With the copious (yet appreciated!!!!!) amounts of Barnes and Noble gift cards that I received for my long-gone birthday I have gone shopping for some bone-chilling music to fill these aching ears. The three that I bought were:
1. A Rush of Blood to the Head by the ever-amazing Coldplay
This album is, like all Coldplay albums, pretty awesome. Coldplay is a bit of an aquired taste, but I love it!!!!!! :)
2. The self-titled Boys Like Girls album
My first Boys Like Girls album. I haven't gotten much of a chance to listen to all of it, yet I am liking what I'm hearing :)
3. Waking Up by One Republic
My first, and already well loved One Republic album. I have to say that the first three tracks, "Made For You", "All the Right Moves", and "Secrets" really stand out as my favorites, and I love the gorgeous choir at the beginning of "All the Right Moves"
In the music section, I also listened to the new Bruno Mars album, Doo-Wops and Hooligans, and completely fell in love with it, only to be crushed by the fact that they didn't have it!!!! :( I am going to go back and get it though, because it was really quite sweet.
24.10.10
Spanish and Spelling Bees
(Spanish teacher goes up and writes "Callate!" on the whiteboard in large, red letters)
Me: What does "callate" mean?
Spanish teacher: "Be quiet!"
Me: Oh, ok, sorry.
Annnnnndddddddddddd.................... there is another Knights of Columbus (church) spelling bee coming up on Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope that I do as well as I did last year, I am so excited (if you couldn't tell already) :)
Me: What does "callate" mean?
Spanish teacher: "Be quiet!"
Me: Oh, ok, sorry.
Annnnnndddddddddddd.................... there is another Knights of Columbus (church) spelling bee coming up on Tuesday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope that I do as well as I did last year, I am so excited (if you couldn't tell already) :)
18.10.10
I'm Going to Post it Again
Tidal Wave, by Owl City:
"I wish I could cross my arms
And cross your mind 'cause I believe
You'd unfold your paper heart
And wear it on your sleeve
All my life I wish I broke mirrors
Instead of promises
'Cause all I see is a shattered conscience
Staring right back at me
I wish I had covered all my tracks completely
'Cause I'm so afraid
Is that the light at the far end of the tunnel
Or just the train?
Lift your arms, only Heaven knows
Where the danger grows and it's safe to say
There's a bright light up ahead
And help is on the way, help is on the way
I forget the last time I felt brave
I just recall insecurity
'Cause it came down like a tidal wave
And sorrow swept over me
Depression, please cut to the chase
And cut a long story short
Oh, please be done, how much longer
Can this drama afford to run?
Fate looks sharp, severs all my ties
And breaks whatever doesn't bend
But sadly then, all my heavy hopes
Just pull me back down again
I forget the last time I felt brave
I just recall insecurity
'Cause it came down like a tidal wave
And sorrow swept over me
Then I was given grace and love
I was blind but now I can see
'Cause I found a new hope from above
And courage swept over me
It hurts just to wake up
Whenever you're wearing thin
Alone on the outside
So tired of looking in
The end is uncertain
And I've never been so afraid
But I don't need a telescope
To see that there's hope
And that makes me feel brave"
"I wish I could cross my arms
And cross your mind 'cause I believe
You'd unfold your paper heart
And wear it on your sleeve
All my life I wish I broke mirrors
Instead of promises
'Cause all I see is a shattered conscience
Staring right back at me
I wish I had covered all my tracks completely
'Cause I'm so afraid
Is that the light at the far end of the tunnel
Or just the train?
Lift your arms, only Heaven knows
Where the danger grows and it's safe to say
There's a bright light up ahead
And help is on the way, help is on the way
I forget the last time I felt brave
I just recall insecurity
'Cause it came down like a tidal wave
And sorrow swept over me
Depression, please cut to the chase
And cut a long story short
Oh, please be done, how much longer
Can this drama afford to run?
Fate looks sharp, severs all my ties
And breaks whatever doesn't bend
But sadly then, all my heavy hopes
Just pull me back down again
I forget the last time I felt brave
I just recall insecurity
'Cause it came down like a tidal wave
And sorrow swept over me
Then I was given grace and love
I was blind but now I can see
'Cause I found a new hope from above
And courage swept over me
It hurts just to wake up
Whenever you're wearing thin
Alone on the outside
So tired of looking in
The end is uncertain
And I've never been so afraid
But I don't need a telescope
To see that there's hope
And that makes me feel brave"
10.10.10
Musings
* Why is it that you want to sit in the back of the bus and the front of the car?
* When you are dazedly wandering around a restaurant with mussed hair, glasses off, and a sweatshirt tangled around your neck, that is inevitably the time when you encounter somebody that you know.
* Why is it that whenever you step on the WiiFit balance board for your fitness test and they tell you to keep as still as possible that you suddenly can't stop laughing?
* When you are dazedly wandering around a restaurant with mussed hair, glasses off, and a sweatshirt tangled around your neck, that is inevitably the time when you encounter somebody that you know.
* Why is it that whenever you step on the WiiFit balance board for your fitness test and they tell you to keep as still as possible that you suddenly can't stop laughing?
9.10.10
Life of Pi
Warning: plot spoilers!
I just finished reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and I have to say that overall, it was a fairly good book. I must say that it took me about two months to read it on and off, as I loved the narrative style of the beginning, and then lost some of my interest during the long portion where Pi is on the life boat with Richard Parker (or is he really?!), as I am not necessarily a fan of the survival books like Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. However, the book had its moments where I was reading it late at night and my heart absolutely dropped in my chest, namely when Pi has his dramatic encounter with the other man on the life boat, and when it is finally realized that the algae island is carnivorous. In spite of some of the long survival passages, I pushed on through the novel, and was so grateful that I did at the end. The interview style in which it was written was genius, and the two stories that Pi presents, both the stories with the fanciful animals or the harsh reality are thought provoking and may make a person go crazy with anguish over what REALLY happened. But I am one of those people that enjoys being placed into torment by a novel, (which may be part of the reason why I loved Inception so much), so I was immensely pleased with the novel when I finished the last sentence, which invariably should be the deciding factor in whether a novel was worth it to you or not.
So, Life of Pi becomes one of my favorite books, made even better due to the fact that the nature of the novel allows each reader to have their own interpretation of the novel, and that the interpretation of the novel may possibly change each time you read it.
I just finished reading Life of Pi by Yann Martel, and I have to say that overall, it was a fairly good book. I must say that it took me about two months to read it on and off, as I loved the narrative style of the beginning, and then lost some of my interest during the long portion where Pi is on the life boat with Richard Parker (or is he really?!), as I am not necessarily a fan of the survival books like Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. However, the book had its moments where I was reading it late at night and my heart absolutely dropped in my chest, namely when Pi has his dramatic encounter with the other man on the life boat, and when it is finally realized that the algae island is carnivorous. In spite of some of the long survival passages, I pushed on through the novel, and was so grateful that I did at the end. The interview style in which it was written was genius, and the two stories that Pi presents, both the stories with the fanciful animals or the harsh reality are thought provoking and may make a person go crazy with anguish over what REALLY happened. But I am one of those people that enjoys being placed into torment by a novel, (which may be part of the reason why I loved Inception so much), so I was immensely pleased with the novel when I finished the last sentence, which invariably should be the deciding factor in whether a novel was worth it to you or not.
So, Life of Pi becomes one of my favorite books, made even better due to the fact that the nature of the novel allows each reader to have their own interpretation of the novel, and that the interpretation of the novel may possibly change each time you read it.
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