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July 18, 2016Jess

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Proud of myself that I got out of the house and made some new friends this morning! 😍😍🌸🌹🌷🌼
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#flowers #flowerstagram #dahlia #introvert #allmyfriendsareplants #nature

Would believe I pulled the Three of Cups again?! So I guess September will be another month of creative collaboration and feelings! I’ve never pulled the same card two months in a row, so I didn’t want to ignore it, but I was also curious to pull another card—which ended up being the Seven of Pentacles! .
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The Seven of Pentacles is an invitation to step back from mundane day-to-day activities and look at the bigger picture... which I could certainly stand to do these days as I feel frustrated in different areas of my life. ❤️
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#phillytarot #phillytarotdeck #tarotcards #tarot #sevenofpentacles #threeofcups #anxiety #healing #universe #universehasyourback

HEY, LISTEN! I’m the birthday girl today, so I’m playing Navi and telling you we should talk ‘90s video game music--particularly the soundtrack to one of my fave video games ever: Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of Time! (Oh yes, I bought the soundtrack on CD at one of those pre-Game Stop stores at the mall circa 1999. 😳😂😂)
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True confessions: I actually listen to ‘90s video game music all the time, especially when I’m editing at work. So if you ask me for work music recommendations, that is what you will get (as @a_canny_lass can attest, haha!), and Zelda music is one of my go-tos. Timmi and I actually saw an orchestral rendition of Zelda tunes live at the Mann back in 2012 because we are true nerds, er, fans. 😂 Ocarina of Time is just such a gorgeous game, and the soundtrack still sounds great, 21 years later. Zelda’s Lullaby, the Bolero of Fire, Gerudo Valley, Saria’s Song--just so much to love! ❤️ And how awesome is this shirt that I found at Hot Topic?! (😳😂) I love that it lists the locations, like a concert tee!
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#sparklepunchmusicmonth #zelda #ocarinaoftime #music #whatiwore

Ever since I put “Bohemian Rhapsody” on a mixtape in seventh grade, I’ve really liked @officialqueenmusic , but I never did a deep dive until this past winter, and just so you know, their music is the cure for what ails you. “Dancer,” “Dragon Attack,” and “Sheer Heart Attack” alone have done wonders for my anxiety! These are ideal “attacks”-- “anxiety attacks,” not so much! 😂👏🏻
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Of course Pops saw Queen back in the ‘70s, on their first world tour, and he went BY HIMSELF because no one would go with him! (Go Pops!) Even though he got to see Freddie (and John Deacon! ❤️) live, he still had the time of his life at the Queen + Adam Lambert show earlier this month. They actually started the show with “Now I’m Here,” which is what they opened with in 1975! What a cool thing to get to share with Pops! ❤️
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#sparklepunchmusicmonth #queen #whatiwore #music #queenandadamlambert #concert

Of course I love The Beatles, I’m not a monster, but I also really love each Beatle’s solo work, and for @paulmccartney , that obviously includes Wings! I’ve seen him twice now—at Dodger Stadium in 2014 and then at Citizens’ Bank Park in 2016—and each time has been with one of my college roomies. ❤️👯‍♀️ We were SUPER into the Beatles back then, so it’s awesome that I got to see Macca with both of them! We really explored his wholeeee discography, hence our joyful shrieks over “Temporary Secretary,” a synth-heavy jam from McCartney II. 😂😂 Had he done some of my other fave, post-Beatles songs (“Jet,” “Venus and Mars / Rock Show,” “Hot as Sun / Glasses,” “WITH A LITTLE LUCK”), I would have fully fainted.
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And, naturally, Pops saw Wings on their Wings Over the World Tour in ‘76 and gave them that glowing review on the back of the ticket. He still gushes about that show, even though it was tied when he saw Led Zeppelin (!!) the following year. 😮
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#sparklepunchmusicmonth #wings #paulmccartney #music #concert #whatiwore

Trekked into Philly for my @hallandoatesofficial pic! (📸: Pops 😂) Love of H&O has been a bonding point with so many of my friends. How can you resist their ‘80s boppy goodness?! I’ve actually seen them twice: once with @krisptoria and @spiderblues within days of defending my thesis in 2012 and then again in 2017 at HoagieNation with @applebreeeze . (H&O with a hoagie theme at Penn’s Landing... does it get any more Philly?!) All this footage is from 2017 because the quality of my videos from 2012 is godawful. In 2017, they did all the hits + some Delfonics (#Philly) AND “Family Man” and “One on One,” which my bffl and I love, haha! Pops also saw them a few times in the ‘80s, and he says that “Out of Touch” was the big new song for at least one of those tours. ❤️
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#hallandoates #sparklepunchmusicmonth #music #whatiwore #phlblogger

@theheadandtheheart is the rare band that I got into ~before they were cool~ thanks to my friend Russell putting “Winter Song” on a mix for me! I def saw them in 2011 in a backyard setting rife with hipsters playing hacky-sack and things like aloe juice for sale. Good times! 😂 I’ve really lost track of them since then, but I do still love their first album and listen it to it often. “Ghosts” and “Coeur d’Alene” are two of my faves (plus the gorgeous “Winter Song,” of course!). ❤️
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#sparklepunchmusicmonth #headandtheheart #concert #whatiwore #music

True confessions: My love of @m83music started when “Midnight City” was featured in NHL 24/7 back in 2011! 😂🙈 I loved that song, and it was actually the only one I knew when I went to my first M83 show in 2012. (I don’t love going to concerts tbh. Like, I have to be pretty jazzed about a person/band or song/catalogue to choose to see them live. But I felt so passionately about “Midnight City” that I just HAD to see them live!) That show exposed me to more of M83’s dreamy, atmospheric vibe, and I completely fell in love with it. By the time I saw them again (in 2016), I was much more knowledgeable about their repertoire. Hearing “We Own the Sky” and “Wait” played against a night sky-esque backdrop definitely warrants a *chef’s kiss* from me! 😘
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#sparklepunchmusicmonth #m83 #m83live #music #concert #whatiwore

Gotta bust out the star stickers for Ziggy Stardust, amiright? 🤩 My first concert ever was David Bowie, on what ended up being his last tour (Reality) in 2004. CAN U BELIEVEEEE?!? 🤯 I was 17 at the time and, though I loved him, I was RACKED with anxiety about going to a concert. (Probably because so many things were out of my control.) I didn’t even think to get a concert tee, what a fool! So instead, I tracked down a tee from the excellently titled Serious Moonlight Tour, which Pops went to in ‘83! 🌙👍🏻
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The show I saw in ‘04 was amazing; I could not have had a better first concert. He did my favorite song at the time, “Fashion,” as well as a fantastic version of “Under Pressure” with his female bass player taking Freddie’s part. The show also introduced me to one of my most beloved Bowie songs, “A New Career in a New Town,” a gorgeous instrumental from Low. ❤️ Less than a month after we saw him, he had to cancel the rest of the tour for health reasons, so I feel extremely lucky that I got the chance to see him at all. The fact that it was an awesome show was just a bonus. 😍
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#sparklepunchmusicmonth #davidbowie #concert #seriousmoonlight #whatiwore #ziggystardust #myfirstconcert #music #anxiety

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