Trail of Dead - "Summer of '91"

Lying on the shady grass
afternoon, theres always something happening
friends go floating gently by
i'm listening to a song inside my head
Although the summer's past
those mythic dreams would never last
nor do I care anymore
and if it makes you sad
remember all the things you have
that can't be bought

Recollection brings me back
sad to think that it was just a fantasy
we'd already accepted that
which many others struggled to believe
and though it makes no sense
I know these are no accidents
I've no fear anymore
and if it makes you sad
to give up the dreams you've always had
that can't be caught
it just can't be fought.

Looking back at '91
reflecting on those things we could have
said and done
the dancing lights across a crowd
remind us of another town
thats dead and gone
it's just dead and gone

Take me to that summer past
and tell me is it really worth remembering?
I realize that music then
was really just a song inside my head.
And though the fun has past
those mythic dreams would never last
have no fear anymore
and if it makes you cry
to look ahead, well dry your eyes,
it can be done
yes it can be done.

rita quotables:

"Hundreds of thousands of people in Texas and Louisiana headed inland today as Hurricane Rita moved toward the Gulf Coast. But many weren't getting far. Houston resident Tim Conklin said he had been stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic for 13 hours and made it only 48 miles. On the main road between Houston and Austin, people were pushing their cars and minivans to save gas."

"Hoping to speed the evacuation ahead of Hurricane Rita's arrival, authorities are opening the incoming lanes of three major Houston highways to outbound traffic for the first time ever: I-45 and U.S. 290 this morning and I-10 later today."

"All along the way, cars were pulled off on the shoulder with drivers sleeping. They had their doors open with one foot hanging out of the car. Traffic was so bad on 10 that people were just stopped and out walking their dogs."

"I've been calling since yesterday morning all the way up to about 1 this morning. No vacancies anywhere," he said. "I checked all the way from here to Del Rio to Eagle Pass. I called as far as Lufkin, San Marcos, San Angelo. The only place I didn't call was El Paso. By the time you reach El Paso, it's almost time to turn back."

(on 1961 hurricane carla) "What I distinctly remember is rain blowing horizontal," she said. "It soaked through the bricks. The Sheetrock got wet."

"The Galleria Shopping Mall, close to where I live, will be closing its doors before the weekend. You have to understand, the Galleria never closes."

my dad's way of saying happy birthday

link

awwwwwww...

i hate thursdays. all my work are due today and today only, so i got like 4 hours of sleep, then had class for 5 straight hours plus 2 1/2 hours in the EE lab afterwards.

breakfast at 8pm is so yummy.

but no class friday, and it's my birthday! so it's all good.

score.

after waiting for 8 years, it's about damn time, chris taylor!

well, directly after my last blog update, i went to bestbuy and bought WoW, and that kept me busy for a good two months -.-

and thus the lack of updates. ah the irony...

on another note, something i found amusing while reading the news:

"Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld toured a medical facility at New Orleans' international airport on Sunday. He spoke and shook hands with military and rescue officials but walked right by a dozen refugees lying on stretchers just feet away from him, most of them extremely sick or handicapped."

america at its best.