Doodles of a Lovely Life

dedicated to finding beauty, in nature, friends and moments.

This is a film that was posted on the Visit Finland website to encourage tourism. Just another example of the beauty that we can see in our world, if we stop and take the time to look.

Monsters Tea Time

Perhaps it was purple, Perhaps it was blue. Everybody wondered, But nobody knew.

Perhaps it was gigantic, Perhaps it was small. No one had ever seen it, We’d only heard its loud call.

It lived in the mountains, Or so we believed. Everything we knew, Was imaginarily conceived.

In my head it had great big horns. And sharp golden teeth. It was green on top, And yellow underneath.

With a spotty crocodile tail, And big, baby blue eyes. Perhaps that’s why when I met him, I was so surprised.

It was late one evening, When the town was asleep, That I heard heavy footsteps, Far louder than those of sheep.

So I switched on my night-light And opened the door. Still to this day I can’t explain, Exactly what I saw.

Our eyes locked on, His green and mine blue. His fur was gray and thick, And his tail was long too.

He asked: “Are you scared?” I replied: “Should I be?” So he smiled and said: “How about some tea?”

Over a steaming pot, He told me his story, Of all the years passed, And the days of his glory.

When children would play, With him and his brothers. But that was until, They were seen by their mothers.

Now no one visits And everybody is afraid, Of the big gray monster, With whom they’d once played.

Because he looked scary, Because he looked strange. No body would care for him, In this day and age.

So he was off to the mountains, Where he now belongs. And still every night we hear him, Singing his songs.

Once a week I go up there, To visit my new friend. And I bring him some cookies, That’s it: THE END.

-JackSoft

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She Said:

“Drop the act, fuck that’s enough now, can’t you see I’m sick and tired of all your fooling around and I can’t play these games the way you play them, I can’t break the rules the way you go and break them, and I can’t eat these pills the way you go and eat them, so I’m off and I’m not coming back, sorry Jack, but soon you gonna see you don’t deserve a girl like me. So Good Bye now I hope I don’t see you around.”

I said:

“Fuck off then, I don’t need you anyway, life’s a game that I play and you’re just another way of helping me see that I’m happy alone, cause I couldn’t stand all the texts on my phone and the way that you moaned, everything I did was wrong, even this song, so good bye, so long. I’d choose the thrills and the pills over your shrills and your bills any day. So good bye now, I hope I don’t see you around.”

I said:

“Baby it’s been too long now, I know you’re mad, but stop messing around. I can’t stand waking up in an empty bed, without the imprint of your head on the pillow. I’ve lay low cause I’ve been down again and it made me realise you’re my only friend, and I need you more than I need the thrills, and I need you more than I need these pills, but that’s not easy you know, trying to stop these habbits goes slow.”

I said:

“I’ve apologized a million times, I’ve called your phone, gone past your home, still I don’t hear even the slightest word from you. I admit it I lose, but think of all the fairytales and dreams not all the shouts and screams. We were good, You were good, You were sad cos I was bad, but now I’m sad cos you got mad, cause I was bad and i was mad, and it’s killing me to think that your soul isn’t torn up inside, that your words aren’t muddled up like mine. I bet you doing fine.”

She said:

“Don’t call me again.

Fuck it, I’m sick and tired of listening to my friends, I’m gonna tell you how I feel but you better listen don’t pretend, cos next time it’s the end, and I mean that,

but I love you and I can’t stop feeling that. Like Journey, I can’t stop believing that. And all I want is for your lies to be true, and all I want is for you to do everything you say you will, now is that okay?”

“Yeah that’s okay” I said, with a smile on my face, but really what I meant was: “I miss you but I haven’t changed and you not being here just felt strange, and the words that I say I still don’t mean, so I guess that puts us somewhere between, happy and absurd, lost in all my words.” But we would have wasted our youth had I not told the truth.

So I said:

“I don’t love you, our feelings subside” and that’s when she cried, but at least we tried. Yeah when she cried all I could think was at least we tried, but I lied. So when she cried all she thought was: “why’d you always lie” When she cried all she thought was “why’d you always lie” That’s when she said: “fuck off and die.”

I cried. As much as I hate it I cried.

I lied. As much as I hate it I lied.

And we tried. As much as it hurt we tried.

But feelings subside. As much as I hate it,  feelings subside.

 

JackSoft

-JohnnyHorror

The Boredom Bug

Here are a few little links to help you slaughter your bandwidth…

Japan

Sketch Swap

Fighting the Font

Type Jerk

Candy

Black Friday

-JohnnyHorror

Some seriously catching photo’s from Keegan Gibbs. Catch some more over on his site.

-JohnnyHorror

  • Artist: We Were Promised Jetpacks
  • TrackName: It's Thunder And It's Lightning
  • Album: These Four Walls

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In 2003 a Scottish band came up with the best name ever: “We Were Promised Jetpacks”.

In 2009 they wrote some pretty decent songs and released a sweet little album called: “These Four Walls” which features 11 tracks with lyrics sung in that Scottish accent that most of us wish we could have.

Above is the beautiful sound of their track: “It’s Thunder and It’s Lightning”.

The guitar is gripping. It’ll keep you listening through the lengthy intro. When Andy Thompson starts singing girls will get wet. I wish I was Scottish right now. Fuck. Back to the music, the slow build peaks and fades with ooohs and ahhhs, bells and chimes and then it slows, before a little drumroll kicking your soul into a place it never knew it could go. Andy’s screaming is probably the first thing that’s given me the chills since Saw. It’s almost like Snow Patrol with more temper and emotions. Sure the lyrics about abuse might bring you down like a busy Monday after a great weekend but when you turn the volume up in your headphones and let your mind get lost in the totally comprehensible mess you’ll feel way more at peace with yourself than you thought possible. The band paints a picture of a storm even without the words. The riding snare give it direction, the chimes help it hover and the guitar chord build up lets your heart beat again. The worst part about this song is that it ends.

It’s raw, it’s rough and it’s great.

JackSoft

Ox Braai

Some winners from December’s disposable camera’s eye.

-JohnnyHorror

St Francis Bay - Cobs Cove

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