Hugs, anyone?

You know how one hug, given by just the right person at just the right time, literally fixes everything and, aaaah, all is well?

I don't know how many times in my adult life that I have had the very critical conversation with other adults concerning the superpower dilemma. A lot more often than one would assume. Apparently there is a higher than expected chance that one day, we will all be offered a superpower of our own choosing. Grown men the world over lay up at night attempting to prepare for such an event. What am I to CHOOSE? Flight. Pre-cognition. Mind-reading. Invisibility. The ability to make Harry Potter and Hogwarts real.

I know what I would chose. I would be the Hugster. I would be just the right person that comes at just the right time and gives the hugs that makes it all better.

I was talking to a friend recently about life ambitions/goals/plans/dreams. I've got big ones that I only admit to myself and little ones that I'm close to accomplishing. But after soul-searching, the truth is, I really do just want to become the Hugster. Which is impossible. I've done the calculations, and I won't live long enough to hug 6 billion + people. Also, with timing being crucial and what have you, so...I'm just gonna try my best to be a mini-hugster, in whatever little and imperfect ways that I can.

Hugs are taking two mutually-agreed-upon awesome things and putting them together in a spirit and moment of gratitude, making that present even better. I feel like my ipod provides me with audiohugs all the time. Here are some of my favorite audiohug combinations:

Belle & Sebastian + long autumn walks amongst colorful falling leaves
The Decemberists + cleaning the house
Kings of Leon + driving on a sunny day with the windows down and sunglasses on
Feist + laying on the bed daydreaming
NPR + the daily commute
Bob Dylan/Sufjan Stevens + long walks along swan-filled Scottish canals
Oh Brother Where Art Thou bluegrass + blogging

Anyone else have favorite audiohugs?
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