16 Things I Learned This Summer of ’16

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16 Things I Learned This Summer

16 Things I Learned This Summer of ‘16

  1. Life is fragile. Period.
  2. Any temperature higher than 93 degrees might as well be 120 degrees.
  3. Products that smell nice will always sell.
  4. When biking in aforementioned 120 degree heat, make sure you eat and hydrate, hydrate, hydrate!
  5. Really great faux orchids are worth the investment.
  6. If you don’t pay attention to #4 you will collapse on the side of the road with heat stroke.
  7. Blue and White is “in” for the long haul.
  8. Recovering from heat stroke can take up to 3 days.
  9. The right throw pillows can “make” a bed or a room.
  10. Time is the new “money”. Sometimes is smarter to just call the professionals and “pay it done.”
  11. It is entirely possible to sleep 30 hours without getting up to go to the bathroom or kitchen at all.
  12. You can own a Bar Cart and not even drink.
  13. My Orlando is a city, a town, a village of unity and strength… and we can dance.
  14. Love is Love is Love is Love is Love is Love … yes, of course it is.
  15. There will never be enough fundraisers, memorials, tribute songs or videos to fill up the hole in Orlando’s heart.
  16. But it doesn’t hurt for a song to try to mend some of the pain.

“HANDS” a Song for Orlando was just published on July 12. It’s a brilliant new tribute song and lyric video for Orlando and it’s available now exclusively on iTunes.

Proceeds from the sale of the new tribute single in the United States will benefit Equality Florida Pulse Victims Fund, the GLBT Community Center of Central Florida, and GLAAD.

“Hands,” is a musical tribute to the 49 victims of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The track features Mary J Blige, Jason Derulo, Britney Spears, Tyler Glenn, Selena Gomez, Halsey, Ty Herndon, Imagine Dragons, Juanes, Adam Lambert, Mary Lambert, Jennifer Lopez, the Trans Chorus of Los Angeles, Kacey Musgraves, MNEK, Alex Newell, P!nk, Prince Royce, Nate Ruess, RuPaul, Troye Sivan, Jussie Smollett, Gwen Stefani, and Meghan Trainor.

Patience Carter, Tiara Parker, and Angel Anthony Santiago, survivors of the shooting at Pulse Nightclub, appear in the lyric video. I hope that you’ll give this new song a listen and ask yourself what you’ve learned this summer.

 

Angelyn

 

 

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