This American Life on Television. Season 2 Episode 8. Two Wars.

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GREAT.

I want to live where soul meets body
And let the sun wrap its arms around me
And bathe my skin in water cool and cleansing
And what its like to be new

Cause in my head there’s a greyhound station
Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations
So they may have a chance of finding a place
where they’re far more suited than here

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

I miss innocence. Or, at least, the ability to know the difference and the desire and will-power to choose what's not tainted. Where are the giggles and dancing in the rain and kisses on the nose. Dandelions from the yard making hearts swell. Cheesy poems and love notes. Growing old makes you cynical; experience makes you cold. I don't want to be ( Read more... )

SIGH.

If you save $50 a week for 18 years you'll have $46,800. I plan on doing that when I have a child and using it for his/her college etc. If they have scholarships which I assume they will because my kids are going to be awesome... then maybe I'll buy them a car as a college graduation gift or give it to them when they have a child ( Read more... )

since then it's been a book that you read in reverse
so you understand less as the pages turn

or a movie so crass and awkwardly cast
that even i could be the star

It feels like I'm waiting for something big to happen. Not necessarily an event but more of a realization. Realization that'll help everything make sense. To be comfortable with my surroundings. Belonging. Something in me feels uneasy and out of place.

Does everyone feel that way?

Your emotions and train of thought have shifted.
It's odd and intersting reading what you write.
I enjoy it. I enjoy that you seem happier.
Or entertained with what you're doing, at the very least.
It makes me sad that we couldn't be friends.

I haven't listened to the whole album but would Ágætis Byrjun (Sigur Rós) be good to play in a spa?


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