Was walking in the snow today on my way to lunch. It wasn't as cold as I thought it would be, but then again it was snowing and it's never as cold as you think it is when it snows. Being enveloped in a powder of white that you can dust off your scarf, your coat and your hair is definitely one of my favourite all-time memories, the type that sticks when you remember everything that is beautiful about life that comes for free.
There was a moment there as I reached the glass door at my destination that I glanced upwards to look for the handle, and realized that there were snowflakes on my eyelashes. I see now why it's one of the "favourite things".
Friday, December 19, 2008
What About Now?
One of my favourite music videos (link in title):
Daughtry - What About Now?
Shadows fill an empty heart
As love is fading,
From all the things that we are
But are not saying.
Can we see beyond the scars
And make it to the dawn?
Change the colors of the sky.
And open up to
The ways you made me feel alive,
The ways I loved you.
For all the things that never died,
To make it through the night,
Love will find you.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
The sun is breaking in your eyes
To start a new day.
This broken heart can still survive
With a touch of your grace.
Shadows fade into the light.
I am by your side,
Where love will find you.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
Now that we're here,
Now that we've come this far,
Just hold on.
There is nothing to fear,
For I am right beside you.
For all my life,I am yours.
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
What about now?
What about today?
What if you're making me all that I was meant to be?
What if our love had never went away?
What if it's lost behind words we could never find?
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
Baby, before it's too late,
What about now?
Thursday, December 18, 2008
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
It snowed two days ago here in Sammamish and it's beginning to look and feel a lot like Christmas - namely empty offices and empty halls as people work from home to avoid the "snow", massive "get this done before Christmas" fire drills, and the crazy rush of weekend traffic and shoppers beating recession blues and credit crunches to complete Christmas shopping before the deadline next week looms near.
But I like Christmas (generally). Top 10 reasons why I like Christmas:
10) Big(ger than normal) dinners
9) Christmas lights in town
8) Pine trees, mistletoe and holly
7) Winter punch and warming drinks (like hot chocolate)
6) It's the one time of the year that red and green go together without fault.
5) Excuses for free firework displays
4) The opportunity to exchange the random presents you've been buying all year.
3) I actually like Christmas puddings and fruit cakes.
2) The concept of being cold but cozy
1) Being able to hum Christmas jingles without anyone looking at you too oddly
This year's Christmas song award goes to "Winter Wonderland", as the most frequently played song in both the UK and the US.
Sleigh bells ring... are you listening?
In the lane snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in the winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in the winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown (I never knew this lyric!)
He'll say "Are you married?"
We'll say "No, man, but you can do the job while you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid the plans that we've made
Walking in the winter wonderland
But I like Christmas (generally). Top 10 reasons why I like Christmas:
10) Big(ger than normal) dinners
9) Christmas lights in town
8) Pine trees, mistletoe and holly
7) Winter punch and warming drinks (like hot chocolate)
6) It's the one time of the year that red and green go together without fault.
5) Excuses for free firework displays
4) The opportunity to exchange the random presents you've been buying all year.
3) I actually like Christmas puddings and fruit cakes.
2) The concept of being cold but cozy
1) Being able to hum Christmas jingles without anyone looking at you too oddly
This year's Christmas song award goes to "Winter Wonderland", as the most frequently played song in both the UK and the US.
Sleigh bells ring... are you listening?
In the lane snow is glistening
A beautiful sight, we're happy tonight
Walking in the winter wonderland
Gone away is the bluebird
Here to stay is a new bird
He sings a love song as we go along
Walking in the winter wonderland
In the meadow we can build a snowman
And pretend that he is Parson Brown (I never knew this lyric!)
He'll say "Are you married?"
We'll say "No, man, but you can do the job while you're in town"
Later on, we'll conspire
As we dream by the fire
To face unafraid the plans that we've made
Walking in the winter wonderland
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Language of the Kiss
If English is my heritage, then this is my birthright. In true 20/20 hindsight, the choices that we make make our choices. Did you know that then?
Laughter like a language I once spoke with ease
But I'm made mute by the virtue of decision...
Oh, the fear I've known
That I might reap the praise of strangers
And end up on my own
But you told me if I had my way I'd be bored
Right then I knew I loved you best born of your scolding
When we last talked we were lying on our backs
Looking at the sky through the ceiling...
The alphabet of feeling
I am alone in a hotel room tonight...
And I'm working through the grammar of my fears
Oh mercy, what I won't give
To have the things that mean the most
Not to mean the things I miss
Unforgiving the choice is
The language or the kiss.
History of Us
Revisiting an old, favourite song.
Although I didn't go all the way to Paris, I might have gone all the way to Prague.
Interestingly, this song's evocation keyword was "Leonardo da Vinci".
So we must love
While these moments are still called "today"
Take part
in the pain of this passion play
Stretch our youth as we must,
Until we
are ashes... to dust.
Until time makes
History of us
Although I didn't go all the way to Paris, I might have gone all the way to Prague.
Interestingly, this song's evocation keyword was "Leonardo da Vinci".
America
I'm in America at the moment. Each city/country/place to me is like a person to get to know. I know it's been said before, but I do honestly think that.
America, to me, is one of those friend/colleagues that is at heart a really nice person but sometimes so difficult to work with you feel like throttling them at the throat.
So I did another matrixed, sequenced, on the surface trite evocation piece.
There are three ways to read this (a guide this time because it's not as free-form as the others):
Top to Bottom are Themes - Purpose; Pleasure; Pose
Left to Right are Time Frames: Appeal; Real; Ideal
And the song choice? Well, that's a no brainer - it was America, by Razorlight.
America, to me, is one of those friend/colleagues that is at heart a really nice person but sometimes so difficult to work with you feel like throttling them at the throat.
So I did another matrixed, sequenced, on the surface trite evocation piece.
There are three ways to read this (a guide this time because it's not as free-form as the others):
Top to Bottom are Themes - Purpose; Pleasure; Pose
Left to Right are Time Frames: Appeal; Real; Ideal
And the song choice? Well, that's a no brainer - it was America, by Razorlight.
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Leona Lewis/Snow Patrol - Run
I'm really obsessed about the imagery of this song - can't believe it took so long (and Leona) for me to find it.
I keep hearing light, in shades and tones, in light, flickering breaths drawn that I had to search on 'light' for this one.
Light up, light up.
As if you had a choice.
Even if you cannot hear my voice,
I'll be right beside you, dear.
On another note, what is it with Snow Patrol's recent trend of soft, mumbling, almost monotonous verses only to hit with a thundering, swelling, glorious opus of a crescendo chorus? It worked for a while with Run, but after Crack the Shutters and Please Just Take These Photos from My Hands, doesn't the swelling chorus style sound a bit repetitive?
I keep hearing light, in shades and tones, in light, flickering breaths drawn that I had to search on 'light' for this one.
Light up, light up.
As if you had a choice.
Even if you cannot hear my voice,
I'll be right beside you, dear.
On another note, what is it with Snow Patrol's recent trend of soft, mumbling, almost monotonous verses only to hit with a thundering, swelling, glorious opus of a crescendo chorus? It worked for a while with Run, but after Crack the Shutters and Please Just Take These Photos from My Hands, doesn't the swelling chorus style sound a bit repetitive?
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Run
Shame it took Leona Lewis to bring this song to my attention. Thank you Snow Patrol - I want you in a car with me on a long, straight road to infinity. I want you lying next to me, staring at a blank canvas ceiling, doing absolutely nothing.
I'll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You've been the only thing that's right
In all I've done
And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we'll make it anywhere
Away from here
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbye
I nearly do
Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear
Louder louder
And we'll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can't raise your voice to say
Slower slower
We don't have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads
Have heart my dear
We're bound to be afraid
Even if it's just for a few days
Making up for all this mess
Monday, December 01, 2008
How to Clean Stuff .NET
The website that I would go to when I remember that I need to clean... Remind me again why it wasn't a bad idea to Google "how to iron a shirt"?
Hotels should have this...
If only just to spook guests out... I would have them in my home if not for that:
- I hate cleaning
- I hate fish
- Bored goldfish + Electric Toothbrush probably do not = joy
My dream home will have one of these!!
Resisting temptation to have a "things I would buy if I had the spare cash lying around in wads frivolously" tumblr blog, my dream home must definitely have one of these unfortunately named Suck UK's slide displays...
http://www.popgadget.net/2008/10/suck_uks_slide.php
Oh, and I wouldn't mind the cat thrown in for free with the sofa too!
http://www.popgadget.net/2008/10/suck_uks_slide.php
Oh, and I wouldn't mind the cat thrown in for free with the sofa too!
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