Today's song: Groovy kind of love by Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders. I had the 45 rpm record, it had a pale blue label that I watched go round and round on the record player. I think I was in 7th grade at Lincoln Junior high school when I listened to this.

When I'm feeling blue,
all I have to do
Is take a look at you,
then I'm not so blue

When you're close to me,
I can feel your heart beat
I can hear you breathing near my ear
Wouldn't you agree,
baby you and me
got a groovy kind of love

Anytime you want to
you can turn me on to
Anything you want to,
anytime at all
When I kiss your lips,
ooh I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside
Wouldn't you agree,
baby you and me
got a groovy kind of love

When I'm feeling blue,
all I have to do
Is take a look at you,
then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms,
nothing seems to matter
My whole world could shatter,
I don't care
Wouldn't you agree,
baby you and me
got a groovy kind of love

We got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love
We got a groovy kind of love

So THIS is what I was raised on as the ideal of love, this is what it was supposed to be like when you found someone to love, someone to share your life with. You know, Barbie and Ken. You and me against the world. Not you and the world against me! Thus I struggled through many relationships, searching for the perfect combination of passion and the feeling of the person who was my soulmate. I found the passion, but matching it up with the best match for me was always the hitch. I would find what I thought would be a good match, but he'd turn out to be an alcoholic or something like that.

Oh well, now I have me and I seem to be a great match for myself as a soulmate and partner to get through life with.