Taken By Trees is too Cute ^_^

taken by trees!
~~even their band name is cute



Singer is Victoria Bergsman
She is soo the definition of cute.
I love Indie, ever since I've had the
brainpower to pick my favorite songs
and not just be a droid of society.

Victoria. hearts**

Her voice is so ambigious
in terms of qaulity.
I never know if it's sweet of just
plain out-of-tune. haha

but she's great!
listen for yourself!

^_^

--this for now--

coffee-licous!

Listening to: The Rake's Song by The Decemberists

please help me to stop.

Yes. I now am one of those coffee freaks. This craving only started about three weeks ago when an online buddy of mine suggested this to cope with my The Novel lesson read-requirements. It's been bliss ever since. But now a dilemma has arisen. I don't know what to believe anymore. We heard, first off, that coffee is bad. Caffeine and such. But by the shift of the century it has turned into something that not only promises good health, but also boasts of a rich amount of anti-oxidants. What now?

I've never been addicted to anything but my cigarettes. And I prefer one addiction per lifetime, thank you very much. Drama Drama Drama.

--this for now--

haha. Need to post.

Listening to: Sweet Child of Mine by Taken by Trees

 

haha!

I don't know how to draw.

But somehow I used a beloved anime character

as a reference.

I drew this.

the only likeable drawing of my life!

booklist.

listening to: my boys by taken by trees.

I've so much to cover.

What with my The Novel Subject and my unexpected sudden finds 

of the books recommended by Oprah, my read mode was silently

triggered.

I'm hoping it wouldn't die soon.

I don't think so, at least.

I'm excited :)

Help: Anybody know how to cure ADD?

Here's my book list

(which will be updated from time to time)

&& I've just had a stroke of brilliance:

I think I'll finish all of this before 2011.

I want to read these:

Oprah's

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen

Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski

A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Measure of a Man by Sidney Poitier

Night by Elie Wiesel

A Million Little Pieces by James Frey

Light in August by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton

East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Sula by Toni Morrison

Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen

Cane River by Lalita Tademy

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir

Icy Sparks by Gwyn Hyman Rubio

We Were the Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz

Open House by Elizabeth Berg

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Back Roads by Tawni O'Dell

Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

Gap Creek by Robert Morgan

A Map of the World by Jane Hamilton 

Vinegar Hill by A. Manette Ansay 

River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke 

Tara Road by Maeve Binchy

Mother of Pearl by Melinda Haynes

White Oleander by Janet Fitch

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

The Reader by Bernhard Schlink

Jewel by Bret Lott

Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts

Midwives by Chris Bohjalian

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day by Pearl Cleage

I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat

Black and Blue by Anna Quindlen

Here on Earth by Alice Hoffman

Paradise by Toni Morrison

The Best Way to Play by Bill Cosby

The Treasure Hunt by Bill Cosby

The Meanest Thing to Say by Bill Cosby

A Virtuous Woman by Kaye Gibbons

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

The Rapture of Canaan by Sheri Reynolds 

Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi

She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

The Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard 

East of Eden is pleasure.

My The Novel booklist

(these are priorities after all, so I'll read them first)

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

Candide by Voltaire

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
Uncle Tom's Cabi by Stowe


My Fantasy Novels (i like c:)



HP Novels can trigger your read-on. Do Try

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. Rowling
Quidditch Through the Ages by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter Prequel by J.K. Rowling

THE ALCHEMYST {The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel} by Michael Scott
THE MAGICIAN {The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel} by Michael Scott
THE SORCERESS {The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel} by Michael Scott
THE NECROMANCER {The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel} by Michael Scott
{The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel}THE DEATH OF JOAN OF ARC by Michael Scott

Lavinia by Ursula Le Guinn

Anne frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho (of course)
Like A Flowing River by Paolo Coelho
Brida by Paolo Coelho
The Witch of Portobello by Paolo Coelho 

The Secret of Shambala by James Redfield

Law of Attraction by Michael J. Losier



I forgot the rest of the books
I've read u_u
any more suggestions?


--this for now--

waaaaahhh!

So much admiration

for fashion blogs.

HARD work!

I'm just too lazy for the effort u_u

--this for now-- 

Subjex

My Subjects are:

World Poetry

American Literature

Morphology and Syntax

Research && Technical Writing

The Novel

Developmental Reading

uh-huh.

u_u

--this for now--

La-Di-Da

Annie Hall is my favorite film period.

Need I say more?

Maybe I Should.

This film is revolutionary in the film industry.

Also, it has won:

1. 4 Oscars (Best Director, Lead Actress, Picture, Screenplay)

2. 1 Golden Globe (Best Actree in Musical or Comedy)

3. 1 BAFTA (Best Film)

"Annie Hall is just about everybody's favorite Woody Allen film."

--Roger Ebert.

--this for now--

Full Metal Alchemist Soundtracks

Anime has Great Stuff too.

 I heard this watching

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood

You need to hear this.

   

Advice: Search for the Translations of the Lyric as well.

Don't be walled with just the tunes

because the words are literary achievements, i tell you!

try this:

Rokugatsu no uso me no mae no hontou sepia ni shimaikomi
Yorisou to ka　　nukumori to ka wakaranaku natteta

“Kimi wa hitori de heiki dakara… ne” to oshitsukete　　sayonara
Sono tagui no kiyasume nara kikiakita hazu na no ni

Nariyamanai youshanai omoidetachi wa yurushitekuresou ni mo nai
Me wo tojireba　　ikioi wa masu bakari de　　toomaki de　　kimi ga warau

Ame wa itsuka yamu no deshou zuibun nagai aida tsumetai
Ame wa doushite boku wo erabu no nigeba no nai boku wo erabu no

Yatto mitsuketa atarashii asa wa tsukihi ga jama wo suru
Mukau saki wa ”tsugi” ja nakute”sugi” bakari oikaketa

Nagusame kara kikkake wo kureta kimi to urameshiku　　kowagari na boku
Sorosoro ka na tesaguri tsukareta hou wo kattou ga koboreochiru

Kako wo shiritagaranai hitomi arainagashite kureru yubi
Yasashii hohaba de　　iyasu kizuato todokisou de todokanai kyori

Ame wa itsuka yamu no deshou zuibun nagai aida tsumetai
Ame wa doushite boku wo erabu no tsutsumareteii ka na

Ame wayamu koto wo shirazu ni kyou mo furitsuzuku keredo
Sottosashidashita kasa no naka de nukumori ni yorisoi nagara

 TRANSLATION:

June lies  
and the truth in front of my eyes  
are put away in sepia tones
Nestling close to one another, warmth;  
I don’t understand those things anymore

“You’ll be fine on your own… right?” you said,
forcing it upon me  
and then you said goodbye
If it’s going to be that kind of consolation  
then I should be tired of hearing it by now

Endlessly ringing;  
the merciless memories  
seem to have no intention of forgiving me
If i close my eyes  
they will only grow  
surrounding me at a distance you laugh

Will the rain   ever stop, I wonder? 
For a pretty long time now  
it’s been cold
Why does the rain choose me?  
Why does it choose me who has nowhere to escape to?

Time intrudes   on the new morning 
I finally found
The direction I face  
is not the future  
I kept chasing after the past

You, who gave me  
a new start by your consolations  
and the hateful and cowardly me
It’s about time…  
Fumbling, my troubles spill down  
my tired cheeks

Eyes that don’t want to know the past  
and fingers that can wash it all away
Scars heal at a gentle pace;  
at an unreachable distance    
that seems to be within reach

Will the rain   ever stop, I wonder?  
For a pretty long time now  it’s been cold
Why does the rain   choose me?  
I wonder if it’s ok to let it cover me

The rain keeps on falling today as well knowing no end
While we quietly nestle together under the umbrella I hold

You should also try:

Golden Time Lover by Sukima Switch

Hologram by Nico Touches the Walls

try them on Youtube.

--this for now--

Such Unholy Books the Classics Are u_u

Listening to: Deliver Me by Enya <<<< (whatta fitting song u_u)

Such Unholy Books the Classics Are u_u

Breathing in exhaustion**
Ok, here we go...

Some time ago:

Through my fractional innocence and utter stupidity, I decided, since I was an English Major, that before I graduate, I should have read at the very least, one classic novel.

The realization now, December 9, 2010, 12:25am:

IMBECILE! Yes, what a foolish thing to be conceived. You cannot punish me more than I have punished myself. For even when—at this very moment— I am typing these feelings, hoping for somebody to read it and be moved or sympathized by my agony, my soul is silently stabbing my heart. I am so late in the game. By now, I should have read most, if not all, the classics. One! I aimed to just read one! The masters of literature are laughing at me now, I’m sure of it. Send the Hydra, Griffins and Sirens to slaughter my ass, oh vengeful bards, for you have earned the right. Everything was slapped to my face yesterday afternoon, when my I first had my lesson with the new teacher.

What happened December 8, 2010, about 2:00-4:00PM?

God, overlook this little blunder of mine, the blunder which stretched for a year and had made its dazzling revenge upon me at said time. 1:45, I was walking towards school, sparing myself a few more puffs of smoke before finally entering the premises. Hand sanitizer, check! Perfume to hide the stench, check! Candy for my nicotine breath, check! I had to be perfect. It was the subject I’ve waited for so long. A new teacher was going to teach us. Could she live up to my expectations? For a had a great literature teacher before her who, in the noblest sense, politely refused the chance to teach us and calmly explained her decision. I consider her one of my greatest teachers; that much is true. She doesn’t disappoint. This new teacher wouldn’t even compare, I prejudiced. What a slap on my face!!!!

2:00, I promptly enter. First in the class, I tell her I’m here. She asks to kindly shoo away the students on the consultation area. I should point out that in my course, AB-ENGLISH, there are only three of us. Yes, rare species. Going extinct next year, I sincerely hope. So, there are no official classrooms for us. Instead, we are taught through a kind of conversational, master’s-degree-like fashion. Convenient, preferable, as the three of us were a little anti-social. Moving on. We start the class with only me, her, and a Chinese foreign exchange student, the other two late, and soon shall I find out that one of them absent. “So, the subject is The Novel”, she says in her sweet, feminine voice. She teaches us the basics: Novel definition, characteristics and elements, genres: nothing we don’t already know. Then the crunch starts, dear God.

For full effect of what happened next, I shall now not use the paragraph form. To the left are what she said, the right, my responses and reactions:

“I assume you have read blah blah blah”<<< >>> I shake my head
“Oh, how about ...?” <<<>>>I shake my head
“What? How about ...?"<<< >>> I shake my head

Oh the humiliation!
But wait... there’s more!


“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head
“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head
“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

“How about...?”<<< >>>I shake my head

... Hundred fold.

u_u


Kill me now. Do it. Put a stick through my mouth and just roll me through the fire. “I assumed you knew!” “These are the basics!” “As English Major Students, you should know this” and the absolute worst, bold caption and all, drum roll*

“You should really read.”

I was like the dumb kid who doesn’t get it! In the class—listen!—in the class, I have never... NEVER been the dumb kid who doesn’t get it! (Okay, maybe current events and statistics, but still!) Worst of all were her gestures, the exclamations, the clasping of hands on her mouth!
 

In My Defence, weak it may be:

Foremost, I READ, OK?! It may be all the books she doesn’t prefer but I do. I saw her blank face when I introduced my favourite authors. Second, Classics are interminably boring! I’m not a literature major ok?! I just want to know a little grammar! Get my diploma and get the hell out of that God-forsaken school!

**She asks us to read Oliver Twist, gave us one week!

I ask around my other mentors, their reactions:

Professor 1: “Oh, it took me 2 years to read that. Ask for more time.”

Professor 2: “Yeah, that’s ok. I novel should only be read for three days, five max. There is a trick to reading a novel, you know”  <<< no, we don’t. Maybe she should’ve taught us that first, huh?

2 DAYS PAST:

I read half of it. I like to read classics now. @_@

I’m nearing the end. Let’s hope my professor never reads this.

--this for now--

Low-Mow

Listening to: Nothin On You by B.o.B. feat Bruno Mars

Love my Lomo cams.
So cool.

I have a:
Diana Mini
&& a Holga.


Here are some works.


First off: Holga B&W

Ghost Nash

Roof deck

Workaday

gathering

German

HOLGA COLOREDDD

DIANA mini

My shot so fave.

In my opinion: the mini's better.

--this for now--

Mushishi is the Best!

here is a valuable Youtube comment:


"Before you start insulting an anime, you should watch it,
they get way more in depth than
any cartoon you'll ever see, I'm sorry your intellectual
level isn't good enough to understand this anime"


by Th3Ch1ptun3Dud3

 **That is the highest-rated comment of the clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfHF71k9dzw&NR=1


(not the one below)




MOOOOOO

SHEEEEEE

SHEEEEEE

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I recommend Mushishi again!

711 picks!

Listening to: Penny and Me by Hanson

bestsellers for my heart!

Smart C+
So chweeet ^_______^
Yummy yum yum
Not overbearing.
Subtle; like little hints of lemon.
This is my number one choice.
A 711 bestseller: php 16.00

Caution: Do not get the Orange flavour.
Especially the Pomelo flavour.
They taste like poison to me u_u

German with her C

Cowhead (STRAWBERRY)
Strawberry flavoured milk.
I’m so addicted.
Very nice.
Even Lactose-intolerants
Should try!
Should be a bestseller. Php 35.00

Absolute
Never try any other
Mineral water
(maybe Wilkins)
Than this!
Wuhoo!
Go Pure!
Bestseller: Php 17.00

See how pure? Duh

Zesto BIG
orange-flavour
Are you at the moment poor?
Frugal?
Or just plain cheap?
Try this!
Bestseller: Php 9.00
 (too lazy for a picture here u_u)


711 Healthy & Fresh Sandwich Cheesy Beef

You gotta try
this
Cheezy
Beefy
Stuff
bestseller: Php 45.00

got summore?


--this for now--

Willow Smith - Whip My Hair!!!

Listening to: this, duh

Waaaaah!

Whip My Hair is sooo sex.

&& I just whipped my hair to the doorknob!

(not good news btw u_u)

4 stars!!

She is so arrogantly sweet, Just like the the rest of the Smiths

(scratch the sweet)

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Ranked is Banked!

Listening to: Blue Lips By Regina Spektor

RANKED MAGAZINE

 

so glad i found this on BOOKSALE

pictures are cool,

delughtful,

sex-filled

humane

just dandy!

weeee!

BUY YOUR ISSUE NOW!

the articles are even cooooooler!

this is the first magazine I bought

with Ms. Moss in the Editorial

Great!!

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