Looking Back: The Original Thursday Group

Music: Futures by Jimmy Eat World

More than a year after I made this little Christmas gift for the Thursday Group, I come to realize how we have changed over the months, and how fitting these songs are for each of us, even up to now.

1 - Simple Life (Sherwood)

For everyone in my little group (because, after all, I think they are the ones I’ve been searching for all my life...well, at least part of what I've been searching for)

~ I can't believe I said that. Insert cheesy emoticon here, please.

2 - Not Sure Yet (Andy Lange)

For Gel (because he's never given up on the idea of a happy ending)

~ And with the way things are going now, I have a good feeling he'll get just what he needs, and that no matter what happens, he will be fine. It will all be fine.

3 - Chase This Light (Jimmy Eat World)

For Ice (because, after all the chasing and falling and hurting, she's finally getting the happily ever after she deserves)

~ When I chose this song for Ice, I didn't know that it was supposed to be a "proposal/marriage" song. I'm glad it is, and that she is now happily chasing the light with her hubby Chris, confetti rainfall and all.

4 - Brand New Day (Joshua Radin)

For Ivan (because he finally found Miss Right, after a series of Misses Wrong)

~ What more can I say? :)

5 - Hammers and Strings – A Lullaby (Jack’s Mannequin)

For Ayen (because sometimes, all she really needs is someone to sing to her in her sleep)

~ And I'm still praying for that someone to hurry up and show himself, damn it, because Ayen is still waiting. Or, if she's not, her friends sure as heck are.

6 - How To Save a Life (The Fray)

For Gia (because sometimes, despite all efforts, friendships end, but it doesn’t mean that they end forever)

~ Well, she's an attorney now, so I guess she'll save lives in a different way? (I seriously cannot remember the context of this song anymore, doh.)

7 - Goodnight and Go (Imogen Heap)

For Lorraine (because of reasons that will not be mentioned here, since, you know, I fear for my life)

~ I still fear for my life, by the way :))

8 - Giving It Away (MAE)

For myself (because I need to learn to start trusting again)

~ I think I'm ready :)

And wouldn't you know it, our little group just got all the bigger. So I guess this means I need to collect more songs for next Christmas :)

Cheers to friendship! XD

of boomerangs and nervous breakdowns

Music: Boomerang, MAE

Sometimes I feel sad for no reason at all. Or for reasons that are completely stupid and childish.

This is one of those times.

Listening to MAE's Boomerang is weird, given the circumstances.

But now that I'm done listening to it, I'm sort of, unexpectedly, happier. Or at least less sad.

I think I'm heading for a nervous breakdown.

Boomerang (MAE)

I'm not supposed to miss you, 'cause you're not coming back.

And I wish I never kissed you, so what do you think of that?

What did I get myself into?
In the back of my mind there will always be the catch and throw away.
But this moment's got me thinking I could reach you.

And I'm waking up alone and echo the song sung yesterday and begging you to come back home.

'Cause you're my boomerang.

My repititous twist of fate.

But unexpectedly this time you don't come back to me.

Still you go on and on for someone else.

This back and forth gets me going around and round.

And I'm so worn out and dizzy while you knock the good ones down.

Now I want to know the truth--do you even miss me?
'Cause in the back of my mind I could always feel the push and pull away.

And now I can see that you were leaving me.

When you're my boomerang and I tried so hard to make you stay.

Without a doubt I see this time you won't come back to me.
So fly, fly, fly like a bird in the atmosphere.

Glide, glide, let the breeze you're feeling take you there.

Fly away from me.

In the back of my mind there'll always be the catch and throw away.

But this time I'll let it fly and not try to reach you.

Because getting up alone will help me grow my own pair of wings and the time has come for me to fly.

Oh boomerang, I'm down to let you go, 'cause you're my boomerang.

And the fun we had was all in vain.

But unexpectedly this time you won't come back to me.

Still you go on and on for someone, go on and on for someone else.

Fly, Fly, Fly like a bird in the atmosphere.

Glide, glide let the breeze you're feeling take you there.

Ride, ride on the wind the gets you out of here.

Fly away from me.