Morning Revelation

'Another illusion is that external events have the power to hurt you, that other people have the power to hurt you. They DON'T. It's you who give this power to them...'

*anonymous

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.

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

Andy Warhol said,

"Everybody is entitled to 15 minutes of fame!"

... I've just had mine.

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

November (Rain)

Nothing lasts forever, even cold November rain.

Walk On

'Leave it behind
You got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you feel
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress-up
All that you scheme...'

Turns out,

I do have FAITH...
and I do have FRIENDS!


Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK

I Can Live

with or WITHOUT you.

Turns out,

... some girls can have all the luck, too! :)



later edit: turns out, some girls have only luck... not all of it, anyhow!

Autumn Leaves

"The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall."


Eva Cassidy - Autumn leaves (jazz version)

I miss you most of all, my darling,
When autumn leaves start to fall...

Reality... Bites!!

Mrs Dalloway has come to cope with the fact that being a woman actually hurts, after having spent the last 6 hours trying to get some sleep while having hair curlers stuck to her head! And then, pretty soon, she'll start wearing some high heels because those are the ones that match the dress(es) she's going to wear at the religious ceremony and at the wedding party!
Well... I mean... if it's for a good cause... it's worth the sacrifice, right? :)
Meanwhile, all the best to the future newlyweds!


Shania Twain - From This Moment

No Comment

"Picture perfect memories, scattered all around the floor.
Reaching for the phone cause, I can't fight it any more.
And I wonder if I ever cross your mind.
For me it happens all the time...

It's a quarter after one, I'm all alone and I need you now.
I said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I need you now.
And I don't know how I can do without, I just need you now."


Lady Antebellum - Need you now

Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

"Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’07
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…
I will dispense this advice now. Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked… You’re not as fat as you imagine. Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday. Do one thing everyday that scares you.
Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself. Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how. Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life… the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone. Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary… what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can… don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.
Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them. Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly. Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future. Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you
should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders. Respect your elders. Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out. Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth. But trust me on the sunscreen…"

(Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free [To Wear Sunscreen])

12.38 AM Revelation

...

"Well nothing could be sadder
Than a glass of wine, all alone
Loneliness, loneliness, it's such a WASTE OF TIME!"


Solomon Burke - Cry to Me

One Of Those Days

it's just one of those days when I feel like I don't want to wake up, to get out of bed for a long, long time. one of those late mornings when I would just lie in bed, day-dreaming, listening to some soothing French music, to make everything bad go away.
and today is just one of those days.

Everything's Not Lost?

"I was gonna love you till the end of all daytime and I was gonna keep all our secret signs and our lullabies. I was made to believe that our love would grow old...
We were gonna live in a treehouse and make babies, and we were gonna bury our ex-lovers and their ghosts... Baby, we WERE made of gold."

¡Que sera, sera!

"When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother, what will I be
Will I be pretty, will I be rich?
Here's what she said to me:

¡Que sera, sera!
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours, to see
¡Que sera, sera!
What will be, will be."

Doris Day - Que Sera Sera

The Last Thing I Need Is YOU

Well, so far, today is quite a BAD DAY! yet another one of those shitty days that seem endless. (and it's only one o'clock.)



just as the song goes:
it started raining with cats and dogs. the exam went bad. raining again. the umbrella broke. a car splashed me. where can i find a cab in this goddamn city? i forgot to pay my bill. all alone, in the middle of nowhere. i don't know streets. where the fuck am i? found myself lost. lost in translation, maybe?