It's Joni Mitchell's birthday!

[lirazel]

My favorite singer/songwriter of all times (yes, that even includes you, Bob Dylan.  And Townes Van Zandt, too) turns 65 today!  I've been listening to her albums all day long in celebration, and just like every time, I fall completely in love with her music all over again.  It amazes me that she manages to be so confessional, to plunge so deeply into her own soul while never seeming whiny or egotistical.  I always find something I can connect with in her music, and there have been moments when I'm certain that she has time-traveling and mind-reading powers with the way she can verbalize something I've felt a thousand times more beautifully than I ever could.  Her writing is so powerful, and she can absolutely startle me with the sheer beauty of her poetry.  Because there's no other way to describe her lyrics.  She is a poet.  A musician, a poet, a painter, and a brilliant human being.  Her music makes my life richer, and I'm so thankful she was born 65 years ago today.

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[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

This is now definitely my plan for life. You are a genius.

[serendipily.livejournal.com]

*flips hair* Well der.

And let's not forget when I train a cat to drink from canned soup is when the big bucks start rolling in. No longer will we be poor and pathetic, we shall be RICH ... and pathetic.

[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

This just keeps getting better and better. Why have I not put you in charge of planning my life before this?

[serendipily.livejournal.com]

Because before this, I only knew of your existance through that delicious lit fic you wrote and how I use to grovel at the fact that you could leave longer reviews than me on mutual friend's journals.

Oh yes. I remember.

Now my revenge has come to full start.

RICH AND PATHETIC!