You're beautiful.

On se prend la main, comme des enfants
Le bonheur aux lèvres, un peu naivement.
 
We take each hand, like children
The happiness on his face, a little naive.
 
Richard Avedon and Coeur de Pirate. Too much beauty to handle.
There's this one Japanese term "mono no aware", which I learned about in a Sally Mann book. It means "beauty tinged with sadness". It's like looking at a woman's face. A woman who has experience lines running across her face; a woman with pain written in the circles of her irises. She's incredibly beautiful, as all people are, but the sadness is partially of what makes her beautiful. Or like children, how their innocence is almost sad, knowing how it's going to escape them. Sad rustles of the wind against the dry grasses and the curls and tangles of the hair whipping against their sloped noses and smooth faces. It varies.

I. Adore. Ellen. Page.
Well, I've only seen Whip It, sadly not Juno yet, but she was amazing. It was amazing. The movie was amazing. I loved the part when Bliss and her loser boyfriend were swimming in the water, and how Drew filmed it under the water.
OH. And Kristen Wiig is in it. Ultimate plus.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQGPdXnb2Gg
2:04, 2:05 ish.
 
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4296866735_92c4302339.jpg
 
So adorable. I loved it.
 
QUIRK.
 
Have you ever had that feeling where there's the person you want to be, and the person you are? Yeah, I have that feeling a lot.
 
Summer is great! I just got back from Hawaii a couple days ago, which is fun, as always. I want to go to Europe so badly though, it's unfair.
 
I don't really know what to say.
Mkay. Bye?
 
Oh, I posted 3 songs. Because I love them.
1. There is Hope (So Sing) by The Riverside Worship Project. I LOVE THESE GUYS SO MUCH.
2. Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? by She and Him. Woo, go Zooey!
3. She's Got You High by Mumm-Ra. Good song all around.

And promise not, to promise anymore.
 
Hello, everyone! It's been a couple of months, huh? How is everyone? I'm doing just fine. SCHOOL IS MOTHER EFFING OUT!!!!!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES. Woooo.
 
This summer I am hanging out with friends and family, going to Hawaii, going to camp, and visiting my grandparents. :) I also have summer homework for my classes next year! Fun!
 
Next year, I am planning on taking:
Honors English
Honors Spanish
AP Environmental Sciences
Pre-Calc
Advanced Photography
US History
 
I have work for Photo and English. 3 books (Scarlett Letter, Grapes of Wrath, and The Glass Menagerie) and for photo, I get to take pictures! Not that bad for summer homework, huh?
 
OH! See that camera I included in the set? The Canon Rebel XS? I just bought it!!!!!!!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR IT TO COME IN THE MAIL! I love photography. Life through a lens.
 
I'm leaving for Hawaii in a couple of days, which I am so excited about. I loveeee Hawaii. This is going to be my last trip there for a while. Next summer we are going to Europe, and then I leave for college.
 
Speaking of college, my mom has gotten really strict about it. She pressures me about my friend's GPAs and when I tell her that I don't know everyone's GPAs, she gets angry at me. She has also hired a college scout person to somewhat "analyze" me and my strengths and what colleges I have interest in going to. Kinda freaking me out. So much pressure before junior year? Yeah, thanks mom.
 
Hey, I was looking through my old sets, and I saw MONDEESA CHLOYIZZE. Monique Dee Sarah Chloe Joyce Lizzie. I love you guys. We don't talk anymore, but when I saw that I remembered how much I love you. All of you. I will probably never forget you guys, even though we seem to have all grown away from Polyvore. I love you and I miss you.
 
SONG: The Chain and Mountain and the Sea both by Ingrid Michaelson. She is a musical GODDESS. I was going to see Keane and her in concert, but I can't make it. I was even planning on meeting up with a certain someone there. YESS. A certain someone. Someone who I haven't seen since last year at camp. He's a musician. We have the exact same taste in music. He even told me about the concert and wanted me to go. Dammit. :(
 
The Chain:
The sky looks pissed.
The wind talks back.
My bones are shifting in my skin
And you my love are gone.
 
My room feels wrong.
The bed won't fit.
I can not seem to operate
And you my love are gone
 
(Chorus)
So glide away on soapy heels
And promise not to promise anymore
And if you come around again
Then I will take, then I will take the chain from off the door
 
I'll never say,
That I'll never love.
But I dont say a lot of things
And you my love are gone.
 
(Chorus X6)
 
Mountain and the Sea:
You call me a mountain
And I call you the sea
I'll stand tall and certain
And watch you swallow me
 
You can move me if you want to
You can move a mountain, you can move a mountain
You can move me if you want to
You can move everything, you can move everything
 
I will grow my own trees
While you follow the moon
I feel you in my knees
Say you'll come in soon
 
You can move me if you want to
You can move a mountain, you can move a mountain
You can move me if you want to
You can move everything, you can move everything
 
But then one day you'll go away, but I will too
But until then, oh my darling friend, well I will hold
Yes I will hold, yes I will hold
Yes I will hold on to you
 
You can move me if you want to
You can move a mountain, you can move a mountain
You can move me if you want to
You can move everything, you can move everything

WHOAH AN ART SET!
 
It's been a while, huh?
Heh. So what's been happening with me? I've developed an unhealthy obsession with Spring Awakening... it's fucking amazing. And I don't like swearing... that's how amazing it is. Look it up if you don't know what it is... but I'm warning you, it's pretty sexually graphic. BUT AMAZING. And in good taste. Hehehe.
Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele love... YES.
 
I also got my license last Wednesday! It's so much better driving by yourself. There is no annoying parent next to you constantly stressing you out! It's wonderful! And, no, I haven't hit any kids yet.
 
Haha, I'm running for a leadership position for the 3rd year in a row. I don't think I'm going to win this year (I've won the last 2 years). Leadership is basically a popularity competition, and I'm running against the kind of girl who is the ditzy blonde. Basically. Haha. It's kind of funny, actually. But, next year I'm also taking advanced Photo!!!! I'M SO EXCITED FOR THAT!!!!!
 
Check out Nicholas Nixon, the photographer. I really like him. He has some nudes, so be aware. http://www.fraenkelgallery.com/#s=0&p=0&a=24&mi=222&pt=1&pi=10000&at=1
 
Um, what else... I don't have anything else to say. This was just a kind of, pop in set. Don't expect me to be on a whole lot. x))
 
Love, Lizzie
 
Song: Those You've Known by Spring Awakening Cast.
MORITZ
Those you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
They linger till they find you
 
Without them
The world grows dark around you
And nothing is the same until you know that they have found you
 
WENDLA
Those you’ve pained
May carry that still with them
All the same
They whisper: “All forgiven.”
 
Still your heart says
The shadows bring the starlight
And everything you’ve ever been is still there in the dark night
 
BOTH
When the northern wind blows
The sorrows your heart holds
There are those who still know –
They’re still home
We’re still home
 
MELCHIOR (Sung in Counterpart)
Thought you know
You’ve left them far behind
You walk on by yourself, and not with them –
 
Still you know
They will fill your heart and mind
When they say there’s a way through this
 
MELCHIOR (Sung Alone)
Those you’ve known
And lost, still walk behind you
All alone
Their song still seems to find you
 
They call you
As if you knew their longing –
They whistle through the lonely wind, the long blue shadows falling
 
All alone
But still I hear their yearning
Through the dark, the moon, alone there, burning
 
The stars too
They tell of spring returning –
And summer with another wind that no one yet has known
 
They call me –
Through all things –
Night’s falling
But somehow I go on
 
You watch me
Just watch me –
I’m calling
From longing
 
WENDLA & MORITZ
When the northern wind blows
The sorrows your heart’s known –
I believe…
 
MELCHIOR (Sung in Counterpart)
Still you known
There’s so much more to find –
Another dream, another love you’ll hold
 
Still you know
To trust your own true mind
On your way – you are not alone
There are those who still know
 
MELCHIOR (Sung Alone)
Now they’ll walk on my arm through the distant night
And I won’t let them stray from my heart
Through the wind, through the dark, through the winter light
I will read all their dreams to the stars
 
I’ll walk with them now
I’ll call on their names
I’ll see their thoughts are known
 
Not gone –
Not gone –
They walk with my heart –
I’ll never let them go
 
I’ll never let them go
I’ll never let them go
You watch me
Just watch me
I’m calling
I’m calling –
And one day all will know

Hey all,
It's been a while, huh? Not much has been happening with me... that's a surprise. x)
 
-Lizzie
 
Song: 2.99 Cent Blues by Regina Spektor Somewhere far away where I roam
There live my buffalo twin in our twin buffalo home
He calls me by my native name
And takes good care of my native son
He even lets us drink spring water on Sundays 2.99 a gallon
 
And somewhere further down the road where I also roam
There lives my caterpillar cousin beneath a fancy engraved tomb head stone
In the middle of his southern town
Beneath a cemetery burial plot
He don't pay rent no more
But he sure likes the spot
 
But in the furthest place I've ever known
Where even I so rarely roam
There lives a boy who just come back from war
His flesh was wounded but he made it back home
His mother calls him by his given name
And the neighbors whisper how he prefers to be alone
And he gets nightmares about boys dripping blood sold for 2.99 a gallon
 
But when I get me all real tired
And I got no more strength to roam
I catch me a horse driven carriage ride
From a local man named Ethan Frome
He don't say much as he tips his hat
And he carries his body as heavy as lead
And he could have been flying through the snow on his sled
But he wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed
Besides it's 2.99 a story
Pay up it's just 2.99 a story...
2.99 a gallon

Hello, friends of Polyvore? How have you been? I've been well. School... is, well, school. And my friends.... are, well, friends. Not much has happened within this last week. I don't really know what to say. Oh, hey, I'll do a little question and answer thing, then!!
 
Favorite Movie: Um... I actually don't have one. Damn. This survey sucks already.
 
Favorite Bands: Never Shout Never, Death Cab For Cutie, The Scene Aesthetic, etc...
 
Favorite TV shows: The Buried Life (YES! I ADORE DAVE AND JONNIE!), My Life As Liz, American Idol, Project Runway, America's Next Top Model.
 
Favorite food: Spaghetti. I'm Italian, so I have an excuse to always be wanting spaghetti. Yeah. Suck it, non Italians. x)
 
Favorite Color: I actually really like the color blue. And I love green.
 
Relationships: Yeah... those are... well, non existent, at the moment. But I have a lot of friends!!
 
Favorite Class: Well, I can tell you what I don't like! (ahem ahem CHEMISTRY!!!, Algebra 2 Trig). I really like English, but I've had some ups and downs with my teacher this year. But Honors English, Honors Spanish, and AP Environmental Sciences here I come (next year...)!!!
 
Well, I've got to go. My time is up. x) I hope everyone is well and spiffy! I have to go make dinner... guess what I'm making? Spaghetti and marinara sauce!!!!!!!! Big surprise there...
 
Song: Not a Second to Waste by A Rocket To The Moon:
 
I'm checking your pulse
I'm giving you air
But your body disagrees
And no it don't care at all
I'm wasting my time
 
Now your eyes roll awake
You're looking at me
You say "Darling what happened
Did I fall asleep?"
And you carry me home
Cause I know I wasn't here
 
I'm closing your blinds
I'm shutting your eyes
And now I
I'm afraid I have to go
Whoa
 
I'd sing you a song
But I'm feeling quite off
In my heart
It's occupied
And now's not the time
 
Let's try this again
And this time don't laugh
Cause I'm working on my sentences
I'm working on my play on words
I'll get it this time
 
If I am a clock
Than you are the time
I'm patiently waiting
In your out of line
And I'll be the question
If you'll be the answer
 
I'm closing your blinds
I'm shutting your eyes
And now I
I'm afraid I have to go
Whoa
 
I'd sing you a song
But I'm feeling quite off
In my heart
It's occupied
And now's not the time
 
If I am a clock
Than you are the time
I'm patiently waiting
In you're out of line
I'm counting the times
You've lied to my face
My hands move forward
Not a second to waste
 
If I am a clock
Than you are the time
I'm patiently waiting
In you're out of line
I'm counting the times
You've lied to my face
My hands move forward
Not a second to waste
 
I'm closing your blinds
I'm shutting your eyes
And now I
I'm afraid I have to go
Whoa
 
I'd sing you a song
But I'm feeling quite off
In my heart
It's occupied
And now's not the time
The time

Hey buddies! How was everyone's weekend? I had a 4 day weekend. It was quite enjoyable. How was everyone's Valentine's day? What did you all do? I invited some friends over. We made spaghetti tacos (from iCarly!!) and meatballs. And we made a cake in the shape of a heart. Then we hung around the house and watched Zoolander. It was a lot of fun (by the way, watch Zoolander if you haven't yet). "It isn't my fault that I am really really really ridiculously good looking".
 
I took out all of my spring clothes from my closet *SPRING CLOTHES!!!!!!!!!!!!!* and tried them all on. Ahh, spring is coming! It is near!!
 
By the way... watch this video:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/72441/saturday-night-live-target
 
And for the Avatar lovers:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/121065/saturday-night-live-avatar-chamber
 
Oh, and I will now dedicate this to DEE!!!!!!!! BECAUSE IT'S HER MERRY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!! Dee, I loveth you so much. I am so glad we are Poly-friends. You are crazy and spastic and sweet and nice and spazzy. But I love you!!! Maybe I will make that twit-wah soon. Just for you. x)
 
Leave loads of comments!!
 
Song: Bottom lips and fingertips by Backseat Goodbye:
Bottom lips and fingertips
Two twenty something kids getting aquainted
In a dim lit room at the bottom of the stairs
Forget first names and old birthdays
Those were lost with the clothes that hit the floor
When the lightswitch got turned off
I'm just your boy to fuck
You're just my girl to touch
Of course it's natural to fall in love
But love is for people with hearts
Not for the kids just brushing up on their chemistry
Bottom lips and fingertips
Two twenty something kids with a bottle of gin
Making bad decisions in a blur on the kitchen floor
It's not like tonight is the end of the world
And It's not like we'll remember any of this
Come tomorrow we'll pretend today didn't even ever exist
If we're only young once
Then we better get up
'Cause we don't know how long we've got
Until the music stops
If I'm only young once
Then I better get out
Of this trend where I end up lost in the middle of a town
I know by heart
Take all your good days
And turn them in memories
Forget all the bad it's just a thing of the past
You get what you got and you got what you give

Here's an ugly set to soothe your troubles. Have some tea and lumps of sugar, my darling.
 
I came back for my weekly update/ugly set. Wooh!! Yesterday I saw Dear John. I liked it, although they did deviate from the book. One of my friends was pissed that John and Savannah never got back together... but she is quite the close minded person. I would have been pissed if they did get back together, quite frankly. I was most mad that Tim was Alan's father. They are supposed to be brothers, goddammit.
 
Anywho, I have quite the busy week. I have to plan what classes I am taking next year... bring on the stress. Ready or not, here it comes. Whewww.
 
Song: Not Out by Greg Laswell (he is pretty studly at this music career he chose)
 
I'm not gonna fall down today,
Instead I will buckle my knees and sway
Against sweet memories
Against memories
 
I've gotta get outta here today, today
There is too much room in this bed where I lay
The street buzzes for me, below, buzzes for me
 
And if the breeze blows me down
I'll take my time to come around,
But I'm not out, oh, I'm not out
 
Wish I could pull you down today,
From that storm high up that's taking you away
What would you say to me?
What would you say to me?
 
And if the breeze blows me down
I'll take my time to come around,
But I'm not out, oh, I'm not out
 
And I'm sure that I am tangled up in things you said out loud to me
So recklessly,
And it's easier to sing the things I wanna say to you,
So I'll sing, you're losing me my love,
You're losing me my love,
Are you losing me my love?

This is so freaking ugly.
But I'm just here to pop back into the Polyvore world for about... 5 minutes. Hah. x)
 
So how is everyone? I had a 3 day weekend after finals... thank god. Finals are terrible soul sucking tests.
 
I got the B in English!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I jumped around the house and ran laps around my neighborhood once I checked my grade online. Ahh, I'm so happy.
 
Sorry this is so ugly. Just wanted to say hello. x)
 
Song: Damn Dog by Never Shout Never (NEWALBUMTOMORROWYESS! Even though I've already heard it, I get to officially own it)
 
I can't believe that I could believe that.
I can't believe you left me for dead man.
 
Cause I called you my friend.
My best friend at that.
I know that I'm loud man
But give me another chance.
I promise to keep this damn snout shut for you.
But only for you...
... Cause I love you
 
I should've seen the boredom in your eyes.
You dropped me off and you said your goodbyes.
 
Cause dad I called you my friend.
My best friend at that.
I know that I'm loud man
But give me another chance.
I promise to keep this damn snout shut for you.
But only for you...
... Cause loved you
 
I saw man on the side of the road.
He said take my hand, that man threw me a bone.
 
Cause one man's trash is another man's treasure.
The way that he made me feel was better then ever.
He told me he loved me.
He meant it forever.
 
I love him cause he loves me.
And all I've ever wanted was to feel love.

Hey everyone,
 
How are you? I haven't been on in a week. I miss everyone dearly, but it's much better being away from here.
 
Lately, I have been reading and studying a lot. Last week I went out iceskating with my friends. Friday, I saw The Lovely Bones (I also read the book). It was pretty good. It deviated a lot from the book, but overall I think they did a mediocre job. It wasn't the best movie, though. It wouldn't have made sense if you didn't read the book. All of next week I have finals. I have been studying all of today and yesterday, and I will be studying tomorrow.
 
This song is from the Dear John soundtrack (IWANTTOSEETHISMOVIESOBADLY. IREADTHEBOOKANDICRIEDSOMUCH). And I love the song. Enjoy.
 
Set Fire To The Third Bar by Snow Patrol.
 
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from 'A' to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places
 
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
 
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
 
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
 
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
 
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
 
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms