Young Foreverrr

This is just a great cover of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream." I love how they slowed it down.



And here's another great cover. Ellie Goulding is always amazing.



And so it goes...

It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

Aww, I love this time of the year. Winter break is near, I finish finals next Tuesday and then it's a 3 week winter break for me! I'm so excited to:
-Spend time with my lovely family
-Mess with all my lovely cameras (especially my new LC-A+ that I won for free @ the lomography.com giveaway) and organize my photography
-Go on a photo adventure with my friend Susie
-Read some books
-Watch all the wonderful movies on the movie channels (Rent Twilight: Eclipse and Inception)
-Make some fanvids for Lie To Me and various movies
-Practice guitar

Sounds like fun huh? You know you wanna come on over and join me :)

And lastly, I'm currently digging Coldplay's new single "Christmas Lights." Seriously, everything they make is gold. Love them! Also, my love Chris Martin ceases to make me blush.



And so it goes...

"You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way"

This song always fit a certain mood I get in, can't describe it. Such a beautiful song.


And so it goes...

Fantasy is Fiction

So I saw him again in film class. I had this whole idea thought out in my head that when we had a 10 min break in class, he would walk up the lecture hall stairs to go outside (like he always does) and I would be sitting at my usual aisle seat and that we would lock eyes and that I would coyly smile up at him and we would have this beautiful moment between us. Well reality is much different from fantasy thought up by my mind. He looked at me but it was only a glance and it was so quick that I thought it would be too awkward to get a smile in and I was also nervous 'cuz I had been thinking about it. It was unfortunately, just like any of the other glances you give someone, insignificant and meaningless. And I'll admit, it's quite creepy if someone has a crush on you and you don't even know them. Because somehow, when you crush on someone, you create this whole story of you guys and you think that you know that person, but reality is you don't, and you're being a creep by thinking about him that much. So I guess this is one of those moments when fantasy doesn't quite live up to what it's suppose to be and reality takes over like it always does.

At least I have Ellie Goulding's new album Bright Lights to make me feel slightly better.



And so it goes...

I want this for Christmas...


And so it goes...

I've dreamt of seeing Erik Hassle perform and meeting him for two nights in a row now. That's gotta mean something right? Let's hope so!



Outside of that randomness, I've just downloaded Christina Perri's new EP "The Ocean Ways Sessions." Her voice is beautiful and my favorites are "Daydreams," "Tragedy" and of course "Jar of Hearts."


“I love you in my daydream
Don’t spoil it now, don’t spoil it now”


And so it goes...

"and when a train goes by it's such a sad sound"

Certain people in my life have begun to really irk me, I feel a falling out coming. And as of now, I'm perfectly fine with it, moving on and I don't want to spend any more of my precious energy worrying about it anymore, I'm done. One thing that I know will always make me feel better is just simply listening to some good tunes and looking at beautiful photography such as these...


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizziestrupat/


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/defects/


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristiangullner/


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/62912914@N00/


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/viviantheindian/


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliettesteen/


Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfranklin/


I want to desperately get great captures like these talented people.

And so it goes...

Changing with the Seasons

It's slowly becoming more work than reward with some of my friends. The sad thing is, I don't even think they notice or put as much thought into it as I do. I'm glad that I at least have a couple of friends that I can still go to.

And so it goes...

"And You Can Tell Everybody This Is Your Song"

Ellie Goulding just released her cover song of Elton John's "Your Song." I rather like it and I really like the music video. It reminds me of Robyn's "Hang With Me" video. I love when they're sort of behind the scenes-like.



Also, just look at this pretty photo of Shaun White playing guitar. Goodness, he's gorgeous. Oh, how I love film photography...you can just feel so much richness in this shot. This is why I love it.

Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/susiefloros

And so it goes...

Dreaming of Wonderfulness

My dreams have been good to me lately. The other night I had a dream that I was in a relationship with a younger Tim Roth and the feeling I felt in my dream when I was with him was indescribable. It's one that I lost after I woke up, but I wish I could feel that again. It was complete happiness. Now, I'm not saying that it was because I was with Tim Roth (that didn't hurt it though ;) ) but the fact that I was with someone that I completely trusted and loved. I hope that feeling can be felt in real life and that it isn't just a chemical reaction of happiness that my brain creates that I will only feel in my dreams.

Then last night I had a dream that I had finally met the guy that I've been crushing on from afar at some kind of work party thing, which is how I hope I'll meet him in real life next week. But anyways, he was interested in me like I was in him and he said that I was attractive and he really wanted to get to know me. It was a nice ego boost in my dream. Now that I've had that amazing dream, how will real life ever be able to top it? That's the sad part. Why don't these things happen in real life? And will I ever feel the wonderfulness of my dreams in real life or are they only sacred to my dreams?

And so it goes...

We Listen For You: Amazing Craigslist Call for a Band

We Listen For You: Amazing Craigslist Call for a Band: "If you wrote the following, email us and let us know how the wedding was: Subject:* Best Craig's list ad ever (real) *Terrible band need..."

Secret To An Indie Favorite Music Video

So if you want your music video to be watched and liked by many and you want to appear in it as little as possible, then just get a few kids to learn your song and lip-synch it in a music video. This my friends, is key to a winner. Haha, at least that's what these guys did and I love them! I think kids hold such innocence that when they sing a song that seems mature for them, it brings on a rawness and emotion that just can't be portrayed when an adult sings it.

Black Keys-"Tighten Up"


Foals-"Blue Blood"


The Temper Trap-"Love Lost"


And so it goes...

New Listens

Benjamin Francis Leftwich is a singer/songwriter from York who just came out with a new EP called "A Million Miles Out." There's only four songs but they are all wonderful. Just watch his new music video, it's a photographer's dream, so beautiful! Just look at all the colors and the beautiful colouring...inspires me.

"I will remember your face
'Cause I am still in love with that place
When the stars are the only things we share
Will you be there?"



He also has a great cover of The Killer's "When You Were Young"...
Benjamin Francis Leftwich - When You Were Young by Authority Communications

I also just downloaded Hurts' new album "Happiness." It's pretty good so far. I need to fulfill my urge for UK and overseas music.

And so it goes...

Martyn Bal Fashion with ERIK HASSLE!

These photos aren't that new but I love them because 1. Erik Hassle is the model, 2. The photography is gorgeous and 3. I love this kind of style on guys.










And so it goes...

Loaded Words

I love words that are only existent in certain languages that are loaded with meaning, here's some that I've found over time...

Toska
Russian – Vladmir Nabokov describes it best: “No single word in English renders all the shades of toska. At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. At less morbid levels it is a dull ache of the soul, a longing with nothing to long for, a sick pining, a vague restlessness, mental throes, yearning. In particular cases it may be the desire for somebody of something specific, nostalgia, love-sickness. At the lowest level it grades into ennui, boredom.”

Mamihlapinatapei
Yagan (indigenous language of Tierra del Fuego) – “the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to start”

Jayus
Indonesian – “A joke so poorly told and so unfunny that one cannot help but laugh”

Iktsuarpok
Inuit – “To go outside to check if anyone is coming.”

Litost
Czech – Milan Kundera, author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, remarked that “As for the meaning of this word, I have looked in vain in other languages for an equivalent, though I find it difficult to imagine how anyone can understand the human soul without it.” The closest definition is a state of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery.

Kyoikumama
Japanese – “A mother who relentlessly pushes her children toward academic achievement”

Tartle
Scottish Gaelic– The act of hestitating while introducing someone because you’ve forgotten their name.

Ilunga
Tshiluba (Southwest Congo) – A word famous for its untranslatability, most professional translators pinpoint it as the stature of a person “who is ready to forgive and forget any first abuse, tolerate it the second time, but never forgive nor tolerate on the third offense.”

Prozvonit
Czech – This word means to call a mobile phone and let it ring once so that the other person will call back, saving the first caller money. In Spanish, the phrase for this is “Dar un toque,” or, “To give a touch.”

Cafuné
Brazilian Portuguese – “The act of tenderly running one’s fingers through someone’s hair.”

Saudade
Portuguese- Saudade has been described as a “vague and constant desire for something that does not and probably cannot exist… a turning towards the past or towards the future”. A stronger form of saudade may be felt towards people and things whose whereabouts are unknown, such as a lost lover, or a family member who has gone missing. It may also be translated as a deep longing or yearning for something which does not exist or is unattainable. Saudade is “the feeling of missing something you love while knowing that its likelihood of return is unknowable and entirely left to fate”…Saudade is “generally considered one of the hardest words to translate”…

And so it goes...

“And I pray that just this once/It will be exactly what I want…”

I found about the new Erik Hassle EP "Taken" and it's amazing! I love that he comes out with new stuff so often. I think my favorite is "Last Rider"...sort of fits my situation. I can't seem to ever get what I want romantically, and I want it to just happen already. I also really like "Taken" (Original Version), but seriously, they're all good. Although "Standing Where You Left Me" seems to be a repeat but whatever, it's a great song! Love this!

Taken EP by erikhassle

And so it goes...

People are letting me down all over the place. For a lack of better words...I will quote the wonderful Erik Hassle...

"Oh my god, this is too intense
It makes no sense,
This isn’t me, all this weakness
It makes me so sick…"


And so it goes...

"Keep your heart close to the ground"

Back at school, this weekend reminded me why I love home so much. My family has to be so amazing that they have to go and make me homesick every time I leave. I wonder if I'll always be homesick for home and if this will ever go away.

Song that's on repeat at the moment...


"soldier on
soldier on
keep your heart
close to the ground"

And so it goes...

"You abandoned me/Love don't live here anymore"

Currently loving...

"Love Don't Live Here Anymore" -City and Colour (I'm actually revisiting a lot of C&C stuff and liking it just as I did two years ago)
"Hello" (Lionel Richie cover) -Lissie
"Alors on Danse" -Erik Hassle w/ Stromae

I just discovered all of these raw, live sessions done by Ray-Ban and they're so good. My favorites are Erik Hassle's and Lissie's but that's really no surprise is it?

Erik performing "Hurtful" and it's lovely as always.

Erik Hassel from Ray-Ban Rooms on Vimeo.

Lissie performing her cover of "Hello". Love the intimacy in the back of this cab.

Lissie from Black Cab Sessions on Vimeo.

And so it goes...

My Song and Dance Man...

"At 14, I discovered girls. At that time, dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship. Only later did I discover that you dance joy. You dance love. You dance dreams."

I'm currently on a Gene Kelly kick and have come to a realization (kinda late) that he was the best actor/dancer in my book. Just watch him go, he's so natural and graceful. He still has that masculinity to him though too, which I love. He's so handsome!


Also, I've been watching and listening to all of Erik Hassle's new stuff from his album The Hassle Sessions: Volume One. His covers are amazing!

And so it goes...

"We're holding out for you/Covered in snow"

Current listens:

Under Control album -Cary Brothers
Habits album -Neon Trees
"Heartless" (Kanye West cover) and "Covered in Snow" -William Fitzsimmons
"First in Line" -Matthew Mayfield

Anyways, I'm feeling a lot more optimistic about the whole home sick/reclusive/weirded-out thing. I still don't know quite why I was feeling that way but it's eased up and I'm slowly thinking about those thoughts less and less. I was very happy today; beach, movies, peace.

And so it goes...

Homesick

Do you ever get homesick?

I can't get used to it
I can't get used to it
I'll never get used to it
I'll never get used to it





And so it goes...

1.

Sometimes being in a crowded room makes me feel the loneliest. I sit there and wonder why I'm so uninterested in what's going on around me. Maybe it's my reclusiveness at times, or maybe I just have things to say that would never come out the way I'd want them to. This mostly happens at night which might explain a lot or explain very little. Whatever the reason, I don't know what to think of it all. What does it mean and does it even mean anything at all?

And so it goes...