Wednesday, March 30, 2011

In Honour of Saint April

Never, throughout this entire year have I experienced weather as great as I have in this past week, it has been amazing, the type of weather that makes you want to take off your pants and jacket and just lie in it for hours on end. It makes me become complacent though, college work sees to not matter, all I want to do is play frisbee and sit on benches for ages. I cannot wait for summer because of it all, I have so many plans, I will write down that list of plans eventually.

Gonna get grumpy for a bit now! For a week now it was planned I was gonna spend a day with mah bros Cathal and Larney in their pad yesterday. However my Irish studies lecturer had a better plan in mind called grab marks balls and punt them for four hours Tuesday night. Thus I did an essay on quite possibly the most cryptic description I have ever seen, just what I wanted.

Give me a break on the whole bitching thing today, it's just that I was really looking forward to chilling with mah bros! :(

You are probably getting annoyed with my rambling so let's get onto a topic. Oxegen! Festival, I am disappoint. I was on oxegens side for a long time now, I defended the line up thinking it was the best they could get but no, I saw the Leeds festival line up. Every single band there is incredible, Muse, 30 Seconds to Mars, Panic! etc. I seriously hate oxegen right now and want to go to Leeds more than anything right now D:

Up Mark! Bring this shitty mood up, you're losing your audience. You're right me let's get fun! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Never shall I let my audience be depressed! I shall cheer you all up with an amazing recommendation you will thank me forever and everz for. Look up the infinite mirror on youtube. Through the power of SCIENCE they have created a mirror so sexy, so awesome that even your religious grandmother would denounce god at the very sight of it.

Gonna be honest here for a bit guys, I sometimes wonder if aliens are existing among the stars. Like think about it man, us alone in the cosmos, it's too scary a thought to ponder. There must be something else out there, imagine just going on forever and meeting nothing. I like to think that there be some hot alien wimminz that are all about the Rustic Skyscraper.

Let your comments of aliens pour over me guys, no wait I have a better idea!

You, yes you! I want you to give meh some new music to listen to, I'm running out of fresh stuff on Last FM, which is such an amazing website by the by. Found to many awesome bands through it!

Down in the dumps are you? Well boy howdy do I have the band for you. Slap the words Cobra Starship into your internet things right now for hours upon hours of musical goodness, you'll thank me when you're awake at five in the morning at a karaoke bar singing Guilty Pleasure.

Never have I gotten into a band as fast as I got into them, from the moment I heard "The City Is At War" I was like, fuck yes these guys are going to be good and hot damn was I right, plus the chick in it is crazy amounts of hot, BONUS!

Gonna rap this post up now in a bit so stay with meh guys!

Run, that word is a bitch for me. Today I went for my usual walk/jog but I decided I'd try and add in a half mile run, hot damn did I pay for that! Biggest stitch I have ever gotten half way through the run, moral of the story? Don't eat a big dinner and then go for a run it's a bitch.

Around now I'm starting to ramble so I'm going to rap this up for today, think imma go listen to some Broken Social Scene now, for anyone that's reading and hasn't listened to the, FUCKING CHECK EM MAN, C'MON, GAH!

And that's about it for today's post folks oh no wait I forgot to mention my word of the day!

Desert, not only is it a homonym but I like to shout it at old people as they walk down the street, oh woah I'm going to big lengths to make this work now.

You guys have been great for putting up with this grammatical nightmare of a post. I'm guessing you're wondering why my blog had such a pointless post today, well check the first word of each paragraph bros. Much Love and Peace Out!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Finding God at the Goth Show

Seeing McArdle's new post has inspired me to do a summation of my current life. Well let's start it off boring to hook the audience eh? COLLEGE! Boy howdy the work keeps coming and I just can't seem to care. I have 3 projects due next Monday and ain't started a single one of em yet. I really do wish I cared more but ever since TY caring about any form of work has become a depressingly impossible feat.

On the bright side! The sun is finally coming from behind those pesky clouds. Today was incredible. I'm so happy I didn't watch the film because once I walked outside it was like 16 degrees out, I would have stripped down to my scivvies and enjoyed it immensely if people didn't frown so much upon that lewd behaviour. Haters ain'gonna emancipate.

In other aspects of life the diet thingy is coming along swimmingly, I fell off the wagon once or twice but I then refocused avec gusto! I think I've achieved about the right body fat, now it's time to focus on building some manly muscles. The piano learning isn't going as well though as it's damn hard to find time to fit in learning instruments these days so I think I'll make that my top priority for when summer comes.

Speaking of summer, I cannot wait for oxegen right now. It's actually going to be insane, my main mission shall be to drag as many people as possible to My Chem. I'mma also start listening to as many of these lesser known bands as possible between now and then and hopefully find some gems among the coal. Imma have to sort out the whole camping situation soon enough though but alas that's a worry for another time.

In the past two days I've gone on a spree listening to all the music I listened to during 1st to 3rd year when the emo scene took over my fragile tastes. My god I forgot how much I love all this music. Sum 41, System of a Down, Sugarcult, New Found Glory, Jimmy Eat World, Incubus and so many more. It really makes me wish that the whole punk rock scene would come back. Now don't get me wrong I love the whole indie/alternative scene that's going on at the moment but c'mon man it's summer, we need some upbeat music, vampire weekend is the closest thing I've found to it in quite awhile now. Though I did hear awhile back that Green Day was remaking that Cigarettes and Valentines album that they had stolen from them, now if that actually happened that could be the catalyst to get punk rock up and going again but I haven't heard anything about it in a long time so I assume it fell apart. Upside down smiley face.

I think I may make a list of things to do this summer on this blog thing. That way I'll be forced to do them through the social pressures of failing in front of others, ultimate usage of negative things man.
Wrestlemania in like 2 weeks, fuck my eye with a lawnmower this is going to be awesome, almost every match I want to see. We must organise something for it, it will be intense!

And well that's it for today, I keep getting sidetracked from listening to the Blue Album so imma do that now (probably).

Good luck and God save the French!

Thursday, March 17, 2011

What Terrible Taste He Has.

Well seeing as I ain't updated this in ages I'll do something fun that 30 song challenge in one day, TIME COMPRESSION!

1. Your Favorite Song

Hrmm a favourite song eh? Well at the moment I'd have to give that title to Hurricane by Panic! at the Disco.

Overall though almost every single Arcade Fire song would be in this spot but I'll link to The Well and The Lighthouse as I don't think it gets enough appreciation.


2. Your Least Favorite Song

An easy answer as I was sick of this song being played everywhere I went for what 6 months?

I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyes Peas


3. A Song That Makes You Happy

Hrmm this question makes me realize I mostly listen to depressing music...
Yeah for this one I'd have to say Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa by Vampire Weekend, it's just so upbeat!

4. A Song That Makes You Sad

I love songs that make my sad, I'm weird like that, so there's many, many options for this one.
So I'll put some of the songs that I've been re listening to lately which make me pretty sad.
Hide and Seek by Imogen Heap.
Star Star ** by The Frames
You Could be Happy by Snow Patrol

5. A Song That Reminds You Of Someone

Again there's also a lot of these so I'll put down the most fun one. Christmas two years ago singing Rule The World by Take That like every two minutes with Larney, awesome times!


6. A Song That Reminds You Of Somewhere

Summer 2006, on a plane back to Ireland, looking down at the French cities underneath in the middle of the night listening to Sam's Town by The Killers. It just felt oddly magical how relevant the lyrics "I see London, I see Sam's Town" were.


7. A Song That Reminds You Of A Certain Event

As cheesey as it sounds imma go with Graduation (Friends Forever) by Vitamin C. It wasn't until they played that song that BAM! it hit me that school was over, I got such a sinking feeling from that.


8. A Song That You Know All The Words To

I love this song sooooo much! I'm Sticking With You by The Velvet Underground.
Anything that you might do, I'm gonna do too!


9. A Song That You Can Dance To

The main one for this has to be Twist and Shout by The Beatles. Just try and listen to it and not get into the rhythm!


10. A Song That Makes You Fall Asleep

This one is just so gentle I could listen to it while drifting off. La redécouverte by Yann Tiersen.
Oh and also Fragments of Memories by Nobuo Uematsu.


11. A Song From Your Favorite Band

Hrmm, I don't really have a singular favourite band so I'll use this space to put in a song from a band I won't use anywhere else on the list. Plus I really like the band anyway, so to hell with the haters.
The Jetset Life is Gonna Kill You by My Chemical Romance.

I was going to go with Famous Last Words but seeing as everyone and their mother has listened to The Black Parade, I decided to go with a less known one.


12. A Song From A Band You Hate

Take Your Mama by Scissor Sisters.
No comment beyond the fact I despise them.


13. A Song That Is A Guilty Pleasure

I don't really feel guilty about it but I do like So What by P!nk. It's just such a catchy song.


14. A Song That No One Would Expect You To Love

That's a tough one as I usually tell people anything that I'd listen to. But I guess people wouldn't really expect me to like Kanye West but I love his stuff, Flashing Lights got me hooked into his stuff.
They also probably don't expect me to like Numba 1 (Tide is High) by Kardinal Offishall but I find it enormously catchy.


15. A Song That Describes You

Bleeding Christ this is a tough one as I find it hard to describe myself. So I'll just use a middle ground and tell you the song I used to feel described me when I was all deep and brooding around like 13 and alternative music still wasn't big yet. Oh yay a view into my younger psyche!
Lithium by Nirvana.

16. A Song That You Used To Love But Now Hate

For this one I want to do something more interesting, something I liked for about a week then hated for say 3 years then re listened to and loved it.
And this would be the entire American Idiot album!

I remember when this first came out I was so excited to hear new Green Day stuff after worshipping the International Superhits compilation but after a week or two I started noticing the music videos and hearing people talk about how Green Day had sold out. I looked into it and by god they were right! I was infuriated one of my favourite bands had left me to rot so they could appeal to a wider audience. I boycotted them for years after this, they were traitors to me.
But then I took a step back from my high horse after a few years and realized that the album they made was pure gold and I'm actually quite pissed at myself for being such a moron.

So I'll link to what I believe is the diamond among this album of gems. Jesus of Suburbia.



17. A Song That You Hear Often On The Radio

I don't listen to the radio much at all so I can't really give a good answer on this one but for being such an old song I do hear Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys.



18. A Song That You Wish You Heard On The Radio

Just because it's coming up to Oxegen I wish they'd play more of the Foo Fighters on the radio to get me in the mood, I guess if I had to pick one song I'd go for: Next Year.



19. A Song From Your Favorite Album

While I dislike repeating artists on this list I'll have to use Arcade Fire again for this one as they have my favourite album, which is The Suburbs.

From this album I'm going to go with Half Light I. Not because it's my favourite but just because I've been listening to it the most lately.



20. A Song That You Listen To When You’re Angry

When I'm angry I don't really listen to music but I guess Attack by 30 seconds to Mars would be a good one.



21. A Song That You Listen To When You’re Happy

I'd have to say Classico by Tenacious D. I don't think anybody could listen to this without having a smile on their face.
Oh wow, that's my first time actually watching the video and holy fuck that was terrible, so yeah just ignore the video :\



22. A Song That You Listen To When You’re Sad

There's no set song I play when I'm feeling down, it varies y'know. Anything by Five for Fighting is good though, in particular Michael Jordan, Jainy or Love Song.

I do love mah depressin' music.


23. A Song That You Want To Play At Your Wedding

Okay this one is kind of cheating as it's more of what happened in this video that I love than the song BUT the song is really, REALLY good as well so it all works out. Check the link to see the video I'm talking about.

Forever by Chris Brown


24. A Song That You Want To Play At Your Funeral

I guess I'll keep in tone with it being a funeral and keep the music gentle and choir like, so I'll go with: Caresse sur l'Océan by Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc


25. A Song That Makes You Laugh

It's quite rare a song would make me laugh but I think I've got the perfect one which is also a catchy as hell song.
Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

26. A Song That You Can Play On An Instrument

After many a tedious hour learning it I finally mastered Clock Tower by Koji Kondo on piano.


27. A Song That You Wish You Could Play

This one would definitely have to be Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. Hopefully I might have this learnt by the end of summer and if I do I am officially declaring myself 'da man'.


28. A Song That Makes You Feel Guilty

I can honestly say there isn't a single song that has ever made me stop and say to myself "Oh man, I wish I wasn't so damned guilty". This is an idiotic question so imma not answer it.


29. A Song From Your Childhood

Oh so many options for this one but I'm going to go back to one of my youngest memories when I remember thinking "Gee whiz this sure is a good song, yes sir I like the sound of this tubular melody".

And that song would have to be Circle of Life from The Lion King.

I'm actually amazed every time I hear someone hasn't seen this film, I feel it is my mission to introduce every single one of them to its glory.



30. Your Favorite Song At This Time Last Year


Hrmm, I can't even really remember what I was listening to this time last year but I do remember listening to the new Green Day album '21st Century Breakdown' so annoyingly I'm going to have to use them again. I'd say my favourite song of theirs would to have to have been: Murder City


And that's a rap for this edition of the blog, hopefully I'll start updating more.

Peace out.

Monday, March 7, 2011

If You Close the Door, the Night Could Last Forever

It's been awhile since I last updated and since I have a lot of work to do and need an excuse to not do it, hurrah i'll do this instead! So without further ado ...if you're listening WAAOOOOOHHH OHHHHHH. Are you listening?

College is being a big bowl of fresh gay lately. Lots of work piling up and I mean lots, bloody sucks cock. I have about three CA's due in the next week and a half and I ain't started a single one. I have one due Wednesday which is killing me. The problem is I have no idea what to do for it, literally no idea at all. The theme's "A New Beginning" but that's just too broad, my brain hurts at the thought. I was thinking doing some fat fuck standing with a cheeky grin in a gym like a new start in life or maybe a dog sitting outside as in a new family, a new start. It really sucks though, my mind is too lucid to think up some tubular ideas right now.

You know what else sucks, for like three days its constant class, no breaks, all I want to do is enjoy the bloody sun, is that too much to ask D:

I gots the new pokeymons there last Friday and I must say it is bloody awesome, maybe it's my nostalgia slapping me in the face every 5 seconds but it's as addictive as all hell.
MY POKEYMONS LETS ME SHOWS U THEM!

Oh man do I fucking hate photoshop, I mean holy shit, I hate that fucking crap. It's just so fucking annoying to work....fuck.

Today just isn't a good day at all, I mean I thought it would be great today, I really did but all these CA's have brought life to a crashing standstill, I just wanna play pokeymons and work out, why can't life be simple :(

Well today's blog has been one big rant and I'm not in the mood to talk about fun stuff, so I'll just leave this post sitting here for people to stumble across.