Saturday, February 21, 2009

hey na na na na na na

you look older, i can tell by your hands
drinks only gin says it's how to keep thin
and she's crying after every meal
no, you don't know how you're making me feel.

tell her that i just can't go on
tell her that there's just something wrong...


strong/indifferent/lonely/soclosetobeinginarut/alreadythere?

this week's soundtrack: http://www.myspace.com/coconutrecords

Sunday, February 15, 2009

a great friend

didn't anybody tell you, didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room?

at this point in my life, i rarely have the feeling of absolutely needing someone. but it's been confirmed that if and when i do, someone will be there. nothing could make me feel so lucky, thankful or relieved.

didn't anybody tell you, didn't anybody tell you this river's full of lost sharks?

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

knotty by nature

I waited 27 minutes for the Dundas steetcar, during which time I thought about all the things I've been doing that have been putting uncomfortable knots in my stomach (though today my boss did inspire me by saying that she follows the belief that everything worth duing should come with that knotty feeling... though it should be more of a nervous one than a letdown).

I am reading The Element by Ken Robinson, and it inspires us to find exactly what it is we're best at, and to enjoy doing exactly that. I think I'm currently doing some of the things I do best, but I'm probably not really working it as well as I could. Like, today I pretty much passed an idea along to someone else, which should have been an idea I carried and presented, and now its origins will probably get lost in the shuffle.

I shouldn't do that. Mis-take.

But I am learning that I'm most inspired when sitting down in meetings with other, more experienced people who are bouncing around big ideas (of course, right?). It's just really great when I feel the need to scribble down ideas before they themselves get lost in the shuffle that is the day-to-day duties that, if you're not careful, can be rather suffocating.

So I just need to find ways to make myself heard and noticed even more (and maybe I should practise by smiling back at the cute boy who grins at me... and then walks on by).