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Simon & Garfunkel – "Richard Cory" (1965)

2009/12/08

Sometimes I curse the life I'm living, and I curse my poverty.

But then I remember the poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson and the song that goes with it by Simon and Garfunkel. I remember going over it in class in junior high school. I was reminded again of this after a friend today said "What you do for a living does not define who you are."

So true.

We are not our jobs or the money we make. We are not our 401k. We are not the things we buy or the place we live. (Now I feel like I am referencing Fight Club.) If anything it is vice versa. All of those things are an expression of who we are if we are lucky enough to have a choice. Frequently though they indicate misplaced focus on things that don't even matter that much to the people who have them. Having money, status, or power will not grant you everlasting happiness. (Having no money may make it more difficult to be happy, but that is a basic needs issue).

We must live happy moment to happy moment. That is the real currency we should all be focused on. Don't be Richard Cory, and don't think you want to be him either!

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Click here for more info on Simon & Garfunkel – Sounds of Silence – "Richard Cory".

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Black Sabbath – "Paranoid" (1970)

2009/09/01

I have not been sleeping well the past few nights. Insomnia sucks. If you've ever seen "Fight Club", insomnia is a lot like it is described in the beginning. "When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep… and you're never really awake." You end up living life like a zombie the next day and ever onward until you do finally get a full night of sleep. Stupid sleep.

Usually insomnia is an indicator of something wrong either physically or mentally. I have some ideas what my problem may be. Without getting into specifics, perhaps Black Sabbath has expressed my problem?

I need someone to show me the things in life that I cant find
I cant see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind

Or perhaps it is because my Heavy Metal cred was questioned the other day? Though it is true, I know less about heavy metal and classic rock than I do about new wave, electropop and post-punk, I like and listen to bands like Black Sabbath when I am in the mood. I am just not in the mood that often I guess.

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The Pixies – "Where Is My Mind" (1988)

2009/04/02

I woke up at 4 this morning. I tried to go back to sleep for an hour. Failed. I kept thinking of the movie Fight Club. I generally consider the movie inspirational, but sometimes I wonder if that is a good thing. For example when Tyler Durden takes the clerk out back and threatens the clerk's life if he doesn't pursue his dream of becoming a veterinarian. It seems like the sort of thing that should happen. I wonder what I would say were I the clerk. Would I pursue my dreams? I suppose I would have to know what they are first.

Also I love the scene at the end, with buildings crumbling and this song playing. If insanity has a soundtrack, this song should be on it.

Click here for more info on The Pixies – Surfer Rosa – "Where Is My Mind".

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