rhythm of love

So, Meghan asked us to talk about our favorite, "Silly love songs" today. Not, silly silly, as I first thought (I even had a silly, like, truly silly, love song picked out. ho hum oh well) but ya know, 'silly love' songs.  The song isn't silly, it's that ol thing known as love that is...

anyway, this lass be a ramblin'.

I actually listen and love quite a lot of love songs, it's the majority of what is on our music selection these days. or anydays...if you think about it.  There just seems to be something endearing and lasting about singing about love and it's effects.
But, for today, I'm going to try to keep my favorites at a minimum, as I can't go listing off every love song I've ever heard....

{Note: These aren't arranged in any particular order. so, the first ones aren't any more favorited then the last ones..I just remembered them first...O////O)

"As Long as Your Mine" from...oh will you look at that....Wicked. 

I love love songs that tell a story, and musical love songs...well.. it fits. And as Fiyero and Elpheba are (one of) my favorite fictional couples, their song always has me in throes of happy agony of feels.  It's so sweet....and perfect...and well, I like it.

Favorite line:

"Maybe I'm brainless,

Maybe I'm wise

But you've got me seeing 

from different eyes"

-Fiyero my Hero sings this part..♥ 

"Accidentally In Love" By Counting Crows (?).

A lot, ok, most, of my adoration for this song has to do with is that it's the theme song for one of my characters couples, and I love them.  I can't help but seeing Vice and Emi when I listen to it.  It's catchy, it's fast pace, and...I just like it. 

Favorite Line: 

These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no

 

"Love is not a Fight" by Warren Barfield.

You know, most love songs, it's about feelings, it's about the days when you just adore that person.  But, it's rare to find a love song about staying. About true love. About the nitty gritty of love. As the lyrics themselves say: "To some, love is a word that they can fall into, but when they're falling out, keeping that word is hard to do"  I love this song..because it's beautiful without being mushy and all about the emotions of the moment.

Favorite Line:

Love is not a place
To come and go as we please
It's a house we enter in
And then commit to never leave
So lock the door behind you
Throw away the key
We'll work it out together
Let it bring us to our knees

"Loch Lomond" by Some Random Soldier About To Die

 My first introduction into old celtic love ballads was with Loch Lomond. And after I looked up the story behind it, I was nearly in tears over the beautiful sadness of it.  And though years has passed, this tale of a soldier and his farewell to his love remains a favorite.

 Favorite Line: 

'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomon',
Where in purple hue the Hieland hills we view,
An' the moon comin' out in the gloamin'.

"Comes Along Love" by Kay Starr

 Ah! So you knew there was retro swing in there somewhere. ;)  

Favorite Line:

Comes along a love suddenly
Every dream you had becomes ignited
You just began to live
Comes along love

"Deer In the Headlights" by Owl City

I l.o.v.e Adam Young. Like...a lot. But, Deer in the Headlights is probably one of my favorites...probably because..well...the anonymous girl and I are much much alike. If I carried Pepper Spray, I might very well grace strange men who came and told me "Hello" in parking lots.

Unless, of course, they were Adam Young, because then I would hug them.

Favorite Line: 

Met a girl in the parking lot,
And all I did was say hello.
Her pepper spray made it rather hard
For me to walk her home,
But I guess that's the way it goes.

And, pretty much anything Frank Sinatra. I just don't have time or space to list every single song of his.  And, my song favorites tend to change quite often, so with the exclusion of Deer in the Headlights, and Love isn't a Fight, most of these will have been replaced in a week.

And next month, they will be my favorites again. ^_^

So, Cheerio me ol cre-

Oh! Guess what today is?

Moi birthday!

I'm 17.

Like...wow.

I'm 17.

Dear Peter Pan:

????? uh, late much?

-Sincerely, The Girl Who Waited.

And waited.

and waited.

and waited.

and is STILL waiting.

Phantom of the Opera

So, Ever since I read the novel (by Gaston Leroux) I have loved POTO, and now, I REALLY REALLY want to own the movie. Must. Buy. From. Wal-mart. Soon. And I have listened to ALL the songs. And for awhile, I sang them, without thinking. Well, one day, while singing 'Wishing You Were Somehow Here' with Christine, I made a realization. With a few tweaks and much practice, I could very likely copy her voice. And, so my musical journey began. Ask my family, I sang that song none stop. I sang it in the shower, I sang it while washing dishes, I sang it while working, while playing, all. the. time.  And, with much practice, I now can do a fairly good mimic of Emmy's voice in that particular song. It is, in fact, a very easy song to copy her voice in. High enough to have some practice involved (I naturally used to sing lower notes, but since trying to copy her voice, my voice has actually changed, and I now sing higher), but not terribly high, not at all like 'Phantom of the Opera' is. But, it has been my goal to sing Phantom of the Opera. I had tried, and failed. I couldn't get the last really high notes without cracking and running out of breath.  So, instead I went back to WYWSH. Perfecting it, just singing it.  But, I'd like to one day play Christine Daae in a play (don't talk to me about my hair color...it can be fixed). That would involve singing ALL the songs. And so, I've gotten to work.

And today.

I did it.

I sang it.

All.

High notes, low notes, everything.

I've never felt prouder, and worst at the same time.  Does anybody know how much the song hurts? really, stretching my vocal muscles that much was painful. But, I didn't stop. Like a dancer with bleeding feet, I had to continue.  I gave myself a headache from lack of oxygen, and from the pure pressure on my head from singing so high. My lungs hurt terribly, they felt stretched and pulled (and they probably were). My throat felt tired (if you know what I mean. It didn't *hurt* or feel *stretched* just, tired feeling) And I couldn't catch my breath for a couple of minutes. But I did it. I sang Phantom of the Opera.

I felt so entirely proud, I felt like I had completely something so big.

True, it wasn't perfect, I slipped up twice where I took longer getting my breath between lines then Emmy did (how does she do it?). I have a lot more practice to do before it is perfect. And I need to perfect my higher notes still.  It just makes my heart happy to know, Emmy had 5 years of Voice lessons, and I've had none. Absolutely none. That doesn't mean I don't want them. I do. I'm just happy I can mostly sing like a 5 year graduate of voice lessons, and Musical singer, and all that goodness.

However, I just tried to sing it, and messed up big time. I think my voice needs more rest then I thought. It cracked out on my early on, poor little vocal muscles, am I working you too hard? GET USED TO IT SUCKERS!

Signed with a white mask,

P.S Does those huge concrete angels give you shivers as well? They look like huge Weeping Angels!! Don't turn your back Christine!!

Choses J'adore

{{Loving}}

Owl City

Sherlock Holmes.

Hirogen in Nazi uniforms (you'll just have to watch the Star Trek episode to understand)

Story inspirations.

Late night Text conversations.  

{{Wishing}}

To watch Dr. Who soon.

To read The Hunger Games, Ms. Holmes, and The Beekeeper's apprentice. 

{{My Heart}}

I love how normal she seems!

{{Listening}}

"This is a world of dreams and reverie
Where I felt the stars explode around me"

-Strawberry Avalanche-

"Met a girl in the parking lot
And all I did was say hello
Her pepper spray made it rather hard
For me to walk her home
But I guess that's the way it goes"

-Deer in the Headlights-

Owl City

♫Even though, I'll never know what's up ahead
I'm never lettin' go, I'm never lettin' go♫

-Alligator sky-

 

I really like Owl City.  The first I ever heard of Adam Young's awesome singing was in 'Fireflies' and it was instant love. I really liked the weirdness of his music, and lyrics. It made sense...yet..it didn't.

 

  But, as I've listened to more of his music, I like how clean it is. Did you know Adam Young is a christian?I really appreciate how his songs are memorable, funny, funky, and completely clean.  I don't have to worry when my 13 year old brother listens to their songs on Playlist.com.

♫I brush my teeth and look in the mirror
And laugh out loud as I'm beaming from ear to ear
I'd rather pick flowers instead of fights
And rather than flaunt my style
I'd flash you a smile of clean pearly whites♫

-Dental care-

And the names! How do you get  'Vanilla Twilight', 'Owl City', 'Strawberry Avalanche' and decided to use them?

♫But drenched in vanilla twilight
I'll sit on the front porch all night
Waist-deep in thought because
When I think of you I don't feel so alone♫

-Vanilla Twilight-

Oh, his lyrics are so beautiful!!

His songs are so upbeat, how can you be sad and listen to them?

And the mental images he pours into his songs!! 

Owl City is Magical.

Owl City is Awesome.

Owl City is one of a Kind.

 

♫Home will always be here on sea, out of sight
Where I disappear and hide
I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye
So I'll spread out my wings and fly♫

 

 

Weekly Wonders.

Miss Nova over at Forgotten Paper Airplanes (her blog is awesome. I love it) is starting a new weekly linkup...I'll let her explain it:

"Here's how it works. There will be a specified category for that week (inspirational, random, wedding, etc.), and you will post as many pictures as you wish in that specific category. And...just to test it out, we'll do random this week. I'm not sure how well this is going to work, considering I don't have a button, nor do I have a link thing...working on it.

So, this week's category is random. Which means any picture you've found that you just love"

So, my pictures, (thought included free of charge)

 Atticus Finch, you never cease to make me smile.  I even named my lamp after him. (I name everything).  It is a green Banker's lamp...(Like THIS one).  The moment I got it, I thought, "This looks like a lamp A Lawyer would use..." It got the name 'My Atticus Lamp'.

NOVA! Isn't Tom's eyes normally blue, however?  He must be wearing contact, or something.

No comment.  (My brother, Zeb asks who he is, I said, "Loki. He's a bad guy".  Zeb: "Duh.  All bad guys look cool")

You wont believe how many times I've said this.  Half hoping blue fire will come out of my palm.  It doesn't work. I need a Rider Tattoo on my palm first...

I haven't watched the Eragon movie...yet...but I think they matched the actor up PERFECTLY with the character.  This, is so Durza.   The only difference that I feel that is kinda big...is Shades have Maroon eyes. Not light blue.  Light Blue looks good on Durza, however.
 WHY DID YOU HAVE TO DIE?!?!?

I sympathize.

 

Ya know, I use this quote a lot.

And this picture:

 

Unless you are a fellow Phantom/Erik lover...and you read the book before the movie...you just won't get the splendor of this picture.  The realisticness.

Forget Gerard Butler. 

^THAT^ is what Erik really looked like.

And one last Hiddles picture for Nova, because I like you, *wink*

Ok.  So...I forgot to say anything about the Wissmann's visit.  I am ashamed. Forgive me.

We had a BLAST. In capital letters.

Me and Hannah W. (who is a little less then a year older then me.  She is 16, and I'm about to be 16) talked about loads of things.

Books, reviewing, books, Wild West Bandits, Books, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Books, her married Siblings, book.

You get the pattern, right?

I'm sad that we have to wait a full year until we can see them again...but at least I gave Hannah my email address..and I friended her on FaceBook..so..maybe the year will pass quickly.

Fairfallen, dearest Readers! Until another day!

(P.S.  Dance of the sugar Plum fairies...MmmMmmMmmm!)

Random

sometimes, i just feel to lazy to use the shift button.

sometimes, the lowercase i actually looks neat, in a post, anyway.

all i feel like doing today, is snuggling up with a Redwall book, and reading my heart out. 

It's skipper and The Mask!

And, I want a baby otter now!  Look at those c.u.t.e lil faces!  I claim the black one!

I want to go to Outer Space now, and meet a Vulcan, how much is passage on a Galaxy class StarShip?  I think I'd prefer to go Federation; me and the Ferengi might not get along like peas and carrots.

Speakin' of which, how did the term, 'peas and carrots' come about?  The way I like my peas, and the way I like my carrots, WOULD NOT go together perfectly. Bleh.

You know where I also want to go?  Scotland.  How much would passage THERE cost? I'm quite sure it would be cheaper then a 'quick' flight to Vulcan.

Isn't that piano beautiful?

I'm gonna learn to play the flute.  In about 2 months.  Maybe.  I'm excited, but afraid too.  I don't pick up as quick with music as with my other studies.  So, I'll be crossing my fingers, and praying! Hard.

I found this picture of Pinterest today, and it is my 'pic of the day'.  Love how sweet, and true it is.  Worth remembering!

Sometimes, do you feel like you want to do something, but just can't figure out what?  I hate it when that happens.  Cuz, most likely, I'll end up laying around, doing absolutely nuthin'.  I suppose this would be called, 'bored'.  Ugh.  I just want to do SOMETHING.  Maybe, these times would be a good time to clean up my sewing desk before my Mom kills me.  Or, to finish my sewing project.  Or, to deep clean my room.  Or, to do some other thing I hate doing. 

And, update on Ethan W.  I think they will be coming home this week!  This family has gone through SO much.  And their little boy is, as you can see, super cute!  Despite all the cords that Borgize him. Poor fella.  Keep them in your prayers, PLEASE.  This has been such a long haul for them, and I'm sure home is sounding really good right now!

I'm done being random.  I need to go to bed probably as well.  Oh, and don't forget my giveaway (link on top of page) and, I will need some guestposters soon!!!  First 6 7 to email me gets the job!

A.

I hear....

My Smart Brother playing the piano.....give him a song, (or a tune) and a piano and plenty of time, and he'll be playing it for Us to hear!


sadly I'm not THAT good....I prefer the songs I make up, :-P.