Annabel Lee

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we-
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling- my darling- my life and my bride,
In the sepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Edgar Alan Poe

Кстати, в книге "Туманность Андромеды", так излюбленной мной в детстве, когда-то в будущем (во времена всемирного коммунизма) находят гробницу, по-моему самого По, на котором отрывок из этого стиха:
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Правда, в книге это было с отвратнейшим переводом.

Слушаю: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - When Your Mind's Made Up

Нашел еще одного офигенного поэта, в этот раз благодаря игре Тургор.

Меняются и время и мечты,
Меняются как время представления.
Изменчивы под солнцем все явления
И мир всечасно видишь новым ты.

Во всём и всюду новые черты,
Но для надежды нет осуществления.
От счастья остаётся сожаление,
От горя - только чувство пустоты.

Уйдёт зима, уйдут снега и холод
И мир весной, как прежде, станет молод.
Но есть закон,
Все обратится в тлен.

Само веселье слёз не уничтожит
И страшно то, что час пробьет, быть может,
Когда не станет
В мире перемен...

Luís Vaz de Camões

Фейрвинд делает успехи в... зомбировании?
Как можно такое слушать? Да как они пепперс и дилана играют, этого хватит чтобы записать их безнадежные бездари.
В общем.

Колонки на выкате, ору во всю глотку. Кто бы подумал, что меланхоличный голосок меланхоличного вокалиста Гарден оф Снейкс может звучать так дико?

Хочу ли я - могу ли я,
В конце всегда МАГНОЛИЯ!!!
Она взялась и за меня,
СУПЕРМЕЛАНХОЛИЯ!!!

Слушаю: ГДР - Супермеланхолия
Агрегатное состояние разорвал бы всех на части

Жду в гости одну приятную дамочку. Она мне чуть ли не в дочери годится, но серезно решила что я ее клею. Ха-ха. Я че, так на Семена Семенича похож?

Агрегатное состояние сонное

Вчера приятно прогулялся с товарищем Эоном, попугал его эпизодами своей жизни и гомосеками его жизни.

Что происходит? Кто-нибудь скажет мне, в чем дело?
Сначала мне говорят, что Джанис уходит в Тайланд, заставляя выглядеть полным идиотом, потом все куда-то уходит, происходит хрен знает что, потом все опять врезается в разум.
Джанис уходит в Тайланд! И я узнаю об этом за два дня до ее отъезда.
Потом мне говорят, что она никуда не уезжает. А еще позже, что уезжает, но не на четыре года, как говорилось раньше, а на два месяца.
Я ни хрена не понимаю.

С группой все круто, надеюсь до половины сентября дозаписать альбом.

Кому это касается: девочка, я притворился обломанным только для того, чтобы дальше не обламывать тебя. А так... есть люди, чью личную жизнь обсуждают, потому что они сами по себе имеют вес среди окружающих. А есть те, кто просто становятся темой для удачной шутки. К которым ты и относишься.

Слушаю: Incubus - Anna Molly
Агрегатное состояние никакое

Dating Diaries: Breaking Up Is Easy To Do: 5 Simple Rules

A friend of a friend has called his ex-girlfriend six times since she broke up with him. I told my friend to bestow my breaking up advice on him. Whether you want someone back or not, if you follow the rules below, you will maintain your dignity, maybe win the person back, or eventually get over them:

1. Ride Off Into The Sunset

In college I took a class called "American Western Movies". Give me a break, ok? It was summer session. But this class did teach me something. I learned I wanted to be a cowboy. They are so cool, collected, never play their hand, never look rattled, and they are always confident.

One thing they all did was ride off as the sun set on the horizon after their business was done.

Riding off into the sunset keeps our dignity. When a girl breaks up with me, I will say:

"OK, it was great getting to know you over the past (insert length of time).You take care."

My business is done.

Then, I will figuratively ride off into the sunset. I won't tell her how much I miss her. I won't tell her she made a mistake. I won't call, email or text. I won't mention her to mutual friends. I'll be gone from her life.

Suddenly, it will dawn on the girl that she is not getting her money's worth for this breakup. It is true: people who do the breaking up have an air of power to them. They like being the decision maker, and having the control. But after I walk away like it's no problem, she'll start to think:

"Wow, why isn't he shaken up over this? Did he even care that I broke up with him?"

Or even better, the ever-popular and coveted:

"Did I do the right thing breaking up with him?"

That's when you know you're in business.

2. Apply the Wizard of Oz Effect

Of course, most likely, we are in total pain and anguish after a break up. But, we can't let that show. Remember:

"Pay no mind to that man behind the curtain?"

We can, behind the curtain, cry, complain, yell, be angry, and hurt. But, we must craft the appearance on the outside of being fine with everything. We need to look happy on the outside to the other person 100% of the time we see them post-breakup.

This also gives the illusion that you might be seeing someone else, or that you've got other things going on. Of course you're miserable and there's NOTHING going on in your life, but they don't have to know it!

3. Enact the Verb in "Breaking Up"

Get rid of all evidence of them -- put it all in a closet, under your bed, or anywhere. I'm a sucker for a strand of hair or her shampoo smell left on a pillow after a girl is over. After the breakup, this must go: wash the sheets! Remember, in breaking up, to think of it like a guillotine: make it fast.

On a guillotine, you'd rather have a sharp blade slice your head right off than a blunt blade repeatedly cut and cut until your head finally fell off.

If it's a break up they want, make it clean for them. It will look good, and it will be easier on you. Flush them right out of your life immediately, and completely.

4. Don't Look Back

It's hard to accomplish this. We know not to look back, just like we know not to look down when someone says don't look down...but we still look down. But, make it easy on yourself: looking back and saying stuff like:

"Gosh, just two weeks ago,we were out to dinner and she stayed over here and we were so close..."

...will just make it more painful. You can't look back until it's time to look back when you're truly over it.

5. Remember You'll Get Over It

The best thing about breaking up is those following mornings you wake up after you've truly gotten over someone. You're renewed, alive, and ready to see what the world has to offer. Keep pushing through for this feeling, remember all those people you thought you'd never get over (you know you ended up getting over them), and as Jim Morrison once crooned: "break on through to the other side!"

Well I don't know about you, but after going through all that, I'm inspired to get dumped!

So, do you agree with these rules? Do you have any nightmare breakup stories? If a guy you dumped followed these rules, would you start reconsidering? Would you be annoyed if you dumped a guy and he didn't get upset?

by Rich Santos, Marie Claire

Слушаю: Moonspell - An Erotic Alchemy

This is what I photographed today)))