you will miss sunrise if you close your eyes
Years and years ago, I wrote the first line of a song and then abandoned it. It went "Hel-lo, how are you, yes I know, and it's true that it's been a while." I write a lot of first lines, and a lot of half-choruses, and never get back to 'em.
Friend of mine does the same thing with whole songs. His name's Scott. I'm in a band with him again. We play the ones he doesn't abandon. They're really good. So are we, and if you know me at all you know I don't tend to put that word to much that I do.
But enough about Scott and the band and the songs. I wanted to say hello. 'Cuz it's been a while.
You probably see more of me on those other places that have "social" somewhere in the description. I guess I just find myself busier lately than someone in my line of work ever expects to be, and mostly I only use LJ for the long-form rambly stuff that, well, like this. Maybe I just haven't been thinking so much in long form, or maybe I've been channeling it into other things. Songwriting for instance; I've been doing more of that this year than I've ever done since the century flipped.
In fact, I meant to spend part of today fleshing out verses for my latest. But instead I'm wiring outlets in the attic rooms, and taking a break from the attic heat to say hi to you. You're probably taking a break from some huge project right now too. Most of my friends seem to be in the midst of one these days. Something momentous, something life-altering and scene-shifting and new-phase-embarking and all that jazz.
I guess that's what we do from time to time. And just like my grandma told me, time speeds up. Hi ain't much of a thing to say, but sometimes it's all that comes to mind, sometimes two letters above zero is enough to melt something, and right now you have a chance to say hi to the current phase, the present incarnation, the "who am I right now" of someone you love.
Therefore, hi! Love to meet you again when it's all different again.
Friend of mine does the same thing with whole songs. His name's Scott. I'm in a band with him again. We play the ones he doesn't abandon. They're really good. So are we, and if you know me at all you know I don't tend to put that word to much that I do.
But enough about Scott and the band and the songs. I wanted to say hello. 'Cuz it's been a while.
You probably see more of me on those other places that have "social" somewhere in the description. I guess I just find myself busier lately than someone in my line of work ever expects to be, and mostly I only use LJ for the long-form rambly stuff that, well, like this. Maybe I just haven't been thinking so much in long form, or maybe I've been channeling it into other things. Songwriting for instance; I've been doing more of that this year than I've ever done since the century flipped.
In fact, I meant to spend part of today fleshing out verses for my latest. But instead I'm wiring outlets in the attic rooms, and taking a break from the attic heat to say hi to you. You're probably taking a break from some huge project right now too. Most of my friends seem to be in the midst of one these days. Something momentous, something life-altering and scene-shifting and new-phase-embarking and all that jazz.
I guess that's what we do from time to time. And just like my grandma told me, time speeds up. Hi ain't much of a thing to say, but sometimes it's all that comes to mind, sometimes two letters above zero is enough to melt something, and right now you have a chance to say hi to the current phase, the present incarnation, the "who am I right now" of someone you love.
Therefore, hi! Love to meet you again when it's all different again.