Monday, Monday...

That's a good song by the way. Also entirely true, but I digress...
So today and yesterday I've been listening to the UK Launchcast Pop Now station. This mostly consists of reopening the page once my five skips run out because in all honesty I'm not much of a pop person. I have heard both of Lily Allen's singles (Smile and LDN) and I'm interested to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. Mind I don't know when she'll be releasing the album in the states, but I'll just wait. I've also heard some other cool songs. Nice change from my usual Indie Bands playlist. I must admit though listening to this station (and Indie Bands) confirms my belief that I really belong in the UK. Either that or I should pay more attention to the radio. Not sure which, though I prefer the former to the latter. Less blame on me. In any event, a nice little exploration for Nore.
MUN went well on Saturday. My simulation group passed a working paper which was super nifty. Loghman and I talked like semi-normal people. I don't honestly think it will go back to the way it was last year, but something is better than nothing. He was suprised to hear that I want to be a music journalist. He also said "so you're not going to settle down?" which I didn't get to really reply to because we were switching rooms and my chance to respond got lost in the hubbub around us. I was sort of suprised he would say something like that, but I don't know why. In any event I had a good time on Saturday which is the most important part. Mr. Vagts' wife is nice. :nods: Good times, good times.
Well I better get to work soon. Need to do a powerpoint on how the US took over Cuba finacially at the beginning of the 20th century. Good times will surely be had by all.

I'm sad...stupid Europeans

I'm a MUNer

So tomorrow will be my first Model UN confernce. Oddly enough (except not really) it's called "My First Model UN" or "My First MUN" for short. I told Farber about this and in his opinion this would be a great oppurtunity for me to work of my flirting skills. Or as he put I should "hit on guys tomorrow." Admitedly I see where he's coming from, but why on God's green earth does he even imagine that I would do that? My crazy therapist. Anyhoo, I'm going to be exhausted tomorrow. We have to be there at 8am and the conference doesn't end until 3pm. I'm wondering what I've gotten myself into. Thankfully I'm representing Canada so my job won't be too hard. I might even get to relax a little. Enjoy myself. Flirt with guys (hahaha).
So my friendship with Loghman is starting to peeter out. I'm rather depressed about this, especially considering how annoying he's being. I can understand if he doesn't want to be "friends" like we use to be. I totally get that. I just wish he would give some sort of explanation for why he's been acting to cold towards me. I always assumed things would end when we got to college, but now seems so soon. I don't. I'm mostly just frustrated with his behaviour. I guess I'll just have to get use to it. :sigh:
Hmm...Schools going well. That's it really. I have MUN tomorrow and Loghman's turned into an iceberg. I still like my teachers. Yup...life isn't so bad really. Until later mes copines.

Beta

Right, so I'm using blogger beta now. Look at the Kasabian video player I have now!! Marvel at the oddness of the clip for Shoot the Runner. Revel in Nore's coolness. Anyhoo...just a quick update.

Zombie

I'm so fucking tired. I mean I'm seriously exhausted. If I just get these quotes onto the page I can fill it out during bio tomorrow. God I'm fucking exhausted. Tomorrow was a long day for me. My computer was freaking out on me, I was all like social social, had model UN after school. Just really fucking tired. I'm def going to bed early without telling anyone. I really need to sleep. I'm fixating on the idea of my bed. Mmmm...
I read a story today in CW and Ms. Beauchemin really liked it. It felt nice not being critized. God I hate Tretheway. Stupid arrogant bastard. God...can you tell I'm tired? I can. Anyway it was nice. I liked my story. I like repetition. I like beds...
Night-night

Five Years

Has it really been five years? I can remember thinking it was a hoax, a prank. God...has it really been five years?
Five years ago the Strokes released their first CD. I was slowly spiraling down into my own oblivion, trying desperately to ignore the fact. Five years ago Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Maximo Park, fuck, most of the bands I like, didn't exist, or at least not how I know them. Five years ago I was getting use to the fact that middle school wasn't going to be much better than 6th grade. If only I had known how much worse things would get. Five years ago I was truly naive.
Five years ago "Gilmore Girls" had been on for a year. The Bush administration had been around for a year as well. Five years ago reality turned into a movie. Even now it's hard to believe it happened. It seems so surreal. How does something like that happen? Real life isn't like that. Except now. Real life is like that now.
Five years ago Gorillaz came out with their self titled CD. I didn't even know who that was, let alone the band that preceded Gorillaz. There was so much I didn't know. I couldn't have known. But look at life now. What don't I know, that I will know five years from now? The world, day to day life has changed so much, so drastically in just five years. How much will have changed five years from now?
I was in chorus. Chris told the class, I didn't believe him. It wasn't until I got home that it really it me. Two buildings and thousands of people I had never heard of and never met had been destroyed. Five years ago.

MeMeHaMeFoStyCo

Here's another little experiment in doing my homework online. Except this time with more structure! Hooray! Anyway...MeMeHaMeFoStyCo!

Song: Modern Way
By: Kaiser Chiefs, from Employment
[what a huge fucking suprise that I picked that song...or for that matter any song by KC. Huge fucking suprise] [proceeds to do everything out of order because it's fun!]

Form: Intro, verse 1, verse 2, chorus, verse 3, chorus, outro
Meter: duple (possibly 2/4, could be 4/4)
Style: Rock, in the britpop vain. Heavy guitar, with keyboard and cow bell. (According to pandora.com: Electric rock instrumentation, subtle use of vocal harmony, a vocal-centric aesthetic, and minor key tonality) [all of which seem so damn obvious, I didn't think of them myself]
Harmonies: Some vocal harmonies. Background "aah" harmony at the end of verses 1 and 2 and during chorus.
Medium: Not sure at all. Recording?
Melody: Lead singers line. Aka what the lyrics are sung to.
Composer/Context: Not sure what the context is but the song was written by Nick Hodgson/Ricky Wilson (though technically it's written by the whole band, but I don't believe that for a minute)

Well there you have it folks. My IB music homework completed! Oh what joy...and I really don't believe the whole band wrote any of the songs. Maybe helped, but I wouldn't give them writing credit. Because I'm mean.

Songs! Yay! Songs!

1. If you could pick your own theme song, what would it be?
Modern Way because of the chorus
2. Now be honest...if others had to pick a song that described you, what would they choose?
Dunno...anyone have any ideas?
3. What song would be/was the first dance at your wedding?
Think About You (And I Like It) because it just sounds so damn romantic.
4. What song gets stuck in your head most often?
Depends on what I've been listening to. The toher day I had Spinto Band, and then yesterday it was Kasabian.
5. What song would you want played at your funeral?
Claire de Lune by Debussy, though I'd somehow make sure that all my favorite bands would get played as well, no matter how inappropriate it may seem.

Now, lets see...what's my favorite song today? Ugh, stupid music theory making me decide. Hmmm...Kaiser Chiefs or Franz Ferdinand...

While I Procrastinate

Here are some things to be looked at while I procrastinate. Just one more damn paragraph...just one more!

Such good boys
Load. Press "Gigs." Join me as I twitch and think evil thoughts
See, they have the right idea. Dunno if they're any good, but they have the right idea.
Dude, I totally understand that urge to repeatedly listen to the same thing twenty gazillion times in a row.
Oh Nellie McKay, you are my singing idol...along with some other people.

Well, I'm going to do my Bio. Have a nice night.

Oh Damn Me...

So, the second day went well. I like most of my teachers, though I'm worried about Ms. Croon. I just got this feeling that I'm not going to like the class. I'm sure I'll learn a lot (considering how I know nearly nothing about 20th century history) but I just feel like I'm going to be teaching myself. I don't want to have to do that my senior. In any event, all my other new classes (bio and music) went well. The new part of the school is really spiffy looking. The weird thing though, is that I kind of prefer the old parts of the school. The new part is just so shiny and new. Which is redundant, but it's so...sterile. The old part of the school has life, history. Sure, it's nice having doors and all that, but I dunno. I liked the curtains. I got use to them. Ah well, just have to get use to it. As for my IB music teacher, seems really nice, though different from Ms. Kirby (Holsten, Fuller). She has twin boys who just graduated from college, one of whom is working in the "music business." Yay for vagueness, but still intriguing. The class is about 80% bandies and 20% everyone else. In the chorus section there's only one alto. The rest are sopranos. Boo sopranos, hooray altos! What's neat though is that this one girl who I use to be friends, who's also in my history class, is in my IB music class and the reason this is all neat is because she knows who the Arctic Monkeys are. And she likes them, so all is good. Yeah, that's basically it. I'm listening to News and Tributes by the Futureheads. It's all good. Mr. Vagts' beard is a strap to keep is hair on and he has a posable Fidel Castro. I miss his class. But I have "sacred" reading time tomorrow for 45 minutes in Creative Writing so I have something to look forward to. And I am.

Update

Arctic Monkeys won the Mercury prize of 20,000 pounds which is totally unsuprising. Noenetheless, yay for the boys, they do deserve it. Mind you I'm still pissed about how last year worked out, but I'll live.
So yeah, the first day of school went well. I like all my teachers, I have lunch with Jackie which is uber awsome and that's it. The first day of school is never as interesting as you think it's going to be, soley because all the teachers do is go over syllabuses and school policy and all that kind of adminstrative stuff. We did do some stuff in English, but it was rather dry and so not very noteworthy. We actually did a little singing in chorus, where I learned that I either a) pick up on songs a lot faster than I thought I did, or b) I was the only person who had heard the song before and thus had an advantage over everyone else. I'm not sure which it is. Anyway, I think I'm going to like having chorus everyday. I must admit though it was weird being in the chorus room with the chorus people instead of the band room. Dunno, I suppose I'll get used to it. So that's it. Oh, but one last thing: So looking forward to Creative Writing. So, yay!
So many good songs and bands in the world, so little time and resources. Woe is me. :fake faint:
There's a reason it's called "embarrasing" but yeah...I've got a new song to hear :major blush:

:twitch:

Right. [pause] I'm fine. [pause] In a way. [pause] The possiblities of people dying are good, but I'm fine. [pause] And by people I mean the famous kind. :twitch: Maybe some not so famous people as well, but that's less likely. [pause] Yeah. [pause] I'm fine. [pause] Really, just fine. [pause] [longer pause] Here's a nice little article of evil. [pause] Then...oh then you'll see why my list has grown...
Franz Ferdinand reveal how much they hate me (oh I'm not self centered)
On a brighter note, Kasabian rocks at life. Unlike certain other bands I could mention. :cough:Kaiser Chiefs:cough: I'm going to play Solitaire now. Avoid reality. Ya know, live.

For F*ck Sake, Why Me?

Christ on a goddamn, motherfucking crutch. I feel like shit at the moment. I have all my resources for my history paper, thank fucking god, but I still have to write the goddamn abstract. School starts in two fucking days! Christ, christ, christ I feel like such shit. I'm nauseous and my intestines feel like they're going to explode. I'm listening to Keane for the first time since I found out about Tom going into rehab. Goddamn I hate school and it hasn't even fucking started yet. I'm cursing like a sailor I know. I'm just in such a foul mood right now. I can't even get mad at anyone. I wish I could. Something meaningless to be mad about. Alas nothing. In any event I don't know when I'll be updating again, so here are a couple of articles to gnaw on:
Pandora.com: or How Nore Discovered When the Cows Come Home
Pee Wee Herman, Rehab, and Tom from Kasabian, Oh My!
I Think my Peanut Bars and Oveltine have a special relationship...
Until sometime in the future, hopefully.

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

PicSpam

Ummm...PICTURES!! Yeah...
This is a fairly general picspam. WAS, Kasabian, Franz Ferdinand, and Kaiser Chiefs included. Have fun looking at the pretty pictures:

Keith tuning his guitar. Oh so sexy, with the sexy hat. And the black and whiteness. :smiles:


This picture makes me happy. He looks so tired and so sweet. Yay for R.

Now for the new guy...


Neither picture is terribly recent, but...gaah.

Now...Alex!

:thinks: Must make this work. Grrrr...Best picture I've ever seen though. Even if it is rather small.

Now a pretty little link to the video for Empire. I tried to to embed the video, but decided that was going to be too hard for my meager html skills. Now...Empire

And Then I Got a Cookie

I had a very odd dream last night. It involved some odd elements including the following; Me participating in some sort of recess game (a ball and catching said ball), one person I haven't seen since elementary school, a plot line about people being all worried about getting into college (not so odd really), and Franz Ferdinand playing at a place that was suppose to be my school. I had for some reason left a bike in a nook where they were going to playing (or near where they were going to be playing). Not that I remember using the bike earlier in the dream, but I digress. So Loghman and I (naturally) went to get said bike. When we get there Franz is there too and Alex is wondering about the bike. I tell him it's mine and he's like alright. Then he mentions something about cookies being back somewhere. I immediatly know exactly where he's talking about. This is a dream. So Loghman and I go off to obtain said cookie. The bike miraculously disappears once in the cookie area. After getting the cookie I went off to sleep in Mr. Vagts classroom. So lets see: I've been listening to Empire at least 3 or 4 times in a row every time I turn on my computer and have been listening to their first album quite a lot. I haven't listened to Franz in a good week or so. :nods: But I got a cookie! I love Alex now. :)
(HA! That's one more point in my basket Tretheway)

New Obsession Alert

News Flash: Nore Has Found a New Obsession!
Yes folks it's true. Nore, infamous writer of this blog has found herself a new musical obsession. Thanks to the wonderful music video blog cliptip Nore has found a new band to be all giddy and ridiculous about. And guess what folks, that band is Kasabian! Yup the hunky guys from Leicester are now proud memebers of Nore's "band" along with fellow Brits Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys. So look out for new information about these guys and their upcoming second album.

God...I'm just so sad.

Empire

On other stuff...you might have read some tabloid nonsense about us having a war with Kasabian, rubbish flies around in the press all the time, but we feel this time we should intervene as this is completely fabricated. Creative journalism at it's worst. We consider Kasabian as friends and have enjoyed their company whenever we've met...it's quite the opposite from what's reported, we have respect for Kasabian and wish them the best of luck with their new record. To set the record straight we didn't even play the same day as them at T or Oxegen which would make having a scrap pretty difficult.
--- Kaiser Chief Newsletter from Tues. July 11

Semi-political agitators Kasabian could not have picked a better time to release an anti-war themed music video. "Stop! Said it's happening again! We're all wasting away!" Rock and roll makes war look unsexy with arty metaphors and period war costumes. Mind you, the band still looks sexy those mutineers. Errr... were mutineers. I wonder if the whole shooting thing is a metaphor for lead guitarist / keyboardist Chris Karloff leaving the band. This is the title track from their sparkling new album to be released this fall. --- Cliptip a music video blog

This is Kasabian. They keep popping up in my Yahoo! radio station. Supposedly I'm suppose to like them. What really freaks me out is how much the lead singer and Ricky Wilson look alike. Call me crazy if you'd like, but in my opinion there are a lot of similarities. Right, so who's the lead singer you ask? The one who's fake punching you. Otherwise known as the one second from the left. Or the one who looks like he's in the middle. Shall I continue? Thought not.

Empire, as cliptip so nicely pointed out is from their not yet released album. Much to my chagrin they've yet to release the single in the States. So Yahoo, for all it's wonderful qualities, doesn't have it. Otherwise I would have it and be listening to it. Instead I'm listening to their first album. Pretty good album too. But Empire. Now that's a spiffy track. The music video, with it's lovely period costumes (think Victorian military...mmm tight pants and sexy shirts) is also pretty good, but lots of blood and booms, too little watching the band. In any event, I really like the song and have listened to it far too many times.

As for the other topic I brought up...Tom (the lead singer's first name) does too look kind of like R. The hair colour for instance. :tries to think of something else: >_< He's cute alright? I'm allowed my op-ed even if I can't support it. Grrr...

In other news, Blur lead singer Damon Albarn is going to somehow miraculously come out with his new band's debut before Kaiser Chiefs come out with their second. To quote NME (Indie-Rock bible), "They plan to release their debut single in October, before the full album - a concept record about London - is released in January next year." Damn it! Stupid Kaiser Chiefs. Grrr...I'm still upset. Hence why I'm turning to Kasabian. >_> Yeah...

Kasabian= depressed Ricky :(
Kaiser Chiefs= happy Ricky :)

Oh my word

Oh. My. God. Thanks to that_heather I'm more scarred for life than I was before. I don't think I can even give you guys a link to the post. I don't want to hurt your eyes like mine have been hurt. Damn her to hell! Ugh...
If I got Mary Washington I could go to Edinburgh 0_0. Or London. Or Cork. Hell I could go to Iceland. And sing "Tropical Iceland" while I'm there. Maybe there are some perks to going to a bigger school.
Yay for brainwashing! I've now converted two people to campKC. :shudders: DAMN YOU HEATHER!
I have to heal my eyes now. :twitch:
Here it is. It's horrible. Just horrible.

1 Year

It has been exactly one year since I first saw the Kaiser Chiefs live. Yay!! Now...where's my new CD?
Anyway onto something boring and tedious...since I'm bored:


1. What talent(s) do you have that could make you famous?
I sing. People tell me I'm pretty good at it. That's about it.

2. If you could be famous for one day, what would you do?
I would tell Ricky to hurry his ass up and get me a new KC album. (Oh obsession is fun!)

3. If you were so famous that money was no object, where would you live?
Ummm...Leeds?

4. If you could meet any famous person, who would it be?
Gosh...dunno. -_-

5. What would be your famous catch phrase/quote/motto/last words?
"Buggrit, millenium hand and shrimp" or "Roses are red, violets are blue, I like cornflakes, can you swim?"

Now I command you to listen to Kaiser Chiefs. Even just one song. GO!

Lilly Allen --- OMG

Seems Lilly Allen has done a cover "Oh My God." I'm listening to it right now, and...OMG. It's really funny. Not bad, I like her voice, it's just really funny. She's kind of hip-hop and Kaiser Chiefs...are really, really, not. So it's really funny. Not bad. Just really, really fucking funny. But...yay for trumpet! I can't stop laughing! Teehee

A Request

Right, seeing as there are approximately three of you who read this thing (lj edition) I'm going to make a request: Find me non-scary pictures of the band Blur. Or...find me the Blur icon. It's on all of their albums, so look at one of those if you don't understand what I mean. I'd like one, non-scary, picture for an icon. Seeing as this band is slowly needling its way into my ears (I can't make it much longer without "When the Cows Come Home") I figure they deserve an icon. In any event, a non-scary picture would be appreciated. Feel free (as in you must) send me this picture so I can decide whether or not it is scary. If it is, try again. That is all. I'm off to find the ice cream.

:cries:

:cries: Oh god. Why? Why? Why did she have to post that? I was so happy...
WHY???
In other news....I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!! NOT STATISTICS...OH GOD
Yay for Tinker Day skits. Teehee...I'm off to edit my crappy poems! Yay!!

Incredibly Tired

Christ I'm tired. I did a 1.5 mile hike. Steep up and steep down. Lots of rocks and really incredibly stupid steps. My thighs will kill me tomorrow. At the moment I just feel like jelly.
If you would like, go read my stupid story. God I'm tired...

This Isn't Working

This is not how one finishes a CD quickly. This is one has fun, which is alright, except I'm highly impatient and today is not a good day to get me mad. Downtown Roanoke, though not the pit that Blacksburg is, is quite pittish. I got a neat purse and a frog ring but otherwise I was highly disappointed. No music stores!! Grrr...
In any event I'm tired and the smelly store we went to has given me a dull pain in my poor brain but I did get the ring. Elizabeth (one part "we") was particurally annoying :twitch twitch:. In any event...I get to "Lake House." Damn my stupid brain! Oh well. I can make fun of Keanu Reeves. Which is always fun.
I have an hour and 15 minutes till dinner. :twitch: So tired...
RICKY GET BACK TO WORK DAMNIT!!

Hollins Five

I may be at Hollins but I feel like doing the Friday Five. Besides, Farber said I couldn't be in my room for more than an hour. I'm not in my room. So ha! I may be alone but I'm not in my room!

1. What about you makes you unique?
My insanity. My dependence on certain things. Like music. And Ricky.
2. What aspect of your physical appearance do you think makes you stick out from the crowd?
I'm 5'10". I think that's pretty special.
3. What do you always have with you while out in public? (for example, earrings, purse, wallet, watch, etc.)
I almost always have my purse, but mainly I just have myself.
4. Is there anything about your body that you think isn't normal?
Umm...my brain?
5. What are you complimented on (looks, smarts, anything) the most? Why do you think that's the case?
I'm not really noticed that often but when I am it's usually because what I'm wearing is incredibly colour cordinated. But normally I'm just not noticed. :blends into wall:

My Problem with American Music and Their Subsequent Fans

I'm not entirely sure which annoys me more: The actual bands that started in the States (Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, etc.) or their fans. You see I never really listen to that stuff. I like my music mainly imported (Franzie, KC, AM, etc.) so I never really listen to the homegrown kind. What I'm mainly exposed to are the arguments (The Killers v. Emo) or the homegrown bands' fans. The fans that I'm exposed to, you must understand, are the truly obsessive almost stalker like ones. They aren't like me. I can be scary (RICKY!!!) but I don't talk to the whole world about it. These fans are vehement about their bands and will defend them to the ground, even if the bands are completely in the wrong. I guess that's my main problem. That and the fact that the bands aren't terribly inventive. Admittedly I've heard maybe 2 songs by P!atD and I own FOB's latest album. Cute is What We Aim For and The Academy Is... are completely foreign territory. But they all seem to get lumped together so I get the sense that these bands are good at just a few things: Writing about sex, repeating the same line about twenty times in a row with no noticeable difference, writing about a lack of sex, and writing about how they can't get girls. They all seem to (knowingly or unknowingly) fuel a lot of drama. And finally Brandon Flowers thinks their evil. But, I'm still not sure which annoys me more: The bands or the fans. All I can think of is "Fake Tales of San Francisco" or more specifically these lines from the end of the song: "I'd love to tell you all my problem/You're not from New York City, you're from Rotherham/So get off the bandwagon, and put down the handbook." Especially the last bit. So get off the bandwagon (all you fans) and but down the handbook (all you bands.)

Another Bored Moment In Life

Hahahahahahahaha. I'm writing on a mac! And Hannah is watching cuz the world is just that boring. And I'm listening to Billy Idol which I don't normally do. And...and...stuff. Yeah. Katie and RAcheal and no else (thought Carrie was bu she isn't) are developing pictas. Which is interesting for awhile but watching stuff get pushed around is a wee boring over the term things. Gaah can't think. Anyhoo...umm...yeah.
RICKY!! God I wish someone would update or something. There isn't enough interesting KC news. Because they're in the studio. Which is good. But boring. And...yeah. Bored.

Linky Time!

I'm really hyper right now. And most of it has to do with the Killers. Bless their little souls and stupid haircuts! Anyhoo I've got links to explain my current insanity. Heehee...

What has Brandon done to his hair??? Right...look at the picture on the right hand of the page. The caption should say "The Killers Brandon Flowers." Now my question is: What has Brandon done to his hair??? Why did he have this need to fuck it all up? And the mustache? Dear God!! Only Michael and Chris (WAS) can get away with mustaches. And George Harrison. Brandon Flowers does not look good with a mustache. Aaaarrrggghhh.

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Why did Sam Jackson allow those idiots to do the soundtrack for his idiotic film? :thinks: Oh never mind. I mean it's called "Snakes on a Plane." Fall Out Boy deserves to do the soundtrack for this film. :cringes: Another movie I won't be able to watch.

That's cool. Tim Burton rocks. The Killers and Tim Burton would be like...Tim Burton and Johnny Depp. Except with music. Which is neato. Yay Fake DIY!!

Someone finally updated!! Not that I have any idea what they're talking about but oh well. It's an update and that makes me happy.

So umm...I've found out who my favorite ice skater is. Evan Lysacek. He's wonderful and makes me smile. Mucho thanks to Hannah. Mwhahahahahahahahaha.

I must come to Hollins. I'm love this place so amazingly lots. Teehee.

Squeee!!!!

Omg! I'm in Pleasants' computer lab at Hollins! And I got to see Ricky!!! Squeeeeee!!!!!!!!
February, Mr. Wilson, is well past the due date I set for you. Grrr...but at least I know now when to vaguely expect it. Which makes me extraordinarily happy. Squeee!!!
Umm...my roommate is cool. And I've made some friends. And I found a new Laura from Mississippi. :twitch: And my creative writing teacher is a flake to the umpteenth degree and makes me want to claw my eyes out. But my psych teacher is pretty cool. His specialty is child psychology which totally rocks.
Not much else. Life is good. I'm at Hollins. Squeee!!!

To The End

I'm incredibly bored with life. It's amazing how life is both incredibly boring and yet can go by very quickly. The days just go by and I do absolutly nothing. There's nothing to do. I don't want to practice my clarinet. I can read but even that get's tiresome after awhile. It's to fucking humid and hot outside to spend a lot of time outside doing something. It feels like the only thing to do is play freecell and listen to the same stuff I've been listening to all year. And this week will go by quickly and then I'll be at Hollins. I'm still excited about that. :sigh: I'm just so incredibly bored. Wish I had something more than Hollins to look forward to.
According to thekilleronline.net there's a tentative release date for the Killer's next album. Kind of excited. I haven't listen to them in God knows how long but...FF Ke Ki KC MP. Besides it's all their fault I'm an obsessive fangirl. So yeah...kind of exciting.
0_0 God I'm bored.
Here's a very funny interview with WAS. And after that you should go their site (www.wearscientists.com) and read the bit under the big logo. It's called Guess the Animal. Fucking hilarious. I must admit I didn't get the first one, but I did get the second one. Silly boys.
Hmm...other than that I'm spent. Sophs is back at WM. It's really humid and hot, which perfectly describes DC in the summer. I'm going to see the midnite showing of Pirates of Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on Thursday with Jackie, Irais (tentatively), Angel, and Diane. Kind of excited. I'm getting my haircut tomorrow. :shrugs: Not much else. Go listen to "The Act of the Apostle, Pt.2". Tis a very, very great song. Then listen to "Hummingbird." Also a very, very great song. Till later mes copines.

Modern Way

I killed a bug tonite. It was a masterful kill. First a big dictionary and then a couple of jabs with a walking stick. All while "Na Na Na Naa" is flashing on the TV. You see I'm all alone (with Loghman worried half to death) and watching the rest of the KC DVD. I'm happy. Ricky is masterfully sexy (which I'm not sure is actually possible...). I killed a bug...
WHEN THE FUCK ARE THEY COMING OUT WITH THEIR NEXT FUCKING CD!?!?!?!?!?!? I know they're working on it but for fucks sake I'm desperate here!!! I've got a second CD from Franz and Keane. I don't give a flying fuck about the Killers. The Zutons have a second but it's import only (damn bastards). I need some new Ricky to sing along with. The first is starting to get stale. I'm almost done with DVD. The pictures are all repeats. I'm getting really pissed at their meager tour schedule (what the fuck is so special about fucking Iceland [other than the neat song by Fiery Furnaces]????). I'm almost depressed about this (which is even sadder than Iceland.)
This is what happens I'm all by myself. With access to diet Coke. Bad, bad things.
And "Modern Way" saves the day...

Fandom Five (A Very Special Episode of Friday Five)

So fucking perfect. Jeeze, it's like they can read my mind. So early...

1.) What fandom do you center on most?
Kaiser Chiefs, specifically Rickers (my own invention merci beaucoup)

2.) Do you contribute to it much (write fanfiction, draw fanart, participate in online communities and discussions)?
I write about R constantly, I listen to KC constantly (kind of), and I'm a member of mulitple communities. As for the examples listed, no not so much.

3.) Do you think that such things are good or harmful to the fandom and why?
Sure. I never read the fanfics because they're either slash or full of mary jane's but if it keeps the interest up, why not? The boards, I think, are especially important. Not that I'd do any of that stuff. I'm chicken.

4.) Do you think its good or harmful for the original creator?
Well given the fandom I'm apart of, no, not harmful. And just in general (like with TV shows and Harry Potter) no, not harmful.

5.) Why do you like this fandom in particular?
Ricky. The music. The bouncing. The craziness of Nick and R. Ricky.

Billboard

Here's something to chew on. I'm off to bed. Stupid bloatyness.

Ricky/Chuck

This is the man who made my heart melt in fifty thousand different ways and sent me over the edge. I don't care that he changes his appearance a whole heck of a lot, but those pictures are who a fell for. Not the new him. I don't mind the new him, he's still a sexy beast. But if you ever wonder how I could be so frickin' bonkers about someone as straight laced as R looks now, well I suggest you look at those pictures. Also bonus points to stickyhips___ for putting it so...beautifully: "Oh, the sheer fucking beauty ♥" and double bonus points to diva_chic_mandy for making the post.
In other news Chuck (or Chaz if you're Sophs) West is still a smarmy ass bastard,whom I hate. I have a concert on Friday if I have any say in my life, that will be the last time I ever have to deal with his... abject, apple-polishing, beggarly, bootlicking, brown-nosing, complacent, compliable, compliant, cringing, crouching, deferential, enslaved, flattering, groveling, ingratiating, kowtowing*, mealy-mouthed, menial, obeisant, oily*, parasitic, parasitical, prostrate, servile, slavish, smarmy, sneaking, sniveling, spineless*, stipendiary, toadying*, toadyish, truckling, unctuous bastard ass (thank you thesaurus.reference.com).
I really needed that pic spam.

End of the Year

I refuse to believe it's the end of the year. Somehow I just can't believe it could possibly be the end of the year. There hasn't been any drama thus far, which always marks the end of a successful year (har har har.) But honestly. It just doesn't feel like I've been out of school for a week. I keep waiting for class. Or for mums to wake me up at 6am. Either/or. So there ya go. It isn't really the end of the year. Just try and contridict me.
Umm...here are some lyrics (they're fun!...sort of):
"Through The Dark"

As I walk away
I look over my shoulder
To see what I'm leaving behind

Pieces of puzzles
And
Wishes on eyelashes fade

Oooooh!
How do I show all the love
Inside my heart

Well this is all new
And I'm feeling my way through the dark

And I used to talk
With honest conviction
Of how I predicted my world
I'm gonna leave it to to star gazers
Tell me what your telescope says

Oh what is in store for me now?
It's coming apart

I know that it's true
'cause I'm feeling my way through the dark

Try to find a light on somewhere
Try to find a light on somewhere
I'm finding I'm falling in love with the dark, oh yeah

Oh oh what do I know I don't care
Where I start

For my troubles are few
As I'm feeling my way through the dark
Through the dark
I'm feeling my way through the dark

I'm bored:

MAY: Stubborn and hard-hearted. Strong-willed and highly motivated. Sharp thoughts. Easily angered. Attracts others and loves attention. Deep feelings. Beautiful physically and mentally. Firm Standpoint. Needs no motivation. Easily consoled. Systematic (left brain). Loves to dream. Strong clairvoyance. Understanding. Sickness usually in the ear and neck. Good imagination. Good physical. Weak breathing. Loves literature and the arts. Loves traveling. Dislike being at home. Restless. Not having many children. Hardworking. High spirited. Spend thrift.

Ricky Kaiser

"That Ricky Kaiser gets on my tits... why can't he decide if he's fat or thin? Bastard..."

~ Oscar Wilde on Ricky Kaiser [From the Uncyclopedia article on The Kaiser Chiefs]

Go read. Laugh. Don't laugh. I'll continue listening to music. Life is good.

Really

Something to wake up to. Kind of like this. Except less awkward.


"Really" --- Nellie McKay

Am I sad
Not sad enough really
Am I mad
Not mad enough clearly
Am I
Complacent
Completely
Lacking in sincerity
Yes indeed I am
Am I tough
Not tough enough really
Am I rough
Not rough enough nearly
Am I lying here
On the ground
Watching you get pushed around
Yes indeed I am
Really
I don't know why
I'm such a wimp
I realize
I'm just your pimp
But what can I do
What can I do

Am I small
Not small enough really
I feel lame and cirumspect
I feel your pain and yet
I feel sympathy
Empathy
It's just that I'm super busy right now
Really

I don't know why
I'm such a shit
I realize
This doesn't help a bit
But what can I do
What can I do

Am I bad
Not bad enough really
I feel angry and upset
I could write you a small check
Look I wish you luck
And here's you're buck
It's just that I'm a yuppie fuck
Yes indeed I am
Really

Driving Again

Just in case you live in No. VA area: I'm driving. I don't like changing lanes. And "they" (my parents/Sophs) won't let me listen to music. So I'm a little spacey. Be careful.

Fangirlish Glee

I've cleaned up most of my room. I must admit it's rather odd seeing the carpet. Or at least more of the carpet than usual. I'd say I can see about 80% more carpet than this morning. Very odd indeed.
Now onto the fangirlish glee bits:
Please pay attention to the right nostril. (This just feels really funny.) See the little silver thing? The thing most people would call a nose stud? Yeah. I've always liked it but never payed huge attention to it. There are other things about the pictured person that I'm more interested in. In any event it seems that some people care a little too much about this part of the man's wonderful features (no matter what my mother says.) In fact there's a petition. Which is rather scary. Even I wouldn't go that far. And I signed the one for him to shave for christ's sake. In any event, while some have signed it (including a fake Nick Hodgson and a fake Paul Smith) I will not. I'm not quite that crazy. And if he wants to go all straight lace, pro-authority, blah blah blah, fine by me. Just so long as he doesn't grow a scary mustache/beard like Brandon Flowers. :nods: Doesn't that face just kill you??? God I love that man.
"KWN [Keane Weekley Newsletter] EXCLUSIVE!
We asked Keane frontman Tom Chaplin how he takes his tea. In fairness, he didn't answer the question directly but, hey, it's still an exclusive: 'Well, the *weirdest* tea I've ever had was this morning here in LA - apricot and ginger with honey and fresh lemon. Works wonders for voices, which is handy in my line of work.'" This is what makes me happy. The little things in life. A silly petition, a weird comment about tea, seeing my bedroom carpet. So what if everyone thinks I'm crazy? When I'm really depressed it's the little things in life that keep me going. :nods: Isn't it great to be so vastly smart? I feel better already.

Under the Iron Sea

Somewhere in the refrain for "Leaving So Soon?" I swear to god Tom must have to do something down there to get that high. For fucks sake! He has to. That's definantly into lady range. But yeah. I got Under the Iron Sea. Yay!!
A Notice to Kaiser Chiefs: HURRY THE FUCK UP. I mean this. If a new CD doesn't come out by...November (hopefully sooner) I'm going to get pissy. I mean really pissy. Yes I'm impatient but it's been well over a year since Employment came out. I know, you've been touring, but I don't care. You're deadline, at the latest, is Christmas. After that I'm going to start complaining very loudly. So there.
Last day of school. Mostly B's, a few A's, and one C. Not bad, not bad at t'all. Mucho better than last year. No near failures!!
I'm so frickin' hyper right now. I have no idea why. You know that venti Frappacino couldn't be the cause...
A demain mes copains. A demain!

Linky poos

Since I can't seem to get my shit together here are some links:

R!!! Number 13. Yeah, seeing these kinds every once in awhile make me happy. Just so long as it's only one and only infrequently. Cuz ya know what? He's mine. Mwhahahahahahahahahahahaha (ah...too much caffeine too little stimulation)
Ugh. Pete Doherty sucks at life. More so than me. I mean he really sucks.

That's it for today. I've done absolutly nothing. But I only have a week of rest and repsite before the summer hits me I figure it's okay. Well vaguely okay. Until later me chers.

Quizzy

A real post may come later

If I were a...

If I were a month I would be: March

If I were a day of the week I would be: Tuesday

If I were a time of day I would be: 3:42pm

If I were a planet I would be: Pluto, which may not be a planet

If I were a sea animal I would be: A dolphin. mwhahahaha

If I were a direction I would be: Northeast

If I were a piece of furniture I would be: A comfy chair used for torture

If I were a sin I would be: Sloth

If I were a historical figure I would be: The underdog of music...who ever that is

If I were a liquid I would be: diet Coke

If I were a stone, I would be: quartz

If I were a tree, I would be: Fir

If I were a bird, I would be: fuck...a bird of some sort...a seahawk

If I were a tool, I would be: a jackhammer, cuz it's fun to say

If I were a flower/plant, I would be: lilly

If I were a kind of weather, I would be: a cool breaze in the desert

If I were a musical instrument, I would be: vocal chords, which are so totally musical instrments

If I were an animal, I would be: a frog

If I were a color, I would be: turquoise

If I were a condiment, I would be: ketchup

If I were an emotion, I would be: contemplative

If I were a vegetable, I would be: salad

If I were a sound, I would be: drumsticks hitting each other (uh one, uh two, one two three four!)

If I were an element, I would be: earth

If I were a song, I would be: modern way, shangri-la, jingle jangle, when the cows come home all mixed together

If I were a poem, I would be written by: a musician

If I were a food, I would be: chocolate

If I were a place, I would be: northern England

If I were a material, I would be: cotton

If I were a taste, I would be: salt, which is everywhere but unnoticable

If I were a scent, I would be: fresh laundry

If I were a religion, I would be: agnotstic...which is a religion from now on

If I were a word, I would be: cynical

If I were an object, I would be: a record/cd player...or radio

If I were a body part I would be: fingers (what a weird question)

If I were a facial expression I would be: ummm...

If I were a subject in school I would be: music theory

If I were a cartoon character I would be: sleeping beauty? cinderella maybe

If I were a shape I would be a: triangle

If I were a number I would be: 42

Sick Yet Again

I'm sick again. For the...3rd fucking time. And it's the same goddman cold. Fucking hate life at the moment. In any event I passed my PE final and made it through graduation. Speakers were pretty good. Gave Sophia a big hug afterwards. I will miss that girl. Crazy though she may be. Ugh. So sick.
I'm off. Remember: Ricky is God.

Thank You...

First off here are the set lists for Monday night's b'dawsome concert:

We Are Scientists
Lousy Reputation
Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
Worth the Wait
Can't Lose
Callbacks
Cash Cow
It's a Hit
Textbook
Party time begins
This Scene is Dead (extra drummer from Arctic Monkeys [Nigel])
Inaction
The Great Escape

Arctic Monkeys
Riot Van
The View From the Afternoon
Still Take You Home
You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Staring Straight At Me
Cigarette Smoker Fiona
Dancing Shoes
Who the Fuck are Arctic Monkeys?
I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secur
From the Ritz to the Rubble
Leaving Before the Lights Come On
Mardy Bum
When the Sun Goes Down
A Certain Romance (dedicated to anyone who's worn a Union Jack dress {not sure what that was all about})

So...where to begin? Sophs and I got there two hours early which meant we had prime standing places for the show. Unfortch for Sophs it was a little bit tight and she felt really uncomfortable so she left about half way through W.A.S's set. What she didn't miss was the "all girl mosh pit." I got to be apart of that, which made me realize how much I don't like mosh pits. Dumbass jerks...Anyhoo. Keith and Chris were absolutly wonderful. Here's what I scribbled on my set list: "God thing", "Mic stand", "Necklas on K (cross)." The God thing...basically Chris questioned Keith's relationship with God. The mic stand...seems Keith has been having some problems with his mic stands and inbetween one of the songs their techie came out to fix it. Chris brought up above fact and Keith said (paraphrasing) that he was just trying to live his mic stand. Really you had to be there. In any event I think I had my picture taken by Michael during one of the songs. I believe this because I was standing directly in front of him and the camera was pointing straight at me. I waved. The "moshing" kind of put a damper on the whole thing but this point must be made: After every single frickin' song Keith said thank you. That was so really fucking cool of him. I heart polite boys. Oh and just incase you were wondering: Chris wears goggles cuz he's just that blind, Michael drinks red wine on stage instead of beer and if Keith and Ricky were to join forces they could take over the world with their combined sexiness. Keith is second in line for marrying.
I left the front after WAS's set mainly because I was so uncomfortable. I tried to get back but decided that it was pointless and headed to the back were I hooked up with Sophs. I got lots of diet Coke and rocked out to Arctic Monkeys. Unlike with WAS, Arctic Monkeys have absolutly no stage presence. Alex is like a dead turkey on stage and when he deems to talk you can't understand him. It was kind of frustrating. But the band played brilliantly and Sophs fell in love with Alex. The odd thing about this concert is that instead of bowing down at the alter of WAS, the whole thing reconfirmed my hardcore obsession with Kaiser Chiefs. But the concert was really, really awsome. On a scale of 5 stars I give it 3 and1/2. That whole mosh thing sucked.

Sunday

Hmm...ARTHUR!!!!! Right see numbers 1-5 and 12?? Yeah that's the guy who plays Arthur in HHGG with whom I'm in love with (after Ricky obvs.) So in finding out he was in "The Office" (Brit style) makes him like 20 million times cooler than he already was before. And makes me happy. Also...RICKY!! I really <3rick style="color: rgb(153, 255, 153);">are absolutly brills...:sigh: Damn you Comcast for not letting me have BBC America!!! Anyhoo... I took the ACTs yesterday and this really old friend of my mine form elementary school (hence the really old bit) was taking it as well. We didn't say hi or anything but yeah...it was weird. She looks exactly the same only with slightly longer hair. But yeah it was really weird. Just another reminder of how freakin' old I am and all that good stuff. Ugh.
I'm tired. Here's a picture for y'all. It's R at GMU (Patriot Center...same thing.)
Yeah for guitar playing Ricky. (Hmmm...I wonder what kind of guitar it is...nice inlay on the head. :nods:)

Something/Some Thing

There's something about music that I've always loved. Even when I was little I would make up little songs to sing to myself by the nightlight in some weird version of something vaguely French. I've always seemed to love music. Even when I was doing ballet I really loved the music much more than I loved the dancing. There's just something in music, something pulls me, attracts me. I love music, I really honestly love music. It's a damn shame I can't get myself to practice more so I could be a music major. But it's not the playing so much. It's the listening. The disecting of the music. I really enjoy that. Learning about music, listening to music. There's just something about music.

There are some things that you don't forget. First book, first kiss, first car, first apartment, first boyfriend, lots of firsts. There are singular memories that won't be forgotten, little things said to you that will impact you forever. Actions and reactions that will linger. As much as I don't hold grudges some things that my Mum does won't be forgotten. The bold assumption that my life revolves around R, her own elephantine memory of everything I've ever done wrong. The way she makes me feel, good and bad. There are just some things that I can't let go of. The fact that she still doesn't trust me, her double standards. I don't think she says most of what she does on purpose but nonetheless her words bite. There some things you don't forget.

Gee Wizz

Umm...I guess it's been awhile since I last updated. Things have been happening which means that I've been busy so no time. I had my math presentation yesterday and that went well. I had choir rehearsal on Sunday. Today was June Jam, which was a total waste of time (all 30min I spent there.) Classes were really short save 5th which meant I got my full dose of history which was nice. I'm really going to miss that class next year. :prays she gets Vagts again: Lets see what else? I have my physics final tomorrow (100 mulitple choice) and my IB music final on Thursday. I have the second draft of my WL2 paper due on Thursday and we're having a party as well. Which means I need to tell Mums about that so she knows. Busy, busy, busy.
It's two weeks until the last day of school. Yesterday I got my senior photo taking date. June 26th. Fuckin' scary if you ask me. I'm not sure whether I'm actually ready to be a senior but I suppose I don't have much choice. I personally just can't believe school is almost over. God it's fucking scary. (New favorite phrase: fucking scary.)

THE STEREOTYPE SURVEY

[PREPPY]

[] You spend half an hour doing your hair.
[] You go tanning/laying
[] You watch The OC
[] You own something designer.
[] You love going to the mall.
[] You like Paris Hilton .
[x] You take your cellphone everywhere.
[x] You own an iPod and/or an MP3 player.
[x] You love Starbucks.
[] You love flip flops.

Total x = 3

[GOTH]

[] Red or black is your favorite color.
[] You have thoughts about death.
[] You wear chains.
[] You like heavy metal.
[] You love Hot Topic.
[] You have worn black lipstick.
[x] Your hair is dark. (But I can't help that. It's not dyed.)
[x] You dislike preps
[] You're an atheist.
[] You have/want piercings in unusual places

Total x= 2

[PUNK/SKATEBOARDER]

[] You skateboard/Use To
[] You wear plaid.
[] You love Converse.
[x] You think you're different.
[x] You hate MTV.
[] You like to mosh.
[] You have/had/want blue,red, purple, or green hair.
[] You love skater boys/girls.
[x] You hate pink.
[] You hate rich kids.

Total x = 3

[NERD/LOSER]

[] You love computers.
[x] You like Star Trek/Star Wars
[x] you wear glasses.
[] You get straight A's.
[x] You love reading.
[] You have a curfew.
[] You always do your homework.
[] You never cut school. (Lessons but never school)

Total x = 3

[EMO]

[] You're depressed.
[] You have black-rimmed glasses.
[] You like Thursday.!!!!!!!!!!!
[] You comb your hair in front of your face.
[] You cry easily.
[] You hate being called emo.
[x] You keep a journal/diary.
[x] You have written a sad poem.
[] You have had a sad MySpace layout.
[] You have cut yourself before

Total x = 2

[GHETTO/GANGSTA]

[] You like rap.
[] You wear Tag.
[] You say "nigga" frequently.
[] You drink often.
[] You wear rubberbands in your pants.
[x] You swear a lot.
[] You have said "fo shizzle".
[] You have been called a "playa".
[] You wear Converse with the tongue flipped out.

Total x = 1

[SCENE/HARDCORE]

[] You wear a bandana.
[] You love Pokemon, the Ninja Turtles, etc.
[] You never walk anywhere.
[] You wear slip-on Vans.
[] You like Norma Jean. (So dumbass. Yeah...I like Marylin Monroe)
[x] You wear band tees.
[] You love to "hardcore" dance.
[] Your hair has been dyed in more than one color.
[x] You will kill if called a satanist or goth
Total x = 2

"Extraordinary Machine" Fiona Apple (this one, the next one and the third one ditto)

I certainly haven't been shopping for any new shoes
-And-
I certainly haven't been spreading myself around
I still only travel by foot and by foot, it's a slow climb,
But I'm good at being uncomfortable, so
I can't stop changing all the time

I notice that my opponent is always on the go
-And-
Won't go slow, so's not to focus, and I notice
He'll hitch a ride with any guide, as long as
They go fast from whence he came
- But he's no good at being uncomfortable, so
He can't stop staying exactly the same

If there was a better way to go then it would find me
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day
You deem me due to clean my view and be at piece and lay
I mean to prove I mean to move in my own way, and say,
I've been getting along for long before you came into the play

I am the baby of the family, it happens, so
- Everybody cares and wears the sheeps' clothes
While they chaperone
Curious, you looking down your nose at me, while you appease
- Courteous, to try and help - but let me set your
Mind at ease

(Chorus)

-Do I so worry you, you need to hurry to my side?
-It's very kind
But it's to no avail; I don't want the bail
I promise you, everything will be just fine

If there was a better way to go then it would find me
I can't help it, the road just rolls out behind me
Be kind to me, or treat me mean
I'll make the most of it, I'm an extraordinary machine

"Waltz (Better Than Fine)"

If you don't have a song
To sing you're okay
You know how to get along
Humming
Hmmm

If you don't have a date
Celebrate
Go out and sit on the lawn
And do nothing
'Cause it's just what you must do
Nobody does it anymore

No I don't believe in the wasting of time,
But I don't believe that I'm wasting mine

If you don't have a point to make
Don't sweat it
You'll make a sharp one being so kind
And I'd sure appreciate it
Everyone else's goal's to get big headed
Why should I follow that beat being that I'm
Better than fine

"Parting Gift"

I opened my eyes
While you were kissing me once more than once
And you looked as sincere as a dog
Just as sincere as a dog does,
When it's the food on your lips with which it's in love

I bet you could never tell
That I knew you didn't know me that well
It is my fault you see
You never learned that much from me

Oh you silly stupid pastime of mine
You were always good for a rhyme
And from the first, to the last time, the signs
Said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started
They said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started

I took off my glasses
While you were yelling at me once more than once
So as not to see you see me react
Should've put 'em, should've put 'em on again
So I could see you see me sincerely yelling back

I bet your fortressed face
Belied your fort of lace
It is by the grace of me
You never learned what I could see

Oh you silly stupid pastime of mine
You were always good for a rhyme
And from the first to all the last times, all the signs
Said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started
They said 'Stop' - but we went on whole-hearted
It ended bad, but I love what we started


"The Universal" (Blur)

This is the next century
Where the universal's free
You can find it anywhere
Yes, the future has been sold
Every night we're gone
And to karaoke songs
How we like to sing a long
Although the words are wrong

It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you, well just let them go

No one here is alone, satellites in every home
Yes the universal's here, here for everyone
Every paper that you read
Says tomorrow is your lucky day
Well, here's your lucky day

It really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you, well just let them go

Well, it really, really, really could happen
Yes, it really, really, really could happen
When the days they seem to fall through you, well just let them go

Just let them go

"Maybe I shouldn't have said anything?"

It's British!! Go Tesco!!

And one last thing...
"Hey you!
Could you ever fall for me
The way I fell for you" -- The Darkness "Friday Night"

Little Steps

So, I'm making little steps in my musical exploration. For instance I added 2 songs by Blur (The Universal and Stereotypes) another by the New Pornographers (From Blown Speakers), Belle and Sebastian (A Summer Wasting) and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (Little Dawn.) I'm fairly proud of all this mainly because it gets me from listening to the same five bands, same five songs repeatedly. I also like adding depressing/cynical songs (The Universal. Not only cynical but has strings!) and songs from bands I already know I like. Anyhoo...little steps.

Random Thoughts

It's fun making up comments to pictures. I find it highly amusing. But then again I really need a nap. God I'm tired.

I'm fairly realistic
But my thought are out of lip-sync
when I say that I'm not one of those
who pass you by and fall in love with you -- Sondre Lerche "Counter Spark"

Good song. I like this bit in particular. Can't figure out why though...

Sleepy time for Norbert

Wallowing in my own self pity

Life's starting to slowly fall apart around me. I can feel myself slipping. Funny thing about all this? The only thing that's keeping me from going absolutly crazy and giving up on school is getting into Hollins and Kaiser Chiefs. I've never felt so needy about a band. I could even live without the Beatles way back when but I just know that if I don't listen to Kaiser Chiefs I'll start crumbling very very badly. I feel like one of the sad pathetic people on musicsecret. Possibly because I am. :sigh:
Just thought someone out there might like to know how pathetic I am. I surely feel that way.