kaleidoskope
Well, one of my favorite TV shows as a child is on his 50th birthday - wich means Pebbels must be around my mom's age, creepy-.
I was thinking what song could come with this, and don't ask me why, I tought of the Beatles. Maybe because both always cheer me up. And make me smile.
On September 24, 1991, DGC records released Nirvana's Nevermind, which didn't exactly set the world on fire at first. The album debuted at No. 144 on the Billboard 200. We all know what happened a few months after that: Nevermind booted Michael Jackson's "Dangerous" from the No. 1 spot in January 1992, "alternative" culture hit the mainstream, a song named after a deodorant became an anthem for millions of disaffected, disinterested youth, Things Were Never The Same Again, yada yada yada.
I was just a 3 year old by that time. And still I feel the power of Kurt Cobain singing "Territorial Pissing".
So here it is, celebrating 19 years of amazing music. Paying tribut to one of the greatest bands in history.
Imperfection is beauty.
Madness is genius
And it's better to be
Absolutely ridiculous than
Absolutely boring.
And when it comes down to it,
I let them think what they want.
If they care enough to bother
With what I do,
Then I'm already better than them.
Well, I finally did it. I joined couchsurfer, and I'm hoping someoen who wants a tour of the city contacts me. Trough Kyla (my former american roomate) I know what it's like to feel utterly alone and lost in a new city.
Also, next year when I do my bit of traveling, I'd like to meet people, and feel like i have friends somewhere else.
The song that inspired me today is a very old one. Is a song that speaks of the wonders of the world, how beautiful the people, the eart, the oceans, the animals and plants are. Some may say it was simply a song written after too much weed, but I firmly believe it's a song to keep us aware of how lucky we are.
I just found out a cousin my age is having a baby.
By itself, that news is no problem. The thing is that I'm 22. I feel I'm so young to even think of a baby, but my 20 year old cousin had her first baby in august. Now he's expecting and I have another cousin who had her little girl at 16.
Having that kind of responsability: to give someone life, to mold someone's life, to support and love unconditionally someone. To leave everything for that being... It may sound selfish but I'm not ready.
Here goes the reason for choosing then this song: I am young. We are young. We are supposed to be enjoying this time. To study, to travel, to spend time and money in ourselves.
I must start by making it clear: I am not catholic. My way of beliefs stands somewhere between budhism and atheism. - Wich I must say has created quite a controversy in a hard core catholic family-
I've always been a little confused with this lyrics. I believe in spirits, maybe called angels. But the tought of them watching our every single move is creepy. On the other had, I believe there's people so good and pure in this world that deserve to be called angels... I dunno. I think the only people that's inocent enough is children, and from that I know a few very very mean ones.
Still, is a classic song, and a beautiful one. I'll remain having the hope there's angels among us.
This weekend we remembered the 9/11 victims. 9 years ago the world shook with the knowledge america had been atacked. The world trade center disapeared on our watch, the pentagon was attacked and a few brave man made sure noone else sufered by re-taking their kidnapped plane.
A while ago, Nickelback gave the world a song that makes me realize a lot. It is in our power to make things diferent, to give others hope, to make this world a better place.
This song makes many smile.
Well, choosing today's song wasn't so easy as days before. It had to be a happy song, it had to be a hope song. Because as the saying goes "after the storm, comes the quiet".
Well, this song was a dedication. From someone who has not only been patient trough time, but definitely persistent.
Metallica has been with me since I can remember. My brother being a huge fan introduced their music and shaped my world for so long, there's nothing I can do not to feel overwhelmed, happy and sad, and full with this perfect combination of strings, lyrics, and deep and perfect rock and roll.
Do you ever miss someone?, Have you ever felt alone in this earth?
I recently took out all the pictures I had on my walls. I realized most of them were of people that are no longer close to me, and it made me think how we drift in our lives, how things keep changing, and you get over, you get by, you get better.
This song talks about it. About the memories we keep attached, the ache of someone who's no longer there.
I should have known things are never good for me. I should have known it was all too good to be truth, that the breeze and coolness brought a punch to my stomach as well.
Have any of you had your heart broken? I have. By this one guy who meant at a time the world to me. We have been apart for months now and I just found out he's dating someone. And it broke my heart all over again.
Not because I still love him, but because of the very same reason he broke it the first time. I never meant enough for him to even wait a bit longer, to warn me before making it facebook public.
Now that I'm writing this it sounds childish, and trust me if you were in my head it would make a lot of sense, as it does for me. Right now I just know it hurts.
Today it started with a cloudy rainy morning. I love rain.
I had a stereotypes problem today at work. I like rock music, I like black, I like to sing along to Linkin Park, and tap my feet to Nickelback. So for that I was called rebelious and made fun of for the most used and dark stereotype there is: dark arts. Sure, I like to believe there is the Harry Potter kind of magic in this world. But I HATE when people mark me for my dark makeup and dark clothes and turn me into a vampire, an animal killer, a sacrifice maker. What is this, witch hunt?
Witouth a doubt, for me, Nirvana was one of the most influential bands of my time. Even tough they ended when I was roughley 6 years old, I can say hey marked my generation.