DO YOU THINK I’M STRANGE

Kate Havnevik “Unlike Me” (Norway)

There are no guarantees in life
Not for the present,
Nor for the future.
All I know is
That I’m here;
Don’t know for how long.
I love the way
You live so intensely
Enjoy every minute of life
With space to swing
Your arms around
Laughing loudly

Unlike me
Unlike me
Do you think I’m strange?
Unlike you
Unlike you
I am not pretending

There is no time,
There is no time,
There is no time,
Time doesn’t really exist.

The past, the present,
And the future,
Are all side by side,
Hand in hand.
You move and change,
Yet you go nowhere:
Everything stays the same.
You stare at me,
And ask me questions,
Makes me nervous,
This room it keeps a constant tone
While I’m on a roller coaster

Unlike me
Unlike me
Do you think I’m strange
Unlike you
Unlike you
I am not pretending

There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
Time doesn’t really exist

There is no time
There is no time
There is no time
Time doesn’t really exist

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i just got back from the dog park at corona heights by twin peaks where my son goes to school. there, at the park, is a fenced area where the pups can come and play by the numbers and not runaway. of course, my dog gets all super excited to play but had to also dump so he runs back and forth the fence and up the hill cuz he was too excited. the other dogs explode in barking and running! haha!

after kuma, my dog, dumps, i take him inside the fenced area so he can play. there were two people there with a bunch of dogs and, right away, they leashed their dogs so they couldn’t play with kuma. the lady was ignoring me when i asked how old the dogs were so i asked again and the guy answered and went on a rhetoric about how great a dog walker the lady is and that she doesn’t just let “anyone” in (to mean the dog?) and that “certain” dogs bring an “attitude” that spread to other dogs, such as the barking, and said it with such a condescending tone.

i was like, “…(wtf? lol!)”. i didn’t want to say anything smart back as to not dis the lady for no reason. so instead, i ordered my dog, “ATTACK! ATTACK!!!”

that really gave them a jump! =D

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i’m looking into getting my work visas together for the UK and UAE. remember how i was struggling with moving to work and leaving my son behind months at a time? well, i realized i need to stop being a wuss. plus, the only work buzz coming my way is from london and my biggest drawback is that i’m too cheap to pay £750 for a 3 year work visa. it costs £2.50 for a phone call to the UK Embassy alone! WTF?

what happened to the days when the answering machine would be full of HR people counter-offering? feck. now my struggle is whether to cut my hair and wear a tie or play guitar and wear a tie??

i guess i’ll play guitar…and wear a tie.

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can you keep a secret? wear stripes tonight and come to the beauty bar. see what happens.

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