NO SUCH THING

“Welcome to the real world”, she said to me

Condescendingly

Take a seat

Take your life

Plot it out in black and white

Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings

And the drama queens

I’d like to think the best of me

Is still hiding

Up my sleeve

They love to tell you

Stay inside the lines

But something’s better

On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school

I wanna scream at the

Top of my lungs

I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world

Just a lie you’ve got to rise above

So the good boys and girls take the so called right track

Faded white hats

Grabbing credits

Maybe transfers

They read all the books but they can’t find the answers

And all of our parents

They’re getting older

I wonder if they’ve wished for anything better

While in their memories

Tiny tragedies

They love to tell you

Stay inside the lines

But something’s better

On the other side

I wanna run through the halls of my high school

I wanna scream at the

Top of my lungs

I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world

Just a lie you got to rise above

I am invincible

As long as I’m alive

I wanna run through the halls of my high school

I wanna scream at the

Top of my lungs

I just found out there’s no such thing as the real world

Just a lie you’ve got to rise above

I just can’t wait til my 10 year reunion

I’m gonna bust down the double doors

And when I stand on these tables before you

You will know what all this time was for

–John Mayer, No Such Thing

Oh yeah. Dave Matthews Band is coming back to StL on my birthday! Yes! Maybe I’ll get to go this year! But what is this s**te about Riverport being the UMB Pavillion now?? I hate sponsorship.

damn. I knew I forgot something back in Lothlorien.

The Fruit Flavour Test

*Take This Test!*

awwww, how cute. Why don’t I have a real person to kiss me?

Oh yeah, got a gold star from Sheshachica today. And a silver star. I am such an etoiline now, with my stars. . .

“Estela lle nauva Orli kaimelie” = I hope you have Orli dreams

haha. Wouldn’t that be nice? Have you figured out by now I am obsessed with Orlando Bloom and Legolas?

Oh yeah. So I didn’t qualify, in case you were wondering. I managed to run worse in the hurdles, the worst time I have run yet this season. I didn’t do terribly in the 55 m dash, a middle-of-the-road time, which baffles me because I should have run great with the competition that I had. I did end up running my best indoor time ever in the 200 m, (indoor, mind you) but it’s still not the greatest. Why oh why didn’t I qualify?

Rima ten’ta! Rima arauka!

That’s Elvish (as in Elves, not Elvis) for those of you who don’t know. It means “run for it, run faster!” Well, actually, araauka means “swift”, so I’m not sure if I should be saying arauka or araukan to indicate swiftly. Hmmm. And why is it that I will gladly take time out of my day to learn Elvish, but not study for the GRE? Ahh, the mysteries of life.

I can’t take the distance

I can’t take the miles

I can’t take the time

Until I next see you smile

I can’t take the distance

And I’m not ashamed

That with every breath I take

I’m calling your name

But I can’t take the distance

—The Distance, Evan &amp Jaron

Legolas, aratoamin-hîr, astalder, a’maelamin

Legolas, my champion lord, valiant one, my beloved.

How I wish. So when do I get to see LotR again?

Dottie Henson: It just got too hard.

Jimmy Dugan: It’s supposed to be hard. If it weren’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.

—A League of Their Own

This is my mom’s favorite quote for me. And it’s true. It applies to everything. Track, school, whatever. I need to remember it.