The Awakening

Have you seen this yet?? I watched this movie last Friday, and was mesmerized by it. Some reviews find it too be a bit too much, but I quite liked it. The soundtrack is amazing and powerful.

(ps: obviously not quite giving up this space anytime soon.)

Friday in the Pink

-Home Again! As of yesterday.

-What an exciting few days.

-Well, almost, because it did have its dull moments.

-Its? It's?

-Its.

-I am gramatically correct.

-Buying Birthday Cake flavoured tea was probably the best decision I've made this week.

-Yes, you read that correctly.

-Second to that is Strawberry Shortcake Tea.

-Yes!

-Want to know my third great decision? Cupcakes.

-Can't go wrong with a lemon flavoured one.

-That is, unless you don't like lemon.

-Speaking of cake, I like this idea.

-Almost reminds me of Christmas.

-My god, there's that horrible reminder that I've eaten crap all week.

-Definitely not something I'm proud of.

-Or should I be?

-Now I'm on a cleanse.

-A bad example of a cleanse.

-Which in fact, is probably not a cleanse at all.

-Gatsby!

-I saw the trailer the other day, but when I saw that it was directed by Baz Lurman, my first thought was that it was probably going to be strange.

-Hopefully not as strange as Moulin Rouge.

-Gah.

-Would that be something that Leo, Carey and Tobey would go for??

-I guess so, as it's F. Scott Fitzgerald.

-I'll have to add that to my things to read list.

-Belugas!

-How I adore them.

-How did I go from the Great Gatsby to belugas?

-Reminds me of this.

-Ooh! And more mariachi-beluga fun times.

-I can't figure out my font.

-Sometimes blogger can be a mystery unto itself.

-Complex, like if sudoku and algebra made a baby.

-Pshhew.

-If you've seen that Leon's commercial, you'll know what I'm talking about.
-Lusty month of May.
-Honestly, I just googled it to confirm where that quote came from (Le Morte D'Arthur, which I studied in my second year of uni, btw), and that's what I found.
-So naturally, I added it here.
-Medieval times meet... 1960s hippy culture.

-Lala!

A nice catchy song for your Friday!

From here, here

Songs that Remind Me

From here

Over the past four years of university especially, there are a few songs that are reminders of particular moments of where I was and what I was doing at the time. They were the songs I worked to at my desk, to drown out noisy neighbors, and to relax myself at night when the thoughts of work and tests kept me awake. I would associate them with the seasons, and what I was obsessed with at the time. Ahh, memories!

1. The Painted Veil Soundtrack. Listened it during my first year, and especially adored this track.

2. Dreaming of You, by the Corals. It reminds me of March (first year again), for some reason. And this commercial, which I actually like better than the original.
3. Lily Allen. When I think of LDN I think of spring, and the end of exams. And funny enough, The Fear reminds me of the end of my second year!
4. Philip Glass. I can't get enough of his music! The Hours, Metamorphasis, Glassworks. Minimalist perfection! Once you hear his music, there's no turning back.
5. Rain. And thunder. Perfect for drowning out the stupid noisy neighbors above.
6. The Beatles. But that's a given.
7. This is gonna be a bit weird, but Goodbye Lenin. Reasons unknown. I just liked it. At 5:00 in the morning once I was finishing up a death essay, and I played this song as I concluded it. It made me feel... Triumphant. (And I gave the movie three stars)
8. Mika. I listened to this often, and I danced to this for a ballet performance once.
9. This song will forever remind me of Lost, even though I heard it long before university.
10. Ella Fitzgerald. Usually while walking or on the bus.
11. Jesus Christ Superstar. Another... Odd late night work song.

In my head...