Ups & Downs

Life has a way of taking its turns.
The ups are as they always are -
the meetings, the joy of seeing new and familiar faces.
To share moments
To create memories
To get new acquaintance
To maintain and nurture existing ones

The downs well they are sneaky bastards ...
Showing up on the most unexpected places
A piece of gravel in your front wheel on your inlines
A hole in the milk packade while carrying your wares home
A deadline at work making you sit in the office until 0300 AM
On let's say a tuesday, let's say the 29th of May. FUUCKKKKKKK!

Well I ain't a quitter - time for 3 power-hours of sleep
And I am good to go -
To start collecting some ups -
Well at last I have found out what the whole point with Super Mario is...

You'll always walk alone ... ?(2)

... if you keep listening to pop music?

It struck me just now that my two favourite tracks
at the moment
-Just played them both from youtube-
Are both really all about l o n e l i n e s s
Coincidence?

I'm gonna die in a place that don't know my name
I'm gonna die in a space that don't hold my fame.
God knows you're lonely souls
God knows you're lonely souls

Unkle feat Richard Ashcroft - Lonely Soul

...had a t-shirt on that said we're all gonna die alone
I still believe that's true oh I truly do

Tiger Lou - Oh Horatio

A line from one of my all time favourites
in the bookshelf come to mind as well

Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable?
Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?

Nick Hornby in High Fidelity

I'll leave those question un-answered
I do think Mr. Miller is on the right track -
That it has nothing to do at all with the listener but the artists

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist.
No, what the artist needs is loneliness

Henry Miller

I aint an artist - but I do need pop music

You'll never walk alone ... ? (1)

You'll never walk alone ... but I suppose it felt like that
after the loss in the CL-finals for The Reds.
Well just making a note to self:
Football can be fun and interesting -
just not something I prioritize doing.
Phun of the day was that Milan's top scorer Filippo Inzaghi looked very much like
our good 'ol serial killer Mr. Buscemi as appearing in Con Air

That was wednesday... thursday was a manifest of beach.07.paranoia:

Starting out the day with a banana and five strawberries.
Inlines, 2.5km
Running, 7.5km
Weightlifting 45min
*work work work*
Muay Thai, 90min

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So back to business - and the soul of this blogbusiness:
the rants the thoughts the poems the quotes the lyrics

So what's the topic tonight then ...
Well the headline was ambiguous ...

L o n e l i n e s s - such a scary word - or is it ?
Scary enough to set aside common sense and morale ?
Strong enough to trick your mind ?
Strong enough to blur your vision and needs ?
Well it might be it might not be ...
Who can tell ?
who can tell right from wrong ?
Who can judge my actions ?

I pray

Pray that your l o n e l i n e s s may spur you
into finding something to live for,
great enough to die for

Dag Hammarsköld

And I act

The possibilities are numerous
once we decide to act and not react.

George Bernard Shaw

I have faith

I have hope

I have to sleep =)