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Freedom lyrics: ellis

Freedom
© 2002 ellis

what is this war we are fighting?
so many people will be dying
innocent lives: the price of oil
and the old white men in the old white house
they’re gonna turn everything inside out
they say it’s protection for you and me

chorus:
don’t worry freedom, we will protect you
lock you up tight so no one can get you
oh, how precious you are…
you won’t mind being locked up
dear freedom, just for a while
just ‘til we beat ‘em
our elusive enemy

we gotta make sure we know who
is on our side, and everyone must choose:
agree to war, or plan to move
and if you decide to stay, you better keep still
keep your ideals shut, lest someone reveal
how un-american you are

this price tag on safety is no guarantee
we’ve traded justice for corporate money
our vision is filtered, and spun for a show
the battle between evil and a comic book hero

chorus
just for a while, and then we promise
we’ll set you free…

206 for 2006

A while ago, probably in 2003, I saw a blog post, "203 in 2003". It was intriguing, and I meant to give it a go this year. It's basically just a giant to-do list. As it is the beginning of September 2005, I should have ample time to complete a large portion of this list by the end of next year. I realize that some of these things are hardly attainable, even though I'm giving myself more than a year. (I'm also battling boredom and insomnia, so don't laugh at everything.)

Knit

1. Socks (Broadripple from Knitty, I think)
2. Dr Who scarf
3. Sweater for Dustro
4. Wombs for the masses
5. Fishnet stockings (SnB)
6. Fair Isle (via Norwegian sweater, maybe)
7. Intarsia
8. Bag that does not act like a womb
9. Bag shaped like a womb
10. Blanket for mater mei
11. Stuffed creatures
12. Placemats to match the dishes
13. Really big wall panel
14. Panta headband (via craftster)

Create

15. Lyrics for "Ironic" so that every statement is indeed ironic
16. Fill up a paper journal
17. Scrapbook of knitting projects
18. Wall decor for the living room

Cunning linguistics

19. Latin (brush it up)
20. Ancient Greek (brush it up)
21. Become fluent in either Latin or Ancient Greek
22. German (more)
23. Turkish (perhaps via the SCOLA channel)
24. Modern Greek
25. ASL (more than "Beware the flaming squirrels")
26. Gaelic

Books (which seem to be mostly from the banned books list)

27. Catch-22 (finish it)
28. Grapes of Wrath
29. Satanic Verses
30. Atlas Shrugged (finish it)
31. The Handmaid's Tale
32. 1984
33. Flowers for Algernon
34. Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
35. Gullliver's Travels
36. Origin of Species
37. Paradise Lost
38. Uncle Tom's Cabin
39. The Anarchist Cookbook
40. Lysistrata
41. Discover R.A.B. by obsessively reading all of Harry Potter



42. This is the meaning of life.


Life

43. Become a vegetarian (again)
44. Remind parents that I'm "more of a Big Bang person"
45. How about a relationship?
46. Have a full-on lip lock session (may require help from previous statement)
47. Get more in shape (other than round)
48. Discover the meaning of life (42)
49. Get some better posture, damn!

Τεχνολογια

50. Purchase iBook
51. Purchase iPod
52. Purchase fancier flickr account
53. Typepad it up
54. Learn all the functions on my digital camera
55. Learn Flash
56. Become more Photoshop proficient

Travel (for the first time)

57. Georgia (to visit Jon, of course)
58. St Louis (to see the arch)
59. Nashville (to see the "Parthenon")
60. New York
61. Boston
62. Greek Islands
63. Peloponnesus (Greece)

Travel (back to)

64. Selcuk, Turkey
65. Serince, Turkey
66. Istanbul, Turkey
67. Athens, Greece
68. Vougliagmeni, Greece (Astor Hotel at sunset)
69. Ephesus (to find the Turkish Delight man)
70. Canada (I'm not picky where)

Teach

71. Dustro to knit
72. Someone to say "I threw the king into the sea" in Ancient Greek
73. Someone to say "I threw the king into the sea" in Latin

Television

74. Tape the next season of Project Runway so Ashlee can see it when she comes back
75. The real world is more than just a tv show
76. Watching too many design shows will turn me to mush

Avoid

77. Paying off loans
78. Being blasé about anything
79. Conforming to everyone else's opinions
80. The Smile and Nod Syndrome
81. Taking things at face value
82. Taking people at face value
83. Conformity

Study

84. Current classics texts for children (to repent for poor senior paper)
85. Linguistics

Realize

86. My brothers are getting friggin' old
87. My brothers can dance (?!)
88. Life may not be a bowl of cherries
89. The world is my oyster