advice from Mac MacGuff (JUNO 2007)

From Mac MacGuff in JUNO:

"Look, in my opinion, the best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are. Good mood, bad mood, ugly, pretty, handsome, what have you, the right person is still going to think the sun shines out your ass. That's the kind of person that's worth sticking with."

Festering Splinter

An Emptiness

Filled with this negativity

And the sentiments, with which you just don’t agree.

You say that I don’t see,

where the real problem lies.

But behind your eyes, you want things where I can’t compromise.

The smoky haze, creates a glaze that mask the tears that linger.

A hopeless gaze, not just a phase that disguises a festering splinter. 

music appreciation

         Do you ever just wish you could sing? I wish it all the time. I have good friends who are extremely musically inclined and when I hear her sing so strongly in that deep melodic voice, it leaves me mesmerized and wishing I could captivate people in that same way.

        However, I have the range capacity of a hoarse troll and my singing will pierce your ears like an off key cackling hyena. I remember thinking that I could sing when I was younger, belting "Part of your World" from the Little Mermaid, thinking I could in fact be Ariel herself. Hahah. Oh man. And the time I decided it would be a good idea to sing the national anthem in front of everyone at a school basketball game with Stacy Babeau when we were on the cheering squad. OMG it was horrific. I still feel mortified that my friends didn't try and stop me....

        Oh well.

        It happens.

        I just love how music is such a powerful force and can move you, twist your emotions, send you mood through the roof. I think that's some of the reason why I dance. When the music is playing, depending on what type of song, I am transported to a world that lets me fall from reality and I can't help but let the melody move me.