It's 6:00 a.m., I haven't gone to sleep yet. My life had never been so awesome, I couldn't be any happier!

The Bravery

Here are a couple of songs by the awesome (and in my opinion, highly-underrated) American rock band, The Bravery.

Very creative video, sad lyrics.

One of my favorite songs from The Bravery to date. Love the drums, vocals, strings. The lyrics are a bit depressing and also kinda deep, but the overall upbeat rhythm keeps one from getting too emotional.

I find this one to be the most dynamic; the drums, bass and guitars complement each other neatly. It's also my favorite from the band, and --interestingly enough-- it's the "highest charting modern rock single" for the Bravery.

Love and Inequalities

Gets me every time...

Another Quote

"Life is no RPG. It's a first-person shooter with no checkpoints, limited ammunition, and for which no complete walkthrough exists."

Quote of the Day

And this time it's mine!

It seems today I got creative or something and came up with this:

"If the world didn't know love or suffering, there wouldn't be any poetry worth reading, we wouldn't have something to fight for, and we wouldn't have a reason to take that first step out the door..."

I've noticed that my urge to write [poems] relies heavily on strong emotions such as joy, depression, anger and passion. Also, not only is the need to write more intense, but the work usually turns out to be much better than those driven by weaker emotions. Even people who write about nature need to have a passion for it in order to come up with a genuine piece of literature. Even those who prefer to write about more ordinary stuff, say garbage cans. Not kidding.

♪

...For the times they are a-changin'

Status Report

This weekend sucks. I wanted to study and I failed miserably. Then I tried to write something and came up with this poem which is a piece of crap that doesn't even rhyme.

Anyway it's raining A LOT, which is awesome. I wish I could go outside and dance my heart out in the rain, but apparently it'll be socially unacceptable by most people and unfortunately I'm currently in a place where they might see me so I'm just gonna stay inside and do nothing which is actually not awesome at all.

Any suggestions will be warmly appreciated! Have a great day.

Self-discovery

Today I found out that I eat lots of sunflower seeds, make lots of origamis and drive really slowly when I feel depressed. Talk about finding oneself.

Quote

"Stand up and walk out of your history."
-- Phil McGraw

Image

I think this is pretty amazing.

Favorite Songs

Choosing your favorite songs can be quite complicated when you've heard so many songs in your life -_-' but I'm gonna try and list a few...

1. It's My Life - Bon Jovi

It's a classic. It's upbeat, and I never grow tired of it.

2. You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

Possibly my favorite hard rock song.

3. With or Without You - U2

Heard it on Friends for the first time and ended up reminding me a lot of when I first started going out with my boyfriend...

4. I Don't Want To Miss a Thing - Aerosmith

My favorite soft rock song. Also, best love song ever imo; gets me every time.

5. Fell In Love With a Girl - The White Stripes

My favorite garage rock song.

6. Flathead - The Fratellis

Favorite indie rock song.

7. Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

Favorite alternative rock song.

8. Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Lately, I enjoy listening to this song

Quote of the Day

«Si te extasías ante su belleza, eso sólo no es amor: es admiración. Si sientes palpitar tu corazón en su presencia, eso sólo no es amor: es sensibilidad. Si ansías una caricia, un beso, un abrazo, poseer de alguna manera su cuerpo, eso sólo no es amor: es sensualidad. Pero si lo que deseas es su bien, aún a costa de tu sacrificio, enhorabuena: has encontrado el verdadero amor».

- P. Jorge Loring

TIL: You Can't Have Too Much Of A Good Thing

For better or for worse.

TIL: Partial Progress Makes You Feel Good

[data structures lab instructions] "[...] The particular case at hand is perhaps simple and you may start by implementing the whole class and test afterwards. However, you should learn to work on stages and to be able to perform testing incrementally as each state is worked out. In this way, you will be able to experiment partial progress that usually makes one feel good about what has been done."

Shoot he's absolutely right. Thing is I already implemented the whole class, so if anything, it'll make me feel bad about myself... x_x If only I'd read the whole thing first...

If you're reading this... please don't make the same mistake I did. Cheers.