from donnie wahlberg

TODAY... Go hard! Go strong! Never stop! Never settle! Keep working! Keep moving! Don't quit! Don't surrender! You are unstoppable!

what everybody should do =)

got this from an email sent by a good friend:

Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.

Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...

Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come.
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.

are you creative?

Eminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna

great photography, love the look.. my own POV? i think they cast megan fox bec you wouldn't expect a tough chick like her to get beaten up; and dominic is this likeable, sweet guy that you wouldn't expect HIM to be the abuser. it works perfectly. i like that they're playing on the irony of the situation and that it's a powerful enough song to listen to without the video... but the video takes it to a whole other level. i hope it doesn't get lost in translation.

an eminem masterpiece

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that's alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

I can't tell you what it really is
I can only tell you what it feels like
And right now there's a steel knife
In my windpipe
I can't breathe
But I still fight
While I can fight
As long as the wrong feels right
It's like I'm in flight
High of a love
Drunk from the hate
It's like I'm huffing paint
And I love it the more that I suffer
I sufficate
And right before im about to drown
She resuscitates me
She fucking hates me
And I love it
Wait
Where you going
I'm leaving you
No you ain't
Come back
We're running right back
Here we go again
It's so insane
Cause when it's going good
It's going great
I'm Superman
With the wind in his back
She's Lois Lane
But when it's bad
It's awful
I feel so ashamed
I snap
Who's that dude
I don't even know his name
I laid hands on her
I'll never stoop so low again
I guess I don't know my own strength

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that's alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

You ever love somebody so much
You can barely breathe
When you're with them
You meet
And neither one of you
Even know what hit 'em
Got that warm fuzzy feeling
Yeah them chills
Used to get 'em
Now you're getting fucking sick
Of looking at 'em
You swore you've never hit 'em
Never do nothing to hurt 'em
Now you're in each other's face
Spewing venom
And these words
When you spit 'em
You push
Pull each other's hair
Scratch, claw, bit 'em
Throw 'em down
Pin 'em
So lost in the moments
When you're in 'em
It's the rage that took over
It controls you both
So they say it's best
To go your separate ways
Guess that they don't know ya
Cause today
That was yesterday
Yesterday is over
It's a different day
Sound like broken records
Playin' over
But you promised her
Next time you'll show restraint
You don't get another chance
Life is no Nintendo game
But you lied again
Now you get to watch her leave
Out the window
Guess that's why they call it window pane

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that's alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

Now I know we said things
Did things
That we didn't mean
And we fall back
Into the same patterns
Same routine
But your temper's just as bad
As mine is
You're the same as me
But when it comes to love
You're just as blinded
Baby please come back
It wasn't you
Baby it was me
Maybe our relationship
Isn't as crazy as it seems
Maybe that's what happens
When a tornado meets a volcano
All I know is
I love you too much
To walk away though
Come inside
Pick up your bags off the sidewalk
Don't you hear sincerity
In my voice when I talk
Told you this is my fault
Look me in the eyeball
Next time I'm pissed
I'll aim my fist
At the dry wall
Next time
There will be no next time
I apologize
Even though I know it's lies
I'm tired of the games
I just want her back
I know I'm a liar
If she ever tries to fucking leave again
I'mma tie her to the bed
And set the house on fire

Just gonna stand there
And watch me burn
But that's alright
Because I like
The way it hurts
Just gonna stand there
And hear me cry
But that's alright
Because I love
The way you lie
I love the way you lie
I love the way you lie

this is your life - switchfoot

Yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead
Yesterday is a promise that you’ve broken
Don’t close your eyes, don’t close your eyes
This is your life and today is all you’ve got now
Yeah, and today is all you’ll ever have
Don’t close your eyes
Don’t close your eyes

This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose

Yesterday is a kid in the corner
Yesterday is dead and over

This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed that it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose

Don’t close your eyes
Don’t close your eyes
Don’t close your eyes
Don’t close your eyes

This is your life are you who you want to be
This is your life are you who you want to be

This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, are you who you want to be
This is your life, is it everything you dreamed it would be
When the world was younger and you had everything to lose

And you had everything to lose

let me go - 3 doors down

One more kiss could be the best thing
But one more lie could be the worst
And all these thoughts are never resting
And you're not something I deserve

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

[Chorus]
You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you don't know who I am
So let me go
Let me go

I dream ahead to what I hope for
And I turn my back on loving you
How can this love be a good thing
When I know what I'm goin through

In my head there's only you now
This world falls on me
In this world there's real and make believe
And this seems real to me

[Chorus]
You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
You love me but you don't know who I am
So let me go
Just Let me go...
Let me go

And no matter how hard I try
I can't escape these things inside I know
I knowww..
When all the pieces fall apart
You will be the only one who knows
Who knows

[Chorus]
You love me but you don't know who I am
I'm torn between this life I lead and where I stand
And you love me but you don't know Who I am
So let me go
Just let me go

And you love me but you don't
You love me but you don't
You love me but you don't know who I am
And you love me but you don't
You love me but you don't
You love me but you don't know me

one more day - vast

this was played in season 7 of smallville, veritas. the song is even more powerful and really kicks you in the gut once you see the episode. it plays at the very end and was so perfectly complemented the scene between the two leads. it was awesome ♥

Have you heard
Have you tried to understand
It's all right
It gets easier with time

How are you
Are you ever coming back
I have changed
And I've realized I was wrong

I was wrong
Now I'll never see your face anymore
Oh my Love
I'd give anything for one more day with you

I'm getting through
I wish you felt the way I do
I have changed
And I've realized I was wrong

I was wrong
Now I'll never see your face anymore
Oh my love
I'd give anything for one more day with you

I was wrong
I was wrong
Now I'll never see your face anymore
Oh my love
I'd do anything for one more day with you

I'd do anything for one more day with you
I'd give anything for one more day with you

haunting smallville song: pioneer to the falls by interpol

I JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF THIS SONG!


Show me the dirt pile
And I will pray that the soul can take
Three stowaways
Vanish with no guile
And I will not pay
But the soul can wait
The soul can wait

It's still pretty
What with all these weeks
We’ll be fine
We’ll be fine

But if it’s still pretty
What with all these weeks
Will we find love
And supervise

Show me the dirt pile
And I will pray that the soul can take
Three stowaways
And you vanish with no guile
And I will not pay
But the soul can wait
I felt you so much today

Oh no, you try
You fly straight into my heart
You fly straight into my heart
Girl, I know you try
You fly straight into my heart
You fly straight into my heart
But here comes the fall...

So much for me believing that sorrow
So much for dreams we see but never care to know
Your heart makes me feel
Your heart makes me moan
For always and ever, I'll never let go
Always concealed
Safe and inside, alive!

Show me the dirt pile
And I will pray that the soul can take
Three stowaways
In a passion it broke
I pull the black from the grey
But the soul can wait
I felt you so much today...

dear love...

i write to you now, remembering what it was like when we were together and what i would have given to keep those moments alive. the pain of losing you, of knowing you're in the arms of another will forever haunt me until my dying day.

the days we spent laughing, looking with and at each other will be relived everyday - in my subconsciousness and in daydreaming. the last embrace is cherished. the first kiss was unbelievable. how i ache. how i wish. how i wonder.

passion from an interesting POV

Passion... it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us... passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments; the joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank... without passion, we'd be truly dead.

The WB's "Years" UpFront

salt-y goodness on a weekend

i had seen salt before i got to watch inception last friday and i have to say, that was the way to go. if i had seen inception before salt, i think i would have been completely disappointed. nothing against salt, i loved it - but inception is a whole other level of movie making (see previous blog).

what impressed me about salt the most though was angelina herself. the script was good, a little predictable (i was able to guess her true identity and some of the plot points, but not the bunk scene) but it worked to her advantage. it was kinda like a female version of the bourne identity, though in reverse. besides all of that, angelina was right on on everything - from the look to the accent to the action stunts. those were the most impressive! there was a scene where she starts to climb a wall and then kicks against it to stick it to a guard. THAT was cool!

i liked how she played it DOWN, not exaggerated the role. if anybody else had done the part, i think it would have fallen flat on its face, and all the awesome action sequences would have gone to waste. angelina made it work and she never faltered with the story.

i REALLY loved the ending. i wasn't expecting it, and that was the best thing about it. i have to say that british actor chiwetel ejiofor stole the show. i absolutely LOVED him! you should look him up and watch another one of his movies... first time i saw him was on love actually =)

i didn't know there was news about a russian spy that surprisingly came after the movie premiered - eerie coincidence? i'll leave it to the conspiracy theorists out there. but i have to say that this was a really fun ride all throughout. another must-see from ms. jolie ♥

protect your thoughts

"Never recreate from your memory. Always imagine new places." - inception

let me start by saying what i've tweeted and raved about in facebook about this movie: never before have i been subjected to pure genius and excellence in film-making. ever.

i saw inception right after i saw salt today... i was completely blown away and was in a jovial mood right after i'd seen it. i mean, it was a momentous day for me; after being couped up at home for almost a week with nothing to do but watch tv, tweet and update my facebook status. i had just gotten bangs again and had my hair colored: red. well, mahogany with a touch of red. that in itself made me over the moon already but add watching two of the most didactically-conceived, very well-written, fantastically-directed and VERY WELL-ACTED movies in a LONG time and it's like being shot with adrenaline. side-effect: blogging because i just. can't. sleep. ha!

back to inception (salt will have a separate "review" to follow)... when i first heard/saw anything about this movie, it was from a trailer released last year that had the usual eye-catching imagery and enough narration from mr. dicaprio to make me WANT to watch the movie. the special effects had no effect whatsoever. then i saw the CAST. leo was the hook and nolan was the line; guess who was the sinker? yep. good ol' regular joe himself! my GAWD! when i saw him in the trailer, i went like, ape-shit bananas! i was literally jumping up and down my room screaming at the tv. and admit it you hypocritical wise ass - you do that too when you see two of your long-time crushes (cough - obsessions - cough) onscreen TOGETHER, making what looked like a good time in hell type of movie.

so i waited for almost a year, getting teased with trailers #2 and #3 along the way and being bombarded with pictures of the cast on location, filming. and then finally i got to watch it tonight - on IMAX nonetheless; and now words fail me. speechless would be an understatement. i'm just typing now because i have the irrevocable NEED to purge myself of thoughts, incoherent as they may be, of this frickin' movie! so now my "thoughts" on this wonderful perfection of a picture.

1. watch from the very beginning. yes, it's one of THOSE movies. you HAVE to watch it from the very beginning in order to a)exercise your mind and b) make those brain muscles work, will ya! everything, and i mean EVERYTHING has a definitive correlation to each other in this film. it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it kind of things and your movie-going experience will be ruined if you come into the theater a few minutes late.

2. leo. was. unbelievably. intoxicatingly. fantastically. awesome. it's like awesomeness to the nth power, as barney stinson would say. infinitely awesome. yes. to carry a film this humongous would daunt anybody; but not leo. and his consistency of choosing roles and films that are unforgettable and powerful, just plain amazes me each time. he has a knack for it. name me 5 movies in the last 10 years that flopped with leo's name attached to it. what's that? none? well...

3. christopher nolan is a god. no, really, he is. where ELSE would something so fantastical, so rich and detailed and beholden capture an entire generation's attention but here and now with this brilliant filmmaker? i say filmmaker and not director mainly because i felt that he didn't direct anybody here, he merely made a film, and a beautiful one at that. i have to be honest: i hadn't seen memento nor batman begins, hence i'm a novice at the nolan school of brilliant plot-twisting. but what i've seen so far (dark knight and inception) has made me just stand up and cheer for this man of many sub-level thoughts. genius wouldn't even cover it, i think.

4. my favorite supporting actor: joseph gordon-levitt. he held his own alongside leo, and that's something i will forever be proud of him for that =) the way that he embodied his character and just was THAT CHARACTER instead of leo's sidekick was just smooth. i think it had a lot to do with the way he looked and how that came into play with him being this slightly dark, really sexy and cute assassin/trained inceptor/wingman... HOT! he just oozed sex and wit and sex and evil and sex. yah, he does that to me.

5. so on to one of my now top 4 actresses of all-time: ellen page. considering she's fourth to kate winslet and nicole kidman and angelina jolie, i'd say that pretty much sums up why i think she's deserving of such an accolade. acting toe-to-toe with leo is no easy feat. he's one of the most celebrated actors of our time, and rightfully so. but ms. page was able to hold her own against him and i thought that was just impressive, in it of itself. she never faltered and stayed strong - she was one of the boys =) i can see how electric her scenes with leo were and i had chills just watching it - got chills now! i'm not envious because she got to be in intimate scenes with leo and got to kiss JGL - i RESPECT her. it takes a lot to get that.

6. the other supporting actors: cillian murphy, ken watanabe, tom hardy (whom i'd never seen anywhere before), marion cotillard were all very exceptional. special mention to cotillard as she was the most shocking part of the movie. she portrayed it unlike how i had expected that type of character to have been interpreted: yes, she was pained, yes, she came from a place of confusion and sadness, but she worked it so that it didn't actually SEEM that way. very devious and very well-executed. michael caine's part was not something i liked, but it made sense having him in the film.

inception will make you think - that's my favorite thing about it. because it's so spectacular, because it's so mind-blowing, it's easy to fall into the cracks and just be amazed by the visual effects. but this did more than just that - it made me feel ALIVE. it awakened in me something that i had not felt for a long time in a film: desire. the desire to properly analyze, think ahead, guess what's going to happen, make the wheels turn. i could swear that the puzzle pieces were just clinking into place while i was watching and that made me feel high. i felt so smart! =)

totally understandable how you can get caught up and just blabber on and on about something, but getting caught up in the wonderful web of inception is something that i'd welcome anytime. so do yourself a favor and watch it. then watch it again. then again. and then again. sweet dreams everyone!

Smallville Panel - Comic Con 2010 - Part 1 of 7

airplanes - b.o.b. and hayley williams

Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, Wish right now

[B.o.B - Verse 1]
Yeah
I could use a dream or a genie or a wish
To go back to a place much simpler than this
'Cause after all the partyin'
The smashin' and crashin'
And all the glitz and the glam and the fashion
And all the pandemonium and all the madness
There comes a time when you fade to the blackness
And when you're starin' at that phone in yo' lap
And hopin', but them people never call you back
But that's just how the story unfolds
You get another hand
Soon after you fold
And when your plans unravel in the sand
What would you wish for if you had one chance?
So airplanes airplanes
Sorry I'm late
I'm on my way
So don't close that gate
If I don't make that
Then I switch my flight
And I'll be right back at it
By the end of the night

[Hayley Williams - Chorus]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

[B.o.B - Verse 2]
Yeah
Yeah
Somebody take me back to the days
Before this was a job
Before I got paid
Before it ever mattered what I had in my bank
Yeah back when I was tryin' to get a tip at Subway
And back when I was rappin' for the hell of it
But now days we rappin' to stay relevant
I'm guessin' that if we can make some wishes out of airplanes
Then maybe oh maybe I'll go back to the days
Before the politics that we call the rap game
And back when ain't nobody listened to my mix tapes
And back before I tried to cover up my slate
But this is for Decatur
What's up Bobby Ray?
So can I get a wish to end the politics
And get back to the music that started this shit
So here I stand
And then again I say
I'm hopin' we can make some wishes outta airplanes

[Hayley Williams - Chorus]
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now
Can we pretend that airplanes
In the night sky
Are like shooting stars
I could really use a wish right now
Wish right now, wish right now

bloodstream - stateless

Wake up look me in the eyes again
I need to feel your hand upon my face
Words can relay nice
They can cut you open
And the silence surrounds you
and hunts you
I think I might’ve inhale you
I could feel you behind my eyes
You gotten into my bloodstream
I could feel you floating in me
Words can relay nice
They can cut you open
And the silence surrounds you
and hunts you
I think I might’ve inhale you
I could feel you behind my eyes
You gotten into my bloodstream
I could feel you floating in me

The spaces in between
Two minds and all the places they have been
The spaces in between
I tried to put my finger on it
I tried to put my finger on it
I think I might’ve inhale you
I could feel you behind my eyes
You gotten into my bloodstream
I could feel you floating in me
I think I might’ve inhale you
I could feel you behind my eyes
You gotten into my bloodstream
I could feel you floating in me

it is what it is - lifehouse

I was only looking for a shortcut home
But it’s complicated
So complicated
Somewhere in this city is a road I know
Where we could make it
But maybe there’s no making it now
Too long we’ve been denying
Now we’re both tired of trying
We hit a wall and we can’t get over it
Nothing to relive
It’s water under the bridge
You said it, I get it
I guess it is what it is
I was only trying to bury the pain
But I made you cry and I can’t stop the crying
Was only trying to save me
But I lost you again
Now there’s only lying
Wish I could say it’s only me
Too long we’ve been denying

Now we’re both tired of trying
We hit a wall and we can’t get over it
Nothing to relive
It’s water under the bridge
You said it, I get it
I guess it is what it i
Here it comes ready or not
We both found out it’s not how we thought
That it would be, how it would be
If the time could turn us around
What once was lost may be found
For you and me, for you and me
Too long we’ve been denying
Now we’re both tired of trying
We hit a wall and we can’t get over it
Nothing to relive
It’s water under the bridge
You said it, I get it
I guess it is what it is
I was only looking for a shortcut home
But it’s complicated
So complicated

Tom Welling

Tom Welling

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