Solitude, Say You?

You're One Hundred Years of Solitude!
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Lonely and struggling, you've been around for a very long time.Conflict has filled most of your life and torn apart nearly everyone you know. Yet thereis something majestic and even epic about your presence in the world. You love life allthe more for having seen its decimation. After all, it takes a village.
Take the Book Quizat the Blue Pyramid.

Tonight's Revelation

People are always saying that change is a good thing. But all they're really saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... HAS HAPPENED.

Losing My Mind

'Don't wonder why people go crazy. Wonder why they don't.
In the face of all we could lose in a day... in an instant, wonder what the hell it is that makes us HOLD IT TOGETHER.'

(GA, s04, ep15)

Maroon 5 - Losing My Mind

With You I'm Born Again

'When we say things like "People don’t change" it drives scientists crazy, because change is literally the only constant in all of science. Energy, matter - it’s always changing. Morphing, merging, growing, dying. It’s the way people try not to change that’s unnatural.
The way we cling to what things were, instead of letting them be what they are...
The way we cling to old memories, instead of forming new ones.
The way we insist on believing despite every scientific indication that anything in this lifetime is permanent.

Change is constant. How we experience change, that’s up to us. It can feel like death... or it can feel like a second chance at life. If we open our fingers, loosen our grips, go with it... it can feel like pure adrenaline.
Like at any moment we can have another chance at life.
Like at any moment we can be BORN ALL OVER AGAIN.'

(GA, s07, ep1)

The Scientist

"Nobody said it was easy...
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard...

Oh take me back to the start!"

Where You Lead

I will follow...

Carole King - Where you lead


and I miss 'em already... guess it's time I find myself a new addiction.

Naked Truth

Dark and twisty?! I'm not dark and twisty. And if I am, it's because I live my life under a banner of avoidance. I avoid. I'm an AVOIDER.

Sheldon Says,

"You bought me a present? Why would you do such a thing? I know you think you're being generous, but the foundation of gift giving is reciprocity. You haven't given me a gift, you've given me an obligation. The essence of the custom is that I now have to go out and purchase for you a gift of commensurate value and representing the same perceived level of friendship as that represented by the gift you've given me. Ah, it's no wonder suicide rates skyrocket this time of year. Oh, I brought this on myself by being such an endearing and important part of your life..."

(The Big Bang Theory)

The Heart Of The Matter

'In life, only one thing is certain, apart from death and taxes. No matter how hard you try, no matter how good your intentions are, you are going to make mistakes.
You're going to hurt people.
You're going to get hurt.
And if you ever want to recover... there's really only one thing you can say.

Forgive and forget. That's what they say. It's good advice, but it's not very practical.
When someone hurts us, we want to hurt them back.
When someone wrongs us, we want to be right.
Without forgiveness, old scores are never settled... old wounds never heal. And the most we can hope for, is that one day we'll be LUCKY ENOUGH TO FORGET.'

(GA, s04, ep4)

DON HENLEY - Heart Of The Matter

It's Coming on Christmas...

"It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on!

But it don't snow here,
It stays pretty green
I'm going to make a lot of money
Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene
I wish I had a river
I COULD SKATE AWAY ON..."

Joni Mitchell - River

Shock To The System

'Lightning doesn’t often strike twice. It’s an “once-in-a-lifetime” thing. Even if it feels like the shock is coming over and over again… eventually, the pain will go away, and the shock will wear off. And you start to heal yourself, to recover from something you never saw coming. But sometimes, the odds are in your favor. If you’re in just the right place at just the right time… you can take a hell of a hit and still have a SHOT AT SURVIVING.'

(GA, s07, ep2)

Sheldon Says,

'No cuts, no buts, no coconuts!'

(The Big Bang Theory)

Happily Ever After?

'We all remember the bedtime stories of our childhoods; the shoe fits Cinderella, the frog turns into a Prince, Sleeping Beauty is awakened with a kiss. Once upon a time and then they lived happily ever after. Fairytales, the stuff of dreams...
The problem is, fairytales don't come true. It's the other stories, the ones that begin with dark and stormy nights and end in the unspeakable, it's the nightmares that always seem to become reality. The person who invented "Happily Ever After" should have his ass kicked, so hard.'

(GA, s05, ep01)

Andy Warhol said,

"Everybody is entitled to 15 minutes of fame!"

... I've just had mine.

Dreams

Dreams. Random quotes:

"Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you." (Marsha Norman)

"Dream as if you'll live forever! Live as if you'll die tomorrow!" (James Dean)

"Dreams are like stars... You may never touch them, but if you follow them they will lead you to your destiny." (Anonymous)

"All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible." (William Faulkner)

Movie Marathon II

What better reason for a new movie marathon than a post break-up therapy? These are the choices:

The Taming Of The Shrew (1967)

Zeffirelli’s rendition of the famous Shakespearian play, with a cast that basically assures the success of the motion picture: the astonishing shrew Elizabeth Taylor meets her equal in Richard Burton. All we have to do is sit back and enjoy the fireworks!

Barefoot In The Park (1967)

Another classic of the American cinematography, it’s the gorgeous adaptation of Neil Simon’s homonymous play, with the young Robert Redford and exhilarant Jane Fonda.

Under The Tuscan Sun (2003)

The perfect soothing balm for a broken heart, the best medicine after a break-up! Nevertheless, one must not forget the beauty of the Tuscan landscape! Diane Lane is a great choice for the divorced middle-aged woman, who has nothing to lose, but everything to gain.

You’ve Got Mail (1998)

Such a pretty story and such a great city! I had to see it once again, because life in NY in the autumn is simply breathtaking. And there’s plenty of chemistry between America’s Sweetheart Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, to assure that one will rest melancholic after watching the movie. And with a crush on New York!

Good Night, Dear Void!

"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void."

(You've Got Mail)

Photo by Radu Micu

Heavy

"I was a heavy heart to carry
But he never let me down...
When he had me in his arms
My feet never touched the ground.

I'm so heavy, heavy in your arms."

Sheldon Says,

'If IFS and BUTS were candy and nuts we'd all have a Merry Christmas!'

(The Big Bang Theory)

Easier

"Anyhow, I'm fine. I mean, not that I'm over it, but little by little it's getting easier to pretend it's easier, which means easier must be right around the corner."

Gilmore Girls

November (Rain)

Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain.