"why do you treat people like the bass line to your melody? merely a bland backdrop to make you look more exciting? Important but replacable.can't you see they have their own song to sing? that it may be calmer but have as much meaning as yours?"
-Elizabeth Greenwalt
yours and mine
yours is a tumble,
a riot of blazing sound,
a song that brings laughter and tears.
it is easily understood,
has depth but little meaning.
mine is of a slower tune.
of a less comforting harmony.
intentionally discordant at times,
unadorned with no pretenses.
His is rhythmic and full of life,
but not the beautiful tumult of yours,
or the deep philosophy of mine.
his heart beats to the tune of a far away drummer,
yet produces a melody just as fine.
Hers is like none before.
it has a simplicity that belies its depth.
she speaks with the simplest combinations.
her song is of reality,
at first glance bleak,
but with time becomes a song of joy in actual life.
No happy endings,
but none in total tragedy either.
can't you see they are all as well as the last?
that hers and his and mine are as good as yours?
can you stop to listen?
-Emily Wadsworth
Sunday, June 22, 2008
You don't have to try. Most of us already are.
i think its truely ridiculous when people work so hard to convince people that they are "different". for several reasons:
1. in compostition we are ALL THE SAME:
we enjoy the company of people who value us.
most of us are looking for love in some form.
we are composed mostly of water and hydrocardons.
2. Actaully, when you want to be different, its because you want attention, orto separate yourself from the crowd. its because you want to be unique. not because you actaully are.
3. You make yourself look like an idiot. you wear styles that dont fit you because it makes you feel "edgy". you listen to crappy music cause no oneelse does. Theres usually a reason why something is unpopular, poor quality for example, but you ignore that for the sake of being different, when reallyyou're just the same as everyone else.
4. Finally, because every statistic happens on a bell curve, there are thosewho actually are different, in ways that aren't stylish right now. those peoplelaugh at the people who spend their time trying to be "unique" because theirdeepest, most painful desire is to be the same as everyone else.
I laugh at these people, yet feel so sorry for them as well. They live under their parents thumb. or some drive within them to do better. or feel they must earn something, when the best things in life are free. They fight to be different, i'm not sure why. I bet some psychologist could give me a good enough reason, but frankly i think i'd be easier to forget trying to be different, and just live your life with waht you have, find the differences that matter, and focus on healing those.
1. in compostition we are ALL THE SAME:
we enjoy the company of people who value us.
most of us are looking for love in some form.
we are composed mostly of water and hydrocardons.
2. Actaully, when you want to be different, its because you want attention, orto separate yourself from the crowd. its because you want to be unique. not because you actaully are.
3. You make yourself look like an idiot. you wear styles that dont fit you because it makes you feel "edgy". you listen to crappy music cause no oneelse does. Theres usually a reason why something is unpopular, poor quality for example, but you ignore that for the sake of being different, when reallyyou're just the same as everyone else.
4. Finally, because every statistic happens on a bell curve, there are thosewho actually are different, in ways that aren't stylish right now. those peoplelaugh at the people who spend their time trying to be "unique" because theirdeepest, most painful desire is to be the same as everyone else.
I laugh at these people, yet feel so sorry for them as well. They live under their parents thumb. or some drive within them to do better. or feel they must earn something, when the best things in life are free. They fight to be different, i'm not sure why. I bet some psychologist could give me a good enough reason, but frankly i think i'd be easier to forget trying to be different, and just live your life with waht you have, find the differences that matter, and focus on healing those.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
WICKED
sup crazies?
so my life right now. haha its pretty crazy.
My sis, mom and i went to see wicked on Sunday. ITS WAS AMAZING! its was almost better than it was on Broadway. which is astounding, cause it was out of this world in NYC. i think the NY the singers were better, but only marginally, and it seemed this time that the actors were more human. like they brought more emotion to their roles. which was really cool. now our seats weren't as great as they were in NY but they still were pretty good. AH! it was so fabulous! it kinda reignited my obsession with the soundtrack, i now have rememorized all the songs, and will randomly break out into.. "POPULAR! its all about popular! don't be offended by my frank analysis, just think of it as personality dialysis!" = ]
but yea when we got home, i had an 8 page paper to write for Schwartz due on Monday, so i stayed up until 4:30am to finish that, and was completely dead the next day. but i got it done, and i did a lot better than most people. most people didn't even get the requisite number of pages.
but yea life's pretty crazy! only like a week and a couple days more of school! its both amazing and sad all at the same time. Cause I'm so ready to not have homework anymore, but then again, I'm prolly not gonna see steph, meg, rach, or nikki until like halfway through the summer, which is sad, cause I'm gonna miss them like crazy. one of the downsides of having great friends, is going without them kinda sucks.
but yea, figured i needed to post, cause i hadn't in awhile. but now i'm off to go get ready for youth group!
so my life right now. haha its pretty crazy.
My sis, mom and i went to see wicked on Sunday. ITS WAS AMAZING! its was almost better than it was on Broadway. which is astounding, cause it was out of this world in NYC. i think the NY the singers were better, but only marginally, and it seemed this time that the actors were more human. like they brought more emotion to their roles. which was really cool. now our seats weren't as great as they were in NY but they still were pretty good. AH! it was so fabulous! it kinda reignited my obsession with the soundtrack, i now have rememorized all the songs, and will randomly break out into.. "POPULAR! its all about popular! don't be offended by my frank analysis, just think of it as personality dialysis!" = ]
but yea when we got home, i had an 8 page paper to write for Schwartz due on Monday, so i stayed up until 4:30am to finish that, and was completely dead the next day. but i got it done, and i did a lot better than most people. most people didn't even get the requisite number of pages.
but yea life's pretty crazy! only like a week and a couple days more of school! its both amazing and sad all at the same time. Cause I'm so ready to not have homework anymore, but then again, I'm prolly not gonna see steph, meg, rach, or nikki until like halfway through the summer, which is sad, cause I'm gonna miss them like crazy. one of the downsides of having great friends, is going without them kinda sucks.
but yea, figured i needed to post, cause i hadn't in awhile. but now i'm off to go get ready for youth group!
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