This is my friend,John's. He wrote this on his myspace and I fucking love it. So I stole it to give him props. 
The steam pipes explode like cardiac crammed chambers far beyond replete
and the waiter at the Italian restaurant is giving me the ole' eye for not having the dough
I stumble down the alley and straight into your arms
It's great to be home
Pockets with excessive boat fares rain down on the concrete below
Westminster awaits
A little place they say is quite quaint
and every gal is a saint...so I hear anyway
My drivers license doesn't even resemble me anymore
Got in my car and headed west, straight into Santa Monica pier
All cucumber green and city sanitation brown
Never really liked the old Chevy
Its 6:55am, why the hell am I awake?
Its Saturday, I have no work, nothing to do, no where to go.
I came home last night to a house with the heat on at 72 all the lights on, dog locked in garage (who shit and pee'd on the floor cause SOMEONE shut the back door after I opened it), used dishwaher after weve strictly said "DO NOT use the dishwasher, only if there is large amounts of dishes." Which there wasnt. there was barley anything. And a missing phone, which im assuming is dead since I could only hear the baseringer ring and couldnt hear the page anywhere. Bills were due Thurs, its now Saturday morning, and here I sit w/o their share of them.
WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!??!?!
So im doing Lent. I had to write and ask my Aunt why I was doing this. "Giving up something is done to show God that you are willing to give up something you love to show Him you love Him more." Now I havent been a Catholic follower in a long long LONG time now. I have always still concidered myself Catholic and believed in his ways. But for some reason, this past Ash Wednesday, it hit me. I miss it. I felt horrible. I couldnt explain the guilt I had inside me. I wanted to do something, I felt like I needed to do this. I gave up Soda. I know that may sounds lame, cheesy, whatever. Im a soda addict. Freaking love the stuff. My cravings are almost as bad as wanting a cigarette. (Why didnt I give up cigarettes, I dont know) but it makes me feel 3x better knowing that im giving up soda and having these horrible cravings for him. I feel so fucking lame to talk about it, and that bothers me. Why should I feel like a dork, or ashamed to talk about God or that hey, maybe I want to get back into Catholicisim. Ive never followed all the rules, and I honesly dont think he minds. I believe, I pray, I tell him I love him almost everyday. The bible has been around for year and year and years. Things have a way of changing, yes the basis of everything is the same. "Love thy neighboor, do not kill, do not steal" Its not that hard to live by. Really. I dont know. I dont care what anyone else really thinks. Its not about them anyways is it? It makes me happy and puts a little bit more into my life. And I need that.
-Chi
The steam pipes explode like cardiac crammed chambers far beyond replete
and the waiter at the Italian restaurant is giving me the ole' eye for not having the dough
I stumble down the alley and straight into your arms
It's great to be home
Pockets with excessive boat fares rain down on the concrete below
Westminster awaits
A little place they say is quite quaint
and every gal is a saint...so I hear anyway
My drivers license doesn't even resemble me anymore
Got in my car and headed west, straight into Santa Monica pier
All cucumber green and city sanitation brown
Never really liked the old Chevy
Its 6:55am, why the hell am I awake?
Its Saturday, I have no work, nothing to do, no where to go.
I came home last night to a house with the heat on at 72 all the lights on, dog locked in garage (who shit and pee'd on the floor cause SOMEONE shut the back door after I opened it), used dishwaher after weve strictly said "DO NOT use the dishwasher, only if there is large amounts of dishes." Which there wasnt. there was barley anything. And a missing phone, which im assuming is dead since I could only hear the baseringer ring and couldnt hear the page anywhere. Bills were due Thurs, its now Saturday morning, and here I sit w/o their share of them.
WTF IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!??!?!
So im doing Lent. I had to write and ask my Aunt why I was doing this. "Giving up something is done to show God that you are willing to give up something you love to show Him you love Him more." Now I havent been a Catholic follower in a long long LONG time now. I have always still concidered myself Catholic and believed in his ways. But for some reason, this past Ash Wednesday, it hit me. I miss it. I felt horrible. I couldnt explain the guilt I had inside me. I wanted to do something, I felt like I needed to do this. I gave up Soda. I know that may sounds lame, cheesy, whatever. Im a soda addict. Freaking love the stuff. My cravings are almost as bad as wanting a cigarette. (Why didnt I give up cigarettes, I dont know) but it makes me feel 3x better knowing that im giving up soda and having these horrible cravings for him. I feel so fucking lame to talk about it, and that bothers me. Why should I feel like a dork, or ashamed to talk about God or that hey, maybe I want to get back into Catholicisim. Ive never followed all the rules, and I honesly dont think he minds. I believe, I pray, I tell him I love him almost everyday. The bible has been around for year and year and years. Things have a way of changing, yes the basis of everything is the same. "Love thy neighboor, do not kill, do not steal" Its not that hard to live by. Really. I dont know. I dont care what anyone else really thinks. Its not about them anyways is it? It makes me happy and puts a little bit more into my life. And I need that.
-Chi
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machfive:
Thanks for the commiseration on the Nicoderm thing. So did you stick with it? Did it work for you? Me am curious!
trixxx:
its nice to know that I'm having better weather here in Canada than you in CA, its sunny and plus 13 today. I'm a lapsed catholic too and I miss the rituals of mass. I just like the idea of knowing what the priest is going to say next and all the other stuff. I'm thinking of converting to Anglican, I hear that it "catholic Lite" sounds good. the same rituals but they have women priests and gays...yeah!