oh boy

I promised music on Oct. 16th

It is now Dec. 31st. My apologies to ajuh and isyi :)

I wish I could say "here it is" but I can't - yet again I must say the dreadful words "coming soon". The connection I'm on would make the transfer process an eternity.
I'll be on a high-speed connection this Friday, so Phil Wickham and Shane & Shane shall be posted soon (yes, I know the teaser didn't hide much haha).

I feel as though I've lost touch with this blog. It was originally supposed to be an online repository of my thoughts and reflections during my stay in Afghanistan. Well if you know me, you know what happened with that.

So here this blog is, in an awkward and becomingly stagnant transition into a music/photo/movie blog that has no firm foundation at all.

It'll get better. With time.

Happy New Years to all.

And to you, 2007 - thanks for being full of surprises - it helps us all feel alive.

delay

a lot is still coming, including a big site overhaul

life's calling. be back in a moment.

music within

This looks like an awesome movie.  Anyone want to go watch it with me?

Credit to Robz for pointing me towards this one.

music - coming soon

hopefully it won't take another month :]

here's a little teaser of what's to come:

a birthday (and a post long overdue)

so I promised to upload two albums ... a month ago.

School's been busy O_O
Here they finally are:

Feist - The Reminder

The Perishers - Let There Be Morning
for those unlucky many who were
unable to get a signed copy to Julia ;]

and a bonus album for T.Wong :]

Matt Nathanson - Beneath the Fireworks

Happy Birthday to Isyiwang and T.Wong :]
Real CDs coming to yah real soon.

God bless.

new music coming soon

school. bleh.

so school has officially started.

I've unpacked most of my things during the course of the past week, and Cheng (my roommate) and I have a bit of "decorating" left to do.

for all two of you that read this, thanks for visiting :] More pictures from Chicago and first few days of school to come soon (hopefully).

white castle & photobooth

I'm having an awesome time with my nephew and niece in Chicago :]

We had White Castle (my first time O_O) 

be kind rewind

Michele Gondry's (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) next film looks like another winner.

Jack Black and Mos Def - nice!


who wants to go watch this with me in December? Hersh I know you do :P

unfiltered singing

I had a paragraph written on the vocal and lyrical talents of Ray Lamontagne and promptly deleted it knowing that this does the job just as well:


This man can sing.
I'm not talking Michael Buble or Josh Groban sing, I'm talking about words of pain and hope from the heart, so real, to convince you he's been in the deepest of deeps of suffering yet still manages to see the beauty in life type of sing.

ok. enough of that.
have a listen.

let me know what you think on aim, in person, on facebook - if the response is positive, I'll post some more :]

omgchicagoonfriday.

O'Hare

I'm going to Chicago this Friday O_O
Can't wait to see my nephew & niece :]

I'll see you all when I get back

new music

I've had Oren Lavie on my sticky of music to check out for a couple of months now. I've heard his new and first album "Opposite Side of the Sea" and can only say that I'm super dismayed that the album hasn't been released state-side and doesn't seem like it will ever be for now. Luckily, iTunes had it - much better alternative to paying $30.00 to import it in from the UK, right?



Oren Lavie apparently grew up in Israel and has traveled around the world since.
"In 2001 Oren Lavie moved to New York where he tried to make a living by means of various jobs and where he focused on writing songs. When they had piled up he went to Berlin (2003) and started to do recordings, working as his own producer. His first album, "The Opposite Side of the Sea", was completed in 2006; it was released in Europe January and February 2007." - wikipedia.com

Check him out:
OREN l a v i e