no, i'm not a new convert, but this is too good to not post:

Mercy On Me
Track 7, Back To Basics

Lord have mercy on my soul
For I have walked a sinful road
That I'm down on my knees
Lord have mercy on me, please

Jesus, I must confess
That in all my loneliness
I've forsaken and I've sinned
Leaving fragments of a man so broken

I could tell you what I've done
Or should I tell you where I went wrong?

Well the more that I start to play
My deceitful, evil ways
Keep on growing stronger by the day

Oh lord have mercy on my soul
For I have walked a sinful road
So I'm gonna get down on my knees
Beg forgiveness to help set me free
Lord have mercy on me, please

Mother Mary full of grace
In my weakness, I've lost faith
I've been careless, and I have been warned
And the devil inside me is torn
God bless the man that I have scorned

Oh lord have mercy on my soul
For I have walked the sinful road
So I'm gonna get down on my knees
Beg forgiveness to help set me free
Lord have mercy on me, please

So don't let me fool around no more
Send your angels down to guide me through that door
Well I've gone and confessed my regrets
And I pray I'm not held in contempt
I'm so lost, and I need you to help me repent

Oh lord have mercy on my soul
Oh I'm begging, I'm pleeding, I'm needing
I want you to know
So I'm down upon my knees
Oh lord, I need forgiveness
I need forgiveness from you


i can well imagine the healing powers of this song for all sinful xtina fans out there. i think this song's just beautiful. lgf, you might wanna ask me for the mp3, listen, and be inspired to repent. haha.

the post-prelims period has been liberating so far. i swore on my life, upon the end of my last paper, that i would not touch anything academic for at least 1 week. and i am so gonna abide by that. maybe i'll extend it to a week and a half. i think i will.

caught jay's bai se feng che MV on youtube. what was he thinking?? it's just worrying, how he's allowing his works of art to grow wearier by the album. piggyback on the beach? why not rolling on the sand and frolicking among the tides as well? shudders. (stars are blind starts ringing in my mind)

witness the horror:


in times like these when i'm temporarily released from the confines of my mugging hole and set free to do anything frivolous under the sun, i get myself intrigued with things like wikipedia. it has anything, and everything! under the category of 'gore' they have this comprehensive list which details different types of gore scenes by movie, even dating back to ancient flicks like 12 monkeys! under the category of 'suicide' they have this whole page detailing the different methods one could employ to kill themselves - of which the method of 'bloodletting' really made me cringe. i can never understand how pain can ever be therapeutic, even for the most broken of souls.

such morbid interests. but i can't help but be intrigued. how does the mind of one who attempts suicide works? what about that of a torturer, like those in hostel style slasher-flicks? how do they ever manage to derive a high from opening others up literally, then seeing tonnes of blood and guts? ..oh, how the mass media manipulates.

i found a hostel production still of that japanese who had her eye socket dug out. and i am in awe. not at its twisted morbidity but at the wonders of make-up. how do they manage to keep it so realistically bloody and mangled?? must have been the photoshop.

LINK (not for the squeamish):
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/flipbook.php?id=2947&page=57

disclaimer: don't worry, i'm still a nice, down-to-earth, and civilized 18-year-old underneath my perplexing fondness for the bloody and the mangled. rest assured i won't dig out your socket or snip off your toes anytime soon.

gosh, it's so hazy today. could it be the southeast trade winds? haha. irritating slash-and-burn cultivators.