sincerely, me

Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me— The Carriage held but just Ourselves— And Immortality.   We slowly drove—He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility—   We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess—in the Ring— We passed the fields of Gazing Grain— We passed the Setting Sun—   Or rather—He passed Us— The Dews drew quivering and chill— For only Gossamer, my Gown— My Tippet—only Tulle—   We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground— The Roof was scarcely visible— The Cornice—in the Ground—   Since then—'tis Centuries—and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity—     I can't pretend to know what this is about, but it seems to be Emily dying. I'm reading a book, Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson , about a girl whose family goes to their beach house for the summer. ...

I have a Pandora station for What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction. Today, Last Friday Night by Katy Perry came on, and I found myself wishing I could be the kind of person that has adventures like the ones listed in the song. Not, of course, getting arrested, or destroying things, or drinking. Just the kind of fun that makes good stories. And I couldn't help thinking back to all those times when girls I knew would get together and hang out. They said they liked me, but I was rarely invited. It made me feel left out and unwanted. I always felt like such a loser around them, like nothing I said or did was right, and I only confirmed my place in their eyes, that of someone to be left behind. After Katy Perry was finished, Chris Tomlin came on to sing Holy is the Lord. I laughed a little at the jump, but when What Makes You Beautiful came on afterward, I felt like it was a sign. God was talking to me through those songs: the first, to let me know to listen, and the second, to ...

You know Mike Chang, right? He's a character on Glee. He's the best dancer in the club (Oops. I mean, was...), but not such a rockin' singer. He did sing with his girlfriend-at-the-time, Tina, once, though, and it was one of my favorite songs they've done. What makes it so great is the dancing they do, that Mike choreographs. I don't know that it'd be as good a song if it was just singing. Mike and his parents had an issue for a few episodes. See, he wanted to go to school to be a dancer, but his dad said he wanted him to find a career that might actually go somewhere. That was the gist of it. My point is, his dad was blind to the fact that dancing made Mike happy, and he can't just squash his dreams like that. Aren't parents supposed to be accepting and encouraging of their children? I haven't seen it a lot in real life, so I don't know if there are actually parents like Mike's. But if there are, what are you doing? I get trying to help...