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As Long As It Matters
by Gin Blossoms

How can I find something
That two can take
Without stumbling as we
Walk into our future's wake
I'm like a broken record
That you can play
Repeating as if it matters
Everything I want to say
I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now
Forget that time
It's nothing we touch and see
All this is fine
Even as it crashes down on me
I'm looking around
There's nothing that I could want
More than to tell you
There's no more than we've already got
I'll be all right
As long as it matters
As long as you're here with me now...
Forget that our time is almost up I'll be all right...

LILO & STITCH-es

last friday, i had lunch with a bunch 0f male ALIENS - yes, even th0ugh i was the 0nly female in the gr0up and the 0nly n0n-chinese speaking as well, i still refuse t0 be branded as THE ALIEN. haha!

i kn0w s0me pe0ple w0nder why i hang 0ut with them. s0me might even think i'm trying hard t0 fit in 0r squeeze myself where i d0n't bel0ng. 0r why can't i just stick t0 my 0wn cr0wd. etc, etc.

t0 be quite h0nest, i d0 w0rry ab0ut what pe0ple think 0f me. but then again, n0 matter what i d0, pe0ple will always have an opini0n ab0ut it. s0 i'm thinking, why d0n't i just let them d0 the thinking and the talking and let myself just be ME, right? right.

and y0ur next questi0n w0uld be, "where's the fun in all that when y0u can't even take part in m0st 0f the c0nversati0n, much less understand them?" actually, that's the fun right there - n0t having t0 talk much, n0t kn0wing, n0t understanding.. that way y0u get t0 just sit there and listen and 0bserve and make up c0nversati0ns in y0ur mind the way y0u want them t0 be.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR FREEDOM

1. life's metaph0rs are G0d's instructi0ns.

2. y0u have just climbed up and ab0ve the r0of. there is n0thing between y0u and the Infinite. n0w, LET GO.

3. the day is ending. it's time f0r s0mething that was beautiful t0 turn int0 s0mething else that is beautiful. n0w, LET GO.

4. y0ur wish f0r res0luti0n was a prayer. y0ur being here is G0d's resp0nse. LET GO and watch the stars c0me 0ut - 0n the 0utside and 0n the inside.

5. with all y0ur heart, ask f0r grace, and LET GO.

6. with all y0ur heart, f0rgive him, FORGIVE YOURSELF; and LET him GO.

7. let y0ur intenti0n be freed0m fr0m useless suffering. then, LET GO.

8. watch the heat 0f day pass int0 the c0ol night. LET GO.

9. when the karma 0f a relati0nship is d0ne, 0nly l0ve reamins. it's safe. LET GO.

10. when the past has passed fr0m y0u at last, LET GO. then climb d0wn and begin the rest 0f y0ur life. with great j0y.

- Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert