ANOTHER QUICKIE:
So much to share, but not enough time. Been doing a lot of half-posts but have yet a chance to actually complete my thoughts. Here's a glimpse until I can:
-relationships
-love, sacrifice and pain
-shamefulness of being ashamed
-priorities
-pride vs. humbleness
Many a tear but finding joy amidst it all...
~V
QUIZ TIME AGAIN!
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INDULGING THE "ARTSY" SIDE
It all started with watching the season premiere of House M.D. (great show btw, it's so much fun when you can actually apply stuff you learned in class). I heard a song at the end of the show that sounded familiar. Turns out it's a song originally by Leonard Cohen called "Hallelujah". So decided to check out his site to see if I could find a sample...ended up reading his chat transcript. A lot of his work seems to stem from various religious sources.
When asked about what Christ meant to him, his answer:
"Was looking at the crucifix. Got something in my eye.
A Light that doesn't need to live and doesn't need to die.
What's written in the Book of Love is strangely incomplete, 'til witnessed here in time and blood a thousand kisses deep."
Isn't that pretty? He's not Christian, at least not to my knowledge and some of his works seem the complete opposite, but regardless...I find it fascinating. Apparently he's a Canadian singer-songwriter-poet. I'm reading his stuff now and suddenly, I want to read more works of poets I liked in high school.
Here's are 2 of his poems: (I like them cuz they're easy-reads)
NEVERMIND
The war was lost
The treaty signed
I was not caught
I crossed the line
I had to leave
My life behind
I had a name
But never mind
Your victory
Was so complete
That some among you
Thought to keep
A record of
Our little lives
The clothes we wore
Our pots our knives
The games of luck
Our soldiers played
The stones we cut
The songs we made
Our law of peace
Which understands
A husband leads
A wife commands
And all of this
Expressions of
The High Indifference
Some call Love
The High Indifference
Some call Fate
But we had Names
More intimate
Names so deep
and Names so true
They're lost to me
And dead to you
There is no need
That this surviveT
here's truth that lives
And truth that dies
There's truth that lives
And truth that dies
I don't know which
So never mind
I could not kill
The way you kill
I could not hate
I tried I failed
No man can see
The vast design
Or who will be
Last of his kind
The story's told
With facts and lies
You own the world
So never mind
WHEN I WENT OUT
When I went out to tell her
The love that can't be told
She hid in themes of marble
And deep reliefs of gold
When I caught her in the flesh
And floated on her hips
Her bosom was a fishing net
To harvest infant lips
A soft dismissal in her gaze
And I was more than free
But took a while to undertake
My full transparency
Ages since I went to look
Or she would think to hide
Torn the cover torn the book
The stories all untied
But someone made of thread and mist
Attends her every grace
Sees more beauty than I did
When I was in his place
Why have I never heard of this man before?? Where have I been? Come to think of it, I don't think I know a lot of Canadian artists in general...now I feel ignorant.
for more of his works, check out http://www.leonardcohenfiles.com/
*edit: I just found out that the song was from Shrek...so THAT'S why it sounded so familiar!*
FILL IN THE BLANK HERE
Boy…I soo don’t want to study, that I’m going to blogging about randomness. I KNOW I should considering I have my first test of the school year this coming Wednesday but alas, when have I chosen to study prior to it being the last minute?
So I’ve been amazingly busy this past week but in a fun kind of way. I would go to classes in the morning; have labs, work or study in the afternoons and would do something active and fun the evenings. I’ve gone to volleyball on Tuesday AND Thursday this week…as well as learning how to play tennis on Wednesday. It’s amazing…all of a sudden, I’ve discovered sports! This summer was softball and now that I’m back in Chicago, I’m starting to really like volleyball.
The church that I go to here had its annual Labour Day tournament. There are churches from all over, like St. Louis, Detroit and Milwaukee, that come to play basketball and volleyball. So my small group played the lower division. I think majority of the group could have actually played middle division fine but of course with me on the team…*laughs* Anyway, I had a blast and actually was pretty decent when it counted. We ended up winning first and never lost any of our games. This must be my lucky year…both softball and volleyball teams that I’ve played with ended up in the finals! I think God’s trying to encourage me to be more active and less of a couch potato =)
On a completely different topic, have you ever wondered what kind of impression you give others? I have and for some reason, I had 2 people, on 2 different occasions, tell me theirs today – weird. So one said that I looked smart. How do you look smart? I’ve been wearing my glasses more around school cuz we have to do eye exams on each other; does that help? But I wasn’t wearing my glasses today. It’s odd that I would give people this impression because out of my friends, I’m probably one of the least smart. Honestly, I’m not trying to be humble or anything. I’m just thinking about all my friends that I’ve had. In elementary school, you guys were all the ones that were gifties; that had a certain way of thinking things. Same with high school. In undergrad, I was the average student. I don’t know what it is that gives people this impression. Not to say that I don’t like it. *laughs* It’s just hard to believe…maybe cuz I always grew up with my mom telling me that I was like her, not smart but needed to work hard. Some of you will remember my silly little quote on the whiteboard of my old house.
The second “impression” that I gave off was that I went to a private school. I know it’s odd, but this totally rubbed me the wrong way. Maybe it’s because I hung out with a lot of people from private schools as a kid going to my piano teacher and I just have a bad association. It’s interesting how which school you go to, what your parents do, what kind of car you drive, where you live…can mean so much to some people. Mind you I’m not talking about the kids; with the kids, we generally got along and play together. But it did seem to me that there’s a certain snobbery with them…not necessarily intentional; just a type of oblivion to differences in lifestyles. Not to say that I haven’t judge others either or said the wrong things without thinking…*sigh* Forget it, I’ve lost my train of thought and my momentum. I will blog more about this another time…I want to procrastinate some more now by watching a movie.