welcome! (and shopping)

I made this blog two years ago and only made one post. Today, I've decided to start using it more often since I'm becoming more and more obsessed with keeping record of my daily life. Fortunately, my day was interesting and I actually have something to blabber on about.

Lately my mom has been very understanding with me and my teenage female ~needs~ and has taken me to a few thrift shops in the towns surrounding my own. A few weekends ago they were all closed and we decided to give it another try this weekend. We visited a few thrift shops and a (quite expensive) boutique. I looked for pretty skirts and dresses but my much-too-small body and much-too-picky taste prevented me from finding anything. I spotted a few vinyl records, but alas, I own no turntable. After my unsuccessful search for clothes, I resorted to looking through books, CDs, and home decor but I didn't find much there either. At some point, I spotted these plain brown loafers that were only $3 and I immediately adored them. They're so cute :3

My little sister kept calling them "old-lady shoes" while laughing and my father and mother asked with troubled looks on their faces: "Are you sure you want those?" I suppose they still haven't realized that I'm not much of a typical teenager, but whatever.

These two pictures don't capture the true color of the shoes at all (they are actually the color of the first picture) but they're for a closer look.

Finally after shopping we stopped by a grocery store and bought some fruit. After that, we stopped by Barnes and Noble where my parents bought The Secret  by Rhonda Byrne as a gift for someone. I looked around for No Direction Home, the Bob Dylan documentary by Martin Scorsese, but instead found this book that was on sale for $6.98

I might scan some pictures and upload them at some point if I don't forget or become too lazy. But here's a sneak peek:

and that's my day in a nutshell! I had such a good time with my family and I'm grateful for the things that I bought. 

P.S. I promise to improve my writing skills for future posts. :)

(psst- click on any image to view it larger)

Songs that make me feel #1 - Industrial Blues and Greens and Ghosts

I've realized that my favorite music is the kind that you can listen to with your eyes closed. There's some music that is better to listen to quietly, some that you can sing along with, but then there's the music you can listen to really loud while laying on your bed and despite the music, everything is quiet and your thoughts just flow with beautiful imagery and pretty colors and other pleasant things.

Sometimes I ask people what they feel when they listen to music and they act like they didn't know you're supposed to feel something. Obviously, music has become only about a "good beat" with this generation.

WELL BACK TO THE POINT,
Here is one of my favorite songs to listen to loudly while laying down, with my eyes closed when no one is home:


Glass and the Ghost Children by the Smashing Pumpkins



Most of the time when I listen to the Pumpkins I think of being on rooftops of the tallest buildings in cold, harsh weather,  and tones of green and blue. I see pale faces, dark clothing, and I get this amazing sense of hope and happiness. This song is not an exception but it goes way beyond that. The mystery, the calming sound of the bass, the drums and guitar sound effortless, like scribbling the most beautiful and intricate lines on paper. The way Billy Corgan's voice sounds soft one moment and sharp the next, the peace that takes over the atmosphere. At around 4:30, the music slows down and you can hear the muffled sound of a piano with an overlapping recording of something barely understandable. You think, "Okay I think it's over now". But if you wait long enough, the music eases in again, the waves run throughout your body all over again, and it's all just really inexplicable.