Happy July Folks!
Harry Potter is just around the bend... so close I can taste it :)
Work is going pretty good. I'm starting to get a little burnt out, but every time I get overwhelmed all I have to do is go to my manager. He's amazing. This is why I love working here; the people I work with. If it weren't for them I would have been gone long ago (well, the kick ass company, the perks and the pay sure do help too lol). In any case all I have to do is get through today and I'll have a nice week long break. That is a very good thing. Tomorrow and part of Thursday I get to spend with my beau and then it's off to PA for a VERY needed break from my daily life. At least most of it. I will certainly miss the good stuff :) But yay; 5 days to visit my girl in PA. I'm sooooo excited! Not just cause I get to see her, but cause I get to fly too :) And I finally have a bag with wheels... YAY ME!!!
Anyway, I haven't offered a musical review in a while so I figured I would share my new musical love with the rest of you...
Death Cab for Cutie. I had heard of them ages and ages ago, but I never paid any attention to them. Then my mom introduced me to "Follow You Into The Dark". Brilliant. But I never looked any further. And then this wonderful man left their CD "Plans" in my car. And it has that song on it, so I figured I'd look into it. I brought it to work and ripped it to my Mac. And I have been listening to it daily since. Ben Gibbard is the shit. I love the Postal Service, and I am a flaming idiot for not realizing that he is behind DCFC too. The music is amazing and the melodies stay stuck in my head for hours. I find myself whistling them all the time. Then add the lyrics. I thrive on words. Language is part of my survival. No matter how vague the reference, how random the sentence, if I can find a meaning behind it I will have an instant connection. And there just isn't enough to say about this man's lyrical abilities. If you ever get the chance to listen to them I highly suggest complete immersion. I will be raiding every musical library I know of in search for more of his works. Until I have more, I'll leave you with some of my favorites from the CD:
1 - Marching Bands Of Manhattan - "I wish we could open our eyes, To see in all directions at the same time. Oh what a beautiful view, If you were never aware of what was around you. And it is true what you said, That I live like a hermit in my own head. But when the sun shines again, I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in. Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole. Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound. But while you debate half empty or half full, It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown..."
2 - Soul Meets Body - "In my head there's a Greyhound station, Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations; So they may have a chance of finding a place, Where they're far more suited than here... I do believe it's true, That there are roads left in both of our shoes. But if the silence takes you, Then I hope it takes me too. So brown eyes I'll hold you near, Cuz you're the only song I want to hear; A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere. Where soul meets body..."
3 - Summer Skin - "I don't recall a single care, Just greenery and humid air. Then Labor Day came and went, And we shed what was left of our summer skin. On the night you left I came over, And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders. Our brand new coats so flushed and pale. And I knew your heart I couldn't win..."
4 - Different Names for The Same Thing - "I knew no words to share it with anyone. The boundaries of language I quietly cursed, And all the different names for the same thing..."
5 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - "Love of mine some day you will die, But I'll be close behind. I'll follow you into the dark. No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white; Just our hands clasped so tight, Waiting for the hint of a spark. If heaven and hell decide That they both are satisfied, Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs: If there's no one beside you, When your soul embarks; Then I'll follow you into the dark..."
6 - Your Heart Is An Empty Room - "Home's face: how it ages when you’re away. And spring blooms when you find a love that's true, But you don't know what now to do, Cause the chase is all you know, And she stopped running months ago... The flames and smoke climbed out of every window, And disappeared with everything that you held dear. And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need, Cause you knew you were finally free..."
7 - Someday You Will Be Loved - "I once knew a girl in the years of my youth, With eyes like the summer: all beauty and truth. But in the morning I fled; left a note and it read, "Someday you will be loved." I can not pretend that I felt any regret, 'Cause each broken heart will eventually mend. As the blood runs red down the needle and thread, Someday you will be loved. You’ll be loved, you’ll be loved. Like you never have known. And the memories of me will seem more like bad dreams. Just a series of blurs like I never occurred. Someday you will be loved. You may feel alone when you’re falling asleep, And every time tears roll down your cheeks. But I know your heart belongs to someone you’ve yet to meet. And someday you will be loved..."
8 - Crooked Teeth - "I built you a home in my heart, With rotten wood, it decayed from the start. Cause you can’t find nothing at all, If there was nothing there all along... I’m a war, of head versus heart, And it’s always this way. My head is weak, my heart always speaks, Before I know what it will say..."
9 - What Sarah Said (***my favorite, you get all the lyrics***) - "And it came to me then that every plan, Is a tiny prayer to father time, As I stared at my shoes in the ICU, That reeked of piss and 409. And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself, That I’d already taken too much today. As each descending peak on the LCD, Took you a little farther away from me. Away from me. Amongst the vending machines, And year old magazines, In a place where we only say goodbye. It stung like a violent wind, That our memories depend, On a faulty camera in our minds. And I knew that you were a truth, I would rather lose, Than to have never lain beside at all. Then I looked around at all the eyes on the ground, As the TV entertained itself. 'Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room, Just nervous paces bracing for bad news. Then the nurse comes round, And everyone lifts their heads. And I’m thinking of what Sarah said, That 'love is watching someone die.' So who’s going to watch you die?"
10 - Brothers On A Hotel Bed - "You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I’m not who I used to be. No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise, The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw, Something he was not looking for; both a beginning and an end. But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize, When he catches his reflection on accident..."
11 - Stable Song - "Getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly. Starting out with nothing but crippling doubt.
We'll rest easy. (Justified.) Suffered a swift defeat. I'll endure countless repeats. The gift of memory's an awful curse. With age it just gets much worse. But I won't mind..."
Work is going pretty good. I'm starting to get a little burnt out, but every time I get overwhelmed all I have to do is go to my manager. He's amazing. This is why I love working here; the people I work with. If it weren't for them I would have been gone long ago (well, the kick ass company, the perks and the pay sure do help too lol). In any case all I have to do is get through today and I'll have a nice week long break. That is a very good thing. Tomorrow and part of Thursday I get to spend with my beau and then it's off to PA for a VERY needed break from my daily life. At least most of it. I will certainly miss the good stuff :) But yay; 5 days to visit my girl in PA. I'm sooooo excited! Not just cause I get to see her, but cause I get to fly too :) And I finally have a bag with wheels... YAY ME!!!
Anyway, I haven't offered a musical review in a while so I figured I would share my new musical love with the rest of you...
Death Cab for Cutie. I had heard of them ages and ages ago, but I never paid any attention to them. Then my mom introduced me to "Follow You Into The Dark". Brilliant. But I never looked any further. And then this wonderful man left their CD "Plans" in my car. And it has that song on it, so I figured I'd look into it. I brought it to work and ripped it to my Mac. And I have been listening to it daily since. Ben Gibbard is the shit. I love the Postal Service, and I am a flaming idiot for not realizing that he is behind DCFC too. The music is amazing and the melodies stay stuck in my head for hours. I find myself whistling them all the time. Then add the lyrics. I thrive on words. Language is part of my survival. No matter how vague the reference, how random the sentence, if I can find a meaning behind it I will have an instant connection. And there just isn't enough to say about this man's lyrical abilities. If you ever get the chance to listen to them I highly suggest complete immersion. I will be raiding every musical library I know of in search for more of his works. Until I have more, I'll leave you with some of my favorites from the CD:
1 - Marching Bands Of Manhattan - "I wish we could open our eyes, To see in all directions at the same time. Oh what a beautiful view, If you were never aware of what was around you. And it is true what you said, That I live like a hermit in my own head. But when the sun shines again, I'll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in. Sorrow drips into your heart through a pinhole. Just like a faucet that leaks and there is comfort in the sound. But while you debate half empty or half full, It slowly rises, your love is gonna drown..."
2 - Soul Meets Body - "In my head there's a Greyhound station, Where I send my thoughts to far off destinations; So they may have a chance of finding a place, Where they're far more suited than here... I do believe it's true, That there are roads left in both of our shoes. But if the silence takes you, Then I hope it takes me too. So brown eyes I'll hold you near, Cuz you're the only song I want to hear; A melody softly soaring through my atmosphere. Where soul meets body..."
3 - Summer Skin - "I don't recall a single care, Just greenery and humid air. Then Labor Day came and went, And we shed what was left of our summer skin. On the night you left I came over, And we peeled the freckles from our shoulders. Our brand new coats so flushed and pale. And I knew your heart I couldn't win..."
4 - Different Names for The Same Thing - "I knew no words to share it with anyone. The boundaries of language I quietly cursed, And all the different names for the same thing..."
5 - I Will Follow You Into The Dark - "Love of mine some day you will die, But I'll be close behind. I'll follow you into the dark. No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white; Just our hands clasped so tight, Waiting for the hint of a spark. If heaven and hell decide That they both are satisfied, Illuminate the no's on their vacancy signs: If there's no one beside you, When your soul embarks; Then I'll follow you into the dark..."
6 - Your Heart Is An Empty Room - "Home's face: how it ages when you’re away. And spring blooms when you find a love that's true, But you don't know what now to do, Cause the chase is all you know, And she stopped running months ago... The flames and smoke climbed out of every window, And disappeared with everything that you held dear. And you shed not a single tear for the things that you didn't need, Cause you knew you were finally free..."
7 - Someday You Will Be Loved - "I once knew a girl in the years of my youth, With eyes like the summer: all beauty and truth. But in the morning I fled; left a note and it read, "Someday you will be loved." I can not pretend that I felt any regret, 'Cause each broken heart will eventually mend. As the blood runs red down the needle and thread, Someday you will be loved. You’ll be loved, you’ll be loved. Like you never have known. And the memories of me will seem more like bad dreams. Just a series of blurs like I never occurred. Someday you will be loved. You may feel alone when you’re falling asleep, And every time tears roll down your cheeks. But I know your heart belongs to someone you’ve yet to meet. And someday you will be loved..."
8 - Crooked Teeth - "I built you a home in my heart, With rotten wood, it decayed from the start. Cause you can’t find nothing at all, If there was nothing there all along... I’m a war, of head versus heart, And it’s always this way. My head is weak, my heart always speaks, Before I know what it will say..."
9 - What Sarah Said (***my favorite, you get all the lyrics***) - "And it came to me then that every plan, Is a tiny prayer to father time, As I stared at my shoes in the ICU, That reeked of piss and 409. And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself, That I’d already taken too much today. As each descending peak on the LCD, Took you a little farther away from me. Away from me. Amongst the vending machines, And year old magazines, In a place where we only say goodbye. It stung like a violent wind, That our memories depend, On a faulty camera in our minds. And I knew that you were a truth, I would rather lose, Than to have never lain beside at all. Then I looked around at all the eyes on the ground, As the TV entertained itself. 'Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room, Just nervous paces bracing for bad news. Then the nurse comes round, And everyone lifts their heads. And I’m thinking of what Sarah said, That 'love is watching someone die.' So who’s going to watch you die?"
10 - Brothers On A Hotel Bed - "You may tire of me as our December sun is setting because I’m not who I used to be. No longer easy on the eyes but these wrinkles masterfully disguise, The youthful boy below who turned your way and saw, Something he was not looking for; both a beginning and an end. But now he lives inside someone he does not recognize, When he catches his reflection on accident..."
11 - Stable Song - "Getting the air inside my lungs is heavenly. Starting out with nothing but crippling doubt.
We'll rest easy. (Justified.) Suffered a swift defeat. I'll endure countless repeats. The gift of memory's an awful curse. With age it just gets much worse. But I won't mind..."