Help REESE & VICA get a chance to record Mischief and Bandit for free!

We entered a contest c/o Sari-Sari Sounds that gives the winner a chance to record a track for free. Being the currently unemployed bums that we are, we consider this kind of opportunity a pretty big deal :( The deadline is March 23 and the number to beat, so far, is 712.

Please, please, please help us by (step 1) visiting the link, (step 2) liking the Sari-Sari Sounds page, (step 3) liking our picture and (step 4) SPREADING THE WORD.

We seriously need all the help we can get, so please like away and please REBLOG if you can! <3

THANK YOU! 

Listen with earphones! 

melody-machine:

Okay, this isn’t an original song - but it’s by one of my favorite bands so I decided to post the cover I did here anyway. <3 

Generator ^ First Floor by the Freelance Whales covered by me :) Enjoy!

melody-machine:

New song about Cheating. Haha, granted, the message isn’t very positive but I just figured I’d let off a bit of steam through song. 

In my,

In my defense I

Wasn’t aware that

You would be gone

So short a time

If you

Hadn’t’ve left

We 

Would not even be in

This situation at all

Oral fixations

Unclear demarkations

Embedded with lies

Merely a trifle

Instead of bearing goodbyes

Indecent proposals

A second’s doubt

Maybe two

What’s done is done baby

You cheated on me

But now I cheated on you 

(I’m sorry I did it too)

Before

You say a word

Please think it’s not so absurd

You’ve done

The very same thing

And much more

We’re not

Playing a blaming game

But don’t be surprised

If I win

This argument

That started with

You 

It’s not the end

(Don’t be delusional…delusional)

Let’s play pretend

That we can still fix it all

I’ll tell a lie

(This is the obvious conclusion of…)

As long as you swear not to tell me goodbye

"Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve.

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag.She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she finds the book she wants. You see the weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a second hand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow.

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book.

Buy her another cup of coffee.

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice.

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas and for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry, in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does.

She has to give it a shot somehow.

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world.

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who understand that all things will come to end. That you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two.

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilightseries.

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are.

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype.

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots.

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads.

Or better yet, date a girl who writes."

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Rosemarie Urquico (via kblitz)

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Rosemarie no longer has an active blog, but she can be found on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/profile.php?id=585211028

To see the post about how she was found, please go here. Thanks to Booksnbrew  for searching!

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New song :)

melody-machine:

BITAW 

Minsan lang 

Nang umasang ‘koy papayag

Minsan lang

Nang nagsising nagtapat

Minsan lang 

Nang gumising sa kanlungan

Ng iyong pagmamahal

Ng iyong kasinungalingan

Apat lang 

Na buwan ang lumilipas

Kahit na parang

Labis ang tagal

Kailan ba

Matatapos mga luha

Na dumaloy 

Saking pisngi

Na  dumaloy

Hanggang saking labi

Bitaw

Ako’y bumibitaw

Takbo sabay sigaw

Tama nang sakit

Tama nang pagbabalik

Ako’y bumibitaw 

Mula sa iyong kapit

Dati lang 

Binibilang bawat oras

Na ika’y aakap o hahalik

Dati lang natatakot na

Bigla ikaw maglaho

Na dala aking puso

Na maglaho

At tuluyang lumayo  

30 THINGS GUYS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT GIRLS: This was written by a guy who has had years of experience.

Soooo true.

isaimrtnz:

bugelica:

urbannomadic:

1. whatever you do, don’t just show up at their house…they run around in their underwear just like we do.

2. don’t cheat on them. it may seem foolproof, but girls tell each other everything about everything. trust me, they will find out and you will be mud.

3. beware of every single male relative and all guy friends. any of them would kick your ass at the drop of a hat, and a lot of them wouldn’t even wait for the damn hat.

4. never miss an opportunity to tell them they’re beautiful.

5. don’t refuse to kiss in front of your friends. if they laugh at you, it’s because they’re jealous.

6. if they slap you hard, you deserved it.

7. don’t be afraid to touch them if you want to. if they’re going out with you in the first place, it’s because they like being in your arms.

8. if you don’t sleep with them, do not tell your friends that you did. 8.5 if you do sleep with them, don’t tell your friends that you did.

9. you can be dirty minded in private, really…most of them are not offended by it…

10. not all of them eat like birds, a lot of them can eat like whales.

11. most of them don’t mind paying half of everything, but they do discuss these things with their friends. realize that if you make your girlfriend pay half all the time, everyone will know about it and your friends will know you’re a pussy..do you honestly need all your money that much? be a man, pay all the time!

12. every girl should eventually get three things from her boyfriend- a stuffed animal, one of his sweatshirts, and a really pretty ring. even if it’s not a serious relationship.

13. make sure she gets home safely as often as you can. if you’re dropping her off, walk her to the door. if you aren’t dropping her off, call to be sure she’s home safely.

14. if a guy is bothering her, it is your right to beat the shit out of him.

15. if you’re talking to a female friend of yours, pull your girlfriend closer.

16. never, ever slap her, even if it’s just in a joking way. even if she swats you first, and says, “oh, you’re so dumb” or something, never make any gestures back.

17. go to a chick flick once in a while. she doesn’t care whether you enjoy it or not, it just matters that you went.

18. you’re dead meat if you can’t get along with their pets, parents, and best friends. be prince charming to their friends, mr. polite to their parents, and make sure to be nice to their animals.

19. don’t flirt with their moms…that’s just freaky.

20. don’t be freaked out by pms. it’s not gross, and it really does make them feel like shit, so be understanding.

21. if you don’t like the way they drive, you do it.

22. if you’re officially dating, and you’re introducing her to your friends, you’d better damn well introduce her as your girlfriend.

23. don’t stress where you go for every date. they really only want to be with you.

24. if they complain that something hurts, rub it for them without being asked.

25. girls are fragile. even if you’re play fighting/wrestling, be very gentle.

26. memorize their god damn birthdays. you forget her birthday and you’re basically screwed for life.

27. don’t marinade the cologne, but smell good.

28. don’t give her something stupid for her birthday or christmas or valentine’s day. it doesn’t have to be expensive, but it has to be meaningful. jewelry is always nice.

29. if you think the relationship isn’t going to last, don’t wait to find out. it will only hurt you more if you draw it out.

30. after you’ve been dating for a while, realize that they really have started to trust you. when you have a girlfriend who truly trusts you, you have a lot more responsibility, privilege and control than you would think. be careful with it, most guys would kill for that kind of power, and it can be lost in a nanosecond.

Every bit of this is TRUE!

I’ve read a lot of 30-things-a-guy-should-know lists but this is probably the best and truest so far! 

robcham:

Consider how hard it is to sometimes open chips the right way, then you would just resort to just the “Tear Here” option and get it over with, or if you had the right tools, you would just cut open that suckah. 

Today I made this discovery, a method I never thought to do until now. BEHOLD! THE FUTURE OF OPENING CHIPS! 

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★ discovered on imgfave.com (social image bookmarking)

melody-machine:

Excerpt from a new song I’m working on <3 It has 6 guitar tracks, 1 synth track, 3 ambient vocal tracks + 1 main vocal track. Yes, I love layers :D

Sunlight is fading

And darkness is filling my sight

Wilderness thinning

As we run away

Into light

Hear the pitter patter of

Raindrops that kiss the trees’ leaves

We just run away faster until we fall down on our knees

quarklovesyou:

i’ve been waiting to show you guys this for five years now. here’s the Rakenrol trailer. should be out in theaters June, but you know how we roll :)