Summing it Up

How I feel? Feel? I'll ask the poets kind sir, for I'm in no mood to pontificate. 

1. 1904 by Benjamin Francis Leftwich

     If you lost your way walk on, walk on, walk on

2. Half Moon by Blind Pilot

     Hold high have faith your reasons, 

     the wind is calling my name, 

     I won't wait or I'll never get on. 

3. Flight of the Crow by Passenger

     Sometimes it's hard to know the way to go, 

     when the waters rise around you 

     and the fire rages down below. 

4. The Trapeze Swinger by Iron and Wine 

    On the wall behind St. Peter

    So bright on cinder gray in spray paint

    'Who the hell can see forever?'

5. The Last Time He Saw Dorie by Copeland

    Thank you because you loved me, it's all on me

     'cause I didn't want to stay, I didn't want to stay...

6. The World at Large by Modest Mouse

    I know that starting over is not what life's about. 

    But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth.

Bless My Soul, I'm Out to Destroy Them

Someone tell me why this is popping in my head again this year...

I'm Still Into You by Paramore

I've had this song stuck in my head for the past week. I am obsessed! I find this funny because usually the songs I obsess over are relevant or applicable to my current situation. As of right now I don't have anyone that I'm "still" into "after all this time."

However - this song really does resonate with me.
I was listening to it about five minutes ago and I just had this image pop in my head where I would be married for like 10 years to a wonderful (and extremely lucky) man. One night, let's say he had a tough day at work or I just felt like being silly and he comes home to hear this song on really loud in the bedroom. He walks in and I would be dancing and singing and galavanting all around the room for him - just to remind him how much I'm into him still after all those years.
Who knows, maybe I'll have little chitlins running about my feet helping me out.

Just goes to show you that although I am rather adventurous and at times, hard to tame, I really do just want to settle one of these days with one person. Someone who won't leave and would be willing to figure things out in the toughest (as well as the happiest) of times and be able to grow and progress together!

*Sigh* Oh well. Everything has it's time.
The time for adventuring is now, I guess.

Can't count the years on one hand
that we've been together
I need the other one to hold you
Make you feel, make you feel better

It's not a walk in the park
to love each other
But when our fingers interlock,
Can't deny, can't deny you're worth it
'Cause after all this time, I'm still into you

I should be over all the butterflies
But I'm into you (I'm into you)
And baby even on our worst nights
I'm into you (I'm into you)

Let 'em wonder how we got this far
'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all
Yeah after all this time I'm still into you

Recount the night that
I first met your mother
And on the drive back to my house
I told you that, I told you that I loved ya

You felt the weight of the world
fall off your shoulder
And to your favorite song
we sang along to the start of forever
And after all this time, I'm still into you

I should be over all the butterflies
But I'm into you (I'm into you)
And baby even on our worst nights
I'm into you (I'm into you)
Let 'em wonder how we got this far
'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all
Yeah after all this time I'm still into you

Some things just, some things just make sense
and one of those is you and I (Hey)
Some things just, some things just make sense
and even after all this time (Hey)

I'm into you, baby not a day goes by
that I'm not into you

I should be over all the butterflies
But I'm into you (I'm into you)
And baby even on our worst nights
I'm into you (I'm into you)
Let 'em wonder how we got this far

'Cause I don't really need to wonder at all
Yeah after all this time
I'm still into you
I'm still into you
I'm still into you

One Tree Beat ((Playlist))

Stratovolcano Mouth by Chiodos
Cough Syrup by Young the Giant
All Over You by The Spill Canvas
Love Love Love by Of Monsters and Men
Dog Days Are Over Cover by Pentatonix
Jesus by Brand New
Misguided Ghosts by Paramore
Payphone Cover by Crown the Empire
You Sleep Alone by Hellogoodbye
Break the Sky by The Hush Sound
Brown Eyes by Lady Gaga
Glad You Came Cover by We Came As Romans
Gonna Get Over You ft. Ryan Tedder by Sara Barielles
Just Give Me A Reason ft Nate Ruess by P!nk
I Love It ft Charlie XCX by Icona Pop
She Wolf ft Sia by David Guetta
Go To Hell by Go Radio
Try by P!nk

Burn The Night Away by There For Tomorrow

So there was this one dude once upon a time, 

I showed him this song years ago when it was my all time favorite. 

I sort of forgot about it till he played it the other day. 

Therefore I am putting here so I don't forget. 

It's a good one! 

It's 3 in the morning

And I'm still not sleeping

Cause I am finally running your race

The mountains you've been climbing seem like they have steepened 

Since I decided to pick up the pace

If the whole world told me I should disappear

Could I fall right next to you?

Just let me burn the night away

Oh, baby let me burn the night away

By thinking of the simple things you say to me

That get me through the day

You keep me wide awake

You keep me wide awake

So don't look back the hour glass is running empty

You've got me buried with your every move

Your fine line have me at a loss of memory

I'm right beside you in an empty room

If the whole world told me I should disappear

Could I fall right next to you?\

Just let me burn the night away

Oh, baby let me burn the night away

By thinking of the simple things you say to me

That get me through the day

And it's so hard to catch your feelings

When you always run away

You keep me wide awake

You keep me wide awake

Your making it hard for me to just start

Over like we're new

Oh, the whole world told me I should disappear cause I'm fallling in love with you

Just let me burn the night away

Oh, baby let me burn the night away

By thinking of the simple things you say to me

That get me through the day

And it's so hard to catch your feelings 

When you always run away

You keep me wide awake

You keep me wide awake

I'm On A Music Kick Lately But It Applies

Wooh! Wooh!

I'm swimming in the ocean
Of pillow case blue
And I sink so deep in you
You gonna save me or not?

Could we have a moment?
Could we have a moment?
It feels so real
I'm picking out a blossom
I pin it on the wall
It feels so real, so real

Wooh! Wooh!

I'm giving you a haircut
Walking to the sushi bar
Shopping at the goodwill
Learning how to swing dance
And I sink so deep in you
You gonna save me or not?

Could we have a moment?
Could we have a moment?
It feels so real
I'm picking out a blossom
I pin it on the wall
It feels so real
It feels so real

Wooh! Wooh!

I'm swimming in the ocean
Of pillow case blue
And I sink so deep in you
You gonna save me or not?

You gonna save me or not?
You gonna save me or not?

Could we have a moment?
Could we have a moment?
It feels so real
I'm picking out a blossom
I pin it on the wall
It feels so real
It feels so real

(It feels so real)

Distance

((Side Note: I love the raw simplicity of this version.))

The sun is filling up the room 
I can hear you dreaming
Do you feel the way I do, right now? 

I wish that we'd just give up
'Cause the best part is falling
Calling it anything but love

And I will make sure to keep my distance 
Say "I love you" when you're not listening 
How long can we keep this up? 

Please don't stand so close to me 
I'm having trouble breathing 
I'm afraid of what you see right now 

I'll give you everything I am 
All my broken heart beats 
Until I know you'll understand 


And I will make sure to keep my distance 
Say "I love you" when you're not listening 
How long can we keep this up? 

I keep waiting 
for you to take me 
You keep waiting 
to save what we have 


So I make sure to keep my distance 
Say "I love you" when you're not listening 
How long can we keep this up? 


Make sure to keep my distance 
Say "I love you" when you're not listening 
How long till we call this love?

The Official Music Video

Didn't think there was song for this but here it is!
I've listened to it thousands of times and just now do I get it.
I get it perfectly.

For The Artist Within and About

The Time Traveler's Wife

This story. Their relationship. Their lives.
The book is eighty times better by the way. 

"Maybe I'm dreaming you. Maybe you're dreaming me; maybe we only exist in each other's dreams and every morning when we wake up we forget all about each other." 

"I place my hands over her ears and tip her head back, and kiss her, and try to put my heart into hers, for safekeeping, in case I lose it again." 

"Right now we are here, and nothing can mar our perfection, or steal the joy of this perfect moment." 

"The compelling thing about making art - or making anything, I suppose - is the moment when the vaporous, insubstantial idea becomes a solid there, a thing, a substance in a world of substances." 

"‎I never wanted to have anything in my life that I couldn't stand losing. But it's too late for that."

"Henry... Why did we decide to do this again?"

"Supposedly, when it's over they hand you a baby and let you keep it." 

"Oh yeah." 

Wayfaring Stranger

Ever so often I come across songs that simply put me in awe.

Listen all the way through,
eyes closed,
blocking everything else out
and maybe you'll know what I mean.

Brene Brown: The power of vulnerability

If I was to become a Social Worker, I'd be someone like her.
This is just brilliant.

Like seriously.

The Photo Series: Issue #26

The circumstances of human society 

are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. 

- Marquis De Custine 

What Teachers Make

Uhm... So...

I may or may not secretly wish I was Beyonce sometimes... 

I Never Stop Laughing At Myself

Dear Cold Weather

This is what goes through my head as I am walking, biking, trekking through you, enjoy!

Sincerely,
Me

Goodnight Moon by Go Radio

A Quote

"Being tender and open is beautiful. As a woman, I feel continually shhh'ed. Too sensitive. Too mushy. Too wishy washy. Blah blah. Don't let someone steal your tenderness. Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart. Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it's a song, a stranger, a mountain, a rain drop, a tea kettle, an article, a sentence, a footstep, feel it all -- look around you. All of this is for you. Take it and have gratitude. Give it and feel love."
-Zooey Deschanel

Waves (A His Mix Edition)

- On Fire by Switchfoot**
- Fancy Footwork by Chromeo
- What Makes You Beautiful by One Direction*
- For Your Entertainment by Adam Lambert
- Save The Last Dance For Me by Michael Buble
- Anchor by Mendy Glenhill
- Always by Panic! At the Disco
- Finding Something To Do by Hellogoodbye
- Colors by April Smith
- Falling In by Lifehouse
- Unbroken by Demi Lovato
- Taking Chances by The Glee Cast
- A Thousand Years by Christina Perry
- Drive By by Train*
- Say You Like Me by We The Kings