"This is the first day of my life//swear i was born right in the doorway"

--books so old the pages have gone yellow

--the sound a diet coke can makes when you open it

--being in libraries when its raining outside

--when you hear one of your favourite bands in an unexpected place

--walking through Belfast in the dark with no particular place to go

--the crack of a bat on a baseball when its hit in just the right place

--literature quotes

--struggling to take the plastic of new Cd's

--movies that you think about for days/weeks/months after watching them

--making mix tapes for people

--hearing a really good song for the first time on the radio late in the dark late at night

--really, really hard hits in American Football

--twiddling a pen between my fingers

--listening to music through headphones

--impromptuness

--re-reading books

--the scratch on vinyl

--charity shops

--tee shirts

--album artwork

--anticipation

--the buzzing sound an amp makes when its a guitar is plugged into it

--when bands leave the "one, two, three" on the recording

--reviewing things

--autumn

--standing at the back of gigs

--coming home and going to bed without turning the lights on

--cds imported from Japan

--the very first sip of a pint

--beard stroking

--hearing a song you used to play all the time but havent heard in ages

--a night with nothing to do when you havent had one in a while

--putting on converse moulded to your feet

--teen dramadies

--tea(for two)

--having pride in local things whether you'd admit it or not

--when your eyes havent adjusted and its entirely dark

--seeing footage of sports from before i was born

--grandparents

--physical gig tickets

--the sound a typewriter makes

--long showers

--sunday sport viewing

--old school pubs

--alliteration

--posting things

--when you slip and think you're gonna fall but don't

--ninth inning rallies

--woolly hats

--when you catch something thrown in your direction

--tongueless kisses

--packages

--planning trips that you may well never make

--when you get your first glimpse of the pitch at a sports stadium

--bringing in chinese from the rain

--falling asleep on the sofa

--getting up with enough time for breakfast

--secret handshakes

--black and white pictures of musicians

--wearing a hood when its not raining

hmm, im sure there is more


jay
"you have a girlfriend//and i can only//talk about her for so very long"