Thursday, March 31, 2011

I've Been Thinking of Changing My Mind, It Never Stays The Same For Long

So, I was listening to my ipod last night on my way back to the apartment and I heard one of my favorite songs of the year; I thought I was going to post that as my song of the day today but...I haven't listened to it today and i'm sure it will show up again sooner or later. The song I ended up choosing I heard on my way to my 8am. This has always been one of my favorite songs but I hadn't heard it in a little while, it was such a good song to hear on my way to class this morning especially since i'd been freaking out earlier about my presentation I had to give. I was gonna go over my talk on my walk over but, I stand behind my decision of listening to this song instead, haha. So enough rambling about this song...and it is: Arithmetic by Brook Fraser.



I've been staring at the sky tonight
Marvelling and passing time
Wondering what to do with daylight
Until I can make you mine
You are the one I want, you are the one I want

I've been thinking of changing my mind
It never stays the same for long
But of all the things I know for sure
You're the only certain one
You are the one I want, you are the one I want

I've been counting up all my wrongs
One sorry for each star
See I'd apologise my way to you 
If the heavens stretched that far
You are the one I want, you are the one I want

[Chorus]
I won't find what I am looking for
If I only "see" by keeping score
'Cos I know now you are so much more than arithmetic

'Cos if I add, if I subtract
If I give it all, try to take some back
I've forgotten the freedom that comes from the fact
That you are the sum
So you are the one, I want

When the years are showing on my face
And my strongest days are gone
When my heart and flesh depart this place
From a life that sung your song

You'll still be the one I want 
You'll still be the one I want
You'll still be the one I want
You'll still be the one I want 


So yea, I absolutely love this song. I love songs with a strong piano...I looove when a song has violin in it and I love the lyrics. I was going to bold and/or italicize my favorite lyrics but, when I went to do that I realized I almost bolded (is that a word even? haha) the whole song, haha. Anyway, good stuff. 

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

I've Been Waiting For You, To Pull Me Through

Well, it has been about 2 weeks, but I've not had much to say...well, nothing new at least. But, I was listening to this song today and it had a lyric I really enjoyed. You see, i've always loved lyrics. It's hard for me to listen to a new song without reading along with the lyrics, because for me, the lyrics are everything...well, for the most part, ha. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy some songs with just a catchy beat and nothing to the lyrics, but, there is just something about a song that if i can connect with the words, i will like it. So anyway, I recently started to write down on the notes application of my ipod any lyrics that I really liked while listening to music. My list at this point isn't very extensive, but it will forever be a work in progress. So anyway, not to copy my great friend Annie (found here: http://agpartay.blogspot.com/) but I think i'm gonna start posting songs along with their lyrics. And today, although I have listened to a lot of music, I will post the song that first made me want to start this new little subject matter. And the song: "Violin" by Amos Lee.




Lately I, I've been headed for a breakdown
Every time I leave my house
Well, it feels just like a shake down
Between the street sweepers and the pushers, or the lawyers
Who may as well be butchers
Between the small timing hustlers who all seem to feed upon each other

[Chorus]
Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you, to pull me through

Lately I, every time I try to lie down
Oh, my mind just gets away
I can't even close my eyes now
Between the big fish and ambition, and the lovers
Using words as ammunition
Between the warped planks I've been pacing, and this
Impossible dream that I've been chasing. 



[Chorus]
Oh God why you been
Hanging out in that old violin
While I've been waiting for you, to pull me through



Now, I know these aren't the most uplifting lyrics but, it fit my mood at the time I was listening to it. And it could be because I feel like crap now with the little cold I seemed to have caught, the impending projects that I should be working on now (one of which, I give my presentation in the morning...great) or a combination of all these things but...that's just how it is. Actually, now that I think about it, those ^ really aren't the root causes of my connection to this song, I probably would've posted it regardless. So anyway, today I present to you Amos Lee...love this guy. 

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Lets Give Them Something to Talk About

Well, i'm updating again so you know what that means, phone time at Borman! haha. And I was just thinking, I really do need to start picking topics or soomething interesting if I am going to continue this whole "blog" thing because honestly, who cares about my ramblings of doing nothing...that is assuming if anyone reads this anyway, which is highly doubtful. So, give me time to think of some topics I can write about other than my boring life and ridiculous thoughts and i'll get back to ya. In the mean time...that's all i've got, haha. So here it goes:

Yesterday I updated my Facebook status about being unmotivated and nothing could be more true then that  statement. Here is what I have to do for school: write a blog update reviewing a book I was supposed to read over spring break (due tomorrow), have a rough power point and outline due for a group project (also tomorrow)...oh, and about cloud computing nonetheless. I have researched and read about this topic and still am not 100% sure what exactly that all entails, haha. So anyway, another book I was supposed to read over break Things Fall Apart. The test for that is Thursday which will be followed by a group paper written on the book and a movie we watched in class. I was reading the summary of the book on sparknotes and in just that amount of time I got bored and have no idea what the book is really about. All I know is there are dozens of Japanese/Chinese/I don't even know what names so naturally I couldn't follow along if I tried...which I did...kinda. But I guess that is basically it for school, which just thinking about it now is already getting me depressed, haha..well, not really, but kinda. I mean, it isn't thaaat much but, just let me wallow for a minute. And one of the reasons, I believe, that has helped in my feelings of unmotivation, my new terrible addiction: Tumblr.

Now let me just talk for a minute about Tumblr.

Good ole Sammy convinced me during Christmas break I believe to finally jump on yet another social media bandwagon. I was very reluctant because honestly, who needs another social media site? Not I. But I did anyway. Basically, you go on there and "reblog" pictures or, new vocab word "gifs," which are just like little video clips, 1-3 seconds without audio. People talk to each other (if they know one another, I on the other hand don't know anyone, so I just observe and reblog) but anyway, it is quite fascinating. After searching some topics I came across this big group of Grey's Anatomy fans...awesome, just the people I need to get to know/study (I know that sounds weird)/observe and ask questions about for the third year writing class. So, that has worked out well except for one slight downfall. They have sucked me in. I am following all these people whose life is Grey's Anatomy on tumblr and I can barely keep up! haha. And I can't close down my computer until I know I have looked at everything that I've missed from the day...and I must admit, I share many of their feelings/concerns/whathaveyou. So here I am at whatever time of night, 12:30, knowing if I am up that late it better be doing all that work mentioned above ^, yet, I am on Tumbrl...and I can't. get. off. But, this iiis research my semester long ethnographic study, right? haha. Well anyway, I won't go into too much detail but, let's just say Grey's has been on a 3 week hiatus so far and these people are going insane.  Now that's all I have to say about that.

As I know no one has read it this far because i'm sure you got bored somewhere up there. (I mean, the final reader count till the bottom has got to be prettyyy low when you only start out with 1, 2, maaaybe 3 readers to begin with, haha.) So I guess I will stop this nonsense, although i'm sure I could go on much longer since I do still have another oh, maybe 30 minutes up at the front desk...then back to doing nothing in my little corner of an office in the back, haha. Oh you people. bye.

(this wasn't originally going to be included in the blog so, don't feel the need to keep reading unless you are like me and are extremely bored at the moment)
....oh, and I really didn't know if I should include the whole Tumbrl stuff because Tumblr, for many, is where they go to reblog how they are feeling at that moment. It's a way to get your emotions out without actually have to talk about them. I saw someone do an update (I can't remember exactly) but something along the lines of: The worst news you could hear: I found your tumbrl. then had a "gif" of Mrs. J making some shocking face...it was quite funny but also kinda true. I don't post tooo much stuff on there in relation to what's goin on in my crazy noggin', because like that one update ^ I don't want anyone saying that to me, haha. But I think it is good to have a place where you can post whatever you want and not have to worry what people will think/ask about. So, hence to reason for my hesitense to mention I even have one buuut, since I know no one reads this, I thought I would be pretty safe...and also because I don't post anything I wouldn't want people seeing, because it is after-all, public, haha. So anyway, there was just more of my rant about Tumblr...dang, I kinda want to go on now and check up on everyone! haha ;) but, we'll save that for another time, I mean, this iiiis Borman's computer. ha.

UPDATE:
Dave, yes, the member of Lady Antebellum just called....I answered. Yep. successful first celebrity "run-in" at Borman. ha.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Some clever title

Well I'm back. I don't really have much to blog about but, I have nothing else to do so, i figured why not. Tomorrow at this time I will be on my way to North Carolina to hang out with Annie for a little bit and then it's off Saturday for Florida! I guess i'm looking forward to this spring break. I'm more looking forward to my break from interning and working than anything else, haha. I actually really love all my teachers and my classes aren't too bad this semester. Guess ratemyprofesser did really well for me, haha.

Anyway, back to spring break. Here's the plan: i'm interning right now (go figure, haha...but I just went around and asked everyone if they had anything for me and they don't so...yea), leave at 4:30, head back to the apartment to do laundry, maybe watch that movie that came in from Netflix a couple days ago, i'm sure see Sam at some point since i leave in the morning, piddle around on the computer, pack, bed. Tomorrow! Class from 9-9:50, then at approximately 10:12 pull out to head to North Carolina! I'm actually really really excited and looking forward to this drive, haha. It has been a while since I took a nice long (however many hours) drive by myself. Just me and my music. Those are my favorite. Just something about the open road, pretty scenery, and music that relaxes me and puts me in a good mood. So yay!


Anyway, so that is what I will be up to from now until tomorrow evening. Oh, but in other news, Charly finally helped me realize why I have always had back problems when i stand for a prolonged amount of time! hahah. ...although i will not disclose that information here. Anyway, in my boredom I might come back on and write something else just for the fun of it, but for now, this is all I can think of. Why the heck am I even writing this? haha.

Oh well...

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