Good songs and a Coachella Preview

I forgot to share some good music (which I've decided to do more frequently):

I posted this on my facebook a long time ago, but there's something so amazing about this girl's voice (one of the artists i'm actaully bummed about missing at Coachella 2011)

I dont know why, but I've always been a fan of the cigarette smoking indie/offbeat male vocals:

Mix between John Mayer and Bono (doesnt sound like it would be that great, but it is):

Cloud Watching or Star Gazing....only appropriate sitautions for this song:

This one's a little out there:

I would consider the Stars the original version of the XX (not illustrated by this song, but by their others):

And yes, i love ALL versions of my favorite song junior and senior year of HIGH SCHOOL (originally Postal Service):

PERFECT to chill out to:

Courtesy of Nicky Hoertkorn:

I absolutely love it when Piano and electronic music meet:

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

I know it's a little ridiculous that my post begins with two photos of Camille and Kelsey Grammer at various events. And....I know that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills has got to be one of the most superficial shows out there, but something really struck me tonight when I was watching the season finale.

Quick Background: Last episode, Kelsey (Frasier, as I like to call him) told Camille over the phone that he was done with their marriage. She begged him to change his mind and he agreed to spend a weekend with her to try and figure things out. He subsequentially flew her out to New York for the Tony awards, but upon her arrival, she was informed that she would be staying in a hotel room alone. Then, on top of that, when she tried to get into HER OWN apartment in New York, the doorman wouldn't let her in because "he had seen Kelsey's wife come home every night and it wasn't her".

I am well aware that this show's main intention is mindless entertainment. But, when I was watching Camille reiterate the details of her failed marriage, I have to say it scared me a little and made me think a lot. This is where the photos come in - if you compare the two, they're essentially identical. Kelsey's always smiling and Camille is kind of just standing there with barely any facial expression (most likely due to her massive amounts of plastic surgery). However, the main difference here is that in the first one, they're two happily married individuals, but in the second, Kelsey's trying to get rid of Camille and a little part of Camille is emotionally dying. I mean Camille almost looks happier amidst all of her emotional turmoil than she does when things were good.

Regardless, this is where my mind kind of ran wild. First, it made me contemplate the deceptive nature of surface appearances. There's only one person who ever really knows how you feel, and thats yourself. Anyone from the outside looking in can try to understand but will never get the full story. But, I don't really want to get into the details of that. The second thing that really got to me was that this show that I consider my entertainment happened to Camille in her real life. Moreover, I can confidently say that at one point, Camille watched someone (maybe a fictional character) get abandoned by their husband for a girl 20 years younger than them, and thought to herself "eh this is just entertainment, it's not going to happen to me"....and then it did.

I mean how scary is it that our whole lives we're taught that there's only one person out there for us - but then in reality over half of the people who get married divorce. I've finally realized what in life scares me the most - it's not being lonely, it's not being financially insecure, it's not being lost; it's knowing that all my efforts had been wasted or that all the things that I have centered my life around were wrong. And moreover, I'm scared that when (or if) I have this realization, I'll have to hide it and put on a happy face. I find it so crazy that the saddest person in the world can still smile, and the happiest person in the world can still cry.

Classic Winnie the Pooh & Au Revoir Simone

Sometimes, memories, & relics my childhood, make me happier than anything else. Here are a couple of quotes from my favorite storybook(s) , Winnie the Pooh, that stretch far beyond the understanding of a seven year old child.

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh," he whispered.

"Yes, Piglet?"

"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw, "I just wanted to be sure of you."”

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“If ever there is tomorrow when we're not together.. there is something you must always remember. you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. but the most important thing is, even if we're apart.. i'll always be with you.”

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"Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known."

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"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day."

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"I used to believe in forever, but forever is too good to be true."

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"Well," said Pooh, "what I like best -" and then he had to stop and think because although eating honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat which was better than when you were, but he didn't know what it was called."

I apologize for slacking on my blog posts (even though I'm curious as to whether or not anyone even reads this thing). I've learned a lot lately, mostly that I need some sort of change in my life. I'll keep you updated on how that goes, but for now, it's the trial phase...so wish me luck :)

good video, great songs

Just had an amazing weekend out in New York (probably the 4 most gluttonous days of my life). Regardless, after reading this post, close your eyes and count your blessings. You'd be surprised how grateful you'll feel once you open them again.

Till Next,

Rei

chillaxin.

It makes me sad how perscription pill abuse is shooting through the roof. Prescription pills and plastic surgery are perfect pinnacles of human corropution - gaining wealth from human insecurities. Its a little offputting that doctors have adopted a method of medicating people to fix their emotional problems. Depression/ anxiety/ ADD - those are all in your HEAD. I mean, as much as a pill may cause you to think you're happier, if everything else around you stays the same, are you really going to feel better about the things in your life? It's almost like we're trying too hard to obtain human perfection. However, 'perfect' is a subjective term. So it seems odd to me that we center so much attention around gaining something that doesn't exist?

I guess if you glance through human history, satisfaction has always been built around subjective/invisible constructs - love, religion, wealth, beauty, happiness, etc. etc. Then, the really ironic thing is that we use objective things to obtain them - a ring, a bible, a dollar, a surgery, or even a pill. I think that's where we're going wrong. Rather than turning to materialism, we should look within ourselves to find fulfillment - and only then will we be happy.

Current Playlist:

1. Home - Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros.

2. Hurricane Drunk - Florence and the Machines
3. Last of Days - A Fine Frenzy
4. Reset - Mute Math
5. The Police and the Private - Metric
6. In Transit - Albert Hammon Jr.
7. Welcome Home - Radical Face
8. Moon - Little People
9. Orange Shirt - Discovery
10. As the Rush Comes - Gabriel & Dresden
11. Merry Happy - Kate Nash
12. Power Moves Baby - Inf
13. Everybody but Me - Lykke Li
14. Diz - TV on the Radio
15. Amistice - Pheonix
16. You dont know me - Ben Folds

Yelle - Ce Jeu

Diary Entrees from HIGH SCHOOL (throwback)

The one thing I love about keeping a diary, is remembering....

2/12/2005 (last entry of my Junior Year Diary):

This is the diary that I kept for a significant potion of my junior year at Redwood. By reading it, one should discover my deepest passions, pleasures, and worries that unveil themselves through my recorded thoughts. In rheterospect, by refelcting upon the occurances in this diary, I can honestly conclude that these months have persistantly guided me through my adolsecent path of self discovery. However, after my observations of myself, along with my surroundings in High School, I've concluded that things can't and shouldn't be taken too seriously. After all, life is simply a series of experiments that leads to an individal's final destination. And, at the moment, I'm just living....living and having fun...because its only TEENAGE WASTELAND.

Taken from a good friend's Tumblr account (HAPPY BIRTHDAY Elliot: http://fullgrain.tumblr.com/)