Friday, April 28, 2006

Mixed Tapes in Perks of Being a Wallflower

I haven't heard anything about The Perks of Being a Wallflower. What do you think? Are you glad you are reading it?

I am about one-third of the way through it. I haven't heard about mixed tapes in forever. Do you still make mixed tapes/CDs? If so, what does it feel like to receive a mixed tape/CD from friends? Do you recognize the songs that are on the tapes Charlie and the other characters make for each other? What do these songs make you think of?

In high school (1996, yes I am that old), a friend of mine and I put together a mixed tape as a graduation present for our friends. She and I had fun putting it together and I know of a few friends (those that still have cassette players) that still listen to them even now ten years later. I think I feel a sense of nostolgia when I listen to the songs that were on that tape (I have most of them on CD and now on my iPod). It makes me think of a time when things were very different then they are now. It makes me think of moments that happened while listening to the songs.

Happy reading...