Stop Crying Your Heart Out
Oasis will always remind me of the PNE. Just like any song I ever used in a road trip video will forever be associated in my mind with that particular project. For the last few years Oasis was an important part of my strategy to stay sane during the craziest (and most rewarding, challenging, and enjoyable) part of my year. Before last year on the way to and from work I would listen to What’s The Story Morning Glory for the first half of fair and Be Here Now for the second. Last year I loaded both along with some newer hits and Supersonic onto my PDA. Being management I would almost always arrive on site before most everyone else. I would walk from the gate to the center of the grounds where my headquarters were located and every morning made for a perfect music video in my mind (this is how I think). I would think about everything I’ve seen, everything that’s happened, and all the promise of what was to come. I would think of these wonderful people I have the privilege of working with and this great organization that I serve and warm fuzzy feelings would ensue.
Now that I am in a different department every time I hear an Oasis song I think of that line from You’ve Got Mail about how at Christmas she misses her mom so much it hurts - I can relate.
I’ve got a new group of kids to shepard through the fair, a new trailer, new challenges but I doubt I’ll ever stop thinking about the family that I left behind. Granted things will be very different for them too, their operations will be significantly changed this year - even my aforementioned headquarters won’t be the same. Now I often saw myself as the defender of what was but these decisions had been made and set in stone far above my sphere of influence so it would have been out of my hands either way, although I suppose I would have made it more livable. But they’re a great bunch and they’ll do fine without me. It’s going to be VERY hard not to be a part of that this year but I’ll be in the area, visiting frequently if I have anything to say about it, and I’m sure new challenges will greet me and hopefully benefit from my attention. But I think every time an Oasis song plays I’ll want to go back for one more day…
