, but the best part by far is the tune he sings on the line “I’m happy knowing that you are mine.” He’s got a Jason Mraz-y vibe in the best and worst ways alternating.

But I love this song and I love these words from it:

I am a man of six feet tall
Just looking for some answers
In a world that answers none of them at all
I’ll say, “Hi,” but not reply
To the letters that you write
Because I found some peace of mind

‘Cause I’m only as tall as my heart will let me be
And I’m only as small as the world will make me seem
When the going gets rough and I feel like I may fall
I’ll look on the brightside – I’m roughly six feet tall.

I have been in a good mood for a straight week or so and I’m digging it.

It also means this is the right time for me to watch lame movies because I’ll cut them a lot of slack! See also: The Proposal and 17 Again, both of which made me feel kinda squishy inside. Reluctantly.

Mew Mew’s been sick lately and the doctor guessed it was allergies, so she’s on kitty prednisone now and it’s working. She’s pepped up, is eating more, and has cute small sniffles instead of painful big ones. She’s sitting on some junk mail as we speak.

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