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<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://tumblr.superfeedr.com/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"/><description>melanie, 25, living in indonesia as a peace corps volunteer- into music, writing, literature, travel and other things - these are the things that catch my mind.</description><title>the dark side of the moon</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @melaniealeman)</generator><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Can’t get enough.</title><description>&lt;iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F83010746&amp;liking=false&amp;sharing=false&amp;origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Can’t get enough.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/51064538024</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/51064538024</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:45 -0400</pubDate><category>SoundCloud</category><category>hoodinternet</category><category>justintimberlake</category><category>daftpunk</category><category>daft punk</category><category>justin timberlake</category><category>music</category><category>mash up</category><category>suit and tie</category><category>get lucky</category><category>random access memories</category><category>electronic music</category><category>dance</category></item><item><title>"We were never able to connect with using computers as musical instruments. We’ve always relied..."</title><description>““We were never able to connect with using computers as musical instruments. We’ve always relied on hardware components- old drum machines, synthesizers— but it was more like a chaotic electrical lab with wires everywhere. We tried to make music with laptops in the mid 2000s, but it was really hard to create from within the computer without putting things into it. In a computer, everything is recallable all the time, but life is a succession of events that only happen once.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;span&gt;Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk in &lt;a href="http://pitchfork.com/features/cover-story/9131-daft-punk/" target="_blank"&gt;Pitchfork Magazine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/51064295336</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/51064295336</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 07:52:00 -0400</pubDate><category>thomas bangalter</category><category>daft punk</category><category>random access memories</category><category>music</category><category>electronic music</category><category>dance</category><category>computers</category><category>technology</category><category>instruments</category><category>life</category><category>time</category><category>pitchfork magazine</category><category>pitchfork</category></item><item><title>"Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in..."</title><description>“Well, here at last, dear friends, on the shores of the Sea comes the end of our fellowship in Middle-Earth. Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Gandalf the White - The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716941435</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716941435</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:06:31 -0400</pubDate><category>the return of the king</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>tolkien</category><category>gandalf</category><category>gandalf the white</category><category>books</category><category>literature</category><category>quotes</category></item><item><title>On Loss and Sacrifice - The Lord of the Rings</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;But,&amp;#8221; said Sam, and tears started in his eyes, &amp;#8220;I thought you were going to enjoy the Shire, too, for years and years, after all you have done.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;So I thought too, once. But I have been too deeply hurt, Sam. I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716872135</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716872135</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 05:04:05 -0400</pubDate><category>loss</category><category>sacrifice</category><category>lord of the rings</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>books</category><category>literature</category><category>hobbits</category><category>frodo</category><category>sam</category><category>quotes</category><category>the return of the king</category><category>shire</category></item><item><title>"Grey as mouse,
Big as a house.
Nose like a snake,
I make the earth shake,
As I tramp through the..."</title><description>“Grey as mouse,&lt;br/&gt;
Big as a house.&lt;br/&gt;
Nose like a snake,&lt;br/&gt;
I make the earth shake,&lt;br/&gt;
As I tramp through the grass;&lt;br/&gt;
Trees crack as I pass.&lt;br/&gt;
With horns in m mouth&lt;br/&gt;
I walk in the South,&lt;br/&gt;
Flapping big ears.&lt;br/&gt;
Beyond count of years,&lt;br/&gt;
I stomp round and round,&lt;br/&gt;
Never lie on the ground,&lt;br/&gt;
Not even to die.&lt;br/&gt;
Oliphaunt am I,&lt;br/&gt;
Biggest of all,&lt;br/&gt;
Huge, old, and tall.&lt;br/&gt;
If ever you’d met me,&lt;br/&gt;
You wouldn’t forget me.&lt;br/&gt;
If you never do,&lt;br/&gt;
You won’t think I’m true.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Sam singing about oliphaunts - The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716735003</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716735003</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:59:28 -0400</pubDate><category>the two towers</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>sam</category><category>hobbits</category><category>literature</category><category>books</category><category>quotes</category><category>poetry</category><category>oliphaunts</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category></item><item><title>"Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not..."</title><description>“Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all sides.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Frodo contemplating killing Gollum - The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716675291</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716675291</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:57:22 -0400</pubDate><category>the two towers</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>tolkien</category><category>frodo</category><category>gollum</category><category>smeagol</category><category>literature</category><category>books</category><category>quotes</category></item><item><title>Speaking About Galadriel and Unexpected Wounds</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The travelers now turned their faces to the journey; the sun was before them and their eyes were dazzled, for all were filled with tears. Gimli wept openly. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;I have looked the last upon that which was fairest,&amp;#8221; he said to Legolas his companion. &amp;#8220;Henceforth I will call nothing fair, unless it be her gift.&amp;#8221; He put his hand to his breast.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Tell me, Legolas, why did I come on this Quest? Little did I know where the chief peril lay! &lt;em&gt;Truly Elrond spoke, saying that we could not foresee what we might meet upon our road. Torment in the dark was the danger that I feared, and it did not hold me back. But I would not have come, had I known the danger of light and joy. Now I have taken my worst wound in this parting, even if I were to go this night straight to the Dark Lord.&lt;/em&gt; Alas for Gimli son of Gloin!&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Nay!&amp;#8221; Said Legolas. &amp;#8220;Alas for us all! And for all that the world in these after-days. For such is the way of it: to find and lose, as it seems to those whose boat is on the running stream. But I count you blessed, Gimli son of Gloin: for your loss you suffer of your own free will, and you might have chose otherwise. But you have not forsaken your companions, and the least reward is that the memory of Lothlorien shall remain ever clear and I stained in your heart, and shall neither fade nor grow stale.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;Maybe,&amp;#8221; said Gimli, &amp;#8220;and I thank you for your words. True words doubtless; yet all such comfort is cold. Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror, be it clear as Kheled-zaram. Or so says the heart of Gimli the Dwarf. Elves see things otherwise. Indeed I have heard that for them memory is more like to the waking world that to a dream. Not so for Dwarves.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716612997</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716612997</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:55:13 -0400</pubDate><category>elrond</category><category>dwarves</category><category>dwarf</category><category>elf</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>tolkien</category><category>books</category><category>literature</category><category>The Fellowship of the Ring</category></item><item><title>It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8bc98292d7c248cdaf8e571f5aeaae29/tumblr_mmzkatkibb1qgi7bgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716304536</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716304536</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:44:53 -0400</pubDate><category>aristotle</category><category>philosophy</category><category>education</category><category>reason</category><category>learning</category><category>thought</category><category>intelligence</category></item><item><title>"And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me; for you she loves and knows; but..."</title><description>“And yet, Eomer, I say to you that she loves you more truly than me; for you she loves and knows; but in me she loves only a shadow and a thought: a hope of glory and great deeds, and lands far from the fields of Rohan.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Aragorn about Eowyn - The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716266425</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716266425</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:43:35 -0400</pubDate><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>eowyn</category><category>aragorn</category><category>the return of the king</category><category>quote</category><category>literature</category><category>books</category></item><item><title>"In the morning counsels are best, and night changes many thoughts."</title><description>“In the morning counsels are best, and night changes many thoughts.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;King Theoden - The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716181116</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716181116</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:40:00 -0400</pubDate><category>the return of the king</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>tolkien</category><category>king theoden</category><category>literature</category><category>books</category><category>quotes</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category></item><item><title>cages - the lord of the rings - the return of the king</title><description>&lt;p&gt;[Eowyn] &amp;#8220;Shall I always left behind when the Riders depart, to mind the house while they win renown, and find foods and beds when they return?&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;A time may come soon,&amp;#8221; said [Aragorn], &amp;#8220;when none will return. Then there will be need of valour without renown, for none shall remember the deeds that are done in the last defense of your homes. Yet deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.&amp;#8221;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;And she answered: &amp;#8220;All your words are but to say: you are a woman, and your part is in the house. But when the men have died in battle and honor, you have leave to be burned in the house, for men will need it no more. But I am of the House of Eorl and not a serving-woman. I can ride and wield blade, and I do not fear either pain or death. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;What do you fear lady? [Aragorn] asked.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;#8220;A cage,&amp;#8221; she said. &amp;#8220;To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.&amp;#8221;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716139450</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716139450</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:39:27 -0400</pubDate><category>eowyn</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>aragorn</category><category>feminism</category><category>literature</category><category>books</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>tolkien</category><category>the return of the king</category></item><item><title>"The darkness has begun. There will be no dawn."</title><description>“The darkness has begun. There will be no dawn.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Gandalf the White - Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716006152</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/50716006152</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:34:58 -0400</pubDate><category>lord of the rings</category><category>The Lord of the Rings</category><category>jrr tolkien</category><category>J.R.R. Tolkien</category><category>the return of the king</category><category>gandalf the white</category><category>gandalf</category></item><item><title>"And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat.
I tried to find the sound.
But, then, it stopped, and I..."</title><description>“And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat.&lt;br/&gt;
I tried to find the sound.&lt;br/&gt;
But, then, it stopped, and I was in the darkness…&lt;br/&gt;
So darkness I became.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Cosmic Love - Florence + the Machine&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/49553472227</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/49553472227</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 21:01:55 -0400</pubDate><category>cosmic love</category><category>florence welch</category><category>florence + the machine</category><category>darkness</category><category>lungs</category><category>music</category><category>lyrics</category><category>quotes</category></item><item><title>Symbolism of the Moth</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.whats-your-sign.com/animal-symbolism-moth.html"&gt;Symbolism of the Moth&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Dreamt about a moth last night.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48817655379</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48817655379</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:15:15 -0400</pubDate><category>dreams</category><category>moth</category><category>animals</category><category>symbolism</category><category>animal symbolism</category></item><item><title>loveyourquotes:

http://www.loveyourquotes.tumblr.com</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/040b7c47d5af213974838c5b9b04f240/tumblr_mlj61v7btG1qbw4dpo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://loveyourquotes.tumblr.com/post/48496335739/http-www-loveyourquotes-tumblr-com" class="tumblr_blog" target="_blank"&gt;loveyourquotes&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loveyourquotes.tumblr.com" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.loveyourquotes.tumblr.com" target="_blank"&gt;http://www.loveyourquotes.tumblr.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48506737806</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48506737806</guid><pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:55:36 -0400</pubDate></item><item><title>Elf vs. Dwarf: Debating Commitment</title><description>&lt;p&gt;“…The further you go, the less easy will it be to withdraw; yet no oath or bond is laid on you to go further than you will. For you do not yet know the strength of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet upon the road.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens,” said Gimli.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Maybe,” said Elrond, “but let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.”&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Yet sworn word may strengthen quaking heart,” said Gimli.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;“Or break it,” said Elrond. “Look not too far ahead! But go now with good hearts!”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48400597103</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48400597103</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:29:31 -0400</pubDate><category>lord of the rings</category><category>fellowship of the ring</category><category>dwarf</category><category>elf</category><category>gimli</category><category>elrond</category><category>literature</category><category>quotes</category><category>commitment</category><category>j.r.r. tolkien</category></item><item><title>"I sit beside the fire and think
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in..."</title><description>“&lt;p&gt;I sit beside the fire and think&lt;br/&gt;
of all that I have seen,&lt;br/&gt;
of meadow-flowers and butterflies&lt;br/&gt;
in summers that have been;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Of yellow leaves and gossamer&lt;br/&gt;
in autumns that there were,&lt;br/&gt;
with morning mist and silver sun&lt;br/&gt;
and wind upon my hair.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I sit beside the fire and think&lt;br/&gt;
of how the world will be&lt;br/&gt;
when winter comes without a spring&lt;br/&gt;
that I shall ever see.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For still there are so many things&lt;br/&gt;
that I have never seen;&lt;br/&gt;
in every wood in every spring&lt;br/&gt;
there is a different green.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I sit beside the fire and think&lt;br/&gt;
of people long ago,&lt;br/&gt;
and people who will see a world&lt;br/&gt;
that I shall never know.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But all the while I sit and think,&lt;br/&gt;
of times there were before,&lt;br/&gt;
I listen for returning feet&lt;br/&gt;
and voices at the door.&lt;/p&gt;”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Bilbo Baggins - The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48399052595</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48399052595</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:09:10 -0400</pubDate><category>lord of the rings</category><category>hobbits</category><category>bilbo baggins</category><category>books</category><category>quotes</category><category>literature</category><category>poem</category><category>j.r.r. tolkien</category></item><item><title>"And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom."</title><description>“And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Gandalf to Saruman the White in The Lord of the Rings, Vol. 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48398138519</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48398138519</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:56:58 -0400</pubDate><category>lord of the rings</category><category>gandalf</category><category>saruman</category><category>j.r.r.tolkien</category></item><item><title>This is not sustainable.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ab35ed377c856c4718fe75656bad1375/tumblr_mlj35mLJrb1qgi7bgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This is not sustainable.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48396828605</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48396828605</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:39:22 -0400</pubDate><category>planet</category><category>sustainability</category><category>development</category><category>environment</category><category>earth</category></item><item><title>Even the inside of your own mind is endless.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1805cf374beab208315a0e55bd19a7b8/tumblr_mlj2sdT5DH1qgi7bgo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Even the inside of your own mind is endless.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48396240890</link><guid>http://melaniealeman.tumblr.com/post/48396240890</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 20:31:24 -0400</pubDate><category>mind</category><category>brain</category><category>boredom</category><category>quotes</category><category>bored</category><category>boring</category></item></channel></rss>
