Only One

I am listening to Pandora.com and Only One by Yellowcard came on. The lyrics seem to be so perfect to how I feel right now.

Broken this fragile thing now
And I can't, I can't pick up the pieces
And I've thrown my words all around
But I can't, I can't give you a reason
I feel so broken up (so broken up)
And I give up (I give up)
I just want to tell you so you know

Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, but there's just no one who gets me like you do
You are my only, my only one

Made my mistakes, let you down
And I can't, I can't hold on for too long
Ran my whole life in the ground
And I can't, I can't get up when you're gone

And something's breaking up (breaking up)
I feel like giving up (like giving up)
I won't walk out until you know

Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, but there's just no one who gets me like you do
You are my only my only one

(Music Bridge)

Here I go, so dishonestly
Leave a note for you my only one,
And I know you can see right through me
So let me go and you will find someone

Hear I go,scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, but there's just no one, no one like you
You are my only, my only one
My only one (x3)
You are my only, my only one

Never a dull moment...

As of Monday, July 27, 2009, Bethany and I have been dating for 6 months. In the past month or so, we have been having some issues in our relationship and after many conversations about everything, there doesn't seem to be a reason why we're having issues. I figured that once we talked about things, it would all clear up and we'd be as perfect as any couple can be. This isn't the case... yet.

I am hoping for some positive changes soon and I am doing everything on my part to make it as perfect as possible. Things do seem a bit more hopeful, no doubt. With her now going to work, we have less time to ourselves, but we should be able to do more with more money soon, too.

I love spending time with her and seeing the smile on her face when we are together having a great time (ie: playing DDR at the mall!) is such a beautiful thing. I think that if we continue to talk things out and spend time together, everything will work out alright.

Like I said, I feel hopeful about things possibly changing soon. I know that we will never be perfect, but I want both her and I to be happy in our relationship over all.

Don't Mess With Old People

Some of you may have seen this in e-mail forwards, but I thought it was funny enough to share. Enjoy!

George Phillips of Meridian, Mississippi was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked "Is someone in your house?"

He said "No."

Then they said "All patrols are busy. You should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available."

George said, "Okay." He hung up the phone and counted to 30. Then he phoned the police again.

"Hello, I just called you a few seconds ago because there were people stealing things from my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now because I just shot them." and hung up.

Within five minutes, six Police Cars, a SWAT Team, a Helicopter, two Fire Trucks, a Paramedic, and an Ambulance showed up at the Phillips' residence, and caught the burglars red-handed.

One of the Policemen said to George, "I thought you said that you shot them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

I LOVE IT! Don't mess with old people!

Stumbleupon Favorite of the day

I am a regular user of Stumbleupon and I find some pretty interesting things from time to time. As I was looking back through my favorites recently, I remembered this video on Youtube that came up. It is a comedy skit by Rob Paravonian which gives examples of modern songs that used the 8 chords from Pachelbel's Canon. Anyway, here's the video:

This Precious Life

 I find difficulty in beginning to write this because I have to be careful of the information shared. With that being said, allow me to say this: life is precious. I felt truly thankful of my life as I saw doctors and nurses trying to resuscitate a patient today.

 I was walking into a unit of the hospital only to be shocked to see doctors, nurses, and other personnel around a patient in hopes to bring them back to life. I felt the alarms going off in my head, but moved on because my job was only to maintain stock. Several steps later, I felt the sorrow of the family as they left the room in tears, but had to control my emotions because I had a job to do.

 I continued to think about that patient and their family for the rest of the day, even up to this point. However, lingering on this specific patient and family would do no good. One has to look at the bigger picture: life. As I think about all this, I feel blessed to be alive in this new year, new month, new day, new hour, etc.

 Some of my readers already know what happened with me and my scooter on Christmas Eve. It was a Wednesday and only the third day that I was able to ride it back and forth to work. I thoroughly enjoyed riding it by that time. For those that don't know what happened, I will tell you.

 I was riding home after work, around 3pm. I was travelling north on 34th Street. After passing through the intersection at Newberry Road (not University Boulevard), the black SUV in front of me hit the car in front of him. I had a little bit of distance between the SUV and myself, so I hit the brakes.

 I hit the brakes hard enough to apparently lose my balance. I fell onto the asphalt on my left side. I was going no more than 20 mph, so I ended up sliding right by the rear driver's side wheel and my scooter slid under the back end of the SUV. My injuries included four scrapes on my left knee, a small scrape on the left side of my hip, two scrapes on my left elbow, and a small scrape on each wrist.

 My scooter suffered minor damages. Part of the scooter body got scraped and broken, but that's not a major concern of mine. The headlights no longer work. The taillight does not brighten when I press the brakes, like it should. The only other thing wrong is that the front wheel is crooked.

 So other than my now healing woulds and minor damage to my scooter, all is well. I am alive and can thank God that He gave me another day to smile and sing and even write this blog. Thank you for taking the time to read this blog; it means a lot!

PS: I was wearing a helmet, jeans, tennis shoes, and a t-shirt. I highly recommend to anyone riding a scooter or motorcycle to be wearing at least a helmet, jeans, and good footwear. Unfortunately, I see too many people riding scooters with no helmet, shorts, and flip-flops. I do not recommend this kind of set-up while riding a scooter or motorcycle.