{"id":2842,"date":"2014-09-17T15:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2014-09-17T15:57:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T14:57:00","slug":"everybody-wants-to-be-cool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2014\/09\/17\/everybody-wants-to-be-cool\/","title":{"rendered":"Everybody wants to be cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2843\" alt=\"headphones - Copy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphones-Copy.jpg\" width=\"299\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphones-Copy.jpg 299w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphones-Copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphone-wannabe-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2845\" alt=\"headphone wannabe - Copy\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphone-wannabe-Copy.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphone-wannabe-Copy.jpg 336w, https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/09\/headphone-wannabe-Copy-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/a>Big or little, for real or pretend, everyone wants to be cool, to fit in, all in the name of what? \u00a0To what end? To be noticed? To be special? To be loved?<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe we&#8217;re just having fun, really listening to music the way the rest of the world does or just using amazing ingenuity trying to be grown up, way too fast!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=2842&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big or little, for real or pretend, everyone wants to be cool, to fit in, all in the name of what? \u00a0To what end? To be noticed? To be special? To be loved? 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