Nine to Five

Tumble out of bed and stumble to the kitchen;
pour myself a cup of ambition,
and yawn, and stretch, and try to come to life.
Jump in the shower, and the blood starts pumping;
out on the street, the traffic starts jumping,
with folks like me on the job from nine to five.

--"Nine to Five" by Dolly Parton



0900 Weeks have turned back to that old 9am-to-5pm routine.

1000 Days blur together, with the exception of Days 1, 2, 3, and 4. No days end in "Y" anymore.

1100 Spares mean working so there's less work to do later.

1200 After school is put aside for extra-curriculars. Lunches are used to maximize productivity--sometimes. Friday Night is Oriental learning time.

1300 Library books pile up as they are neglected in favour of textbooks, WikiPedia, and English required reading.

1400 Getting home means time to wash. Sleep. Study. Eat. Study. Sleep.

1500 There's a pattern somewhere. Clocks tick. Birds chrip. People walk. Something's turning.

1600 Music is getting repetitive. Suggestions?

1700 Social potential. Emotional potential. Mental potential. Physical potential. It's in you to give.

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Today, I knew what it felt like to be dressed in casual all-black with too much smudged liner, a funky drawing on my face, and my vision further blurred by a curtain of hair. The photographer was funny, though.

Today, I woke up at 8.04 am because I forgot to sleep extra last night.

Today, I realized I've lost my calculator and my glasses.

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Everybody's working nine-to-five, so let's dress to the nines tomorrow and let the good times roll from till the clocks strike five. Everyone should take a moment to stop caring.

--Sleepasawrus.



They let you dream just to watch them shatter;
You're just a step on the boss man's ladder,
But you've got dreams he'll never take away.
In the same boat with a lot of your friends;
Waitin' for the day your ship'll come in,
And the tide's gonna turn, and it's all gonna roll your way.

--"Nine to Five" by Dolly Parton