Long story short, I missed the flight and had to book a completely new one with a different airline. It's departure time: 1400.
It's a 2 hour flight.
Song of the day: Under the Bridge - RHCP
Music is a very personal and special part of my life. Amidst the choir practices and hundreds (yes, a fair assessment for 8 years) of piano lessons, I could never imagine a life without it. Freshman year in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets was especially challenging. The fact that music was deemed a privilege was insulting and inhibiting to my personal growth and values. Despite my frustrations, the experience did teach me a lesson in patience (to an extent) and further deepened my relationship to how much of an impact music has and continues to have on my life.
Through every run, pushup and sit-up...music has been there for me. A familiar voice in my head screaming at me to "don't stop believing" as the beat continues to rock on and on. Every breakup came with its own artist dedicated to play song after song until I was done getting over feeling whatever I was feeling. Therapeutic and in a way, validation for the pain I was feeling, I've always turned to music when I had bad days at work or just when I felt bad, period. Nothing else in the world has been a more consistent source of inspiration, hope and motivation than music has been to me.
I could not imagine a world without it.
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Arrived in Brisbane and took the train into town. Unfortunately, my trip for tomorrow got cancelled and now I've got a few extra days to find something interesting to do in "Brisvegas." Hopefully, I can get out of my shell and make it count. I didn't travel all this way to do nothing!
P.S. Traveling alone sucks! But it definitely makes you come to grips with enjoying your own company.
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