January 2010
93 posts
FAVORITE ALBUMS OF MY 2009
2009 was a great journey of music for me. Expanded a lot into different genres and discovered why a lot of the big bands and albums get the respect they do. I listened to 705 albums in 2009, and here are some of my favorites.
1950s
Songs for Swingin’ Lovers! by Frank Sinatra (1956)
1960s
The Doors by The Doors (1967) The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground &...
December 2009
79 posts
MY 2009 RE-CAP
If you know 90% of this, I salute you, which I highly doubt.
Welcome 2009! Downtown with then-sophomores, “Janime and Jared”. Pro-Hour Monday begins. In-N-Out munch out begins. My first trip to Pacific Beach. Barack Obama is inaugurated. Last stay at “Patrick”s house. PLANNED PARENTHOOD (Not what it seems.) First Chili’s dinner with triple dates. Picked 12th grade...
MY TOP 50 ALBUMS OF 2009 →
2 months in the making…
AM I
the only one who thinks of names for their future kids when they’re bored?
Yeah, you’re worth the trouble and you’re worth the pain and...
– Belle and Sebastian
It’s not your money they’re after, boy, it’s you.
– Belle and Sebastian
And you can’t understand why all the other boys are all going for the new,...
– Belle and Sebastian
50 THINGS THAT MATTER IN MY 2009
Here we go again. Time to reflect 2009. Not very eventful as 2008 but quality over quantity. This year, I have learned that my time is limited until I have to exit my stage of life of adolescence and have to appreciate everything I got. Cherishing good times with old friends and making great memories with new friends. 2009 was definitely not a disappointment as I predicted earlier on. Well,...
TODAY
went splendid. It was good.
25!
jomamas:
Write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it’s because I want to know more about you. 1. I don’t find awkward silences to be awkward. 2. I can’t stand forks scraping on a china plate. (Or whatever.) 3. I can’t hold eye contact very long....
MY WHATEVER AWARDS OF 2009
So I’m going to be the least biased at this, looking at the popular culture today, I hand my awards and recognition for the impact (or just tons of talk) they left in 2009. So here goes my awards:
Song of the Year
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys)
“I don’t think any song released this year can rock enormous arenas (Maybe U2, but never checked them out yet)...
50 SONGS THAT MADE MY 2009
Music, when replayed, is like a flashback of that certain time or moment where you first heard it. It captures that time and remains captured as your personal time machine. That’s what songs are to me. Whether times are good or bad, it’s a tool of nostalgia. Here’s 50 that I have heard in 2009 that recollects laughs, cries, jokes of the weeks, days, weekends, hours, minutes and...
SOMETIMES
when I feel “homesick”, I don’t know if I actually am homesick or just miss being there. It’s been 10 years and I still don’t know if this is home.
You must stay on your own for a little bit longer. You haven’t earned it...
– The Smiths
Tom: I really liked this girl, but then, she took a giant shit right on my face... Literally.
Alison: Literally?
Tom: No. Jesus. That's disgusting...
For the good life is out there somewhere, so stay on my arm, you little charmer....
– The Smiths
SOME SHIT LIKE THAT
T: She likes Magritte AND Hopper! And we ended up talking about Bananafish for hours!
R: You think she's the one just because she's cute and likes the same bizarro things you do?
THIS EMPTY HOUSE SEEMS SO COLD
I'LL BE THERE TO SAY WHAT UP IN THE MORNIN'
I was driving my car, I crashed and broke my spine. So yes, there are things...
– Morrissey
It’s not that I lost my friends, but rather misplaced them.
You talk so hip, you’re twisting my melon, man!
– Happy Mondays
Life’s a bummer when you’re a hummer. Life’s a drag.
– The Smashing Pumpkins
No, it’s not like any other love. This one is different - because...
– The Smiths
I NEED
to stop listening to sad records.
BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER
Friends,
As you call ‘em, they only call you when they need something. Trees for the blunt, G’s for the front. I found a way to get peace of mind for years and left the hell alone. Turn the deaf ear to the cellular phone. Send me a letter, or better, we could see each other in real life just so you can feel me like a steel knife. At least so you could see the white of their eyes,...
They can’t comprehend…
They even came close to understanding him. I guess if I was boring, they would love me more… Guess if I was simple in the mind, everything would be fine. Maybe if I was a jerk to girls instead of being nice and speaking kind words, then maybe it would be OK to to say then; I wasn’t a good guy to begin with…
But my mind is crazy…
They...