Once in a lifetime
I graduate tomorrow. The last few weeks I have been taking stock of what’s happened in the last four years. Where I am now, I did not see coming four years ago. It’s really bizarre how different things are for me now.
And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
And you may find yourself in another part of the world
And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself-Well...How did I get here?
I went to Sushi Umi (the really land-locked sushi bar) with Ariane a little while ago. I asked them when they last got fish, it was earlier that day, I look at the fish through the window. It looks pretty ok, I nod my approval sagely and order some.
I didn’t eat raw fish four years ago.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
I frequently dance with my friend Elizabeth. She told me "Alex, you’re so good at dancing and the most flexible guy I know [my back]." I didn’t only get decent at hip-hop dancing though, swing is where it’s at – I’m looking forward to getting much better at it in the future.
I don’t think I ever danced before I left high school.
And you may ask yourself
How do I work this?
And you may ask yourself
Where is that large automobile?
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful house!
And you may tell yourself
This is not my beautiful wife!
I washed my car by hand the first time not long ago – it actually felt pretty natural, washing
my car.
It hit me half-way through – I didn’t even know
how to drive in high school.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
I’ve slightly increased my ability to relate to the fairer sex... Still yet to have been in a serious relationship...
Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was...
I never thought I would join a fraternity. It happened a mere eight weeks after I came to Rose. It’s been a big part of my reality since I joined, as I type I am in a
fraternity house… that I
live in.
Water dissolving...and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Carry the water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water at the bottom of the ocean!
I’m listening to Paul van Dyk right now, he does really great trance. Talking to my friend Chris the other day, I was telling him about this sweet hard-house I had been listening to. I’m known in the house as “the techno guy”. I’ve learned the basics of DJing and hope to someday get decent at it.
I didn’t listen to techno until after I left high school.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.
Photo is a big thing for me as you may know. I’ve taken thousands of digital photos. Now I’ve also moved into old-skool b+w. After I get set up in my new place, I will be looking to find or
create a darkroom. I want my apartment to be like my own gallery.
By the time I graduated high school, I had probably taken five rolls of photos, ever.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
My friends who knew me as “damn the system Alex” would probably be surprised I’m now going to work for
the man... smiling. And me, I’m shocked as hell. I’m a
professional now and I have the
resume and job to prove it.
When did that happen?
And you may ask yourself
What is that beautiful house?
And you may ask yourself
Where does that highway go to?
And you may ask yourself
Am I right?...Am I wrong?
My fraternal little brother recently gave me a signature, I just told him to write something and sign. He wrote: "Thanks for all those times you ‘hooked me up’ and the sage party advice"
And you may say to yourself
MY GOD!...WHAT HAVE I DONE?
"Sage party advice"?
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/in the silent water
Under the rocks and stones/there is water underground.
I have more
goals and ambitions every day. There’s lots of things in the world worth seeing, doing and learning; so many things that it becomes painful to have to choose which to pursue and which to let go.
In high school I was adrift with no goals, no direction, no purpose.
Letting the days go by/let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by/water flowing underground
Into the blue again/after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime/water flowing underground.
In the end of one chapter of my life, I stand at the brink of a new one. While I have ideas for it, it probably won’t be what I expect (if we learned anything from last time). My plans may change, my interests may change, my priorities may change. If there’s one thing I can count on, it’s change – at least I hope so.
Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was... Same as it ever was...
Once in a lifetime?
...isn’t enough. Here is to the future of surprising yourself, evolving yourself, finding yourself.
