A Praise (Chorus)

Are you gonna live your life wonderin'?
Standing in the back?
Looking around?

I finally got around to installing Quintessential, and thus playing music on my laptop. Jimmy, of course, was the first track selected. I guess this means they've officially overtaken Filter in the "favorite band" department, if anyone over the age of 17 even keeps track of that anymore.

I have acquired internet in the apartment. It is slow, spotty, over a cellular network and being pulled in from across the wall, but I'll take it. I cannot tell you how much this changes my life.

I woke up this morning, and instantly grabbed the remote. Until now, I've been relying on television -- The BBC, anything -- to make me feel like I was connected to the rest of the world. I missed this instant connection; it's not so much a need for stimulation as it is the need to feel a part of the ongoing conversation. I have that back now.

So television, so long, and thanks for all the memories; the badly-edited movies, the same commercials every commercial break, the passive-aggressive battle I had with the BBC Weather Reporters. You've been a good friend, and I may visit from time to time, but for now it's over.

Life can return to its normal routine: wake up, press "play," let the music set me up for the day.

I'm on my feet
I'm on the floor
I'm good to go,
Now all I need
Is just to hear
A song I know..