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I love a good cover. Let me repeat, I love a good cover. For a cover to be good it must be unexpected and make me feel differently about the song than the original does. Sarah Bareilles' cover of Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay does just that. Piano has long been one of my all time favorite instruments and it cannot be denied that the girl can sing.
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I'm what you would call an adventure junkie. I've traveled to third world countries, jumped off cliffs, snorkeled the Great Barrier Reef and more. I've always thought of adventure as it is defined in point #1 on Dictionary.com: an exciting or very unusual experience. However, this past weekend I was faced with the reality of why it can also be defined as point #3: a bold, usually risky undertaking; hazardous action of uncertain outcome. Some co-workers and I have had plans to go skydiving for months and as the day approached nervousness was not an emotion on my radar.
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I may be a little late in discovering this song considering it was included on Jason Mraz's 2008 album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. I've always been a bit indifferent about Mraz, but this track has so much heat and passion behind it, I cannot help but love it.
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Five years ago today I arrived in the amazing country of Australia to spend 5 months living, learning and laughing. Because I'm nostalgic and a tad sentimental (just a tad, right?) I pulled out the journal I kept on my trip to read through and relive some of the nearly forgotten memories. I've always been a big quote girl keeping notebooks full of quotes I found interesting, inspirational or simply amusing. They are littered throughout the journals I've been keeping since I was a little girl. So, I thought I would share a few I collected on my Australian...
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