serafaery

I was 15 when Freedom '90 came out and for some reason, it sounds so corny and cheeseballs, but the line, "All we have to do now is take these lies and make them true" completely focused and oriented me toward becoming the person I wanted to be. Somehow that song helped me realize that I didn't have to just pretend to be somebody I wanted to be; I could actually make it happen.

While shaking my ass to George Michael's voice the entire way through this battle toward self-realization.

I dressed like Princess Leia for countless Halloweens and every day I could at school, to play "Star Wars" every recess with my best school friend Brian.

I never knew these people as people, but the loss of the artists who influenced me so profoundly still hurts like hell.

Darwin is snoring on the bed. P-Funk is gone, but I can still love those who are still here.

Hurts. Hurts to love. Hurts to care.