I'm sure u can ;-) If you do have the impression that life is gulping you, just gulp it (in the meaning of "sip lustily" - ha)!.
Work hard, have fun, enjoy day and night. Don't care about the things which go wrong. It doesnt matter. Or at least you are free to decide whether it
matters to you or not. We are master of our lifes. (Perhaps I do sound a little like Duncan there ...)
But somewhere he's right. Life can be soooo coool! you just have to getting the sight for it. Focus on pleasure, lust, delicious moments, beauty, intelligence - carpe diem and carpe noctem ! Do your everyday's work as good as you can - and don't think about it if it's boring ;-) give a meaning to it (even if it's not necessarily the one people expect ;-)

thx ilze ;-)