seasons

People change, even though some people never do
You know when people change
They gain a piece but they lose one too

yesterday is two days before tomorrow

Random thoughts this Sunday -

-  I am unhappy with the way the stairs dry rot repair went.  Contractors are just awful.
-  Snowpiercer is the best movie I've seen so far this year.
-  My orange mushroom shower BT speaker died when I dropped it in the shower.  I bought a different model off eBay.  Hope it works.
-  I love the grilled vegetable Vietnamese Banh Mi sandwich from Cafe Bunn Mi.
-  The new Marc Jacob glasses I got from my optometrist are actually pretty cheaply made, worse than the free glasses I got from Coastal.com.
-  I hope the fog goes away by September when I am scheduled to have the house painted.
-  I made cheesecake cupcakes again, but instead of vanilla wafers as the bottom, I used pecan shortbread cookies.  Yum.
-  I love the new Tardis toy I got.  The top lights up, except I took the battery out cuz I don't want it to corrode over time.
-  The batteries in my Apple BT keyboard corroded, and I cannot open the battery compartment.  There goes $60.
-  I honestly am not sure how I can continue to work in my office.  It's so painful to go to work everyday and deal with those people.  So fake.
-  The oats & honey & toasted coconut Kind granola bars are delicious.
-  Japanese washi tapes are cool.  I declare.
-  I think I need at least $2M in assets before I retire.  So short of winning the lottery, how do I make that happen?
-  Chris Pratt is awesome.  So happy for his success.
-  I wish Sandra Bullock and Chris Evans were really dating.  She should be dating a good guy, and he is Captain America for god's sake.
-  Not sure how I feel about Ryan Gosling/Eva Mendez baby, not that they are asking.
-  Future Islands' Seasons is a really good song.
-  So how awesome would it be if Madonna's upcoming album becomes a major comeback?  I need this to happen.  I keep waiting for this to happen. 
-  I really am not liking my hair lately.  Why does hair behave so moodily?
-  Avocado makes everything better.
-  I want a tiny house.
-  I should wash my cars.
-  I love Haruki Murakami's New Yorker short story - Yesterday.  It made me all melancholy and nostalgic.  The way people come in your life and then just disappear.

my summer list

Movies I am looking forward to seeing:

-  Richard Linklater's Boyhood (Linklater, coming of age story - I am so on board)
-  Snowpiercer
-  Guardians of the Galaxy (Chris Pratt!)
-  Begin Again (why did they change the title from the much superior Can A Song Save Your Life? - damn studio marketing!)

Tv shows I am enjoying this summer:
-  Almost Royal (it's like Borat but with two fake British royal siblings)
-  SYTYCD (still my favorite reality competition show aside from Amazing Race)

Books I am hoping to read:
-  The Gold Finch
-  Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Year of Pilgrimage
-  Neil Gaiman's The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains

Music that are doing it for me right now:
-  Sam Smith's In The Lonely Hour
-  Chromeo's White Women
-  Keira Knightley's songs from Begin Again soundtrack
-  Future Islands' "Seasons"
-  Robyn & Royksopp's Do It Again ep
-  Coldplay & Cat Power's song Wish I Was Here

wish i was here

I am so obsessed with this song right now. I wish Coldplay had kept the song for themselves and included it on Ghost Stories.