on the loose to live my life, the way I think my life should be ...

As you'll be able to tell from this entry, I'm in a camp kind of mood. For those of you who don't know, I spent my summers growing up at a couple camps, one still standing, but not in use, and one that was sold off to a developer to parceled off the land but has mostly been unable to sell it. I've been there once, but I kind of want to go by myself to just think ... try to find areas I recognize, without the cabins or pavilions that used to be there. I haven't been in awhile, and it's definitely coming up on time for me to go. Every time I smell a bonfire, I think of it. The first reasonably cool weekday I can find to go hike, I will.

I've also gotten into Glee recently, so that'll be evident here, too.

"You think this is hard? Try being waterboarded. That's hard!"
-Sue Sylvester from Glee (Episode 1x01 - Pilot)

"The only life worth living is the one you're really passionate about."
-Emma Pillsbury from Glee (Episode 1x01 - Pilot)

For you, there'll be no crying
For you, the sun will be shining
'Cause I feel that when I'm with you
It's alright, I know it's right
And the songbirds keep singing
Like they know the score
And I love you, I love you, I love you
Like never before
-"Songbirds" by Eva Cassidy

The flicker of the campfire, the wind in the pines
The moon in the heavens, the stars that shine
A place where people gather to make friends of all kinds
A place where all our troubles are always left behind
So give me the light of the campfire, warm and bright
Give me some friends to sing with, I'll be here all night
If love is for those who find it, I've found mine right here
Just you and me and the campfire, and the songs we love to hear
-"Flicker" (a camp song)

Did you ever watch the sunrise turn the sky completely red?
Have you slept beneath the moon and stars, a pine bough for your bed?
Did you sit and talk with friends, though a word was never said?
Then you're just like me, and you've been on the loose
On the loose to climb a mountain
On the loose where I am free
On the loose to live my life, the way I think my life should be
For I've only got a moment and the whole world left to see
I'll be looking for tomorrow on the loose
There's a trail that I'll be hiking just to see where it might go
Many places yet to visit
Many people yet to know,
For in following my dreams,
I will learn and I will grow
For a trail that's waiting out there on the loose
-"On the Loose" (a camp song)

Please won't you catch a shooting star for me
And take it with you on your way
Though it seems that we just met, you're the one I won't forget
Hope some kind wind blows you back my way
And I was thinking maybe somewhere later down the road
After all our stories have been told
I'll sit and think of you
The dear friend I once knew
Shot through my life like a shooting star
-"Shooting Star" (a camp song)