Inventory

Meaningful CD’s from the used CD store: $7.00

Minor shopping spree to make me feel pretty again: $40.00

Life affirming self-help books from Half Price Books: $10.00

Taking inventory of Jenn: Priceless.

"Hope"

You want to go out Friday
And you want to go forever.
You know that it sounds childish
That you've dreamt of alligators.
You hope that we are all with you
And you hope that you're recognized
You want to go forever
You see it in my eyes.
I'm lost in the confusion
And it doesn't seem to matter
You really can't believe it
And you hope it's getting better.
You lock into a pattern
And you know that it's the last ditch.
You're trying to see through it
And it doesn't make sense.
But they're saying, "don't be frightened!"
And they're killing alligators
And they're hog-tied
And accepting of the struggle.

You want to trust religion
And you know it's allegory,
But the people who are followers
Have written their own story.
So you look up to the heavens
And you hope that it's a spaceship
And it's something from your childhood
You're thinking, "don't be frightened"
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever
You want to go out Friday
And you want to go forever.
And you're questioning the sciences
And questioning religion
You're looking like an idiot
And you no longer care.
And you want to bridge the schism,
The built in mechanism to protect you.
And you're looking for salvation
And you're looking for deliverance
You're looking like an idiot
And you no longer care.
You want to climb the ladder
You want to see forever.
You want to go out Friday
You want to go forever.

-R.E.M.