Yes:
We only have one life on this Earth, don’t waste it.
Don’t get bogged down in the past, in boring details, in maybes; LIVE your life.
And don’t forget to make this life fun. 🙂
For more Relient K, go to In Love With the ’80s (Pink Tux to the Prom)
For more Coco Chanel, go to Be Who You Are
For more quotes, go to Move It or Lose It
28) Something You Regret
So one thing that I regret…I try not to dwell too much on the past and wish for do-overs. After all we only have one life:
But if I had to pick one thing…hmmm…I know just what it is. Time to go back to 2009!
So when I was in high school I did theater. Yep, I was theater geek.
I did musicals and plays. It was a lot of fun and taught me a lot of skills for public speaking and presenting. If only employers appreciated it.
So one play I was in, a made a BIG mistake. In fact it is one thing I regret and wish I could do-over.
So I’ve done a post in the past on how I have had some guys like me who I don’t like. Most of them were a bit creepy in the fact that they were extremely clingy and always trying to be next to me.
Now I had one guy who was my friend, but like we found out in When Harry Met Sally that’s a hard thing to do, and he liked me. I wasn’t interested in him as we were too similar in our personalities. It would have turned out very bad.
So we both tried out for the school play, as we both enjoyed the theater, and won some of the lead roles.
The only problem? Our characters were in a relationship.
So as our characters were together, Patrick, my friend, started to blend fiction with reality and started thinking we were together.
Just kidding. He wasn’t that intense.
Anyways, he started acting really possessive. He started to treat it like we were together; trying to plan out dates and didn’t like me talking to other guys. This started to make me really mad.
This made me very upset. I didn’t like the way he was treating me, so I did the only thing I could think of. I spoke to the director.
I told him what was happening and asked him if he could speak to him on it. Tell him he noticed that he was taking the play a little bit farther then he should. I told him I needed help because it was making so uncomfortable and hurting my ability to perform well. He said he would talk to him.
I was so happy that everything would work out. The next day however, I the director told me that he decided not to say anything as he thought anything he said would harm Patrick’s performance.
I was so upset. And I continued to be uncomfortable. Unfortunately, this really hurt my acting as my scenes with him weren’t as good as they should have been.
I just couldn’t add to his fantasy that we were “really together”, when we weren’t.
I wasn’t horrible, as lucky for me our characters, while in a relationship, were having some problems. So I was okay…
But not fantastic like I could have been. In fact, that director was so mad at me, that he never worked with me again.
Now I am more mature and to able deal with such an issue, I realize that I was actually the whiner in this. If I could do it again I would do it much differently. I would have just ignored his attentions, and continued acting well.
But unfortunately I was a teenager, and we all know that teenagers do not have the best common sense.
Oh, well. It was a mistake, but we just have to move on and learn from it.
To start the 30 Day Challenge from the beginning, go to Musical Madness
For more stories from my life, go to Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner
This brings us to our last post on the “Getting Over a Heartbreak” series:
31) I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
So here we are on the last post. I’m actually pretty sad to see these postings end. Now don’t get me wrong they are a lot of work and it will be nice to have a reprieve before Horrorfest III begins (which I expect you all to check out. You’re gonna love it, I know it!). But it was a lot of fun as I was able to cover all kinds of my favorite songs. It was a lot of emotions to go through as well, especially those earlier posts.
But they have been a lot of fun, and I’ve had an absolutely fantastic time.
Now onto the song. So I Will Survive was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris; and released by Gloria Gaynor in 1978. It became huge after it came out, not only being one of the most popular disco songs, but being Gaynor’s biggest hit. Yes, it is Disco and Disco rocks!
It scored #1 on Billboard Top 100 in 1979. It has been covered by tons of artists and featured in all kinds of film.
The best thing about this song is that it hits every emotion you express after a breakup; sadness, anguish, fear, lonliness, anger, resentment, and eventually reaching the point where you don’t care anymore. You are over them.
You will survive
Not only does this song have powerful lyrics, but the music itself is amazingly upbeat and really gets you pumped up and ready for anything. After all:
At first I was afraid I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along
And so you’re back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second you’d be back to bother me
Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
‘Cause you’re not welcome anymore
Weren’t you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Do you think I’d crumble
Did you think I’d lay down and die?
Oh no not I. I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive
I will survive! Hey, Hey!
It took all strength I had not to fall apart
Kept trying’ hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself, I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you see me, somebody new
I’m not that chained up little person still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in
And just expect me to be free
Now I’m saving all my lovin’ for someone who’s lovin’ me
Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
‘Cause you’re not welcome anymore
Weren’t you the one who tried to break me with goodbye
Do you think I’d crumble
Did you think I’d lay down and die?
Oh no not I. I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive
I will survive, Oh
Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now
‘Cause you’re not welcome anymore
Weren’t you the one who tried to crush me with goodbye
Do you think I’d crumble
Did you think I’d lay down and die?
Oh no not I. I will survive
Oh as long as I know how to love
I know I’ll stay alive
I’ve got all my life to live
I’ve got all my love to give and I’ll survive
I will survive,
I will survive!
Here is a complete list of the “Getting Over a Heartbreak” series:
1) If It Means A Lot to You by A Day to Remember
3) I Don’t Love You by My Chemical Romance
4) Now You’re Gone by Everyday Sunday
5) Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley
7) Love Stinks by J. Geils Band
8) That’s What You Get by Paramore
9) Chin Up Kid by Forever the Sickest Kids
10) I’ll Be Alright Without You by Journey
11) For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic
13) Gone Forever by Three Days Grace
15) But It’s Alright by Huey Lewis & the News
16) Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson
17) Move Along by All-American Rejects
18) Up and Up (Acoustic) by Reliant K
19) Red Rubber Ball by The Cyrkle
21) I Don’t Wanna Be in Love (Dance Floor Anthem)
22) Here I Go Again by Whitesnake
23) Love Will Find a Way by Pablo Cruise
24) Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey
25) The Lining is Silver by Relient K
26) Whip It by Devo
27) Be Good to Yourself by Journey
28) Any Way You Want It by Journey
29) Unbound by Avenged Sevenfold
For more on Gloria Gaynor, go to I’ll Be Alright Without You
For more on Margaret Mitchell, go to At the End of the Rainbow
For more on Sarah Dessen, go to Happy B-day!
For more on Friends, go to Pizza Power
For more on Cinderella, go to Episode VI: Return Of the My Favorite Movie Lines’ List
Well here I go, the second to last post on our “Getting Over a Heartbreak” list:
30) Here I Go by Relient K
So here we are, another Relient K song. I think if you look at the whole list you’ll see a majority of the songs are either Journey or Relient K. I can’t help it! That’s what I was digging after my break up.
So the reason why I put this second to last on my “Getting Over a Heartbreak” series, was that I thought It really expressed how one feels after you have been through everything and are 100% over that other person.
But over in the sense that you aren’t angry, you don’t care about that other person, you have completely moved on and are just focusing on what is coming next in your life. Enjoying being yourself and being alive. Here I Go!
Yeah!
Oh, believe me I have tried
to work this out from the inside
then I finally realized I need to move on with my life
Gotta make something happen
not just sit around and wait for it
this place is like a prison I think I’m going to have to make a break for it
whoa-o here I go it’s like I made it for the first time
whoa-o here I go and I think it’s the first time I felt alive
Yeah! Alive!
I’ve been so depressed I’ve been let down
been pushed aside been pushed around
there’s one thing that I need
something you can’t take from me
Gotta make something happen
not just sit around and wait for it
this place is like a prison I think I’m going to have to make a break for it
whoa-o here I go it’s like I made it for the first time
whoa-o here I go and I think it’s the first time I felt alive
whoa-o here I go it’s like I made it for the first time
whoa-o here I go and I think it’s the first time I felt alive
Move up, move on
you blink I’m gone
we only have one life to live
I’ll live it now
you have no doubt
I’ll prove you wrong
this is the only thing that I know
so here I go
[Chorus]
whoa-o here I go it’s like I made it for the first time
whoa-o here I go and I think it’s the first time I felt alive
whoa-o here I go it’s like I made it for the first time
whoa-o here I go I think it’s the first time I felt alive.
Forget the past
Live your life
After all:
Most important:
To start the “Getting Over a Heartbreak” series rom the beginning, go to If It Means A Lot to You
For the previous post, go to Unbound
For more on Relient K, go to The Lining is Silver
For more on Clint Eastwood, go to I’ll Be Alright Without You
For more on Seventh Day Slumber, go to Gone Forever
For more on my fav songs, go to Treat Her Right
For more on Boy Meets World, go to I Only Answer to the Name of Oommmooooowwwwo!
For more on believing in yourself, go to Any Way You Want It
For more of my favorite quotes, go to Part IX: Adventures in Movie Lines
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