Day 126.

Well break has started, and like every other 18 year old on the planet I am doing next to nothing.

So far I've delivered a few Christmas presents, received some in return, taken a few pictures, done plenty of reading, wasted lots of time on stumblupon.com...it's been relaxing.

Oh! Big event! The girl I mentioned before is going to be my roommate at DePaul after all! Her name is Sophie, she's from Sufjan Stevens' hometown, her bedroom walls are plastered in photos/magazine cutouts/etc, and she lives for NPR. We're pretty much destined to live together.

I feel that I haven't really been sharing much of my creative energy as of late, so I'm going to post the lyrics to a little tune I made up on my uke a while back. I hope you like them.

"Life the Life"

I want to live the life I love,
I want to love the life I live,
I want to give,
I want to give,
I want to give,
I want to give.
I want to give away my heart,
I want to give away my soul,
I want to give away, give away,
but gain the whole.

Gain the whole wide world,
Gain the sun and the stars --
Have you ever really realized how lonely we are?

Thank God that we have people,
Thank God that we have friends,
Thank God that we can be our seven-year-old selves once again.

Cause I love the taste of dirt
And I like love even when it hurts
And when the wind whispers,
"I love you..."

And the pebble say,
"We are proud
Of all that you have done
And of what you will become."

And the sea sighs,
"Why must you be sad?
Your smile is far more beautiful.
You're beautiful."

--Hannah