more songspiration

No more carefree laughter
Silence ever after
Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes
Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye

Knowing me, knowing you
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you
We just have to face it, this time we're through
Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do

Memories, good days, bad days
They'll be with me always
In these old familiar rooms children would play
Now there's only emptiness, nothing to say

Knowing me, knowing you
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you
We just have to face it, this time we're through
Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do

Lyrics: Knowing Me, Knowing You, ABBA

one of my favortie songs comes true...

today, 14 years ago, my future ex-husband and i decided to "go steady". and now, 14 years later, the final draft of the separation papers are on the table, and i turn up Track 7 on "The Mollusk":

Baby what have I done
Gone and left you, all alone
It's hard for me to sing this song
We've been together for so long
I think I know what my soul's got to say
And it won't hurt as bad, someday
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever lets the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you
Guess I'm ruled by my heart
Built a life and I tore it all apart
It's just not our time
But you'll find a new love,
and you'll be fine
So many dark and lonely nights
But I believe someday I'll see the light
It's gonna be alright, baby
It's gonna be alright, love
And if the mist ever lets the sun through
I'll just hope I did the right thing
For me and you

Lyrics: It's Gonna be (Alright), Ween

pet peeve

when you call your local utility company, and get robo-chick
para continuar en espanol marca el dos- or whatever 6 years of spanish and i'm SO BAD
and she drones: please enter your account number, followed by the pound sign
and then...please wait...and ring ring ring and (if you're lucky)
a real person who sounds like they're hella bored and eating chips and you can hear kids roughhousing in the background does their best ben stein impression and says:
may i have your account number please?
...
hasn't technology advanced to the point that my keypad punch automatically informed the "customer service representative" of my account number?
but my account number just routes the call to the appropriate work-from-home rep in my geographic vicinity.
that next person has to start all over again and get my account number.

and god forbid you get transferred- you gotta give it again!
today, i called, keypad punched, gave my #, got transferred, gave my #, then the system was down and i had to call back, and i called back, keypad punched, gave my #, got transferred, gave my #, and then- oh yes- GOT TRANSFERRED, GAVE MY #
i am not over-exaggerating for dramatic blog fodder.
...
true customer service demands a more streamlined information flow. someone's got to get on this!

i love this town!

went to vote between 8 and 8:30am this morning.

i parked right by the door.

inside, i was the only one in line for my last name and my location (west side of the road).

i walked directly into a voting booth and voted.

i think i was away from home all of 15 minutes! i love this town!

real life ain't perfect

real life ain't perfect
it hardly is what we want it to be
but if i take responsibility
and take care of me
the rest will take care of itself

i cannot love unless i love
the girl in the mirror i'll never speak of
it's a solitary solution
to avoid hurt and confusion
so i'm not confused all about me and you

i want you to be happy without me
i'm not sure how much you've ever been within me
i thought i knew the stuff of love
but i guess those are things that i never think of
i'm thinking that i need to be alone