had I known...

Kate is Great!



ok, so this video is stupid especially since it's only that one image.. but whatever - it lets me share the song without worrying about copyright infringement (for now I suppose - until sharing posted intarweb crap is a formal crime too) which is all I can ask for. On to my short story: I setup an alarm clock that would play some BS (bouncing souls, NOT bullshit - I get enough of that already) to give me a nice wake-up - alas I woke up to the music of the Borat DVD playing in the apartment over my head.

(DUN DUN _ DUN DUN DUN ooomppapppa ooompappa RESTART DUN DUN _ DUN DUN DUN ooompppppa ooompappa RESTART)

damn hipsters.

So after breakfast, I took the k9s for a walk, and when we came in the door, "Kate is Great" was playing. It put a slight smile on my face, and brought a little bit of a tear in my eye. Those who know me understand that emotion outside of high-speed hunger and rage aren't all that common. I can only say that hearing something so damn close to my personal experience from a band I liked back in the day touched a little spot inside. Kinda cool.

Finding myself in the same home as when I left this fine city the gravity of this feeling is really hard to fully express and the song really does reflect my experiences since I've left Chi-town and only off by like, 1 year and some change.

I used to have home
with a room and bed
a porch and a driveway
with a big garage
but i traded it in
I kept some faith
laid my head down every night
and it seems so far away


remember me now cuz things
always change
5 long years have gone
i've done some time
sleeping where i fall
i know i'll never be the same



I learned somethings
about the places i saw
i learned something about myself
i guess it came the hard way
now i know what counts
i've got one prayer
it's in your confidence
i know all the places
i don't want to be everyone's
gone there'e no one just me



remember me now cuz things
always change
5 long years have gone
i've done some time
sleeping where i fall
i know i'll never be the same



remember me next time i go away
for the first time i wanna stay
i can count one hand here today
the only thing that matters to me
anyway and it seems so far away


remember me now cuz things
always change
5 long years has gone
i've done some time
sleeping where i fall
i know i'll never be the same

It's damn fine to be alive and breathing on this Sunday. Food to eat, enemies to crush, weeds to whack, and training to be done! Why does any of this rambling matter? Before I took off on my whacked out journey which really had nothing to do with soul searching - I would NEVER have given audience to that kind of "soft" thinking - and I'm a more complete person for it. Can't judge where you are until you can grasp where you've been. Right? Fuck yeah!

Always ready for 'em!