Another Day

I've been neglecting this again and it makes me sad.  Did you enjoy my Christmas and New Year specials?  What?  I didn't finish them, you say?  That's so unlike me to not do something I say I'm going to do.

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No, I promise I will finish them, even if it ends up with me putting them up in the middle of July.  It will happen, mark my words.

Happy New Year by the way.  We're already halfway through January and I don't think it's going to slow down.  Don't miss out on whatever this year has to offer.  I can't really explain it but I feel that this year is going to be a good one for a variety of reasons - but blink and you'll miss out, it seems.

 Do try not to blink.

Just to catch everyone up on the few things that have happened.  I celebrated my birthday last Wednesday and it was marvelous for the most part.  Spent time with some really good friends and I couldn't have asked for much more.  That was my twenty-first birthday, which is kind of strange to think about but then not really.  I'm entering the prime of my life, or so they say, which is pretty significant since I think that this year will be so significant.  The stars have aligned, perhaps?

I got a raise at my job today, a raise of fifteen cents, and that was with "very goods" all over my year review.  You're darn right I'm "very good" and deserve more than fifteen miserable cents to show for it =|  In the vein of my general unhappiness with my current job I should also say that I have a job interview tomorrow that I pray goes well.  Where, you ask?  The Longhorn Steakhouse.  Yes, me, possibly working at possibly the most Texan-sounding place ever.  Ever.  At least "Texas" isn't in the name.

What position did I apply for?  Waiter.  Well, "server" technically.  ...But, Sem, doesn't that pay much less than your current job?  Yes, yes it does, but I'm quite confident in my ability to win the adoration of the masses who visit and consequently win their generous tips.  All shall love me.

Jumping back to my apparent Texas-hate I feel that I should also share a little something with you all.  It seems within the past year I've grown quite comfortable here.  I've been blessed with new people in my life, one of my best friends lives out here now and I see him regularly, and I'm slowly settling in to some sort of lifestyle that I quite enjoy.  Not to say that I don't still have my problems, it's just that now none of them are Texas-related.  Home really is where the heart is and I'm happy here, and the thought of leaving fills me with dread.  A younger me would jump at the chance to strangle current me.  Just goes to show how we change.  Just don't tell anybody that I don't despise Texas anymore.

My first day of classes for this semester is tomorrow (well, today technically since I'm still a crazy person who abhors normal sleeping patterns.)  I'm only taking two: art and creative writing, but they're both things I enjoy and I'm looking forward to them.

I've also developed a horrid cedar allergy.  Thanks, Texas.  Maybe there's still things to dislike.

Anyway, that's all you need to be caught up on I think.  I don't have any big plans for this year yet.  I hope to fly out to California for spring break to visit special people I haven't seen in much too long.  I'm also hoping to actually get some sort of book mostly written this year.  It's called Birthright and is about the lovely Miss Lysis.  It concerns her past and will essentially be the story of her life.  It makes me excited thinking about it.  Even just the title makes me excited.  Birthright will be the first of a series of "back-story novels" that detail the histories of my characters.  One will center around Sorena, and two other characters I have yet to officially introduce people to named Vivian and Alphard.  The other will center around Sem and Sorena. Poor Francis may not see an origin novel for some time since I don't feel he really needs one right now.

Thanks to Chad I learned that Amazon will publish ebooks for you, which is great news since that takes out the need to send my book to publisher after publisher hoping that one will pick it up.  Now, I'm putting a lot on the idea that some ebook on Amazon will be any kind of successful, but I'm optimistic - I feel good about it.  I know a good deal of people that are quite fond of my writing, so I'll be counting on them to get the word out to everyone they've ever met and to also shove it down the throats of strangers =)

Now, I leave you all with a song.  I was randomly asked by Aaron last night to come up with a song lyric because I'm "the writer" and I can apparently produce song lyrics at a moment's notice.  I gave him the line "red petals drifting into an orange sun".  Well, tonight I wrote the rest of it.  Why?  Well, I've never written a song before and I kind of wanted to finish it.  I'm not capable of doing anything with it musically so I'll leave that up to him since he's "the musician".  I suppose the song is very much inspired by my optimism for this year, but deals with the whole choice thing.  Hang on to what you have, even if you're unhappy, out of fear for worse, or just let go and reach towards the idea of something better coming.

Another Day

I’m standing in the dark with my eyes wide open

I’m holding my hand closed over my heart

Holding on for dear life with all that I have

I can’t let go – not for anything

I need to be strong

The horizon lights up

The night fades away

But is it just another day?

I shield my eyes from the light because I don’t want to see

I don’t want to see what things could be like

I’ll fall apart if I let myself look for too long

I can’t let go – not for anything

I need to be strong

The horizon catches fire

The night pales away

But is it just another day?

I feel a spark stir in the night deep within me

I tell myself, “Love, things could be different than they are now”

Dreams don’t only have to be distant and longed for

No, I can’t let go – not for anything

I need to be strong

The blinding horizon blazes

The shroud of night burns away

But is it just another day?

I’ll have to decide

I reach towards the glow and open my hand

And I watch red petals drift into the orange sun

"Another Day" ©2012 James Curry a.k.a Sem