The Distance I've Come

I'm now under a month from graduation. This coming weekend is an alumnae celebration for my sorority's 50th anniversary. It's a little surreal to think that...the next time there's an alumnae celebration of any sort...I'll be one of the alumnae. Next week is the Senior Send-Off in Lima. We're supposedly getting our caps and gowns soon. My very last initiation ceremony (and very last Honors Day) of my college career is only about two weeks away. It's hard to believe my college career is ending. I've been submitting resumes to various places. A few days ago, I actually started researching literary agents.

There's a song in particular that has kind of become one of my theme songs lately, as I'm facing my future. It's called "The Distance You Have Come" and is written by Scott Alan. If you've never heard of Scott Alan, you should get on that. He's an amazing composer and lyricist. He has two CDs out, "Dreaming Wide Awake" and "Keys" (which is the one this song is on) and he has Broadway peeps perform his songs on the CDs. Natalie Weiss sings this particular song. And, like I said, it's pretty much become my theme song as of late, so I thought I'd share it here.



I don't know where tomorrow finds me
The only thing I know is where I'm standing now
In this life, there's never been a guarantee
Which seems to be the only guarantee I've found

But keep your eyes upon the road
Keep driving
It won't be long until you see a sign
That says that you're arriving

And when you reach that day
When you've conquered what's behind you
Don't forget the fight it took to get you here
And when you reach the top
Of the mountain you've been climbing
Don't forget the distance you have come

It's hard, when no one
Tells you if you're winning
But just remind yourself how far
That you've already come
And some days you may feel that
There is no ending
But if you give up now, you'll never know
If you could have won

So keep your eyes upon the road
Keep driving
It won't be long until you see a sign
That says that you're arriving

And when that day has come
When you've conquered what's behind you
Don't forget the moments that have
Come before
And when you reach that place
When you're miles from where you started
Don't forget the distance you have come

And there'll be days
When the weight of the world will bind you
And you're wondering if
The world really needs you
But keep on going
Keep on driving on
'Cause the sign ahead
Will soon be behind you

And when you reach that day
When you've conquered what's behind you
Don't forget the fight it took to get you here
And when you reach the top
Of the mountains you've been climbing
Don't forget the distance
And when that day has come
And you've conquered what's behind you
Don't forget the moments
That have come before
And when you reach that place
When you're miles from where you started
Don't forget the distance
Don't forget the distance
Don't forget the distance
Don't forget, don't forget the distance
You have come

For your listening/viewing pleasure...here's a video of Natalie singing this song. Enjoy!

Like a good neighbor, [title of show] is there!

And they really are. Whenever you need a pick-me-up, head over to [title of show]'s YouTube page and watch the [title of show] show from the very beginning. Hilarious <3

And yes, I did post like the exact same post, verbatim, on my blog.

Hilarity

I posted this video on my other blog as well. Long story short...I spend too much time on Youtube and my stupid computer keeps going blue screen of death on me. So the logical thing for me to do is look up "blue screen of death" on Youtube and see what pops up. This video pretty much made my day.

Long Time, No Post.

Since M pimped her blog, I'm pimping mine (not that mine is interesting or whatev, just wanted to post something on here hahaha)

http://bahrtalicious.blogspot.com

Still a work in progress...gonna spruce it up when I get time to play in PSP :)

M & Katie! We NEED to chat about the musical, once your semesters slow down some!

Next to Normal and the Easter Bunny

I miss being little when Easter meant Easter Egg finding, sugar highs, and giant chocolate bunnies. Unfortunately, I'm just really not excited for Easter this year. If I could just skip tomorrow all together, I'd be pretty happy. I love my family but I require a LOT of Katie-time alone which I don't really get over holidays. My lack of ability to sleep paired with working a ton has just made me generally grumpy and grouchy lately. Unfortunately, with an A&P lab exam and a biology lecture exam on Wednesday, I don't think this week will be any more calm. Hopefully tomorrow will be a nice day and I can walk my dog down to the park to play and get away for a while. *cue A Way Back to Then*

This new musical opened on Broadway a week or so ago called Next To Normal. It's actually an original musical (I know, I thought they were going extinct too...) about a dysfunctional family. The cast recording was released on Tuesday and the minute I heard it, I fell in love. I absolutely LOVE this musical. I can really relate to it which is both amazing and very scary at the same time but if you have a chance, you should check it out. Alice Ripley(the one Jeffy thinks is fierce), Aaron Tveit(the one you will immediately fall in love with), and Jennifer Damiano(the one from the OBC of Spring Awakening) star in it.

Just like always, we've gotten no farther on our musical, but I did have to buy myself a new notebook (this one's fun stripes since I filled the Tinker Bell and Princess notebooks...) to write ideas and thoughts in. Hopefully this summer when B gets a new job, M has graduated, and I'm out of school we'll have time to keep working on it and we'll see where it goes!

So hopefully you have a happy Easter/Passover and I hope the Easter Bunny hops over to your house tonight and leaves some yummy candy.

Please check it out!

So in my last post, I mentioned that I was thinking of making a blog for my writing and my novel, so I can talk solely about my creative writing somewhere. With the encouragement of my friend Emmy, I decided to go ahead and do that. Never fear, I'll still post on here! But I would greatly appreciate if you would check out my other blog...merely for support purposes. :)

http://erinleighmillar.blogspot.com/

44 days

Today marked 44 days on my countdown to graduation. And I still don't know what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. I've gone to career fairs, submitted a couple resumes, and...yeah...still no clue.

The best thing is that whenever I tell someone that I'm graduating in a bit more than a month (or whenever I talk to someone who already knows that), I always get the same question. "What are your plans after graduation?" And I always have the same answer: "No idea."

Yeah, it's good times.

On another note, I'm considering starting a blog for my novel and other author-y (as my friend Emmy call it) musings outside of this musical. Thoughts, anyone?