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"Everybody Hurts" - REM

I thought for sure I learned how to do mornings, take naps, and sleep at a decent hour. You'd think that after being thrown back in time 3-4 hours (due to travelling and of course, falling backwards) that it'd help my energy level find a balance that most would consider normal. You'd think that after being drained from the long walks through downtown LA, the tedious demands of jury duty, and the overwhelming inbox of my work email and phone that I'd want to take the extra time to unwind. But all it's doing is making my tummy hurt. So I'm up. I'm awake, in pain, and in front of my dear computer. I'm back to what I consider my normal so I guess it's true what they say: Old habits really do die hard.

So I'll do what I always do. I'll stay up late, listen to music, blog, bitch, drink coffee, eat chili and regret it later... but on top of that, I'll also try to do more of what I lacked before. I'll read more books, see more art, say "hi" to passersby, talk less and observe more, travel, never back down from a dare, shoot for the stars, and continue to aim to please myself because I can and because it's funner this way. I guess I'll have to accept the fact that I'm not like everybody else. I'm my own mess and I kinda prefer it that way.

Lyrics:

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, 'cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go, (hold on)
When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

'Cause everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts. Don't throw your hand. Oh, no. Don't throw your hand
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on

Well, everybody hurts sometimes,
Everybody cries. And everybody hurts sometimes
And everybody hurts sometimes. So, hold on, hold on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
Everybody hurts. You are not alone




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http://blogs.pitch.com/wayward/2008/02/gods_monsters_rem_is.php

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