We are shining stars

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What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie

And it came to me then
That every plan is a tiny prayer to Father Time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I'd already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me

Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend
On a faulty camera in our minds
But I knew that you were a truth
I would rather lose than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself

'Cause there's no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous paces bracing for bad news
Then the nurse comes around and everyone lifts their head
But I'm thinking of what Sarah said
That love is watching someone die

So who's going to watch you die?

Honorable mentions go to Beautiful Day by U2 (Touch me/Take me to that other place/Teach me/I know I'm not a hopeless case) and Motorcycle Drive By by Third Eye Blind (I've never been so alone/And I've never been so alive). ...Actually, pretty much any song by Third Eye Blind. I can think of so many others, but we'd be here all day. XD

Incidentally, Happy Birthday to jesheslove, talklikeazombie, sandrock, willowmae, and hanashiki! CLEARLY JULY IS AN AWESOME MONTH. Hope you guys had fun, and sorry I'm late with most of these birthday wishes. ;;

:O

From enough_space

Comment if you'd like a color. Then list ten things that you like/love which are that color.

( SHE GAVE ME PURPLE. )

And I got tagged by irtiolre to do that meme that everyone and their grandma has already done before me.

The Meme:

♠ If you've been tagged, you must write your answers in your own LJ and replace any question that you dislike with a new question.
♠ Tag eight people. Don't refuse to do that. Don't tag who tagged you. Haha that's not going to happen. XD BUT ANYWAY.

( Click here for random questions and random answers! )

Lastly, I took this meme because everyone was doing it.

❝i've always wanted to tell you❞

Haha. Well, that was fun.

Merry Christmas, everyone, or happy holidays if you don't celebrate it. I hope everyone has (or has had, depending on your timezone) a wonderful day! :)

To make up for that really obnoxious Christmas font, I've uploaded a couple of my favorite Christmas songs for anyone who's interested. Just because I wanted to do something, you know? XD

The Muppets - Bless Us All (from A Muppet Christmas Carol)

I actually wanted to upload "Thankful Heart" from the same movie (it has MICHAEL CAINE! SINGING!!), but Megaupload wouldn't have it, so I'll try again later. But this is my second favorite; it's absolutely one of the sweetest Christmas songs I've heard.

John Williams - Christmas Star (from Home Alone 2)

Pretttttttty. This is a gorgeous track, definitely one of my favorites.

Nat King Cole - The Christmas Song

And of course, gotta include the classic. This is my favorite version because it still has the line "until then we'll have to muddle through somehow" instead of whatever they changed it to.

And I've gotta head out to my grandparents' house, but you know, Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night. ♥

From poisontea:

Give me a character from any fandom you know that I know and I will tell you:

a. My favorite thing about that character.
b. My least favorite thing about that character.
c. One person I would ship them with in their own verse.
d. One crossover ship for them I think would be neat.
e. One crossover universe for them I think would be even neater.
f. Their ship from hell.
g. Their song.
h. The title of their biography or autobiography.
i. The last bad dream they had.
j. How they're gonna shuffle off the mortal coil, if they haven't already.


Man but I love character memes.

(Also, thanks to valorously and o_melody_nelson for the snowflake cookies. ♥)

ETA: LOL, for some reason LJ's not sending comment notifications, so I didn't realize anyone had replied until I logged in again and HELLO, WHAT'S THIS? XD Ilu guys. <3
ETA 2: OFF TO BED NOW, will finish these tomorrow. and maybe someone will take pity on me and give Gokudera some love too? Just, you know, so I have extra motivation to finish...! Yes. XD

OH MY GOD I'M FINALLY DONE. XDDD This was way too much fun, though. ♥

THE FANFICTION LOVE MEME

And since we're doing memes anyway, I wanted to do this one that I nabbed from valorously:

Rules:
• 1. Put your playlist on random.
• 2. Post a line from the first 30 songs
• 3. Delete the songs when someone guesses correctly.

( It's been way too long since I last did a music meme. )

How shocking!

Took both of these from rikasaurus. ♥

Leave me a comment and I will give you a letter.
Then, write 10 things that you love starting with that letter.
Post the list in your journal.
Give out letters to your commenters in return.

She gave me the letter G. 8D

( GEE I WONDER WHAT THE FIRST THING ON THIS LIST IS. )

Aaaand...

Reply to this meme by yelling "Words!" and I will give you five words that remind me of you. Then post them in your LJ and explain what they mean to you.

( My words: )

I'm probably too zonked to think of words to give out to everyone, but I'll be more than happy to give out letters.

Also, on a completely unrelated note: how is it that stuff like this is still happening in Iran and yet all the front page of CNN cares about is Michael Jackson? Seriously, enough already. :|

I think the real reason I'm addicted to music memes is that they don't require thinking. I can type away even though my brain has totally shut off for the night. |D

Snagged from cleartempest!

Put your iPod, mp3 or other media playing software/device on shuffle. Write down the first ten songs. Post your favourite line from each of these songs. Let people guess (or not) what the songs are. If you google the lyric, do not post the answer. That's cheating!

( Meme )


ETA: Went ahead and named/linked to the rest of the songs, since most of them have been guessed. THANKS FOR PLAYING GUYS. <3

Salad post! Aka a post where I toss a bunch of things in together because I don't feel like making separate entries for each one (plus it would probably be annoying). I will attempt to start with the least spoilery things and work my way up so as not to spoil anyone!

1. ( Lol the VP debate. )

2. Meme! From chibikaya. :D

1.) Put your media player of choice on shuffle.
2.) List the first fifteen songs that come up (skipping titles like "Fugue in D Minor") and add "in my pants" to the end.
3.) Bold the ones that actually made you LOL.

( Actually, pretty much all of them made me lol. )

3. New OP and ED for KHR! Actually not much to say here, except 1) The new OP is awesome, 2) I LOVE GOKUDERA, and 3) Is it just me, or have the KHR anime endings been getting progressively gayer as time goes on? Not that there's anything wrong with that. XD

4. ( And lastly, the new chapter. |D )


I think that's it! I wonder how many tags this will take.

I can never get enough of these things. XD

Yanked from sandrock:

The Rules: List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your LiveJournal/blog along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they’re listening to.

( ♩ ♫ )

And another meme, from o_melody_nelson!

Pick a fandom (or two) and I'll tell you:

1. The first character I fell in love with.
2. The character I never expected to love as much as I do now.
3. The character everyone else loves that I don't.
4. The character I love that everyone else hates.
5. The character I used to love but don't any longer.
6. The character I would shag anytime.
7. The character I'd want to be like.
8. The character I'd slap.
9. A pairing that I love.
10. A pairing that I hate

Any fandom listed here gets the go-ahead! GIVE ME SOMETHING TO RANT ABOUT? 8D

Music Letter Meme:
1. Reply to this post and I'll assign you a letter.
2. List (and upload, if you feel like it) 5 songs that start with that letter.
3. Post them to your journal with these instructions.

chibikaya gave me the letter C. ♥ Lyrics are in the parentheses.

1. Carnival (The Pillows)

(Trufax: I can't stay in a bad mood while listening to this song.)

2. Chapter One (Lifehouse)

(This song has some of my favorite lyrics ever (All the leaves are turning and the sky fades to gray/Strange our life coincides with the seasons of today/Who's to say where the wind will blow?). It's really sweet and hopeful.)

3. Charlie (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

(The guitar riff in the second half has a terrible habit of getting stuck in my head for hours. So badass.)

4. City of Blinding Lights (U2)

(Such a gorgeous song. ♥ My favorite part is the "Time..." buildup toward the end, and then the final chorus. It's so alive, somehow.)

5. Climbing Up The Walls (Radiohead)

(Wonderfully creepy. And of course, it's Radiohead, so I hardly need to say that it's awesome. :P)

And I'm mostly just posting this to do the songs, but if anyone wants a letter, just mention it. :)