Feeling: Delusional
Listening to: Hey Jude by The Beatles

I've had this song stuck in my head for a few days now, and I think that means it was begging me to make a post about it.

Let's begin with some strangely presented lyrics:

Hey Jude,
Don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude,
Don't be afraid. You were made to go out and get her. The minute you let her under your skin, then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey, Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders, for, well, you know that it's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.

Hey Jude,
Don't let me down. You have found her, now go and get her. Remember to let her into your heart, then you can start to make it better.

So, let it out and let it in. Hey, Jude, begin - you're waiting for someone to perform with. And don't you know that it's just you? Hey Jude, you'll do. The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey Jude,
Don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her under your skin, then you begin to make it better.

Firstly, I see this song as a series of little letters to (a variety of) "Jude"(s), which is why I arranged the lyrics the way I did. And "Jude" can be anyone or anything and so can "she" (and neither have to be the same entity throughout the song as their identities seem to change constantly), because who said this song has to be about some guy gaining the courage to hit on a girl? And even if the Beatles did, that is irrelevant.

I think the most meaningful part of the song, and what signifies, to me at least, that this is more than sexual relations, is what I've put in bold, but especially this - "And any time you feel the pain, hey, Jude, refrain. Don't carry the world upon your shoulders." This is because, in my opinion, although it's important to realise our responsibilities, it's equally crucial to appreciate our limitations. So, even if your good heart wants you to, the whole world wasn't meant to be held up by only one person.

Oh, I sound so pretentious and self-righteous, but I really could not care any less right now because it is 5:20 in the morning and Hey Jude is too complex to be analysing at this time of day and it's snowing outside and I just had a double espresso mocha and I'm going to shower so I can't think straight but I've got work that I'm done with to hand in today, yay!

In light of this, from now on, I shall address Jude whenever I wish to speak to abstract beings such as life and mathematics.

Days remaining (a): 0
Days remaining (b): 25

(a) About Photographs Digital Story
(b) Writing with Light Assignment #2

Feeling: Bloated
Listening to: Pain Redefined by Disturbed

I just remembered my first party at Penn where, for whatever reason, it was believed my name was Rachel. I hadn't ever met these people before, but I still couldn't win the argument that my name was, in fact, Sue-Anne.

"Um... Nooooo... Your name is Rachel."

That was a funny night.

Forgot about the countdown in the last post and I'm too lazy to fix it so I won't. Anyway, look at this:

Days remaining (a): 3
Days remaining (b): 6
Days remaining (c): 6
Days remaining (d): 6
Days remaining (e): 10
Days remaining (f): 35

(a) Dissertation 3,000 word Draft Methodology
(b) Spanish Language 'A' Written Assignment #2
(c) Spanish Language 'A' Oral exam
(d) Spanish Language 'A' Listening exam
(e) About Photographs Digital Story
(f) Writing with Light Assignment #2

Deadline extensions are, like, so cool! :D

Feeling: Crazy
Listening to: Better Than Anything Else by The Sleeping

"They came first for the Communists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and by that time no one was left to speak up." - Pastor Martin Niemöller