FAWM song #1, 2010 progress report
OK, so, I may be failing miserably at this February Album Writing Month thing--but finally, /finally/, I have an eensy bit of progress... still trying to work out the melody for this one, but I have lyrics! Hurrah!
I Can Know You Just This Much
We haven't spoken in years
or maybe we've never spoken at all
but I can see your face
I can know what's on your mind
and there will be no trace
of me; I just want a taste
of you
I'm watching you and it's okay--
that's the way it is these days and
I cannot help myself
Sitting at home, my thoughts are
my own, and no one else sees
these sunspots on the floor
but ten feet and two minutes away
the whole world could know more
of me; I could open the door
for you
if you're watching me it'd be okay--
that's the way it is these days and
we cannot help ourselves
I know I'm not high on your list
maybe you don't even know I exist but
I'm sure we'd get along
given the chance,
I'm sure we'd get along
We haven't spoken in years
or maybe we've never spoken at all
but I can see your face
I can know you just this much
and there will be no trace
of me; I just want a taste
of you
[if you are wondering, it's about modern "social networking" (i.e. facebook/websites) and the connections (or lack thereof) it allows us to make.]
In other news... 2010, eh? I'm starting to work toward a couple significant goals and it feels good to have some kind of purpose, instead of just muddling through my small-town, part-time-job, stagnant life. I am very close to submitting a copy-editing test for freelance employment; just a little bit more studying to do there. Did you know it's perfectly acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition? Don't you hate it when English teachers drum something highly inconvenient into your head when it doesn't even matter? All those years of unnecessarily awkward wording! But, it is nice to find out that the "standard" reflects the easiest, smoothest thing. I just hope my style/instinct for applying the "rules" is enough.
The real step-in-the-right-direction this year, so far: I (finally) had my interview at NBSS in Boston, and though I won't get an official letter of acceptance until May, like everyone else, I was told I could plan on it. I'm really looking forward to it because it's solid training for a career I know I can do and enjoy doing (unlike my very vague BA with a Music major--and no, I don't want to be a music teacher, thankyouverymuch)... and it also is an opportunity to move to Boston, which has long been an aspiration of mine... even though it wasn't until recently that I thought I would ACTually do it--it was just something I pictured somewhere in my uncertain future, maybe, perhaps. It's coming together now... I've been working on financial aid paperwork and I'll have to figure out housing. With a little determination, I will be living in Boston by September, totally freaked out I'm sure because if you know me at all, you know I hail from a town with like, two main roads and a mere 6,000 people. I've been to Boston plenty so it won't feel totally foreign but, I'm sure it'll take some adjusting. We'll see if I'll be a convincing city girl, or if I am going to be completely stupid and venture from my 2-cat-populated apartment only for school and food. ha ha, just kidding, I'm not that inept. I can handle it. I think.
I Can Know You Just This Much
We haven't spoken in years
or maybe we've never spoken at all
but I can see your face
I can know what's on your mind
and there will be no trace
of me; I just want a taste
of you
I'm watching you and it's okay--
that's the way it is these days and
I cannot help myself
Sitting at home, my thoughts are
my own, and no one else sees
these sunspots on the floor
but ten feet and two minutes away
the whole world could know more
of me; I could open the door
for you
if you're watching me it'd be okay--
that's the way it is these days and
we cannot help ourselves
I know I'm not high on your list
maybe you don't even know I exist but
I'm sure we'd get along
given the chance,
I'm sure we'd get along
We haven't spoken in years
or maybe we've never spoken at all
but I can see your face
I can know you just this much
and there will be no trace
of me; I just want a taste
of you
[if you are wondering, it's about modern "social networking" (i.e. facebook/websites) and the connections (or lack thereof) it allows us to make.]
In other news... 2010, eh? I'm starting to work toward a couple significant goals and it feels good to have some kind of purpose, instead of just muddling through my small-town, part-time-job, stagnant life. I am very close to submitting a copy-editing test for freelance employment; just a little bit more studying to do there. Did you know it's perfectly acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition? Don't you hate it when English teachers drum something highly inconvenient into your head when it doesn't even matter? All those years of unnecessarily awkward wording! But, it is nice to find out that the "standard" reflects the easiest, smoothest thing. I just hope my style/instinct for applying the "rules" is enough.
The real step-in-the-right-direction this year, so far: I (finally) had my interview at NBSS in Boston, and though I won't get an official letter of acceptance until May, like everyone else, I was told I could plan on it. I'm really looking forward to it because it's solid training for a career I know I can do and enjoy doing (unlike my very vague BA with a Music major--and no, I don't want to be a music teacher, thankyouverymuch)... and it also is an opportunity to move to Boston, which has long been an aspiration of mine... even though it wasn't until recently that I thought I would ACTually do it--it was just something I pictured somewhere in my uncertain future, maybe, perhaps. It's coming together now... I've been working on financial aid paperwork and I'll have to figure out housing. With a little determination, I will be living in Boston by September, totally freaked out I'm sure because if you know me at all, you know I hail from a town with like, two main roads and a mere 6,000 people. I've been to Boston plenty so it won't feel totally foreign but, I'm sure it'll take some adjusting. We'll see if I'll be a convincing city girl, or if I am going to be completely stupid and venture from my 2-cat-populated apartment only for school and food. ha ha, just kidding, I'm not that inept. I can handle it. I think.