underrated.

currently listening to: desire/ryan adams.

You always hear about things that are overrated--movies, songs, restaurants, etc. People tend to rave about how great certain things are, but when you see it or hear it or experience it for yourself, you just find yourself in for a big disappointment.

But some things in life are way too underrated. There are things that you hear people say or do so often that it's begun to mean practically nothing because of how common these things are. However, when you find yourself in a situation so unbelievably new and different...well, then that's another story.

Today,I realized that there are certain things that we say and do in our everyday lives that are extremely underrated.

"I had a bad day."
People say this ALL the time. There's this urge to get drunk or curl up in bed. Why? It depends. Your crush talked to another girl today? You and your boyfriend broke up? Your sister wore your shirt again? Trust me, it could be worse.

"I screwed up."
HA! I bring new meaning to this statement now, and boy, did I screw up.

Hugs.
Just when you think you're stronger and can face the music, you get a hug from someone you least expect, and the waterfalls start coming (again). Hugs have such an unbelievable power to heal, and can almost instantly make you feel better--momentarily, at least. I got a lot of hugs today, and I couldn't stop crying. Not because I felt bad all over again (due to #1 and #2), but because...

"I'm blessed."
Some people, I've known forever, but some, I've known only for a very short period of time. But no matter how badly I screwed up, I'm still surrounded by absolutely great people.

on being content.

currently listening to: seen it all before/amos lee.

what a whirlwind of days it's been. i love how my life is going, although sometimes, i'm convinced it could still be so much better.

the past few days, i've been forced to learn a lesson on contentment. i keep saying i'm happy with something and that i don't need anything else, but i keep looking for something more. i still want this and that and this and that.

but it shouldn't be that way. nope! not at all. bad kris, bad kris.

cravings.

currently listening to:home/brian mcknight.

i miss writing.

sometimes, i feel like i just WANT to write. i HAVE to. i NEED to. i don't care if i have nothing to talk about--i just need some sort of outlet. i just need to somehow satisfy this craving i have to get words down.

actually, it has always depressed me how i never seem to write about anything of remote significance to anyone but myself (sometimes, not even to myself!). i'd love to be able to actually write something, and would give anything to be able to produce output that could be considered quality. it makes me sadder how i feel like i've lost my "talent" for grammar! even using possessives and plurals suddenly make me insecure, and at times, find myself just rewording my sentence. it's so, so, so depressing. i'm getting dumber!

but i've learned to accept that fact that when it comes to writing, i'm suffering from a case of mental block...all the time. in moments like this one, i just want to be able to write for a little while, and silence my little "craving" so i can get to bed...so i apologize, and just let me be. it doesn't really matter. i just want to write.

craving fulfilled. good night! :)