Improvised Victory

8/2/11
Music: Benny Goodman's Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert, Catch 22's Keasbey Nights

The human dependence on others is understating,
dissipating,
syncopating,
The value of our actual relationships

There is no perfect romance, nor friendship, nor comradery
But we can take steps towards an improvised victory
And while those we love may be the hardest to reconcile
It is they who're most worthy of the effort

The shunned friend, hurt by unkindness;
In his eyes, at least;
But she who he sees as unkind feels equally shunned
Scared of the inner beast.

But she's made a decision she needs to stick by,
And so do I,
And so does he,
And so do you

A big band of many instruments can clash
Or synchronise with alacrity
Insanity
Or Clarity
But it takes the combined efforts of all to combine as one
But, simultaneously, give each their own place
Their own grace

Walking away and talking away are incompatible
But it's what humanity is best at
So why don't we do both?
Not forget our past, but look into our futures

The best part of a big band is the soloists
But they'd surely be boring if it weren't for the backup of the band
So we must be soloists,
And go our own way, with support of course,
But blowing our own horn
Beating our own drum
And having a lot of fun
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Jazz metaphors, people! Oh yeah, I made the right choice.

I start uni in less than two weeks now. Damn. I'm still coming to grips with it. But I'm incredibly excited. What is not exciting me is the amount of garbage I've got to go through for Centrelink and to get my concession card. Social services, you suck. Sincerely: me.

I'm in a strangely good mood today. Like, bounce off the ceilings, spend 20 minutes sitting in front of my stereo not doing anything but listening to Miles Davis, good mood. A new Streetlight album being confirmed and talk of Psychonauts 2 definitely both help this mood.