Sit on your porch and pluck your strings.

I have to share this. Because I have a real soft spot for sentimental songs with cute stop-motion videos. D'aww.

It's a desperately sad song, but the end has got this hopeful urgency that makes the whole thing somehow really uplifting. In this way, it reminds me of Casimir Pulaski Day by Sufjan Stevens, which retains the same kind of optimism in the face of loss. I can completely lose it listening to that song (the line "and the cardinal hits the window" always gets to me for some reason), but I always revisit it and it's one of my favourites because of how elated I feel after listening to it. And Blood affected me in a similar way.
I'm beginning to really love this band.

Awesome.

I have weird memories of you.

The song City Middle by The National is giving me crazy nostalgia. I probably avoided listening to it for so long for that reason. I still love it as much.

I haven't slept and I have no idea what I'm doing after July.