Shattered Sun

It’s been a while since I posted lyrics to any songs, but I just downloaded Linkin Park’s latest album Minutes to Midnight. Hence, Hands Held High:

Turn my mic up louder, I got to say something
Lightweights steppin’ aside when we come in
Feel it in your chest, the syllables get pumping
People on the street then panic and start running
Words on loose leaf sheet, complete coming
I jump in my mind, I summon the rhyme I’m dumping
Healing the blind, I promise to let the sun in
Sick of the dark ways we march to the drumming
Jump when they tell us that they wanna see jumping
F*** that, I wanna see some fists pumping
List something, take back what’s yours
Say something that you know they might attack you for
‘Cause I’m sick of being treated like I had before
Like it’s stupid standing for what I’m standing for
Like this war’s really just a different brand of war
Like it doesn’t cater to rich and abandon poor
Like they understand you, in the back of their jet
When you can’t put gas in your tank, these f***ers
Are laughing their way to the bank, and cashing their check
Asking you to have the passion and have some respect
For a leader so nervous in an obvious way
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
And the rest of the world watching at the end of the day
In the living room, laughing like, “What did he say?”

Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen

In my living room watching it, I am not laughing
‘Cause when it gets tense, I know what might happen
The world is cold, the bold men take action
Have to react to get blown into fractions
At 10 years old, it’s something to see
Another kid my age drugged under a Jeep
Taken and bound and found later under a tree
I wonder if he had thought ‘the next one could be me’
Do you see the soldiers that are out today?
They brush the dust from bulletproof vests away
It’s ironic, at times like this you’d pray
But a bomb blew the mosque up yesterday
There’s bombs on the buses, bikes, roads
Inside your market, your shops, and your clothes My dad, he’s got a lot of fear, I know
But enough pride inside not to let that show
My brother had a book he would hold with pride
A little red cover with a broken spine on the back
He hand-wrote a quote inside,
“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die”
Meanwhile, the leader just talks away
Stuttering and mumbling for nightly news to replay
The rest of the world watching at the end of the day
Both scared and angry, like “What did he say?”

Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen
Amen

With hands held high into a sky so blue
As the ocean opens up to swallow you

I be the Smart Girl, too! I went in today to do my college placement tests. Yes, I did them even though I’m transferring credits from another school. It has, after all, been 7 years since college and 9 years since high school.

So, anyway, to break it down simply:

• English: good for Honors English (totally is not helping. not doing that, but cool none the less)
• Math: good for Pre-Calculus (couldn’t go higher because Calculus requires a pre-req)

I’m so proud of myself.

No one ever told me! Soooo, test it out and show me that it’s working now. If it isn’t, please please pleaseeeeee send me an email letting me know. digitallydenise AT gmail DOT com is the email to use!

Thanks to everyone, but especially Michael who let me in on the fact that they’re not behaving.

The Perseid meteor shower would be so amazing to get photos of. I’m seriously considering taking a day off work to take a gander at it. Granted, I’d have to do it bulb open since the time frames involved are much too long for 30 seconds. I think I have to buy a special wire for my camera. I’ll have to look into that. Anyone out there want to email me and give me some pointers? Until then, I’m going to research on the internet and scope out locations to sit for a few hours and ideas on how to achieve what I’m aiming for. I’m thinking streaks across the sky would be awesome. We’ll see what I turn up and then churn out. If anyone else is interested in partaking a little trip with me in August, give me a hollar!

I am buying myself a hood for my camera this weekend. I hear it’s the best thing for protecting your photos from light that you don’t want. I’m going to give it a shot. Wish me luck and I’ll post how I feel about it soon! Also, I’ve finally done a photo session for someone that didn’t belong to my circle of friends and family!! I’ll post photos from that soon, too. *mwah!