We played this song last week at band practice, and for one reason or another, it moved me ( Read more... )

10 Ways to Live a Longer and Healthier Life:

-Be optimistic
-Eat a balanced diet
-Eat and drink with moderation
-Maintain a healthy weight
-Exercise regularly
-Have more sex
-Get a pet
-Make money at the job you love
-Have fun at work and at home
-Talk to your mother once a week

Finals suck. This made me laugh. Enjoy!


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Right now I'm so glad to be going to a music school... Over the last three days I've seen performances by Herbie Hancock, Steve Gadd (played drums for Eric Clapton), Gary Burton, Gloria Estefan, Paul Simon, and Billy Joel. Oh yeah, and one of the concerts was hosted by Bill Cosby.

So awesome!!!!

I've been thinking about relationships lately. Not just the dating, intimate, love-you-forever kind - all kinds: Friendships, acquaintances, hated enemies and best buds. It seems like common interests first bring people together. But the real trick is how people deal with their differences. That is what decides if the relationship will last or not ( Read more... )

I see ( Read more... )

It sounds good
at first.
All of the thrill
and
nothing more.
What does it mean?
Where are the lines
drawn and defined?
Little if any
expectation.
No commitment
or even affection.
With a clouded mind
anything seems fine.
Until the day is done
And you’ve lost the one
You love.

Once again, I turn to writing to get my thoughts down, or better yet, to get them out. It's been a couple of months since she ended things and the numbness is wearing off. Whatever splinter of hope that was stuck in my mind has been painfully removed by the tweezers of reality. This entire situation proves to me that nothing makes sense. How could ( Read more... )

You don't notice how fast the days run into each other until you go to update your livejournal and realize you haven't posted for over a month. Things have been alright. Not amazing, but I guess we can't have it all. Lately I feel plain, uninteresting, and dare I say it - even boring? I've come to the realization that this feeling is from my ( Read more... )

"Here comes the sun,

Here comes the sun, and I say

it's all right..."

Good, meaningful conversations make me smile.