Urban Princess

Living a song for a day.

Ever have one of those days where there just seems to be a song the sums up so perfectly how you feel right here and right now??? Well this would be my song today.

The Burn - Matchbox 20.

I thought about
Leaving but I couldn't even get outta bed
I'm hangin' cause I couldn't get a ride outta town
Now anyone who really wanted me to be down
Come 'round

Thought about
Singin' but I couldn't remember all of the words
Breakin' but I couldn't get the pieces apart
Laughin' never knowing what the joke was about

Now I'm down
And I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
One strain at a time

Forgot about
Everything and everyone I needed before
Tryin' to get a handle on a reason to shine
Pickin' up the pieces that are falling behind takes time

So I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
One strain at a time and still shine

And I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
One strain at a time

And I wonder how I never got the burn
And if I'm ever gonna learn
How lonely people make a life
One strain at a time and still shine.

I say this not because Im depressed. I wouldnt say I was in any perticular mood. Im just having a little trouble getting a hold of everything that is going on in our life right now. Chris really is my strenth. I think he sense another freak out coming on. His being very understanding at the moment. Our housemate has backed himself into a corner and I cant see a way out for him. "How lonely people make a life" is very evident to all who are in his situation. I'd be the one picking up the peices, not just over tim but my own too. The past weeks events have bought up some emotions that I didnt resolve the first time round and its only now I have come to relise how much damage I have done to myself, so much for "Forgot about everything and everyone I needed before". I have even considered leaving town till the end of the week but unfortunately its just not a possible. The crowning glory is "Now anyone who really wanted me to be down come 'round." Enter Tim Pregant girlfriend and two kids! Our house is just about to double in population. Our usually quiet house of 3 is set to be 8. Im looking forward to Jeremy (Chris's best mate) coming, He has a very calming effect on me but the others are just destined to cause me more work. Believe me, Im am laughing, its just such a bad joke, if I wasnt Id be crying.

The Morart Effect.

Some years ago there was a study done as to the effect of classical music on ones ability to learn. Specifically it tested a group of peoples paper folding skills in silence and then to Mozart. Turns out the Mozart group tested at approximately 8-9 IQ points higher. Since then however the studies have gone either way on the subject. This however didn't stop it becoming popular myth. The Governor of Georgia actually gave a gift of a classical CD to each child born in the state for a period of time and it is widely believed that this may also have played a part in the creation of the Baby Einstein Company.

Now I tend to consider myself a skeptic in such matters. I am always of the belief that some where out in the big wide world you can find a study to prove anything you like. This one however has me a little perplexed. I am 23 and was not really raised in a classical music family. In fact the only time I really recall it growing up is when I took ballet for a year or two when I was 6 or 7. I didn't really become musical inclined till I was about 14 and even then it was more the popular music of the day. When I went to university however, I stumbled across a small noise problem. Living in dorms there is always out side noise and I was constantly finding it hard to stay focused. I tried a myriad of Cd's but with no success Id just end up singing along or getting side tract. It wasn't till I was in a private room in the launceston library that all the pieces came together. I had been researching a paper on the Maldives and I remember it getting cold, I stopped to look at my watch and I had been studying for 4 hours. I couldn't believe it. It was 6pm. I sat there for awhile trying to figure out what might have bought this on and the only thing I could isolate as being different was the music. I hadn't noticed it when I had sat down in the room and it certainly hadn't impacted my consciously while studying but had drowned out all other noise distractions?

Now while I am fully aware its not Mozart I found that I personally study better with Vivaldi. I kid you not. I don't know whether it is that my brain hears it and associates it with study or that in fact it is as other studies suggest, that it is mood altering and therefore increases ones attention span. It was just an interesting observation that I thought I would share with you.