You Turn Me Upside Down

my best friend and i had a good four hours of catching up last night and she reminded me of the band that she introduced to me few summers ago. i've been hooked on to this recent song by them:

"the spell" is also good in addition to their other songs. brings you back to the 80s when we were still toddlers.

Pet Peeves

i think of myself as someone that can put up with anything. throw me on a no man's land, i could probably survive using my stamina to get them fishies swimming aimlessly in the ocean and climb them coconut trees like a monkey. i'm also not a picky eater which means i could probably whip out a salad picking out the finest grass that's growing around and be content. in fact, sprinkle some salt water and voila, it's not so bland anymore. basically, i'm going to use my creativity if i want to survive.

but who really cares if i'll be stranded on an island because that's just not going to happen and quite frankly, i'm not going to be alive after a few days of consuming grass and salt water. i was trying to make my point that despite how much crap i can take, there are some things that just prickle my nerves and alert my five senses. and they only bother me in certain situations like when i'm taking an exam or doing something in a quiet place. the strange thing though is that i can be paradoxical with my pet peeves. for example, i get extremely bothered when i'm taking an exam and the person next to me starts sniffing and coughing like every five seconds. but i'm okay with people tapping their pencils and jiggling their legs so much that it travels through the tables. another example, i get extremely bothered when people don't eat with their mouth closed and they make that chewing saliva sound every time they bite. but i'm okay with going to a public restaurant and hearing a whole bunch of people chew with their mouth open. it's weird because it suddenly becomes okay once the sound blends in together. i guess it's like a clarinet player that's really out of tune, but once the whole orchestra starts playing, it's not as bad anymore. another thing, it really bothers me when people breathe a certain way when i'm trying to work, read, eat, think, sleep. but i'm okay with the constant ticking of the clock, tv noise, construction, loud music in the background. seriously some people just do not breathe right. it's like they stop their breath for a few seconds, puff out carbon dioxide out of their nostril making these vacuum noises and then they inhale so much air that their diaphragm expands more than enough. seriously i should be a breathing analyst.

i'm realizing this as i'm writing but i'm basically annoyed at any sound that comes from the mouth of a human being. why is that? it's like once im in a quiet place, my senses just exaggerate any subtle sound that a human mouth makes and it drives me crazy. and it's a serious issue because eating and breathing are what human beings do to survive and it means that i will always face this problem. so the million dollar question is what should i do?!

Thought of the Day...

last night as i was trying to fall asleep, i was thinking about something...

no, i wasn't counting 1000 sheep

no, i wasn't reflecting upon my life

no, i wasn't worrying about my future

no, i wasn't thinking about my crazy summer plans

no, i wasn't panicking that i forgot to brush my teeth

no, i wasn't curious how on earth my parents were doing

instead i started wondering...

why people tend to leave an open seat between them when they sit in class/transportation/etc

why people tend to go to the second stall when the first stall is so much closer (in the context where series of toilet stalls are lined up)

why people buy anything but the first one on display when really it's the same thing

why people don't like sitting in the front row when really professors naturally look towards the middle/back row (from my observation)

and then i wonder why the hell im thinking about this at 3am in the morning. 

on another note, i never have to "try" to fall asleep. i just pass out without knowing. hence that is why i can never reach to a conclusion as well.