Songs about my city

I feel about the city the way some people do about small towns. It's all very near and dear to me and I sometimes forget how grand it actually is. These songs are the best NYC songs, the ones that capture the homey feeling of the city, the intimate parts of it that I love so much.


Back to Manhattan, Norah Jones
"Brooklyn holds you/It holds my heart too/What a fool I was to think I could let them both go/ I'll go back to Manhattan/As if nothing ever happened/When I cross that bridge/It'll be as if this don't exist."


The 59th Street Bridge, Simon and Garfunkel
"Slow down, you move too fast/You got to make the mornin' last/Just kickin' down the cobblestones/Lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy"


Paris Nights/New York Mornings, Corinne Bailey Rae

"Breakfast at Mickey’s/Make-up still on/Elbows on the greasy table cloth/One more coffee and one last cigarette/Smiling at the rain cause you hold me close/My best dress on underneath this old coat/Walking down Bleecker no one is awake yet."

Into Brooklyn, Early in the Morning, The Innocence Mission
"Beautiful life/Full of grieving/So will sing the Russian choir/They will sing in the square/As you come down through the Brooklyn air/To the ground."


The Marching Bands of Manhattan, Death Cab For Cutie
"If I could open my arms/And span the length of the isle of Manhattan/I'd bring it to where you are/Making a lake of the East River and Hudson/If I could open my mouth/Wide enough for a marching band to march out."


Back of a Truck, Regina Spektor
"There's a back of a truck selling alien pods/There's a back of a truck selling game show hosts/There's a back of a truck selling the souls of the dead/There's a back of a truck selling crumb free bread/This is New York/There's a back of a truck selling the back of a car/There's a back of a car selling roadway maps /There are roadway maps selling the back of a head."


Chicago, Sufjan Stevens
"I drove to New York/In the van, with my friend/We slept in parking lots/I don't mind, I don't mind/I was in love with the place/In my mind, in my mind/I made a lot of mistakes/In my mind, in my mind."

Today was actually bordering upon COLD! This fall will be awesomesauce. Comic-Con, the Medieval Fair, Richmond Town and the Long Island Fair, Michaelmas, the Steuben Day Parade...
Third day of school. I have survived thus far.

Apple *fill in the blank*

GUESS WHAT MY MOM IS MAKING TONIGHT? Oh, the wicked, wicked things that can be done with apples.


Apple Cobbler


Apple Pie


Apple Crumble


Apple Cake


Apple Crisp


Apple Turnover


Skillet Apple Pie


Apple Tart

Actually I think they're all the same thing... kinda. I have no idea.

Evil Girly Post

I thought I'd do something gloriously horrific and teenagegirlish and make a ~*~favorite kisses~*~ post!! I am not even sure if I should post this due to shame. But let's be honest. We all have this list somewhere in our brains. ;)


Thornton and Margaret, North and South.
One of the more ~romantic~ kisses ever. My whole family gathers round when this scene comes.


Sawyer and Kate, The Glass Ballerina.
This remains the best kiss ever filmed. Apart from Lost and the shipping wars it has this eternal quality.


Johnny and Penelope, Penelope.
This wins the award for cutest kiss ever. I love the circular way it was filmed.


Clark and Lois, Crossfire.
This scene was just so Superman!! It has an comicbook kind of grandeur.


Mulder and Scully, I Want to Believe.
I love this one because it's the culmination of sixteen years together. How many kisses have that much time behind them?


Will and Elizabeth, At World's End.
Like the Penelope one, I just love circular kiss shots! Also it's during an epic rainy sea battle!!

I had mac'n'cheese for lunch which is a king among lunches. School. Lots of school.

Back to school and other things

School is boring. But it is way better than being bored! And I was going crazy. Here are my main subjects this year.


History. I am doing World History. Which is cool, but I need to rewire by brain... I'm still in America!!!!!! mode. One day in. I'm already tired of stupid China.


Math. SAT prepping, still, cause I'm retaking the stupid thing. And Trig, but that's not till later this year.


English. I'm reading Young Werther right now, hahaha. He was the original Emo poet child.


German 3. It's scary! It's soo scary!!!! But I'm really exciting, I can't wait to do mad translations!


Science. I'm usually a science idiot but I'm bravely attacking Chem. Maybe I'm not actually a science idiot. Who knows.


In general... everything went better then I expected. (Amusing use of favorite internet meme is amusing.)

Tonight will most likely be boring. Since we finished the X-Files our evenings have decreased in quality. Ah well. Fringe in two weeks, so that's good I guess.

Keira Knightley: Discuss

She is one of those love-or-hate actresses. Like Emma Watson or Zooey Desch. I happen to love her. She has a different face and body and she rocks it.


This is probably my favorite Oscar look ever, the end.


She's the perfect Chanel face.


I love that she's never said anything bad about the Pirates movies. I always lose respect for actors who dis films they were in.


Her "real" fashion sense, when not modeling or appearing on the red carpet is also really classy.


She looks so cute with her hair like this!


This is my favorite Keira picture.


She has this, excuse the phrase, natural beauty.

Last horrah of summer today, a picnic with the family and horse back riding with the cousins. ♥ But honestly I am happy to get back to school. I feel brain dead.