Singledom

Just a small announcement so it's done and over with:

Dan and I have broken up. I'm single.

I'm

confused yet relieved

sad yet optimistic

disappointed yet hopeful

I'm

everything and nothing at the same time

yet I'm doing just fine.

Follow through

So little I want to say now, so this is slowly turning into a music blog... Sorry.

I'm totally in love with Hotel lights. Reminds me of Wilco, another recent love.

This is the my song of the week.

Starting over again
You’ve made your mind up
Let your hard luck end
Make it new
Do it now girl

If you’re leaving then leave
If you need it then I want you to

Let your thoughts come in
Dedicated to you
Stories I’ve heard
Like a man on the moon
Lessons I’ve learned

If you’re leaving then leave
If you need it then I want you to

There’s no use thinking
Why these phaces change you
You’re not waiting here for anyone
I’ll break down if you come around
When you need it I want you to

Take your past and cut it out
Let the knife turn to rust
Make something else up
There’s majesty in motion
You’ve made your mind up

If you’re leaving then leave
If you need it then I want you to
If you want it I want you too
If you’re leaving then leave
If you need it then I want you to

(Follow through by Hotel lights)

Merry Christmas!

...let's hope it's a good one!

Breathe me

Help, I have done it again
I have been here many times before
Hurt myself again today
And, the worst part is there's no-one else to blame

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Ouch I have lost myself again
Lost myself and I am nowhere to be found,
Yeah I think that I might break
I've lost myself again and I feel unsafe

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

Be my friend
Hold me, wrap me up
Unfold me
I am small
I'm needy
Warm me up
And breathe me

(Sia - Breathe me)

Sweet disposition

This songs just captures the feelinsg of this week so well. Love this song. Thanks for the inspiration, Esba! :)

Sweet disposition
Never too soon
Oh reckless abandon,
Like no one's watching you

A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A kiss, a cry
Our rights, our wrongs
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh
A moment, a love
A dream, a laugh

Just stay there
Cause I'll be comin' over
While our bloods still young
It's so young, it runs
Won't stop til it's over
Won't stop to surrender

Pretty Woman

We have a new family member. Her name is Pretty Woman.

Pretty Woman was rescued from our communal attic by Dan when he was tidying it up several months ago. Someone had abandoned this perfectly functioning old lady there. Should have known Dan would never leave such a find in a place like that so he brought her to ours.

I'm not much of a handywoman as far as sewing, knitting and things like that are concerned. I actually did woodwork at school so I'm quite useless. To be honest, I used to tape my curtain hems. All I can say is this: thank god for iron-on-tape!

Anyway, I managed to do something that I had been wanting to do for months and months and months.

Pretty Woman, thank you for coming into our lives. It's so much better now. So much LESS AIRY, if you know what I mean.

The only rays of light for a while

I love this house in the mornings. It's so quiet and this morning there was some light! Did you hear that? I said there was LIGHT. I had to capture the few rays that had made their way to the kitchen table. See you again in January February time (rays of light, not you readers)!

Half light

I'm so totally in love with this song, and this particular remix of it, that I must have played it over and over again a zillion times already.

It's driven Dan insane as he hates the 80's computer-gamy sound of it. I really feel sorry for him and not because he has heard the song so many times but because he can't appreciate the awesomeness of it. He doesn't know what he's missing.

Half light by Athlete

The sun got stuck as its making its way back down

We find ourselves, in a familiar part of town

And all that I've seen means nothing to me without you

So when I see you next we'll make the most of it,
Tell the sun to start moving again,
The taste of your kiss I still got on my lips,
And I'll take you there with me

Head crashed down, air conditioned myself to sleep,
The great night out, that will continue to the end of the week

And all that I've seen means nothing to me without you

So when I see you next we'll make the most of it,
Tell the sun to start moving again,
The taste of your kiss I still got on my lips,
And I'll take you there with me

It's you and me connected to a satellite
It's you and me love through a machine
It's you and me connected to a satellite
It's you and me love through a machine

So when I see you next we'll make the most of it,
Tell the sun to start moving again,
The taste of your kiss I still got on my lips,
And I'll take you there with me

Dreams, dreams...

This has become somewhat a weekly routine: dreaming of places to visit and our around-the-world trip.

That, and winning the lottery.