Before the TVs become walls

Or the walls become TVs, and we start calling the people in them our “family”.

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, and although it took some getting used to, it sure does open the mind to a scary world – in which all books are burned and everyone lives catapulted from one moment to the next, permanently entertained. Thus, feeling inspired, I quote:

 Stuff your eyes with wonder, live as if you’d drop dead in ten seconds. See the world. It’s more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories. Ask no guarantees, ask for no security, there never was such an animal. And if there were, it would be related to the great sloth which hangs upside down in a tree all day every day, sleeping its life away. To hell with that.

… and then I footloosed around my apartment

I haven’t quoted in a long time. But I’ve been listening to a lot of music  – a lot of rock – lately, in the background, and since I love singing along many lyrics stay stuck in my head. Today, as I’m getting ready to bake a rainbow cake for Marco’s birthday party tonight (hi Marco!), Supertramp came on and I thought I just had to post some lyrics again.

 When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they’d be singing so happily,
Joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they sent me away to teach me how to be sensible,
Logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
Clinical, intellectual, cynical.

There are times when all the world’s asleep,
The questions run too deep
For such a simple man.
Won’t you please, please tell me what we’ve learned
I know it sounds absurd
But please tell me who I am.

Now watch what you say or they’ll be calling you a radical,
Liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Won’t you sign up your name, we’d like to feel you’re
Acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!

Welcome to Americana

Mixed emotions after my last exam of this semester is finally over. Grateful I’m done and can go a while without learning again, disappointed and frustrated of my grades. Head: completely empty. To demonstrate: a quote-mix of The Offspring’s 1998 album.

When we were young the future was so bright / The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street / Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Chances thrown / Nothing’s free / Longing for what used to be

Feelings / Nothing more than feelings / Trying to forget my / Feelings of hate
Imagine / Beating on your face / Trying to forget my / Feelings of hate
Feelings / For all my life I’ll feel it / I wish I’d never met you / You’ll make me sick again
Feelings, oh oh feelings / Of hate on my mind
Feelings like I never liked you  / Feelings like I want to kill you / Live in my heart
Feelings like I wanna deck you / Feelings like I’ve gotta get you / Out of my life

Maybe life is like a ride on a freeway / Dodging bullets while you’re trying to find your way
Everyone’s around but no one does a damn thing / It brings me down, but I won’t let them
If I seem bleak, well you’d be correct/ And if I don’t speak, it’s cause I get disconnected
But I won’t be burned by the reflection / Of the fire in your eyes / As you’re staring at the sun
When I ran I didn’t feel like a runaway / When I escaped I didn’t feel like I got away
There’s more to living than only surviving / Maybe I’m not there, but I’m still trying