Sunday, January 24

time

jan 24. cloudy. day 2 of the weekend. and for once i've decided to spend the precious weekend by making time for myself, doing the things that i enjoy doing. like playing music, listening to music, reading. yes reading. i haven't read for so long that i've forgotten what it is like to sit down to enjoy the tranquility that words bring me. and coffee. there's always something about coffee, there's always room for a warm cup of joe that makes me feel so comfortable.


+listening to: pantala naga pampa by dave matthews band


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Friday, January 22

now.

http://www.hopeforhaitinow.org

now is the time.


+listening to: hope for haiti now telethon


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Thursday, January 21

.

jan 21. rain. spent the better part of the day trying not to think about the work that remains incomplete and or untouched. woke up with the feeling of the glass being half empty instead of half full. started work on my dreaming tree.

my dreaming tree. for a good half an hour i was lost as to what to put on it. and then i picked up a post it note and a sharpie and just wrote what would be good advice to anybody out there. "pause for 5 minutes and breathe". and i stuck it on there.

a couple of minutes elapsed. "love thyself".

a picture of coltrane in this weeks time magazine. a post card of sun studio. ticket stub from graceland...

i didn't exactly stop to look at what i've done till lunch time. i've surprised myself. my dreaming tree. it will serve as a source of motivation, a positive distraction, and in times of desperation - a dear friend.


+listening to: softly and tenderly by elvis presley


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Wednesday, January 20

unknown

jan 20th. rain. it's a typical situation. me sitting here staring into the abyss of my mind hoping that when i finally snap out of it, the lab report would have somehow magically written itself.

an hour or two. stuck. then i start thinking about all the good times, those happy memories, those that i can go back to and reminisce about in times like these. what defines our lives? i think it's characterized by a collection of recollections. recollections. funny word. it's what you remember at the end of the day, wouldn't you agree?

imperfect knowledge. it's always the lack of information, either from not paying attention or from people who choose not to share that information. and by the time you get around to that piece of information, it often would've been of no value anymore.

and then there's disappointment. just, disappointment. and finally comes the overture: somewhere, someone hits rewind, followed by play.


+listening to: long black veil by johnny cash


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Tuesday, January 19

music for a cause

Linkin Park, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel, Alanis Morissette, Slash, The All-American Rejects, Hoobastank, Kenna, Enrique Iglesias and Lupe Fiasco team up with Music For Relief to aid earthquake victims.

Please go download this album full of previously unreleased and awesome music (it's free) and then donate (even if it's just a dollar) to help the people of haiti. SPREAD THE WORD.

http://www.musicforrelief.org/













+listening to: typical situation by dave matthews band


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Monday, January 18

films films films

the last couple of days have afforded me with the luxury of time to do some of the things i love and have sorely missed for the past few months.

and last night's golden globe has undoubted affirmed my belief in some of the best films produced this year, or rather last year.

here's the breakdown of those i've seen so far:
  1. food inc
  2. moon
  3. the road
  4. the hurt locker
  5. a single man
  6. 500 days of summer
  7. medicine for melancholy
  8. an education
  9. the messenger
  10. precious: based on the novel push by sapphire (later today)

food for the soul until spring break when i'll get another chance to catch up with so many of the awesome films out there. and just for the record, i was really impressed with avatar having seen it in it's full 3D glory. truly breath taking stuff.




+listening to: nothing


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Sunday, January 17

peace

got the house to myself for a few days. time to really relax the body and the soul. some time for myself. music, food and films. and sleep of course. lots of sleep. looking at the breakfast i cooked up, i actually feel a little overly self-indulgent.




+listening to: wish you were here by pink floyd


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Sunday, January 3

scream

rode the city bus from downtown to graceland. And the sights that I saw just somehow made me want to scream "This is America!"




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