181. My Interpretation

It's the sequel to Britney Spears' song..

Get it? My perogative...eh?..eh...very bad joke. It's Monday, what do you expect from a sister. ;)



Five weeks left until my first quarter of my third year in college is complete. Time flies. Literally...I see wings. I'm finally starting to see the horizon where the finish line is for this whole school thing. Its far away...but at least there is something in the distance that is believable in reaching if I power through it. It's a very cool feeling. It's paying off.




As I'm growing...as years are passing...I'm realizing that it's less about who you meet at the institution..and more about what you learn. I'm not speaking about inside a classroom (although that is the point). I'm speaking about what you learn around you. What you learn in those years when you finally start to share a purpose...share a goal...with other people who have similar ones. I say this from a transfers point of view. Attending three different schools is not the norm...I get that. I think it's supposed to be this way though. I'll tell you this...I've learned more in these two-going on two and a half years in college than I have at any other time in my life. It's all about growth. My best friend is the person who shared a bedroom with me until I was 16 years old. My best friend is someone who I met at a tryout for a softball team. My best friend is a person who I met at a park...through a friend. None of those people did I meet at school. For that...it really does make me believe in something a little greater. I'm not sure if fate is the word. Possibly just...a happening...a glance in time. I'm living proof that you will find the greatest people in your life...when you aren't looking. The people that love me every single day...without fail...without contingencies...without grudges...those are the people that I am most thankful for. I was done with having 20 best friends and 50,000 acquaintances when I was 18. I grew up. I learned who mattered. People who can't stick around...don't deserve me anyway. Am I upset that I didn't learn this sooner? No way. Time. Time. Time. Time heals wounds. Time conjures up the meeting spots. Time is an essential mechanism for people to pull it together. I wouldn't have understood this paragraph at 16. I wouldn't have written a paragraph like this at 17. Hell, I would have laughed at this when I was 18. I'm 20...going on 21...and I applaud this paragraph. Who won? Oh...you're correct...I did. And I couldn't be happier.









I raved about the John Legend cd before having it. Now I will rave about the John Legend cd while it sits here on my desk. It's amazing. It's teaching me a lot. Many of the songs are about relationships...the normal...break up to make up to break up songs. A few really stick out for me though. I suppose it's all in how he writes his lyrics. Dripping with passion and purpose, he delivers something that can only be felt if you have been there. Cool thing about the songs...everyone has been there. One stood out to me. It's a duet between him and Brandy. Another little secret, growing up Brandy was my number one favorite artist. I had everything of hers. Shes making a comeback lately and I do believe that John Legend was genius to put her on a track. It was a smart move on both their parts. The song is called "Quickly". It's a love song...but a twisted one. The purpose for the song in my eyes is to explain how this world is making people care less about what is actually real. "Quickly" is trying to make a statement about how we love each other as human beings. At the rate the world is going at...love is a disappearing agent. It's hard to find, and even harder to hold onto. They both beg each other to love "quickly" for the simple fact that they see what is going on in the world. It's a powerful statement. Where is love? How often is it misinterpreted? Too many people come together in a relationship and use love because it feels forced. Although this song talks about loving quickly...it does not give off the impression of a false love. They are simply begging for something real in a world that is so unreal. The irony in the song is not to "love quickly" in the sense that you wake up, find a potential lover, and fall in love. Love quickly simply means don't be blind to a potential. Don't let the agents of restriction make true feelings fall short. Love conquers a lot more than you think. I suppose it makes all the sense in the world. Love...but don't love under false pretenses. Feel...and feel with your soul. Time is not promised to anyone. Love big. Love strong. Love real. Love quickly.






The news said.


If I had twenty million dollars in a vault somewhere baby,
It wouldn’t matter anyway
Cause the doctor told me that I’m dying slowly
So I guess I got to love you while I’m here baby
Did you know

The news said the sky is falling, the globe is warming
My country warring, leaders are lying, time is running
Lower and lower baby
No where to go...


I know we just met but baby could you love me quickly, quickly
I… want you to love me like you know the world is about to end baby, quickly.


You said you didn’t even know my name, but
Told me we mind as well make ours the same
What do you think baby (no time)
Think it might as well be light years away, oh
We just better land on the stars before they come crashing down cause I heard the news...


The news said the sky is falling, the globe is warming
My country warring, leaders are lying, time is running
Lower and lower baby
No where to go...


I know we just met but baby could you love me quickly, quickly
I want you to love me like you know the world is about to end baby, quickly

Yea that’s right baby kiss me like the world is quaking
Do it like the earth is shaking
You got it baby, that’s right lovely
Fill me like our time is sprinting faster running out of time


I know we just met but baby could you love me quickly, quickly
I want you to love me like you know the world is about to end baby, quickly


You barely know me baby but you gotta love me quickly, quickly
you gotta love me like you know the world is about to end baby, quickly

Oh you gotta love me, you gotta love me
Love me like you know the world is about to end .. love me
Quickly now
The news said the sky is falling...quickly now
Love me, love me.










Have a good one ya'll. Spread the love.