self soothing

My self-soothing skills can sometimes amaze me… 

This time, don't need another perfect line. Don't care if critics ever jump in line.

- Secrets by One Republic

It don't matter what you say, I know I could never face someone that could sound like you.

- All the Right Moves by One Republic

♪ Let us pause in life's pleasures and count its many tears... ♪

I am loving this song...

I heard it first in Elizabethtown. I like this movie, I mean, it's like a someone telling you a story. A story about a life, a loss and the life after such...

There are also lots of songs played during the movie which are all lovely to the ears. This movie actually reminds me of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, I don't know why. Maybe because of Kirsten Dunst or maybe because of the mood of the characters... Either way, they're both beautiful movies (at least for me they are).

You have 5 minutes to wallow in the delicious misery. Enjoy it, embrace it, discard it and proceed. - Elizabethtown

What came first? The music or the misery?

I decided to watch High Fidelity after a comic strip I read a few days ago (can't find it anymore though) referenced John Cusack on that movie.  Didn't have high expectations as I didn't liked the book that much, got quite bored with it actually. But, I find the movie entertaining, quite opposite of the book, and it might just be on my Top 5 feel good/light movies. :)

"I guess it made more sense to commit to nothing, keep my options open, and that's suicide... by tiny tiny increments."

"If you really wanted to mess me up, you should've gotten to me earlier" 

♪ Who died and made you King... of anything??? ♪

It's a Wednesday and I'm home, sick (just a bit) and this video/song made me smile. :)





♪ Let me hold your crown, babe. ♪

Hand Me Down

I am so in love with this song....

The way Rob sang it is just amazing, add up the guitar and it's perfect, just perfect.

Someday they'll open up your world

Shake it down on a drawing board

Do their best to change you

They still can't erase you...

I guess I'm just another hand me down...

I wanna bathe you in the light of day...

I could sit for hours finding new ways to be awed each minute, 'cause the daylight seems to want you just as much as I want you... 


:)

♪ Broken mirrors and a black cat's cold stare ♪

I decided to start listening to Pink's Funhouse album yesterday. It has been in my itouch for months now but I never really listened to it 'cause I thought it's gonna be the same old, loud, angry songs she's known for. To my surprise, it is not what I had expected. It's less angry, more substance and few that's actually subtle to the ear. I'm liking a lot of the songs in the album. Funhouse and Crystal Ball are my favorite for the day because of the specific lines in the song and how it relates to my day. 

Funhouse

This used to be a Funhouse

But now it's full of evil clowns

It's time to start the countdown

...

Crystal Ball

Love just needs a witness and a little forgiveness
And a halo of patience and a less sporadic pace and
I'm learning to be brave in my beautiful mistakes

...

Pennies in a well, a million dollars in the fountain of a hotel.
Fortune teller that says maybe you will go to hell.
But I'm not scared at all

...

5 Minutes Walk from Home

It's the 2nd night of 2010 and we spent it in wala-wala bar. What a year this is going to be.

We spent New Year's eve at wala-wala and in less than a week, we're back. That's one of the perks of living in Holland Ave, near Cold Storage, Sushi Tei, Thai Express, Parisilk, Subway, Ya Kun Kaya Toast and Bars!!!

Few things I noted while gulping beers:

One, alcohol numbs you - literally. The pain in my wrist subsided while I was drinking, it really did went away. I guess people who say they're drinking to forget the emotional pain and aches do get what they wish for. It's just that as soon as the buzz starts to go away, the pain starts to creep in again. Like how the things you want to forget starts to crawl back into your dreams once you fell asleep. In short, I'm in pain again.

Second, music has and will always be the language of our souls... I have always liked live bands. That's one of the things I missed most in Manila. Live, loud and rockin' bands. Sitting right in front of the drum set made me relive those days. As soon as the guitar, drums, bass, keyboard and if you're lucky like we were, the violin starts to play, everything else goes into mute mode. You don't hear anything around you except the joy, sadness and anger of the sounds playing. Singing along to the familiar songs makes me feel alive. Even if at times I remember things I want to forget or daydream of stuff that might or will never happen.

Third, this year, I'll grab every chance I get to have fun, enjoy, laugh and even cry. I'll only live this life once, might as well enjoy it while I can. I'm not gonna run around like it's the last day of my life but I'm going to grab every opportunity to be happy. It will not be easy, but i'll try. Hmm, knowing me, it'll be tough but I will really really try.

The first song the band sang is One Headlight, one of my favorite songs back in College days... :D

♪ There's got to be something better than in the middle. ♪

Monkey Bars

I only played with it twice. The first time was way way back, grade school days. I was with my mom and sister at a playground beside a small grocery store we frequented. I actually was scared of trying it because I'm afraid that my arms won't be able to carry my own weight. But nevertheless, I dared myself to do it. I was halfway through when a boy stumped me by running in front as I was about to move on to the next bar. Needless to say, I accidentally let go, and fell - on my butt. It did hurt. I guess at that time it really really hurt. I managed not to cry but I also told myself that I'd never ever ever try it again. I don't want to be in such pain and be humiliated in front of other kids. After almost 2 decades since that incident, I tried the monkey bars again. I was this time with friends strolling along a park near their place. There were trampouline, see-saw, monkey bars and other stuff. We were kids once again - wiser, stronger and braver kids. So I tried the monkey bars a second time. And finally, after a few minutes of excruciating pain in my arms (man, was I heavy), I was able to get through the other side with a big smile on my face. =)

There are a lot things I told myself I'd never do again. But I guess, when the time is right, when I'm ready and prepared, I'll probably try them all again a second time.

Coolness!!!

Cool song, cool crowd!

Something that made me smile today.

Coolest Wedding Entrance Ever!!!

♪ neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go ♪

Beautiful song...

Beautiful moves...

♪You're in ruins♪

Billie Joe Armstrong - akin ka na lang!

I really like this song...

Earth Hour

http://www.earthhour.org/home/

Let's do our share...

funny funny funny

A couple of really really funny clips i found on youtube.
Enjoy!

This one is from the (hilarious) series "How I met your Mother".



"Step on the break sometime in the next 20 minutes." - Ted Mosby


The next is from one of Jeff Dunham's (a ventriloquist) show.



"Silence! I kill you" - Achmed