Getting Lost

Stumbled across this track by Dido:  Life for Rent.  Wow, such a sentimental piece.  In my mind, I see some foggy waterside town with not many people.  Some young woman in her mid twenties has lost her way in life and finds herself "getting by" in this town with no names or faces save for the ones that remind her of her past.

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy
Well I deserve nothing more than I get 'cause nothing I have is truly mine

Lost and "Getting by" Somewhere in the World...

Might this be a small-town place the woman in the song has ended up?  Here's what Search had to say about Dido and the song:

Dido's Life for Rent: a sentimental journey for the broken hearted...

I've always thought that I would love to live by the sea
To travel the world alone and live more simply
I have no idea what's happened to that dream
As there's really nothing left here to stop me
It's just a thought, only a thought

This photo came up in my search, some carefree kids along the shores of a beach in Sri Lanka.  The golden colors of its sand are reflecting the fading sunlight.  Thanks to Dhammika Heenpella for posting her work to share via Creative Commons on Flickr.

The liquid gold - Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka

We have our dreams, ambitions and aspirations, but what if where you are right this very moment, is exactly where you are supposed to be?  Before you worry about the places you've been or the places you need to be consider the very place you occupy in this space called now.  Now that's a novel thought...

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Photo and Other Credits:

Maine Coastal Town, on Route 1
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 (US)
http://people.maine.com/publius/almanac/encycweb/htm/madawask.htm
update:  [404 Error: Page not found, accessed: 09/30/2014:10:46AM-HST]


The liquid gold - Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
Dhammika Heenpella@ Flickr
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic 

Hikkaduwa is one of the most attracted coastal towns among the tourists who come from different parts of the world. Located 99 km down south Sri Lanka, Hikkaduwa is world renown for its golden sandy beach and corals.

lyrics transcription compliments of the Lyrics Wikia

Shoot em up!

English from an American's Perspective

I've heard of "butter shots" but this is silly...

I am not sure if the developer of this product researched the implied meaning of "injectable" products to a society that has been actively waging moral war on drugs since as far back as the turn of the century...

I'm being facetious of course.  Flavor injection is actually common in some homes as with large scale food processing plants.

Liquid elixirs with artificial "smoked" flavoring are sometimes injected into the flesh of prepared meats to reduce the amount of cooking time to achieve a palatable flavor.

The Japanese, however, have elevated meat injection to another level.  A search for "Kobe Beef" will reveal a fascinating philosophy on improving the quality and flavor of beef well before the animal is slaughtered.

Whether it's still mooing or if you're already thawing it from the freezer section, injecting things into your food sources for better tasting meals is an odd concept.  Most may attribute "injections" with health care related issues.  Some common slang is "getting your shots" or "I got a flu shot today".  That is ok, but the device used to give the "shot" is NOT a "shot".  It is a syringe, or an injection.  If you're talking about some mass-distributed vaccinations in some remote locations, that's actually an "injection gun".