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the day i tried to live - 2003-10-16
Everytime I hear the song 'Today' by Smashing Pumpkins, I sing along like crazy, as I know every single note, and every single word. Today, after work, I got into my car and started the engine, it came on, and I thought about maybe today was, in fact, the greatest day I have ever known... and that each day following is greater and greater just because, well, I can keep singing along, and I am still alive. I was thinking about 'Today' today, and then I remembered it was my birthday. It was quite the bicycle pump to the ego. 8395 days that just keep getting greater and greater as the world unfolds. Another birthday, another lap around the track, another flashing indication of 'extended play' for the arcade machine that was life. On my 21st birthday, I had to ad a few more quarters. Alright, enough of that. I am flattered that there are still a few people who remember... and if you don't, and are just remembering now, so be it. All I really want is a rose and a Baby Ruth, anyway. I am listening to Weezer, specifically 'The World Has Turned And Left Me Here'. Just where I was when you appeared, etc. I had a discussion with a friend over the weekend on whether or not Weezer's Blue Album deserved a spot on the 25 most influential new rock records of all time, and I staunchly believe that it does. This is the very first emo record to break into mainstream, though it is not considered emo, and in fact, may even predate the term. October is such a fantastic month. It has Thanksgiving and Halloween, two holidays on the opposite ends of the spectrum. It has the fall, the leaves turning colours, the air turning crisp and pure. All the other temps at work seem to be pretty good people... I find though that I could be making friends, or possibly even 'friends' with some of them, but I realize that in about three weeks, I'll be gone... which is another thing, I jump right to the 'going back to school' part of my near future when they ask, and tend to leave the India part out. Maybe because I am sick of explaining it, or maybe because, well, I have no idea how to explain it. But this is the month where I see the road as being opened to me... the tourists have gone into hibernation, and parts of the world which deserve to be quiet, finally get what they deserve. And in those places, I just know, I can feel like I deserve the world, underneath the stars and powerlines. I haven't even taken off my dress pants yet. EDIT: you know who's birthday today also is!? yeah, that's right, John Mayer. I have the SAME FREAKING BIRTHDAY AS JOHN FREAKING MAYER.
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