Life is spinning, but I don't feel sick (look ma! a real update in there somewhere!)
I know what it feels like to be upside down from here
Here is my arm, and it waves like a flag
That reminds me that I have two arms and a map
From Antarctica to the polar caps
Try to fit a big orb on a little flat map
I'm not going to drive this time
I love Greenland when it's Africa's size
So north is not up
And east is not right
(except for Milwaukee, Wisconsin that night)
So go get a map and learn where you live at
I know what it feels like to be upside down from here
And if we met halfway in the middle of the planet
We'd just sit there and spin
Would that happen? Can it?!
Here is my arm, and it waves like a flag
That reminds me that I have two arms and a map
I know what it feels like to be upside down from here
Thinking about the future keeps me up all night. I've found I have a nice way of going back and forth from worry to hope in a matter of seconds.
I ended up in a math class that I was forced to drop. This will probably add a few bumps along my path to Chicago, but the alternative was failing the class. I just couldn't learn from the guy.
A few weeks ago a friend told me that opportunities arise when you least expect them. I've been told the same thing many times before, and to be honest, it was irritating. That doesn't mean it was anything short of the truth though. Here I am, a few weeks later, and all of a sudden it seems like I have options. Why do so many show up all at the same time though, and why can't I be more decisive?
At the same time, I see friends who have been less fortunate than me in the past who I think have those same opportunities that I have in front of me now. Even though these friends are much deeper into the "better off" side than I have managed in quite awhile, I can't help but feel like I should back down and not try to fight. But life isn't supposed to be fair, so why do I let myself believe that they deserve it more than I do?
Onto less cryptic matters, that passion of mine that I'm constantly doing seems to be in a steady incline from day to day. Lately, the more I've kept it all under wraps, the more I've had time to constantly improve. Maybe by keeping it under wraps I'm living in this little world where the only person it has to please is me. Someday I have to let it all loose though. I hope the other kids play nice. (OK, so even this was mildly cryptic).
Now that Livejournal's numbers have died down a bit, and the remaining flock have grown up a bit, maybe I can write in this more often without causing a fuss. I guess we'll see.
One thing's for sure though. On a night like this one, I certainly know what it feels like to be upside down from here. And in a way, I think I like it.
Here is my arm, and it waves like a flag
That reminds me that I have two arms and a map
From Antarctica to the polar caps
Try to fit a big orb on a little flat map
I'm not going to drive this time
I love Greenland when it's Africa's size
So north is not up
And east is not right
(except for Milwaukee, Wisconsin that night)
So go get a map and learn where you live at
I know what it feels like to be upside down from here
And if we met halfway in the middle of the planet
We'd just sit there and spin
Would that happen? Can it?!
Here is my arm, and it waves like a flag
That reminds me that I have two arms and a map
I know what it feels like to be upside down from here
Thinking about the future keeps me up all night. I've found I have a nice way of going back and forth from worry to hope in a matter of seconds.
I ended up in a math class that I was forced to drop. This will probably add a few bumps along my path to Chicago, but the alternative was failing the class. I just couldn't learn from the guy.
A few weeks ago a friend told me that opportunities arise when you least expect them. I've been told the same thing many times before, and to be honest, it was irritating. That doesn't mean it was anything short of the truth though. Here I am, a few weeks later, and all of a sudden it seems like I have options. Why do so many show up all at the same time though, and why can't I be more decisive?
At the same time, I see friends who have been less fortunate than me in the past who I think have those same opportunities that I have in front of me now. Even though these friends are much deeper into the "better off" side than I have managed in quite awhile, I can't help but feel like I should back down and not try to fight. But life isn't supposed to be fair, so why do I let myself believe that they deserve it more than I do?
Onto less cryptic matters, that passion of mine that I'm constantly doing seems to be in a steady incline from day to day. Lately, the more I've kept it all under wraps, the more I've had time to constantly improve. Maybe by keeping it under wraps I'm living in this little world where the only person it has to please is me. Someday I have to let it all loose though. I hope the other kids play nice. (OK, so even this was mildly cryptic).
Now that Livejournal's numbers have died down a bit, and the remaining flock have grown up a bit, maybe I can write in this more often without causing a fuss. I guess we'll see.
One thing's for sure though. On a night like this one, I certainly know what it feels like to be upside down from here. And in a way, I think I like it.