Graduation

Not that anyone concerned is going to read this but...

On the one hand, I'm so totally excited for you guys- graduating, going off to something new. On the other- I'm scared shitless. I mean, I know it has to happen, and every person who's ever been to college has been through this before me- before us. But I can't imagine it here without you, and that's what it's going to be. I can't imagine such a swift and final change- even though for you it has to be that much worse, because I still have college. But, in two years- two horribly short, hopefully awesome and growthful and precious years- that will be me. Someone asked me the other day whether graduation feels far away for me, and the scary part is, it doesn't. I see all of you talking about how weird it is to be seniors, and how fast it went, and I look at how fast my first few years have gone. And I look at my crazy schedule for next semester and how I'll hopefully be in Japan the semester after that and then *boom* it's senior year. Right around the corner. Now, I know that there will be many awesome moments to experience during this summer and junior year, but still, somehow...

There's so much I want to do. So many ways I want to grow. So much more I wish I could have shared with all of you. So, from me who will remain dry until legal- here's a toast, to all of you. To the old holes you've filled and to the new ones you leave- may you treasure all your time here, and all your days away, and grow into the fullness that life has to offer. I'll miss you.

Come visit sometime.

Nothing can ever be the same.


I thought this was strangely appropriate, and since I still stink at lj cuts, you get to see the whole thing:

GOOD BYE

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Say good bye　ただ　Good bye

全ての煩わしさに Good bye

Say good bye　ただ　 Good bye

変わる事恐れずに　Good bye


あても無く　ただ歩いて

疲れた日々の宝に Good bye

進んでいく　道標は

最初と同じ風のままに



If you can't find a way

いくつもの　Winding road

空に手をかざして　Round&round

まだ見ぬ土地に　不安覚えながら

小さな詩に　尋ねる



Please songs tell me true

君のメロディー

何処にいても　鳴り続けている

またいつか　一人迷っても

聞こえたなら　軽やかに歩き出せる



Say good bye　ただ　Good bye

傷つくのを恐れずに　 Good bye

手の中の持ちきれない

思いは全て捨てて行こう



Please songs tell me true

君のメロディー

何処にいても　鳴り続けている

もしどかか　一人迷っても

歌えたなら　しなやかに歩きだそう

Good bye

~~~Translation: stolen from Centigrade J (b/c my own was just a bit too crappy for this moment)~~~

Say good bye just good bye
to all your worries good bye
Say good bye just good bye
without fear of change good bye

just walking aimlessly
good bye to the treasures of exhausted days
going on, the signposts
the same as that first wind

If you can't find a way
the many winding roads
shade your eyes from the sky Round & round
feeling scared about an unknown land
asking the tiny song

Please songs tell me true
no matter where I go
your melody'll keep on playing
someday again, even when I get lost on my own
if I can hear it, I can walk on merrily.

Say good bye just good bye
without fear of gettin' hurt good bye
let's throw away all the feelings
that we can't hold in our hands.

Please songs tell me true
no matter where I go
your melody'll keep on playing
even if one day I lose my way
if I can sing, I will walk on with grace.


~~~~~~~~~


"Have a good life"