Yeah.

So evidently at some point, I clicked a link I shouldn't have, or someone got into my password or something, and I (Well, my account) started handing out offers for Macy's gift cards. Besides the fact that my account apparently spammed everyone in sight, I actually found this amusing. I don't shop at Macy's--I'm not sure I've ever even BEEN INSIDE a Macy's in my life. Why I would, therefore, have anything to do with giftcards from there is beyond me.

In any event, I shouldn't be sending those out anymore.

This event inspired me to actually check my anti-virus program's Virus Vault. Imagine my surprise to find two viri just sitting there, chilling. I don't think this had anything to do with the Myspace hijinx (From what I could tell, one virus was sitting there since sometime late June, the other in early-mid July; my account started spamming Macy's cards on July 30th), but it was good to check that out anyway (My virus scanner runs automatically while I'm at work. The two viruses were sitting in quarantine, harmless anyway, but still annoying).

Lately I've been listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin. Partly as a result of this, I've picked up my bass and guitar and actually started writing lyrics again for the first time in, oh, probably a year and a half as far as serious writing goes. So I wrote this thing. You can all let me know what you think, I guess.

As yet untitled.

We study away our youth
Learning ourselves into debt
To shoehorn ourselves into the world
Yeah, we try to fit your definition
Of working adults, financial slaves
Try to resolve this catch-22

Dichotomy
Be free yet poor
Corporate servants
Get out of your house
As quick as you can
Is it smart? Does it matter?

We try to make ourselves smart
Get a piece of paper
Congrats, now you're all alone
Yeah, you force us to play the game
Without the pieces, the needed tools
Try to pay you off before our dreams die

Wasted years
Independently destitute
Away from your family, without their support
Wander through your life
From debt to debt
Is it smart? Does nobody question?

How many thousands
Stuck in the loop?
How many travel with
Vacant eyes?
Enthusiasm lost
To the working lifestyle
Sacrificed in the pursuit of wealth
Hollow quest, worth nothing