US of j
January 2012
70 posts
Muzzle
The Smashing Pumpkins
got a lovely message from a close friend this morning. i can’t think of him and not think of this band and our angsty teen years together. love him & love this song.
The Smashing Pumpkins - “Muzzle”
“She laughed when there was no joke. She danced when there was no music. She had no friends, yet she was the friendliest person in school. In her answers in class, she often spoke of sea horses and stars, but she did not know what a football was… She was elusive. She was today. She was tomorrow. She was the faintest scent of a cactus flower, the flitting shadow of an elf owl. We did not know what to make of her. In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew.”
—Stargirl (via cite-belle)
GratiTuesday...inspiration point
so i missed last GratiTuesday when i was traveling, but i’m back and making up for it. I had a busy and amazingly fun tuesday. I began the day at Ingrid Michaelson’s pop up mini show & cd signing for her new album, “Human Again” and then I went to see a matinee of “The Artist”. Not really connected, but both left me in such a fantastic mood, that I had to share. so i’d like to take a few minutes to express my gratitude for inspiration. whether it be a song, a film, a work of art, a book, a passerby on the street, whatever, i love the moment when something truly inspires you, lights a spark, makes you feel excitement or anything at all. a new passion! i’ve been inspired by so many things in my life and continue to be by new (and old) things every day. feeling very grateful to be surrounded by so many different perspectives. it keeps things fresh and keeps me learning. who knows, maybe i’ve inspired someone without even realizing. so once again, THANK YOU to all my muses - past, present and future.
“Voilà, ma petite Amélie, vous n’avez pas des os en verre. Vous pouvez vous cogner à la vie. Si vous laissez passer cette chance, alors avec le temps, c’est votre cœur qui va devenir aussi sec et cassant que mon squelette. -Raymond Dufayel, Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain”
—“So, little Amelie, your bones aren’t made of glass. You can take life’s knocks. If you let this chance go by, eventually your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton.” (via alyssamews)
lazy sunday
pjs. cozy blanket. candles. movies. hot chocolate. perfection.
Valerie
Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse
kicking it off early this AM. it’s time to dance somewhere. dance.party.wednesday.
Storms
Jessie Baylin
“Storms” (Fleetwood Mac cover)
“The only thing worse than a boy who hates you - a boy who loves you.”
—The Book Thief, Markus Zusak (via middlechildcomplex)
