Today I was listening to Mumford and Sons' new album, Babel; I love it, I like all the songs, for example "I will wait", "Not with Haste", "Babel", "Hopeless Wanderer"... I couldn't possibly choose one as my favourite. However my "problem" with Mumford and Sons is that their music is so beautiful that I sometimes forget to listen to the lyrics!And that's unfair,because they are incredible too!
So today,I was completely amazed by the beauty and the power of "Below My Feet":its lyrics made me cry! Have you listened to it? It's so complex and full of meanings..I went on listening to it so many times that I can now sing it with him :) I don't know why it gets me so much,but I really feel it's expressing many things I've got in me..
So here is the song:
And here are the lyrics (I've underlined the sentences I like the most):
"You were cold as the blood through your bones And the light which led us from our chosen homes Well I was lostAnd now I sleep, Sleep the hours that I can't weep When all I knew was steeped in blackened hopes Well I was lost Keep the earth below my feetFrom my sweat, my blood runs weak Let me learn from where I have been Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn
And I was still but I was under your spell When I was told by Jesus all was well So all must be wellJust give me time Well you know your desires and mineSo wrap my flesh in ivy and in twine For I must be well
Keep the earth below my feet From my sweat, my blood runs weak Let me learn from where I have been Well keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn
Keep the earth below my feet From my sweat, my blood runs weak Let me learn from where I have been Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn Keep my eyes to serve, my hands to learn"
Well,isn't it amazingly beautiful?I know,I've used the words "amazing" and "beautiful" far too many times :)
I'd like to hear what you think! Thank you for listening!
Hello!!! How's everyone? I had a funny day today, and it made me think of how simple things can make us laugh and be happy..I mean,we don't really need "special things", don't we? I know it probably isn't anything new,but it's always nice to share good advices :)
Speaking about good advices,has anyone thought about a good show I could start?At the moment I'm thinking to finish Sherlock,which I left some months ago due to many reasons..what do you say?
By the way,what do you guys think of Glee?Have you been watching season 4 so far? I used to like it very much, I thought season 1 and 2 were very good,but I was a bit disappointed by season 3. I know many people think this season is not very good,but I don't really think that:I mean,it's not what we were used to. And that I guess is the problem:we're watching a new show.
New characters, new stories, old characters with "new" personalities,a sense of deja-vu..for example the love triangle Marley,Jake,Ryder:doesn't it scream Rachel,Finn,Quinn? Or the difficulties Unique is facing at school aren't similar to Kurt's? Moreover, I think the changes that Rachel and Kurt are going through are making their characters too different from what they used to be..it's always good for a character to grow up,but not too fast (I think). Finally,I don't really like the use the authors are making of the "old": why aren't they giving more space to Brittany,Tina or Sam?I know there are more interesting characters probably,but then what's the point of keeping them?
Having said that,I like Glee/4 enough to keep watching it,especially because whenever there's a love triangle I'm in :)
Here are some Glee cast songs I really liked over the years (there's also one from season 4)..I hope you enjoy!!
Rumour has it/ Someone like you
performed by the Troubletones:
two amazing songs for amazing voices (especially Santana's!).
Pretending performed by Rachel and Finn: the perfect song for every lover :) (also, I was a fan of Finchel from the beginning,so I was very happy when this happened).
My life would suck without you performed by the entire cast: I loved season 1 ending!!!It was simply PERFECT <3.
Shake it out performed by Santana, Mercedes and Tina: I just love this song,so I couldn't be happier when I heard it on Glee (and I liked why they used it too).
Keep holding on performed by the entire cast: a super sweet moment for Quinn in season 1!
Loser like me performed by the entire cast: a beautiful new song!!!I sooo relate to the lyrics by the way :P
Crazy/U drive me crazy performed by Marley and Jake:I looved this moment between these two!!And the song was pretty good too!
OK, I just realised that I like so many songs that the risk is to forget too many..so I'm just going to stop now and maybe make a new post another time!!
I'm going to leave you with my all time favourite:
Don't stop believing performed by Rachel, Finn, Kurt, Mercedes and Tina: a goosebump moment!!
This exemplifies what I said before: how can you not miss the old Glee?
What do you think?Do you agree with me?Do you like Glee at all? I'd love to hear what you have to say!!!
I know my last post was all about positivity and joy,so this will be a little weird right now,but I'm having a little breakdown in these days, due to many things.. I have a huge thing to do next week and I'm very anxious about that..moreover,there are no shows this week!!!I mean,some yes,but other no..so I'm sad and bored and anxious (have I mentioned that before??)
This is why I haven't posted anything about TV shows lately..anyway,I was wondering what new show I could start, for one of my beloved "making up" (meaning watching a show that has already one series behind,so that I can watch one or more episodes per night).
So my choices at the moment are:
-Grimm (I read it's good and since I like OUAT..);
- Doctor Who (I'm curious,but I'm not sure I'd like it);
-Game of Thrones (this I already started..but for no apparent reason I stopped);
- Breaking Bad.
And then for the "lovely love" part, I'd like to start Castle, but I'm sure there is something else I'm missing..
What would you suggest??I need a good show to cheer me up :)
Yesterday I was thinking: what's really behind the saying "have fun now that you're young,because once you'll be older you'll regret the things that you didn't do when you had the chance"?
I've heard many people saying that to me, both adults and people who are the same age as me (actually,it's time to consider even myself an adult,but you know what I meant with that): especially in the past years, a lot of friends and people in my family used to tell me that I was wasting my time, because I was (according to them) forcing myself to stay inside my house, instead of going out and having fun. The general idea was that I hadn't been able to keep all the friends that I had made during the years, because I had been too "hard" on them and for this reason I had "dropped" many of them along the way. So, according to them, that was why I wasn't having a regular teenager's life. Even though I was saying that it wasn't true, that I was happy the way I was, secretly I agreed with them: I thought my life wasn't "normal", at least not according to the usual standards, and that there was something wrong with me. If there wasn't, why then was I so different from all the others? This idea bothered me a lot, and I lived with it in my mind for a long time: I felt different, and more important, I thought that different was wrong.
Recently though, something has changed in my mind and in me: thanks to some experiences I have had in the recent years, I was already convinced that my being different was not bad, it was just another way of "being". However, the idea that I was somehow wasting my time and that, once old, I would have regretted the things I hadn't done in the past,was still bothering me. Then some days ago, I'm not sure exactly why or how, I realised something:I'm not wasting my time as long as I'm doing what I like. Who decided that going out every Saturday it's the rule? Who decided that you have to see your friends every day, for them to be "real friends"? Who decided that watching TV series is a waste of time? When I'll be old,I want to look back and be sure I did everything I liked while I was young. And as far as I'm concerned, I'm doing that. I'm having fun watching TV series and writing about them, I'm having fun reading, I'm having fun travelling even by myself, I'm having fun going out with my friends and having lunch with them,I'm having fun talking on Skype to my dearest friend who lives abroad (and who I consider my best friend even though we see each other once a year), and I'm having fun picturing my future life somewhere else.
I've always lived "in the future",I have never been very interested in the present because I have always had plans:one day I'll do this,one day I'll be that. Finally this is actually true for me:I'm not simply waiting for something (anything) to happen. On the contrary,I have solid plans which are about to become true. I've clear in my mind everything that I want to do and that I have to do to reach it,so my life isn't on hold for something unclear which has still to happen. My life is just preparing itself for something amazing. So in the meantime, I'd rather prefer wasting my time doing what other people think I should do,or should I fill my time with things I like and that make it funnier and better? I think we all agree on the answer :)
I’ve just seen episode 2x05 of Once Upon a Time and I
needed to write about it. First of all, there are going to be spoilers in this
post so …
SPOILER ALERT!!
The episode was called “The Doctor” and it was mainly
about Regina, who is definitely my favorite character of OUAT; the doctor of
the title was revealed to be Dr. Frankenstein, with a final twist that
(although expected) made us realize that we are no longer “confined” to the
world of fairytales, but that there are many other possible worlds where new
characters could come from.
Frankenstein was present both in the past world than
in Storybrooke, and he was there to help Regina. As we know from Season 1, the
Queen turned into Evil because she lost her true love, Daniel, who was killed
by her mother. She could never really accept the death of his fiancée, and that’s
why she seeks the help of Victor to make him live again. If in the fairytales
world Dr. Frankenstein doesn’t seem (because we’ll find out it’s not like that)
to be able to do that, in Storybrooke his powers make Daniel come back from the
dead.
What isn’t good about it is that Daniel is actually a “monster”
(with a clear reference to the future “creature” made by Victor) and goes
around hurting people. He doesn’t even seem to recognize Regina and, apart from
a few seconds of conscience where he tells her to “let him leave”, he’s a
completely different man from the one the Queen loved. It is then her who has
to let him go, and she finally uses her magic to kill him a second time and “make
his pain stops”.
I really liked this episode, and the reasons are many.
As I said, Regina is my favorite character and since I saw episode 1x18 (“The
Stable Boy”) I had been dying to know whether the authors were going to bring Daniel
back or not. As a “Regina-lover” I was hoping she could have a happy ending and
be reunited with her true love once again, so I was very disappointed when I realized
that was not the case in this episode, and that what I dreamed of was never
going to happen.
However, I thought this episode was very good because
it made me think about how hard it is to let a person go, when this person no
longer is physically with us. The strength with which Regina held on to Daniel
(symbolized by her “freezing his body”) exemplified how hard we try to keep the
people we love with us, especially when they are dead. I think this could be
the case even of a post break-up, or when you fight with someone, but for me
this episode was all about letting our beloved ones go once they die. I
personally still struggle with this, I can’t bear the idea of not seeing the
people I lost anymore: I still think (irrationally) that they will come back
someday, sometimes, so I can totally understand the pain Regina felt when she
had Daniel in front of her and she had to let him go.
This was mentioned even by Rumple when he was teaching
magic to Regina and he told her she was never going to learn because she was
too attached to her past, and that it was her past that was holding her back.
Of course I know that it was meant to make her become “evil”, but I felt the
general idea was closer to what I think. In my opinion we are so attached to
our past that it makes impossible for us to go on, to move on: I sometimes feel I
can’t get rid of previous feelings and that those stop me, they don’t
completely allow me to live my life. On the contrary I also think some of these
feelings are necessary to be who we are, and without the experiences we had we
wouldn’t be the same.
I like OUAT, and even though sometimes you may think
it’s “crazy” or too confused, then it pays with interesting moments that allow
you to think and make realizations. I loved this episode for what it made me
realize and reflect upon, however it also made me very sad about Regina’s
story. I believe in happy endings, I have a need for happy endings and
realizing that this was not going to happen for her hurt me, because it felt
too close to real life (and to what usually happens to people).
Here is a beautiful and very sad video I found about Regina and Daniel (and, as if it wasn't clear already, I think Lana Parrilla is an amazing and very talented actress!!)
I still hope there will be love and happiness in
Regina’s life though!!
What do you think? Do you agree with me or do you I
think I over thought this? J
Hello everyone!!! I've been away for a while,sorry for the absence of posts :)
Today I'd like to talk about a TV show which is quite new, but that's already become one of my favourite: I'm referring to Don't trust the Bxxx in Apartment 23 or, as people usually call it, Apartment 23. This TV show is about two girls who share an apartment in New York: one is June (Dreama Walker), who has just arrived from a small town of central America and who firstly thinks she's got the best job ever (but soon realises that not everything is what it seems and so finds herself in need of a "new start"), and Chloe (Krysten Ritter), the "bitch" of the title.
It's a very funny show, based on the contrasts between June and Chloe, the latter being a real "bitch",but also somehow having a heart. The "plus" element of this show is the presence of James Van Der Beek (yes, Dawson!) who plays himself, or at least a "tv version" of himself. His presence makes everything so much funnier, because a lot of jokes are based upon his not being able to move on after the role of Dawson.
The first season was only 7 episodes, so it's very quick to watch and I really suggest you to do it if you want to laugh!!! Recently season 2 has started, and these new episodes seem to be as funnier as the previous ones. In particular the character played by JVDB seems to embark on a special journey ... but I won't say more :)
Finally, I especially enjoyed a dialogue between Chloe and June,taken from episode 2 of season 2, in which June seems to have doubt about the course her life is taking and (surprise!) Chloe reassures her in a very sweet way. That speech made me smile and was helpful for me too :)
So enjoy this show if you haven't watched it yet, or be prepared to follow the adventures of June and Chloe in this new season if you're a fan as I am!!
