What is in your cup? - Page 929

orlok · 07-23-2011, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iridal

OMG, did you guys hear?!? Amy Winehouse is dead ...

Something to think about over a cup of Rooibos Persipan.

Really sad news. Not unexpected though - she did seem to be on a downward spiral of self-destruction. I will miss her music very much.

I will have a glass of red wine soon if my stomach feels better soon.

Iridal · 07-23-2011, 02:29 PM

No, I guess not really unexpected. But it's sad though, 27 is way to young to die. I'll miss her music too, you wouldn't believe how many times 'Rehab' got stuck in my head.

ProfCrash · 07-23-2011, 03:20 PM

I can't say I was surprised when I heard that she died. It is sad but I have to admit that I am more focused on Norway and the people who died because of someone elses decision and not their own bad life choices.

TenaciousBadger · 07-23-2011, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iridal

OMG, did you guys hear?!? Amy Winehouse is dead ...

Un-frikkin-believable! What is wrong with all these young artists drinking and drugging themselves to an early grave???

something more wholesome: tea

kindlekitten · 07-23-2011, 08:56 PM

27 must be a bad year;

Jim Morrison
Kurt Cobain
Janis Joplin
Kurt Cobain
AmyWinehouse

maianhvk · 07-23-2011, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iridal

OMG, did you guys hear?!? Amy Winehouse is dead ...

Something to think about over a cup of Rooibos Persipan.

One of my friend is a BIG fan of Winehouse. He's 19 too. This is what he wrote on his wall:

Quote:

This is my favorite song ever from her. (Some Unholy War)
I remember drinking a lot, cutting myself and crying to sleep to this song..
It's just so sad that the one who used to give you strength to live, died..

I can't understand what has happened to the youth nowadays. Drink, cut himself, and cry to sleep? Because some songs relate to his life?

Unbelievable.

Stitchawl · 07-23-2011, 09:46 PM

A winter's day
In a deep and dark December;
I am alone,
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

I've built walls,
A fortress deep and mighty,
That none may penetrate.
I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain.
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain.
I am a rock,
I am an island.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVLFlkehGuU )

Good morning, all. Peaceful Sunday morning with a mug of East India Company's 'Assam' tea to go along with my breakfast. Reading the news about yet another famous person to kill themselves one way or another... Odd, isn't it? We rarely see news about the poor killing themselves, committing suicide because of their lot in life. Is it that the newspapers only report about rich people, or could it be that the rich never believe they have enough? I imagine most of us have suffered the very same losses; lost love, lost jobs, crushed emotions, our parents didn't understand us, etc., etc. Why didn't we become (or remain) strung-out junkies on a downward trip to nowhere? Maybe you have to be special to be that unhappy and self-destructive. I remember a line from an old Patrick Sky song called 'Nectar of God' that went;
'I don't like living but I don't want to die
Cuz if I die... I'd miss gettin' high.'

What a reason for living....

I think I'll go water the plants of the veranda, and celebrate living instead. I'll bring my tea with me! As TenaciousBadger says... "something more wholesome: tea"

Stitchawl

TenaciousBadger · 07-24-2011, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

27 must be a bad year;

Jim Morrison
Kurt Cobain
Janis Joplin
Kurt Cobain
AmyWinehouse

Was thinking the same this morn... I remembered Janis Joplin specifically .... and just checked, Jimi Hendrix also died at 27.
Sad!!!!

beppe · 07-24-2011, 04:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TenaciousBadger

Was thinking the same this morn... I remembered Janis Joplin specifically .... and just checked, Jimi Hendrix also died at 27.
Sad!!!!

For me as Italian, the big loss was the death by suicide of Luigi Tenco (28), that many consider one of the most talented of our singers/songwriters.

Of his songs, the most viewed on YouTube is this old fashioned beauty. To me at least, it is still touching. I pasted the lyrics also. I am having a coffe.

Italian

Spoiler:

English

Spoiler:

TenaciousBadger · 07-24-2011, 06:27 AM

Coffee con amore

Really great and sad song, Beppe.

beppe · 07-24-2011, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TenaciousBadger

Coffee con amore

Really great and sad song, Beppe.

how nice. thank you. I'll have one then.

ProfCrash · 07-24-2011, 11:18 AM

Samari Mate Latte. I am really enjoying this habit I have rediscovered. Milk with yummy flavors.

Stitchawl · 07-24-2011, 08:47 PM

Take me to the night I'm tippin
topsy turvy turning upside down.
Hold me tight and whisper what you wish
For there is no one here around.
Oh you may sing song me sweet smiles
Regardless of the city's careless frown,
Come watch the no colors fade blazing
Into pedal sprays of Violets of Dawn.

In blindful wonderments enchantments
You can lift my wings softly to fly
Your eyes are like swift fingers reaching out
Into the pockets of my night
Whirling twirling puppy warm before the flashing cloaks of darkness gone
Come see the no colors fade blazing
Into pedal sprays of Violets of Dawn

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEJ_ZCZuqE )

Good morning, all! Scary night last night. BIG earth quake bounced us around as we were trying to fall asleep. That's enough to keep me up a few extra minutes to see if we're going to survive!

I guess we did survive, so now it's a mug of Keemun tea, a bowl of rice and kara age (pronounced ka-ra Ah-ghe... Japanese style Chicken McNuggets) check the reports of damage from around the country. Need to see where, what, and how! And keep my fingers crossed! (Do they do that for luck in your country? Crossing fingers for good luck? It's nothing the Japanese have ever heard of.)

Stitchawl

Latinandgreek · 07-24-2011, 11:30 PM

Tea, just.... tea.

phenomshel · 07-25-2011, 12:57 AM

Power outage again this morning for about six hours. Scary storm - high winds, torrential rain, thunder so constant I wasn't sure that it wasn't a tornado, regardless of what the weather people were (or weren't) saying.

Fortunately, the power outage was timed when we were able to sleep through most of it, after shutting down the computers.

Stitchawl, I'm glad you're okay

.

In my cup: iced pineapple juice.

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07-23-2011, 02:29 PM	#13922
Iridal Mysteriarch Posts: 1,422 Karma: 26606984 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: The land of impossible deadlines Device: iPhone 4, Kindle 3	No, I guess not really unexpected. But it's sad though, 27 is way to young to die. I'll miss her music too, you wouldn't believe how many times 'Rehab' got stuck in my head.

07-23-2011, 03:20 PM	#13923
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I can't say I was surprised when I heard that she died. It is sad but I have to admit that I am more focused on Norway and the people who died because of someone elses decision and not their own bad life choices.

07-23-2011, 08:56 PM	#13925
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	27 must be a bad year; Jim Morrison Kurt Cobain Janis Joplin Kurt Cobain AmyWinehouse

07-23-2011, 09:46 PM	#13927
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	A winter's day In a deep and dark December; I am alone, Gazing from my window to the streets below On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. I am a rock, I am an island. I've built walls, A fortress deep and mighty, That none may penetrate. I have no need of friendship; friendship causes pain. It's laughter and it's loving I disdain. I am a rock, I am an island. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVLFlkehGuU ) Good morning, all. Peaceful Sunday morning with a mug of East India Company's 'Assam' tea to go along with my breakfast. Reading the news about yet another famous person to kill themselves one way or another... Odd, isn't it? We rarely see news about the poor killing themselves, committing suicide because of their lot in life. Is it that the newspapers only report about rich people, or could it be that the rich never believe they have enough? I imagine most of us have suffered the very same losses; lost love, lost jobs, crushed emotions, our parents didn't understand us, etc., etc. Why didn't we become (or remain) strung-out junkies on a downward trip to nowhere? Maybe you have to be special to be that unhappy and self-destructive. I remember a line from an old Patrick Sky song called 'Nectar of God' that went; 'I don't like living but I don't want to die Cuz if I die... I'd miss gettin' high.' What a reason for living.... I think I'll go water the plants of the veranda, and celebrate living instead. I'll bring my tea with me! As TenaciousBadger says... "something more wholesome: tea" Stitchawl

07-24-2011, 06:27 AM	#13930
TenaciousBadger Mrawr? Posts: 1,109 Karma: 15039064 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	Coffee con amore Really great and sad song, Beppe.

07-24-2011, 11:18 AM	#13932
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	Samari Mate Latte. I am really enjoying this habit I have rediscovered. Milk with yummy flavors.

07-24-2011, 08:47 PM	#13933
Stitchawl Opsimath Posts: 12,344 Karma: 187123287 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand Device: Sony PRS-650, iPhone 5, Kobo Glo, Sony PRS-350, iPad, Samsung Galaxy	Take me to the night I'm tippin topsy turvy turning upside down. Hold me tight and whisper what you wish For there is no one here around. Oh you may sing song me sweet smiles Regardless of the city's careless frown, Come watch the no colors fade blazing Into pedal sprays of Violets of Dawn. In blindful wonderments enchantments You can lift my wings softly to fly Your eyes are like swift fingers reaching out Into the pockets of my night Whirling twirling puppy warm before the flashing cloaks of darkness gone Come see the no colors fade blazing Into pedal sprays of Violets of Dawn ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhEJ_ZCZuqE ) Good morning, all! Scary night last night. BIG earth quake bounced us around as we were trying to fall asleep. That's enough to keep me up a few extra minutes to see if we're going to survive! I guess we did survive, so now it's a mug of Keemun tea, a bowl of rice and kara age (pronounced ka-ra Ah-ghe... Japanese style Chicken McNuggets) check the reports of damage from around the country. Need to see where, what, and how! And keep my fingers crossed! (Do they do that for luck in your country? Crossing fingers for good luck? It's nothing the Japanese have ever heard of.) Stitchawl

07-24-2011, 11:30 PM	#13934
Latinandgreek Warrior Princess Posts: 5,038 Karma: 9724231 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: PRS-505; PRS-350, PRS-T1, iPad, Aura HD	Tea, just.... tea.

07-25-2011, 12:57 AM	#13935
phenomshel ZCD BombShel Posts: 4,793 Karma: 8293322 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: The Frozen North (aka Illinois, USA) Device: iPad, STB Kindle Oasis	Power outage again this morning for about six hours. Scary storm - high winds, torrential rain, thunder so constant I wasn't sure that it wasn't a tornado, regardless of what the weather people were (or weren't) saying. Fortunately, the power outage was timed when we were able to sleep through most of it, after shutting down the computers. Stitchawl, I'm glad you're okay . In my cup: iced pineapple juice.