say love. Love's gonna get you down.

Hello. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I thought I would blog because its better than doing nothing. I also have comments on somethings that I have gotten for chirstmas and somethings that I have seen over my break so far.

So music first! I got two cds.

First one. Great Northern. Trading Twilight for Daylight.
I found this band like three years ago. Finally someone got it for me for chirstmas. It wasn't as good as I remember it. But it is still really good. Its good music to just chill out to, but have something good to listen to. I also think its going to be a band that will grow on me.

Second one. The Gaslight Anthem. 59 Sound. I love Gaslight. I only had sink or swim before. Now I have 59 sound. I don't have much to say about it, but check it out. I really love it. Just makes my love for this band grow. <3

Movies. I watched Hellboy 2 Golden Army and was highly disappointed. It kinda upset me. Like I loved Hellboy. I also loved Pan's Labryith by the same director. The special effects were amazing. Don't get me wrong. It was really the plot. There was no real great build up in the plot. it was just there. At points very cheesy. disappointing.

Books. I HAVE BOUGHT BOOK THIEF!!! FINALLY!!! This book is one of the most brilliant books I have ever read. If you have not read this book, just off your butt and get this book. I mean if I had to make a list of the most well written books (first off it would take three years) but this book would be on there up with books like Scarlet Letter, Dairy of Ann Frank, Wuthering Heights, etc. It is moving. Not to mention the most beautiful witting that I had read in a while.

I also bought The Picture of Dorian Gray. Like I didn't even know what the heck this book was. I hate to admit but I first heard of Dorian Gray on League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Sad, I know, but hey he was my favorite character in the movie. So I saw this book on the shelf at Barnes & Noble and was like THIS IS THE BOOK HE WAS FROM! Like I had heard of the author. Oscar Wilde. I mean I'm not from a box, but I didn't know this was a book by him. His only novel. I am super pumped to read it now. My dad says that its a very good book. so YAY! I was just looking up pictures of Oscar Wilde. He is not ugly at all. I love the clothing of the 1800's. So I just look at these pictures and its really well...here ill let you look... (DUMB BLOGGER LET ME COPY AND PASTE!!!)

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So I'm thinking I should wrap this up. I like lists. How about you? Do you like lists? haha. well I don't like lists of things to do. I like lists of random things. So here is my list of my favorite songs right this moment. like THIS VERY MOMENT. (btw if you click on the song titles it will take you to a youtube video of the song. There are amazing videos to the amanda palmer songs, but f-ing youtube and warner company need to die because they took them off. So I'm stuck with a weird video for runs in the family. and Astronaut isn't on youtube but its the good video.)

Coyotes by Jason Mraz
Runs in the Family by Amanda Palmer
Astronaut by Amanda Palmer
Opheliac by Emilie Autumn
Brother by Murder by Death
Telling Lies by Great Northern
59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem

when the sun found the moon...she was drinking tea in the garden.

Hello none of you who read this blog! Woo! Anyway if there happens to be a person reading this who is not like well Steve or my dad you might be saying "what the hell makes you so much more insane than me? Why would you name your blog drawing the line of insanity? WHY? YOUR NOT EVEN INSANE!!" well today I am going to answer that question. Why do I consider myself insane?
I don't think its so much that I'm insane, but they everyone is insane in a very different way. Those who sit there and say there is no way that I am insane. Are insane just for thinking that. I mean think what you want, but if you are spending your life trying to achieve normality your whole life...well thats just insane! How boring would life be? Embrace your insanity! Well unless you were like a murder before...then maybe you should just try to stay boring normal...anyway. Am I more insane than you? well that depends on who you are. Like Steve would want to say he is more insane that me, but thats simply not possible. My dad is more insane than me because I had to learn it from somewhere. I also believe that i have a pretty awesome insane side. like I have a certain mood where I just want to lick people. Then if someone is sitting down and i can see their shoelaces, I get this urge to untie them. Weird. I know.
Drawing a line of insanity...We are all given a blank sheet that we call our mind. on this blank paper we draw everything that is who we are. actions. habits. emotions. reaction. likes. dislikes. then we take out the black permanent marker and we draw a line. Between what we call normal and everything that just does not fit under normal. Some people draw the line and there is so much more normal that there is insanity. Some people just forget to draw the line. Some people just didn't know how to draw at all. Some people just don't have the marker to draw such a line.

Have a great Christmas everyone. Those who don't celebrate that. Happy Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, happy every religious holiday that falls around this time!

I hope in the end you will see.

Day two of this mighty blog. So I forgot, I love movies too so movies will become part of this blog. I haven't watched any movies in a while so no info on that at this moment.

So I got two CDs from people today. Well Steve burned me one and a friend lent one to me. I also got some Emilie Autumn. (Steve. A good friend of mine. If you like amazing music reviews check out his blog > http://staticunderwater.blogspot.com/)
Anyway. Steve gave me a copy of Mewithoutyou, Catch for us The Foxes. I had heard mewithoutyou before from him and wasn't really sure what to think of them. They vocals are very out of the box and unusual for anything that any people in mainstream alternative listeners have ever heard. The vocals are very punk like. Sometimes I have think is he singing or just screaming? Either way it has a very distinct awesome sound. Plus the lyrics are like AMAZING.
Second CD. lent to me by my bud Jim Martin. Skindred, Babylon. More about them at a later date. I have like a million things I should be doing and this is not one of them. Ill report about them later.
Then there is Emilie Autumn. I have known about her for a while, but haven't owned any of her music. I really like her. She has very different sorta sound. like I harpsichords, violins infused with some industrial electronic sounds. Then her voice is all over the place. Like sometimes its harsh but then she can full out sing where its completely beautiful. Dark lyrics. A beautiful infusion of awesomeness.

Writing.
I haven't written anything in the past day, but I will leave you with a parting poem. That I wrote a while ago. So here it is. Enjoy.

You make me want to tear myself open.

I want to show you what is inside.

My worn faded memories are what keep me

From letting the down pour of insanity leak from my eyes

I thought I was lost in the labyrinth of loveless lies.

You freed me from my constant torment.

Yet I still cannot see you.

I will not let found love

Fall from my limbs.

I want to be strong

In you eyes

Even though my mind is screaming.

Sometimes I think I can see right through myself.

Blogs. I'm addicted to them. I use my myspace blog. I constantly write on my livejournal blog. I know my friend steve made a blog on this to give music reviews. So I made this my "special" blog. What makes this blog so special? Unlike my livejournal, this is going to be a serious blog about my writing, what I'm reading, and new music. If you want to suggest music or books to me feel free to leave a comment and let me know.

What have I been writing recently...

I wrote my narrative for governor's school today. I started it of with a Nine Inch Nails quote and then told how that quotes embodied my writing style. I would share the whole thing with you, but its really not all that interesting. I will share a segment of it though.

"Writing is who I am. It is such a part of me. My characters all reflect a part of me in a very subtle way. Sometimes I forget they are just people that I created because they feel so real. They are so human and full emotions that I breathe. If writing slips away from my sleepless mind like forgotten dreams then the essence of me has been forgotten like those dreams."

What I have been reading...

I started two books last night. One I got so sick of by page 20 that I had to put it down. That one was called General Winston's Daughter. It wasn't that bad of a book, but I was just not captivated by it. It didn't have a voice that made it stand out. The characters were a bit predictable by just the 20th page. So I put that down and picked up a book that I hadn't read in at least three years. I opened Inkheart. They are making a movie from this book. I don't think the movie will hold up to the excellence of this book. I mean its no Harry Potter, but it's really worth a read because it is really different.

What I have been listening to...
Today I have listened to a lot of music (as usual). I found this artist called Johnny Flynn the other day. I thought he was just okay when I first started listening to him. But I have been addicted to it and learned to love him. He sounds interesting. As I said to someone, If you like Noah and the Whale and contemporary folk music check him out. He has a different voice.


I think I'm going to post what I'm listening to as I wrap up this blog each time. so I am listening to Tokyo Moon by Windmill.