God complex drivers

I've noticed that the more I drive, the more irritated I become.
Is it "road rage?"

How can I become so pissed off from just driving on one lane? That can't be the reason, so what is it?

I was on my way home this morning from running an errand, and I made sure to keep myself calm while driving. I began to notice the way people drove around me (I am not one of "those" drivers who hold up the freeway). First, the guy behind me floored it just to make it in front of me. For what? To do the same speed without having to look at the back of my car? I figured it was because I keep a bit of a distance from the car ahead of me. Honestly, I see no reason behind his doing.

Next, I was making my way in my own lane and the guy next to me started to speed up. This is not the first time someone has done that. The guy didn't notice that he was starting to get pretty close to the car in front of him, almost crashing.

So it's not that I become irritated from driving, I just get pissed at how stupid most people around southern California drive.

The feel of music

You know when you listen to a song and you get that "feeling." The chills down your spine so to speak. Have you ever thought of what really causes that? What it is exactly that makes you connect so strongly to that song?



Maybe it's a certain note that's being played, or the scale/mode they use.



Is it the lyrics? The way we connect so deeply into a song that we can relate to what is being said. I know lyrics play an important role when it comes to music, but music itself has no words. We feel what's being played regardless of that. I believe true music comes from the heart, and we put our passion into it. I'm a musician, and I vent my feelings through what I play. If I don't, it just doesn't sound like music to me.

It isn't enough to make someone feel the music though. How exactly does something non-tangible give us this "feeling?" These emotions which can brighten or break our day. We all have our songs that we listen to in order for us to get in a certain mood. But, we are unsure exactly how it's done.

Feel free to share your ideas in the comments.