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music

2009-01-30T17:42:00.000-08:00

new discoveries [not necessarily NEW new. more like, new to me...]

* Joy Williams: One of Those Days EP [just got it off itunes!]

* Tamarama: "Dusty Road" [apparently this is Jay's band. Jay, the australian guy from The City. yes, i do watch The City. it's my guilty pleasure]

* Asa [i will never be able to sing like her. heck, no one can. i love her voice. her music sounds like bob marley, corinne bailey rae, and ceu rolled into one]

* Hoobastank: "So Close So Far" [i didn't even realized they had released a new album until i saw it on the itunes store. the album is alright. there's a few good songs, and So Close So Far is my favorite. i believe this is the single they have out right now. but yea, i still like the self titled album the best. The Reason was pretty good too. but i liked EVERY single song in the first album. man, good times, good times =)

* Safetysuit: Life Left to Go [...is a great album. i like the lead singer's voice. and i like their music. it's very full, rich, in your face, melodic... rock. i suck at describing music, haha. i don't know if they're gonna be as big as, hmmm, Fall Out Boy or say Panic at the Disco. oh well. it seems as if the music is much better when the band is on the DL. haha.

allergic to magic...

2008-12-24T04:11:00.000-08:00

i love her big eyes and her creative imagination... and the fact that she's speaking in french. okay, i mean, french people do speak in french [duh], but it's so adorable when a cute little kid is the one doing it. hahaha.

Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

.

2008-12-21T16:04:00.000-08:00

All the things my feet thought to be firm
Are falling with urgency
And tearing back my false sense of security

You have been more faithful than the morning sun
You have been more faithful than knowing night will come
You have been more faithful than the changing of seasons

[more faithful by skillet]

snow!

2008-12-20T18:13:00.000-08:00

twilight and the gorge

2008-12-17T15:40:00.000-08:00

one of the cool things about watching twilight was seeing familiar locations [to us oregonians], like the columbia gorge, multnomah falls, oh and the woods! there's just something about the woods up here in the northwest. they're different from forests in other parts of the country. i can tell the difference. hahaha. for example, the "woods" in the decode video by paramore - not a northwest forest! it's probably a fake one, you know, somewhere in LA. haha.

i was randomly browsing through my flickr and came upon this image:

and i thought, it looks a lot like the first bit of the twilight trailer:

well, it's not shot from the exact same spot. they probably shot the movie from the washington side, facing the oregon side, and much further down [eastward]. i shot the picture from the oregon side, at the Portland Women's Forum State Park viewpoint [the one stop right before the vista house]. i thought it still had some similarities. i should just make the picture a little gloomier, maybe add some ominous dark clouds, and flip it. hahaha.

fog

2008-12-01T17:33:00.000-08:00

How can I decide what's right
When you're clouding up my mind?
[decode, paramore]

music

2008-11-30T09:39:00.000-08:00

To play without passion is inexcusable!
- Ludwig van Beethoven

sometimes...

2008-11-16T17:56:00.000-08:00

an ode to 'nice' days in portland

2008-11-04T17:36:00.000-08:00

i love the rain and all (yes, i said it), but one can't help but miss beautiful blue sky days in downtown portland...

laundry

2008-11-03T17:46:00.000-08:00

momma said: DO YOUR LAUNDRY SUCKA!

fall

2008-10-27T12:26:00.000-07:00

photos REmixed

2008-10-15T18:15:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since i've taken pictures. i do miss doing it but i really haven't had the chance to do that as of late. since i don't have any "new" pictures to post, i figured i post old pictures... REMIXED. i can't think of a cleverER (yes i just made up a word) term for it. i found this nifty website: http://labs.wanokoto.jp/olds and had a little too much fun feeding some of my pictures through the generator. check out the site, and try it too =]

new york

views from the empire state building

a tiny bit of central park

portland

portland classical chinese gardens

pittock mansion

florida

treasure island

disney world

texas

kemah boardwalk

seattle

smith tower

the last picture was actually once featured on the schmap.com website. i don't think it's on there anymore [yes i checked]. i made sure i had screen captures for proof - that my picture was once part of a website that wasn't mine. haha.

it's the one on the top left

top right corner. my name was even on there. hahaha.

it's only tuesday?!

2008-09-23T16:57:00.000-07:00

i'm exhausted. they're piling on the work on us. they keep 'em coming. they won't stop. make them stop!

clay aiken is gay. it's only tuesday. it makes me wonder how people can half-ass things and still get rewarded for it. i'm a push over. christmas is too far away. the air is crisp and the leaves are crunchy. i really miss 'academia'. the new season of office starts this week! yay pam & jim <3

and... apparently i like to collect sprite cans at work.

framed

2008-09-06T08:14:00.000-07:00

i decided to experiment and get some of my photos enlarged and framed. big ups to costco and ikea. here's one:

wanna buy it =D haha.

thom yorke

2008-08-23T08:46:00.000-07:00

you are such a strange little man! but you make awesome music. oh radiohead, you put me to sleep last night on the couch. not in a bad way, but more like... lulling me to sleep. haha. i wouldn't have fallen asleep if i wasn't so tired. but it was a good end to the day, after rawking out to kutless.

the ones who seem strange and peculiar to regular folk seem to produce genius work - whether it be music or any other trade. i think the key is to let go of inhibition.

i refuse to be regular folk.

i think i wanna be crazy.

if i am crazy, then, i am a genius.

HAHA. does that logic make any sense? i don't know i haven't checked my truth tables lately.

i'm gonna shut up now =]

frustrating

2008-08-21T14:44:00.000-07:00

i have to edit a bunch of wedding pictures... and i just can't seem to do it.

i feel so un-creative. so... uninspired. blah.

i feel blah.

blah.

bloop.

list list list

2008-08-19T16:28:00.000-07:00

+ i really really want to see the Phantom of the Opera =[ my only consolation is that Gerard Butler isn't THE Phantom, which means it probably won't be as good. [ha, yes, i am lying to myself]. i guess i can always pop-in the dvd. but i still want to see it on stage. that would be amazing. 10x more amazing if gerard butler would always be the Phantom. and i'd be christine. and i'd definitely pick him over raoul.

+ i wish i could use the other side of my brain more. it feels neglected.

+ i got to go jetskiing last saturday which was fun. i think the day wouldn't have been complete without yours truly making a goof of myself. it just had to happen. so naturally i would have to be on a jetski that would flip over (at 2mph). the lake was nice and warm thank goodness. haha.

+ what's up with the weather?! it's like, fall all of a sudden.

+ i need to get better with budgeting. i need to stop spending money. i need to stay away from powell's.

+ i'm happy that Twilight [the movie] will be coming out earlier. November instead of December.

+ newly discovered music: Adele

i want...

2008-08-13T17:27:00.000-07:00

this vertical sapien bookshelf.

i've stacked up my books to emulate the look. it works, but it would be nice to have the actual shelf. and i've only knocked the stack over once! hahaha. why can't ikea have a knock-off version?!

collection

2008-08-10T16:11:00.000-07:00

i have the quotes widget on my iGoogle that i read everyday either before i get started with work or during my morning break. here are my favorites that i've saved so far...

Some things have to be believed to be seen.
- Ralph Hodgson

Defining and analyzing humor is a pastime of humorless people.
- Robert Benchley

People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
- Salma Hayek

Efficiency is intelligent laziness.
- Anon

The camera's only job is to get out of the way of making photographs.
- Ken Rockwell

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing.
- Henry S. Haskins

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
- Henry Ward Beecher

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
- Katharine Hepburn

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the week.
- Alice Walker

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
- Burt Bacharach

bloop

2008-08-03T15:53:00.000-07:00

today was nice. sunny, blue skies, yet breezy. kept it cool. perfect tem-pa-chur!

and i'm still breaking dawn.

dun dun dun.

bagpipes, kilts, and other things scottish

2008-07-25T17:42:00.000-07:00

last saturday was the Portland Highland games at Mt. Hood Community College - and yes, i was there! no, i am not Scottish at all, not even a drop, but i wanted to be Scottish badly that day because i felt kinda left out with all the cool things that the Scots get to do and get to buy, like family tartans and crests and the like. oh, and they have clans! how come we don't have clans?! shoot. it was great to get a little bit of a taste of Scotland - bagpipes, kilts, meat pie, the Mcsomethings, etc. etc. etc.

we did a little bit of exploration, us asian people.

tartans! apparently each clan has its own distinctive pattern. how cool is that?!

i think hg wants a wee kilt for the baby =] or maybe for herself? hmmm.

those bagpipes are friggin' expensive.

hehehe.

heed the warning!

rofl. doug found this at one of the booths and said, "that is so messed up!"
get it? animal orgy in a bag. ;p

they even had cool wooden swords! oh and foam ones too.

oh, and real ones too of course. they're prepared, in case you get a wee cut.

WHAAAT!!! harry potter wands?! COOOOOOOL! haha.

those Scots are brutal!

these reminded me of Lord of the Rings.

more weaponry

they're so light on their feet.

berries and cream come to mind.

doesn't sound or look too appetizing, but it was really good. yummy steak and mushroom meat pie =D oh, and a lemonade. i should've gotten some ale!

arrrggg! they had all kinds of interesting... merchandise

hahaha. that is a $5 whip. i can't tell if he's scared or happy. you be the judge! hahaha. jk kuya pj =]

we saw a lot of weapons that day...

i think they just discovered america. either that, or the south just lost.

no pants allowed! it's all about the kilts laddies!

i don't know if this was used in the Scottish highlands. more like, star wars. but it was still cool.

we watched some traditional heavyweight competitions...

caber toss. he got it to stand upright, and he rejoices. the crowd goes wild!!!

weight for distance & weight for height.

there was a parade...

i never heard so much bagpipes in my life!

i wish the meat pie was bigger. i wish gerard butler was there. or at least sean connery.

the end.

one fleeting moment

2008-07-08T16:14:00.000-07:00

"And was it his destined part

Only one moment in his life

To be close to your heart?

Or was he fated from the start

to live for just one fleeting instant,

within the purlieus of your heart."

- Ivan Turgenev

more gallivanting

2008-07-02T19:15:00.000-07:00

downtown roaming

2008-06-30T18:42:00.000-07:00

just a little bit of the pearl district...

this last one was actually taken behind my workplace, the 200 building on market street. it kinda reminded me of lothlorien for some reason, the way the sun rays hit the trees. no elves spotted here =[ only smokers and people on their breaks.

oh summer time

2008-06-24T18:57:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since i've "blogged", so i felt like putting up a picture... an ode to summer if you will.

today...

2008-06-04T18:24:00.000-07:00

sucked. i felt like dirt. rocks... lava? whatever's the lowest of low.

i can't wait for this week to be over =[

good things though -

* i've been reading The Host by Stephenie Meyer, and am enjoying it... actually, more like crying through it. yes, i am an emotional wreck due to stress & mind overload. but it really is a heart-wrenching story. [i sat in smith center today, and i had to cover my face with the book because i didn't want everyone to see tears flowing down my face. hahaha.]

* i finally have my diploma. i finally went to campus today and picked it up.

* weezer album is good. been listening to a lot of muse & vampire weekend.

* i WILL sleep in this saturday. and i WILL take a nap on sunday.

* God has placed some understanding, patient, helpful people in my life.

* i feel like dirt. wait, that's a negative. here's the positive: God still loves this piece of dirt.

randomicity

2008-05-30T19:42:00.000-07:00

forest gump's momma once said:

barn & sheep

2008-05-29T21:53:00.000-07:00

taken in the 60s... or was it?! mwuahahaha. lol.

today was...

2008-05-28T17:15:00.000-07:00

today was just... gray :,

unwinding i guess...

2008-05-22T17:12:00.000-07:00

* i voted for david cook 5 times. i was so sure archu was gonna win, so i was bracing myself when seacrest was doing the announcement. when i heard "cook" i literally screamed. like screamed bloody murder kind of scream. my dad came into my room laughing his head off. that's 'coz he's been voting for archu (i donno why, even though he admits that cook deserves to win).

* i just finished Eclipse. wow, i now understand why them teenyboppers were going gaga over that series. i have to admit, i had a hard time putting down those books. i finished the last few pages at work today during lunch. it's a good thing i decided to hide out in my cube, because after i set the book down, i was fighting back the tears. haha. silly i know, but i was just thinking about the intensity and profoundness of the love between edward and bella. a pessimist might say that love like that is only real in... well, fiction. ha. but i do believe that pure profound deep selfless unconditional love still exists in reality. i've seen it in practice =]

the bad part about finishing the book is having to wait 'till august for the fourth one. >_< till then, i have to keep myself busy with other books. i still have the last Otori book to read. i still have the last half of Pride & Prejudice to read. the list goes on... so many books people! so many books!!!

speaking of many books... i made an awesometastic purchase last weekend at barnes & noble. i got Lord of the Rings hardcover - all three in one big book with pictures [not the movie pictures. that'd be cheezy yo!]. it retailed at $70, but i got it on s-a-l-e for $14.95. i was so happy. maybe some day i'll get it in leather bound or something like that... collectors edition blah blah. hahaha.

* i saw prince caspian last sunday. the movie was good. although, i remembered that it wasn't my most favorite book out of the 7. it didn't help that i watched it with people who weren't as excited as i was. it's hard when it seems like you're the only one who really really really wanted to see it. lol. and it also didn't help that i was sooo friggin' sleepy from lack of sleep the night before. oh well. i did think it was a good movie though. but i'm dreaming... i'm dreaming that they'd make The Horse and His Boy into a movie. not as popular as the other books from the 7, but for some reason, it turned out to be my favoritEST. "wardrobe" would come in next. and then "voyage". and then "magician's". sigh. if i were asked the question - "if you could be any character in a story - book or movie, who would you be?' i'll answer LUCY PEVENSIE!!! =D

* wow, lot's of things to write about tonight. i guess i just wanted to spill out my "thoughts" and goings-on and such... unwinding from a long day at work. sigh. i'm a working bee. hahaha. BUUUZZzzzzz

* but it feels weird if i don't post a pic. so here's something i found in the parking lot of bi-mart a few sundays ago. hehe -

flowers...

2008-05-20T18:02:00.000-07:00

i'm gonna try my best with this orchid thing. i mean, i'm gonna try my best to keep it alive and constantly blooming =]

the pot it came with was too small, so my dad moved it over to a bigger pot so it could grow.

arts & crafts on a whim

2008-05-19T20:17:00.000-07:00

i painted this tile when priya and i went to CeramiCafe a few weeks ago. 'twas fun.

more driving

2008-05-11T18:37:00.001-07:00

continuation...

driving home

2008-05-11T01:47:00.001-07:00

i do not recommend driving and taking pictures at the same time. but i couldn't resist while i was driving home today from worship practice. the sunset was very dramatic.

more of this please!

2008-05-03T18:45:00.000-07:00

we want more blue sky beautiful days like this... please pretty please =]

birdy thinks so too!

randomicity

2008-05-02T21:18:00.000-07:00

* i start work on monday =O yes, i'm excited & nervous. the thing that irks me is the whole phase of adjustment. you know, figuring out your new environment, new routines, new people, blah blah. i'm kinda looking forward to it though. hopefully the transition will go smoothly =]

* watched bourne identity today. i'm seriously behind. lol. i've seen the movie before but for some reason i couldn't remember anything. well, except towards the end of the movie. i'm glad i have two more. woohoo, matt damon is awesome. btw, has anyone noticed that he kinda looks like mark walberg? maybe that's just me.

* new alarm clock purchased at target (thanks auntie linda for the gift certificate)! it's called Clok with the two dots on top of the O. who knows how to say it. lol. who cares, it works, i've been waking up to the loud sounds of the radio. seriously, the cellphone alarm wasn't working for me anymore. i was immune to it. haha.

* did anyone watch the office? i wonder when jim will propose to pam. will they get married in the show? hmm. i seriously felt bad for michael when stanley just went off on him, ending with, "i have no respect for you..." but i'm glad toby didn't really move to costa rica. haha.

* went to ikea today with priya. being there makes me wanna have my very own house to decorate and fill up with pretty and cozy stuff. goshers. this is my favorite website: http://desiretoinspire.blogspot.com/ i love soaking up all the inspiration i can get... and someday, maybe someday, i'll be able to decorate my own "space" and take pretty pictures like that. sigh... lol.

* and now, we end with... the world's greatest human:

"in one episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chuck Norris replaced Carlton for a whole scene and nobody noticed."

yes, he's that good. go Chuck Norris!

finally, paragraphs!

2008-04-30T11:09:00.000-07:00

have you ever had one of those really vivid dreams? well, i had one, and what happened in that dream, is something that, i just realized while dreaming, i wanted to happen. i was feeling quite happy because it felt like it was real, that i was actually living it. it even snowed in my dream. haha. but of course it was meddled with weird things going on, you know, just like any other dream you have. sometimes you can't see faces, sometimes you're in an unknown location, etc. but the main part was clear enough for me to remember what was going on. but all things must come to an end. you wake up, and you realize, let's say it all together now, "it was all a dream". and you're back to, what do they call it? oh yea, the real world.

in other news... i need an alarm clock. i'm getting immune to my cellphone alarm clock. tsk tsk tsk. i need something to wake me up to make it to work next week. i finally start work next week! i'll be working for Regence, in downtown P-Town. i'll be a downtowner yet again. woohoo! i'm both excited & nervous. i'm looking forward to starting the next phase of my life, excited to live out what the Lord has in store for me, now that i'm done with the college part. i had a very nice "vacation". i made it to new jersey, new york, houston, and florida. and, i fell in love... with books! haha. now that homework and text books are a thing of the past, i have time to read for fun.

i had a great birthday week. 24 ain't nothin' but a number. i don't feel any different today. seriously, i still feel like i'm 18 or something, and have a feeling that i'll be "stuck" there for a while. yes, i am in denial. haha. one of the great gifts i've received for my birthday was a book entitled, The Truth About Chuck Norris. i will end this blog with a quote about Chuck Norris [the world's greatest human]

"Whenever Chuck Norris makes a joke, the sound of an audience laughing comes from out of nowhere. Chuck will then turn to you, smile, and give you two thumbs-up. After that, everything freezes; even you are unable to move. The laughter then turns into music as credits begin to scroll down from thin air. Finally, your sight fades to black and there is nothing. When you regain your vision and mobility, Chuck Norris is nowhere to be found."

mt. st. helens pictures

2008-04-13T23:27:00.000-07:00

downtown portland mini excursion

2008-04-13T00:58:00.001-07:00

april 3rd 2008

pioneer square

2008-04-05T01:23:00.001-07:00

especially for you

2008-03-30T17:45:00.001-07:00

so we were watching something on the filipino channel this afternoon, and someone sang Especially For You. then i remembered how i used to sing and love that song when i was a kid. haha. didn’t know it was a kylie minogue song. remember it? lol. and looked what i found on youtube:

oh the 80s.

of mountains & snow

2008-03-28T22:49:00.001-07:00

a break from spring

2008-03-27T00:53:00.001-07:00

needed a break from spring, so went out to get snowed on. hahaha. taken at mt. st. helen’s. too bad you couldn’t see the mountain =[

carousel

2008-03-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

Spinning around
I’ve got this funny feeling
Turning my whole world upside down
I’ll keep my heart and my eyes on you
’Cuz you keep me spinning around

red shoes finally!

2008-03-24T19:25:00.000-07:00

Glinda: Now those magic slippers will take you home in two seconds!
Dorothy: Oh! Toto too?
Glinda: Toto too.
Dorothy: Now?
Glinda: Whenever you wish...Then close your eyes and tap your heels together three times. And think to yourself, ’There’s no place like home’.

thursdays will be right again...

2008-03-19T16:06:00.000-07:00

i’m sooo excited! i even got teary eyed with this touching promo. hahaha. i just hope they won’t make jim & pam break up or anything. gosh that’d suck. i think john krasinski is a cutie pie =D

blurry fireworks

2008-03-18T15:25:00.001-07:00

Treasure Island Pictures

2008-03-12T16:31:00.000-07:00

pictures from Treasure Island, the Gulf Coast in Florida. more pictures to come, stay tuned =)

gulf coast

2008-03-08T11:41:00.000-08:00

back from florida. i have a butt-load of pictures to sort through from our trip - from disney world & the gulf coast. for now, here's a "teaser" if you will...

surprisingly the water was cold. i was totally running to the water expecting to feel warmth, but NOoooo, it was cold! poo! but it wasn't as cold as oregon coast water. well, more like, oregon coast water in the summer, maybe a tad bit warmer. but something that we don't see in oregon is the white beach sand. it was loverly! i had to bring some of it home and put it in an evian bottle. haha. more later.

someday we'll find it...

2008-02-17T21:55:00.001-08:00

... the rainbow connection

february 15 '08, sunset.

morning has broken...

2008-02-16T13:30:00.001-08:00

cupid's gonna get you... bad!

2008-02-15T21:21:00.001-08:00

today's sunset

2008-02-14T21:05:00.001-08:00

and while the sun sets, the moon rises...

oh the sappyness

2008-02-14T21:00:00.001-08:00

let's give it a chance since it's valentines day. this guy is so intense:

Thou sovereign of my heart treasured in the deepest fastness of my chest, in the fullness of my thought, there ... unknown divinity! Oh, can I really believe the poet's tales, that when one first sees the object of one's love, one imagines one has seen her long ago, that all love like all knowledge is remembrance, that love too has its prophecies in the individual. ... it seems to me that I should have to possess the beauty of all girls in order to draw out a beauty equal to yours; that I should have to circumnavigate the world in order to find the place I lack and which the deepest mystery of my whole being points towards, and at the next moment you are so near to me, filling my spirit so powerfully that I am transfigured for myself, and feel that it's good to be here.

—Søren Kierkegaard, Journals

rain.

2008-02-07T14:57:00.001-08:00

i love the way the rain sounds. that's all i wanted to say. good day!

photobooth + comiclife = fun fun fun!

2008-02-07T14:01:00.001-08:00

with maya papaya

God incomprehensible

2008-02-06T17:39:00.000-08:00

"Lord, how great is our dilemma! In Thy presence silence best becomes us, but love inflames our hearts and constrains us to speak. Were we to hold our peace the stones would cry out; yet if we speak, what shall we say? Teach us to know that we cannot know, for the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. Let faith support us where reason fails, and we shall think because we believe, not in order that we may believe..."

- The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer

hola!

2008-02-06T00:37:00.000-08:00

i was browsing around podcasts on itunes, and found out that there are podcasts available to teach you spanish, french, chinese, etc. how cool is that?! so i decided to take a crack at spanish with the "Learn Spanish With Coffee Break Spanish" podcast. and the "teacher" starts talking, and i just crack up. i found it funny because the guy had a thick scottish accent. don't get me wrong, scottish accents are awesome (gerard butler, need i say more). but a guy with a scottish accent teaching in a spanish podcast... haha, i think that's awesomeR. i know i totally made up a word. so i'm gonna see how much spanish i can re-learn, and maybe take a crack at mandarin. go try it too!

oh charlie

2008-01-25T14:30:00.001-08:00

sometimes i feel just like charlie. i just wanna bite something. LoL. this video is so cute and hilarious, i cannot stop watching it.

childhood

2008-01-24T22:20:00.000-08:00

oh to be 4 and carefree...

that's my cousin denzel. i remember that day. he had sooo much fun. i did too.

more toons

2008-01-24T22:15:00.000-08:00

LoL...

new york city... i really wanna go back

2008-01-24T00:28:00.000-08:00

...especially now that i have a much better camera. and hopefully the next time it'll be a longer stay (=

ohhh left handed toons!

2008-01-23T00:39:00.000-08:00

scion got pimped

2008-01-19T16:51:00.000-08:00

it's been pimped

2008-01-17T23:13:00.001-08:00

best idea ever!!! this is mr. paul jason's car on his birthday. vu & i pimped it. i'll post more later, this is a 'teaser'. hahaha.

pam & jim moment

2008-01-13T01:09:00.001-08:00

Pam Beesly: You came up to my desk and you said, 'this might sound weird, and there's no reason for me to know this, but that mixed berry yogurt you're about to eat is expired.'

Jim Halpert: That was the moment that you knew you liked me.

Pam Beesly: Yep.

Jim Halpert: Wow. Can we make it a different moment?

Pam Beesly: Nope.

black & white scans

2008-01-09T22:53:00.000-08:00

pictures i took a while ago... i think sometime last summer.

i intended to take this picture to show off the pretty purple color of the flowers against the green background provided by the grass. i forgot that i was using b&w 35mm film. hehe.

current favorites

2008-01-05T23:36:00.000-08:00

the romantic - sides of the north
sparks - coldplay
psychobabble - frou frou
again & again - the bird and the bee
facing east - thievery corporation
with you - chris brown
the haunting - anberlin
all i need - radiohead
arcadia - apparat
i found a reason - cat power
so close - jon mclaughlin
i'm so sick - flyleaf
falling in love at a coffee shop - landon pigg

yes i know, some of these songs are old. but i've either just recently discovered them or have rekindled a liking to them.

i know it's a little late but...

2008-01-05T14:15:00.000-08:00

in 2007...

1-Did you kiss anyone?
yes

2-Did you date anyone?
no

3-Did you kiss someone when the ball dropped?
no. we just clinked our beer bottles and proceeded with playing Battle of the Sexes. and yes, us girls won, thus proving... need i say more?

4-Did you lose any friends?
no

5-Did you gain any friends?
yes

6-Did you do something new?
traveled to the east coast! how about that! haha.

7-Did anyone important to you die?
no

8-Did you change?
i lost wisdom... i got all four of my wisdom teeth pulled out =\ oh and i changed from a college student to college graduate.

9-Are you happy with the year over all?
it seemed as if it flew by... but a lot of good and exciting things happened in '07

10-whats the best thing thats happened to you?
graduating from college, family visiting us and me visiting family, vacation!!!, seeing new york

12-Are you happy the years over?
i hate goodbyes and endings. haha. but it had to happen eventually no? so it's good to start a whole new year.

13-Are you going to change something about yourself next year?
i will try to drink more water daily

14-Do you think 2008 will be a better year than 2007?
i hope so

16-How many things did you screw up in 2007?
i'm sure there was a lot. but what can i do now? learn and move on!

17-Did you go to an amusement park?
no

18-Did you go to a concert?
Pillar! mind blowing

19-Did you go to any parties?
yes

20-Did you go on a summer vacation?
i was still in school in the summer =\ but i did go to houston and new jersey at the end of august-beginning of september.

21-Did you lie to your parents?
i probably did

22-Did you get into a fight?
no fist fights

23-Did you leave the country?
no

24-Did you have a good birthday?
i remember going to the coast for the weekend, having a party at cheesecake factory - great stuff, but then i was sick.

25-Did anyone in your family get married?
no

26-Do you think you grew?
not taller

27-Did you dye your hair?
no

28-Who do you think you were on the phone with the most?
hg and/or kezia and/or my gramma

29-Did anyone sing to you?
yes

30-Did you sing to anyone?
yes

31-Did anyone tell you they loved you?
yes

32-Did you ever go to the hospital?
to visit people

33-What did you drink and eat the most?
suuuuushi. oh and lots and lots of black tea lemonades

34- Did you change your top 8 more than 8 times?
no

35-Did you change your profile over 10 times?
probably not

36-Did you change your default at least 20 times?
no

37. Did you get a tattoo?
no, but i was at a tattoo shop with my cousin in atlantic city. it was scary to think that i was actually secretly considering getting one =O

38. Did you vote?
yes

39-Did you make a new years resolution?
no

40-Did you stick to your new years resolution from last year?
i didn't make one

41. Think you'll date someone in 2008?
who knows.

42. where were you when the ball dropped?
ed's sister's house. no balls dropped there, only sarcasm, clever comebacks, and comedy.

43. Do you think you will make new friends in 2008?
it'd be nice

44. Are you hoping to meet someone special in 2008?
why not

45. How do you feel, another year has passed you by?
"whoa!"

speed

2008-01-04T01:07:00.000-08:00

i found this while doing some file transfers and clean up on my laptop. i wonder what i was thinking when i took this. lol. oh the joys of riding the max.

sparks

2008-01-03T14:40:00.000-08:00

Did I drive you away?
I know what you'll say
You say, "Oh, sing one we know"
But I promise you this
I'll always look out for you
That's what I'll do

I say "oh"
I say "oh"

My heart is yours
It's you that I hold on to
That's what I do
And I know I was wrong
But I won't let you down
(Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah, yeah I will, yes I will…)

I say "oh"
I cry "oh"

Yeah I saw sparks
Yeah I saw sparks
And I saw sparks
Yeah I saw sparks

this song breaks my heart.

what's that word again? STREEEET!!!

2008-01-02T21:36:00.000-08:00

i was singing part of your world yesterday while eating loads and loads of sushi to celebrate the coming of 2008. hmm, i just realized... little mermaid... sushi... fish... under water... seafood... disturbing. kinda like this video. i mean, i don't know if i should be amazed or be bewildered. ha. he gets props!

times^2-(ed)

2008-01-02T14:23:00.000-08:00

new

2007-12-31T12:22:00.000-08:00

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)

sights around my neighborhood

2007-12-28T23:42:00.000-08:00

down the backroads...

2007-12-28T01:34:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-25T00:44:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2007-12-24T12:40:00.001-08:00

it's tomorrow =D oh joy oh joy!!! :: jumps up and down ::

HAPPY CHRISTMAS! from me, and asian santa.

i think i was 8 in this. har har

i heart my bedroom

2007-12-18T22:21:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-18T22:12:00.000-08:00

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!!!

2007-12-18T20:47:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-18T17:02:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-08T00:34:00.000-08:00

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

2007-12-04T19:53:00.000-08:00

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

i want this!

2007-12-01T14:18:00.000-08:00

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20089464

frigid

2007-12-01T12:59:00.001-08:00

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

2007-12-01T01:46:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-27T17:46:00.000-08:00

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!

2007-11-26T11:02:00.001-08:00

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

2007-11-24T22:38:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-21T22:38:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-21T14:16:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-20T23:45:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-17T15:30:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-15T12:37:00.001-08:00

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!

2007-11-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-08T12:55:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-06T19:54:00.000-08:00

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

2007-11-06T12:47:00.000-08:00

"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

2007-11-06T12:42:00.000-08:00

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