No Fairy Tales

I used to always listen to Anita Baker growing up as a child and this was one of my favorite songs by her. It's amazing how innocent you are as a child and then one day...you grow up.

"I can remember stories, those things my mother said
She told me fairy tales, before I went to bed
She spoke of happy endings, then tucked me in real tight
She turned my night light on, and kissed my face good night
My mind would fill with visions, of perfect paradise
She told me everything, she said he'd be so nice
He'd ride up on his horse and, take me away one night
I'd be so happy with him, we'd ride clean out of sight


She never said that we would, curse, cry and scream and lie
She never said that maybe, someday he'd say goodbye
The story ends, as stories do
Reality steps into view
No longer living life in paradise-or fairy tales-uh
No, uh-huh-mmm-mmm

She spoke about happy endings, of stories not like this
She said he'd slay all dragons, defeat the evil prince
She said he'd come to save me, swim through the stormy seas
I'd understand the story, it would be good for me

You never came to save me, you let me stand alone
Out in the wilderness, alone in the cold
My story ends, as stories do
Reality steps into view
No longer living life in paradise-or fairy tales-yes

I don't look for pie up in the sky, baby
Need reality, now, said I
Don't feel the need to be pacified,
Don't cha try
Honey, I know you lied

You never came to save me, you let me stand alone
Out in the wilderness, alone in the cold
I found no magic potion, no horse with wings to fly
I found the poison apply, my destiny to die


No royal kiss could save me, no magic spell to spin
My fantasy is over, my life must now begin
My story ends, as stories do
Reality steps into view
No longer living life in paradise-or fairy tales-"

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It's Been a While

It's been a very long time since I've added an entry, over two months. I haven't been slack for the mere fact that nothing's been going on, I just been slack...well...because I'm slack. Since my last entry I've been to a wedding, two funerals, and 6 movies. I've completed two special projects at work and have been doing a lot of work on the side.
So today was an interesting day. I spent the whole day WITHOUT doing a lick of work. I didn't check my email, I didn't work on a website for anyone else, and in fact I only used my computer to look up movie times and to assist Josh with finding his cell phone. I ended up wasting time by playing Far Cry for XBOX, eating Rolly Polly's with my neighbor, and then going to the movies. I saw two movies with the reoccurring theme that there is no such thing as coincidence. Everything happens for a reason and there is no such thing as chance. The movies were "16 blocks" (which I thought was a short film about my toy chest as a child, yeah I didn't have a lot of toys) and "V for Vendetta" (which I thought could be about "W", if he stayed in the White House any longer) I guess this theme is important to me because I am no longer at the point of wondering IF this is where I'm supposed to be at this point in my life. I am more focused on the tasks God needs me to complete before he carries me to the next point that I need to be at. "16 Blocks" was a pretty ok movie and a great way of showing that people can change and it's never to late to do what's right. V for Vendetta was much better though. It was action packed, had wonderfully developed plot, the main character had impeccable diction, and the central message that I took from it is that we are all responsible for each other and responsible for the things that we THINK we have no control over. Well I need to go to bed so I can go to church tomorrow. ~Night


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