Fall, Glimmer, Sparkle and Fade

:: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 ::

Into the Fire
--Bruce Springsteen--

The sky was falling and streaked with blood
I heard you calling me, then you disappeared into the dust
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May you faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

May your strength give us strength
May you faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

You gave your love to see, in fields of red and autumn brown
You gave your love to me and lay your young body down
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need you near, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Someplace up the stairs, into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us hope

May your strength give us strength
May you faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

May your strength give us strength
May you faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

It was dark, too dark to see
You held me in the light you gave
You lay your hand on me
Then walked into the darkness of your smoky grave
Up the stairs, into the fire
Up the stairs, into the fire
I need your kiss, but love and duty called you someplace higher
Somewhere up the stairs, into the fire

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love bring us love...

May your love bring us love

:: Ryan 1:49 AM [+] ::
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Yea, so the Mets finally won a game (4 in row too!). The A's finally lost a game (after 20 in a row). Swimfan is officially the worst film I have ever seen in my life. Definately two hours of my life I can NEVER get back. And I have to get up in three hours to help give out 1000 hotdogs at a UConn football game. Goodnight.

:: Ryan 3:06 AM [+] ::
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I was right, there isn't a better way to end the summer than a week on the beach. I had a lot of fun while I was away but when I got back it was right back to QAQ, school and work. This summer was a lot of fun and I'd like to thank everyone that helped to make it such a good time. According to most people this was my last 'real' summer because it was the last before I graduate and enter the so-called 'real world'. If it was, it was. If not, then that's cool too. Either way I had a good time.

I learned a ton about the world of radio and was able to reassure myself that I'm not wasting $100,000 of my parents money on a degree in Communications.
I got to see a lot of really good concerts. Some were more stellar (Santana) than others (Third Eye Blind/ Goo Goo Dolls) but since they were all free I always got my money's worth.
Even though I was forced to watch the Mets completely implode for the second year in a row, they won the most important game of the year: 6/21 against the Royals in celebration of my 21st Birthday. If you've been reading this somewhat consistently (doesn't everyone?) then you know there were a handful of us at Shea for that game to celebrate what should be a national holiday. I'd like to thank Fatty Mo Vaughn for 'legging' out the infield hit that scored the hustling Tony Tarasco for the winning run in the bottom of the 9th.
For a while I thought I would be forced to forsake baseball forever because of a players strike. How does someone complain about money when the minimum salary for your job is $200,000 and the average is $2.5 million. I was happy to see the summer of baseball, which had given me a lot of Met misery, end on a positive note with the Players Association and the MLB Owners reaching a working agreement for the next four years. Now I'll get to see the Oakland A's finally beat those fuckin' Yankees.
Not only did I see my first ever Bruce show, but it was a show that I will never be able to top. Ever.
A year that started off slow when it came to music, really started to pick up with new releases from Our Lady Peace and Bruce Springsteen. The end of summer has given us glimses to the albums that will carry us through the rest of the year: The Juliana Theory, Tori Amos, Nine Days and the Rage/Cornell Project.
Hell, I even learned how to throw a fastball and a mean curveball. Mean because it usually lands 5-10 feet in front of home plate. So I can throw it, just not all that well.
Finally, the Top 10 Keyword Searches that people used to find this site over the summer:
10. Raine Madia - This isn't exactly exciting by any means, but people found this site searching for him almost ten times. For those of you that don't know, he's the lead singer of Our Lady Peace.
9. Pictures of Scott Stapp's Wife - People really go around searching for this stuff? Damn. This is definately not the site you want to find if you are looking for anything pro-Creed.
8. Incubus song in Mountain Dew Commercial - This is also one that I got more than a couple times. Apparently there are more than a few people that can't tell the difference between Incubus and the band who's song is actually in the Mountain Dew commercial (Hoobastank. aka Incubus Jr).
7. Fernando Vina naked - Okay, I don't even know why this page would show up for that search. Vina is the second baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals and I'm pretty sure I've never mentioned him on this site before. I'm POSITIVE i've never mentioned anything having to do with him being naked. In place of BRITNEY SPEARS NAKED, I guess I should have been putting FERNANDO VINA NAKED. Who's next? Bob Dole?
6. Mellissa Etheridge concert - This isn't all that interesting either, but wouldn't it be funny to see a hardcore Etheridge fan read my review of that show? If you missed it then go back in the archive and read it because it's certainly not a favorable review of the type of people that might search for her on Yahoo.
5. Steven Segal Assault Wife - This is the most recent search that turned up my site. I don't keep up this horrific actor's life, so I'm not sure if he has actually beat his wife recently or if this person was just hoping that at some point he did.
4. Free Porn - This speaks for itself.
3. Trailer Park Scott Stapp pictures - I almost fell off my chair when I first saw this one. This is a search I wish I thought of first. Wouldn't it be hilarious to see some pictures of Scott Stapp standing in front of his Trailer Park home long before he was an "angel sent from God to sing" as his mother put it in his Behind the Music?
2. Athlete Mullets - The best ever. I don't know what's scarier though: The fact that someone wants to see pictures of athletes with mullets or that my page is found when people search for them.
1. I hate Nickelback - A person after my own heart. There is only one thing I hope everyone reading this page has in common: a loathing of Nickelback.

It's 5:00am. Summer or not, some things never change...

:: Ryan 4:58 AM [+] ::
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