28 June 2009

Nothing soothes my soul quite as well
as an old Irish tune.
They're all so full of fire
and green places.

And courage.

Merlin

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25 June 2009

Age and experience always seems to
look down on youth and foolishness.
They always look down on them
for not learning from the wisdom
of their elders.

They fail to realize that
youth is the time to be foolish.
If we, the young, don't take
the time to be foolish,
we will never gain wisdom
of our own.

Merlin

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4 June 2009

I don't understand how men
can think they own
a forest.

Sometimes,
I think that's why they
chop. them. down.

Merlin

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White, Orange, and Green--The Gaelic Country Players
Very Busy People--The Limousines
Little Fairy Mountain, Big Fairy Mountain--The Gaelic Country Players
Eleanor Rigby--The Beatles
Nightingale--The Gaelic Country Players
Arthur McBride--The Gaelic Country Players
Cry of the Celts--The Gaelic Country Players
When You Were Young--The Killers
Mr. Brightside--The Killers
Dirt Room--Blue October
Where the Green Grass Grows--Tim McGraw
The Call--Regina Spektor
New Divide--Linkin Park
Riot--Three Days Grace
The Thunder Rolls--Garth Brooks
Drowning--Saving Abel
Are You Gonna Be My Girl?--Jet
That Summer--Garth Brooks
For You--Staind
Handlebars--Flobots
To Lose My Life--White Lies

"Well am I really that old, ignorant or too slow
To realize I have lost my golden ticket back home?"

"Golden Ticket," Manchester Orchestra

There are few things in this world that really get
to me, few things that can crawl under my skin and
make me cry out "no!"

By the same token, there are few things that I am
truly passionate about, and one of those things
is passion.

I cannot stand apathy.
I will not abide utter indifference.

If it is ever to be said that I fear anything,
let it be said that I fear the fire dying
in my eyes, the colors fading from the world,
the dreams in my mind dissolving into a mass
of scattered electrons.

I fear breaking the oaths I've made in
the passion of my youth.

I fear finding the world devoid of magic.

I fear looking into the mirror, feeling
a pulse, but seeing nothing.

I fear dying before death, watching the
stars go out, and keeping my feet on the
ground, bracing myself every time the
wind blows.

I fear losing you.

Please, never surrender.
Never surrender.
Never surrender.
Never surrender.

Swear to me now that the lights won't go out.
Swear to me now that the white flags will burn.
Please swear to me, swear and be,
because this is my promise
to you.

Merlin

30 May 2009

I would rather I had sent my heart
to Antarctica
than ever let you down.

Merlin

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21 May 2009

OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYFRICKIN'GAWD!!!!!

SAT SCORES CAME IN, AND I JUST GOT A
2060, BITCH! HELLZ YEAH!!!!

-is obviously quite ecstatic-

I NOW HAVE MORE THAN 100 POINTS ABOVE
THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS!!!

OHMYFRICKIN'GOD!

8D

Merlin

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17 May 2009

I have accomplished nothing this weekend.
I've either been on the road, asleep, or
separated from my materials.

Oh well, I suppose that's how things work.
I have to write a second paper answering
yet another round of questions in order
to get my internship approved by STEM,
memorize a Shakespearean monologue,
write another paper by... Tuesday...
and much more, I'm sure, but I simply
can't recall any of it at the moment.
And I don't really care to.

I'm such a lazy over-achiever, aren't I?
Not really going much of anywhere with
that New Years' Resolution (remember those?)
to improve my time management skills...
How about you, ~Toma7?

In any event, I hope that everyone is well.
We're almost out of the woods!
Don't you see the light ahead?
We can make it!
Nooooooooooo!

Cheers,
Merlin

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13 May 2009

"A poet's work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep."--Salman Rushdie

" Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth. ” — Pablo Picasso

Merlin

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10 May 2009

It's like everything inside of me is screaming
What. An. Idiot.
>.<

Merlin

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9 May 2009

I should punch myself.
In the face.
>.<

Merlin

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8 May 2009

AP EXAMS!!! Oh my!

I really want to fix the AC in my truck.
Now. It's getting too hot and humid for
this windows-down crud.

Anywho, any suggestions for the next LitFeat
are much-appreciated. If you see anything
you think is really good, please let me know!

Merlin

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You Belong With Me--Taylor Smith
Strange--Reba McEntire
How Soon is Now?--The Smiths
Boulevard of Broken Dreams--Green Day
New Divide--Linkin Park
Complicated--Avril Lavigne
Happy Ending--Avril Lavigne
Nobody's Home--Avril Lavigne
Does Anybody Hear Her?--Casting Crowns
Over You--Daughtry
The Offspring [miscellaneous]
Mancester Orchestra [miscellaneous]
1985--Bowling for Soup
Almost--Bowling for Soup
One Quiet Night--Pat Metheny
I've Got Friends--Manchester Orchestra
I'd Lie--Taylor Swift
Something Like That--Tim McGraw
The Pretender--Foo Fighters
The Distance--Cake
Good Riddance--GreenDay
Umbrella--Vanilla Sky
Drive--Incubus
Audience of One--Rise Against
Panda Bear--Owl City
Desperado--The Eagles
I Will Possess Your Heart--Death Cab for Cutie
This Town Your Grave--Innerpartysystem