day 5:

florence and the machine

section from "dog days are over"

" The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming so you better run

Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children and your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your loving behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive

The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can't you hear the horses
Cuz here they come "

this is the song of the day for me. it's the first day of 2010, happy new years. this song is a celebration of the end of worrisome feelings, and the beginning of motion, passion, and positivity. i'm so happy right now. i'm on a bus to new york to stay with emily for a few days which is great because i haven't seen her since september 11. 2009, the craziest year of my life thus far, is over. i finally have some money in the bank which is stability i haven't had in a very long time. working and going to school was such a struggle; "dog days." being back in fred is so monumental for me. it's what i've been working the last few months for and it's here and it's sweet. and now i'm going to new york and new jersey, and then emily and i will be going back to vb for a day and then in fred where i will get to completely move into my room in the house, and people will begin coming back from school. there are so many good feelings i'm experiencing right now, and i feel like i have so many things to look forward to. being home this fall has probably made all of this more satisfying.

i know the excerpt i chose from the song might sound kind of crazy and depressing, but the song itself is sung with so much passion. she's putting everything thing into her voice, and you can really relate to how she's feeling, and you can feel it and it makes you want to cry and sing and scream. it sets my emotions off the scale. it makes me want to run. it makes me feel obligated to make my life GO, and take off and to jump into a bank of potential, i love it.