Song of the Week

Narrator:
(So apropos:
Saw death on a sunny snow)

Him:
"For every life..."

Her:
"Forgoe the parable."

Him:
"Seek the light."

Her:
"...My knees are cold."

(Running home, running home, running home, running home...)

Her:
"Go find another lover;
To bring a... to string along!"

"With all your lies,
You're still very lovable."

"I toured the light; so many foreign roads for Emma, forever ago."

The Pursuit of Happiness

Happiness. It’s what everyone wants. While people might gives answers like fame, money, love, when you ask them what they want, what they’re really saying is “I want to be happy.” Think about it. People who want fame, money, love, etc. think these are the magical keys that will bring them happiness.

As Christians and Catholics, our general assumption is that doing God’s will, our mission in life, will bring us happiness. This is a lovely idea. We picture the saints as experts at doing God’s will. Sure, it wasn’t always early for them, but they did it. And they were HAPPY.

Perhaps this is a skewed assumption. Take St. Elizabeth of Hungary, for example. She married Louis of Thuringia and had a love- and faith-filled marriage. However, Louis died in the Crusades not long after. They had three children, one of whom died as a young child. Elizabeth certainly had her share of heartache. It would be unreasonable to think that she did not suffer from pain and loss every day of her life.

That is not to say that St. Elizabeth did not find contentment, fulfillment, and joy in obeying God. But perhaps the ‘issue’ is with the idea of happiness itself.

I believe that many people, including myself, associate happiness with how you feel when you’re hanging out with friends, for example. You’re laughing, joking around, and just feeling really good, key word being ‘feeling’. We associate happiness with how we feel.

That’s where we mess up. Happiness is, or should I say, can be, an emotion, just like sadness, joy, or anger. I think of happiness as a combination of joy and contentment. And who doesn’t want to feel like that? ALL THE TIME?

But seriously, we are human beings. We have these things called emotions that vary GREATLY and FREQUENTLY throughout our lives. That’s just life. Isn’t it somewhat unreasonable to expect to experience just one emotion for the rest of your life, regardless of what happens?

Maybe true happiness is less of a reaction, and more of a decision, less of a feeling and more of a knowing; a knowledge that we know what this life is all about and what we need to do in order to be eternally happy.

Try - Asher Book

Recently I watched the new movie "Fame", a remake of an older Oscar-winning film. While the musical numbers were impressive and featured exceptional talent, I found the overall story sorely lacking. Certain story lines would be picked up and elaborated on only to be suddenly dropped and never resurrected. In the story lines that were touched upon more than once, the huge gaps in time left a lot to be assumed on the part of the watcher.

However, as I said before, the musical numbers were great, and the song of the week is one of these:

"Try" - Asher Book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7zqrOP_oBA

Staggering

ONE OUT OF EVERY SIX American women has been the victim of an attempted or a completed rape in her lifetime, adding up to 17.7 million people.

Sixty-six perfect of rape victims know their assailant. Forty-eight percent are raped by a friend.

Twenty perfect of rapes take place at the home of a friend, neighbor, or relative.

More than half occur within a mile of the victim's home.

Eighty percent of rape victims are under age thirty. Girls between ages sixteen and nineteen are four times more likely than the general population to be victims of sexual assault.

Sixty-one percent of rapes are not reported to the police. If a rape is reported, there's a 50.8 percent chance that an arrest will be made. If an arrest is made, there's an 80 percent chance of prosecution. If there's a prosecution, there's a 58 percent chance of felony conviction. If there's a felony conviction, there's a 69 percent chance that the rapist will actually spend time in jail. Of the 39 percent of rapes that are ported to the police, then there's only a 16.3 percent chance that the rapist will wind up in prison. If you factor in all the unreported rapes, 94 percent of rapists walk free.

Quotes from Theatre Appreciation

By concentrating on the bigger picture rather than your individual role, you get farther and farther away from your role, harming the bigger picture.

Passion is what makes goals achievable.

Until June

Meggar posted something on Michael Buble so I feel like posting something on Until June. :)

"Until June is quietly conquering the music world... The indie-cool-meets-pop sounds created by trio Josh Ballard, Dan Ballard and Daniel Dempsey offer a fresh take on the term piano rock. With a #1 single in Greece and extensive touring in the U.S., Southeast Asia and the Mediterranean under their belts, UJ is steadily amassing a loyal alliance of believers worldwide who are eager to share their discovery. Melodic falsettos belted out over lush rock instrumentation provide the perfect paradox of sound that almost feels like a guilty pleasure.

Until June released their new EP Sound of Defeat on Authentik Artists on May 19, 2009 and will be touring internationally throughout the year."

- PureVolume

The Game of Life

Today in Theatre, our teacher had us do a 'check-in' where we were to use a board game as a metaphor for our lives right now.

I used the game Clue. I have watched about three Sherlock Holmes movies in the past three days, and I have started reading Conan Doyle again.

But the real reason I used Clue was because I am waiting on information in order to make decisions in my life.

Oratio Sancti Francisci

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood, as to understand;
to be loved, as to love;
for it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

Amen.


Domine, fac me servum pacis tuae,
ubi odium, amorem seram;
ubi iniuria, veniam;
ubi dubium, fidem;
ubi desperatio, spem;
ubi caligo, lucem;
ubi tristitia, laetitiam.

O Domine coelestis, concede mihi ut ne tam petam
consolari quam consolare,
intellegi quam intelligere,
amari quam amare.

Nam in dando recipimus,
in ignoscendo ignoscimur,
et in moriendo ad vitam aeternam nascimur.

Amen.

Plain Truth

"If you're afraid of everyone leaving you, what do you do?"

"Make them stay."

"And if you can't do that, or don't know how to?"

"I don't know."

"Yes, you do. In fact, you've done it. You leave first, so you don't have to watch them walk away."


-Coop and Ellie from "Plain Truth" by Jodi Piccoult

Gifts

Imagine making a gift for someone and pouring your blood, sweat, tears, time, your very self into this gift. It becomes a representation of you. You give this gift to the person you made it for, and they take the gift and walk away, without so much as a thank you. They are so enthralled with the gift that they forget the giver.

God gives people to us, friends and family. They greatest gifts receive in our lives. Sometimes we come to love them and forget their Maker, we appreciate them without appreciating Him Who gave them to us. And sometimes, God takes them away from us, because He loves us so much, so that we will remember Him.

- A homily by Fr. Anthony Ouellette

Movie Review: Benny & Joon

Title: Benny & Joon

Rating: PG

Length: 98 minutes

Stars: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson

My Rating: 5 stars *****

Basically, this movie is awesome. I LOVE Johnny Depp, and he is simply amazing in “Benny & Joon”. He makes you laugh, and he makes you cry. You want him to succeed and you fall in love with him.

Joon is a mentally ill young woman who lives with her brother, Benny. She has to be watched by a house sitter and rarely leaves the house. She loves to paint. She goes with Benny to a poker game and she loses, and therefore must take a young man named Sam home with her. Joon and Sam form a friendship, originally to the wonder of Benny, and then to his dismay.

That’s the plot setup. I’m sure you can guess what happens next. The acting, especially on the part of Mary Stuart Masterson, is very good, and the plot is priceless.

Aaaand, this is a sucky review but I honestly can’t think of anything else to say about it except that it’s amazing and you should watch it.

Movie Review: Master and Commander

Title: Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Rating: PG-13

Length: 138 minutes

Stars: Russell Crowe, Paul Bettany

My Rating: 4 stars ****

Recommended by: The Odd Wizard of MO

The story centered around a British naval captain, Captain Jack Aubrey, and his ship, the HSM Surprise. The movie is set in the very early 1800s in the oceans around South America (maybe Africa). The ship suffers from a surprise attack by a French ship. Captain Aubrey decides to chase this ship down and capture it, despite the ship being bigger and faster, and consequently ‘out of their league’.

This movie is not for the faint of heart. I certainly don’t enjoy violence, but in this movie it is simply a part of the story and was not overly emphasized, so I could live with it.

At the same time, humor also has its place in the movie and is well-used. An example: “Name a shrub after me. Something prickly and hard to eradicate.”

As for the characters, they are realistic and believable. You grow attached to them quickly, and, as a warning, not all of them survive. It’s a battleship. There are battles. Men die. That’s just the facts. Even some of the guys you care about will die.

The captain, Jack Aubrey, is a powerful character. You come to care about him, but you also realize he is not perfect and can make bad decisions. In the end he redeems himself, as all truly good characters do. His friend, Stephen, was a difficult character for me. I liked him, but I don’t think I would want to be friends with him. Maybe part of what bothered me about him was that I recognized the actor but couldn’t place him. Turns out he (Paul Betanny) played Dustfinger in “Inkheart.” The friendship between Jack and Stephen is explored in relation to their different levels of authority, which adds an interesting element.

Sadly, there are no absolutely no women or girls “Master and Commander”. :( I just felt the need to mention this and bemoan it.

Rusell Crowe was...okay, okay, I'll say it. Hot. Even with long(ish) hair. Happy now? He had a confidence and command that 'proved' his character. Don't ask me what that means :P

Overall, it was a good movie. Not absolutely spectacular, but it earned four stars.

Song of the Week

I have a brand new song of the week all ready and waiting!!!!!

"Smother Me" by The Used

However, "Congratulations" by Blue October feat. Imogen Heap also deserves a special mention, so I'm including a video for it too.

Listen to "Smother Me":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-AVDMKDYqI


Listen to "Congratulations":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MknhYSj_w-I



<3 Kristen

Song of the Week

The song of the week is for Megs. She knows why. :)

“The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” by Weezer.

I saw this in a video and it was SO funny. I couldn’t get the song out of my head, so I downloaded it and became obsessed.

At first it might be a little wierd, but just listen to the whole thing. Trust me.

Listen to it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIbnlvjF5PY

http://butterfli4life.livejournal.com/9100.html

A Memory

I feel like a memory
Like a whispered ‘I love you’ the wind whisks away before it reaches the beloved

I feel like a footstep on snow
Like the feeble flicker of a candle that never gleams in someone’s eye

I feel like sleep
Like the hushed sob of a broken heart begging amnesia for balm

I feel like silence
Like the last leaf of autumn twirling and dangling by a thread

I feel like thunder
Like the final throb of hope as it exhales into despair

I feel like a goodbye
Like the soft thud of a book closing to the world

I feel like a sigh
Like moss encroaching the honor and eternity of a tombstone

I feel like a shadow
Like the cry of a seagull echoing out across the waves

I feel like a requiem
Like the muslin of a mourning veil that filters the light until only shadows penetrate the
gloom

I live.

I hurt.

I am.

New Song of the Week

This week I am actually on time with the song of the week - "Red High Heels" by Kellie Pickler. Lately I've been listening to so much pop, rock, and alternative, I haven't really listened to country music in a while. That is, until this song popped up in my YouTube suggestions box, and I have a slight addiction to it now. Plus, I'm in a very red-high-heels mood right now. If you're a guy and don't understand, I'm sorry, I can't explain it. It's a girl thing.

Listen to it:

Lyrics:

Baby, I've got plans tonight
You don't know nothin about
I've been sittin round way too long
Tryin' to figure you out
But you say that you'll call and you don't
And I'm spinnin my wheels
So I'm goin out tonight in my red high heels

I'm gonna call up that old boyfriend you said
Still has it bad for me
I'm gonna take him into town, flaunt him around
For everyone to see
Well, you said once yourself, baby
Yeah, you know the deal
Nobody holds a candle to me
In my red high heels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin me feels
In my red high heels

All those games you tried to play
Well they ain't gonna work on me now
I put a barbed wire fence around my heart, baby
Just to keep you out
Well, you thought I'd wait around forever
But baby get real
I just kicked you to the curb
In my red high heels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin me feels
In my red high heels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin me feels

Oh, you can watch me walk if you want to, want to
I bet you want me back now don't you, don't you
I'm about to show you just how missin' me feels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels
In my red high heels

~Kristen

http://butterfli4life.livejournal.com/8473.html

Michael Buble Raps

I found this today and it is amazing!!!!!!!!!!! Who knew Michael Buble, one of my all-time favorite singers, could rap?! And he even does it well!!!!!!!!!

Go Michael! I love you! :) <3

New Song of the Week

Drumroll, please! The new song of the week is……………..”Running Away” by Midnight Hour. I love this song to death. I first saw it in a New Moon video, and I fell for it then. I immediately went and downloaded it. It is so so heart-breakingly gut-wrenchingly sad. It has this epic sound to it. I don’t know how to describe it other than that. The lead singer’s voice is very powerful and emotional.

Listen to it:

Lyrics:

Don’t lie and say it’s okay

It’s alright if there’s nothing more to say

So I’ll be running away

I’m leaving this place

Yeah, I’m running away

I’m running away

Don’t tell me I’m the one to blame

It’s too late for you to make me stay

No, I won’t stay

So I’ll be running away

I’m leaving this place

Yeah, I’m running away

I’m running away

And faster than you can follow me

From this lonely place

And farther than you can find me

I’m leaving, yeah, I’m leaving today

I, I’ll never let you find me

I’m leaving you behind with the past

No, I won’t look back

And I, I don’t wanna hear your reasons

Don’t wanna hear you tell me why I should stay

I’m tryin’, I’m trying to understand me

Try to understand I say when I say I can’t stay

I, I’m moving on from this place

I’m leaving and I walk when I’m running away

I’m running away

I’m leaving this place

Yeah, I’m running away

I’m running away

BTW, if anyone wants to know what last week’s song was, it’s “The Greatest” by Cat Power.

Song of the Week

I have a new song of the week for y'all!!!!!!!!!

Last week sometime I was going through the Music Sundays blog, listening to the songs via YouTube videos that Moon_Witche so kindly included, and one of the songs was "The Minnow and the Trout" by A Fine Frenzy. I had heard of this group because I had a song of theirs ("Rangers") that came with a fanmix that I liked. Soooo, I listen to this song, and I LOVE it. It sticks in my head, I catch myself singing it randomly and constantly, and it just won't LEAVE ME ALONE!

So I decide that if I like two songs by Fine Frenzy, I will probably like their other ones. BOY DID I. Oh. My. Edward. I haven't loved a group this much since I found The Fray. And that's saying a lot. I could go on and on about the folk-music sound and the soulful lyrics and the heart-wrenching delivery of each and every song.

One song (barely) stood out from among the rest: "Almost Lover". This song . . . . . . . . . . . . . floors me. Alison Sudol sings this song especially with such beauty and TRUTH. She has surely suffered heartbreak in her life. There is no other way she could come out with a song like this. "Ashes and Wine" is a song that goes very closely with "Almost Lover". The lyrics are different, the concept is similar, but the feeling is identical. Now, I don't mean to say they're the same song. They're not. They're very different and stand alone fine. But together . . . . . . . . magic. Personally, I like the verses of "Almost Lover" and the chorus of "Ashes and Wine" best. I bow to the amazing awesomness of Alison Sudol. I really do. I would be honored to have her autograph. The warmth, depth, and power of her voice is truly one of the most spectacular things I have ever heard.

ANYWAYS, all the songs on "One Cell in the Sea" (the only album by A Fine Frenzy that has been released) are very very good and simply dazzling. Yes, I used the 'dazzling'. I bought the album the day after I listened to the songs and spent $13.95 at Hastings on it. The best almost $14 I have ever spent.

GO CHECK OUT 'A FINE FRENZY' RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Lyrics:

Your fingertips across my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind
Images
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

Well, I never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
Images
And when you left, you kissed my lips
You told me you would never, never forget
These images

No

Well, I'd never want to see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot drive the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gone and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine

Did I make it that
Easy to walk right in and out
Of my life?

Goodbye, my almost lover
Goodbye, my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long, my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should have known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do

Song of the Week

The new song of the week is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

"Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" by John Mayer. I'm not a huge huge fan of John Mayer (I could have lived very happily without ever hearing "Say"), but this song of his I absolutely love. It is entirely coincidence that this song was played on CSI in Season 7. It was where I first heard the song, but I didn't really hear it until I downloaded it in a Twilight fanmix. One of the items on my bucket list is to slow dance to this song sometime in my life.

This song kind of reminds me of early on in New Moon from Edward's POV. He has the mindset where it's never going to work and it's going to end badly, so this song is very appropriate for that. The song is also very melancholy and almost resolved to the situation, which DUH, is totally Edward.

Plus, this song has just been my mood lately.



I used a GSR video to the song because I couldn't find any vids of the song that weren't live. So, if you want, just ignore the visuals and the voiceovers.

Anyways, love the song to death, strongly recommend it, and all that.

Lyrics:


It's not a silly little moment,
It's not the storm before the calm.
This is the deep and dying breath of
This love that we've been working on.

Can't seem to hold you like I want to
So I can feel you in my arms.
Nobody's gonna come and save you,
We pulled too many false alarms.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

I was the one you always dreamed of,
You were the one I tried to draw.
How dare you say it's nothing to me?
Baby, you're the only light I ever saw.

I'll make the most of all the sadness,
You'll be a bitch because you can.
You try to hit me just to hurt me
So you leave me feeling dirty
Because you can't understand.

We're going down,
And you can see it too.
We're going down,
And you know that we're doomed.
My dear,
We're slow dancing in a burning room.

Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?
Go cry about it - why don't you?

My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room,
Burning room.

Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we oughta know by now?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?
Don't you think we shoulda learned somehow?

CSI MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/405343_tvgif21.html

CSI fans take heart: A feature-length movie is in the cards, and it's definitely going to involve Gil Grissom, according to William Petersen.
"Yes, there will be a movie," Petersen told Britain's Radio Times. Although he is sure fans might be "a little trepidatious," Petersen promises the move to the big screen will not be done haphazardly.
"Usually people leave it till a series has finished —they did that with The X-Files and Sex and the City," Petersen said. "But it's about finding the right story, there has got to be a real reason to do it."
One of those real reasons? Grissom won't be around forever. "You don't just do it because you want to make money — you do it because there's a story that can't be told on TV and needs to be told from CSI's perspective and the audience wants it," Petersen said. "And we can't wait for CSI to end or Grissom will be about 90."
Petersen bowed out of the hit CBS drama after eight years earlier this season, handing over the reins to Laurence Fishburne's Raymond Langston. He had previously said his character's open-ended departure preserved the chance of a film.

Yes. YES. YES.

My life is complete. I can die now. No wait, I can die AFTER the movie comes out.

*happy sigh*

Billy, I love you. I do. Seriously.

Song of the Week

Hey everyone!

The song of the week is Only Hope” by Mandy Moore. There also is a Switchfoot version, but I prefer the original. I don’t LOVE love Mandy Moore, but I do really like this song. It’s from A Walk to Remember, which is where I first heard it. BTW Walk to Remember = GREAT movie!!! 4 stars (****). Lyrics at the bottom.

Also, I’ve known about this song called “Rangers” by A Fine Frenzy for a while, and it’s good, so I thought I’d share. Megan, I think you especially will like this song. It just sounds like your thing. ; )

Lyrics:

There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But You sing to me over and over and over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands
and pray to be only Yours
I pray to be only Yours
I know now you're my only hope

Sing to me the song of the stars
Of Your galaxy dancing and laughing
and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that You have for me over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope

I give You my destiny
I'm giving You all of me
I want Your symphony
Singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs I'm giving it back

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I pray to be only yours
I know now you're my only hope

Have a great day!

~Kristen

LJ Pimping

This is a very special post just to pimp the website LiveJournal. Yes, I love Blogger, it’s very simple and easy to use, but LJ . . . . it’s like vampire Blogger on steroids. The possibilities in using it are AMAZING. It’s so easy to post pics and videos, embed media, change text font, size, and color, etc. etc. Also, LJ has TONS of communities on every topic imaginable. For example, the LJ community Lion&Lamb is a Twilight fan community where fans post fanfiction updates, fanart, news, polls, questions, discussions, etc. etc. You can create your own community, join communities so you can post there, or watch them so you can get messages when they are updated. You can post individual posts as either public or private, with private being only viewable by your friends. I really really love using LJ, and I KNOW anyone who likes Blogger will love it too. The only setback I have found using LJ is it is very HTML based, so it helps to know just a tiny bit of basic HTML, for example a / means the end of something. If you run into problems with the HTML, it’s very easy to find help on what to do and how to fix it. I might even be able to help a little bit too.

Go check it out! MY LJ is : http://butterfli4life.livejournal.com. I have both private and public posts. I’ve posted fanart on there before a while ago, and I plan on doing it again. Those posts will be public.

P.S. And yes, I am very aware that this sounds like an ad or a commercial. Sorry about that!

Song of the Week

Hey! I’m here with the new Song of the Week(s)!!!!And yes, there is going to be two. This week I found a whole bunch of new, amazing music, and I couldn’t narrow it down to one song. So, the two songs are “Say (All I Need)” by One Republic, and “I Love Rock and Roll” by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. I first heard ‘Say’ in a Twilight music video, and it was just such an amazing song. The lyrics are iffy as a parallel to Twilight, but I LOVE the sound of it, if that makes any sense. As for “I Love Rock N Roll”, I’m going through a Joan Jett phase right now. And no, of course that doesn’t have ANYTHING to do with the fact that KStew’s going to playing her *wink wink*. Some other amazing songs that I ‘found’ this week and that I strongly recommend for you guys to check out are: “Lullaby” by the Spill Canvas, a very sweet, romantic, soft, and lilting . . . . well, lullaby; “What About Now” by Chris Daughtry; “Shakin’” by Rooney, just a cool song; “Breathe” by Angels & Airwaves, a song that is really Twilight-y and reminds me of when I very first read the book, it just has that sound, and it touches me; and “Jai Ho” by the Pussycat Dolls. I have to give a shout out here to Megan for introducing me to the song “Jai Ho”, because it is such a freaking awesome song. It’s Bollywood and dance-y and cool. I love it. Oh, and BTW, “Jai Ho” won the Oscar for Best Song. Just a little fun fact.

~Kristen

Lyrics:

"Say (All I Need)"

Do you know where your heart is?
Do you think you can find it?
Or did you trade it for something
Somewhere better just to have it?
Do you know where your love is?
Do you think that you lost it?
You felt it so strong, but
Nothing's turned out how you wanted

Well, bless my soul
You're a lonely soul
Cause you won't let go
Of anything you hold

Well, all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

Do you know what your fate is?
And are you trying to shake it?
You're doing your best and
Your best look
You're praying that you make it

Well, bless my soul
You're a lonely soul
Cause you won't let go
Of anything you hold

Well, all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

I said I all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Better than you had it
Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Do you think you can find it?
Yeah, better than you had it (Better than you had it)

I said I all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

I said I all I need
Is the air I breathe
And a place to rest
My head

Whenever the end is
Do you think you can see it?
Well, until you get there
Go on, go ahead and scream it
Just say it

“I Love Rock N Roll” by Joan Jett and the Black Hearts

I saw him dancin' there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin' strong
Playin' my favorite song
An' I could tell it wouldn't be long
Till he was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

He smiled so I got up and' asked for his name
That don't matter, he said,
'Cause it's all the same

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An' next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me

Next we were movin' on
He was with me, yeah me, singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An we'll be movin' on
An' singin' that same old song
Yeah with me, singin'

I love rock n' roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n' roll
So come an' take your time an' dance with me

Song of the Week: Not Meant to Be

Wow! I’m actually on top of this!

So, this past week, there wasn’t really a song that popped out and hit me, but there was one new song I heard that was really really good, called “Not Meant to Be” by Theory of a Deadman. First of all, weird band name. Srsly, where do these names come from? So, I heard the song on the radio and liked it so much I downloaded it. It just had that *zing* that a good song has, y’know? The lyrics are at the bottom.

Also, there are two songs that are not new in my iTunes library, but which I shamefully had never listened to for some reason: “You are Mine” by Mute Math and “Everything” by Lifehouse. I have quite a few songs that, like these, are waiting for me to discover them. This is because I have a lot of songs that I downloaded in fanmixes and that type of thing, and unless I listen to the playlist right then and there, I forget to go back and check it out. The only reason I gave “You are Mine” a second glance is because it’s by Mute Math, and they have a song on the Twilight soundtrack, “Spotlight”. It plays when Edward and Bella get out of the Volvo and go into school as a couple for the first time. Yep, that’s when Edward has his omgsofreakingawesomeiwan’tsome sunglasses on. And he says the Hell quote. I would say it’s one of my favorite parts, but I say that about every part. Seriously, though, how can every part not be your favorite? I digress. “Everything” is supposedly the Smallville theme, or that’s what iTunes tells me. I, however, have never watched Smallville, and have no immediate plans to do so. Anyways, the song is just nice and smooth and lulling and somewhat calming. It’s not really a sing-a-long, but who cares? And in no way does it compare to the song of the same name by Michael Bublé. Nothing can compare to Michael B. Y’can’t touch this. And yes, I just quoted MC Hammer. Get over it.

Toodles!

“Not Meant to Be” by Theory of a Deadman

Lyrics courtesy of LyricsMode

It's never enough to say I'm sorry
It's never enough to say I care
But I'm caught between what you
Wanted from me, and knowing
If I give that to ya
I might just disappear.

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

Oh, it's like

One step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I can't change your mind,

Oh, it's like

Trying to turn around on a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me and I, I'm starting to see
Maybe we're not meant to be

It's never enough to say I love you
No, it's never enough to say I try
It's hard to believe that's there's
No way out for you and me
And it seems to be,
The story of our life

Nobody wins when everyone's losing

It's like one step forward and two steps back
No matter what I do you're always mad
And I can't change your mind, oh

It's like trying to turn around on a
One way street. I can't give
You what you want and it's killing me
And I, I'm starting to see
That maybe we're not meant to be

There's still time to turn this around
Should we be building this up
Instead of tearing it down
But I keep thinking
Maybe it's too late.

It's like one step forward
And two steps back,
No matter what I do
You're always mad
And I, can't change your mind, oh

It's like tryin to turn around
On a one way street
I can't give you what you want
And it's killing me and I,
I finally see,
Baby we're not meant to be

It's like one step forward,
And two steps back,
No matter what I do
You're always mad,
And I, Baby I'm sorry to see,
Maybe we're not meant to be