GNAR ISH: Hey remember that time we decided to kiss anywhere except the mouth

So I've lost my voice. I've completely lost my voice... and am no longer capable of making words. It's really quite amusing. At times I'm not too bothered by it, and other times I want to scream at the top of my lungs because its pretty weird not being able to participate in any of the conversations going on around you. I can't share any of my thoughts and despite my sharing my thoughts RIGHT NOW it isn't the same as being able to verbally express myself. That being said... I want to share two things with all of you bastards who can still talk. The first is a poem by Kahlil Gibran. The second is a few Regina Spektor videos, an incredible singer who's voice is too good not to be heard

ON TALKING from "The Prophet" (1923)

And then a scholar said, Speak of Talking.

And he answered, saying:

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;

And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.

And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.

For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.

There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.

The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.

And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.

And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.

In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.

When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.

Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;

For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered when the colour is forgotten and the vessel is no more.

FUUUUUCKKKKKKKIINNGGGG AAAAMMMMMAAZZZIINNGNN little known strokes song featuring Regina:

and lastly... Hey remember THAT TIME we decided to kiss anywhere except the mouth: