Bouncing off the walls again

Day 49

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Group: Sugarcult

Genre: Punk Rock

Album: Start Static

Released: 2001



I'm bouncing off the walls again (whoa oh)
I'm looking like a fool again (whoa oh)
I threw away my reputation
One more song for the radio station

I'm bouncing off the walls again (whoa oh)
I'm looking like a fool again (whoa oh)
Waking up on the bathroom floor
Pull myself back together just to fall once more

And my heart's beating out of my chest
And this town is still making me sick
And every penny from my last paycheck
I've blown it on you

I'm bouncing off the walls again (whoa oh)
And I'm looking like a fool again (whoa oh)
So go ahead and take a picture
And hang it up so you can tear me down

I don't care
Cause I'm still here
And I've got nothing left to lose
With all the years I wasted on you

Momma and Daddy's got the best cocaine
Ritalin's never gonna feel the same
Twenty-four hours on an empty brain
I got my finger on the trigger and your in my way

I'm bouncing off the walls again (whoa oh)
And I'm looking like a fool again (whoa oh)
I threw away my reputation
One more song for the radio station

I'm bouncing off the walls again
And I'm looking like a fool again
I'm bouncing off the walls again
And I'm looking like a fool again
I'm bouncing off the walls again


I know nothing about this group, or their music. In 2003, I bought the soundtrack to American Wedding, because I liked a song that was on it. This is obviously back in the day before IPODs, when buying a single song was not really possible, unless you wanted to burn a mixed CD. As it turns out, I loved the CD. What a great collaboration of songs....maybe. Or it could just be that to this day, when I play it, it makes me think of 2004, a bitter sweet year for me. It might have been called The American Wedding soundtrack, but really, I think it was the soundtrack for my life in 2004. That album & Shakira's "Laundry Service" were my two top played albums that year. I can listen to this CD from start to finish, though there is one song I would describe as raunchy. Of course I expected that, being the music came from a movie series dominantly about getting laid.

The song "Bouncing off the Walls again" makes me think of my days attending "North West Nannies Institute" in Lake Oswego. During the time I was attending ( Nov. 2003- May 2004) , I was living with a girl named Sarah in a pretty sweet apartment in Beaverton ( We had an indoor pool, hot tub & Sauna. Oh yah!). During the morning commute, I would pop this CD to get my day started. The upbeat tempo of the first track was always a good start. On the drive home, "Bouncing off the walls again" would come on, getting me pumped up for the afternoon still unplanned ahead of me.

Thinking of those times, I wish I would have enjoyed them much more. I miss the friends I made & the feeling of newly granted freedom. This was my first time living on my own, & I was an hour at least from my home town. I really, really miss those times right now. The building was kind of ghetto, the teachers were at times pretentious or loopy (not naming names, but for those who went there, you know who I'm talking about.), & the girls were very dramatic. I know I was excited to start, glad to be finished, & happy to be moving onto other things. But I miss my girls, the one's who weren't consumed with gossip & tearing others down, that is.

North West Nannies was a trading school that taught basic childcare skills for those wanting to obtain their teachers certificate in early education ( Preschool) or for those wanting to nanny locally or all around the united states ( They also served as an agency helping nannies & families find a match). Schooling was four days a week 8:30-3:00 I believe. On either Mondays or Fridays, depending on what class you were in, you had a practicum, which is like an internship with a family once a week. You gave them free childcare in exchange for a grade. We took classes that were relevant, such as Child development, household management, family dynamics & psychology, etiquette, health, CPR/First Aid, Art, & much more I'm sure.

Not as complex as community college I suppose, or a University for sure, but more time consuming than you would think. I spent a lot of time on NWN related things. In my free time, I enjoyed the pool/hot tub at our complex, going out with Sarah on occasion, hanging with other neighbors in the complex til all hours of the night & late late coffee runs to the 24 hour Starbucks down the street. Sometimes, I would get visits from good friends 7 my boyfriend who lived out of town. On weekends, I often drove home to stay at my moms. I may have been busy, but I was defiantly lonely. It was a turbulent year. As I said, bitter at the time, sweet now. Isn't that always how it works?