LORD, I have fallen in Thy Light;
and though Thou mayest save me,
I could not save myself, and have fallen;

Take me, O LORD, from the jaws of the asps,
their poisonous fangs deep in my skin;
Pull me from danger
into the warmth of Thy Merciful, Immaculate Light.

For though I may not have saved myself, O LORD,
I throw myself in Thy path
that Thou mayest lift me from my sorrow
and into Thy arms.

GUESS WHAT I WATCHED TODAY. (warning: PHOTOS.)



( 'cos inside I am stirring / something strange is occurring / there's a secret I need to share )

WHEE.

Yes, you heard it. Muse is approved by the Pope himself (or at least, "Uprising" is).

( Tupac Shakur and Muse feature on Vatican's MySpace playlist ) (fake-cut; is really an external link)

... what would dante_tenebrae think? XD

The only explanation why I could see "Uprising" being chosen by the Vatican's techies lies in the explanation posted on the MySpace page itself:

Found this off a comment in hausofgaga :



LOL.

Yes, it is actually like four-thirty in the morning, and here I am blogging from bed using my phone. All I really want to say is:

phuture was fun :)

... albeit a bit on the crowded side. Felt I was being squashed on all sides. Ugh.

Anyway, the music sucked for a while, but towards the end the music got better. But nothing beats hearing 'Bad Romance' and 'Good Girls Go Bad' all in the same night. Oh, and 'Low' too :D All in all, thank you, Tuebingen IP girls, for what was definitely a great night out :)

But just remind me never to step into Velvet Underground ever again. Please.

They say it can’t be done

(x-posted to freewriters )

Updates again.

1) I <3 Bad Romance. Immensely. I've been playing it again and again and again. And I keep singing along.
2) I <3 Alejandro. Immensely. I've been playing it again and again and again. And I'm learning to sing along.
3) I can't wait for Lady Gaga's new album to be officially out. Bye bye $30. iTunes, you know what is going to be on loop.
4) I <3 I Dreamed a Dream. Immensely. I've been playing it again and again and again. It's hard to sing along.
5) I can't wait for Susan Boyle's new album to be officially out. Bye bye $20.
6) I bought two books today! Namely A Streetcar Named Desire by Tenessee Williams and the Arden edition of The Duchess of Malfi. Yes, you must be thinking I'm crazy; why the f do I need another copy of DoM? GUISE, IT'S THE ARDEN EDITION. THE ARDEN EDITION. How can one not have a copy of the Arden frickin' edition of the text? Especially since it's a text of such poetic genius? And of such theatrical power? Zomgads.
7) I ees feels ugly. Sigh. I need to stop being such a moron, but I can't help feeling like this. Ugh. Since when did I become a vainpot. GAHHH.
8) Um, important reminder. If you want more up-to-date news on my life, please follow my Twitter. Just sayin'.
9) WISHLIST: Britney Spears' The Singles Collection BOX-SET. WITH ALL THE SINGLES CDs INSIDE. HEE. Just sayin'.
10) Did I mention? I <3 Bad Romance.

One of the best songs by indie act Stars. I love this song (and everything else they've done). The instrumentation is fascinatingly fresh, the lyrics are imaginative genius, and the vocals are perfect for the music.

At home on sick leave. I knew that I was going to fall sick at some point; wasn't quite expecting it to be this, but I should've been smarter given the weather. Nonetheless, here I am with a viral flu, my throat feeling like it imploded and my nose like something died inside it (again).

1) Productivity was low, again. It's like A's never ended; I still define my days by productivity level, and today was definitely not very productive. I need to at least play the piano or something so it doesn't feel like I've wasted the day. Then and again, the nap I took in the afternoon was absolutely necessary. *nods*

2) GG kinda sucked. I'm really happy Lady Gaga was on this episode, but everything else was so ... painful. Especially S's plotline. Couldn't Season1!Serena just come back, please? And that whole threesome storyline became such a cheap ploy.

3) ... although, I must say, I do like how the writers keep going back to the books every once in a while to keep things interesting. The written series itself is too crazy for normal primetime television, but there's a good amount of characters and plot twists that in my opinion make for very good television material.

4) Wants some decent vodka for mixing his apple martinis. Oh, and some nice martini glasses too. I love $6.95 bottles of mixer.

5) I made my own lunch today! Mainly because I was too lazy to walk out again after having come back (on foot) from the doctor. I made an omelette and paired it with bread; pretty usual stuff, and it felt a bit more like breakfast (LOL), but it was otherwise satisfying. Wish I hadn't overcooked the outside though. But it turned out pretty decently in the end.

6) Russian, French, and German are wonderful languages. Oh, so is Latin. Ok, my tongue is in a twist now (so is my brain, and my commitment cells).

7) Yay for decent metal. Into the Electric Castle is great stuff, Within Temptation's The Heart of Everything is powerful (and a worthy alternative to Evanescence), and Swallow the Sun's New Moon is death-grunt-galore. Yes, I am falling to the metal side; I now do not find it metal if it doesn't have any death grunts in it. RAWRRR.

8) I love both Britney Spears and Lady Gaga. 'nuff said.

When I do become a music-maker, whether as an amateur, a professional singer-songwriter or a member of the alt rock/metal band I've always thought about being a part of, I don't want the music that I write out of faith to be called Christian metal, or Christian rock; no, I want it to simply be music with Christian themes because I believe labeling my music 'Christian' simply subjects it to imprisonment by genre. Christian music is left to the Christians; music with Christian themes are for everyone, because Christian themes are and at their core should be for everyone - every single one of us, Christian or otherwise. I want my music to sing of love, of hope and of undying faith in our Creator everlasting, and of faith too in the value of the humanity and the world that God created and said was 'good'. Music needs to accompany us through our joys, our sorrows, our hopes, our disappointments; the most beautiful music ultimately sings to us on a level beyond mere verbal expression. That is true music.

The healthcare bill got passed. Yay.

Ok, so that's only through the House of Reps, but it's the first step towards something.

Anyway, the real point of the post is this:



Laughable, as always. As much as I do want to speak for the Republicans and point out that hey, anyone is likely to interrupt others unreasonably in order to (sneakily) delay debate and minimise the chances of a bill you don't like being passed, it's hard not thinking that these Republicans are portraying their own party very, very badly. If you're a Republican congressman, you represent your party. Period. Shouting down Democrats unreasonably while they're saying something inconsequential is a sign of bad politics, and the GOP is already notorious enough.

Doesn't anyone care about classy, well-informed debate any more?

... or at least beautiful European cities. Um. Yes. But hey, you can't not fall in love with this commercial (and the gorgeous sights of France - Edit: and Istanbul. There is no Hagia Sofia in Europe. Duh. Not even if Turkey's part of the EU, like they wanted).
( je t'adore )

I can probably watch this video over and over again and still get chills each time. And Audrey Tautou. I can't express it any other way, but I have to say this: she is just so ... so ... so French. Watching her run around France is like watching a five-second condensed version of a travel documentary covering the top twenty-five most beautiful (and French) spots in all of Paris' twenty arrondissements. Yay.

... ok, I can totally hear simpletime trying to drag me away from Evil!Frenchism. LOL. NOOOO. PHEEBS. I HAVE FALLEN TO THE DARK SIDE. MUAHAHAHAHA.

... joking. I still miss my Maultaschen. I'm still immensely jealous that you're in one of the most gorgeous places in the whole of Europe. I don't care. You are sending me a Postkarte. With a cheesy, tourist-y photograph of Schloss Neuschwanstein on the front. LOL

Yes, I've been spending time on quizzes again. Go figure.

( i love this record baby but i can't see straight any more )

And after what has been weeks of anticipation, I have finally watched it.



Absolutely satisfying, after having spent so many weeks in anticipation for this movie. I'm in love with French food, Paris, and New York more than I've ever been. Yay.

And one day, I will make reine de saba (chocolate cake with almonds). But first, I will work on those oeufs.

But culinary magic aside, I am more determined than ever to keep writing. Like these two wonderful people who found their way in life, I know I will find my own some day. And I will keep writing until I actually do.

(New York, here I come.)

(... or London.)

And w_iredblind , I don't care. We are going to Le Cordon Bleu. Wooh.

HAHAHAHAHA OMG.


'80s Dances:
How To Do The Thriller

I'm laughing not so much at the dance than at the presenter herself. She's hilarious.

Zombie claws. Oooooooooooooooh.

Random points of note while I am sitting in the back of a truck bumping along with the ride:

1. If you haven't noticed by now, I tweet way more often than I write on my LJ. So please visit my Twitter for more up-to-date (and sometimes very bizarre) comments on what's been going on for me these few days. You'll be one-up on Leung news when you're there (just think about the eight tweets I sent in just one early morning period of about two hours).

2. Um, that I need to stop making nothing but eggs and should move on to something else like crêpes or boeuf bourgignon or something? Ok maybe not that but I definitely need to start moving on to something else besides dead unformed chicks. But GRAH I've yet to fold the perfect omelette. Argh.

3. No more vodka martinis. Apple martinis are the way to go. Yeah.

4. I hope The Powers That Be don't screw up Gossip Girl. I've yet to watch Ep 6. It sucks that Melrose Place is already beginning to get more tiresome than I'd like it to be. I've never known any show that could actually make blackmail boring. Sometimes, you just know it when they've sucked the juice dry out of a plot device.

5. At the rate this motherfucking truck bumps along, I am going to have no butt by lunchtime. Prost.

Ok, let's be perfectly honest: I have no idea what to write. Uh, I'm listening to 'Thriller' on my Pod? Urp, creative-writing crisis in the works.

Oh ok, fine, I shan't be a wuss. So first up, the good news: I PASSED MY TP TEST. I am officially ready to drive those big big green vehicles (thank you, J). Not that I'm super excited about it, but wtf it's one thing less (or should that be 'fewer') weighing on my mind.

In the meantime, I really want to watch 'Julie & Julia'. Like, really really really. And Julia Child's My Life In France was seriously an enchanting read. I'm currently working my way through Julie Powell's own book, and what I can say is this: it is fucking funny. Makes me want to try out all of MtAoFC's recipes myself. Wooh.

I've been listening to a fair bit of music that I just discovered, among them Taylor Swift. Yes, Taylor Swift. 'You Belong With Me' is really nice. I didn't say that. Did I say Taylor Swift? No no, I meant Beyoncé's 'Single Lad -' - wait, what did I say? No no, you're mistaken, m'lady. You must have misheard. I meant, I've been listening to a lot of pop music lately. And a good bit of rock. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BRITBRIT'S SINGLES BOX SET AND GAGA'S 'THE FAME MONSTER' RELEASE HAHAHA. Gaga-ra-a-a-a~ roma-a-a-a-a~

OK, fine, so I'm officially getting a tad bit crazy. In a positive way though, I must insist. I am no loon. I'm not.

Proof that Lady Gaga - no, Stefani - is in fact one of the biggest musical talents we have this century. Sadly, it's an overlooked fact.



ETA. More proof: