Foul Mood and No More Politics!

Tired. Wish I could commit bodily harm to someone. Or yell at someone. Bored. Listless. Generally in a crappy mood. Which fits in nicely with the weather and the general disposition of the house. Mums got a new computer yesterday and already hates it. I can't help the fact that I know nothing about computers. Everyone seems to think that because I'm young and am on mine all the time means I actually know something about the damn thing. Well I don't. I wish I could be more of a help, just so she wouldn't be in such a bad mood, but I know as much as she does. Possibly less.
Any way there's not that much happening here. Mums is fucking around with her computer and I'm thinking bitter thoughts about Loghman and what I could do to him with a machete. Or a good set of speakers and my mp3 player. God that boy pisses me off sometimes. I mean honestly...fuck. I don't want to think about goddamn politics, but he just pushes. I have my mother's temperment when it comes to these things, which means I go off about the littlest things. I wish I could debate someone on the merit of some musical movement or some such thing. Something I know about, instead of politics, which I know nothing about. Aaaaarrrggggggggh!!!! I'm too tired for this shit. Ugh.
I miss Kaiser Chiefs doing things. I want something to look forward to! Ugh, I'm in such a foul mood. I'm off.

Stalker Songs

You've Got a Friend in Me by the Zutons is about a stalker. :smiles: I like stalker songs.

The End is Nigh

NME is asking me how my summer has been, classes are starting at colleges and other places. In Fairfax county students scramble to finish summer assignments and teachers bemoan the beginning of another year. Labour Day weekend approaches and the appropriate sales will begin shortly. Declarations, promises, and oathes are made for a better year and the blue/white collar working stiffs of the world wonder what all the hub-bub is about. The summer is ending or has ended. Where did it go?
Summer usually goes by quickly for me. But, unlike this year, things usually happen. This year, nothing. I went to one concert and not much else happened. Sure there was Hollins and ClariCamp but most of the summer was spent doing nothing. I discovered bands, I played Clicken Gold, I read Tess of the D'Ubervilles and a few other books, I went to Vermont, and I watched the days go by. Rather depressing really. I just can't believe school will be starting soon. It seem rather unbelievable. Like Kaiser Chiefs ever coming out with a second CD or Big Foot. But I suppose the summer had to end eventually. It always does. I just wish more had happened.

A Day in the Life

Mmmm...I love/hate Sundays. I also have something of a love/hate relationship with the month of August, but that's life. In any event, this weekend has, for me, been pretty boring. I've either been reading, writing, sleeping, reading, listening to music, or checking up on Carling Weekend. I only had one fit when I shook my computer with much vigor and venom, but that's to be expected when I read about Kaiser Chiefs. On a completely different tangent, I found out when Empire is being released in the states which makes me immensely happy. Mind you, it is almost a month later than its release date in the UK but I'll live. Hopefully someone will continue to stream the album so I can listen to it lots and lots before I get it. I also found out that the Zutons' lastest CD has in fact been released in the states, as has the Spinto Bands' debut album. Eventually I will get my act together and have Mum order those along with a bunch of Bob Dylan that Dad wants. Anyway, that's what's been going on this weekend. I'll probably spend the rest of this week totally freaking out about school and my summer assignments. Something to look forward to I suppose. Oooohh goody.
In case you wondering...
"We're working with Producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur) on the new record and will be recording in September & October in a village in the middle of nowhere in Berkshire." --- Kaiser Chiefs (whom are now all bastards, expcept Whitey. Whitey is excempt from this because he scares me.) [Goes to find out where Berkshire is in relation to Leeds...]

LOL

Reading/Leeds (otherwise known as Carling Weekend) Festivals have begun. Thanks to FIY I'm already happy. So I present possibly the best shirt ever. It also serves as a pleasant reminder as to why KC are my favorite band

A proper entry may or may not occur. Have a wonderful weekend either way!

Schedule and News

Here's my schedule for inquiring minds:
1st: Sociology/Pyschology
2nd: IB Bio SL
3rd: IB English HL
4th: IB World Topics HL
5th: Creative Writing
6th: IB Music HL
7th: Advanced Women's Chorus

In other news Keane has an announcement to make as well:
Following last week's announcement that Tom has been diagnosed with exhaustion, he has admitted himself into a private clinic. Tom said, "I've been having to deal with an increasing problem with drink and drugs, and the time has come to get the professional help I need to sort myself out. I feel desperately disappointed to be letting down our fans, but I want to get myself right now so that I can be back on the road for the rest of the year." (From the official site.)

On a lighter note here's some good news. Hooray for Stephen Colbert and Damian Kulash!! Tommorow night will be awsome

I DON'T HAVE ZYLKA

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Greetings from the Commonwealth

Over the past year my list of worries has changed considerably. Last year I was worried about my classes, marching band, and the social aspect of life. This year I'm worried about my teachers, my bands, the social aspect of life (some things don't change), and college applications. Considering how very little I can do about some of these issues (if I get Zylka, I get Zylka) one would think I would try my best to focus on what I can control (eg; my grades, writing really good college essays). But you see that would be logical. Logic, in my opinion, is for other people. I rather like my illogical stance. So what do I worry about? The hypocrisy of my bands. Particularly my favorite band. Case in point (from their latest news dispatch): Next time our heads appear above the surface it will be with a new record complete. What does that mean? Or more specifically, what does that mean for me? After this month's festival dates, Kaisers will be doing the Airwaves festival in Iceland in October. So what? They go to Iceland with this new album all wrapped up and wait until February to actually release it??? That, my friends, annoys me to no end. Meanwhile, Yahoo has finally gotten it's act together (or so I will say) and have Empire in their collection. Also Kasabian has put the album Empire up on their myspace page. I think we all know how I feel about myspace. Thus I'm annoyed. I suppose being annoyed is better than being worried, but it kind of causes the same results. In any event, instead of thinking about how I can make my college application look like I didn't fuck up the first two years of high school too horribly and that my only interest is listening to music and playing Clicken Gold, I complain about my bands. :sigh: Hooray for being anti-logic! Like Fairfax County and George Allen.
In other news Loghman is applying to Mary Washington. I don't really care what Mums says about this, I'm freaked. :twitches: I bet he doesn't even really want to go there. I bet it's just a lousy safety school for him. I bet he hasn't looked at the course catelog for his potential majors. Grrrrr...I hate being in competition with him! It's completely unfair! And, best of all, there's nothing I can do about it. If I even to much as mention the fact that his applying makes me worry, he'll totally freak. Aaargh! Stupid college.
I'm home.

16-8-06

I'm tired. I hiked today. My grandparents are crazy. My Mum is crazy. I love Matthew Bellamy's voice. I'm tired. See ya tomorrow.

Guuuuuuuh

that_heather over at Livejournal is so my best friend. You see, ma famille et moi went hiking. Thankfully I had my mp3 player so I could listen to lovely music whilst excersising, but still. I hate hiking. I hate hiking almost as much as I hate spinach or marching band. So I go online hoping against hope that there might be something of interest to get my mind off the fact that I'm all gross and tired. The fates were smiling at me because this lovely pictured had been posted by that_heather. So I'm happy. Really, really happy. But as I said to my friend Mar in reply to her reply to my last entry (livejournal style) I just need to figure out how to get rid of my grandparents. Then everything will perfect. I can stare longingly at Ricky pictures while listening to Kaiser Chiefs on repeat. :) :eyes glaze over: I'm not crazy...just a wee tad unhinged. Nothing to be scared of.

The Maple Syrup State

Currently in Vermont. I'm about 3/4 done with Tess of the D'Urbervilles. I swear I will destroy this book after we've thoroughly gone through it in English. Tess annoys me to no end. But I don't hate the book. It's not like Dickens which just annoys me all around. At least I don't hate the book entirely. That would just be too much. In any event I'm in Vermont. I'm listening to Muse. I haven't killed anyone yet. Go look at this picture because it makes me happy. I'm off to pretend to be social. :eyes glaze over: Kill me please. Pretty please?

Since I Haven't Updated in Forever

I'm tired. Very, very tired. That's it really. I'm leaving for Vermont on Friday for a week with my grandparents and hiking. I could be less excited. I am happy in the knowledge though that I won't be going to band camp after this week. In fact I realized a few days ago that I won't have to carpool with Evan. That makes me very, very happy. Life is pretty good. I'm really tired and hungry though. And I'm still not looking forward to my week in Vermont. I won't even have Kasabian to save me. I will have Kaiser Chiefs, but...I wish I could have both. That would make me happy. Oh well. At least I'll have most of my music. That's good. Till later...

Definitions

The word fan refers to someone who has an intense, occasionally overwhelming liking of a person, group of persons, work of art, idea, or trend.

Teen Idol Fangirls
These fangirls will commonly hold a crush on a major male star, athlete or celebrity (common examples include Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp). This can range from a simple crush to the complete belief that the male celebrity is either madly in love with the fangirl, or will fall madly in love with the fangirl once he lays his eyes on her.

Fanaticism, from French fanatique or Latin fanaticus 'inspired by a god, frenzied' fanum 'temple' is an emotion of being filled with excessive, uncritical zeal, particularly for an extreme religious or political cause, or with an obsessive enthusiasm for a pastime or hobby.

Fangirl behaviour is believed to vary in intensity. On one end of the scale are those that, while harbouring a crush on a particular actor or character, are perfectly capable of understanding that the fulfillment of the crush is never going to happen. On the other end are the girls who are said to be obsessive in their claims on a fictional character, even fighting with other fangirls over who 'owns' the character in question. Fangirl behaviour can fall anywhere between these criteria, but the closer someone is believed to be towards the obsessive end, the more derogatory the use of the term 'fangirl' to describe them is perceived to be.

1. fangirl
A rabid breed of human female who is obsessed with either a fictional character or an actor. Similar to the breed of fanboy. Fangirls congregate at anime conventions and livejournal. Have been known to glomp, grope, and tackle when encountering said obsessions.

Hugh Jackman: 'ello.
Fangirl: SQUEEEEEE! *immediately attaches to Jackman's leg*
Jackman: Security!

2. A female who has overstepped the line between healthy fandom and indecent obsession



1. a girl who is a fan of a anime/video game/book charatcher. Or a fan or a real actor/singer.

2. There are three types of Fangirl:

NORMAL FANGIRL (STAGE ONE)

These are the type of fangirl I can actually stand. Has a slight obsession with the object of her desire. Reads fanfics about her chosen desire. Has about ten posters of her desire. Knows he is a fabrication (applies to anime/video games). Is literate.

RABID FANGIRL (STAGE TWO)

A slight step up from the Normal Fangirl phase. Is aged between 12-17 year old. Has a Livejournal and is in no less than ten communities dedicated to the object of her desire. Writes shitty fanfiction (all fanfiction is shit). Sqees A LOT.
Uses those gay anime emoticons such as ^_^). Cosplays. Is seen at stores like Barnes and Noble (In America) and in Oxford Street (where I live, in the UK). Draws shitty fanart. Avoid.

UBER FANGIRL (FINAL TRANSFORMATION)

This is the ultimate form of Fangirl. If you diss the object of her desire, you are doomed to a lifetime of grammar murderings. Has a Livejournal/devinart/Myspace/xanga account. Is seen at Gaia Online and Neopets FC (about 70% of the FC are on this stage already) Has about 1000000000 posters dedicated to her object. Has the entire mercenside line devoted to her desire. Creates and joins Fanlistings. writes and reads shitty yaoi fanfiction. It created FranzxAlbert. Your worst nightmare.

Normal Fangirl: I like Itachi, hes hot.
Rabid Fangirl: NOOOOO!!! ITACHI IS MINE BITCH!!!!!
Uber Fangirl: OMG!!!!!!!! ITACHI IZ MEH FURTOOR HUSBAND!!!!! LYKE WE IZ GUNNA MARRY AND HAVE 10000000000 BEBIES!!^_________________^::::: HE IZ MINE BICHTESEE!!!!!

Hehe. I'm not a fangirl. I'm just a little obsessed. Thanks to Wikipedia and Urband Dictionary for the definitions.

Mood Swings and the Real World

There's no explaining it. Every time that time of the month comes along I become a little monster. It's gotten better (now a few days instead of a week ahead) but it still messes with me. I was talking to Sophs and she declared PMS "no excuse." I retorted that she couldn't judge until she'd had the mood swings I have during my period. I also ahve gotten more control over my lovely swings. I know they're going to happen and I know what helps them. The odd thing is, is that there's no way to explain why this particular of making me feel better works.
There are these funny commercials for Red Stripe beer. The slogan, basically, is "Hooray Beer!" said by a Jamican man. I like these commercials for two reasons: Red Stripe is mentioned by KC in What Did I Ever Give You? and the commercials, in my opinion are actually pretty funny. So now the point; Hooray British Music! But why British? This fact has been bothering me for the past few days. Why is it that I like British music so much better than American. We've discussed the fan aspect but in thinking about it a little more, it seems to me that good American music, though harder for me to find, is just as good as good British music. Granted, it is easier for me to find British music. There's NME and This is Fake DIY. The only source for good American rock under my belt is Filter, and that's populated mostly folk-pop. I also just don't trust them as much as I do the former. So I'm stuck with a problem: I like British music, no I know, save my family, knows anything about British music, and I don't know where to find American. I would like to find a few more American rock bands to like. Thus far I have two; OK Go and WAS. As compared to the plethera of Brits.
:sigh: I like music. Music makes me feel better. I'll just have to listen to the "Indie Bands" station on UK Launchcast.

New Discoveries

Cliptip has recently become my bestest friend. I don't know what it is, but they've had three, count them three really spiffy videos. Thankfully for my sanity and my hard drive, only two were new. The Strokes video for You Only Live Once was really cool. Julian Casablancas acts a little funny, but I felt really horrible for Fab, the drummer, because he got drowned first. Poor Fab. Then there was Empire and now...a spaghetti western sci-fi romantic drama video from Muse. Thus I am happy. Very, very happy.
Music=life/magic