I Want It All

Today was the kind of day that was only bearable because it ended with exercise, beer and burgers with a friend, and the next best thing to being with my man -- a late night phone call.

On my bike ride home tonight, I started hearing:

I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now.

It isn't really hard to figure out why. My friend and I were basically talking about having it all, and how we both mostly feel like we're getting it, except maybe not now since we both have relationships with people who don't currently live in Madison. And in the places where we don't necessarily feel like we're quite firing on all cylinders, we help each other out -- I try to give him some of the wisdom I've acquired and he reassures me with his youthful idealism (peppered with some political savvy that also comes in handy) that what I'm doing really matters and that I can take it.

Yep, just like the boys from Queen do in this verse, we talked about sex, ambition, personal power, integrity, leadership, initiative, truth, and both learning about and getting what you want:

I'm a man with a one track mind,

So much to do in one life time (people do you hear me)

Not a man for compromise and where's and why's and living lies

So I'm living it all, yes I'm living it all,

And I'm giving it all, and I'm giving it all,

It ain't much I'm asking, if you want the truth,

Here's to the future, hear the cry of youth,

I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now,

I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now.