Sunday 31 May 2009

First Day Of My Life

Yes name of a beautiful song by Bright Eyes-currently in the Halifax advert I believe. If I had to thank that person for anything it would be for reminding me about Bright Eyes.

Anyway I have decided screw it- This blog will be dedicated to my thoughts on music and such. I will still blog about myself but most of all I will ramble on about music.

I think this first blog may well turn into a rant. In fact scratch that... I know it will. A rant on the "joys" of NME.
This is my upset; what NME says is cool is cool. No one objects to this it's just well, fact. If NME tells me that The Wombats are the next cooleset thing, then by god, they must be. If NME say The wombats are soo 2008 then christ, get those songs off your IPod and pretend you've never heard of them.
We seem to have entered a time now where originality in play lists doesn't exist and yes-it's down to all this "fresh talent", all these "underground bands" and of course magazines decreeing whats "hot" and whats "not".
Why, is my question. Why should I explain myself when I say no I don't like "underground music" or why should I have to explain myself when I say "no I don't care about the supposed cool new bands that are emerging" Chances are thanks to NME and such they will actually only be "cool" for exactly 10 seconds and then a new fad will emerge-this time with tassels!
Pinch me, please.
I'm sorry if my idea of a cool night out doesn't involve some "emo/scene" kids strutting around on a claustrophobic stage thinking they are "living the dream" when in fact they probably don't even know more than a few chords and the chords they do know, can't be played because unfortunately in all the kerfuffle of getting their hair to look suitably weird, and their jeans washed so many times it would be a miracle if they didn't ride around their hips, yes in all this nonsense they have forgotten that they actually, just maybe needed to learn to tune their instruments and oh god, maybe possibly try to sound like they'd practiced.

In reality these "living the dream" folk are possibly not as good as their posse make them out to be. Maybe in fact, to the normal people who are not engulfed in this "mint" group, their music is actually...just shit. Sorry but it's possible isn't it?

What also annoys me (maybe unfairly so) is the sheer amount of people who like these "underground" bands because again they think that it will make them seem cooler and more (god help me) "random, ironic etc" Lets be honest liking these bands does not make you stand out or look different, because really you are just a tiny person in the growing number of fools that have abandoned actual good music for noise and a "fashion sense" oh lets not forget the "wacky unconventional" hairstyle that's key to the mix.
I'm sorry to burst your little hipster bubbles but the reason your "Ahh-maaa-zing" bands remain unsigned is for the simple reason-they are not good enough, it's not because of "nobody gets us" because we do. We get that you're crap.
Yes okay, far be it for me to say that out there , there are definitely not occasionally bands that remain unsigned and unheard of by wider audiences that are actually really good and deserve to get their gig, but reality check people... these bands, unfortunately are becoming more occasional. They are being overshadowed by idiots that jump around on stage forever having to pull their tight ass jeans up and check their "oh so ironic hairstyle" is still ironic. It actually sometimes makes my skin crawl. I care that much lol.

Wouldn't it be fun to go back a few years where to be noticed you needed talent and not a Disney pay check. Or at the least you needed charisma that made you stand out in a crowd and singled you out as being one of the greats. You knew how to get your audience worked up instead of after every set disappearing backstage and demanding wet wipes, water, lobster etc- that's not cool, its just depressing.

What I'm trying to say is this. "STOP" please just stop. Stop telling me that I'm gonna love this unheard of new band because the lead-wow- makes music with his shoelace. Stop telling me that The Jonas Brothers are set to be the next Beatles-because are you serious? Really?
And please, please stop telling me a bout your "crazy ass" nights out where you got really drunk and off it on whatever crap you think are drugs, and moshed it till the early hours to a band, I would hope even you when sober, would realise were actually...SHIT.

Sorry that my first blog was a rant lol-it wont be next time. Also sorry if you don't agree with what I said- I know I probably sound mad and I bet when i read it back i will cringe but hey ho-not bothered.

Exams!!!!!!

God exams start tomorrow-queue huge panic.
I looked at my Revision timetable bleary eyed this morning and it actually woke me up faster than a caffeine rush. I realise now I've been trawling through revision this week at quite a comfortable pace-two topics, maybe three a day. I looked at what I'd lined up for myself today and it said "Everything", I very nearly imploded on the spot. It was not good.
I am actually panicking now-it has got to the stage where I'm having to stop myself from shaking-it's a hot day and I'm shivering lol. Lol is actually not the right word-the right word would be "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!"
If my hair wasn't so short and so wouldn't end up looking like I was balding-I would be pulling it out right now. Who invented school? Who? And did they have to go through it? No-because they were adults when the thought up the sorry mess and so totally skipped the fear of total failure.
Maybe I'm being a bit harsh- but seriously I'm nearly hyperventilating here.
What if I do fail? That's the big question- I don't think I could cope- I think I would just retreat into my own little world and rock myself into another dimension. I would go mad.

Anyway let me for a minute try and take my mind off the potential hazards that await me tomorrow and say a bit about my day.

I accidentally had a lie in, which was bad. When I lie in I find that instead of feeling more refreshed and awake I feel the urge just to bury my head into the sheets, down some paracetamol and wish the heavy tiredness away.
Definitely not a good way to start off the day you are meant to be revising "EVERYTHING"

I stumbled downstairs in a haze of sleep and what ifs and somehow made it to the dining room where I collapsed with an ungracious thump onto this very chair, opened up word and nearly spat out my freshly made coffee. After that I must have retreated into some world only known to me where the only words are in fact "Help" and "Crap".

Ten minutes later and fresh from a pep talk from my inner (better) self I went upstairs, showered dressed and returned feeling more confident. I had revised all holiday, I had done my best, It was obvious that there was going to be no way in hell that i would ever manage to revise everything so I should shoot down that mishap right now.
Instead I would go out, get my head cleared and return fresh and ready to face at least one if not two subjects. It was with that "clever" thinking that an hour later my sister and I set off for the heat of Newcastle. And boy...was it hot.

We spent the next two hours dipping in and out of various shops and reciting one thing. "If I had some money..."
It was bliss. We sat by the monument and read magazines, people watched and yes...Judged. The amount of people wearing handkerchiefs on their heads reached an almost unbearable level at one point.

However the peaceful witterings of my mind were once again under fire when I got home and the computer screen flashed accusing glances at my direction. Revision I had to do. There was now no escape.
So here I sit, notes scattered, head in hands (how I'm still managing to type is now beyond me) will well and truly battered.
There is no end in site. This will be my life for three weeks.

It is with a heavy heart (and head) that i say
Au Revoir

Saturday 30 May 2009

Narkkkkkk

ATM

Drinking: chocci milkies to feel better
Eating:Nada
Doing: Revision for Geoggers :( bad times
Listening to: Suzanne Vega-Song of Sand
Watching: Nothing
Wearing: Garfield Jumper und black pj bottoms-stylish i know :)

Before I get down to the gritty business of today first let me just say this-Suzanne Vega is tres great, she's very peaceful.

Anywaays today was c-r-a-p,
TBH I had loads of fun really but one crappy thing happened thats made me rather glum :(
Yes it is related to that person- stupid as he is.
Let me set the characters out for you: Me, Stacey, Stupid Blusher Face bitch und her equally stupid friend (I'm jealous i know) and then of course him.

So long und pathetico shorts of it is we have established the answer to the question- and the answer is in two parts:
a) he is a conceited twat who loves himself waaaaay too much-ok he may have a reason he is tres enjoyable to look at.ie veryyy fit :) but that does not excuse his behaviour
b) its safe to say he doesn't like me-if the way he was around stupid blusher girl is anything to go by

Its very confusing- he acts one minute like he likes me and then the next he's being awful.
*sad face* lol-ahh well plenty more fish in the sea and all that larks-i did see a sixthformer on the bus that could like me- or as I said to Stacey- I probably have fooled myself into thinking that- what it is is, i probably like him a teeny bit and so now have decided that the feelings must be mutual-they won't be lol-they just won't be :p

Another grievance today is that I do not photograph well at all- I try to be happy about this but I'm not- I look very stupid in most pics its unfair-i ruin pictures lol-bad times

Other than that i had a very enjoyable day indeedy-no thanks to a certain someone, anyhoo yehh i got two very nice skirts from some vintage shop in town, and also to nice tops from H&M, safe to say im content on the fashion front-if not a tad on the short side regarding cash flow now :)

Also Stacey und I had a pleasant half our of sunbathing on the green and making up random stories about the various lurking lurkers around us, then we went to Nandos where we saw the person Naomi thought was nice on the eye-it is true he is :)

Ooooo forgot the best bit, got whistled at lol-that was nice, oh and a drunk man lurched at us and said "I'm in love with you-girls" fun stuffs-safe to say we said no with a firm hand- he was Irish-although in this case it didn't help :)
We also got waved at-that was my fault :)

I'd post pics-but i'm without a camera at the mo-:( yet more bad times lol

Newcastle

Yes yes and treble yes with maybe a cherry on top. No revision today-no siree no ta I'm ok thanks-no.
I'm very happy and relaxed and I'm going shopping-(more yeses) It's a sunny day-i have checked the weather and it will continue to be a sunny day- So i will bask in the joy of freedom from this desk lol.
Au Revoir
Another picture taken by me- the day will not look like this- mainly cause we arn't in the country but also cause its...SUNNY :D

Friday 29 May 2009

A reply

Dear Stacey :)

Thankyou for removing the picture lol- you looked so pretty and then there was me-with my looming noes :D
Anhoo yeh the comments-scrole down and look under your blogs, it says comments and then the number you have befor it, click on comments and you'll see them

Grrrrrr

I knew introducing a friend to this would eventually lead to my downfall lol.
My huge noes has been exposed to the blogging world-NOT a good thing at all. In fact it is a hugely awful catastrophe-i don't look human-i look nuts-nicht gut!

...

So currently sitting in this chair of pain yet again :) Doesn't matter I'm determined to have the day off revising tomorrow, I'm gonna treat myself. That means shopping of course, I already have a long list of the things i want to buy and damn it I will buy everything :)
Anyway- currently also listening to Elvis Costello-Lip Service-good song-oh no it's finished :(
But it appears to be ok 'cause Neil Young-Without Rings is now playing-good times.
I do love Neil Young-almost as much as I love Bob Dylan. My favey song by him has to be "Don't Let it Bring you Down", mainly cause it brings me up when I'm feeling down-so it does the job :)

I really want to go camping with my friends after the exams but apparently according to the mother of the group (mentioning no names) that won't be possible as we are only 16, pfft.
It got quite out of hand by the end with me and Andrew screaming out more and more outlandish suggestions-at one point a holiday cottage was mentioned-needless to say the "mother" looked quite disgusted lol, we did try and reason with a hotel but yet again shot to pieces :D. Ahh well I will persist on the camping front even if it ends up being in the back yard :)
What other merrie things have been going on? Well yeh this brewing fight between two of my friends about a boy is definitely going to happen. Trouble is one of them doesn't know anything about it-which should be interesting if anything else. I refuse to somehow become embroiled in this though. I can't be bothered with drama in the middle of the exams-definitely not on my priority list lol
I'm trying to write a long blog for a change but I'm having trouble- my life is too boring at the moment-exams have taken over unfortunately. Cannot wait for summer though, this summer I am deeeeetermined to do things other than lazing around the house in my pjs all day, because tbh that would suck.
Apparently it's supposed to be hot this year so chances are I may be at the beach most days/ park. Whatever I do or wherever I am I will make sure my friends also follow my lead and do stuff. We will not get back to school in September thinking we wasted our holidays-no ta, not an option.
I was looking at the table just now wondering what else I could ramble on about when my jewellery bag caught my eye (yeh bag not box), I have recently acquired some old bits und pieces from my Grandma and tbh I am very very pleased. You know those Cameo Necklaces that are so "in" at the moment (I hope they are lol otherwise I just sounded quite stupid-not hard) well whenever I mooch into top shop or look at the Urban Outfitters website or indeed any website they are always there, well I have one now. And it didn't cost me a penny. Thanks grandma! It's really nice as well. I also got quite a few pearl necklaces and some earrings. Safe to say I'm contented.
Rickie Lee Jones is very nice- Spring can rally hang you up the most. God so far this spring has made me upset with boy troubles and such, oh yeh and the dreaded exams.
Ahh well never mind
I need to stop writing now, I should think about eating something, I'm quite hungry.

Over und Out
Au Revoir( hope I'm spelling that right lmao)-Yes Bob Dylan is playing-happy times :)

Thursday 28 May 2009

Prom

Recently had Prom at Beamish Old Hall-nice

Had quite a bit of fun although sadly there were no "security men who "knew" the score" to be seen which was a bit of a dampener as I wanted to find out what exactly "the score" was- although I think I've done a pretty good job guessing lol.

Nehoo these are the pictures i will allow to be shown lol;

Magda,Stacey,Becca,Me,Naomi,Sophie-Im in the purple short dress- I was quite chuffed cause its from Monsoon-and not that expensive, somewhere around £60, so i was scared that people wouldn't think it was "prommy" enough-but i got asked if it was designer :)-very pleased lol-even if they were just being nice


Smiley-Again i don't photograph well and i was quite self conscious and nervous, you can't see but my hands were clenched lol



Love Sophie's Hair-sorry she just had it done and at the risk of sounding lesbianish i was like "You look soooo pretty-you could be a model" etc all night lol-she's in red. Can't go wrong with a red dress.




It's official i just cannot pose properly-i look like and orangutan in this, shoulders slumped etc-bad times

There were so many people taking photos you didn't know where to look lol

Pretty-thankfully it was a sunny day or I dunno what we would have done.
Magda,Becca.,Stacey,Me,Sophie,Naomi-I felt very tall :) I'm in the purple short dress btw-I was scared i'd be like the only one there in a short dress-I was not far wrong-But it was okay- Dunno whats going on here though-chatter by the looks of things

Looking at a different camera me thinks :)

Front-Back
Magda,Naomi,Me-with our non alcoholic champagne-good times lol
dunno if i like this one- i spoil it lol-by being at the front-i was very self conscious

Random Quiz

1. What is your best friends name? Naomi
2. What color underwear/boxers wearing now? Pink und spotty underwear
3. What are you listening to right now? Charlie Parker-April in Paris
4. Whats your favorite number? 15
5. What was the last thing you ate? Pasta in Tomoto Pesto Sauce
6. If you were a crayon what color would you be? Yellow
7. How is the weather right now? Clear, bit cold
8. Who was the last person you talked 2 on the phone? Liam
9. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Looks
10. Do you have a significant other? Nope
11. Favorite TV show? The Sopranos
12. Siblings? yep 2- Brother and Sister
13. Height? 5'4
14. Hair color? Brown
15. Eye Color? Mix of Dark and Light blue
16. Do you wear contacts? No
17. Favorite Holiday? Last years-nice person behind bar :)
18. Month? July
19. Have you ever cried for no reason? Yes
20. What was the last movie you watched? Apocalypse Now
21. Favorite Day of the Year? 8th October-My Birthday/ 22 June-end of exams
22. Are you too shy to ask someone out? Yes :(
23. Can you do a headstand (not using the wall)? Yep
24. Hugs or Kisses? Hmmm both please :)
25. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate-but I prefer Strawberry tbh
26. Do you want your friends to respond to this? Not really lol
27. Who is most likely to respond? None at the moment-unless they randomly get the urge to search for my blog or something-which they wont lol
28. Who is least likely to respond? See above
29. What books are you reading? I just finnished The Great Gatsby for the 3rd time- I love that book, i think I may read Emma again
30. Piercings? Just ears
31. Favorite movies? My favourite has to be Elizabethtown, second would be Goodfellas
32. Favorite football Team? I only go by whos on the team lol-needless to say I supported Barcelona last night :)-normally Arsenal though/Liverpool because of Torres :)-who incidentally is soo not my type nehoo
33. what were u doing before this? Being quite bored and watching Gossip Girl
34. Butter, Plain or Salted popcorn? Butter
37. Dogs or cats? Can't answer-i have 4 cats but i love dogs
38. Favorite flower? Dunno-Rose lol
39. Been caught doing something you weren't supposed to do? Nope-well stealing my sisters makeup i guess-
40. Do you have a best friend of the opposite sex? Yep Liam
41. Have you ever loved someone? No
42. Who would you like to see right now? That would be telling
43. Are you still friends with people from kindergarten? Reception? Yeh-Liam
44. Have you ever fired a gun? No
45. Do you like to travel by plane? Don't mind it- I normally sleep
46. Right-handed or Left-handed? Righ
47. How many pillows do you sleep with? 2
48. Are you missing someone? Not really, maybe a bit i guess
49. Do you have a Tattoo? No

Still Bored




I'm sitting here still- I actually didn't go to bed until 12vish last night/this morning-revision may well have actually taken over my life which is not a good thing.


ITunes and Yahoo are actually my only friends right now- if it were not for them I think I maybe would have fell to boredom and just died here in this chair. As it is Sly and the Family Stone and a couple of friends are managing to keep me fully sane. I say fully i mean a bit.


Wish I had something interesting to report about yesterday-I do not. Well that's a slight lie, i discovered that two of my friends like the same person and now i must sit back and watch the turmoil unfold. Which if anything should be quite amusing. Our group is due another over the top fight I think.


Anyhoo that's it I think- I was just bored and thought-"ahh yes blogger thing that no one ever reads- I can unleash boredom on you" although i don't think I've done too good a job on that front lol. Any way

Oh yeh-should explain about Photgraphs- I'm an amature so that's why they arn't amazingly good lol- but i think they are ok tbh.

Au Revoir


Wednesday 27 May 2009

Bored

I wish i was going somewhere today, anywhere would be better than this computer table sitting in front of endless revision that I know I wont take in and so will have to read the exact same paragraph 3 times over before it has a hope of making sense to me.

Grrrr it is really annoying that my half term should be taken over by worrying about looming exams.

My one comfort is Youtube/ITunes. So long as I have music playing I'm ok. Although I don't know if music helps me revise much. You're supposed to find a "quiet and uncluttered" place so already I'm in a bit of a pickle as this desk is littered with random crap no one needs. But hey maybe I can break out of the stereotypical revision techniques and make my own. We'll see how long it takes for me to snap.

Tuesday 26 May 2009

The Beginning

From the blogs I've looked at so far (so really not many) it seems that alot of them focus on particular subjects. I wish I could do that, I really wish I could have something that I viewed with such passion-unfortunately I don't. Actually that is a lie- I have music but to be honest I talk about that fanatically non-stop and I don't want to write about it as well.

So I've decided to write about nothing, boring I know. The way I see it is this; no-one is actually going to read this, or if they do, will probably just think "wow ramblings of a fool", I would agree there. I'm not going to tell anyone I have this blog so why would my friends just happen to come across it? This blog is the beginning of something new for me. I guess in a way a sort of diary, which doesn't hold out much hope for it, I always forget about diaries. Anyway I should at least start to try and write about something.

I'm currently sitting here very confused and asking that timeless question- "Does he like me?"
Dull. I have now asked myself this question for 4 months and 12 days-how do I know it's that long? Other than the fact I could well be mental, I know it's that long because I first met him on Valentines day. How incredibly cliché I know, I'm painfully aware of it lol. It would be very bad if somehow he would happen to come across this- how I don't know, I'm very paranoid like that. See all my friends say that they think he likes me (I'm also aware how childish it all sounds when said like that) but I'm yet to be convinced. It is amusing in a way though that people I have no interest in other than as friends, seem to now be popping out of the woodwork and declaring to their various acquaintances their obsession/love for me-this is quite hard for me to handle as for a very long time I have thought myself incredibly plain and ugly. Well judge that for your self I guess. One of the many reasons I have never shrouded myself in the likes of facebook and myspace is because I didn't want strangers to judge my appearance which often reduces me into feeling physically sick :) I'm sure its the same for alot of people though, although it's still no comfort.

Anyway I digress-Does he like me? I wish i knew. I really wish it was as simple as it is in stories. Unfortunately that will never be the case so soon I think I will give up completely. Something I've been saying for a while but so far I just haven't.

Anyway that is my blog for today. Hope I haven't bored whichever sorry soul happened across it too much.
Au Revoir- I do french-tedious subject :)