37/366: Two Years Ago, I Was Drowning.

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37/366: Two Years Ago, I Was Drowning.
37/366: Two Years Ago, I Was Drowning.

Two years ago, as I was directing my school's fall play, I came to the realization that it would be my last (at least for now). The pressure to be a good director was outweighed by the pressure of being a good husband and father. Caspian was just a few months old, Hawkeye would soon be two, Aragorn three, and Atticus was in Kindergarten, almost six. My place was at home.

But I could not make the final decision to resign.

Then I heard a song...

And I realized that as much as I love directing, the time was right to step away.

In my mind, the word "you" in this song is represented by "theatre"...

Drowning by Joe Jackson

I don't love you
But I'm lost
Thinking of you
And the ghosts
Of so many special moments
That passed so quickly at the time
And now they come and track me down
And echo round and round and round
And time goes quickly
Or disappears completely
And I feel like I fade away
Like drowning

I don't need you
But it's so hard
To be without you
Though you're not far away
I censor my emotions
And tell myself to bide my time
But every time you come around
You batter my defenses down
But so gently
Like some sweet hypnosis
And the world just slips away
I'm drowning

It's dark
My heart is pounding
I'm sinking down
Into a pool of passion
There's laughter as i drown
Like so many lost before me
Damned by lust and gone to hell
And then I look into your eyes
And something melts
I shake inside
And cool water
Washes me all over
Washes me away
And still I'm drowning

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Taken on: October 24, 2007
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Exposure Time: 2.5
Focal Length: 6.3mm
ISO: 200
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Exposure Program: Program AE
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