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From gerbilsage ages ago. I post lyrics, you guess the song and artist. Don't cheat :-P

1) I need your blessing
And your promise to live free
Please do it for me
--24, Jem, amneria

2) And quiet is the thought of you
The file on you complete
Except what we forgot to do

3) It hangs in my hair and the hems of my clothes
I'm caught in the madness my arms could not hold
I can't tell you why 'cause I long to be forgiven

4) Here is true peace
Here my heart knows calm
Safe in your soul
Bathed in your sighs

5) But I stand committed
to a love that came before you
and the fact that I adore you
is just one of my truths

6) Well I never been to heaven
But I been to Oklahoma
Well they tell me I was born there
But I really don't remember
-Never Been To Spain, Three Dog Night, amneria

7) And were I a deadwood ship, my heart a compass,
I would leave with inanimate grace, no love could touch me
But I live and I know that I'll burn as I grow
Though it might break my heart to walk away

8) Now I'm a long way from little,
'Cause I tried to find heaven,
'Cause I thought that I could.

9) You live here in my dreams
Land of images and signs
Sleep now I'll see you there
On the other side of time

10) Now you're as mean as I am good.
And I'd stop comin' here if I could.
You laugh at all my school girl fears
And you tell me 'when you want me little girl I'll be here'
I'd trade my body for my soul.

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We saw Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" last night. I was really disappointed in comparison to her other movies. It was okay, and I know I'll still own it, but it really wasn't what the trailers promised.

Usually, the cinematography is really phenomenal...it was only so-so. There were a couple of really nice pictures, but nothing really mind-blowing. Also, the music usually matches really well. I didn't mind that she used out-of-era music, because I know that can work well with the *right* songs, too, and it fit with the "teens will be teens regardless of era" idea, but the pieces she used didn't match nearly as well as they could have. Also, there was some nice stuff happening with images of extravagent pastries to complement the ridiculous indulgence of how the court ran, but the sequences just kind of disappeared halfway through the film. Also, Kirsten Dunst is just way too girl-next-door, I thought, to play the main role, though she definitely had some really great moments, too.

The ceiling is fixed now, and the apartment is about as clean as it's going to get. I'm way too exhausted for this having been my day off :-P