Get Ready

BEDA is a thing tomorrow. And it's happening. Do it with me. Blog errday. I don't care if you never blog anymore, don't have anything to say, or are going through a midlife crisis. LET'S DO IT.

*cue pump up jams*

I Wanna Make You Happy

Drinking: Hot chocolate with peppermint schnapps.
Listening: Junk of the Heart - The Kooks
Quote: "Enjoy it. Because it's happening."

Sometimes I wonder why the world seems like a different world than the one you live in every day.

Why other people's lives are more appealing.

Why the world looks different when you are listening to music.

Or see it through a lens.

Or are with different people.

I think a lot of it has to do with things that are new and exciting, aka not routine. But everyone has routine. I mean, some people have very unpredictable lives and such, but to a certain extent... everyone has routine. I, actually, am a big fan of routine. It's a lot less stressful for me. And I feel like, to each and every person, their routine is equally mundane... however exotic it may seem to some. So, I want to be able to keep my "youthful vigor" when it comes to things that become routine.

I try really really hard not to become used to things in Chicago. The first few train rides I took to school I remember admiring everything. Staring out the window, not needing a book or headphones to keep me occupied. While I still rarely read or listen to music on the train, and still use the window as my main form of entertainment, I see less.

I'm trying to become more observant. I think all too often I'm tied up in my own thoughts and my own little world. I look, but I don't see. Remember when you were little and you used to have those activities where you were asked to recall what color sweater your teacher was wearing or what the poster on the wall said? I was never good at those. This past weekend I played Scene It for the first time. They showed a movie clip, of which I watched the whole thing. But I couldn't even answer the question "What color shirt was Dan wearing?"

Look less, see more. A goal.


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