Wives Submit to Your Husbands -Ephesians 5:22

You are a thunderous thing, wondrous king
The face of rival-less gods, deep in your thoughts
Come here, oh, closer to touch, never enough
Let me climb under your skin, oh let me in

From your lips a precipice
I hang from every word
Height and seeking
Oh we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them high

The calm of turbulent seas, fallen to sleep
And when the troubles arise, we hold on tight
How can a body contain something so great
My shell may suddenly burst out will come birds

From your, lips a precipice
I hang on every word
Height and seeking
Oh we are reaching
New heights and seeking
How to keep them high

We will find a way
We will find a way

{a.fine.frenzy.}

Can't Hardly Wait

I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think. Was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!

If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?

-alice.in.wonderland.

Fault Lines

Each day has it's particular flavor of sadness {Fault.Lines.}

All around are me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrows
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very very,
Mad world, Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
May they feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very very
Mad world, Mad world
Mad world, Mad world

Bebe

Missitsomuch

Our Little Munchie

Dark I Know Well

[MORITZ]
Those you’ve known
And lost still walk behind you
All alone
They linger till they find you
Without them
The world grows dark around you
And nothing is the same until you
Know that they have found you

[WENDLA]
Those you’ve pained
May carry that still with them
All the same
They whisper: “All forgiven.”
Still your heart says
The shadows bring the starlight
And everything you’ve ever been is
Still there in the dark night

[WENDLA, MORITZ, AND MELCHIOR]
When the northern wind blows
[Though you know you've left them far behind]
The sorrows your heart holds
[You walk on by yourself and not with them]
There are those who still know
[Still you know they will fill your heart and mind]
They’re still home
[When they say there's a way through this]
We’re still home

[ALL THREE]
Those you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
Their song still seems to find you
They call you
As if you knew their longing
They whistle through the lonely wind
the long blue shadows falling

[MELCHIOR]
All alone
But still I hear their yearning
Through the dark, the moon,
Alone there, burning
The stars too
They tell of spring returning
And summer with another wind
That no one yet has known

[ALL THREE]
When the northern wind blows
[They call me through all things]
The sorrows your heart’s known
[Night's falling but somehow I go on]
I believe…
[You watch me, just watch me- I'm calling from longing]

[MELCHIOR]
Now they’ll walk on my arm through the distant night
And I won’t let them stray from my heart
Through the wind, through the dark,
Through the winter light
I will read all their dreams to the stars

I’ll walk now with them
I’ll call on their names
I’ll see their thoughts are known

Not gone
Not gone
They walk with my heart [not gone]
I’ll never let them go [not gone]
I’ll never let them go [not gone]
I’ll never let them go
You watch me
Just watch me
I’m calling
I’m calling
And one day all will know

Father/Daughter Dance

My wedding is in less than 4 months. Everytime I hear this song I cry. I'm dancing with my Dad to it. Give it a whirl.

I Lie. It's What I do.

Amazing finale last night. Will post thoughts/reflections/rant.... after the jump. For now, enjoy these screencaps... I do.

Vanity.

The Wrestler

I finished watching the highly acclaimed film last night, and was disappointed, to say the least. The acting was pretty good- particularly by Marisa Tomei and that chick that sleeps w/ Manson. But the story... trite and cliche. I went in with great expectations--I'm a fan of Aranofsky, and Requiem for a Dream is an amazing work of art. It is a film that leaves you depressed and faithless, literally tumbling around in your head days after watching it.

I did not walk away from The Wrestler feeling in any way changed or humbled. Aren't we all Randy "the Ram" Ramsinski, or his female counterpart, "Cassidy?" I don't know a single person whose life has ended up the way they intended. That being said, Rachel Evan Wood is amazing in the role of a girl who simply got screwed by life, and is struggling with less than simple emotions for her broken relationship with her father.. Her anger and disappointment is justified, and emotional to watch.



Turn on any "reality" tv show and you'll see plenty Mickey Rourkes, desperately trying to get back a piece of their glory days and making pitiful attempts at salvaging their youth. Aren't the saline and botox filled "Real Housewives" just as pathetic as this fictional character? No, they're even more sad, because they are real. I suppose what I'm trying to say is... this movie was heavily lauded as the film of 2008; Mickey Rourke's career was resurrected from empty booze bottles, tranforming the has-been into a relevant force to be reckoned with...when really, he was playing a role millions of us live every day...he was playing himself.

To truly witness the genius of Aranofsky's realistic portrayal of degenerates, the real grit, addiction, and pain is shown in Requiem.

Beautiful

Theory: (noun)/the-o-ry/ Scientific Principle to Explain Phenomena

MILES: What the hell are you doing, Tubby?

HURLEY: Checking to see if I'm disappearing.

MILES: What?

HURLEY: Back to the Future, man. We came back in time to the island, we can change stuff, so if little Ben dies he'll never grow up to be big Ben who's the one who made us come back here in the first place, which means we can't be here and therefore, dude, we don't exist.


MILES: You're an idiot.

HURLEY: Am I?

NY Post

Silly Heads

The best part about being Kenny Powers is being Kenny Powers

Archetypes

Deep patterns of psychic functioning—that shape our behavior, values, & creativity. Patterns of energy shared by people. Roots of the soul governing perspectives we have about ourselves and the world. Emotionally possessive effect—bedazzling our consciousness. Connected with our experience of human development across the lifespan—from age to age since the beginning of human beings. How we experience the constants of being human—birth, death, love, sex, childbirth, parenting, illness, joy, sorrow. Organized into clusters or constellations—that take in a host of events from different parts of life.

Worry.Free

Leaning out as far as she can, hoping she'll fall soon, so she can stop worrying about whether it will happen or not.

Why Is There A Dead Pakistani On My Couch?

Notes and Reflections on Lost 5.1
(disclaimer: some of these have been expounded upon ideas and notes from the darkufo blog)

• Obviously Mrs. Hawkings is Daniel's mother

• Desmond's purpose is to be the messenger between the times


• Ben Linus, obviously, is as sinister, entertaining, and badass as ever


• Miles is Marvin Candle's son (stolen from the threads)


• Farraday was with the Dharma Initiative in the 70's, apparently the same age as he is in the present, which would lend support to the theory that the people are moving through time NOT the island. If the island moved back and forth through time, the people would be aging accordingly


• When Ben lists the people needed to go back and save the Losties, he only mentions Sun, Sayid, Hurley, Kate, Jack & Locke--not Aaron


• Apparently the "Others" are not moving through time with the Losties, and are oblivious to the blinding light that immediately precedes time warps.


• I disagree with the overwhelmingly popular theory that Ben sent the attorneys to take Aaron from Kate--I think Sun did. She is going to force Kate to experience the same pain and loss that she experienced when she lost Jin. This evilness ironically makes me like Sun a lot more. Whether it was Ben or Sun's doing, the possibility of losing Aaron will motivate Kate into going somewhere (i.e., the Island) that Aaron can't be taken from her.


• Continuing with my Sun theory-- I don't think she's teaming with Widmore to hurt Ben, I think she wants to use his power to hurt Kate.


• I think time can, in fact, be changed. I haven't fully thought this out yet, but I think one of the "rules" is that you're not supposed to change the past. Hence, when Keamy shot Alex, Ben said Widmore broke the rule. But if time cannot be changed, why is Alpert giving Locke specific instructions to get the Oceanic 6 back to the island, leading you to think they were never supposed to have left in the first place. Locke has to change the course of history, and die in process. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.


• Desmond can also change the past. He saved Charlie, and he's going to save everyone by going to see Farraday in the future. As noted on darkufo, Desmond seemed to gain the ability to alter past events when he turned the failsafe key in the hatch and was jolted through time. Somehow, the rules no longer apply to him.


• I still am majorly annoyed by Locke. Hurley too. I'm trying to warm up to them, but they're annoying. There, I said it.

Questions that arose (or remain):

• How does Jacob fit into all this? If Ben and Hawkings are working to fix the "time skipping" problem on the island, then what is Jacob's agenda?


• What's the story behind Farraday working with the original Dharma crew?


• What's in Ben's mystery box hidden in the air duct?


• Who is Jill?


• Is Locke really dead, and why do they call him Bentham?


• Why has Sayid turned on Ben?

Can't Hardly Wait

7 Days Until Ben Linus Returns and Makes Life Worth Living Again

Benjamin Linus
Michael Emerson

BEFORE THE CRASH:

The leader of the Others
Ordered Goodwin and Ethan to infiltrate the survivor camps for information
See how he's connected.

ON THE ISLAND:
-Captured by Rousseau and believed to be an Other
-Turned over to Sayid, who held him prisoner in the Swan station
-Claimed to be Henry Gale from Minnesota and crashed on the island four months ago with his wife; told Sayid his wife died after getting sick
-Sayid did not believe him and savagely beat him to get the truth
-Drew a map to his balloon and wife's grave for Ana Lucia
-Implied that if he were an Other, the map would lead Ana Lucia to a trap and his people would capture her
-Helped Locke get out from under the blast doors
-Claimed to have entered the code into the computer
-Confronted by Sayid and Ana Lucia with the truth: they found his balloon but the grave contained the body of the real Henry Gale
-Claimed that the real Henry Gale's neck was broken when his body was found
-Sayid revealed a note scrawled on a $20 bill that Henry Gale had written to his wife; he wasn't dead when he was found
-Tried to choke and kill Ana Lucia; told her the two Others she killed were good people
-Set free by Michael after Michael killed Ana Lucia and Libby and shot himself in the shoulder to make it appear like Henry Gale did it
-Revealed to be the leader of the Others
-Told Michael the Others are the good guys
-Held Jack, Kate and Sawyer prisoners and took them away
-Revealed to Jack the Others can leave the island.
-Offered to take Jack home if Jack does what Ben wants