catholic 101 at the end, if you stick around for that long
listen up, carnies. i'm giving stuff away today! cause it's friday! and i love you all like jennifer aniston loves 3 years ago!
01. melissa etheridge - enough of me
we were all wounded // by some domestic war // i found you to settle my score // you felt like father // you looked like mother // my mind told my heart // there is no other
-i heard this song set to a helen/nikki video. i thought it was a great song for the couple (because they were so damn dysfunctional). but, i ended up really loving the lyrics.
02. ryan adams - meadowlake street
i feel like a dream that's not worth having // like a nervous joke // ain't nobody laughing // like somebody with nothing 'cause they don't know what they're wanting // tiny like the sand in the cracks of drift wood // washed up on the shore of an ocean of you
-i found this while putting together a nick/phyllis mix for kelbelle. i fell in love with it. sometimes i feel exactly like that lyric.
03. tom mcrae - ghost of a shark
tell me now the difference // between a shark // and the ghost of a shark // cause all i have are secrets // memories of the dark // ooh rip away the skin // burn my heart
-i have become a tom mcrae fangirl. i can't help myself. he's like butter.
04. the magnetic fields - nothing matters when we're dancing
you've never been more beautiful // your eyes like two full moons // as here in this poor old dancehall // among the awful tunes we don't even hear // and nothing matters when we're dancing
-oh, it's just so sweet.
05. The Predatory Wasp of The Palisades is Out To Get... by Sufjan Stevens
Oh how I meant to tease him // Oh how I meant no harm // Touching his back with my hand I kiss him // I see the wasp on the length of my arm
-seriously, who else is on the Sufjan train with me? don't you love beautiful music? buy a ticket! before you have to sit coach. this song is so...gayboyspretty. basically, it's about a wasp who stings his friend. and guess what? he still makes it sound fucking gorgeous.
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the simple pleasures meme.
01. getting into bed. i love the act of actually getting into bed, throwing heavy covers over myself, crashing into my pillow. my bed is slightly higher, so i have to sort of launch myself up onto the mattress. it's an everyday thing, but i don't take for granted the fact that i have a big fluffy warm bed to crawl into.
02. running my fingers through my hair after the sun has heated it up.
03. mentions of my alma mater. university, that is. i think this is an extention of my home sickness, but it's also like a fond memory. i had such a wonderful time at school that anything remotely related to it actually makes me very happy.
04. pain relivers. anyone who has had a broken bone, or any prolonged illness/aliment will get what i'm saying. all of them: motrin, codine, vicodin, naproxin sodium, asprin, and acetominophin suddenly become like your bestest! oldest! friends!
05. finding old wedding missalettes or novenas in church pews. i love to read what readings or songs people had at their weddings. i love to see if the bride chose one of her sisters or her best friend to be her maid of honor. novenas are beautiful. i'll look at the handwriting and i always feel moved. it's like you're holding in your hands the one thing another person wants most in this world. you've, literally, got hope in your hands. (for the non-catholics still reading here's a good explination of novenas). basically, in classic old lady tradition...you write the prayer (novena) on a piece of paper, take it with you to church for nine consecutive days, on the ninth day you leave it behind. most people include a line like: say this prayer for 9 consecutive days and your wish will be granted to you. heh. catholicism is serious superstitious business. then again, which religion isn't?