So this year has gone by very quickly so far! one reason for me feeling this way is that i have already reached my 21st birthday today! (happy birthday 2 me!!), its also the autumn equinox, on this exact day every year, so I'm feeling very spiritual and one with myself today, autumn is my favourite season, and it gave me great pleasure 2 c as i was strolling past Victoria park today, that the autumn leaves have begun to fall, and a see of brown leaves r beginning 2 cover the green grass.
So no big extravagant celebration 2day, anyone who knows me, knows i cant take a lot of fuss being made, although an unexpected surprise did occur @ work 2day! the grazing crew did spring a fast 1, by turning of the kitchen lights, & all begun singing a chorus of Happy Birthday, whilst placing a nice choc cake in front of me!! first thought was omg, try n look really genuine n grateful, cos although i am inside, my face often doesn't convey those feelings, so a few 'awwws', n 'u guys', helped me in that area, secondly i couldn't help but laugh inside at how many time in one year i had actually had this exact same cake, which was obviously from tesco!! mums b day, bruvs b day! n now mine!!
My summer filled with work, work, and more work! as well as the odd holiday of 2 Nigeria and Morocco!! but just as i have been getting back into the swing of things at work, now is the time 2 get ready 2 go back 2 good ol' uni!!! *sighs* back to juggling,lectures, seminars, assignments, work, and squeezing in a social life, seems tiresome, and I'm starting to reallllly look forward 2 the day when i no longer have 2 study and can just earn money, 2 go travelling n stuff!!
A yearly tradition that i always seem to engage in is riding my bike around autumn time, the light,cool breeze and the space of time between the holidays ending and uni starting makes me want to just ride around east London!! but since my bruv broke my bike last year, and his one is now chained outside our flat, with no one knowing where the key is means that the week after nxt (when i get my student monies) i will purchase myself a brand new bike. cant wait!!!!
oooh!! and Only By The Night is out 2day!!!
Monday 22 September 2008
Sunday 10 August 2008
THEY'RE BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG!!! So i have been away for 3 weeks in Morocco with my best girlies (shout out 2 Zay n Nadz!!!!. And for those 3 weeks although they were wicked, i feel i have been completely oblivious to what has been going on in the world of music and film, and actually the world in general!!!
Brangelina had their kids, Rafael Nadal is now no.1 in the world and the Kings of Leon have announced the date for thei new album!!!!!!!!!
1st off, i didnt even know they had a song out until the other day while i was completing another monotonous day at work, when i heard the unmistakable voice of Caleb, to which i then sprinted into the kitchen where the over-priviledged chefs in the kitchen were enjoying the radio on @ full blast!!!! So as i now realised that the Kings were back in business, i went straight home onto the internet and listened to 3 of their latest offerings 'Crawl', 'Manhattan', and 'Sex On Fire'. The latter being my absolute fave!!!! Calebs voice (without trying 2 sound to excitable) is absolutetly hooooooooooooooooot!!!! In other words he could sing the Yellow Pages and still kill it!!
I could go on for ages but i won't as u probably have guessed i am obsessed with this band, and i cannot wait for their 4th album release Only By The Night!! which is release only on my bloomin' birthday!!!! ooooh i can't wait,now my mates no what to get me if they are lacking ideas for prezzies!!!
Brangelina had their kids, Rafael Nadal is now no.1 in the world and the Kings of Leon have announced the date for thei new album!!!!!!!!!
1st off, i didnt even know they had a song out until the other day while i was completing another monotonous day at work, when i heard the unmistakable voice of Caleb, to which i then sprinted into the kitchen where the over-priviledged chefs in the kitchen were enjoying the radio on @ full blast!!!! So as i now realised that the Kings were back in business, i went straight home onto the internet and listened to 3 of their latest offerings 'Crawl', 'Manhattan', and 'Sex On Fire'. The latter being my absolute fave!!!! Calebs voice (without trying 2 sound to excitable) is absolutetly hooooooooooooooooot!!!! In other words he could sing the Yellow Pages and still kill it!!
I could go on for ages but i won't as u probably have guessed i am obsessed with this band, and i cannot wait for their 4th album release Only By The Night!! which is release only on my bloomin' birthday!!!! ooooh i can't wait,now my mates no what to get me if they are lacking ideas for prezzies!!!
Sunday 18 May 2008
Saturday 17 May 2008
Definately Kings!!!
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Ok so i love music, not too fussy about genres, just as long as it sounds great, or as long as i can bust a move 2 it then i'm all good!!! So whilst searching around on youtube @ about 3 in the morning!, looking 4 Jools Holland episodes that i'd missed (big fan!) i stumbled across some live performances from the Kings of Leon!! now i was fairly familiar with the band, and as i recall i heard some of there stuff a few years back n frankly thought it was SHIT!! but this time round, being a lil' older n wiser i took the time out to listen to their stuff, and it was absolutely great!!! OMG!! i could not get 'On Call' outta my head 4 weeks! So me being me, with my tendencies to impulse buy, and my un-savvyness (thats right,new word!) ways with money, i decided to buy their whole back catalogue of Amazon, which is only three albums, Youth and Young Manhood, Aha Shake Heartbreak, and Because of the Times! as well as a few EP's! All three are absolutely wicked albums, even for those who aren't really into the whole indie-rock thing, cannot deny the catchy-ness and genius of songs like, 'On Call', 'Charmer' and 'Four Kicks'!!! In their early stages of being a group and releasing their 1st album, the band had a very questionable, image and fashion sense!! One comparison that comes 2 mind is of a throwback to the seventies, long-feathered hair, and handle-bar moustaches. But besides looking like they just stepped out of Woodstock, the bands style was refreshing, raw, and very southern (they are from Nashville, Tennessee)!!
Now with their latest release in '07 Because of the Times, the Kings came out with a much slicker (and hotter) image, frontman Caleb Followill chopped of those damn annoying locks that he often let his ears peek out through, and now looks uber hotttt!! And evidently, their sound has evolved, less of the southern drawl, n bad clothes, but more clean cut, and stylised. But however they look and what ever sound they pick for their next record, i can now say that they are definately the kings of my music collection at the moment.
So if ur not familiar, check these guys out on myspace.com
Charmer
The Bucket
On Call
Ok so i love music, not too fussy about genres, just as long as it sounds great, or as long as i can bust a move 2 it then i'm all good!!! So whilst searching around on youtube @ about 3 in the morning!, looking 4 Jools Holland episodes that i'd missed (big fan!) i stumbled across some live performances from the Kings of Leon!! now i was fairly familiar with the band, and as i recall i heard some of there stuff a few years back n frankly thought it was SHIT!! but this time round, being a lil' older n wiser i took the time out to listen to their stuff, and it was absolutely great!!! OMG!! i could not get 'On Call' outta my head 4 weeks! So me being me, with my tendencies to impulse buy, and my un-savvyness (thats right,new word!) ways with money, i decided to buy their whole back catalogue of Amazon, which is only three albums, Youth and Young Manhood, Aha Shake Heartbreak, and Because of the Times! as well as a few EP's! All three are absolutely wicked albums, even for those who aren't really into the whole indie-rock thing, cannot deny the catchy-ness and genius of songs like, 'On Call', 'Charmer' and 'Four Kicks'!!! In their early stages of being a group and releasing their 1st album, the band had a very questionable, image and fashion sense!! One comparison that comes 2 mind is of a throwback to the seventies, long-feathered hair, and handle-bar moustaches. But besides looking like they just stepped out of Woodstock, the bands style was refreshing, raw, and very southern (they are from Nashville, Tennessee)!!
Now with their latest release in '07 Because of the Times, the Kings came out with a much slicker (and hotter) image, frontman Caleb Followill chopped of those damn annoying locks that he often let his ears peek out through, and now looks uber hotttt!! And evidently, their sound has evolved, less of the southern drawl, n bad clothes, but more clean cut, and stylised. But however they look and what ever sound they pick for their next record, i can now say that they are definately the kings of my music collection at the moment.
So if ur not familiar, check these guys out on myspace.com
Charmer
The Bucket
On Call
Thursday 15 May 2008
No Country For Anyone Who Wants To STAY AWAKE!
Ok! So i'm an avid movie goer, and I like to watch all types of movies, no discrimination in my corner. So when all the buzz came around 4 these 'Oscar' movies (Juno, There Will Be Blood, La Vie En Rose, No Country...), I thought to myself like I do every year, I must take time to c them all!! So the latest offering from the Coen brothers, ‘No Country For Old Men’ was my next stop! First, i'm ashamed 2 say as a movie geek, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THEIR FILMS BEFORE(ok maybe a brief glimpse at Fargo). But anywho big shock horror, especially because they’re supposed to be one of the best in the biz . So going in I didn’t know what to expect, but as 1st impressions go, if these are the kinds of films they have been dishing out every other year, then i can sleep tight at night knowing that i haven't missed out on a mind blowing experience. Now it wasn't all bad, that Javier Bardem dude was very good, and convincing as the sociopathic killer 'Chigurh', (sounds exactly like ‘sugar’) as well as good performances from Josh Brolin, and slight comic relief added by Tommy Lee Jones, but other than this, i found the film extremely long and drawn out (& i luv long/drawn out films, just long/drawn out interesting 1's!), with at times dialogue that made you just want to shout at the screen for them to 'Shut Up! and get on with it’. I can c what the Coens where trying to do, break the mould, march to the beat of their own drum, especially with their unusual, and in my opinion ridiculous ending, but although the cool calm and collected duo, always emphasise, their love for movie making, and imply that they are not in it for the accolades, this movie throughout its duration kept making me think 'oh they so want a damn Oscar!'. I mean after all these are the kinds of films that the academy goes for, slightly gritty, quirky dramas, that may not have had much commercial success. Overall i think the way in which the film was shot was ok, it was just a matter of the script and the way the book adaptation was put onto screen, having said that and not read the book myself ( i know slight contradiction again, but from what I‘ve heard the books really good!) i do think that the story had potential to be so much more engaging, and perhaps a better and more satisfying end, than just cutting out mid-speech from Tommy Lee Jones‘ character, which you were probably half asleep through anyway!
P.S
Oh and if ur wonderin why da 1st blog is referring 2 a few months late, its because yinki da Dodo!! who often has 'blonde moments', didnt actually post the blog!! it was saved in my drafts!!!
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