Day 284: Hope For The Hopeless

Jukebox time!  I wanted to come up with something nice today, but I didn't really have anything in mind.  So, I shuffled my iTunes and pressed play.  I got Hope for the Hopeless (A Fine Frenzy).

The dove is an ubiquitous symbol of hope.  A little bible history says it's because Noah let out a dove to fly and when it returned with some plant between it's beak, it let him know that there was land somewhere.  So it became a symbol of hope.  Or was it peace?  I'm obviously not the best person to ask.

Day 200: Locked

Lock in black and white.

I am not feeling well.  Therefore, I do not have much inspiration on the 200th post.  I would have liked something more symbolic.  Well, You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones), right?  However, I am still optimistic.  I have to be.  There's no other way to go around it.

Day 177: Alien Speakers

My sister left me this Harman Kardon speakers when she left for the States.  I call this one of the baby aliens.  They have a parent alien that's a lot larger.  They're weird-looking, but they give really good surround.  It comes really handy when you want to appreciate the sound of your music or movies on laid-back Sundays.

Day 175: Rain on a Friday

The rain ain't letting up.

This was an interesting Friday.  It started with a White Party.  I didn't know what it was for, but I was late for it.  Apparently, the staff came up with a party for all June birthday celebrants.  Which, of course, included me.  So, I was late for a party partly in my honor.  How great is that?  It's also the last day of my current class.  I'm moving to another class next week - as a participant, this time.

Now, I'm getting to bed hoping that Mother Nature doesn't Rain (Ryuichi Sakamoto) on my parade.  This is one weekend I have viewed with anticipation.

Day 174: A Little Comfort

Champorado from Tsoko Nut Batirol.  This weather could use a little comfort food.

I love this week's theme so much, I wanted to take as much photos in black and white as I could.  Hence, my third photo in grayscale this week.

Speaking of comfort, I was thinking about what movies I'd like to revisit and watch again in this weather.  The rain reminded me of one of my favorite films, The Classic, with it's very charming rain scene.

Day 173: Mirror, Mirror

A self portrait.

I really wanted to take a picture of a mirror, as I think it is symbolic of how my day was.  However, I do not have those fancy gilded mirrors in my apartment.  The top half of my living room wall has this humongous mirror, though, and I decided to improvise.

I have a way of gauging my growth as a person.  This is going to sound a bit psychotic, but I take a look at myself in front of a mirror.  I look at myself and see if I like the person staring back at me.  If I like this person better than the person looking back at me a year ago, then I must have done something right.  Today, I had one of those brutal moments where I had to look at myself and decide whether I like myself better today.  I do, and somehow I don't.  There are pieces of me that I see and I want to smash into pieces.  There are parts of me that I really like better.  Regardless of what I see right now, what's important is what happens after.  If I work hard enough on those things I don't like seeing, I know that Someday I'll Be Good Enough (Bodyslam).

Day 172: Black Pepper

Not much imagination today.  Dead tired too.

Day 143: A Lack of Color

Press shuffle and play time!  The last time I did this, I got Jars of Clay.  This time, I got A Lack of Color (Death Cab for Cutie).  Fits my Monday, if you think about it.  It was crazy and unimaginative.  Could have used a certain color, like these grayed oil pastels.