7 Random Thoughts On My 30th Birthday

As Summer of 2024 comes to an end, I am reminiscing on 20 years ago, The Summer of 2004. I talk about everything from Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin to going to Horse camp (as a non-horse person) and my baby brother being born :)

0:22 Intro

2:05 Monthly newsletter starting

2:32 Why I'm doing this episode

4:02 Avril Lavigne Under My Skin album

6:17 Black River horse camp

13:33 Celebrating Fourth of July

14:08 Grandparent visits

15:15 A Cinderella Story

16:38 My 10th birthday

19:50 Baby brother born

23:40 Before social media

25:40 Movies/TV Summer of 2004

28:45 Songs from Billboard Hot 100 the week of August 21, 2004

38:03 Awkward closeout

Additional notes:

*A Cinderella Story received a whopping 11% on Rotten Tomatoes. Tell me if you think I should do an entire episode on this terrible but amazing movie (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cinderella_story)

*Here is the playlist I played songs from, but note - the user has since updated it:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4lpdGI2qwepCdHxOesh9Ks

*disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional. The information I share in my work comes from resources I've consumed and personal experiences and insights.

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