A friend gave me this album right before I left for L.A. for the summer, but since I was so head over heels for Heyday, I kind-of forgot I had it...Well, it was finally time to take that long ass drive back to Minneapolis and considering my crappy CD player in my car skips on any CD that isn't brand new, I thought that I would be pretty safe with Of Skins and Heart.

I recognized the Unguarded Moment right away and thought cool...but let me tell you, when Bel-Air came on and I heard, "A palm tree nodded at me last night, said, 'hey, you look so pale...I don't know if it was wind or the breeze in my hair, I had a feeling I had failed,'" I remembered why I became a fan in the first place. It had been a long, hard summer and I was lucky to make it out of L.A. alive. I knew that I had heard this song on the Goldfish and Jokes video, but never really took it in. I think it was fate that this song caught my attention out in the middle of nowhere on interstate 80. It seemed to be yet, another hidden message about my life, its crazy that would happen on my way out of L.A. ...and has become another special moment in my Church experiences...these are the things that make me understand why I love this band's music so much...they UNDERSTAND!!! Their music has gotten me through so many hard times, it is unbelievable. I'm happy to be back in Minneapolis, its where I heard the Church for the first time, and I finally got to see them in concert for the first time just recently...and what a great thing it is that I got to see them in Minneapolis. Their music is the only thing that kept me alive while 'struggling like a fool' in L.A. and I will never forget it.

THANX FOR THE TUNES