Life, Lyrics and Lemoncake

Open Up Your Eyes*

Fiona @ lifelyricslemoncake — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:04:54 +0000

One of the first things Regular John ever said to me was how it was his dream to be a police man in Australia. That was on msn messenger in 2005 perhaps. Seems a lifetime ago. In the early hours of Tuesday morning he went to Belfast to get the first of 4 flights that would take him to the land of Oz. I can’t believe it! He is my M’s best friend and is a great, great friend to us. He is planning at least two years, I have a feeling we may never see him again.

In the kitchen there is food and friends, there is teasing and in me a growing panic at the moment of goodbye. I creep upstairs to the loo. Behind one of the dark doors a little brother is sleeping. He will struggle in the next few weeks. In the bathroom the rain taps and lashes against a shrouded skylight that I had never noticed before. The sound is turbulent but comforting like the atmosphere downstairs and my mixed feelings.

We will miss him.

I think of him, tomorrow. a lone figure in Singapore airport waiting for his next flight. Maybe listening to Queens of the Stoneage, his namesake song Regular John. Tears needle my eyes.

We stand, awkwardly in the hall. His hug lifts me off my feet. The two men friends shake hands before resigning to the hug. Say your prayers. Keep in touch. Look after yourself. It’s what you’ve always wanted, man. Happy days.

No words enough. His face suddenly downcast. I cry on the drive home. M holds my knee. ‘It’s a good thing.’

Maybe I’m being overdramatic. I’ve had an emotional week so far. Our twenties seem difficult. Everyone finding themselves, or trying to….

Good luck my friend. Until we meet again.

*From the chorus of Regular John by QotSA (why are all the videos so sleazy?!) See what I did there.

Mini Post: Sean Penn’s make-up advice

Fiona @ lifelyricslemoncake — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:13:32 +0000

I recently bought a Rimmel lipstick – Sugar Plum. I wore it on Saturday night. I never bother with lipstick. The last time I donned some it was bright red and I was Cruella DeVil. Anyway this is some vital lipstick advice from Cheyenne/ Sean Penn. And it works! I was super impressed and will remember it always. It may even cause me to take up a lipstick habit. Also, if you haven’t watched ‘This Must Be The Place’ please do, it is amazing.

Movie Monday: Lars and the Real Girl

Fiona @ lifelyricslemoncake — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:00:50 +0000

A real gem of a film. Like one of the reviews I read, it’s impossible to describe it from the plot, it doesn’t do it justice. Ryan Gosling is brilliant as Lars, a 27-year-old man, who seems unable to emotionally connect with anyone, despite his sister-in-law Carin’s (Emily Mortimer) best efforts. He lives in a converted garage next door to his brother Gus and his wife, and he constantly refuses their invites to dinner, offers to move in with them. He brightens when Bianca arrives, but Carin and Gus are appalled to find that Bianca is basically a sex doll from the internet. However, Lars treats her with the utmost respect and gentlemanly kindness and love. She stays in the pink room in Carin and Gus’ house, as she is a missionary and it would not be right for them to stay in the same house. The kind family doctor and psychiatrist ‘treats’ Bianca every week, and uses this time to chat to Lars. He is suffering a delusion, she says, go along with it. The whole town goes along with it, and it is the most touching and wonderful film. It comes to a perfect conclusion, although the tears were tripping me, as my Mum says. A love story but not as you know it. It’s a must see.

The French poster (from here). Coolness. Sums up ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ 2007 really well.