9 posts tagged “noisepollution”

I gave up coffee and cigarettes

Michelle Featherstone - Coffee & Cigarettes

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I hate to say it hasn’t helped me yet
I thought my problems would just dissipate
And all my pain would be in yesterday

I poured my booze all down the kitchen drain
And watched my bad habits get flushed away
I thought that that would keep my head on straight
And all my pain would be in yesterday

But it’s true
I’m still blue
But I finally know what to do
I must quit, I must quit, you

I thought that if I didn’t go and play
The sadness would get bored and go away
I thought that if I didn’t go astray
That all my pain would be in yesterday

But it’s true
I’m still blue
But I finally know what to do
I must quit, I must quit, you

I sold my guitar and my piano
I thought that it was these that kept me low
I thought if only I could try and change
That all my pain would be in yesterday

But it’s true
I’m still blue
But I finally know what to do
I must quit, I must quit, you

I must quit, I must quit, you

um WOW, this song came on shuffle on my ipod while on the bus back from campus. this sucks - emotionally compartmentalizing certain periods of my life onto this gadget. too many good songs are fraught with conditioned stimuli & responses. i guess rather than escape it, putting it all out here could be some sort of aversion therapy. only time will tell. i don't want it so that feeling upset is a form of emotional relapse.

got this from a friend :-)

Baz Luhrmann - Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '97... wear sunscreen.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience.

I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked.

You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don't worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don't waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long, and in the end, it's only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when they're gone.

Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.

Dance. Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents, you never know when they'll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you'll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don't mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

...i'm gonna post a song that brings me back. also to take a break from all the shit i have to do. but i have a lot lot to post about. till then, here's a song. enjoy :).

Matchbox 20 - 3 AM (Piano Acoustic incredible)

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i'm a little overwhelmed and apathetic to the workload i have at the moment. i should be reading for my grad paper proposal and for myriad other classes, but aren't there virtues in everything, namely, procrastination?

i'd first listened to Look After You by the Fray when i was reading the last few pages of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, one of my favorite books. it was then that i set the song on my ipod on loop and started crying my eyes out because the experience - listening to the song and the plot (i won't spoil it, but it's a great story) - was so profoundly moving.

The Fray - Look After You

The Fray

so, i'm not feeling down or depressed or anything, just wanted to add that as a preface. in fact, i'm feeling pretty happy about things and people in general, so no harm, no foul. i first heard this song in that emotionally debilitating moment heretofore remembered as driver's ed lesson 2. regardless, the song doesn't touch me in the same intimate way, but since Q E III brought me back in touch with it, i can't help but listening to it every so often. and, per usual, crazed youtube acolytes seem to love making montages and i found this to be aptly touching as well. enjoy :).

I'm digging Q E III's "Song of the Moment" concept and I can't stress enough how I feel that certain songs compiled in your iPod playlist serve as an emotional soundtrack for each event in your life. So, here's to the fellow New Yorker.

Beyoncé - Irreplaceable

Beyoncé

P.S. Thursday's perfect for lunch :)