So, here’s something I haven’t done yet – post a song that reminds me of someone. So today, I’ll do that.

This song reminds me of my best friend from university, J. This whole album reminds me of J, but especially this song. I feel like it was always playing when I’d wander into her dorm room in first year. I love Ben Folds in general because of J. (I’m pretty sure she can’t hear “You Don’t Know Me” by Ben Folds and Regina Spektor without thinking of me, since it was my alarm song and she would hear it through the wall when we lived together. Sorry J!) But this song in particular always reminds me of J, and our friendship. I was (and am) introverted, but I think that I was the first one to approach her – I liked her shoelaces and I told her so, and a friendship was born. I mean, we also had a lot in common – loved a lot of the same books and tv shows, and music of course. Lots and lots of music has been shared between us. She was my travel buddy to Bonnaroo and Coachella. We danced till dawn (literally) with Girl Talk, watched Radiohead under the desert stars, and rocked out to The Killers from right in front of the stage at Lollapalooza.

Aside from music, we also have similar backgrounds and families (both Asian, though I’m south Asian) and we were the ones in our house to make sure that the kitchen was clean, and that we weren’t going to get murdered because the doors were all unlocked. We would bake cookies at 1 AM when we were bored. We had a headband in our shared bathroom that she attached paper cat-ears to one night for a costume, and would often forget we were wearing cat ears when we ran to the corner store. I still have the headband. We would sometimes hide from our housemates when they got to be too much drama and get Chinese or Cambodian food. Once we carried a giant metal Oscar the Grouch style trashcan a mile home from the store once because we were cheap university students; I think people thought we were carrying a dead body around.

Also, today is our favorite holiday, Pi(e) Day. So today I’m dedicating this Music March post to J.

“Zak and Sara” by Ben Folds