this was at 120km

caption contest:

this was at 120km

i won't say what was under the bridge.

this is a house from a neighborhood in south carolina dedicated to martin luther king jr.

the entire neighborhood is dedicated to martin luther king jr.

listen to this song:

There was a decorated General with a heart of gold
That likened him to all the stories he told,
Of past battles won and lost
And legends of old
A seasoned veteran in his own time

On the battlefield he gained respectful fame
With many medals of bravery and stripes to his name
He grew a beard as soon as he could to cover the scars on his face
And always urged his men on

But on the eve of great battle with the infantry in dream
The Old General tossed in his sleep and wrestled with its meaning
He awoke from the night to tell what he had seen
And walked slowly out of his tent

All the men held tall with their chests in the air
With courage in their blood and a fire in their stare
It was a gray morning and they were all wondering how they would fare
Till the old general told them to go home

He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
And I have seen their mothers
And I will no other, to follow me where I'm going
So
Take a shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men, you must be living
Take a shower, shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men, you must be living
Go now you are forgiven

But the men stood fast with their guns on their shoulders
Not knowing what to do with the contradicting orders
The General said he would do his own duty but he would extend it no further
The men can go as they please

Not a man moved their eyes gazed straight ahead,
Till one by one they stepped back and not a word was said
And the old general was left with his own words echoing in his head
He then prepared to fight

He said: I have seen the others
And I have discovered
That this fight is not worth fighting
No, and I see their mothers
And I will no other to follow me where I'm going
So
Take a shower shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Yea
Take a shower shine your shoes
You got no time to lose
You are young men you must be living
Go now you are forgiven

the general - dispatch

i'm going to have a bunch of pictures to put up when i get home. but while i'm in this hotel room:

• a jeff foxworthy quote, "do you want stop the sniffles, or not feel your head?"
• i'm reading a book called microserfs by douglas coupland
• i'm writing a story, and it's turning out too much like microserfs.
• is that good or bad?
• time zones could be dangerous things.
• very dangerous
• and don't you forget it
• my money's on wakeforest
• number 2 seed
• this film is not yet rated
• these jerks outside our hotel room were loud.

z

I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear

Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say

Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

Run - Snow Patrol

i could paint the tops of my shoes.

i realized something today -- yay for me.

i so want to be one on one with someone, but i'm afraid of it too. i want to be able to talk to one person and still be articulate... from what i've seen, it won't happen soon.

i hate that.

son, can you play me a memory

can you play me a memory

you play me a memory

play me a memory

me a memory

a memory

memory

!

i hope this means more to you than it does to me:

1. i'm overly obsessed with making my life interesting, but i hate it when it is.

2. i think i'm lacking in areas that i wish i wasn't.

3. everyone around me excels in the areas i wish i could.

4. people seem to be very closed these days. i suppose the fact that i stare at the road out the window of the bus doesn't help.

5. i don't please myself. which sucks.

6. nobody sees me how i want to be seen.

7. i don't want to be perceived the way i am, i just want to be perceived the way i am.

8. i've set my life up to be an endless trap. the only people i'll be myself with are people who have already accepted me for the me they've never seen.

9. i have to rebel against myself way too often.

10. i give up to easy.

11. i have no freakin' clue when to give up.

12. the annoying idiots are more successful than me.

13. i've been uprooted in every way possible. now i can't get grounded for fear of flying.

14. i pay for things too early. plain and simple.

15. i apply the wrong things to myself, then wonder what happened to everybody else.

16. then they wonder what happened to me.

17. but they don't, because they never knew me.

18. or have known me for three weeks.

19. and i won't know them for much more than that, because i'm going to be uprooted.

20. but they don't know that

21. so they wonder why i'm so distant.

22. but they don't know i'm distant.

23. because they don't who i'd be if i wasn't distant.

24. because they don't know me.

25. jimmy eat world

26. blindess

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