JUNE 13TH - 23:15

today seems to have been an event in a three or four day period of activities. i haven't really sat still lately, which has been a planned effort. i've been surrounded by friends, keeping busy, listening to lots of music, writing, planning...

...i started my new 'job' on tuesday. it's mundane, but it could be seen as £5 p/h for walking around lincolnshire villages listening to my ipod, which is how i like to see it. i listened to vespertine - so delicate, yet seems to take place within a monumental sphere. pagan poetry and unison are two of the most beautiful songs bjork has ever written ... just realised i don't like comprehending the fact that bjork must sit down and write songs - i like to think they already exist and she chooses as and when to show them to us....

...listened to post, too. hyperballad. so atmospheric, strength, wonder, devotion, and vulnerability. i can only use adjectives to describe it, but it'll never do justice. music itself is a higher form, it's nature, degrading it through description, using the human language to analyse it is necessary but i find it difficult. it's uncomfortable to say that, i do fear being seen as pretentious. i'll grow out of it though.

also listened to in rainbows. i'm in a stage in my life where i need a constant supply of the new - new people, new places, new music...i downloaded the album back in 2007(?) when it was released for free download, but lost the files, so got hold of it again after two years...it's much more dynamic than i remembered. nude is beautiful, probably my favourite on the whole album. i love the last track too, but i can't remember what it is called. the title of the album is amazing too, so delicate but powerful. it's the contrast....

i listened to lykke li - youth novels today. i wasn't overwhelmed, but i like what she does. i think she's really interesting. there was one song that really stuck with me though, little bit. innocence, youth, naivety, raw passion, fun, humanity, delicacy, feminine beauty. the lyrics are honest, there's nothing to hide behind...such an honest and realistic melody too, honest instrumentation...

my favourite quotes:

hands down
i'm too proud for love
but with eyes shut
it's you i'm thinking of

for you i keep my legs apart
and forget about my tainted heart
and i will never ever be the first
to say it

come here, stay with me
stroke me by the hair
'cause i would give anything, anything
to have you as my man