My Messy Closet

Hey! I have a new blog!

Blog FS cupu ah. HTML nya gak bisa diutak-atik. huh!
Aku bermigrasi ke blogspot aja yeeee. hehehe. So, hmmm, sepertinya ini bakal jadi posting terakhir. (huhuhu)

alamat blogku yang baru:
http://sweetnessandwordplays.blogspot.com

mampir2 yaa.
(padahal lom ada isinya!) huehehe

ntar layout2 Friendsterku juga bakal dimuat di blog itu =]
goodbye my cupu fs blog! =]

I would sell it for absolutely zero!

I'm giving up my privacy. anyone who wants to read my emails,
ask me for the password, i'll tell you right away!

What the hell, I'm getting a new account anyway.

I can’t think of any header. No one will read either. So why bother?

 Ah, a rhyming title. How cute. It does sound pathetic, but, whatever.

        Since nobody will ever listen to me on why I think Jason Mraz is a great lyricist (except the people I met in rightkindofphrase.com of course), I will talk to myself. I have read so many reviews in Amazon.com about how clever Jason’s words could be and how fascinating his lyrics are. Though so, I’m still not that lucky as I’ve never heard his live recordings before. That could be called one brittle truth because, in fact, Jason is a great live performer.

         I found one particular review I’d like to quote here. This was written by Rudy Palma on “Still Lovin' It After All This Time!” in Amazon.com. He said,

 

“As he closes the album with "Tonight, Not Again" his voice begins low and ethereal, but as the song progresses he lets it soar so high, so full of rapture, that it is almost bone-chilling; you don't know what hit you. Perhaps therein lies Mraz's most remarkable talent: An uncanny ability to move the listener while perfectly expressing the meaning of his lyrics; there's no question about what he meant or how he felt when he composed this music. His lyrics, sometimes witty, sometimes deep, always intriguing, topped off with great vocal skill to boot, definitely make Jason Mraz an artist to watch.”

 
         There he said it. I couldn’t say it any better. I definitely agree with this guy about “Waiting For My Rocket to Come” album. Having read many bad reviews on this album, all I can say is that Jason Mraz is a massively underrated artist in the United States. What more do they want? I don’t know why Jason is not good enough for them. I think they are very lucky to have such awesome musicians who can actually write witty, meaningful lyrics.

        Try listen to Indonesian songs, FOR GOD’S SAKE!

        People here listen to dull lyrics and they actually ENJOY it! I feel bad about it, really, but what can I do anyway? See, I think he’s true, why on earth should I think about this on the first place? It’s not like I can change anything right?

         So starting from now, I don’t think about it. I probably won’t think about anything at all. It’s worthless to think.

        Not gonna think.

        Not gonna talk.

        Stop caring.

        End of story.

Akhirnya!!

   

Akhirnya aku berhasil juga menembus portal akademik yang rame bgt (makanya jadi lelet).

     Tunggu, tunggu, jangan senang dulu. gelagatnya aneh nih, udah nge klik "log in" kok masih loading aja dari tadi??

     Harusnya online memudahkan kok ya malah jadi ribet gini thoooo??
Eh iya, memudahkan bagi orang2 di bagian administrasi fakultas, tapi menyusahkan mahasiswa, that's the whole point, isn't it? ASSWHOLES. (I can spell, I'm just being nice).

Menyebalkan.

My brain is ready for the torture.

I don't watch indonesian movies.
I don't listen to indonesian songs.
Yet I criticize them.

Geeeeshh.

I REALLY HAVE TO GO SEE INDONESIAN MOVIES. LIKE, IMMEDIATELY?

Oh no no, no problem, my brain is ready for the torture. Really. So, BRING IT ON!!

*PS: don't get me wrong, I do like some local indie movies and bands. But I really am not into the major label bands and indonesian commercial movies. [Thought I'd clear that up.]

What the song means to me: “Absolutely Zero” by Jason Mraz.

I think the song “Absolutely Zero” is amazing. The mood is angry and sad and even sarcastic at the same time. I was trying to figure out what the song really means (to me) and I kind of just got the point of it. So yeah, I think this song is about Jason’s “former” best friend. They had been together for so long but then the relationship got complicated when they eventually fell in love with each other. So Jason asked her to be his girlfriend, thinking that everything will work out just fine between the two of them. But then opportunity came along for Jason to pursue a better career in music. Jason took the opportunity even though it costs him his time and energy. He got caught up with his work hence his relationship with this girl eventually got loose. It just could not go on. (Maybe they didn’t see each other any more or they didn’t talk to each other any more because Jason just couldn’t spend some time for this girl).

In the song, I kind of get the impression that Jason actually don’t want to be the one to blame for this complicated situation. Though so, he apologized to the girl for he couldn’t fix the situation. I think Jason pretty much wanted to say that there should be no one to be blame because sometimes we just have to sacrifice things we already have for something we want to have in our life (awwww, it’s so sad!).

OK so these are my detailed interpretation of the song:

In the first verse, the lyric goes:
“You. You were a friend. You were a friend of mine I let you spend the night. You see it was my fault. Of course it was mine. I'm too hard at work. Have you ever heard of anything so absurd ever in your life. I'm sorry for wasting your time.”

For me, it means that this girl was a close friend of him. Unfortunately, Jason got too caught up in chasing his dream to become a singer/songwriter. He worked too hard thus the relationship got loose. Jason himself thinks that it’s absurd to say “I’m working too hard” because he feels like it’s weird to be so enthusiast in working.

“Hey what's that you say? You're not blaming me for anything well that's great. But, I don't break that easy. Does it fade away?”
The girl then told him that it’s not his fault. But somehow Jason didn’t believe her straight away.

“So that's why I'm, I'm apologizing now for telling you I thought that we could make it I just don't get enough to believe that we've both changed.”
Because Jason didn’t really believe her saying that it was not his fault, he apologized to her. He couldn’t believe that they both have changed and that the relationship had to end.

“If all along the fault is up for grabs why can't you have it? If it's for sale, what is your offer? I'll sell it for no less than what I bought it for Pay no more than absolutely zero.”
The lines above pretty much tell us that if it’s really Jason’s fault that their relationship’s getting loose; can’t he just blame it to her? He would sell it for nothing. The lines reflect Jason’s anger; he doesn’t wanna be the one to be blame. It’s very sarcastic of him, don’t you think?

“Well neither one of us deserves the blame because opportunities moved us away And it's not an easy thing to learn to play a game that's made for two that's you and me The rules remain a mystery. See I was easy.”
In the lines above, Jason tried to say to the girl that actually there’s no one to blame in this problem because opportunity comes and go in our life. Sometimes we have to take the opportunity and sacrifice something else we already have. It’s like, “I know that this is very hard, yes, but it’s not our fault. So don’t blame me because I choose my work over you.”

So yeah, that’s about it. Do I sound like I take the song too seriously? But I really think it’s a very sad and angry song about a terrible relationship, yet it’s still sung beautifully.

OK SO NOW I'M OFFICIALLY A LYRIC NERD.

Don’t You Just Love It?

Don’t you love it when you listen to a song and it reminds you to one particular moment? Think about it. It’s lovely.

I "accidentally" bumped my self into a song called "The Scientist" by Coldplay yesterday morning. The song reminds me of one foggy morning in Banjarmasin. I sat there in the bus and looked outside the window. It was 4 am as fas as I can remember, freezing, and everyone else was still sleeping. Study Tour, they call it. Last years on middle high school. Oh I'm grateful I could experience that.