Happy 2011

Bob Dylan's Dream

While riding on a train goin’ west
I fell asleep for to take my rest
I dreamed a dream that made me sad
Concerning myself and the first few friends I had
With half-damp eyes I stared to the room
Where my friends and I spent many an afternoon
Where we together weathered many a storm
Laughin’ and singin’ till the early hours of the morn
By the old wooden stove where our hats was hung
Our words were told, our songs were sung
Where we longed for nothin’ and were quite satisfied
Talkin’ and a-jokin’ about the world outside
With haunted hearts through the heat and cold
We never thought we could ever get old
We thought we could sit forever in fun
But our chances really was a million to one
As easy it was to tell black from white
It was all that easy to tell wrong from right
And our choices were few and the thought never hit
That the one road we traveled would ever shatter and split
How many a year has passed and gone
And many a gamble has been lost and won
And many a road taken by many a friend
And each one I’ve never seen again
I wish, I wish, I wish in vain
That we could sit simply in that room again
Ten thousand dollars at the drop of a hat
I’d give it all gladly if our lives could be like that
Copyright © 1963, 1964 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1991, 1992 by Special Rider Music




on that note, out with the old, in with the new. happy 2011 !

Resolutions

Today at work our manager brought in a bunch of food; wraps, chips, candy, soda, in the spirit of the holidays.  I wasn't very hungry due to the massive amounts I ate earlier (who can really eat just one soft baked double chocolate chip cookie?) but of course I couldn't resist grabbing some.  Just as I was eating a wrap a co worker came in and said this holiday she was going to "eat and drink to her hearts content without any guilt".  And thats a great thing to say.  I've heard all of my girl friend's at some point declare that this holiday they were going to be good, and lets not forget all of the magazine articles with their tips on how not to get fat during the holiday season.
Well after thinking about what my co worker said I realized I would try to turn that into a resolution.  If I really want to do something that makes me happy like sneak in an extra cookie, or watch TV for a little bit longer when I should be doing job applications, I'll do it without beating up on myself.  Maybe this is my post-grad self talking but now that I'm a college graduate looking for a "real" job I constantly feel like I'm not doing enough, or what I am doing isn't good enough.  Hopefully this resolution will be a little bit easier to keep then "I resolve to drop...(fill in your magic number)"



Also, I hope to eventually upload pictures of myself and my friends as well as anything exciting I do.  Right now though I can't find my wire that connect my camera to my computer so until then...

To Blog or Not to Blog?

So today as I was driving back from work it hit me, why not start a blog? I've toyed with the idea in the past but always pushed it to the side: it will take to much commitment, what if people don't read it, what on earth will I post about, etc etc etc.  But at this point in my life I don't care about any of those things.  The fact that I can create this thing and put it out there without any expectations or knowledge about where it's going to go seems like an awesome idea.

I chose this name for the blog because its one of my favorite Bob Dylan songs.  I know people either love or hate him but I absolutely love him.  His music speaks to me in a way no other artist has spoken to me before and I just about died when I heard these lyrics.  The fact that he wrote this song for and about his soon to be wife makes it that much more beautiful.