Someone posted a meme that was so full of things that I wanted to reply to, I gave up trying to write a comment and just took up the meme. Several of these answers will be a bit enigmatic to anyone who isn’t “in” my life.
I am: tired of fighting the war, but FAR too stubborn to surrender.
I think: before I leap. Or after I jump. Or not at all. It all depends.
I know: way more than will ever be useful, and never what I need at the time.
I have: my reasons why.
I wish: myself out of these woods, and into a picture with you.
I hate: nothing and no one. Hate is the weapon that harms the slayer as much as the slain.
I miss: someone I have never seen or touched with the whole of my being.
I fear: that I will die before I have told my stories, sung my songs or painted my visions. I have always felt the reaper’s breath on the back of my neck.
I hear: the voices in my head louder than the voice of reason.
I smell: the sand in my shoes and the surf that left it there.
I crave: harmony and peace. Apparently we always want what we can’t have.
I search: every hour of every day for the heart that can accept me as I am.
I wonder: at the miracle of love in all it’s forms.
I regret: more than I can ever say, yet nothing that I can ever change.
I love: my daughter, my family, and my heart’s dearest wish.
I ache: for a touch I have never felt, and a kiss I’ve never known.
I am not: able to get much sleep. Insomnia has been a curse for several years now.
I believe: that the best really just might be yet to come.
I dance: better than my Adventist upbringing would suggest.
I sing: in the shower, the car, and with other people. I do NOT sing karaoke solo.
I cry: quietly and to myself. I have only cried openly twice since the evening my son died. Both times were during my divorce.
I fight: the urge to pack up a few essential things and just disappear into some third-world country.
I win: at carnival games. It’s just some freakish and useless talent I have.
I lose: my keys when I really REALLY need them, which is ALSO a useless talent.
I never: expected life to turn out like this.
I always: thought being an adult would be easier and more fun.
I confuse: anyone I try to explain my labyrinthine personal life to.
I listen: to my iPod (16GB Touch) waaaaaaay too much.
I can usually be found: taking the long way home.
I am scared: that no matter how hard I believe, I just might be wrong.
I need: very little to be happy. I’m hoping I’ve found her.
I am happy about: more than I’m unhappy about. That’s pretty much the best we can hope for, isn’t it?
I imagine: stories in my head ALL THE TIME. Seriously, ALL THE TIME.
renaye | 06-Aug-08 at 5:48 pm | Permalink
i think it’s a cool talent to win at carnivals and get those freebies!! i envy those people who always win in slogans…
I’ve walked away from Carnivals and Fairs with some pretty nice stuff before. It wasn’t until recently that my skills REALLY came in. My last trip to the fair involved me giving giant stuffed animals away to total strangers because I couldn’t keep hauling them around.
Scomerican Girl | 07-Aug-08 at 5:14 am | Permalink
I LOVE that you’ve quoted Nickel Creek. They are awesome. And I realize ‘Out of the Woods’ may be a cover, but I don’t care because the way they sing it is so overwhelmingly beautiful it’s the only way I could ever hear it.
I actually didn’t know “Out of the Woods” was a cover…and I can’t imagine anyone else performing it…It’s one of the few songs that completely arrests my mind when I hear it. Nothing else really exists while I listen to the music and the lyrics flow around me.
Taoist Biker | 07-Aug-08 at 6:07 am | Permalink
Yep, I caught the Nickel Creek reference as well.
Actually, there were two. Back to back. And a Supertramp reference as well.
Your answers are humbling; bravo, good sir.
Thank you very much.
Girly | 07-Aug-08 at 6:17 am | Permalink
I enjoyed your answers very much!
Well thank you! :-)
Allison | 18-Aug-08 at 3:43 am | Permalink
Your freestyle answers always blow me away. (I know I’ve been watching too much swimming if I use the word freestyle in a comment.)
Meh, “Freestyle” is a perfectly good way to describe it. And there’s no such thing as too much Olympic swimming. At least, if there is, I haven’t found it yet.
JPWK | 19-Aug-08 at 9:59 pm | Permalink
Sweet. So sweet.
Why, thank you…and welcome :-)
Bill | 13-Oct-08 at 4:01 pm | Permalink
You have to be one of the more insightful people I have on my blogroll. And for that I thank you.