Currently Playing: Jimmy Eat World - Hear You Me.
Alhamdulillah.
Khalas.
But SubhanAllah, I pray I’ll never have to go through an experience like it ever again. I don’t mind being physically knackered; it was the psychological weight that really took its toll on me.
So let me relish this feeling of utter happiness that I will be able to sleep properly tonight for the first time in days. Taking my leave of overwhelming work has never felt so good before.
Joy!
*glances at study table, already buckling under the weight of a tower of assignments, teetering from side to side, threatening to collapse.
Oh…crud.
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I’m currently watching the highlights of Chelsea’s 4-4 draw with Aston Villa, along with Arsenal’s goalless game against Portsmouth. You can never be too curious about what’s been happening while you were away.
For the former game, what a funny match, with a colourful commentator to boot. He sounds perpetually incredulous, but that may be just during the highlight moments. Or maybe it’s because Shev and Ballack actually showed their money’s worth, for once? Cech’s reaction after making the goalie’s mistake of the decade was priceless though - standing, staring ahead, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. And my, what a blizzard of red cards!
As for Arsenal’s many many attempts to get to the back of Portsmouth’s net, it was a pity they failed to score. But Rosicky’s just so cute when he misses all his shots on goal so I’m not complaining. Hehe. I like him when he scores too, as long as it’s not against the Reds. Oh yes, I am officially under attack from MU people on all fronts. They are reining in reinforcements to bring me down. The only sane Devil I know is Daad; the rest have gone completely mad. That Liv-MU game was ages ago people, get over it already.
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Today’s Lutfi’s birthday. When it comes to getting gifts for my sibs, each year they get older means each year it gets harder for me to figure out what they’d like. When my sister turned 16 some couple of weeks ago, I pretended I had a whole day’s activities planned out for her, when in reality I was just making things up as we went along. It was a good day though, and I managed to pull off a great surprise (one that my brothers didn’t spoil, for once!) for her later that night.
For Lutfi this year though, it was strange, but I knew exactly what I wanted to get him. It was like an image in my head that I couldn’t really make out, because I wasn’t sure what it’d be precisely, but I knew what it’d have to be connected with. I think Fate worked with me this year, because what I got him was the only copy left in the whole bookstore. I’ve never been so pleased with getting a gift before. It’s one of the few things I have ever got for a person and felt confident about.
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You know how every once or twice you find a song that really shakes you up inside? It’s not just one of the songs you hear, you like, you download. In fact, it’s not just a song, period, it’s a Song. It’s the type that can take you places and yet leave you rooted to the very same spot at the same time. Tracks like For Blue Skies by Strays Don’t Sleep (rec: Daad), or Every Little Thing by Dishwalla - every rare once or twice one of these Songs just take you by surprise when they play that you don’t know what hit you.
I’ve just found one. Honest to God, my breath catches in my throat once the first words are sung, and I go literally weak in the knees throughout the entire track. It’d be a dangerous thing if this song was ever played in public. Maybe this is what falling in love feels like? In a less intense, more grounded way, of course. It’s terrifying to know you’re capable of feeling that way for a Song - it leaves a lot of room to find out what you can be capable of feeling for something else.
Like fresh mint ice cream, for instance.
Enough said here.
