End Of The Road

To study the way is to study the self,
To study the self is to forget the self,
To forget the self
is to be awakened
with ALL things.
-A Mental Hideaway

There is a song by a group called HOTHOUSE FLOWERS called 'End Of The Road' that inspired me yesterday (while watching a film called 'The Borstal Boy').
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKxqm4_DEAI&feature=related
I have to share the tune. I couldn't find a music video but you can hear a sample of it at www.amazon.com by paging down via this link and giving a CLICK to the 'End Of The Road' track:
http://www.amazon.com/Into-Your-Heart-Hothouse-Flowers/dp/B0002YCOYO/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1240246343&sr=8-2

End Of The Road
Words and music by Peter O'Toole

It's gonna be too late
If we wait for another day
Some things just can't wait anymore
This is do or die
For you and I
Is this the end of the road

All your sweet talking
I've heard it all before
I just wanna know what's turning you on
This is do or die
For you and I
Is this the end of the road

So what's done is done
Never gonna change it
We can kiss it all goodbye
When you don't know what to say
Just don't say anything
We can try (we can try) we can try (we can try)
You're as good as how you take it
We can try (we can try) we can try (we can try)
You're as real as how you fake it

If this is your way
Of giving me what you've got
I just don't need it anymore
This is do or die
For you and I
Is this the end of the road

So what's done is done
Never going to change it
We can kiss it all goodbye
When you don't know what to say
Just don't say anything
We can try (we can try), we can try (we can try)
?It's so good that you can make it?
We can try (we can try) we can try (we can try)
You can give it or you can break it

There's a part of me that's living for new things to do
There's a part of me that's dying baby
Cos I know I'm losing you
This is do or die, for you and I
This is the end of the road

Twenty-five years ago today:

April 20, 1984
Friday

When I called Chris Cordellos today I was happy to learn that the 'slight lump' in his crotch area was nothing serious.
"They took care of it," Chris said as my eyebrow rose in wonder to how they did so.
Chris' friend and Coast Guard cohort, Jim Severn, was there when I telephoned, so speaking freely was a problem for him. We 'beat around the bush' and were able to get our messages across nicely.

I went on a rapid bicycle ride after work, quickly changed my clothes and hopped in my car to make the dinner date with Helen Wong. We ate well and discussed a variety of topics. She confessed that she and Tony are 'somewhat of an item'. Helen shared some photographs from old photo albums. I was in sweet heaven while eating some of the lemon meringue pie she made for me. I left her place by 10PM.

I had videotaped Joan Rivers' last night show and watched that episode along with her appearance on the Tonight Show on this very night. Then I watched some of the funny 'Friday Night Videos' with Dad. We laughed over some of the silly scenes. I went to bed right after that.