Liv in a Life Well-Lived

Book in Hand: The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke Song in Mind: a noisy humdrum of protestations against the setting of the sun!!! Words in Mouth: To live would be an awfully big adventure! Aaargh....... I'm 22 years old. I should be over and beyond this... this...obsession! But I have to meet this guy. I have to meet this guy. Argh. And to have him so available, just right there, one person away is just purely irritating. Spell of protection over house is really weakening and i need to recast it soon. Last night both Ella and I had weird dreams. Bad signs, bad signs. And I sound like Cordelia from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I am going insane. Sometimes, having too much soul isn't such a walk in the park.

Book in Hand: Tithe: A Modern faerie tale by Holly Black (really great read!) Song in Mind: aherm, Broken Vow, (sporadic coughing fit follows) Words in Mouth: Dreading Monday's return Crazy Things Olivia Did This Week: 1) Cried (as in got all teary-eyed) because John Stevens sang so badly during the last American Idol episode (i love the guy, for heaven's sake, vote for him even if he completely sucked!) What did they expect anyway? The guy's a classic Sinatra/Groban/Bautista/Buble. Do people expect John Mayer to suddenly belt out Ain't No Mountain High Enough? Or The Great Sinatra, if he's still alive, to do a rendition of I'm A Slave For You? No, i didn't think so. 2) Went completely jologs (read: watched Star Circle Quest Contestants in their SM Fairview Mall Tour and that's not the worst of it). Wellll, really, it's my sister who likes this stuff, but I sort of want to see Hero and Sandara and Joross (kudos, Mariel's cousin!) and Ro...

Book in Hand: Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding Song in Mind: Hands to Heaven Word in Mouth: Death Yesterday, during Mass, the priest spoke of taking the difficult path as means to reaching heaven. Made me ponder what makes my life difficult. At first, I was just floating around the trivial, like having to handle the projects of Dow Chem, being fat, having very little money, not being able to buy the things I want (mostly books). Then in my mind, I began to step further from myself and I realized that the room was full of people with more or less the same difficulties. And sometimes, some of them even have to deal with a whole lot more. Stuff that makes life difficult for people began to pour into my head: sickness, poverty, depression, desperation, etc. And all these malcontent things surround us. It moves around us, wherever we may go and whenever we take our breath. And every blessed second we have to choose what we think is right. Whatever we think is good. Every choice w...

Book in Hand: Edge of Reason by Helen Fielding Song in Mind: Hands to Heaven Word in Mouth: Death Yesterday, during Mass, the priest spoke of taking the difficult path as means to reaching heaven. Made me ponder what makes my life difficult. At first, I was just floating around the trivial, like having to handle the projects of Dow Chem, being fat, having very little money, not being able to buy the things I want (mostly books). Then in my mind, I began to step further from myself and I realized that the room was full of people with more or less the same difficulties. And sometimes, some of them even have to deal with a whole lot more. Stuff that makes life difficult for people began to pour into my head: sickness, poverty, depression, desperation, etc. And all these malcontent things surround us. It moves around us, wherever we may go and whenever we take our breath. And every blessed second we have to choose what we think is right. Whatever we think is good. Every choice w...

Book in Hand:Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown Song in Mind: Run by Litchie Nadal Word in Mouth: Palm A workmate lent me the Da Vinci Code and sure enough, I just couldn't drop the book once I've started it. I've always been fascinated with books or movies that tackles religious conspiracies. It's not as if I'm seeking to destroy my own faith in the Church. Wise men advice against it, but it's almost like a test for me how strong my faith is. It always amazes me when I find out things I don't know, grisly stories about how the Catholic Church became the powerful religion that it is, and realize that it doesn't really change a thing for me. It opens up many questions, but as always, I don't have to rationalize my faith. Or else, it wouldn't be faith but reason. And as Einstein said to much of reason does not make a religion, but a science. The way I see it, there is faith, and there is religion. Sometimes, religion could be made perverse by lost sou...