Changes

The days are shorter and the nights are colder. Summer's over. Fall is just around the corner. Soon people will be wearing jackets, blazers, sweaters, coats, whatever they need to keep themselves warm. They'll be storing their flip flops and shaking the dust off their boots.

School's started. Marco and Noah are gone for half a day this entire week. Next week they'll be gone the whole day. They look so different in their school uniforms. Like young men instead of little boys. It's like they grew up right before my eyes.

Karen gave birth today. Her water broke early this morning and was in the hospital for over 12 hours before she started the normal birthing process. After a couple of hours they had to perform a C-section on her. We now have a brand new baby in our family. Baby boy Javier (they still haven't told us what name they've chosen for him).

Time flies by.

Life goes on.

Life Support

Forget regret or life is yours to miss.
No other road. No other way
No day but today.

***
From "Rent". I never believed in regretting things that happened in your past. It sounds so cliche, but your past (decisions, experiences... insert your own word here) does mold you into the person you are today.

Would I have done things differently? Sure. If I knew then what I know now, I'd have done a lot of things differently. But I can't go back and do things differently. All I have is my future to look forward to.

Comfortable

This song by John Mayer always gets me choked up every time I listen to it. It's just so simple and honest... and sad.

***
I still remember the time at the market
Sneaked up behind me and jumped on my shopping cart
And rolled down aisle five
You looked behind you to stare back at me
Crashed into a rack full of magazines
They asked us if we could leave

Can't remember what went wrong last September
But I'm sure you'll remind me if you had to

Our love was comfortable
And so broken in

I sleep with this new girl I'm still getting used to
My friends all approve, say she's gonna be good for you
They throw me high fives
She says the Bible is all that she reads
Prefers that I not use profanity
Your mouth was so dirty

Life of the party, and she swears that she's artsy
But you could distingush Miles from Coltraine

Our love was comfortable
And so broken in
She's perfect. So flawless
Or so they say...

She thinks that I can't see the smile that she's faking
Or poses for pictures that aren't being taken
I loved you
Grey sweatpants, no makeup, so perfect

Our love was comfortable and
So broken in
She's perfect. So flawless
I'm not impressed
I want you back

Towerblock

Towerblock is my theme song. I don't remember when I first heard it, but when I did, I knew immediately that it was my song. It captured perfectly how I felt about myself and my past relationships. And the music. The simple melody from the piano gave it the perfect feeling of melancholy.

***
You make me feel vulnerable and totally exposed
You make me feel like a teenager dressed in a woman's clothes
And I ask you, and I ask you
Where do we go from here?

All my life
I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along
A towerblock for me to lean on
And I ask you
Where do we go from here

You've got me so I'm curling like a kitten in your hand
You've got me so I'm clawing like a tiger caged and bound
And I ask you, and I ask you
Where do we go from here?

All my life
I've been the one who's big and strong for everyone
Then you come along
A towerblock for me to lean on
And I ask you
Where do we go from here

All my life
I've been the one who's always there for everyone
And now I now you let me down
Will it always be
That I'm the only towerblock for me?

Do I Look Like Them?

I've been trying make my own collage since I saw this on Lionel's page. Ngayon lang ako naging successful... nung iniba ko yung layout.



Since I got it working, lulubusin ko na. Here's another one:



Interesting results. Parang walang umulit.

What do you think?