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Okay, so four days until I leave for PA. Now I’m starting to think about it… and now I’m starting to get scared. Yes, friends, I think I’m afraid of flying! And if it’s not that… I’m afraid of getting lost in O’Hare on the way there and completely missing my connecting flight, and ending up stuck in Chicago (of all places) all by myself.

Seasoned travelers, stop laughing right now. I’ve never done this before, and certainly not by myself. And those of you who know me know that this is a pretty big step towards independance on my part. Cut me a break.

But seriously, those of you that have flown, please impart any and all wisdom upon me before I head out.

For any of you who particularly enjoyed POTC2… here’s a completely random youtube find. Jack Sparrow can sing!

This guy came in to Braum’s today… big guy, came to get ice cream. He’s wearing one of those t-shirts with a catchy saying on it. Everyone’s seen them. This one absolutely made me laugh. This is EXACTLY what it said:

Stupidity is not a crime.
Your free to go.

Please, please, tell me that I’m not the only nerd whose first thought was… TYPO! Yes, I’m calling you stupid with the TYPO on MY shirt.

Classic.

Anyhow. I had a fun weekend! I know, I don’t get out much. James was up and we also went and chilled out in Lawton with Chelsy. I mean, we didn’t do anything particularly thrilling (except to note that the Prestige is a crazy good movie, and that “I will survive” is NOT a good song to listen to when you’re weird, tired, and apparently coffee-deprived), but it was nice to just hang out with friends. I miss that a lot.

I won’t go into details, but I’ve been thinking a lot in the past, oh, twenty-four hours or so about a lot of stuff in my life I’ve got to fix. Fears, issues, lack of trust, and all that jazz. Anyhow, about halfway through work today, I remembered a song on my Superchick CD (their first one is still their best, thank you) that I haven’t listen to in ages and ages. Lemme give you the lyrics.

Some people bring you gifts
Some bring you bricks to weight you down
So they can swim a little higher while you drown
Some people mean so well
Their way was the best way that they found
But any other way you choose is a brick that weights you down
So tell me what do I do with this backpack full of bricks
And sticks and stones and words that stuck to me like ticks

[CHORUS]
Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can be free of all the words we saved
Till we were our own enemies
Let it go, let it be
Brick by brick we can believe in the person God intended us to be
Let it be

Some people give themselves a brick
I know most people do
When we compare we fall short somewhere
It’s always true
If all we see is where we fall we’ve bricked a prison wall
Instead of trying to learn to fly
We’ve taught ourselves to crawl

We could believe in ourselves
More we could try for unique
Instead of trying to conform
We could defy what they tell us
Don’t buy the lies they sell us
If we’re brave we can believe in what we are

I think that’s pretty much self-explanatory. It better be, ’cause that’s all you’re getting! The point of that is… it’s true.