32 Flavors (And Then Some)

I was randomly listening to songs on YouTube last night, and found this one. (Listen here.) Ani DiFranco wrote "32 Flavors" somewhere around 1995, playing off the Baskin-Robins "31 Flavors" thing. There's a cover version by Alana Davis, but I like this one better. (Yay, '90s! May now be my favorite song from that decade.) Here's the lyrics!

squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you're going to get hungry
And eat most of the words you just said

Both my parents taught me about good will
And I have done well by their names
Just the kindness I've lavished on strangers
Is more than I can explain
Still there's many who've turned out their porch lights
Just so I would think they were not home
And hid in the dark of their windows
'Til I'd passed and left them alone

And God help you if you are an ugly girl
'Course too pretty is also your doom
'Cause everyone harbors a secret hatred
For the prettiest girl in the room
And God help you if you are a phoenix
And you dare to rise up from the ash
A thousand eyes will smolder with jealousy
While you are just flying back

I'm not trying to give my life meaning
By demeaning you
And I would like to state for the record
I did everything that I could do
I'm not saying that I'm a saint
I just don't want to live that way
No, I will never be a saint
But I will always say

Squint your eyes and look closer
I'm not between you and your ambition
I am a poster girl with no poster
I am thirty-two flavors and then some
And I'm beyond your peripheral vision
So you might want to turn your head
Cause someday you might find you're starving
And eating all of the words you said

Hope you like it!
Love,

Favorite Quotes from Hamlet, Acts I and II

Good morning, all! I'm reading Hamlet, and I must say, I absolutely adore some of these phrases.

 "But look, the morn in russet mantle clad

Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill."

--Horatio, in I.i.183-184.

So beautiful! i love personification. I'm going to say this every time I see a sunrise, now.

"But break, my heart, for I must hold my tongue."

--Hamlet, in I.ii.162.

So sad. :( Hamlet's such a depressing character. At least he can be poetically melodramatic!

"Our duty to your honor." 

-- Horatio, Marcellus, and Barnardo, to Hamlet, in I.ii.272.

So loyal! The Prince has good friends. Too bad it's a tragedy...

"These are but wild and whirling words, my lord."

--Horatio, to Hamlet, in I.v.146.

So fun to say! (Seriously. Try it. With the iambic pentameter and everything.)

  

"For your desire to know what is between us,

O'ermaster't, as you may." 

--Hamlet, to Horatio and Marcellus, in I.v.153-154.

So awesome. I want to have a secret with somebody just so I can say this to the curious wonderers!

I shall post more, when I find them! Hm, Polonius has some great advice in his speeches... Maybe I'll do a Polonius Exclusive?

Have a good day!
Love,

Arms that Hold the Universe -- Fee

Aloha! I just got back from spending the weekend at a youth retreat, and my youth group's  (awesome!) band introduced me to this song, by Fee. It's called Arms that Hold the Universe, and speaks about just how amazing our God is, to focus on each of us, and call us His children. A *great* reminder for me... Listen here. I especially love the drums behind the first chorus.


I know it seems like this could be
The darkest day you've known
But believe you me, the God of strength
Will never let you go--
He will overcome, I know

And the arms that hold the universe are holding you tonight
You can rest inside-- it's gonna be alright
And the voice that calmed the raging sea is calling you His child
So be still and know He's in control--
He will never let you go!

Through many dangers, toils and snares
You have already come
His grace has brought you safe this far
His grace will lead you home

And the arms that hold the universe are holding you tonight
You can rest inside-- it's gonna be alright
And the voice that calmed the raging sea is calling you His child
So be still and know He's in control--
He will never let you go!

You can hope, you can rise, you can stand!
He has still got the whole world in His hands.
You can hope, you can rise, you can stand;
He's still got the whole world, the whole world in His hands!

And the arms that hold the universe are holding you tonight
You can rest inside-- it's gonna be alright
And the voice that calmed the raging sea is calling you His child
So be still and know He's in control--
He will never let you go!

He will never let you go
(He's) Still got the whole world in His hands
in His hands, yeah
Still got the whole world in His hands!


So there, that's my latest favorite worship song--Hope you like it!
Love,

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Terminals- Relient K

Relient K just launched a new album, "Forget and Not Slow Down." The entire album's about a breakup, and though it's alright lyrically and musically, it's just lacking in that perky, funny, random, but Christian style I came to love from Relient K. Some songs, including the title track, "Candlelight," and "Sahara" are starting to grow on me, but my ultimate favorite is the Amazon bonus exclusive track, "Terminals," produced by Adam Young of Owl City. It's so much more fun than the other songs! I had almost given up on the album, but this one rolled along. Great song!

They said the timing was dreadful
(Yeah you can say that again)
But now there is one pair of heads full
(Of thoughts that don't make any sense)
Just passin' through, tryin' to catch that glimpse of you,

I never hold on when I change
Terminals at ATL
It's a balance of grace
In a place where I tripped and fell
But if grace receives all my weight
Then it becomes a crutch
And I don't wanna walk with a crutch so much
That I can't stand
Taller than before!

It splintered, and I felt horrendous
(Lying through the gap in my teeth)
But broken is when you can mend us
(So help me get back up on my feet)

Just passin' through, tryin' to catch that glimpse of you,


I never hold on when I change
Terminals at ATL
It's a balance of grace
In a place where I tripped and fell
But if grace receives all my weight
Then it becomes a crutch
And I don't wanna walk with a crutch so much
That I can't stand
Taller than before!

Well I am staring longer than I know i should be
I can't believe you're standing next to me

I never hold on when I change
Terminals at ATL
It's a balance of grace
In a place where I tripped and fell
But if grace receives all my weight
Then it becomes a crutch
And I don't wanna walk with a crutch so much
That I can't stand
Taller than before!

Yeah I will stand taller than before,
Taller than before!

Listen here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Y6iN1M3xY&feature=related

After Reading Edward Taylor

Edward Taylor was an early American poet. Last year in Am. Lit. we read his poems, and then this just came straight into my head. I think it was September '08. There were other stanzas that I wrote later, but I like this one best, just standing alone.

As diamond's made from blackened stone
Lord, make me Your very own.
Now hard and cold, my heart must be
Placed under pressured heat by Thee.
Though it may hurt--such awful weight!--
I know it shall perfection make.
And with Thy patience I'll endure,
A perfect diamond, clean and pure.

Letters, by Stellar Kart

I recently discovered how fully amazing Stellar Kart is. They're a wonderful band, and their songs are just awesome! This one has been running through my head for an hour or two. They don't say who the song's written to. It could very well be a soldier to his sweetheart back home. But I don't think so. It's a song sung by a servant to his master; a child to a father; a bride to the awaiting bridegroom. It's our song to Christ, and it's so encouraging to me. How easily we forget the many letters God's written to us! With promises, and hope, and love- and how it breaks His heart when we do forget.

I hope never to forget.

Here's the song:

Far from home, You find me
Amidst the lost and dying
Nothing's fair in love and war
Worlds apart in desperation
Please erase this separation
Only You are worth fighting for

'Cause there's love in every letter written
A hope that gets me through the day
Forever's never too long to wait

Someday soon we'll be together
Where a moment lasts forever
And our love shines brighter than the stars
Until then I will remember
Every word and every letter
The promises You've written on my heart,
On my heart!

I see the darkness blinding
All that's left are my dreams
To save me from the night
Your words of hope remind me
Somewhere the sun is shining
Don't give up the fight


'Cause there's love in every letter written
A hope that gets me through the day
Forever's never too long to wait


Someday soon we'll be together
Where a moment lasts forever
And our love shines brighter than the stars
Until then I will remember
Every word and every letter
The promises You've written on my heart,
On my heart!

Isn't it beautiful? It's so pretty with the music; there's such a gorgeous drumbeat that sounds like a battle march. . .
Listen to it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0HRzXH8lE&feature=related