Archive for the 'Quote/Lyric' Category

• 2.19.06 "Everywhere at the same time" is posted in Quote/Lyric, Reflections, Work & Career

All the sleep in the world is some kind of joke keeping us busy, reminding us–
We can only do so much before crashing down into some new scene from a dream
From this life we all want but couldn’t handle anyway.

In spare time we’ll take small steps in circles all day and fight over jobs…
Have to learn to be everywhere in the world at the same time and doing fine.

(from Ghosty, Rooms in the Dark)

I’m overwhelmed. Not just busy but a little worried at finishing the tasks at hand. Happy? (more…)

• 5.4.05 "Aging in Life" is posted in Quote/Lyric, Reflections

As Nathan Church Hubbard put it, there’s a point in our life where we stop growing up and start growing in. We all like to think of our contexts (”where we are in life”) determining our relative age, but I’m beginning to see how experience makes one older. Context can be purely arbitrary–wine in place of Coke, slacks over khakis, the Post’s Outlook rather than USA Today’s Life. Context could also be symbolic–close friends getting engaged, metabolism not being what it used to be, parents no longer chipping in on bills. But there are certain things that truly age us (toward sagacity?), issues that are real and hard to dismiss, like dependence & independence, the growing array of responsibilities, relationships come & gone, and tragedy & loss. (more…)

• 9.26.04 "So Many Questions…" is posted in Quote/Lyric, Reflections

As a spokesperson from Intel put it, in this ever-changing fast-paced world sometimes the best strategy is to motor along at 200mph until you hit a brick wall. So here I am, in a number of pieces, trying to figure it all out. My birthday’s on the horizon, the new year has just begun, there are many questions to consider and I need to revisit my modus operandi. (more…)