Sleep on it

Wow. I never thought I'd be back so soon here. I was just here yesterday, I think.

Grey's Anatomy is getting better! I hope it continues to do so. The love drama was not present or dominant in the last two episodes. Suspense ruled. And something else. I'm not quite sure how to put it. Maybe it's the good script. The underlying meaning or something. Hence, the title.

I've read somewhere in a Yahoo! article before about sleeping on it. Sleeping on decision making. It said that when we are faced with a tough decision, we should sleep on it. It removes the clutter we have in our minds; the stress, paranoia, the pressure of deciding immediately, basically our rational thinking as well as logical thinking gets cluttered and sleeping on it clears our head.

Most of the wrong decisions we make can be prevented by sleeping on it. Thinking too much doesn't really help. In fact, it complicates things. So....

Let's sleep! It's past eleven already anyway. Good night!

Kudos to Shonda Rhimes for experimenting on the show. The plot is actually better, even though the episodes' connections are thinning. But that's fine for me. Sometimes it's better having a fulfilling episodes rather than cliff-hangers about love and drama. =)

Victory and Death

It's been a long time since I last wrote here. I guess the urge to share my thoughts come from moments of melancholy (I just don't like to put sadness here, too sad to match what I'm feeling and too negative). That's the feeling I have when I get the urge to write. As you can see, it's been quite a while since it happened. Maybe it did happen back then, it just was not as abundant as now.

So what have I been up to? I have been working. Earning money. Taking my baby steps in the real world. Learning to spend wisely and indulge at the same time. Getting and not getting all of my heart's desires. Living my life to fullest extent possible when I am not at work.

I feel like I have changed so much already; from this kid who used to just want to pass every exam, to be a Dean's Lister, to worry how to get home from attending a party, to drink and throw up in the beach, to march to get my diploma, to take the FX every school day which I have done the past 4 years or less, to stop myself from buying Starbuck's every time I pass by it when going to school because I won't have any money left, to the sleepless nights finishing papers, especially the thesis, to nights I prayed to God to help us pass, to the fun dinners and movie nights, to sleepovers, to download series so I can watch them in the weekend, to hang out in various parts of the campus to pass the time, to run to different classrooms to campaign, to run to different classrooms so as not to be late, to wait for my professors to give me that deserving and high marks, to everything.

I can't say that I have removed all of these from my system entirely. I still watch series (I don't download anymore, I just stream - www.salloumi.com - fast and easy!), I still commute, though I do not take the FX anymore, I now indulge myself to hearty dinners (I don't miss Starbuck's anymore, but now I think I want one), I run from one cubicle to another, I still chill-walk, when the opportunity arises (I know it's not up there). And one good thing now that was so scarce back then? I HAVE MONEY. =)

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I'm happy that I don't miss being a bum too much. I guess I know that I am more productive now than before since I didn't really get out much during my bummer days. I should change this blog's theme already since I am not a bummer anymore. But I won't. This was where I was for some of the time when I was transitioning from a bum to a yuppie. This is one of my foundations.

Anyway, I'm okay with working. I get to move around. Although the burden is getting heavier and heavier, even as I get better with work, I'm still happy! Like I said, I get to earn money.

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My birthday's almost up! I'm gonna be an adult. I'm gonna be 21.

My birthday is on a Friday. Friday the 13th. And it's my 21st. The day I get to be a man should defy the odds of the "luck" this day is tagged to. I don't want to celebrate, actually. The "man debut" just shows that us men are 3 years behind women in terms of maturity. Is that something I should celebrate about? It's already a Friday the 13th, dammit!

I hope my mom buys me an Ipod Touch (she's currently in the US vacationing) and I hope she doesn't ask me to pay for it.

Anyway, that's it. I'd choose college friends over workmates for leisure. Haha.

A Kiss to Send Us Off

A song by Incubus, one of my most favorite bands, ever. Ever. I've been listening to this song for a long time now and one day, finally, it struck me what this song meant. And not just the lyrics, but the music as well. This made me a true believer of how AWESOME Incubus really is. Anyway, the lyrics first:

Meet me here
On November 11th, come alone
Bring your mouth
And selective irreverence
We'll both see stars, just

ONE!
MORE!
Tongue!
Kiss before the sky falls
Out
From
This cloud we're hovering on
To send us off

A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!

Kill your doubt
With the coldest of weapons
Confidence
No more words, OOooooooooo
Just the sound of resplendent
Tongues colliding

ONE!
MORE!
Tongue!
Kiss before the sky falls
Out
From
This cloud we're hovering on
To send us off

A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!

Here I am, there you are
On a wire connecting our hearts
Theres a string, and it's tied, to a kite
Theres a storm, in the sky
Now the clouds become electric
There you are, here I am
Could I
Have!

A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off
A kiss to send us off!

When I listen to music, I try not to watch the music video or look at the lyrics (Actually, I don't try, I just don't).I believe that the music a band makes should connect to its audience by pure music alone, without the help of a video or a cheat sheet containing the lyrics. That's what this song did =) It connected. Meaning, melody, rhythm... I'm progressing to literaturetopia! Haha.

Here's the video. Although I don't think it's the official video. I don't think there's one. I'd love to include a live video from a concert but the audio is not perfect. Here it is:

I'ts gonna sound perverted but what the hell. This is not just about the thing but about the music and how it integrates with the lyrics! Pure awesomeness.

It's about going-away sex. If you haven't got that impression from the lyrics alone, then I am telling you! I don't want to explain much so you'd have your own way of interpreting it but just listen to the music, the instruments, the ups and downs, the effects, EVERYTHING. After that you'll be damned! DAMN! WHAT A GREAT SONG! LOL. I would have used a different concept in the video (army soldier going away leaving behind a lover is too typical) but anyway, like what I said, interpret in your own way! That's how it was interpreted by the one who made it.

Let me just say it again. Freakin awesome. WTF.

Which reminds me, the season ender of Chuck was freakin awesome! WTF! Season 2. No spoilers here no worries. And it's been renewed! Woohoo! It was in danger of being cancelled before because of low ratings (I cannot fathom why) but it's been renewed. Awesome.

There bloggy. This is what happens when I'm not a bummer anymore. I've got another one, from Incubus (surprise, surpise) as well, but i'll save it for another day. Legendary!