Rent Cast - Seasons Of Love Lyrics
COMPANY
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear. 525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee. In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life? How about love? How about love? How about love? Measure in love. Seasons of love.
SOLOIST 1
525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan. 525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?
SOLOIST 2
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried. In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.
COMPANY
It’s time now to sing out, though the story never ends let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends. Remember the love! Remember the love! Remember the love! Measure in love. Seasons of love! Seasons of love
Love, I have determined, is really the meaning of life. But, it is not always that simple. Love is complicated and painful. Love is easy and joyful. Love is. People have died for love. People have lived for love. People have killed for love. People have created life for love.
Love is tricky, though. Because generally, you can choose who you are with, you cannot choose whom you love. Life is a never-ending, overlapping, and geometrical connection from me to you to her to him to him to her to you to me. Love is rarely as simple as I love you and you love me. Usually, it is much more than that.
This is the part that makes life interesting and worthwhile. How much do you love? How much do I love? How far would you go for love? How far would I go? Would you move across the world for love? Would you change your job for love? Would you leave your family for love? Would you sell all you own for love? Would you kill for love? Would you die for love? Would you lie, cheat, and steal for love? Would you give up sex for love?
As much as I would like to think I would do anything for love, maybe I won't do that, whatever that that entails. Should we all just love the one we're with since we cannot be with the one we love? With love, there comes a breaking point. How far can you bend until you break?
Showing posts with label revolution. Show all posts
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Friday, January 16, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Thursday, December 4, 2008
What are we doing tonight Brain?
Same thing we do everynight, Pinky...try to take over the world!!! Bwahahaha...Anyways, I came across this whilst surfing the web. It is an actual 5th graders note. Lol...It looks like something my brother would write. Oh geez, I should call and find out if it's him. :p
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These
I feel like sometimes I have ADD, especially in regards to what I want to do in life. I spend waaaaay too much time, at work usually, daydreaming about my future. I dream that I win the lottery, quit my evil job, pay off my debt and travel the world. Or I dream that I open a cool new lesbian club like the L Word, complete with my friend saying nothing but "Baby gurrrrrl". Or I dream that I write an amazing novel and again quit my job and travel the world with my millions.
Or I dream what it would be like if I could go back five years and change what I did after High School. I dream that I would have got my license to drive, gone to community college for two years, then to the big state school in Portland, come out earlier, taken every opportunity to travel, major in graphic design (so I could still be creative, yet make the big bucks), lost weight, and went to grad school.
I know that I could still accomplish those things, but I feel hopeless and unmotivated. And, the biggest thing holding me back from those things are either fear or finances. I feel like I've made a terrible mess of my life in these respects, and I don't know how to fix it. I wish someone would come along into my life and encourage me better myself, yet at the same time still love me for who I am currently.
But, with the women I've met so far this hasn't been the case entirely. They have either been too passive or too straight or too far away or too bad for me. Or I've been too afraid to pursue anything with them (hot co-worker)Hmmm...either way they've been all wrong.
Sometimes, I just think if I could move, I would be able to start over. Go to a place where nobody knows me before I came out. Go where I can meet other women who like women. Go and explore and live. Because where I am both physically and otherwise, it's numbing and boring and stagnate. I just wish I knew where to begin to change.
Or I dream what it would be like if I could go back five years and change what I did after High School. I dream that I would have got my license to drive, gone to community college for two years, then to the big state school in Portland, come out earlier, taken every opportunity to travel, major in graphic design (so I could still be creative, yet make the big bucks), lost weight, and went to grad school.
I know that I could still accomplish those things, but I feel hopeless and unmotivated. And, the biggest thing holding me back from those things are either fear or finances. I feel like I've made a terrible mess of my life in these respects, and I don't know how to fix it. I wish someone would come along into my life and encourage me better myself, yet at the same time still love me for who I am currently.
But, with the women I've met so far this hasn't been the case entirely. They have either been too passive or too straight or too far away or too bad for me. Or I've been too afraid to pursue anything with them (hot co-worker)Hmmm...either way they've been all wrong.
Sometimes, I just think if I could move, I would be able to start over. Go to a place where nobody knows me before I came out. Go where I can meet other women who like women. Go and explore and live. Because where I am both physically and otherwise, it's numbing and boring and stagnate. I just wish I knew where to begin to change.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Food For Thought: Hate, Ignorance, and Fear
Hate is caused by fear and ignorance.
They say that ignorance is bliss. I disagree. Your ignorance is
not my bliss. You ignore my rights of life, liberty, and
pursuit of happiness. More importantly, you ignore my very
existence. You ignore my choice to marry the one I love just
because she is of the same sex as me. You ignore me and my
representation on television. You ignore me and my voice on the
news. And, if you do show me and others like me, you show us as
stereotypes, as comedic relief.
Well, guess what? I am here. And, there are millions of others
like me. We are your neighbors, your friends, and your family.
We work at your jobs. We pay taxes like you. We live and die
for this country, all the while being forced out of fear or
other reasons to stay hidden.
But you are fearful, too. Afraid that we will ruin your
marriage. I am not asking to be married in your church. I am
asking for the same rights as you. You are afraid that I will
corrupt your family and children. I am not a pedophile. I
worked for over two years with the children of broken families
that were ruined just fine without me. You are afraid of our
"agenda". We don't have an agenda other than to be treated the
same. We are not wanting "special" rights nor extra rights. We
want the same rights as you. We are not second-class citizens.
Don't fear us. Please educate yourselves. And, then you can stop
the hate.
Because at the end of the day, don't we all look at the same
moon? Don't we all tuck our children in? Don't we all love?
Aren't we all human?
They say that ignorance is bliss. I disagree. Your ignorance is
not my bliss. You ignore my rights of life, liberty, and
pursuit of happiness. More importantly, you ignore my very
existence. You ignore my choice to marry the one I love just
because she is of the same sex as me. You ignore me and my
representation on television. You ignore me and my voice on the
news. And, if you do show me and others like me, you show us as
stereotypes, as comedic relief.
Well, guess what? I am here. And, there are millions of others
like me. We are your neighbors, your friends, and your family.
We work at your jobs. We pay taxes like you. We live and die
for this country, all the while being forced out of fear or
other reasons to stay hidden.
But you are fearful, too. Afraid that we will ruin your
marriage. I am not asking to be married in your church. I am
asking for the same rights as you. You are afraid that I will
corrupt your family and children. I am not a pedophile. I
worked for over two years with the children of broken families
that were ruined just fine without me. You are afraid of our
"agenda". We don't have an agenda other than to be treated the
same. We are not wanting "special" rights nor extra rights. We
want the same rights as you. We are not second-class citizens.
Don't fear us. Please educate yourselves. And, then you can stop
the hate.
Because at the end of the day, don't we all look at the same
moon? Don't we all tuck our children in? Don't we all love?
Aren't we all human?
I am
I am.
I am your daughter.
I am your grand-daughter.
I am your niece.
I am your cousin.
I am your sister.
I am your neighbor.
I am your friend.
I am your employee.
I am a Christain.
I am a citizen.
I am an Oregonian.
I am an American.
I may be a lesbian,
but I am also a human.
I just am.
I am your daughter.
I am your grand-daughter.
I am your niece.
I am your cousin.
I am your sister.
I am your neighbor.
I am your friend.
I am your employee.
I am a Christain.
I am a citizen.
I am an Oregonian.
I am an American.
I may be a lesbian,
but I am also a human.
I just am.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Bittersweetness...
Today was bittersweet.
So the American election was today, and Obama won! Woot!
However, today reminded me how long large scale societal changes really take. Brown V. the Board of Education was in 1954, but we are just now getting our first African American president in 2008.
A further and more personal reminder is the 4 state ballot measures across the country dealing with LGBQT Rights, including Prop. 8 in California and Prop. 2 in Florida. So literally, from sea to shining sea, we, as queer people, do not have the same rights as straight people. We cannot choose to marry another consenting adult as well as adopt a child with our partner, just on the basis of them being of the same-sex. We are not considered equal; we are treated as second class citizens.
Ironically enough, also this week, I learned that my favorite show, Grey's Anatomy, fired unexpectedly the incredibly talented actress Brooke Smith from her role as Dr. Erica Hahn. Now, usually this wouldn't upset and anger me so much, as it is just a television show. However, this was the only positive semi-realistic portrayal of a lesbians on primetime network television. And, although queers as a whole only represent about 10% of the total population in the US, 0% representation in the media does not equal 10%.
On top of this, this is not the first time ABC/Disney has done something like this in terms of showing and promoting gay stereotypes and furthering homophobic practices and ideas. Trust me, I wanted to quit my job, because I was that livid about this. And, if you know me at all, I must think something is pretty unjust for me to risk my job for.
All of these things, in addition to other examples, have really opened my eyes to what a close-minded and hateful society we still live in 2008. I don't want to have to wait another 100 years before queers get the same God-given rights not only here but all over the world. We all deserve the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of regression as opposed to progression. I'm tired of lies. I'm ready for a change- a real change. Let's be the revolution today!
So the American election was today, and Obama won! Woot!
However, today reminded me how long large scale societal changes really take. Brown V. the Board of Education was in 1954, but we are just now getting our first African American president in 2008.
A further and more personal reminder is the 4 state ballot measures across the country dealing with LGBQT Rights, including Prop. 8 in California and Prop. 2 in Florida. So literally, from sea to shining sea, we, as queer people, do not have the same rights as straight people. We cannot choose to marry another consenting adult as well as adopt a child with our partner, just on the basis of them being of the same-sex. We are not considered equal; we are treated as second class citizens.
Ironically enough, also this week, I learned that my favorite show, Grey's Anatomy, fired unexpectedly the incredibly talented actress Brooke Smith from her role as Dr. Erica Hahn. Now, usually this wouldn't upset and anger me so much, as it is just a television show. However, this was the only positive semi-realistic portrayal of a lesbians on primetime network television. And, although queers as a whole only represent about 10% of the total population in the US, 0% representation in the media does not equal 10%.
On top of this, this is not the first time ABC/Disney has done something like this in terms of showing and promoting gay stereotypes and furthering homophobic practices and ideas. Trust me, I wanted to quit my job, because I was that livid about this. And, if you know me at all, I must think something is pretty unjust for me to risk my job for.
All of these things, in addition to other examples, have really opened my eyes to what a close-minded and hateful society we still live in 2008. I don't want to have to wait another 100 years before queers get the same God-given rights not only here but all over the world. We all deserve the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of regression as opposed to progression. I'm tired of lies. I'm ready for a change- a real change. Let's be the revolution today!
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