Currently Listening (What's The Story) Morning Glory? By Oasis Champagne Supernova see related

this year came and went so quickly.

I danced.
I went to prom.
I had three different jobs.
I went to high school and college.
I turned 18.
I had romantic adventures and misadventures.
I was on tv.
I got accepted to colleges.
I made new friends and some friends grew distant.
I realized that I won't be in douglasville this time next year.

I only resolve to try harder, to truly do my best at the things that matter most, and to be happier.
to accept people as they are and realize that the only one I can or should change is myself.
to accept situations as they are and make the most of them.
to be as much like myself as I can be.
to try to make other people happy because I love them and not because it will make my life easier.
to do what I know is best for me, even if others disagree with those decisions.
to go after the things that I really want and not let opportunities pass me by.
to live life, love people, and stay optimistic.

I feel like I've grown up this year.
It's strange to consider how far I've come in the past four years, but I think I'm very slowly improving with age. if I keep it up, I'll be awesome by the time I'm sixty.
2039, here I come!

Currently Listening Songs of Faith and Devotion By Depeche Mode Judas see related

so walk on barefoot for me,
suffer some misery

I would suffer so carelessly, but would it make any difference?

I just can't stop feeling like what could have been would have been wonderful.

I wanted to tell you merry christmas.
it was you I wanted to kiss to ring in the new year.

don't just stand there and shout it,
do something about it

Currently Listening Bottoms of Barrels By Tilly and the Wall The Freest Man see related

this boy I know, he has a heart of glass
it is gold inside, but it has crystalized
it is beautiful but in it's tragedy
it is hard to hold without shattering
but this boy I know, he is pure of soul

you try your hardest to rewind the tapes
but you're prepared everyday
to make the same mistakes
step out of that life
it's nowhere near your time
just remember you called it all bullshit
well, it is and if you stop giving into it
you can walk away the freest man

this boy i know lives in a bell jar
it is balancing up on it's pedestal
he tries not to upset the weight of conscience
afraid it's so far to fall if no one catches him
I know you've been away, and it can break you down
and I don't want you gone

all the cracks you see can be repaired
and if you start to fall, I will be there
don't drown yourself in all your old regrets
because that heaviness will steal away your breath
step out of that life
it's nowhere near your time

and don't forget that you called it all bullshit
well it still is and if you stop giving into it
you will walk away the freest man

Currently Listening Everywhere and His Nasty Parlour Tricks By Modest Mouse willful suspension of disbelief see related

describe your entire world in five hundred words or less.
boil it all down to numbers.
make lists, use forms.
define yourself in the most narrow terms possible.
so much lost to the economy of language that I don't even know where to start.

at least I know now that I am more than can be expressed in such concise terms.

I keep saying every word that comes to mind, trying to find the right ones to explain the things that will bring you around.
I know why people walk around more when the weather is cold.
I'll tell you if you want to know.
I'll tell you anything you want to know.

constantly surprised by the predictable.