The title of this entry explains it all! I've been feeling lucky within the past 24 hours because I've discovered many songs that I cannot stop listening to! I feel like this blog has turned into "hey check this song out, hey check this band out" but I can't help it....I love sharing music with you all. So I've started making another compilation of music that I'll be posting soon, so get your ears ready!

In the mean time...I don't know...check out my Tumblr or just hang in there haha! And also, in the meantime, I'll catch up on some letter writing, movie watching, or page flipping that I've been neglecting lately!

-Italia.

...y mas con canciones como esta?

via Club Fonograma.

I'm a Cyborg, But that's OK, is an amazing North Korean film directed and written by Chan-wook Park, starring Su-jeong Lim and Rain (who you might recognize from Ninja Assassin).
North Korea is starting to be called "the new Hollywood" because of it's great cinematography, and I'm a Cyborg, But that's OK is the prime example of that. This movie introduces us to the story of Young-goon (Su-jeong Lim), a girl who suffers a traumatic experience after her grandmother is sent to a psychiatric hospital for believing she is a mouse. After this, Young-goon soon comes to an important self-realization: she is not completely human! She believes is also a cyborg, or a robot as she explains to her mother, a robot who is desperately trying to find the purpose for her existence.
After Young-goons confession to her mother, she has no other option than to be sent to a psychiatric hospital, where the rest of the story takes place. In the hospital, goon meets a peculiar character...Park Il-sun (Rain) who is one of the patients there. He has admitted himself at the hospital four times in the past five years after not being able to cope with his schizophrenia. He also believes he can steal essential parts of a soul...kindness, sympathy, ping-pong skills, a perfect voice, and even things like socks that can make you fly. Together, Young-goon and Park Il-sun take us through an amazing journey of how to cope with emotional and psychological issues while, at the same time, making us laugh and cry at their silliness.

If you have seen...and loved Amelie, and The Science of Sleep then you will definitely like this out of the ordinary quirky story of survival. You will be able to find the entire film on Youtube, it is divided into eleven 10 minute parts that make it well worth your while! You can also watch the trailer by clicking on the picture above. I really really really hope you enjoy this film, because it instantly became one of my favorite films ever!

I noticed that my blog has turned into this open window to my iTunes library, so I decided it was time to share once again some of the songs that have been on constant re-play for the past few weeks.

There is A LOT of variety in this playlist, some of the artist you might already know and some of them you might not.
I've listed the track's name and artist down below as long with a brief description. So if you have nothing better to do, or you have a little bit of free time give them a listen!

Click on pictures to watch the videos!!!!!






1. Adele- "Love Song"
Adele is an amazing girl from London who is only 23 but has the experience and artistic quality of someone twice her age. I've had the opportunity to listen to her newest album titled 21 and her lyrics are simple incredible. The compilation starts with this amazing cover, one that makes us remember why this song was so good in the first place. Love song is the perfect song for Adele's voice and character...it truly makes you love every second of it!

2. Foals - "Blue Blood"
Another great track from a band that is also from England. This is definitely a band that you appreciate more and more as years pass; it was in late 2008 that my fascination for Foals began and now, almost three years later their music still holds a special place with me. Blue Blood is one of their best tracks, and the video is equally great...if you are not amazed by the kid in the video and his awesome moves then I don't know what will "wow ya"

3. Geographer - "Original Sin"
Geographer made me believe in love at first sight. I discovered this trio from San Francisco, CA almost a year ago by pure accident and I have not been able to stop listening to this song ever since. You might recognize the lead singer from one of my posts from a few months ago, and whether it is him singing acoustically or with his band the effect is the same: breath-taking.

4. Devendra Banhart - "Love"
The Venezuelan-born Banhart has a very distinct style of music, his isn't like any other I've ever heard before. His music has very earthbound sounds, the lyrics are simple yet meticulously drafted, and his voice creates more of a whisper melody that reaches those hidden places in your brain. This video here is one of his latest, starring him and his girlfriend for a company that makes eye/sunglasses. The song is in Spanish, the melody resembles a bossa nova style , and the photography in the video is stunning....and it works because I now want to buy a pair of sun glasses myself, they ones shown here are just fantastic. (warning: the video is somewhat graphic so it might not be a good idea to watch it at school or in front of parents hahaha)

5. The Temper Trap - "Love Lost"
This Australian band gained stardom due to their single called sweet disposition, which was featured twice in the film 500 days of summer, and since then we've been hearing their songs in commercials, movies, and the radio. One of their latest songs is precisely this one "Love Lost" a song about how sometimes we're ready for love but love is not ready for us and vice-versa. I love the video, it seems very....British! Plus, who doesn't love watching people run in the rain?

6. BlakRoc - "Ain't Nothing Like You"
BlakRoc is the a project created by the now super famous band The Black Keys (whom I've been obsessed with for the last couple of months) in collaboration with various hip-hop and r&b artists like Mos Def and Jim Jones, who are featured in this song. This was recommended to me by a good friend who is a great music connoisseur and who has a very ample music library (I first listened to the temper trap's "love lost" song after he posted it on his page which only makes him more awesome!). From the moment I first heard this song I was instantly hooked. I think this makes a great end for what I think was a fabulous playlist! Yes, I just said fabulous ha!
This is the sort of the song that starts playing after the movie credits start rolling, a song that leaves you happy and feeling good.




So there you have it! I hope you get to listen to these amazing songs and actually like them. If not, then you deserve a thumbs up for at least being adventurous!

It seems like I haven't been keeping up with blogger lately, sorry about that...to that one or two of you who read it. I'll try to write more often from now on.

I've been thinking about a lot of things lately, mostly about the past. That stubborn past who doesn't let you advance to your future. I can't help to think about all the people who I wish were with me right now, those who I've felt some type of connection with along my short path through this life. I think about them all the time and wonder if they do the same. And sometimes I really get angry with myself because I don't want to keep thinking about the things that "were." I know very deeply within me that things won't ever be the same; characters change, roads change, minds change...that's just how it is...and I'm fine with that, I just wish I didn't miss a lot of things. I do realize, however, that I'm extremely lucky to miss people and things, because it means that I've done something right along the way.


Something kind of funny happened yesterday. I was out in the town with my family and my dad grabbed one of those free magazines, the ones who aren't really magazines but more of advertisements. In it, I found the "horoscope" section and started reading my moms out loud so she could hear hers; we've always sort of believed in them...hoping the good ones are actually true. Anyways, I read hers and then read mine in silence and something in it fit perfectly with what I'm going through. It vaguely ran along the lines of "You've got to let go of the past, it isn't what you represent anymore...you've got to move on" And so, that was the perfect push that I needed to know that I need to start letting go of what I can't hold on to anymore. I need to start looking ahead into my new life and meet with excitement whatever it is to come, while keeping a place in my heart for all those who are truly meant to be there.

So, yeah....I guess this was the sort of emotional post I hadn't done in quite a while but I needed to do it.

I hope all of you are doing well, the weekend's coming up so that's something to look foward to!

This past week has been hectic. I've packed, moved, and finished what was the toughest seven months of my life. I now find myself in a new apartment with the biggest yard I have ever had and the idea of creating a little garden is very persistent in my mind. Things feel calmer, less agonizing, and much more peaceful, I like this...very, very much.

With this new change a new adventure has begun, I've decided to appreciate all pretty things in life...photography being one of them. So I have created a Tumblr account which depicts amazing photography as well as my personal interests. In it you will find the things I love most like Mexico City, birds, nature, traveling, gardens, food, and much much more. Check it out...if you dare. ha!


Pajarito Del Amor (click if you wish to visit my tumblr page)

Is there such thing as too much of Carla Morrison? I don't think so, no way Jose! hahaha..
This time, the always incredible, Blogotheque brings us a beautiful rendition of Carla's talent from the amazing Mexico City.