Chair daca am mai zis-o, si acum pot sa o spun foarte deschis …….

si asta mai ales dupa ziua de ieri a carei descriere am gasit-o foarte bine in piesa urmatoare!

Chair daca am mai zis-o, si acum pot sa o spun foarte deschis …….

si asta mai ales dupa ziua de ieri a carei descriere am gasit-o foarte bine in piesa urmatoare!

…sing a sad song just to turn it around. Yes, this song is now stuck in my head. And I really don’t like it. But when I decided to post about yesterday’s very bad, not good, terrible day I couldn’t stop thinking about that song. Props to Daniel Powter for such a catchy tune I guess.

So instead, you know, to get Danny boy’s tune out of your head if you don’t like it, listen to this song:

Anyway, back to yesterday.

It didn’t start out half bad. I visited the commissary with my boss. The commissary is a grocery store on the military base where military families can seek refuge from the hyper-inflated Hawaii food prices at Foodland and Safeway. The commissary had such brilliant finds as PB2 and PB&Co for only $3.50! I spent like $6 on that sh!t in New York! I’ve never even seen PB2 on sale and can’t wait to add it to yogurt and cereal milk and such. So that was gnarly.

Then I made this beauty for lunch.

Most of my meals lately have been very uninspired, but this one was unexpectedly a winner. I sauteed eggplant and zucchini and added soy sauce for some je ne sais quoi. Then I stirred in tomato sauce, chickpeas, and tons of cumin. I was going to eat it over spaghetti, until I realized that it was thrown out. I raided the fridge for an alternative. Enter corn tortillas, which I heated on the stove.

Mid lunch I had a work crisis (seriously guys, sh!t hit the fan) and I lost all appetite. However, I finished my meal three hours later, cold, despite feeling queasy, because I missed running on Tuesday and needed to fit one in yesterday. Fuel is necessary, even if it’s cold soggy tortillas. I think I’ve lost a little weight lately, and I need to stay strong for marathon training, so skipping lunch was not an option.

Anyway, then I pounded out a 5 miler that included Monster Hill. I beat that b!tch hill with a stick. It was bad ass. However, upon my return, I realized that my necklace, my pink sapphire necklace that my grandmother gave me, fell off whilst running. I wore him every day for the past three years. He is in almost all my pictures. For example, here is a random picture from facebook:

Excuse the tie and awkward pic. I was blindfolded by my friends and taken to a secret locale to be initiated into the Midnight IHOP society. Not even kidding. Anyway, you see Mr. Sapphire in the picture? I seriously wore him at all times. You might have to squint to see him, but that is because that despite his beauty, he was small and modest. I liked his modesty though, he added a little glint in the light to my neckline.

After the discovery that Mr. Sapphire has left the building, I was not hungry at all. In fact I felt very sick. But I gathered my wits an hour later, and knew that the sweaty beast I was needed food, so I made myself a pb&j for dinner. It was one of those days.

Instead of this American holy trinity:

I turned to these:

And it was the best pb&j of my life. Too bad I had absolutely no appetite for it. I’m also in a sticky social situation, so that’s been consuming my mental energy like whoah. Whilst eating the glorious sandwich, the runny Maranatha peanut butter melted under the slightly toasted delicious flax bread and squirted all over my shorts. Frickin’ awesome cherry on top of my day.

I also reread yesterday’s post and found typos galore. I must confess, I am a grammar stickler. I shudder when I read it’s instead of its, their instead of they’re, and misspellings. Yet I had all this nonsense going on in my last post, wtf? I guess despite having a very bad, not good, terrible day I still felt like I had to post, but I was clearly distracted and sputtered ridiculousness.

I’m taking things in stride. I spent all morning laying my ducks in a row and finding new ways to balance everything, including posting.

When life gets you down, make yourself a pb&j. Just don’t squirt peanut butter all over yourself.

[This happened on June 25th, 2009 at about 9:00 p.m.]

I first heard this term when I was in Dr. Winderl’s Intro to Theater class this past spring semester. A Godlight moment can happen at any moment when you’re watching anything – a movie, a play, a TV show – and you have a moment where God just speaks to you. I just had one of those.

Just now my brother and a friend of his were sitting on the couch and I was sitting behind them at a table on the computer. My brother gets up to do something and his friend instantly adjusts himself to where he is now lying down across where my brother was just sitting. When my brother returns he isn’t taking any of this and immediately tells his friend to give him his seat back. His friend nonchalantly declines and tells my brother he can sit over on the other couch. My brother then uses derogatory terms towards his friend that I don’t like and I let my brother know this. He responds with, “I can say whatever I want!” Baffled that he would say that and not even take in to account of what he’s saying, I sit back and let them argue. Finally I get fed up with the arguing and turn to his friend and tell him to just give my brother his seat back because he didn’t even need it. His friend yells back with, “Why are you even in this conversation”? The fact that what they were doing was even called a conversation was laughable. Frustrated, I retaliate with, “Stop being stupid. Why do you have to take his seat and then force him to another chair?!” Finally his friend yells back, “Shut up! No one asked for your opinion!”

And with that I dropped it. I sat back in my chair and my brother sat down on the other couch. They started watching a movie and I was back on re computer still fuming inside from why his friend always has to do little things like that to drive people crazy.

After a little bit I grabbed my phone and my Ipod Touch and walked to the bedroom to take a breather. Because I forgot to bring my laptop charger on this trip and the fact that my laptop was almost dead, I couldn’t use it. My only option was to listen to my Ipod. I laid down on the bed, pressed shuffle, and closed my eyes.

The first song that came on was Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day”. Weird. It seemed to perfectly fit the current mood that I was in. My mind brought back flashes of what had just happened in the other room and now this song seemed to bring out other situations in my life where there had been fighting and arguing and it brought into my head all those “what if” situations with the family and brought me to tears.

The next song that came on was Neri Per Caso’s ” Donne”. They are an a cappella group and instantly my mind was flooded with memories of Pointless, my collegiate a cappella group from PLNU. Hearing the upbeat rhythm and happiness of “Donne” and the sense of a smile on the faces of Neri Per Caso, I was jealous of them. My thoughts quickly changed to the future and success of Pointless and how happy they would be. It made me think of PLNU and all the people that I met and all the new things I tried like dancing at Balboa Park, singing in an opera, and even running for council positions. Then I imagined those things without me. It brought more tears.

Suddenly the song switched to MercyMe’s “In the Blink of an Eye”. I usually skip this song because throughout this entire song there is this annoying clicking sound that I can’t stand. I changed my mind tonight. If all the songs had described and expressed what was going on in my life and how I felt, I thought that this song must have some significance. I was right – it was like God had written this song for me:

Lyrics
You put me here for a reason
You have a mission for me
You knew my name and You called it
Long before I learned to breathe

Sometimes I feel disappointed
By the way I spend my time
How can I further Your kingdom
When I’m so wrapped up in mine

In a Blink of an eye that is when
I’ll be closer to You than I’ve ever been
Time will fly, but until then
I’ll embrace every moment I’m given
There’s a reason I’m alive for a blink of an eye

And though I’m living a good life
Can my life be something great?
I have to answer the question
Before it’s too late

Cause in a Blink of an eye that is when
I’ll be closer to You than I’ve ever been
Time will fly, but until then
I’ll embrace every moment I’m given
There’s a reason I’m alive for a blink of an eye

If I give the very best of me
That becomes my legacy
So tell me what am I waiting for?
What am I waiting for?

In a Blink of an eye that is when
I’ll be closer to You than I’ve ever been
Time will fly, but until then
I’ll embrace every moment I’m given

In a Blink of an eye that is when
I’ll be closer to You than I’ve ever been
Time will fly, but until then
I’ll embrace every moment I’m given
There’s a reason I’m alive for a blink of an eye

More tears.

The next song was the breath of life that soothed me enough to let me go back out to the living room. It was MercyMe’s “When You Spoke My Name”.

Lyrics
When I first spoke Your name
I used it like a blade
Cutting sharp a mask to hide the pain
When I first spoke Your name

When I next spoke Your name
I could no longer bear the weight
Of years hiding behind the ache
When I next spoke Your name

But when You spoke my name
Oh I swear the angels sang
Peace came and stole my shame
When You spoke my name

Now when I speak Your name
I sing it like a sweet refrain
I have found a peace I can’t explain
When I speak Your name

Cause when You spoke my name
Oh I swear the angels sang
Peace came and stole my shame
When You spoke my name

I can hardly speak
Knowing You know me
Thank God I’m free

Now my world has completely come undone
For I can hear the Son
Calling out to me

Cause when You spoke my name
Oh I swear the angels sang
Peace came and stole my shame

When You spoke my name
Oh I swear the angels sang
Peace came and stole my shame
When You spoke my name

I hope this tells you that you ARE here for a reason and don’t let the things of the world get you down or hinder you! God has a plan for you and wants you to do exceedingly well!

Canadá, ese país al norte de EEUU tan a menudo olvidado por el resto del mundo. Tranquilo, a su bola, con gente agradable emigrada principalmente de Gran Bretaña y Francia, sus inuits en los hielos, paisajes increíbles y una cada vez mayor mezcla exótica. Se podría decir que no hacen mucho ruido, pero entonces nos estaríamos equivocando por completo.

Hace poco me he dado cuenta no sin cierta sorpresa del altísimo porcentaje de música canadiense que escuchaba sin saberlo. Entre mis imprescindibles están el rock desgarrado de Bryan Adams, el rock con aires grunge de Nickelback, el suave pop con toque brittish de Daniel Powter y en la lista se ha colado una chica, un descubrimiento de los últimos meses, la creadora del nuevo pop country Shania Twain.

Rompedores de las listas de ventas en todo el mundo, carismáticos y atractivos, comprometidos con diferentes causas. Y canadienses. Eso es lo que tienen en común. A ellos les voy a dedicar mis próximas entradas porque su música, tan buena y tan diferente a la vez, es parte de mi vida. Estad conectados

1 – Bryan Adams: El rockero fotógrafo

2 – Nickelback, herederos de Nirvana

3 – Dulce Daniel Powter

4 – Shania Twain, sexy cowgirl

Because you had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don’t lie
You’re coming back down and you really don’t mind
You had a bad day
© daniel powter

that’s all.

Best of me- Daniel Powter

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Fui desafiado pelo Cantinho Enfeitiçado.
E o desafio consiste em…

Indicar:

1. Em que situações costumas ouvir música;
2. A  música que consideras indispensável no teu mp3;
3. A  música que acompanhou a tua adolescência;
4. Descrever e elege a música que esteve num momento embaraçoso;
5. A(s) música(s) que mais te marcou (marcaram) e porquê.

Em seguida deves nomear os blog e associá-los a uma música.
Informar os blog desafiados, deixando um comentário no respectivo blog
Quando responderes ao desafios não te esqueças de enumerares as regras do desafio no teu blog.

As minhas respostas
1. Quando estou sozinho, quando sinto falta de música;

2. Superstars – David Fonseca

3. Borrow – Silence4

4. Superstars, precisamente (estava eu a fotografar, no meio de uma rua com algumas pessoas, quando tocou o telemóvel com o famoso assobio inicial, com o som no máximo)… fiquei envergonhado. lol

5. You’re Beautiful – James Blunt (amor); Bad Day – Daniel Powter (relacionado com a primeira, mas por razões inversas; Borrow – Silence4 (porque foi com o videoclip desta música que conheci os Silence4 e logo fiquei admirado pela qualidade e por serem portugueses);

Desafio os seguintes blogs

Paraíso do Inferno – Encosta-te a mim (Jorge Palma)
Knownas - Keep On Rockin’ In The Free World (Neil Young)
Snballs - Keep On Rockin’ Int The Free World (Neil Young)

แถมอีกเพลงค่ะ Free Loop ของ Daniel Powter

I’m a little used to calling outside your name
I wont see you tonight so I can keep from going insane
But I don’t know enough, I get some kinda lazy day
Hey yeah

I’ve been fabulous through to fight my town a name
I’ll be stooped tomorrow if I don’t leave as them both the same
But I don’t know enough, I get some kinda lazy day
Hey yeah

Cause it’s hard for me to lose
In my life I’ve found only time will tell
And I will figure out that we can baby
We can do a one night stand, yeah

And it’s hard for me to lose in my life
I’ve found outside your skin right near the fire
That we can baby
We can change and feel alright

I’m a little used to wandering outside the rain
You can leave me tomorrow if it suits you just the same
But I don’t know enough, I need someone who leaves the day
Hey yeah

Cause it’s hard for me to lose
In my life I’ve found only time will tell
And I will figure out that we can baby
We can do a one night stand, yeah

And it’s hard for me to lose in my life
I’ve found outside your skin right near the fire
That we can baby
We can change and feel alright

Cause it’s hard for me to lose
In my life I’ve found only time will tell
I will figure out that we can baby
We can do a one night stand, yeah

And it’s hard for me to lose in my life
I’ve found outside your skin right near the fire
That we can baby
We can change and feel alright

Cause it’s hard for me to lose
In my life I’ve found only time will tell
And I will figure out that we can baby
We can do a one night stand, yeah

And it’s hard for me to lose in my life
I’ve found outside your skin right near the fire
That we can baby…..(fade)

Aquí os dejo un vídeo de una canción que me gusta mucho, aunque sea un poco triste. Desgraciadamente, por razones de copyright, no puedo publicar el vídeo original, pero si os interesa, que vale la pena, podéis encontrarlo aquí.

Daniel Powter es un músico canadiense, nacido el 25 de febrero de 1971. Creció en Vernon, en la región de la Columbia Británica. Con influencia de algunos ritmos locales, se inició pronto a la música por su madre, que era pianista y lo llevó consigo en largos viajes para ver a artistas como Prince en Vancouver.
El primer tema de Daniel Powter “Bad Day” no debutó en su natal Canadá, sino en Europa a mediados de 2005. Fue elegido por los hermanos Warner y apareció en un spot publicitario de la marca de refrescos Coca-Cola en toda Europa

Have you ever had one of those moments when out of nowhere, you suddenly hear a song that describes the exact situation you’re in? Well, that happened to me today.

I had an opening shift this morning, which is the most stressful shift because you have to set everything up and bake all the pastries by yourself before the store opens. I was half sick, if such a state exists, and came late to work after 4 hours of sleep last night, so you could imagine me scurrying around the place, doing everything half assed and getting yelled at by my boss for doing so. Needless to say, I felt like shit.

We don’t play music there, but I heard the faint playing of Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day”, which just made me think “Yeah, you’re right, I’m having a bad day!” then I didn’t feel so bad after all. =]

I dag har jeg hatt mattetentamen, sovet bort hele ettermiddagen før jeg møtte Lena og Elsa til en liten roadtrip til Hunstad for å kjøpe kaffe. Så spiste vi salat til middag mens vi så på The O.C og The Phantom of The Opera. En liten roadtrip ble det etterhvert også. Vi råna og rocka til Justin Timberlake og Daniel Powter, før vi kom tilbake til Lena for å spille mistenkt.

I tilfelle du lurte: Det var Frk. Fredriksen som drepte offeret med et blyrør på kontoret.

Hoy no tengo ganas de escribir, sólo les dejaré un video que siempre me ha gustado al igual que la canción. Cada vez que la escucho en vez de bajonearme me sube el ánimo, porque me recuerda que al final del día, la semana o quizás cuándo, habrá una agradable sorpresa para mí, además, demuestra lo bien que hace tener a alguien en quién pensar de vez en cuando.

Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion’s gone away
And I don’t need no carryin’ on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You’re faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life’s been way off line
You’re falling to pieces everytime
And I don’t need no carryin’ on

Cause you had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don’t lie
You’re coming back down and you really don’t mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Well you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don’t need no carryin’ on

You had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don’t lie
You’re coming back down and you really don’t mind
You had a bad day

(Oh.. Holiday..)

Sometimes the system goes on the blink
And the whole thing turns out wrong
You might not make it back and you know
That you could be well oh that strong
And I’m not wrong

So where is the passion when you need it the most
Oh you and I
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost

Cause you had a bad day
You’re taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don’t know
You tell me don’t lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
You’ve seen what you like
And how does it feel for one more time
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day
Had a bad day

(Thanks, Mike!)

Daniel Powter, Canadian musician