Oiche Mhaith...

Yet again, I'm on the computer to do some work and yet again, I end up writing a blog.

Firstly, I'm sad because John and Edward are out of the x factor. And I shall never watch the show again. Who could be bothered to? It's boring without them. Bet their ratings drop by a few million this week. And then they'll bring them back to do something magical! Can't wait for it. Cause... we just know it's going to happen, like!

Secondly, I'm being reported to my form teacher for the second time in a week for yet another nonsense reason. First, I wasn't wearing my school blazer. Is that such a crime? Second, Clare breaks a chair. *shakes fist* I love her really, but she didn't help by taking pictures of it while in front of the CCTV cameras! Granted, I didn't help by apologising to the cameras ^^"

Bah.
But, I'm discovering how much I love shoegaze! Asobi Seksu and My Bloody Valentine are just too cool :) What's weird to me is.. there's not a whole lot of Irish rock bands... but of the few there is.. they're so good. Think about it! U2, Stiff Little Fingers, JJ72... maybe this is just my opinion? I know that no one remembers JJ72. They were so good. Shame things didn't work out.





Yes, Mark's voice is rather androgynous. I like it! Some people can't take the femininity though. Shame... I love the intro of formulae.Their songs 'Brother Sleep' and 'Always and Forever' are just plain awesome. Really beautiful lyrics :)

I've never met anyone who knew them other than my brother. I love him for the music he made me listen to as a kid.

Haha, oiche mhaith, by the way, is the irish for goodnight. Basically all I remember after three years of the language. God, I hated it. It has the most complicated way of saying hello out of any language I can think of! Ridiculous!

Ack, now it's too late to do my work. I'm just going to sleep and let my teacher worry about that tomorrow. *snores*

Just remembered some more Irish! Tá mo chuid gruaige finn rua agus retím go maith le daoine ; ) And not one part of it is true XD (my hair is sooo not ginger. Brown, brown I say! Donn, donn!)

Surprisingly enough...

Heh heh, I actually love John and Edward. Also, I hate people calling them 'Jedward'. It's the same thing as with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie being called Brangelina - can people really not take the effort to say their names? Weird.

I was actually wondering if they've become known outside of the UK (like Susan Boyle was?). Anybody able to shed some light on that for me?
I was surprised to hear some of my friends saying how much they hated them. Seriously, why? They're lovely guys, work sooo hard and are sooooo entertaining!! I will buy their CD if/when it is released. I hope they get through to next week, even my mom has been calling in for them this time! (and if she likes 'em... well, y'know. Y'know? She's a Westlife fan, like.)

For the last two weeks I've been obsessing insanely over Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It was so awesome!! I forgot all about it until recently. As a little kid I loved it. I've come to the conclusion that Angel is about five thousand times the vampire Edward of Twilight will ever be. Not that I'm dissing Edward, I mean, I already have tickets for New Moon so I love him but, he's just too... good. He's a good vampire through and through whereas Angel was bad. The baddest of the bad guys. And his name when he was alive was Liam(!) When I realised that I swear, I laughed for about fifteen minutes.

I'm spreading the Buffy love, woot. I've already moulded one obsessive fan, muahaha! And have rekindled another's long forgotten love :)

And OMG when writing this I came across a 'twilight sucks' forum. Harsh much?

Halloweeeen :)

It's Friday the 13th. I hate Friday the 13th.

It's been two weeks since Halloween, I know! I haven't had the time to post anything =/

Had an awesome Halloween, as usual. Just stayed in avec my best friend and watched movies, as usual. I don't care what anyone says, you don't need anything else for halloween! of course, we got up to some silly shenanigans (witchcraft, anyone? XD and NO! Nothing serious.)

One of my favourite things about Halloween has to be the food. And no, not the candy. I love the candy though... Anywho! My mom always makes potato bread (eh, so Irish, but whatever.) and an apple tart, which is the bestest ever :) My best friend just uses me as an excuse to get over to my house every year for the pie *cries* She admitted it, seriously! It hurt me deep, it did.

As of Halloween my hair is now of the purple variety (: Last time I got my hair coloured (red, I believe it was) it was faded within two days - literally. Right now... it's faded. Wtf, like. Waste of money.

The trick or treaters this year scared me... what do you say to the kids?! You hand 'em the candy - accent on the candy. I used to get apples, oranges and peanuts. Not only is that not exciting... I could be allergic to the peanuts! What are these people thinking?! They could be handing a kid their death!! (slight exaggeration, maybe). Anyway, whaddaya say? I don't get it; my mom talks to them for about ten minutes. She's good with kids, it's weird. I haven't been around kids since I was one. (any cracks about how pint/kid sized I still am will most certainly not be accepted >:[ )

So when dear Megan got here we 'dressed up'. Any ideas on what we actually are? My dress is covered in unicorns, so that makes a.. unicorn? And she's supposedly a gothic doll. Anything else that would make sense?

The rest of the night included playing ding dong ditch (pathetically) and manys a movie, including Brokeback Mountain which made me cry. And I'm inhuman(!) Soooo sad. Why can't things work out for the cowboys?! *cries*

Haha, many 'action shots' were taken, but not particularly well. The lighting turned out really oddly on some of them actually, they look a little photoshopped. I thought the one below actually looked rather cool, albeit a little weird.

Enough, anyway. I have to return to Coffee Prince. Awesome drama. I'm on episode eleven... it just got rather interesting :)

Farming fun in farmville! Not.

Okay, if you have a facebook, I'm sure you'll know what farmville is. If you're strong, you will have resisted the constant requests to 'Join farmville and get your very own farm!'.
I crumbled. I have a farm. I resisted for sooo long! The curiosity got me :( I hate farmville. I hate it, I hate it! I mean, right now I'm thinking, "Is my cow ready for milking? What if my avocados are dying? What if?!" Damn that thing, it's turned me into an e-culchie! Addictive, I'll give it that.
I want to have a damn barn like the one in the picture, but I never will. I know it ;__; I'm a virtual screw up!

On another note, I'm going to Derry tomorrow. Not my city of choice, but whatever. At least I'm getting out of Ederney, even if I do happen to hate Derry. I mean, does anyone like it? Having to read Shadows on our Skin for english lit soured me to it even more. Good book like, but... so sad. Not that it's too different to Belfast, I just haven't read any particular books about Belfast during the troubles XD

Meh, whatever.

Halloweeeeeeeeen, peeps! (I said peeps... what of it? :P)
Can't wait! Although I've been forewarned of a rock/pumpkin/rotten potato attack *trembles* All because of that silly tomato incident last year! LOL I'm so happy Megan never put those videos on the internet. I just come off as a poindexter, as per usual.
I have such a huge list of movies to watch! Numerous disney movies, Spaceballs, Brokeback Mountain, Freaks (best horror movie ever), Rock 'n' Roll Highschool and god knows how many others. We may not get any sleep ^^"

Yesterday I got to watch Revenge of the Nerds, finally. It's awesome! And also, for anyone interested, it's the movie Ogre You Asshole got their name from :) I absolutely adore all of the Devo-ness in this movie! Are Devo really so geeky? Definitely recommend this movie though. It's awesome! I want to get a copy of it on DVD actually... Maybe I'll find a copy in Derry, if there's anywhere I can look. Last time I was there I found that there wasn't even a music/dvd store in the Foyle side. Where the hell else will I find one?! That is one of the many reasons I hate that damn city!

It also makes me wonder; are fraternities/sororities anything like they are in films? I'm actually kinda happy they don't have them in the UK. I would be treated like the nerds for sure. Although I did want to go to college in America... that ain't happening though. England, hopefully! I don't  want to have to go to a university in Ireland. Seriously.

 Anywho, I'm off to check on my crops.

Oh, that's just sounds so rock 'n' roll.

>_<

I hate to admit that I've watched the x factor but I gotta say, I freaking love John & Edward.

They can't sing but they dance most fabulously :) Why are all gag music acts Irish, btw? Dustin the Turkey was AWESOME but wasn't received too well by the eurovision judges *cough*cough* Some people really can't take a joke! Eurovision kinda sucks, you gotta admit it.

The only reason I would ever watch this show, seriously. Every year they seem to be trying to find another act just exactly like the previous year's winner. It's boring (and the music's... to me, anyway, kinda meh.) A piss take every now and then is welcome!



*wipes tear of laughter from cheek* Love it.

It's not too often I fall in love with someone who made a spoon...

Okay, I'm aware that I should be typing up some type of coursework or another (or five others) but I feel like jabbering on like a caffeine driven monkey. *foof*

Hehe, jabbering's a funny word...

Anywho... I found an artist today thanks to my art teacher and wow, I freaking love his work.


Claes Oldenburg.


Remember that name, seriously. I find myself drawn to some of the weirdest stuff, I know, and his stuff falls firmly into the category of weird. My favourite of his works so far is the spoon bridge with the cherry on top. It's so ordinary when you think about it... but it's the sort of thing you'd just never think of turning into art... or a bridge. I think I'm going to use some of his stuff for my new project. I was going to do shops, a bakery and then use a lot of cutesy looking littlepies and cakes. Nice, right? I hope his stuff applies, seriously. Another of his works that made me.. laugh, when I come to think of it, was his ice cream piece. Priceless, really.


If I can't use him, I'm gonna cry. Although he's very 3D and fine art is very... not. I'll have to look into more paintings he's done. They're pretty random looking, maybe I could try imitating his style. Examiners like that, so I'm told. They also hate anime *throws evil glances in the direction of Belfast* Damn. My pokémon work is an entire waaaste!

Baaaaaaaah...

Well, there's a half fancy (you can dress up if you wanna but it ain't. I'm going to ^^ ) dress gig which I for some reason feel like going to this weekend. I don't really normally like moving very far from my computer. I normally only go as far as... my friend's computer. Bad, huh? People keep asking me to go places but I never really feel like getting one of these so called 'lives'. Who needs one when you have music, manga and Claes Oldenburg? (yes... I'm in love with him officially now. He's all I need :) )

Chamone!

(:

Uber unfair to the max.

I stand corrected... Ash are coming to Belfast and Dublin.

However, both gigs are over eighteen only. Seeing as I normally get mistaken for a 13/14 year old... (almost sixteen, fyi. Not my fault I'm 4'11" ;_;) I don't think I'd have much chance of getting in. So not fair.

Grease musical tomorrow!! I'm psyched! *sighs* Art deadline tomorrow aswell, although I think my teacher might let it slide... she better seeing as not one person is finished. Receiving fine art project aswell though. Hopefully I'll pick my theme better this time. Last time I didn't quite realise that I was dedicating a year (and a few months, as it turned out) of my life to bubbles ^^"

I hope the words are better this year! Fine art ftw! I just hate design when I'm bound by... anything.

So tired.

ooh, I was watching a shonen-ai Korean movie, Antique Bakery recently. It was awesome! It's based on a japanese anime and manga of the same name. Haven't read or watched 'em but I'd still say the movie is the best bet.



This story is about four men who work in a confectionary. Jin Hyuk is the owner; Son Woo is the superb baker that has a mysterious and mesmerizing aura; Soo Young (Choi Ji Ho) is the waiter and close bodyguard of Jin Hyuk; and last but not least Gi Beom (Yoo Ah), the ex-boxer who loves cake so much that he becomes a waiter at 'Antique'. This is a refreshing, yet heartfelt comedy about the 4 very unique personalities that work until the wee hours of the night at the small confectionary. The series follows the romance, family life, and most importantly friendship that these 4 men from different generations experience.
[synopsis shamelessly stolen from chinkymovies.blogspot.com]

To watch, go to dramacrazy :)

Oddly enough, it gets quite dark at points. And OMG the cake. If you finish this movie not wanting cake, you are clearly some evil-cake-hating-vampire-monster-man-beast. No kidding.

Johnny, be good.

Go Johnny go :)

Well, stupid Grease fever has set in. Y'see, my school is performing the musical and it's ALL anybody can talk about. I mean, I soo wanna see it but GOD! It's annoying when the girls are all squealing about the boys in the play. In girl's schools any boy who sets foot in the school is worshipped from afar... no matter what they're like. Why? Do the girls feel deprived or something? *sigh* It's ever so slightly annoying.

What I do enjoy, however, is that at 9.30am there's fifties rock'n'roll blasting out of the school as the cast prepares for their performance and the crowd begins to arrive. There's nothing like walking to class, serenaded by Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. I might hang around the assembly hall to see if I can catch any Bo Diddley tomorrow. I love him. The description of him sounding like 'a cat pissing' is much unappreciated. And it's almost as ridiculous as my mother's description of Shakira sounding like the back of a bus!! I've heard of people looking like the back of a bus but... *shakes head* Not that I'm too fussed on Shakira.. she's alright.

I <3 fifties music so much. It was suuuch an exciting time for rock'n'roll.



Wow, just heard an AC/DC version of School Days. Too cool ;)

And yes, I resisted a 'for school' at the end of that. I just couldn't. :P

Damn you, Burgess!

Whoever invented urban land use models deserves a thorough beating.
I mean it! Seriously. How am I meant to write a four page introduction on wandering around Enniskillen (Co. Fermanagh) looking at houses remarking, "hm... shabby. I give it a one."?! What length is the project meant to be?!


Baaaaaaah.

Time to run around in circles. (not that I do that... ^^")

Le temps est venu aujourd'hui...

It's saddening to listen to music that you used to love, sometimes. For the last few weeks I've found myself listening to all of the bands I listened to when I was a kid. Green Day, Blink 182, The Who, JJ72... it's... sad, to realise how much I've changed. It makes me all philosophical and contemplative again :(
Although for the record, I was a cool 8 year old, lol. I may be the only girl of my age who hasn't been anywhere near (or contemplated going to) a Westlife concert. *shudders* Eww... Westlife. Or Busted. Anybody remember Busted? Seems like a million years ago that they broke up. Their lyrics were so bad, they still make me laugh.
I think I'm happy with the person I've come to be... I mean, I infuriate myself with my idiocy, my lack of confidence, my paranoia... but I, at the very least, have principles that I stand by, unlike so many of the people I know. They make a big deal out of the fact that I don't drink, don't do drugs. Why should I?
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As of the moment I'm learning to play 'Eight Days a Week' on guitar. Good song to play on stage, right? I'll have to get to that.

Bah, bah, bah.
I need a drummer. Surely there are some drummers around, somewhere! (other than Swanlinbar. I don't believe that the place exists! I don't care if Naomi thinks she lives on the Swanlinbar road. It's. Not. Real. Can this so called drummer-haven be real?)

*sigh* I hate living in Northern Ireland :(
I find it ever so slightly annoying that Ash are going on an A-Z tour of the UK and they aren't coming to Northern Ireland. It's their own freaking country... I've been dying to see them for so long and I'm finally at an age that I'd be allowed to go to their concert.

ooh... eight days a week is easy. Woot!


I'm in a Monkees mood... Mary, Mary, where you going to?
Their TV series was awesome.

Off to do some coursework... hopefully...

Tired >_<

*yawn*

I should probably be in bed right now but I want to post.. so screw that! Sleep is only sort of necessary.

I just moments ago found out that Sweet Mullet have a new single and I am psssyyyyched for a new album!

Ahh... Sweet Mullet. A thai post-hardcore/screamo band. I love 'em <3 New song's... slow...ish.



สภาวะหัวใจล้มเหลวเฉียบพลัน... if only I had any idea how to pronounce that :( I need to learn thai, NOW! *notes down on looong list of languages to learn* I started this week but so far all I know is 'I love you'. My list of 'I love you's now has like, eight languages. That may be a sad list, whatever. It's an obsession.
Hm, superficial, I know, but OMG Tao's hair has changed so much. Not sure I like it so much now... (why, why would you shave any of it...? ;__;)


Love the song below. Sweet Mullet's เพื่อไม่ให้เป็นการเสียเวลา.


When I get time I might upload their album. That may have to wait until the weekend.. or longer, what with all this silly work I have to do. I hate coursework with a passion, seriously.

:)

Sur les toits du monde...*

: )

I'm rather happy. You see, I'm drawing closer to the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray. I love the book, before I had even finished the preface it was my favourite. Oscar Wilde... he was a literary genius. And more.

All I can hope is that the small stack of Wilde books I have procured is as pleasing. Reading about his time in Portora could be interesting! (if only I'd lived at the time... although it's not like I could have ever met him. >_< Damn you, circumstance!)

I'm hoping that I can do some sort of recommendation with every post, be it music, manga, whatever occurs to me at the time of posting.

Indochine have been on my mind continually for the past year; they're excellent.





They formed in 1981 in Paris and performed their first concert in a café, in September of that year. Indochine's music is rock - alternative and new wave (and in the 80s, it was so very, very, 80s)
Definitely a band worth listening to.

Indochine - La Republique des Meteors






Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?gmymwk42ne5
[2 disc version]


Links:
Official homepage
Myspace

Hope you like! <3

New Sentimentality...?

I hate art class.

I have to find a bag designer who uses bubbles (bubbles, of all things!) as their inspiration and do an A2 page on them + three others within two weeks - impossible! For someone who needs a kick up the backside to get them working, anywho.

Moving on, anyway. I'm in the mood today for... Toe.



A Japanese post-rock band who have been around since 2000, they're melancholic, instrumental and just plain awesome.

Toe - New Sentimentality






1. 繋がる遥か彼方
2. 1/21
3. New Sentimentality
4. グッドバイ

Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zwj9fcdzwm1


For more information:
Official homepage - http://www.toe.st/
Myspace - http://www.myspace.com/toemusic


And if anyone has the name of a bubble bag designer - seriously, feel free to help =]