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New Evidence Reveals The Place Where John First Met Paul Is Not Where You Think It Is…

It’s a great story.

The Woolton Village church fete, on 6th July 1957 is where John’s band The Quarry Men are playing on the back of a truck. Ivan Vaughan introduces his schoolfriend Paul McCartney to his friend and band mate John Lennon. Paul borrows John’s guitar, turns it around and tunes it, then rolls off twenty verses of “Twenty Flight Rock”.

Two weeks later, he’s in the band, and John and…

Mail Lady: Do you know a "Murphy"?

Me: Uh, yeah. That's me.

Mail Lady: ...

Me: It's a nickname I have.

Mail Lady: How did you get that?

It's be a weird year (or so) for me. I lost a really good friend. My boyfriend moved away. My father's condition got worse. A variety of things beyond my control happened and most of them were shitty.

But I'm thankful.

I'm thankful for finding tumblr, and for Glee. As cliche as it is, Glee helped me to embrace my flaws - something that I fluctuate with hating/loving - and accept that my differences are what make me me, and wonderful. 

I brought me back to Emily, someone who I've been friends with for years but had grown apart from. Thanks to Glee, we're closer than we've ever been before, and now we're making sure we don't lose each other again.

And it brought me to tumblr. To all of you guys. Before I really got into the fandom on tumblr I was pretty lonely. And yes, I was hoping that tumblr would help me find friends, but I never in a million years thought it would bring me a family. I never thought I'd find people who would become some of the best friends I've ever had, who felt like I felt, who went through things I went through. I never even imagined that we'd do the things we've accomplished.

I'm thankful for boys from small towns and boys with hobbit hair. For show tunes. For dying birds and meeting strangers. For airplanes and road trips and dancing in the rain. For shared secrets and tears and airport hugs.