Actually, processing family law divorces isn’t so bad with a great playlist pouring out of the computer. I dug out a CD Rom of MP3s from the crevices of my desk and couldn’t remember what’s on it. So far I’m on the subfolder entitled “HS”, which turns out to be songs that totally took me back to high school. Driving in my first car to school at the buttcrack of dawn, listening to hip hop on my pull-out radio; driving to West Covina Mall after school w/my friend Nina in the passenger seat; sitting in the back of Edgar’s car going to school before I got my license, with Grace in the front seat and Brian to my left. Driving w/Ling to UCLA to visit some friends on a weekend. House parties in people’s backyards. International Club socials where I had to beg Eric to be our DJ. Sitting in Geometry watching Jon stomp and clap out the bass rhythm of “The Ditty.” On our hands and knees (w/Grace, Vivien, Bonny, Christine, Kenny, Ronnie, Tina) painting props and backgrounds for International Club events and plays. And yes, sitting on front of the computer all summer 1993 BBSing on my super-fast, super-compact 386 with a whole 8MB of RAM. Haha, those user meets were something else! Each song has tied to it memories of sound, feel, thoughts, sight, even scent. Even which songs were associated w/which crushes. *blush*

So far:
* The Ditty – Paperboy
* Daisy Dukes – 69 Boyz
* Mr. Wendall – Arrested Development
* Very Special – Big Daddy Kane f/Spinderella
* This or That – Blacksheep
* I’ll Make Love to You – Boyz II Men
* Knockin Boots – Candyman
* Fantastic Voyage – Coolio
* Rebirth of Slick – Digable Planets
* Humpty Dance – Digital Underground
* Kiss You Back – Digital Underground
* Knockin da Boots – H-Town

I wonder if I knew as I was listening to these songs in HS that they would be the magic peephole into the past, the time-defying vortex, in my future. I wonder what current songs in my life now would cause me, in 10 years, to squeal in nostalgic delight and dance in place as my heart soars as high as my smiles turn up my lips and brighten my entire composure.