...or like it's 1989

BECAUSE I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH. Like I might buy the CD version too just to get the polaroids and because I like looking at the lyrics as I listen levels of love. How awesome are the peeks into the songwriting process with the bonus tracks? My faves so far: "I Know Places", "Wildest Dreams" and "Wonderland", although they are all such great tracks that it keeps shifting.

The only thing that bums me out is that this is basically going to be the soundtrack to me saying goodbye to my best friend. She's leaving Japan Wednesday and you know, I knew it was coming. I've been here so long that I've been to more Sayonara parties than I can count. And I know this isn't really goodbye. We live in a world of discount airfares, Skype and iMessage. But it's so hard for me to find a kindred spirit that I know things are going to feel empty 'round here for a bit.