Books, poems, and 80's music

OK, so an entire week without blogging. This thing where you have to come up with what to say then share it with the entire world is not as easy as I thought it would be...

What’s been happening with you? Hopefully more than me. What I can tell you is that I got my ear pierced for a second time the other day. Now I can’t take the earring out for two months, and I have to clean it with this antiseptic thing three times a day. I also am taking a break from reading the monstrosity of a book that is Gone With The Wind. Don’t get me wrong, it is a really good book, and the movie is one of my favorites. Just it has pages and pages of details. There is sometimes like ten pages where there is no dialogue at all. It’s not very fast paced. I am only like 300 pages into it, whoo-hoo, only 698 left to go. At least in my copy there is, if I was reading like the original copyright from 1936 I would have 737 pages left to go. If I remember correctly the last time I read it Scarlett was declaring that ‘with God as my witness, I will never be hungry again.’ Pretty admirable on her part, but I’ve never had to survive by digging through my neighbors gardens and eating rotten vegetables, while taking care of three sick women, a baby, a delusional father, the house staff, and Ashley and Melanie’s brand new baby, which I’m pretty sure doesn’t have a name yet, since his mom is sick, and they’re all positive that Ashley is dead, gone with the war. I won’t ruin the ending for you. Then I finished The Last Song last night, that was the second time that I’ve read it, and it still brings tears to my eyes in the way that everything Nicholas Sparks has done. If you’re a fan of Nicholas Sparks and you haven’t read The Last Song, yet, I highly recommend you do, it’s my favorite out of all of his that I’ve read, Dear John coming in at a close second. Oh, and by my parents recommendation I read To Kill A Mockingbird last week, I love that book. Highly recommend that book, too...

Enough about books, I wrote a poem the other day, a very strange poem, I’m not going to post it on here, but I wanted to tell you guys about it. While I was writing it I was watching “Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80’s” on Vh1. So I managed to squeeze in two references to songs from that era. One to a song that I really like, and a second that sounds cool. The first being “Voices Carry” by ‘Till Tuesday, and the second being “Your Love” by The Outfield. Yeah kind of weird. Then when I typed it up on the computer each stanza I made a different color, then printed it out. It’s like a rainbow!! Here’s a taste of the poem...“synthesizer beats with no where to go.......insane but far too crazy for a yellow box with holes in the top...” It just goes on and on, it’s really kind of weird. But I will share a poem I wrote quite a while ago. It’s kind of my tribute to the talented people who were amazing at what they did and then they all died young, and most of them tragically. Anyway, it’s my favorite.

Everywhere

see this

these are words

read them carefully

for they may not last

grace takes you there

takes you back

and everywhere

jeff sings

jimi plays

janis sings

kurt plays

marilyn acts

along with james

chris jokes

jonathan writes the moment

while andy paints the scene

diamonds are adorned

while a rebel watches on

a teen spirit hovers in the shadows

purple haze covers the sky

hallelujah sings out

a piece of my heart covers my eyes

a tick, tick, BOOM in the corner

tommy boy laughs aloud

popping art dot the walls

these are people

legacy not be forgotten

life takes you there

takes you back

and everywhere

Hope you like it. Can you identify the people that I mention in the poem. I will tell you that I was listening to a lot of Jeff Buckley when I wrote it.

till next time

shelby...

Torn Hero who needs Angels On The Moon--PLAYLIST 1

A few months ago, my Dad asked me if I wanted to start a blog, so after months of planning and not knowing what to write about I finally found it! A couple of days ago, I was laying in bed listening to the handy dandy iPod at two in the morning (hence the name of the blog). I was so tired but I just couldn’t put the darn thing with over a thousand songs down. So, I decided to create a blog about the playlist, and include some of my thoughts and poems. Which will come later. First, I want to share with you my playlist. Well, here it is, well, half of the playlist. Or maybe an eighth. Wait I did the math, it’s a fourth! Below I have the song name, the artist, and why I like the song. The name of the song is a link to where you can hear the noise(even though its all better than just noise)just click and enjoy...

1-“This Is War”-30 Seconds to Mars--I LOVE 30 Seconds to Mars, they are my favorite band. This song is especially cool with Jared’s vocals and lyrics and then the percussion, and the guitars, it’s just all amazing!

2-“Slide”-Goo Goo Dolls--This is another band that I just absolutely adore. Johnny Rzeznik really knows how to write a song, and make you wonder what it’s about. Plus, this song is just plain out catchy. It gets stuck in your head.

3-“Your Call”-Secondhand Serenade--It’s just so sweet.

4-“Hero”- Enrique Iglesias--Now I know this song is like the master of cheesy lyrics, but it’s so romantic. This is one of those songs that are on this playlist like ten times. :) couldn't find a link for the song that I liked. But I'm halfway convinced that everybody has already heard this song ten thousand times like me. :)

5-“Torn”-Natalie Imbruglia--I love this song, like all the others in the list, I don’t really know what to say, I just love this song. Number 6 and Number 5 just go together in my mind.

6-“Breathe(2AM)-Anna Nalick--This is one of those songs that I can totally relate to. With the lines “2AM and I’m still awake writing a song if I get it all down on paper it’s no longer inside of me threatening the life it belongs to” “These words are my diary screaming out loud,” those are main parts I relate to, just because I write and that’s literally the feeling you have when you show someone your work. And also it means to me, no matter what happens, just breathe.

7-“Angels On The Moon”-Thriving Ivory--Another song that I can relate to, certain lyrics at least, plus what an awesome band name. So poetic, the song lyrics, the name of the band, and the song.

8-“Loser”-Glee Cast--Yes, I am a “gleek,” through and through.

9-“If It Means A Lot To You”-A Day To Remember-This song reminds me of my cousin because she’s the one who told me about the song, and at the time she said it reminded her of her boyfriend and her.

10-”Open Your Eyes”-Snow Patrol-Amazing song, amazing lyrics, amazing everything.

11-“Gardenia”-Mandy Moore-This song speaks to me in a way of somebody totally changing herself for a guy and she neglects all the things that she loves to do all for this guy, then when they break up she rediscovers herself. A sweet song about discovery, that’s what it means to me.

12-“Miserable At Best”-Mayday Parade-Another song that I got from my cousin. What it means to me is just you can love a person with all your heart, and if they don’t love you back you’re “miserable at best.”

Thanks for reading. Look at the songs. They are all amazing songs. Even though they're all like slow, which I just realized. Leave your comments and thoughts about it. I’ll love to get them...

Shelby...