What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.
-- Pericles
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Flip The Page
Every story has a beginning, middle, and an end.
I'm not quite sure where this story is, but today brings the end of a chapter for alot of people. Its New year's Eve and tomorrow brings in a new year, new hopes, and above all, a new calendar. So lets bring this small piece to an end.
From PostSecret
Happy New Year's everyone. Stay frosty. Stay safe.
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Closing Time by Semisonic
Closing time
Open all the doors
And let you out into the world
Closing time
Turn all of the lights on
Over every boy and every girl
Closing time
One last call for alcohol
So finish your whiskey or beer
Closing time
You don't have to go home
But you can't stay here
I know who I want to take me home
I know who I want to take me home
Closing time
Time for you to go out
To the places you will be from
Closing time
This room won't be open
Till your brothers or your sisters come
So gather up your jackets,
Move it to the exits
I hope you have found a friend
Closing time
Every new beginning comes from
Some other beginning's end
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
-- Douglas Adams
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You've Woken The Demon
Result! Here is another great combination of music with the movie Akira. Its another family oriented song too.
Down With The Sickness by Disturbed
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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Be excellent to each other.
-- Bill from Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
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I Got A Lump Of Coal
moar funny pictures
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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Memories are meant to fade. They're designed that way for a reason.
-- Mace from Strange Days
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Poverty And Power
I've always loved anime, specifically Akira. You could say I was born from Akira. Enjoy!
O Fortuna Remixed
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy. For what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves. We must die to one life before we can enter another.
-- Anatole France
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Should Have Changed My Fucking Lock
I always loved this cover version and never realized there was a video for it. Time to jam.
I Will Survive by Cake
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
-- Chuck Palahniuk
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Memorial
For Clan Mp...
She Is Gone by David Harkins
You can shed tears that she is gone
Or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she'll come back,
Or you can open your eyes and see all she's left.
Your heart can be empty because you can't see her,
Or you can be full of the love you shared.
You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,
Or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.
You can remember her only that she is gone,
Or you can cherish her memory and let it live on.
You can cry and close your mind,
Be empty and turn your back.
Or you can do what she'd want:
Smile, open your eyes,
Love and go on.
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life.
-- Oscar Wilde
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Beat Those Little Bastards!
27
Thanks to Starfury for this one.
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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You have broken what could not be broken! Now, hope is broken.
-- Merlin from Excalibur
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My World Is Half Asleep
Here is a decent video with Christopher Ecceleston as The Doctor. He played the Ninth Doctor, prior to David Tennant.
The song is abit mushy, but what the heck. We all need a bit of mush every so often. Heh.
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
-- Norman Cousins
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After My Picture Fades
Time After Time by QuietDrive
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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There was no reason for me to stay in the real world any longer. In the real world, it didn't matter if I was there or not. When I realized that, I was no longer afraid of losing my body.
-- Chisa from Serial Experiments: Lain
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Without Further Adieu
First and foremost, I need to say Happy Belated Birthday to the brodyman, Starfury. Many more, sir!
I Exist
Serial Experiments: Lain is an anime series that touches on life, existance, and the Wired. What is life? Is it the one we live here or perhaps its the one in a virtual world? And if we were within that virtual world, would we know the difference?
Mad World by Gary Jules
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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We could have both gone away. We could have died together. Then at least I would have known I had a place in your heart.
-- Kei from Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
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Just Kill Me, Bill!
I've always liked this song even before it was part of the Halo2 soundtrack. This video seemed so more fitting since its also from Jin-Roh.
Blow Me Away by Breaking Benjamins
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment. If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along.
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Never Forget
Today is the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. We honour those who lost their lives this day.
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Change of Pace
While I was working on National Novel Month (aka Nanowrimo), I found quotes and poets I never even considered. Granted, I failed Nanowrimo again, but thats another story.
I've always known Henry Rollins as the musician and the actor. He's even got his own television show on the Independant Film Channel. But as a poet, I definately am gaining a new respect for him.
Here was one of my favorites:
My feelings for you shame me into silence. The truth of this and your name will never be revealed.
It is you who has made me realize the failure of my life.
The thought of you fills me with longing and at the same time, a burning humiliation that produces scar tissue and dead brain cells. Your existence mocks me and I am unable to confront this.
You have no idea of any of this. None of this is your fault. It is completely with me.
It is you who makes me see what I really am.
I am weak and out of touch with myself.
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
-- Lance Armstrong
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We Didnt Start The Bubble
I tried to have at least one entry that didnt have a video attached, but this one is just to funny to pass up.
Thanks Pixelfish!
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.
-- Shawn Taylor, ironically from his last known interview.
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My December
Yet another music video, but a very impressive one.
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Noose around a choking heart
Eternity torn apart
Slow toll now the funeral bells
I need to die to feel alive
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The Steward
