Nice.

No words...

Hmmm.

Dorothy at Forty by Cursive

Dorothy, I know you've had amazing dreams
We can't go chasing down each golden street
Each and every rainbow, each passion, each unattainable goal
We're not in dreamland anymore

Dorothy, it seems you'll never understand
This here land is everything we have
Every sweat-stained collar, every dollar,
every bent and bloodied spur
We're not the kids that we once were
We can't be the adults we want to be

Dreams are all you have, dreams have held you back
Dreamers never live, only dream of it
Dream cars, dream houses, dream jobs, dream spouses
Dreams of tornadoes, cities of emerald

And I know we swore we'd make more of ourselves
but this plot is literally our lot in life.

American dreams pollute our cities
Our piece of the pie can't fill our bellies
(More!) More square inches
(More!) Picket fences
(More!) Clothes on the line
(More!) Naps at noontime
More of our fair share
More of our birthright
More of what we're owed

More...

Paid vacation
(More!) Entertainment
(More!) Compensation
(More!) Gratuitous gratification

Dorothy, wake up, Dorothy, wake up
Dorothy, wake up, it's time for work

A missing piece?

pas⋅sion –noun

1. any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling, as love or hate.


2. strong amorous feeling or desire; love; ardor.


3. strong sexual desire; lust.


4. an instance or experience of strong love or sexual desire.


5. a person toward whom one feels strong love or sexual desire.


6. a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire for anything: a passion for music.


7. the object of such a fondness or desire: Accuracy became a passion with him.


8. an outburst of strong emotion or feeling: He suddenly broke into a passion of bitter words.


9. violent anger.


10. the state of being acted upon or affected by something external, esp. something alien to one's nature or one's customary behavior (contrasted with action ).


11. (often initial capital letter) Theology.
    a. the sufferings of Christ on the cross or His sufferings subsequent to the Last Supper.
    
    b. the narrative of Christ's sufferings as recorded in the Gospels.


12. Archaic. the sufferings of a martyr.

I've been told a few times recently that I seem to lack passion. I don't know how I feel about this.

My 2009 NFL Post Season Theory

From observing the Postseason so far, I've come up with a pattern that already determines who will win the Super Bowl in Tampa:

Birds will always win.

And in the case of Bird Vs. Bird, Alphabetical Order comes into play. (i.e. The Cardinals beating the Falcons)

So if the pattern holds true:

The Cardinals beat the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

The Ravens (being a Bird team) beat the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game.

And in the Super Bowl:

The Cardinals beat the Ravens in a game for the ages (and the birds).

This is just a theory and could almost certainly be wrong, but so far the pattern has held true, and as good as the Eagles have been playing, the Cardinals have been doing some amazing things... and C comes before E.

Fred Astaire

He remained physically active well into his eighties. At age 78, he broke his left wrist while riding his grandson's skateboard.

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