Through the LORD’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because His compassions fail not.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I hope in Him!”
Lamentations 3:22-24 (New King James Version)
- Desiree Mijares
- portland metro, or, United States
- i wish an orchestra & someone with a boombox would follow me around so that my life would continuously be accompanied by a soundtrack.
new
down the backroads...
riding in my dad's car, with my new digital rebel xti (yay!) on hand... he sped and i attempted to take pictures. haha. it was quite interesting to find what actually turned out [most were blurry since it was tricky to get the camera to focus on something as the car was moving quite fast]. i have a long ways to go with mastering the features and such of my new canon. here's a start -
canon + iphoto + photoshop cs3 = happy bee.
christmas
Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night. And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid. Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people. For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. And this will be the sign to you: You will find a Babe wrapped in swaddling cloths, lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: "Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, goodwill toward men!"
luke 2:8-24 [nkj]
happy christmas!!!
it's tomorrow =D oh joy oh joy!!! :: jumps up and down ::
i think i was 8 in this. har har
i heart my bedroom
yes, blurry, i know! but it's the most bestest bed for me. snooze snooze!!!
i finally was able to set it up the way i've always wanted a nightstand to be.
unleashing the beast
i completely forgot about this guy. i got this last year for christmas. i haven't used it since then. i was planning on buying a 35mm adapter for it, but i found a site that showed how to diy. that saves me... $10 + shipping. ha! so hopefully tomorrow, or sometime in the near future, i'll be able to mod it, and use it finally! and maybe someday, acquire the polaroid back.
movies coming!!!
1. P.S. I Love You
2. National Treasure: Book of Secrets
3. Definitely, Maybe
4. Cloverfield
5. 27 Dresses
6. Nim's Island
7. The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
8. Dark Knight
9. Be Kind Rewind
10. I Am Legend
sunny days
i found an unmarked mixed cd in my car, and it turned out to be a summer mix i made a few years back, and of course it was kicked off with the anthem of summer - Summer Breeze. i had to stop it 'coz it was making me long for summer, and we all know it's a long ways away. and christmas is coming for crying in the night! but since i missed polaroiding as well, here's an "ode" if you will, to summer and polaroids.
i really really wish wish wish that it'd snow soon. on christmas day perhaps? i know i know... wishful thinking. =/
music survey
1. What are you listening to right now?
whisper by a fine frenzy
2. What song makes you sad?
gravel lines by amy seeley... it has this melancholy feel to it
3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
it's a toss up between you're beautiful by james blunt, caught up by usher, and from a distance by bette middler
4. Your all time favorite band?
thousand foot krutch, emery, pillar
5. Your newly discovered band is?
far-less, the starting line
6. Best female voice?
tracey thorn, natasha bedingfield, nikola rachelle, brooke fraser, corinne bailey rae, sade
7. Best male voice?
jon mclaughlin, jon foreman, daniel bedingfield, rob beckley (pillar)
8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
wow, i can't narrow it down
9. What do you listen to hype you up?
lately it's been my hero/the pretender/best of you by foo fighters
10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
aqualung, tracey thorn, everything but the girl, feist, telepopmusik
11. Last gig/concert you went to?
it's been a while, i honestly don't remember. either emery or tfk
12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
foo fighters, coldplay
13. Most hated band?
hmm... don't have one.
14. Song that makes you think?
don't leave home by dido
15. 3 Bands that you think the world should love as much as you do?
i'm selfish! lol.
16. Coolest music video?
recently, it's been the pretender by foo fighters
17. Can you play a musical instrument?
yes
18. Ever been in a mosh pit?
moooosh piiiiiiiit!!!
19. Are you in a band?
no
20. Ever dated a musician?
no
21. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
i wish i was a rockstar
22. Best girl band you know of?
it has yet to exist
23. Last song that you heard on the radio?
i haven't listened to the radio in the longest time
24. What do you think of Classical music?
love it
25. What do you think of Country music?
i can stand carrie underwood
26. What do you think of Death metal?
i can stand some of it
27. Last BIG band that you saw live?
ehhh
28. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
yes
29. Do you listen to the radio?
almost never
30. Do you watch music TV?
is that even existing nowadays?
31. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
no
32. Have you met any famous musicians?
famous shmamous
33. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
yes/yes/yes
34. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
breathe me by sia
35. Song that describes your life?
ooh aah by grits
36. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
probably not. it's not like back then with the backstreet boys. lol.
37. Does a musician’s physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
no
38. What famous musician do you want to marry?
trevor mcnevan (tfk), but he's married already
39. Favourite movie soundtrack?
hahaha, right now it's enchanted. in addition - 300, pride & prejudice, becoming jane, dear frankie
40. What do your parents listen to?
whatever the baby boomer people listened to in their days
41. What are you listening to right NOW?
simply jessie by rex smith
42. Do you wear band T-shirts?
no
43. What do you think of people who do?
i'm jealous. i want one!
His grace is sufficient
i am no longer anxious about anything, as i realize that He is able to carry out His will for me. it does not matter where He places me, or how. that is for Him to consider, not me, for in the easiest positions He will give me grace, and in the most difficult ones His grace is sufficient.
- hudson taylor
frigid
a cure for the frigid cold, wait, that's repetitive. frigid weather. golly, it was so cold out there. oh yea, the cure - bob marley. i turn it on, and it feels like i'm somewhere far off and warm. woohoo. although i do want it to snow. wonder how that would work, bob marley and snow.
feeling blah
it's 1:46 am, and i'm not sleepy =\ i wanna just fall asleep because i've run out of things to do. i suppose reading could work. yea, i'll do that next. i had the best dinner tonite. the steak was perfect , and the salmon was just plain yummy. i am blessed to have parents who cook good. yum. hmmm. i've been listening to a lot of foo fighters lately. the pretender is my favorite song out of their latest album. it gets me so pumped up... for nothing really. haha. we have some guests. both pastors. pastor bulalayao is going to seattle with my dad for some sort of meeting. oh and pastor aberin will be going with them too, but he's coming back because he's the guest speaker at church on sunday. they were like a bunch of kids, playing wii and stuff. oh, and of course, karaoke. they sounded like drunk cowboys singing "country road take me home to the place where i beloooong". no they were not drunk. they just sounded like they were. and they were loud, i could hear them all the way up here in my room when i paused my music. then i laughed so hard. so tonite was one of those nights where, i wanted to do something, but couldn't figure out what i wanted to do. i just felt... blah. didn't wanna go out. staying in was getting me restless too. i hate that feeling. now i can't decide. should i read pride & prejudice or narnia? or just stare at the ceiling? hmmm. is the weekend over yet? =[
'ohana
She did not leave for home. She stayed with Rachel in her room, listening to a life's story that was, she discovered, richer than it was sad. She heard of her birth father, Kenji; her grandfather, Henry, and grandmother, Dorothy; learned of Rachel's hanai aunt, Haleola; Uncle Pono and Catherine and Sarah and Leilani and the rest of Rachel's cherished 'ohana. She learned what 'ohana meant, and that he was part of it. She began to understand that non of this could replace or usurp the family she had always known, but enriched what she already possessed. With wonder and a growing absence of fear she realized, I am more than I was an hour ago.
- moloka'i
christmas cheer!
Buddy: Sounds like somebody needs to sing a Christmas Carol.
Jovie: No way.
Buddy: The best way to spread Christmas Cheer, is singing loud for all to hear.
Jovie: Thanks, but I don't sing.
Buddy: Oh, well, it's just like talking, except longer and louder, and you move your voice up and down.
Jovie: I *can* sing, I just choose *not* to sing. Especially in front of other people.
Buddy: If you can sing alone, you sing in front of other people. There's no difference.
Jovie: Actually, there's a BIG difference.
Buddy: No there's not. Wait...
[Starts singing loud and off-key]
Buddy: I'm singing/I'm in a store/and I'm siiiiiingiiiiing!/I'm in a store/and I'm siiiiiingiiiiing!
Gimbel's Manager: HEY! There's no singin' in the North Pole!
Buddy: Yes there is!
Gimbel's Manager: No there's not!
Buddy: We sing all the time!
Gimbel's Manager: No you don't!
Buddy: Especially when we build toys!
[Back to Jovie]
Buddy: See?
- elf
psalm 46:1-3;10
God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling.
Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
picks
lists lists, i love lists. music music, i love music. so i'm combining them. yippee! here's a list of my current favorite songs.
Like You'll Never See Me Again by Alicia Keys
i love the way the song begins... with this piano-music boxesque [yes i made up that word] sound. the whole song is a good balance of tenderness and soul. the music video is perfect. go watch it!
By Picadilly Station I Sat Down and Wept by Tracey Thorn
first thing i said to myself when i encountered this song -- so emo!. hahaha. i love tracey thorn's voice, and this is such a tracey thorn song, one that only she can sing. i dare not even sing along. i just sit back, imagine the scene and feel the pain she describes. it's like a movie.
Gravel Lines by Amy Seeley
piano piano piano. the song is very... fragile, delicate, beautiful. it causes everything to transform into a dramatic slow motion scene. yes, it has that effect on me. lol.
Summer Song by Wavorly
i just recently discovered Wavorly [thanks to hg]. their album beyond rawks, an interesting and eventful trip from beginning to end haha. this song stood out because it was both romantic and intense. and i'm a sucker for romance & intensity. haha.
Don't Talk About This Love by Nikola Rachelle
Nikola Rachelle is a very recent discovery for me. she's the sister of natasha bedingfield (unwritten) & daniel bedingfield (if you're not the one). major talent running through that family, goshers. i'm sure God said, "behold, the bedingfield children will have awesome vocal chords", and it came to be! hahaha. there's a hint of natasha in her voice, and yet it's still distinct. this song evokes a lot of emotion... too much at times, it's like a punch to the gut.
Your Cheating Heart by Jon Foreman (Switchfoot)
Jon Foreman is just plain cool in my book. i'm fascinated with people like him. haha. and his voice is quite unique. i'm a fan of his solo stuff. this isn't his original song obviously, but his raw and stripped down version has to be the best of all. well, if it were up to me that is. haha.
wonder
And I can't help but wonder what it is you do
You help heal the pain, and the thoughts of the truth
You're a question to the universe, a wonder to the world
And somehow, when I'm with you, I never get burned
Caught in a trap of what we're taught to believe
When night overcomes day, life's so hard to preceve
And the clock keeps on ticking through night-shattered skies
Where the stars are all broken, and so are all the ties
But the one thing remaining is you
When I'm broken and bleeding, you pull me right through
And I can't help but wonder what it is you do
You help heal the pain, and the thoughts of the truth
You're a question to the universe, a wonder to the world
And somehow, when I'm with you, I never get burned
- wonder by megan mccauley
HILARIOUS METAPHORS
Every year, English teachers from across the USA can submit their
collections of actual analogies and metaphors found in high school
essays. These excerpts are published each year to the amusement of
teachers across the country. Here are last year's winners.
1. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two sides
gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
2. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances
like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
3. He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a
guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of
those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country
speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse
without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
4. She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli, and he was
room-temperature Canadian beef.
5. She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes
just before it throws up.
6. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
7. He was as tall as a six-foot, three-inch tree.
8. The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated
because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge
at a formerly surcharge-free ATM machine.
9. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a
bowling ball wouldn't.
10. McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag
filled with vegetable soup.
11. From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an
eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city
and Jeopardy comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30
12. Her hair glistened in the rain like a nose hair after a sneeze.
13. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when
you fry them in hot grease.
14. Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across
the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having
left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka
at 4:19 p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
15. They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences
that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.
16. John and Mary had never met. They were like two hummingbirds who
had also never met.
17. He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant, and she was
the East River.
18. Even in his last years, Granddad had a mind like a steel trap,
only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.
19. Shots rang out, as shots are won't to do.
20. The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil,
this plan just might work.
21. The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not
eating for a while.
22. He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck,
either, but a real duck that was actually lame, maybe from stepping on a
land mine or something.
23. The ballerina rose gracefully en Pointe and extended one slender
leg behind her, like a dog at a fire hydrant.
24. It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around
with power tools.
25. He was deeply in love. When she spoke, he thought he heard bells,
as if she were a garbage truck backing up.
too much
i wonder if anyone has ever complained about being over-loved. like, you're giving me too much love, i can't take it anymore!
anywhooo...
cutenessessessss
you may think, what the heck is the purpose of this cute black piggy... aside from being all cute and stuff...
to hold my cellyphone of course!!! hahaha
they also come in white, but i opted to just get the keychain version... too cute!
look at that cute little pink flower
I HAD A YEERO!
i donno why i always do this to myself. saturday night, i always tell myself that i have to go to bed early because sunday is church day and busy day... waking up at 7:15ish in the morning, possibly doing some sort of random family/friends hanging out for lunch and maybe extending to the afternoon, or an event transpires on a sunday afternoon... naps are a luxury. i didn't have one today =\ i'm almost ready to hit the bed. golly. yes, i realize that i am not speaking in sentences. who cares, i'm doing a free flow write. and i will use lots of ... and more ... HA. so that whole add on another hour thing because of the fall back time, wow, i didn't feel that at all. probably because i slept late that nite (morning when the time fell back). yes, i do remember, 'coz i was awake when the clock on the computer changed haha. so it was 2am, but then it became 1am. i don't think i was ever awake for that. haha. so i finally got to go to the famed greek cuisina on 4th... downtown ptown babeh. man, i was so full, just with the appetizers alone. i couldn't finish my gyro (yeero). and i kept singing I NEED A YEERO! get it? instead of I NEED A HERO! har har har. my feet hurt, i was in heels the whole dayng day. what else? i had some really good tofu from chinese takeout for dinner. hmmm, oh and i watched a marathon of Jon & Kate Plus 8 on TLC. i love that show. now my back hurts, sunday's almost over, and another week begins. man, time flies by. does it mean i'm having fun? i think i am (= hee hee hee.
outtawack
my sleep pattern has been messed up. golly. so the other night, i ended up sleeping at 4am. it didn't help that i had tea in the evening, which happened to be a lot stronger than i usually have. so after i stopped myself from im-ing, i made myself go to bed... without putting on nick at nite of course. haha. the episode of george lopez must've been more entertaining that usual, i was actually awake through the episode, unlike the usual of me falling asleep already around that time... i just usually put the tv on sleep, so it won't be on the whole night or anything. but no, i watched through the two episodes of fresh prince as well. it came to the point that the sleep timer had expired, turning off my tv. i was still awake. so i read moloka'i. usually i fall asleep when i read anything. instead i was engrossed in the book. so i read for another hour. next thing i knew it was 4am. i ended up waking up at 10:45, with a slight headache, just in time to get ready to meet up with priya. we saw the bee movie, which was funny btw. then i come home. oh and i had to pick up with movie called unhitched to watch it. after dinner, i pop it in my computer, turn off the lights [for the movie theater effect]. i made a mistake of watching it from my bed, under the covers. somehow i found myself pausing in the middle of it... and next thing i knew, it was an hour later. i had fallen asleep. gaaahhh. that nap cost me my sleep yet again. i hate waking up late >_< it's looking more like oregon out there today. last night was nice - i mean nice with the fog and stuff. it looked very cool. i started listening to "sleigh ride" on relient k's myspace. gosh, i really want it to be christmas already. other than that, i have to study for this assessment that i have to take to qualify for the next step of technical interviews. i applied for an entry-level .net programmer position. they've sent me a link to take an online test which contains topics such as general programming things, object oriented concepts, and math word problems. golly, i hate word problems. i need to get crackin' on the books, 'coz honestly, i don't remember a thing. do i even remember how to study? haha.
nachos
i stumbled upon a website that had a list of foods vegans do not eat. the list consisted of the obvious things, steak, bacon, butter, etc. it also included nachos on the list. i scroll down and someone very smart left a comment asking why vegans can't eat nachos.
then i laughed heartily.
waves
"Years before, Rachel had read in a magazine how an ocean wave might begin as a small ripple in the aftermath of an earthquake in China, then roll across the breadth of the Pacific, gathering force and momentum until it reached Hawai'i's halo of coral reefs, which slowed it and pushed it to the surface. So each time she rode a wave, she decided, she was riding a piece of China or Japan or Samoa..."
- Moloka'i
gravel lines
what do you expect from me?
after these takes
after this
what do you dream in the afternoon?
i'll never know
what's in your head
out past the cars on the railways
out past the city's finery
we see our breath and connection
underneath these gravel lines
you, you stole a page from the blanks
how do you weigh all of our fears?
typical, isn't it typical
for someone like me to invite you in
we took a drive in the country
your photographs were never mine
slapped in the face by the questions
posed by gravel lines
- amy seeley
God'sgreat love
Praise the Lord, O my soul;
all my inmost being, praise His holy name.
Praise the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all His benefits -
who forgives all your sings
and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
The Lord is compassionate and gracious,
slow to anger, abounding in love....
psalm 103:1-5,8
you make me dizzy
Respectfully, some honesty I'm asking now
Do you hear the conversation we talk about?
I'll back away to the safety of a quiet house
If there's half a chance in this moment
When your eyes meet mine, we show it.
Oh, oh take it all back, take your first, your last, your only.
Oh, oh take it all back, take it all back,
Everything you showed me.
Oh, oh, this must be how it feels when the feelings goes
jimmy eat world, you've done it again
lonesome
Are you lonesome tonight,
Do you miss me tonight?
Are you sorry we drifted apart?
Does your memory stray to a brighter sunny day
When I kissed you and called you sweetheart?
Do the chairs in your parlor seem empty and bare?
Do you gaze at your doorstep and picture me there?
Is your heart filled with pain, shall I come back again?
Tell me dear, are you lonesome tonight?
faithful
I cannot sense you close, though I know you're always here
But the comfort of you near is what i long for
When I can't feel you, I have learned to reach out just the same
When I can't hear you, I know you still hear every word I pray
And i want you more than i want to live another day
And as I wait for you maybe I'm made more faithful
wait
"...And like I can't force the sun to rise or hasten summer's start, neither should I rush my way into your heart"
- brooke fraser, love is waiting
the project that wouldn't end...
goshers. so a few weeks ago, my dad wanted to go through the storage bins in our garage and get rid of the stuff that can be thrown away, and donate some stuff that is still usable/useful that we haven't used or don't need anymore. that was a mouthful. anyhow, so one of the bins had all our old pictures. i was thrilled to look through 'em again. i mean, i found pictures of my dad when he was in elementary school, and my mom's 4th grade class pictures. those need to be treasured! oh yes, of course, i found my baby pictures as well. i must say, i look exactly the same from when i was a little kid. i don't know if that's a good thing. hehehe. so i decided to gather everything and put 'em in brand spanking new albums. sounds easy enough right? WRONG!
it doesn't look so bad now. it was worse, believe me!
i love to organize! i couldn't just stick those pictures randomly inside the album. i had to plan out how each set would be divided, grouped, and ordered. i did it for 4 straight hours, completely forgetting about lunch. i nearly went insane, and i only got a little over half way done. i continued a little today, but i was feeling like crap since i have a cold and all. sigh.
i've completed one album. it's nearly done, and i'm pretty sure once everything is put in its proper place, i'll be very satisfied with the results and will be glad that i took on this little project of mine.
i believe september 26 was the last nice day here in portland. the day after that, the clouds started rolling in, and there was no denying that summer was indeed over. i think the fact that school year started every fall made me despise the season. haha. but now, i think i am beginning to like it. is it thanksgiving yet?
btw, these pictures were taken at the park near the hillsboro airport & the hillsboro main library. i'm glad i made it out there that day.
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