do you agree?

From Tom Shayes of the Damages TV series:

It is far better to maintain the illusion of loyalty than to admit the breach of trust.

Is he right? And how apt is it that the line came from a man?

all it takes is a Suddenly

What do you do when, suddenly, the one thing that you thought to be good and true comes crashing down on you?

Do you pick up the scattered pieces, and in silent desperation, hope that you can put them back together like before?

Or do you take a moment to step back, and try to understand why it all fell through in the first place?

breakdown

breakdown
by jack johnson

I hope this old train breaks down
Then I could take a walk around
And see what there is to see
And time is just a melody
All the people in the street
Walk as fast as their feet can take them
I just roll through town
And though my window's got a view
The frame I'm looking through
Seems to have no concern for now
So for now

I need this
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

This engine screams out loud
Centipede gonna crawl westbound
So I don't even make a sound
Cause it's gonna sting me when I leave this town
All the people in the street
That I'll never get to meet
If these tracks don't bend somehow
And I got no time
That I got to get to
Where I don't need to be
So I

I need this here
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown
I need this here
Old train to breakdown
Oh please just
Let me please breakdown

I wanna break on down
But I can't stop now
Let me break on down

But you can't stop nothing
If you got no control
Of the thoughts in your mind
That you kept in, you know
You don't know nothing
But you don't need to know
The wisdom's in the trees
Not the glass windows
You can't stop wishing
If you don't let go
But things that you find
And you lose, and you know
You keep on rolling
Put the moment on hold
The frame's too bright
So put the blinds down low

the deal-breaker

How do you define the limits for a relationship?

How do you know when to let this particular oddity slide or decide you simply cannot tolerate it? I know some people who have a thing for religion - they have to share the same faith with their partners. Others can accept their spouses having an affair as long as the said spouse comes home every night, but refuse to live with the in-laws (or have the in-laws live with them).

Personally, I think it's just a matter of weighing what matters most to you. Do you go for fidelity above all else? (I know I do.) Can you live with the fact that you partner will never be as romantic as you want him to be? (Hmmmm...)

So, yes, I'm asking you - what's your deal-breaker?

do i know you?

Blame it on poor eyesight.

Yesterday, the girls and I trooped down to the nearby mall to have lunch. As I was enjoying my greasy pizza and listening to B, L, and M trash-talk the most renowned work hazard (okay, okay, so I did more than just the listening), this guy in light-blue sleeves walked past. Actually, I noticed the girl he was with first because she had on an interesting top (although it was a boring black in color) and somehow, my eyes swept over the girl's face and landed on his face. And as our eyes met, he kinda, sorta nodded at me.

As if we knew each other.

But the blank confusion on my face must have registered on him at once, because then he looked away as he and the girl both walked past.

Did I really know that guy? Or, cheeky assumption aside, was he just being "fresh" with me while his arm was around the girl's waist?

You decide. ;p

this is not me

passing through these busy streets
the sunlight kisses my skin
birds above are twittering
and my heart is glad

the sunlight kisses my skin
while my head is screaming
and my heart is glad
in protest, in defiance

while my head is screaming
from the paradox of you
in protest, in defiance
of our chemistry

from the paradox of you
my heart pumps euphoric beats
of our chemistry
while i wander 'round and back

my heart pumps euphoric beats
and i can't seem to choose
while i wander 'round and back
where to go? when to hold?

and i can't seem to choose
so, happy pills, answer this:
where to go? when to hold?
you make me happy
but this is not me.

you make me happy
but this is not me.

an easy Sunday evening

I'm watching Sunshine in my room, and from an open window, the scent of freshly-laundered clothes that had obviously been marinated in Downey waft in. Although Sunshine is not basically a though-provoking film, it's just enough to blithely assault the mind and senses.

A Sunday night (before returning to a highly-resented weekly grind) can't get any better than this.