I find something primal, yet cultured; expressive, yet esoteric in poetry. The most profound verse I have come to love comes from the Rubaiyat, a selection of poems, by Omar Khayyam.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit,
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
Do you understand what Khayyam is saying?
Friday, December 28, 2012
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Practicality
Okay, listen.
It's a cold winters day. About 40 degrees outside, wind chill a little over 35 degrees. Its also darkening outside; the angry grey sky invites nothing but gloom and despair. And the forecast calls for rain. It is on this horrid day that I am charged with a most unfortunate task.
Here I am, studiously writing personal statements for graduate school, huddled up in my blanket seeking warmth within its fleece confines when I hear my dad yell for me to come downstairs.
These occurrences rarely bring me joy and this time was no different.
He pulls out a bucket and soap and hands it to me with two rags and ushers me into the garage. I await with trepidation.
He tells me its going to rain soon.
And he wants me to soap up the car before it does.
It's a cold winters day. About 40 degrees outside, wind chill a little over 35 degrees. Its also darkening outside; the angry grey sky invites nothing but gloom and despair. And the forecast calls for rain. It is on this horrid day that I am charged with a most unfortunate task.
Here I am, studiously writing personal statements for graduate school, huddled up in my blanket seeking warmth within its fleece confines when I hear my dad yell for me to come downstairs.
These occurrences rarely bring me joy and this time was no different.
He pulls out a bucket and soap and hands it to me with two rags and ushers me into the garage. I await with trepidation.
He tells me its going to rain soon.
And he wants me to soap up the car before it does.
Bonding Time
My mother and I share a pretty close bond. Pardon the cliche but she's like a close friend. I confide in her and she gives me advice. She's knowledge of all my relationships and crushes and has guided me through minor heartbreaks and woes. I'm the voice of reason when she's caught up with histrionics and melodrama and I'm there for her to vent.
I scare the hell out of her while she cooks, she smacks me when I do. She tells me to shave, I proceed to kiss her cheek with my full beard in all its glory. I'ts a rather unique relationship.
So on the cruise I decided to take her to dance lessons and there we learnt to tango!
I can't dance. But it was so worth it spending time with mom. After spending about 45 minutes walking through the steps I asked her to dance and it was great. I think we were the only mother-son pair there ahaha.
After the class was over we went to lunch with the rest of the family. By the way, 80% of my excitement with regards to going on cruises stem primarily from the fact that food is incredible and abundant. My appetite cannot be sated now that I am home. I swear my stomach has expanded to the size of a small pony.
Anyways, after lunch my mom wanted us to practice again to show dad because he's the last person ever to dance (although he did the YMCA with mom at the beginning of the cruise).
I scare the hell out of her while she cooks, she smacks me when I do. She tells me to shave, I proceed to kiss her cheek with my full beard in all its glory. I'ts a rather unique relationship.
So on the cruise I decided to take her to dance lessons and there we learnt to tango!
I can't dance. But it was so worth it spending time with mom. After spending about 45 minutes walking through the steps I asked her to dance and it was great. I think we were the only mother-son pair there ahaha.
After the class was over we went to lunch with the rest of the family. By the way, 80% of my excitement with regards to going on cruises stem primarily from the fact that food is incredible and abundant. My appetite cannot be sated now that I am home. I swear my stomach has expanded to the size of a small pony.
Anyways, after lunch my mom wanted us to practice again to show dad because he's the last person ever to dance (although he did the YMCA with mom at the beginning of the cruise).
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| Tango! |
Let me introduce myself
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| Very candid picture of the family. Clearly photogenicity skips generations |
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| Medusa and me aahah |
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| Curacao |
The Vacation Playlist
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic far beyond all we do here!
-Albus Dumbledore
My ENTIRE vacation, I had two songs stuck in my head.
Elton John's Circle of Life from the Lion King and that beyond irritating Christmas song that goes:
"laaast Christmas, I gave you my heart and the very next daaaay you gave it awaaaay. Thiiis year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special"
Yuck. I hate Christmas music. And the strangest thing is, the Christmas song and Circle of Life melded into one and I'd hum one then seamlessly transition to the other. Drove my family insane.
No matter how I feel, who I'm with, where I am, what I'm doing music has a place. And though my musical needs can be fulfilled solely by Coldplay, I am a man of variety.
And here I have compiled a list of the songs I listened to on vacation!!
Lions Roar- First Aid Kit
Ehlam- Ahmed Meky Ft. Donia
Say It like You Mean It- The Cinema
Egyptic- Beats Antique
All You- The Cataracts
Satellite- Down Faye
Oblivion- Bastille
Time of times- Badly Drawn Boy
Elevator Love Letter- Stars
Hasir- Modeselektor
Not so bad- Dido
1800 Silver- After the Smoke & King Mez
Everything at Once- Lenka
Beneath Your Beautiful- Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande
The Power of Love- Gabrielle Aplin
Its Time- Imagine Dragons
I Found You- The Wanted
LOVE IS EASY- MCFLY
Wires- Athlete
Flowers In Your Hair- The Lumineers
Ho Hey- The Lumineers
GHOSTS- THE PRESETS
A.O.- The Presets
Fall- The Presets
Laura Palmer- Bastille
Hold Me Close- Flux Pavillion
Night Goes On- Flux Pavillion
Overjoyed- Bastille
Sleepsong- Bastille
Soul Meets Body- Death Cab for Cutie
Adventures in Solitude- The New Pornographers
Un Angelo Non E- Eros Ramazzotti
Cinema Paradiso- Giorgia Fumanti (okay, kind of strange, but its beautiful)
Lullaby- Billy Joel
My Rights Versus Yours- The New Pornographers
Start Shootin'- Little People
Kayip- Tarkan
Try- P!nk
Challengers- The New Pornographers
Saturday- The Enemy
Champion- The Chevin
Young Girls- Bruno Mars
BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS- LIFEHOUSE FT. NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
Sleep Alone- Two Door Cinema Club
Rain of Gold- Young Empires
Fly Or Die- Rock Mafia
Wild- Royal Teeth
Big Mouth- Santigold
Jungles- Stepdad
Searchin- Matisyahu
Finale- Madeon
I'll Be Alright- Passion Pit
On Top Of The World- Imagine Dragons
Feud- Band Of Horses
Follow- Crystal Fighters
OHM- YO LA TENGO
Outta My Mind- Cali
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING by COLDPLAY, BASTILLE, IMAGINE DRAGONS, A SILENT FILM, WOLF GANG and T.I
So, the things in bold are particularly great, the ones in bold and capital letters are songs that are pretty much my favorites.
-Albus Dumbledore
My ENTIRE vacation, I had two songs stuck in my head.
Elton John's Circle of Life from the Lion King and that beyond irritating Christmas song that goes:
"laaast Christmas, I gave you my heart and the very next daaaay you gave it awaaaay. Thiiis year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special"
Yuck. I hate Christmas music. And the strangest thing is, the Christmas song and Circle of Life melded into one and I'd hum one then seamlessly transition to the other. Drove my family insane.
No matter how I feel, who I'm with, where I am, what I'm doing music has a place. And though my musical needs can be fulfilled solely by Coldplay, I am a man of variety.
And here I have compiled a list of the songs I listened to on vacation!!
Lions Roar- First Aid Kit
Ehlam- Ahmed Meky Ft. Donia
Say It like You Mean It- The Cinema
Egyptic- Beats Antique
All You- The Cataracts
Satellite- Down Faye
Oblivion- Bastille
Time of times- Badly Drawn Boy
Elevator Love Letter- Stars
Hasir- Modeselektor
Not so bad- Dido
1800 Silver- After the Smoke & King Mez
Everything at Once- Lenka
Beneath Your Beautiful- Labrinth ft. Emeli Sande
The Power of Love- Gabrielle Aplin
Its Time- Imagine Dragons
I Found You- The Wanted
LOVE IS EASY- MCFLY
Wires- Athlete
Flowers In Your Hair- The Lumineers
Ho Hey- The Lumineers
GHOSTS- THE PRESETS
A.O.- The Presets
Fall- The Presets
Laura Palmer- Bastille
Hold Me Close- Flux Pavillion
Night Goes On- Flux Pavillion
Overjoyed- Bastille
Sleepsong- Bastille
Soul Meets Body- Death Cab for Cutie
Adventures in Solitude- The New Pornographers
Un Angelo Non E- Eros Ramazzotti
Cinema Paradiso- Giorgia Fumanti (okay, kind of strange, but its beautiful)
Lullaby- Billy Joel
My Rights Versus Yours- The New Pornographers
Start Shootin'- Little People
Kayip- Tarkan
Try- P!nk
Challengers- The New Pornographers
Saturday- The Enemy
Champion- The Chevin
Young Girls- Bruno Mars
BETWEEN THE RAINDROPS- LIFEHOUSE FT. NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
Sleep Alone- Two Door Cinema Club
Rain of Gold- Young Empires
Fly Or Die- Rock Mafia
Wild- Royal Teeth
Big Mouth- Santigold
Jungles- Stepdad
Searchin- Matisyahu
Finale- Madeon
I'll Be Alright- Passion Pit
On Top Of The World- Imagine Dragons
Feud- Band Of Horses
Follow- Crystal Fighters
OHM- YO LA TENGO
Outta My Mind- Cali
ANYTHING and EVERYTHING by COLDPLAY, BASTILLE, IMAGINE DRAGONS, A SILENT FILM, WOLF GANG and T.I
So, the things in bold are particularly great, the ones in bold and capital letters are songs that are pretty much my favorites.
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