Sometimes Life Gets In My Way...

When was the last time I posted on here? I can't even remember.

Sorry.

Well... actually... most people don't even read this, so I don't feel all that bad.

SO!

Life. It can get in the way of my plans sometimes. "And it came to me then that every plan was just a tiny prayer to Father Time..." (What Sarah Said by Death Cab For Cutie) Actually, a friend of mine recently started a blog, which is supposedly going to talk about that very song in the next post or two. Anyway, back to MY blog. Hehe.

Yes... life. I guess we just have to roll with the punches and keep moving, right? Right. That's what I've decided to do.

I've also decided to: run 3 days a week, do yoga 3 days a week, eat healthy, quit smoking, practice guitar, bass, and piano every day, and write more often.

And... do housework. Learn to cook more food. GET A JOB.

So far, these things are coming along alright.

I don't smoke anymore; I'm eating a little better (although, I admit, I binged on toast drowning in butter and big glasses of milk today); I started to run and do yoga, fell out of it, and am hopefully getting back on track starting tomorrow morning. I've been playing guitar (and bass) like nothing else, though my piano time has become limited... I've been writing more often. Cooking has stayed pretty much normal, though I baked an absolutely fabulous cake last month. :) Keeping up with housework is going well. I caught up the laundry today, swept most of the floors, and cleaned my room.

The big problem area is getting a job. >.<

I have had multiple interviews, with the most recent being the Bath and Body Works at Clackamas Town Center (the mall). But... no luck. I just don't have any experience! The only job I have at the moment is as the janitor for a small private school in Oregon City. However, they can only afford to pay me $40 a week. Four hours a week. :(

Is anybody in Oregon hiring entry-level,-no-experience-but-lovely-personality-and-a-hard-working-attitude-who-learns-very-VERY-quickly people? Specifically, me??

Scratch that. Is anybody ANYWHERE??

Ugh... it feels like the answer is no. But somebody will hire me eventually, right? *sigh* I hope so.

Anyway... that's life these days.

Oh! And check out this blog. It's HILARIOUS. Some of my favorites are "This is why I'll never be an adult", "How a fish almost ruined my childhood", "The Party", "The God of Cake", and "Spiders. They are scary. It's okay to be afraid of them."

If you don't laugh at one of those, I don't love you anymore.

Just kidding. I'll still love you.

:]

The World At Large - Modest Mouse

Sometimes a certain song just feels... right.

Today, that song is The World At Large by Modest Mouse.



"Ice-age, heat wave, can't complain.
If the world's at large, why should I remain?
Walked away to another plan.
Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand.

I move on to another day,
To a whole new town with a whole new way.
Went to the porch to have a thought,
Got to the door and again, I couldn't stop.

You don't know where, and you don't know when.
But you've still got your words and you've got your friends.
Walk along to another day.
Work a little harder; work another way.

Well, uh-uh, baby, I ain't got no plan.
We'll float on maybe. Would you understand?
Gonna float on maybe. Would you understand?
Well, I'll float on maybe. Would you understand?

The days get shorter, and the nights get cold.
I like the autumn, but this place is getting old.
I pack up my belongings, and I head for the coast.
It might not be a lot but I feel like I'm making the most.

The days get longer, and the nights smell green.
I guess it's not surprising, but it's Spring and I should leave.

I like songs about drifters - books about the same.
They both seem to make me feel a little less insane.
Walked on off to another spot.
I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want.

Did I want love? Did I need to know?
Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?

The moths beat themselves to death against the lights.
Adding their breeze to the summer nights.
Outside, water like air was great.
I didn't know what I had that day.

Walk a little farther to another plan.
You said that you did, but you didn't understand.

I know that starting over is not what life's about.
But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.
My thoughts were so loud..."