I'm Currently Reading...The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Part 3)

  Book Three: The Downfall: The Tulliver family really starts going downhill in Book 3.  Tom and Maggie argue with their aunts and uncles for not giving them much help in their time of needed.  Maggie gets angry with Tom for seemingly taking their mother's side against their father - Maggie feels her mother is being petty about her furniture and other items being sold instead of worrying about Mr. Tulliver.  However, Mr. Tulliver begins to slowly recover. 

Tom also finds that Latin and other things he's learned while at school are not very useful for a job where he must make a good amount of money.  Their father tells Tom to sign him name in the bible for what Maggie feels is wicked:


  "Tom entered with his usual saddened evening face, but his eyes fell immediately on the open Bible and the inkstand, and he glanced with a look of anxious surprise at his father, who was saying,–

  "Come, come, you're late; I want you."

  "Is there anything the matter, father?" said Tom.

  "You sit down, all of you," said Mr. Tulliver, peremptorily.

  "And, Tom, sit down here; I've got something for you to write i' the Bible."

some days I can't even trust myself

The photo above I call "hope is the thing with feathers".  You can find it on my deviantART.

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  I've found myself recently listening to "Little Talks" by Of Monsters and Men a lot recently:

  It's one of those songs that's kind of Indie in nature, but has just the right sprinkling of strong beats and interesting, lively music too (sort of like "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People).  I guess you could consider this a mini review...I was honestly a little too lazy to write a proper one.  xD  Anyway, you should definitely give it a listen!

"Some days I can't even trust myself
It's killing me to see you this way
'Cause though the truth may vary
This ship will carry
Our bodies safe to shore."

I'm Currently Reading...The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (Part 2)

  Book Two: School-Time: Tom is at Mr. Stelling's school, and isn't enjoying it too much.  He's struggling with Latin and, although he won't admit it, misses Maggie.  I think this is because he feels smarter than her and she's always impressed with him - things that just aren't happening at school.
Back at the Mill, Mr. Tulliver's going at it with Pivart, who is apparently infringing upon the rights of the Tulliver's water supply because of irrigation.  I'm a little unsure about this whole dispute, but the main point is that Wakem (Pivart's lawyer) is thought to be a crook by Mr. Tulliver.  Tom finds out that Wakem's son Philip is coming to school with him and feels a loyalty to his own father against him.  Philip is deformed with a hunchback from an accident at birth and Tom for some reason is suspicious of Philip because of this as well.  The boys don't have the best of a relationship because of these prejudices.  However, Philip is very kind to Tom when Tom hurts his foot, and Maggie, who was visiting at the time, was very grateful to Philip for this.  I sense a budding romance between these two. ;)  Tom and Philip go back to being somewhat enemies though after Tom's foot heals.

  Tom and Maggie don't realize how good their lives have been until Tom's last day of school when he is 17 and Maggie is 13 (approximately - I've noticed that is seems like their ages tend to keep changing because at one point Tom is said to be 15).  Maggie tells him their Father has lost the lawsuit - and has lost the Mill, too.  He has also fallen off his horse and lost his senses, only occasionally recognizing Maggie.  Tom and Maggie set off for home.

  The books seems like it's moving kinda slowly by this point.  It's a bit repetitive (Maggie gets in trouble, Tom is too proud, Tom can't get  along with Philip, Maggie tries to be good to everyone, rinse and repeat).  However, I'm much further ahead in the book since I've written this review, and it seems like it has finally picked up some speed.

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You can see it in my eyes, you can read it on my lips.

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We forge the chains we wear in life.

We forge the chains we wear in life.

I'd pay to see you frown.

Two Door Cinema Club - "Something Good Can Work" review

  "Something Good Can Work" is a song that drops some electronic beats coupled with very light guitar riffs.  Two Door Cinema Club is a band I recently discovered and, as far as the songs I've listened to, are a pretty clean band whose lyrics are pieced together with great creativity and no curse words.  This song is no exception - one that I interpret as about a girl, who is changing her destiny one step at a time:

"Took a little time to make it a little better,
It's only going out, just one thing and another
You know, you know

Let's make this happen, girl
You gotta show the world that something good can work
And it can work for you
And you know that it will

Let's get this started girl
We're moving up, we're moving up
It's been a lot to change
But you will always get what you want."

   You should give the song, and the band, a try.  As contactmusic.com describes this song, "Every now and again a song comes along which, once heard, feels like it has become ingrained in your skin - and this is one of those tunes."   I think you'll really like it! :)

"Paper Dreams" - a random poem I wrote.

  I found this poem in my drafts on Yahoo, and I apparently wrote it because I can't find it anywhere on the internet.  I actually vaguely remember writing it, but I'd totally forgotten about it.  It was untitled when I found it, but I took the liberty of giving it a name.

Paper Dreams

"Silver moonbeams,
Paper dreams.
Hang like promises,
On a fragile string.
You hold my heart,
In the palm of your hand.
And it runs through your fingers,
Just like sand.
Keeping my heart is

A challenge.
Keeping it safe is 

So, so hard.
No one ever means to break it.
But no one ever does 

At the start."

I don't even know...it's actually not too shabby lol.