Sailing for Adventure

So enough of the maudlin posts. Life goes on. On a positive note, I finally picked up my undergraduate diploma (with both my majors on one diploma, how lame is that) and my M.D. diploma. Yes, it took me a long time (6 years for my BA degrees) but they are finally in my possession. So I can prove I have my degrees. Hehehe.

I was sitting around last evening and I was listening to the music that I have on iTunes. I was listening to Muppet Treasure Island and heard this song sung by Kevin Bishop, Gonzo, and Rizzo entitled Something Better. It's a catchy tune sung with a boy's soprano. And it got me to thinking, it's a brand new start and a brand new life. I also was entertaing myself re-reading my old posts from this journal as well as my Xanga page (also named Tahlmorra, I was on a Jennifer Roberson kick at the time). Entertaining times were also had re-reading Jennifer's old posts on her website. It is amazing how things have changed in our lives in the last few years. I re-read the chronicles of Jennifer's wedding and the death of her mice.

No witty witticisms to end this post. No clever observations about the mundane life. The most exciting thing in my life right now is working my way through Law and Order Season 14 on DVD (amazingly only season 1, 2, and 14 are on DVD). So I leave you with yet another song lyric.

Something Better

I wake up each day and wonder what for It seems to me there must be something more Something more than stacks of dishes And washing this old floor If I had my pick of wishes I'd wish me out that door. 'Cause I'm hungry for adventure And I'm fed up with this grind If I don't have some excitement soon I'm gonna lose my mind I want a life that is filled with thrills that's wild and free There's gotta be something better Something better There's gotta be something better than this for me I look around here and I want to cry I feel like the world is passing me by And I just can't help but wonder Am I doomed to wash and dry And is it a curse I'm under to do until I die. When I could be an explorer Sailing off to distant lands Instead of spending every afternoon just getting dishpan hands My future looks like nowhere that I want to be There's gotta be something better Something better There's gotta be something better than this for me If it's weird and wild let's go and find it The crazier the better is what I say To tell the truth I really wouldn't mind it If we found someplace with ten square meals a day

Let danger call my name If it does I'm going to hide Oh put my courage to the test And I'll be by your side We'll be by your side There's gotta be something better than this (Something more than this) I know that there's so much out there to see (to see) And I know this life I'm living can't be my destiny There's gotta be something better Something better There's gotta be something better than this for me There's something better than this for you and me facing forward