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"Love tastes like sake. Warm and bittersweet."
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- 9 plays / Created Apr 04, 11Currently looping in my iPod. Too varied to be pinned down.
- 393 plays / Created Jun 20, 12Well I've lost it all, I'm just a silhouette, a lifeless face that you'll soon forget. - Tracks by Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Keaton Henson and Daughter.
- 265 plays / Created Jun 06, 12this road never looked so lonely, this house doesn't burn down slowly.
- 317 plays / Created May 15, 12we wished upon parallel lines. --- Tracks by fun., Tribes, and Of Monsters and Men
- 296 plays / Created Apr 28, 12in the rains of mid November, I've forgotten your voice - I don't want to remember. Some lonely songs with music by Keaton Henson, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, and Daughter.
- 64 plays / Created Apr 13, 12But I still hope that when the sun is shining on a beautiful day something catches your eye, and just for a moment you wish you hadn't left.
- 93 plays / Created Mar 12, 12I've got a troubled mind and a self esteem to match.
- 216 plays / Created Feb 22, 12"Hey, you and I are going to have a big love affair and it won't work, but somewhere in the middle my god, we tried."
- 50 plays / Created Dec 03, 11I'm the one with the empty looking eyes. - Stars, The Strokes, Wintersleep
- 28 plays / Created Nov 22, 11Eight tracks including music by Memoryhouse, Radiohead, and Grizzly Bear.
- 81 plays / Created Oct 28, 11- You're always haunted by the idea that you're wasting your life. Sea of Bees, Death Cab For Cutie, and Of Monsters And Men.
- 114 plays / Created Oct 10, 11This is cuddle music, just in time for winter. | Bon Iver, Death Cab For Cutie, The Shins.
- 20 plays / Created Sep 15, 11Love can be so mean... Eight tracks including music by Mode Moderne, Young Buffalo, and Wyla
- 245 plays / Created Sep 11, 11And when I can't feel with my sun hands I promise not to lose her again, I'll endure the night for the promise of light.
- 17 plays / Created Sep 10, 11We are vulnerable, shy and sound. But relentlessly we hold our own.
- 384 plays / Created Sep 09, 11Today, I think I feel alright. | The Shaky Hands, Coconut Records, Nada Surf
- 669 plays / Created Sep 02, 11It's just like the love, the one that's never been enough. | Bon Iver, Band of Horses, Margot and the Nuclear So & So's.
- 5472 plays / Created Aug 26, 11The Vaccines, Cold War Kids, The Black Keys. Can't help myself but count the flaws, claw my way out through these walls.
- 238 plays / Created Aug 09, 11Sixteen tracks including music by The Kooks, Local Natives, and Broken Social Scene.
- 39 plays / Created Jul 29, 11I told you before I'm not looking for someone to hold me. - Bob Dylan, The Gaslight Anthem, Iggy Pop
- 60 plays / Created Jul 26, 11Mix made for roadtrips, perferably to the mountains, but may be used for other destinations. eleven tracks. the killers, wavves, good shoes
- 54 plays / Created Jul 25, 11Eight tracks that make you want to ditch the city and frolick about in the woods.
- 70 plays / Created Jul 17, 11- The Vaccines, Arkells.. She tells me her favourite song, And I say, "Yeah, that's a good one." She says it follows her around No shit, it's by The Beatles.
- 85 plays / Created Jul 17, 11You're not as brave as you were at the start. - Radical Face, Wakey! Wakey!, The Weepies. Take all the courage you have left, wasted on fixing all the problems that you made in your own head.
- 102 plays / Created Jul 14, 11I think you could use some lessons in miscommunication. - Tracks with Devendra Banhart, Mumford & Sons, Vampire Weekend.
- 29 plays / Created Jul 13, 11Trust me on this one, there's nothing in the water we can't fight.
- 34 plays / Created Jul 13, 11Eight tracks that make being a photographer feel like the sickest shit on earth, including music by Active Child, Braids, and Deerhunter.
- 32 plays / Created Jul 13, 11Eight tracks including music by The Drums, Broken Social Scene, and Coma Cinema. The sounds of falling out of love, I suppose. A few songs that seem to make the weight of heartbreak a little lighter and help turn your mess of a life into something a little more socially acceptable... Here's to moving on and starting over, kids.
- 84 plays / Created Jun 25, 11Twelve tracks including music by Surfer Blood, Local Natives, and Seabear. Here are some songs that simulate the feeling of happiness and undermine the fact that this is probably going to be the most lonely and pathetic summer of your life.
- 79 plays / Created Jun 13, 11Andrew Bird, Of Monsters and Men, The Shaky Hands. Some days I feel like I am wrong and I am right, Your mind is playing tricks on you my dear.
- 164 plays / Created Jun 12, 11Twenty tracks that you have to shout out. Foster The People, Vampire Weekend, Franz Ferdinand...
- 42 plays / Created Jun 11, 11Ten tracks including music by We are Trees, Interpol, and Wild Nothing. "Why do we even pretend, I don't wanna be your friend, anymore"
- 81 plays / Created Jun 09, 11Sixteen instrumentalish tracks including music by Sigur Ros, Broken Social Scene, and Explosions In The Sky. "I lost my voice along the way, because I never knew what to say"
- 61 plays / Created Jun 02, 11Thirteen tracks that make you want to paint including music by Animal Collective, Atlas Sound, and Deerhunter.
- 36 plays / Created May 31, 11Eight tracks including music by The Decemberists, Mojave 3, and M. Ward. In honor of our four-legged, floppy eared best friends.
- 61 plays / Created May 29, 11Fourteen tracks including music by Whitley, Said the Whale, and From Indian Lakes.
- 175 plays / Created May 25, 11i have a bobbypin in my shower that has been around longer than you.
- 117 plays / Created May 24, 11I hate you, because you ruined my life and you ruined everyone of these perfectly great songs with your existence. (The songs are still great though, 21 tracks including songs by Miike Snow, Miracle Fortress, and Throw Me The Statue)
- 34 plays / Created May 20, 11"These are songs I always imagined myself telling you about but now we don't talk anymore, and even if we did talk, you already said you didn't like my taste in music."
- 126 plays / Created May 03, 11Ten tracks including music by Kings of Leon, The Trews, & The Kills. "I can't remember which movie taught me purpose. I can't remember which movie taught me pain."
- 141 plays / Created May 03, 11Thirteen tracks including music by Telekinesis, Beirut and Ben Harper. Amnesia sings songs under her breath, she's too shy to project. She'd prefer say nothing at all than have to endure talk of the small variety.
- 65 plays / Created Apr 28, 11Nine tracks including music by Phantom Planet, Pete Murray, & Blind Pilot. Even though the sun is shining down on me and I should feel about as happy as can be, I just got here and I already want to leave. It's going to be a lonely day.
- 37 plays / Created Apr 27, 11Ten tracks including music by Admiral Fallow, Beach Fossils and Good Old War. How would you cope if the world decided to make you suffer for all that you were? How could you dance if no one was watching, and you couldn’t even care if they were? What would you do if you couldn’t even feel, not even pitiful pain?
- 66 plays / Created Apr 26, 11Nine tracks including music by Alexi Murdoch, Matt Costa, and Postdata. "Oh the story's not over believe me. My life's a low budget film, but that's alright."
- 65 plays / Created Apr 10, 11Eight tracks including music by A.A. Bondy, Fink and Greg Laswell.
- 48 plays / Created Apr 02, 11Ten tracks including music by The Wooden Sky, Memphis, and Karkwa
- 43 plays / Created Apr 02, 11Nine tracks including music by Wintersleep, Tally Hall, & Sea Wolf.
- 67 plays / Created Mar 28, 11Fourteen tracks including music by The Killers, The Airborne Toxic Event, & The Black Keys. Here are a few songs that always put me in a good mood, and I usually end up running around the house singing them at the top of my lungs. Enjoy :)
- 52 plays / Created Mar 23, 11The Bouncing Souls, The Strokes, The Whigs...etc. This mix is for those days when you hate the world, and all the ridiculous people it holds.
- 97 plays / Created Mar 21, 11Fifteen tracks including music by Noah and the Whale, Arcade Fire and Bon Iver.
- 7662 plays / Created Mar 20, 13Quieter music than my usual mixes - for dreaming of the sea and of anything but school. Sequel: http://8tracks.com/becca07/i-dream-of-elsewhere-ii
- 45 plays / Created Nov 21, 10Twelve tracks including music by Coldplay, David Sylvian and Elvis Costello & Burt Bacharach.
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- If you had to throw away either your TV or your computer, which would you choose?I'd throw away the TV. Much easier to stream.Asked by Formspring May 16, 13
- What clubs did you join in school?From elementary to college: Art, Glee Club, Writers' Club, Girl Scouts, Karate, School Paper, ComicsAsked by Formspring Jan 29, 13
- Who is one of your favorite authors?Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami, Jeanette Winterson, Tolkien, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery... + lots of others.Asked by Formspring May 17, 12
- What was the worst movie you've ever seen?Haywire. Gina Carano can't act at all.Asked by Formspring May 15, 12
- Do you like looking in the mirror?Yeah, I can remove blackheads with ease that way.Asked by Formspring May 15, 12
- If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?Italy, Prague, Ireland...Asked by Formspring May 09, 12
- If you were offered the job of U.S. president would you take the job?I wouldn't take the Philippine presidency when they offered it to me, what makes you think I'll take the US presidency? Don't tempt me with the power to make millions of people cry.Asked by Formspring May 09, 12
- Do you have good vision?Terrible eyesight. Inherited it from my mom. My prescription is pretty much that of a senior citizen's.Asked by Formspring May 09, 12
- What do you like about your home town?I never have any problems walking around because it's a small city. The people are friendly, the food is good, and you can always count on having fun. :)Asked by Formspring Feb 13, 12
- What do you like to do on rainy days?Read a book. Have lots of tea. Or go outside in my wellies and dance in the rain.Asked by Formspring Dec 03, 11
- If you could become any fictional character, who would you be?I wouldn't care, as long as I get to be a samurai.Asked by Formspring Nov 26, 11
- What would your perfect day look like?The kind where you can lie down on the grass, looking up and guessing the cloud shapes in the sky. Then you have coffee and your favorite dessert with your closest friends and you talk about whatever comes to mind until the sun goes down. Then at night, you sit on your roof to stargaze with a mug of tea and a blanket around you.Asked by Formspring Nov 24, 11
- in the spirit of halloween, which sorry-ass motherfucker would you like to haunt you while leading a mob of angry zombies: king crustacean or the angry turkey?I love you bro, and I do feel sorry for the fact that you had a giant crustacean want to pulverize you in your dreams, but I've never had a crustacean attack me. So we'll go with haunting the angry turkey because that bastard has to pay for all the trauma inflicted on us both. XDAsked by fishy1147 Oct 31, 11
- What is your favorite Halloween costume?Well, I went as a mafia boss this year and it's the first Halloween I actually dressed up for. So right now, the mafia outfit's my favorite. ;)Asked by Formspring Oct 31, 11
- which song has a catchier tune: "take on me" by a-ha or "ghost in you" by the psychedelic furs?"Take On Me" is catchier. Also, you can never go wrong with trying to reach that falsetto. :PAsked by fishy1147 Oct 31, 11
- if you were a mutant, what kind of powers would you have? (you can only pick 2: a primary mutation and a secondary mutation. probably an active power and a passive power)Telekinesis and molecular manipulation. I'd actually like to be able to turn a harmless object into something deadly and aim it straight at my enemy's heart with my mind.Asked by Formspring Oct 22, 11
- who sucks more: aquaman or christian bale?Wow, talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place! XD I'm sorry, I really don't like Aquaman, no matter how "cool" he supposedly is in the reboot. Christian Bale had some tolerable movies, so he's still in my okay zone. :PAsked by Formspring Oct 22, 11
- What makes you laugh?Sometimes the most dreadfully unfunny puns can actually make me laugh. I have a weird sense of humor. What others wouldn't find funny, I would probably find knee-slappingly hysterical.Asked by Formspring Oct 22, 11
- What book are you reading right now?"Dragonlance Chronicles: Dragons of Autumn Twilight". Cannot put it down long enough to do other stuff. /hookedAsked by Formspring Sep 17, 11
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- Will I Ever Find a Love? by Tower Of Power
- This Time It's Real by Tower Of Power
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- What Is Hip? by Tower Of Power
- You're Still a Young Man by Tower Of Power
- Down To The Nightclub by Tower Of Power
- What Happened to the World That Day? by Tower Of Power
- You Got to Get Funkifize by Tower Of Power
- Without a Word by Birdy
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This coming elections, I think people should vote for Villar, Binay, Enrile and pretty much any of them candidates who’re in a political dynasty.
As a self-proclaimed political expert, I truly believe this is the only way to purge our government!
I can just imagine… with enough families in…
Skewed angle because I do not know how to take pictures. LOL. #drawing #sketches #superman #doodles #practice
Excuse me, I need to fangirl. #omg #raydillonfavoritedmydrawing #holyshit #sorryicantgetoverthis
Happy 75th Anniversary, Clark Kent/Superman/Kal-El and Lois Joanne Lane! Thank you for being part of my childhood! :D
Take Mark Waid’s Toughest Superman Quiz — Ever! - In celebration of Superman’s 75th Birthday, Eisner Award winning writer and comic book trivia king Mark Waid has ten questions about the Man of Steel only the biggest fans would know. Test your fanboy mettle now!
Let’s do this guys! I only got half of them right. XD
Supergirl x Wonder Woman for Justice Mag by Artgerm
I’m totally feeling Supergirl’s more, though.
Preliminary sketch of Batman’s trademark crouching atop a ledge pose. #batman #comics #sketches #doodling #practice #drawing
I wish I could do nothing else but draw until I die. #wonderwoman #comics #sketches #doodling #drawing #practice
Close up. It’s actually on a travel size moleskin journal. I can’t take the heftier sketchbooks with me these days because of an aching shoulder. #wolverine #sketches #comics #doodles #drawing #practice
Sketch I did while hanging out at Midtown Comics. #wolverine #comics #drawing #sketches #doodles #practice
Yes, you will find some of my stuff here, too.
(I totally need to update it, I know.)David Mack & Neil Gaiman
I will write in words of fire.
I will write them on your skin.
I will write about desire,
Write beginnings, write of sin.
You’re the book I love the best,
Your skin only holds my truth.
You will be a palimpsest
Lines of age rewriting youth.
You will not burn upon the pyre,
Or be buried on the shelf.
You’re my letter to desire:
And you’ll never read yourself.
I will trace each word and comma
As the final dusk descends.
You’re my tale of dreams and drama,
Let us find out how it ends.Always inspiring.
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- the corner bookshop
True love happened to David in a bookshop.
And it happened on a Tuesday.
He would never understand what possessed him to enter that particular bookshop, and maybe later on, he would chalk it all up to Divine Intervention, and say that the stars had reached harmonic orbits to allow him to fall in love.
For now, he was perfectly content to remain where he was, basking in the realization that his world had just righted itself.
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David always believed in true love.In the company of friends, he refused to broadcast this ideal because he was also quite sensitive to being teased about being a romantic.
“Girls don’t really fall for romance novel cliches anymore.” One friend of his was so quick to give out that piece of unsolicited advice the only time he’d beenstupidbrave enough to mention that some people still held out for true love.
“Come on man, get real. It’s the 21st Century and nice guys STILL finish last.”(Which was something he hadn’t really asked to hear, but David shut his mouth and nodded anyway.)
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To be quite honest, he had fallen in love with her ankles first.She was standing on a wooden stool, rearranging the wall of shelves and he had been fixated on how slender her ankles were. When she rose up on her toes, it was graceful and a thing of beauty. As she balanced precariously on the stool to reach a higher shelf, David held his breath and watched her she shelve the last few books in her arms.
When she turned around and hopped off the stool, he felt like he’d just been sucker-punched.
Because her ratty sweater and ripped jeans be damned, he could have sworn he heard music the moment she had turned to face him.
His goddess was, by definition, quite ordinary. Her hair was pulled back in that messy sort of way that indicated that she either had not figured out how to properly tie her hair back, or that she just didn’t care. Her face was a touch too narrow, but her eyes were the kind that seemed to always have laughter in their depths even when she was being serious.
Right now, they were regarding him carefully, and only when she frowned did he remember his powers of speech.
“Um…I need help,” David said.
She smiled. “Well, that’s what I’m here for.”
- nightmare
I hate the dark. I hate that moment when I have no choice but to close my eyes. I hate it when I lie in bed and the dark is swallowing me, drowning me, making me feel so small.
I tell myself “Pull the covers over you.” but that does nothing to dispel the blackness.
There’s a sound of a thousand wings that rushes towards me. Louder. So much louder.
It’s my heart beating, even as darkness overtakes reason and I am pulled into sleep.
“Sleep,” I tell myself, “and maybe that monster won’t be in your dreams tonight.”
Sleep and morning will make haste.
There’s a hand that clamps its cold fingers around my throat before I can scream.
And all I can hear is the sound of a thousand wings.
- unrequited
It gets harder every single day to be with you.
I have to sit through a movie where you are the narrator, and every sordid detail of the love story you’re writing with someone else is decorated with your smile.
It gets more excruciating day by day to pretend that I’m fine, and that no, that wasn’t the sound of my heart shattering again when you talk about learning to cook and redecorating your apartment for her.
There are times when I really wish I could hate you.
But in the end, I hate myself more.
You talk about building a life together - dancing in the rain, spontaneous weekend getaways, getting a dog or two.
And all I can do is sit there and smile.
One day, if I tell myself often enough, you will look at me the same way you look at her.
One day, I won’t just be someone in your life, but your whole life instead.
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- Body feels weird. Like lead weights are strapped to my shoulders, wrists and ankles. #cannotmove
- RT @kellyoxford: 'Nice guys' are just regular assholes who know when to shut up and listen.
- RT @nelsonblake2: It's challenging to work in publishing/entertainment, but not as challenging as a job you hate, nor as unemployment. Alwa…
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- RT @_Snape_: #iGetAnnoyedWhenPeople say they don't read books. That's code for "I'm stupid."
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- Pwera lang ang Cebu, disappointing kaayo ang elections. HAYNAKU.May 15, 13 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
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- Jan 16, 13
This was a status of mine on Facebook last November for Thanksgiving, and I find that it will always ring true every single day. Now that I have time to sit down and think about it, here’s what I’m most thankful for: 1. My life — It’s not all rainbows and sunshine, but it’s filled [...]
- Oct 17, 12
I cannot begin to describe how elated I was over getting to go to New York Comic Con again this year. Last year was amazing, and I have to admit, I planned for it better in terms of getting my 3-day pass earlier. This year, I almost didn’t get to go, but thanks to Divine [...]
- Sep 27, 12
It’s been a crazy month of work here at the Syrian Mission and as I write this, the 67th Session of the United Nations General Assembly is taking place. I am particularly worried about how Syrians are handling the crisis in their country, because quite a number of the speeches made at yesterday’s debate had [...]
- Sep 01, 12
It’s been a while since I last blogged. Life really has gotten busy, but I like being caught up in all this activity instead of having too much idle time. That’s when it gets dangerous, I often tell myself and my friends. We are creatures built to work, and to live fully, so every precious [...]
- May 07, 12
Seriously, please don’t kill me. I was just sad that Captain America was still loveless in The Avengers. I’ve also developed a serious crush on Chris Evans and his eyebrows so blame it on the man’s sexiness. Then I sketched this girl that seemed to have a rather unearthly beauty by the time I finished inking. [...]
