"The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye. The story of love is hello, goodbye."

Well I am back (and I really need to think of a better introduction). Been quite an uneventful week really. Apart from Tuesday which I shall go into later on. But other than Tuesday, I have been very very bored. There are only so many DVD box sets and games that I can get through.


First an explanation for the quote in the title. For once it is not a quote from Kurt Cobain. This time around it's a quote by the great guitarist, Jimi Hendrix. To me this sums up both how quickly life can pass us by and also how I've come to feel about "love" these past few weeks. The quote itself is fairly straightforward. The first half basically means that life can pass by us quickly or as Hendrix put it: "quicker than the blink of an eye". This might therefore give us the incentive to do more with our lives before they have passed us by as quickly as Hendrix suggests. The second half of the quote is, again, quite straightforward. I think that Hendrix is trying to say that love is very similar to life, in the sense that life happens quickly and that all affairs of love are also quick. I also feel that Hendrix is trying to say that love is never permanent. In that sense love is always in a "hello, goodbye" state, i.e. we gain someone we love (hello) and then we lose them (goodbye). I have kind of agree with this part of the quote. For a while now my view on love has been questioned. I dunno whether I believe love exists or not. Or whether it is something that has been created and has since been installed into us from a young age by things such as music, film, TV and books. I do believe in love for family members and friends. But I am starting to question my belief in true love. The love in which a future might be built upon. This idea I will also talk about in my film recommendation this week. This also brings me to something that was brought up whilst having a conversation with a friend earlier in the week. The unpredictability of love. Love, if it truly does exist, can either be the greatest thing in the whole world. The feeling that you have found someone who you share deep feelings with, that you may well have met the right person for you. It is an indescribable feeling. But then again love can be the worst thing that someone would ever have to endure. When a relationship breaks down there is nothing worse than still having feelings of love for someone and knowing that those feelings will never be reciprocated. Or the knowledge that you will never share that love with the same person again. I know the feelings only too well. It is the worst feeling in the world and I would never wish for anyone to have to endure it in their life. Sadly everyone goes through this feeling. It is like my friend so greatly put it: "The best love is, sadly, also the worst love." I would just like to thank this friend, they know who they are.


So, my week, how has it been? Well since Tuesday it has been really really boring. I have had literally feck all to do. Tuesday has really been the only highlight of the week. Met up with two friends in town which was good. Spent some time driving around Hull listening to Violent Pornography by System of a Down (to the enjoyment of the people in the cars next to us). We then parked up and spent a good half an hour exploring the many aisles of Toys R Us. Highlight of the trip: arranging two toys to make it appear that a dragon is raping a shark. Lovely image for any poor child to come across. It was a good day with good friends and definitely something I would want to happen again. The rest of the week has been rather boring. Mostly been spent watching DVDs, reading my book, (once again) playing Lego Star Wars and organising songs for the band to try out. Last week, I spoke about someone I fear I have lost. And I said that if they were happy then I would leave them alone. Well it would seem that they are much happier without me in their life. So as I said, I will not bother them anymore. All I have ever wanted has been for them to be happy and it would appear they are now much happier, which makes me happier.


Now to my recommendations for this week. The film this week is (500) Days of Summer. And the music is three songs by the band Atreyu.
The film that I want to recommend is (500) Days of Summer. I always wanted to see this film as it had gotten very good reviews and I had heard it was really good. This film is not only good, but it is also very funny and it accurately portrays the feelings during and after the breakdown of a relationship. The amount of times I said to myself "that is so true" or saw similarities with previous relationships, as well as their aftermaths, during this film is countless. Once more you feel for the male character, played brilliantly by Joseph Gordon-Levitt, you sit there and you want things to work out for this character. The films switches constantly between during the time of relationship and after it has ended to show you the change in his character. It brings about the question of "is love real?" which is why I mentioned it earlier. It questions the beliefs of fate and destiny. It also questions whether there is such thing as one true love; whether there is someone out there that is meant for you. Or whether it is something fabricated by media such as music, films and TV. It is truly a great film and I would seriously recommend anyone to see it.


The music that I am going to recommend this week is three songs by the band Atreyu. Now this band is a lot heavier than the other bands I recommended. But I recently just started listening to them again. And man have I missed them. First listened to this band about 2 years ago. The first song I'm going to recommend is Ex's and Oh's. This was their first song that I ever listened to and it is just brilliant. Even though the song is about the singer's dealings with alcoholism, the song's lyrics can also be attributed to the breakup of a relationship. The lyrics are truly great and the song then comes to possibly one of my favorite guitar solos in any song. This song started a love for this band that has recently been reignited. The other two songs are off their latest album The Congregation of the Damned, they are called Storm to Pass and Lonely. They are two truly great songs and once again they furthered my love for this band. I would really recommend this band to anyone. They really are great.


Well that's the blog for this week. Next one will be next Tuesday. So to finish I'll leave you with four videos. The trailer to (500) Days of Summer. And the music videos for Ex's and Oh's, Storm to Pass and Lonely. Enjoy.


Trailer:



Ex's and Oh's:



Storm to Pass:



Lonely:



So till next Tuesday. I hope that you have a good weekend. Stay safe. And I'll see you next time around.
This is me, Edward Thompson, signing off.
Much love
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