Queen for a Day

There are particular times when Queen's music plays a role in my life. I can usually put something in and feel a little better. Usually, the early stuff of an era before I was born is uplifting: "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy"; "Leroy Brown"; "Fat Bottomed Love"; "Get Down Make Love"; "Flick of the Wrist"; etc. But it's when listening to the last album that Freddie Mercury did things become a little less uplifting. Of course, he knew he was dying when he composed the lyrics for "Innuendo." This makes the album all that more special in a strange way. I've not put lyrics up here before, but I'm going to now share some from "Don't Try So Hard": If you're searching out for something, don't try so hard If you're feeling kind of nothing, don't try so hard When your problems seem like mountains, feel the need to find some answers You can leave them for another day, don't try so hard But if you fall and take a tumble, it won't be far If you fail you mustn't grumble, thank your lucky stars just savor every mouthful and treasure every moment when the storms are raging round you, stay right where you are  (chorus) Ohhhh don't try so hard Ohhhh don't take it all to hard It's only fools They make these rules Don't try so hard He makes it seem so nice and easy. I went to work today. Talked to some friends. Met some new people. Saw Niketa for the first time since we moved out. I spoke with Margo and Elizabeth. It seems like I'm going in the wrong direction with my "thesis." Good timing I'd say. Why not pile on some academic stress along with everything else? I'm taking a break now from a little five-pager that I have to turn in on Wednesday. I feel like I'm writing myself into stupid identity circles. I'm so sick of identity. Unfortunately, that's precisely my point. But I'm sick of proving why I'm sick of identity. I'm now going to go continue my break on my deck with a beer and a clove. The sky is clear, the stars are out, and it's quiet. So simple.