Okay I've got a new idea, I'm going to attempt to sum up my life, year by year, this should give a good inside into the glory that is me. I'll go from 1995 to now so let's get started!
Okay I believe a good starting point is my entrance into primary school. I remember I was five at the time. Being born in October my parents felt I was too young to go to school at four. When I think now I always wonder just how different life would be if I started earlier.
I digress, I remember my first day like it was yesterday. I remember entering the class room and thinking it would be fun. I sat down at like the front of the class, as I remember it I was at the same table as Andrew, Susan and Meehal. I remember I didn't like Meehal at all for the silliest reason. He had the same first initial as me.
You see back in junior infants we always had to do this thing were we talked about the first letter of our name, she only chose one person per letter and he ALWAYS got picked. I knew the answers to all the questions she asked but he had no clue, I just wanted to bark the answers at him. I was a weird child.
I also remember one day I came into class and he was sitting in my seat. I was furious as he claimed "lolmyseat". I was about to bring down the anger when all of a sudden he told me Ms McGuiness had moved people around and lo and behold she had. I hated him even more from that moment on though as he made me feel silly.
Lunch time was a weird time back then. I don't remember hanging out with people in the class that much, I remember I hung out with John and one other person, not sure if it was Larney or Cian. We ate crisps off the dirty ground that year, random fact right there, don't know why I remember it so clearly.
Another one of my main memories from that year is subtraction. I remember how difficult we all found it and I mean the entire class found it impossible. When Ms McGuiness left the room we all struggled desperately to get explanations out of one another but it was impossible. Eventually the teacher found us out and explained it to us over and over till it finally clicked.
This was my first meeting with the Irish language. I remember hating it from the moment I opened the book. I even remember the picture it was a girl walking to school with an Irish sentence underneath describing it. I remember thinking to myself this is so pointless I can already describe what she is doing why do I need to use different words to do it. It really sucked at the time and it didn't get better as we spent an hour or two everyday doing Irish.
Towards the end of Junior Infants everyone was obsessed with best friends. I think mine was Andrew. That constant best friends thing would continue for years and years. That's really about everything I remember from junior infants though.
Shit wait I remember something else. Okay so we had toy time everyday at two. We picked toys in turn. Table by table everyone got a toy. Now this was fucked up, THEY ALWAYS STARTED WITH THE SAME TABLE AND ENDED WITH THE SAME TABLE. Needless to say as my table was at the front of the class and furthest away from the toys I always got to pick last. I never once got to play with the goddamn toy cars, always pissed me off.
1995 that was the year I first saw The Lion King. I got the VHS for Christmas along with some power rangers one, the queen of ooze or something. This is the first Christmas I remember. The only thing I remember from it though is actually watching The Lion King. It was such an amazing film, everything about it was incredible it felt like I was on an adventure with Simba. The race through the jungle to the water spot was crazy. Ahh I need to re watch that film tonight :3
One of my big memories from this year was playing my brother's NES. I remember the entire family crowding around the screen being amazed that my brother was controlling the main character of a film.I couldn't jump over the first goomba in mario though and got pissed off and threw it there. Damn A button was hard to press man :(
That's really all I remember from 1995. I wonder when I get older will I even remember it, I remember Mr. Jennings saying once that eventually memories fade and your memories turn to memories themselves. As in you can only remember that you once remembered something.
Anyway tune in next time when I'll probably skip on to first class as I remember very little about senior infants!
Monday, April 25, 2011
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!
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!
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.
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.
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.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Fitzpatrick!
And thus I return from my internet slumber.
It's been awhile since I've last used the internet as the college internet is quite gay, people constantly looking over your shoulder, websites blocked, hows a bro to look up some porn?
Life without the internet forced me to find new ways to amuse myself at home, what a bloody hell that was I must say. Needless to say my whole exercise routine thing I said I'd undertake awhile back in this blog took a massive shot in the arm. However the results are starting to show! I have mostly lost all unnecessary body fat and the definition of muscle is starting to show, my aim (one shared by Frank) of a John Morrison-esque body is closer than ever, HURRAH!
Learning Piano has come along a bit too, however unlike exercise I find it difficult to gather together an hour or two of time a day for it. I have learnt a few songs though and I'm quite proud of my rendition of the Song of Healing, sadly nobody has come close to recognising it yet, these philistines need to pick up a nintendo 64 controller.
I have made time with no internet for some significant show watching.
Kudos must go to Cathal for introducing me to Adventure Time, such a glorious show full of magic, wonder and hilarity. Smallville has also gotten a lot of watching, season eight is pretty damn fantastic and I hear the ninth is even better, bodacious.
Dragonball Kai is also awesome, if you ain't seen Z check it out, it takes out most of the boring crap though it can feel very disjointed in places. I do warn though it may be my nostalgia that makes me like kai.
Earthworm Jim, now this is a show. I can't remember it being this funny but listening to Jim yell fills me with the happiness of a warm gun, mama.
Season seven of The Office, oh hell yes, this show could be about Michael sitting on the toilet for an hour trying to hammer out a difficult bowel movement and I'd still be in stitches, a pox on the next season with its new Michael.
JERSEY FUCKING SHORE, oh sweet jesus, this is quite possibly the greatest show I have ever watched. There's these 4 muscle bound dudes and 4 pretty unattractive girls and by damn it reaches all new kinds of hilarity. I especially love the episodes when (I forget his name) the guy that looks like he plays rugby goes out and finds someone to beat the crap out of.
Oh and there's this dude called 'The Situation' first off, when the hell did he decide to christen himself that and secondly why did 'The Event' or 'The Happening' not take his fancy. You see it's actually some sort of ingenius PUA technique though. This man goes up to women rubs his abs on them and says "Looks like we got a situation here!" and god bless him it works almost everytime, bros got style.
Then There's this annoying girl called Snooki, now I despise this chick and wasn't going to watch the show because of her but hell she knows how to throw a fist. I advise all to check out the show as it something that a pantheon of gods couldn't replicate at their finest hour.
Yesterday I quite possibly w
atched the greatest film of all time. Napoleon Dynamite! I'd never seen the film before as to be quite honest I'd never really heard of it outside of that dance in World of Warcraft. I'd also see those 'Vote for Pedro' t-shirts on someone once a month but I always thought they were some Mexican political statement, I be feelin' quite silly. Anyways, the movie was so ridiculously funny I almost spurted milk out my nipple.None of it made sense, the main charachter was a condescending, defensive asshat with the same facial expression all the time but by god do I want to watch it all again. I say we get a double movie night of Napoleon Dynamite and Ferris Bueller's Day off going. It would be extreme heat chilli sauce.
Music wise I haven't been able to expand my horizons very much without the internet as I refuse to buy albums which left me looping some of the stuff I'd been listening to since Christmas. Since the sun has started beaming in the past few days however I have started getting back into listening to the Beatles. I guess it's because I listened to all the
remastered stuff during last summer but everytime the sun starts shining all I want to do is turn on the beatles and go outside and play some frisbee or something. I used to never appreciate the sun but by hell do I love it at the minute. Sunny days give the greatest feeling ever. Just knowing that I can go out and lie on the grass and relax is a bodacious feeling. I'm so tempted to take up an outside sport now but I digress.
Outside of the Beatles I've mostly been listening to The Beach Boys, My Chem, Panic!, Foo Fighters, 30 Seconds to Mars, Arcade Fire, Five for Fighting (under-appreciated to an ugly extreme) and of course my new favourite Vampire Weekend (who have the honor of having he only new album I've listened to in like a month, relish it lads, relish it).
College lately has become quite a miserable bitch. My lack of enthusiasm for working has come back to haunt me as my work pile continiues to stack and stack to the point I feel it pointless to attempt it but alas I'l give it the olde college try (do ho ho) soon enough. However my attendance has been exemplerary so far and today has been the first day I said sod it and didn't go in, I feel this may trollop off a bit though now that the nice weather is here. I'm not going to waste such nice weather listening to lecturers winge about cinema and cameras, this is relaxin' weather, summer cannot come quite fast enough at the minute.
Huh it seems today is Valentines Day, I had no clue it was today, I thought it wasn't till Friday, Happy Valentines Day to all I guess? Carrying on, I shall be doing some themed blog posts very soon, possibly one out tonight so keep an ever vigilante eye out, till then, Adios all.
It's been awhile since I've last used the internet as the college internet is quite gay, people constantly looking over your shoulder, websites blocked, hows a bro to look up some porn?
Life without the internet forced me to find new ways to amuse myself at home, what a bloody hell that was I must say. Needless to say my whole exercise routine thing I said I'd undertake awhile back in this blog took a massive shot in the arm. However the results are starting to show! I have mostly lost all unnecessary body fat and the definition of muscle is starting to show, my aim (one shared by Frank) of a John Morrison-esque body is closer than ever, HURRAH!
Learning Piano has come along a bit too, however unlike exercise I find it difficult to gather together an hour or two of time a day for it. I have learnt a few songs though and I'm quite proud of my rendition of the Song of Healing, sadly nobody has come close to recognising it yet, these philistines need to pick up a nintendo 64 controller.
I have made time with no internet for some significant show watching.
Kudos must go to Cathal for introducing me to Adventure Time, such a glorious show full of magic, wonder and hilarity. Smallville has also gotten a lot of watching, season eight is pretty damn fantastic and I hear the ninth is even better, bodacious.
Dragonball Kai is also awesome, if you ain't seen Z check it out, it takes out most of the boring crap though it can feel very disjointed in places. I do warn though it may be my nostalgia that makes me like kai.
Earthworm Jim, now this is a show. I can't remember it being this funny but listening to Jim yell fills me with the happiness of a warm gun, mama.
Season seven of The Office, oh hell yes, this show could be about Michael sitting on the toilet for an hour trying to hammer out a difficult bowel movement and I'd still be in stitches, a pox on the next season with its new Michael.
JERSEY FUCKING SHORE, oh sweet jesus, this is quite possibly the greatest show I have ever watched. There's these 4 muscle bound dudes and 4 pretty unattractive girls and by damn it reaches all new kinds of hilarity. I especially love the episodes when (I forget his name) the guy that looks like he plays rugby goes out and finds someone to beat the crap out of.
Oh and there's this dude called 'The Situation' first off, when the hell did he decide to christen himself that and secondly why did 'The Event' or 'The Happening' not take his fancy. You see it's actually some sort of ingenius PUA technique though. This man goes up to women rubs his abs on them and says "Looks like we got a situation here!" and god bless him it works almost everytime, bros got style.
Then There's this annoying girl called Snooki, now I despise this chick and wasn't going to watch the show because of her but hell she knows how to throw a fist. I advise all to check out the show as it something that a pantheon of gods couldn't replicate at their finest hour.
Yesterday I quite possibly w
atched the greatest film of all time. Napoleon Dynamite! I'd never seen the film before as to be quite honest I'd never really heard of it outside of that dance in World of Warcraft. I'd also see those 'Vote for Pedro' t-shirts on someone once a month but I always thought they were some Mexican political statement, I be feelin' quite silly. Anyways, the movie was so ridiculously funny I almost spurted milk out my nipple.None of it made sense, the main charachter was a condescending, defensive asshat with the same facial expression all the time but by god do I want to watch it all again. I say we get a double movie night of Napoleon Dynamite and Ferris Bueller's Day off going. It would be extreme heat chilli sauce.Music wise I haven't been able to expand my horizons very much without the internet as I refuse to buy albums which left me looping some of the stuff I'd been listening to since Christmas. Since the sun has started beaming in the past few days however I have started getting back into listening to the Beatles. I guess it's because I listened to all the
remastered stuff during last summer but everytime the sun starts shining all I want to do is turn on the beatles and go outside and play some frisbee or something. I used to never appreciate the sun but by hell do I love it at the minute. Sunny days give the greatest feeling ever. Just knowing that I can go out and lie on the grass and relax is a bodacious feeling. I'm so tempted to take up an outside sport now but I digress.Outside of the Beatles I've mostly been listening to The Beach Boys, My Chem, Panic!, Foo Fighters, 30 Seconds to Mars, Arcade Fire, Five for Fighting (under-appreciated to an ugly extreme) and of course my new favourite Vampire Weekend (who have the honor of having he only new album I've listened to in like a month, relish it lads, relish it).
College lately has become quite a miserable bitch. My lack of enthusiasm for working has come back to haunt me as my work pile continiues to stack and stack to the point I feel it pointless to attempt it but alas I'l give it the olde college try (do ho ho) soon enough. However my attendance has been exemplerary so far and today has been the first day I said sod it and didn't go in, I feel this may trollop off a bit though now that the nice weather is here. I'm not going to waste such nice weather listening to lecturers winge about cinema and cameras, this is relaxin' weather, summer cannot come quite fast enough at the minute.
Huh it seems today is Valentines Day, I had no clue it was today, I thought it wasn't till Friday, Happy Valentines Day to all I guess? Carrying on, I shall be doing some themed blog posts very soon, possibly one out tonight so keep an ever vigilante eye out, till then, Adios all.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
He says he will but never does.
As of late I have seen fellow bloggers do reviews of things they liked in the past year or even decade. I however take such restrictions by the groin and throw them out my window in a fashion not seen since the good 'olde days of batterin broads.
With this I am going to unleash a series of posts I like to call "Mark likes stuff and this be the stuff he likes." Catchy I know.
With this I shall begin, "with what" you ask with a slight sense of boredom dulling your voice. First off you're a dick and secondly I shall keep you in suspense! Unless of course you are reading this after you read my future blogs thanks to time being an uncivilized swine who does not command my respect or admiration. STOP AGEING ME YOU BASTARD!
I have however gotten deliciously off topic and at the sake of not rambling anymore I shall pull my trousers back on and start this thing.
With this I am going to unleash a series of posts I like to call "Mark likes stuff and this be the stuff he likes." Catchy I know.
With this I shall begin, "with what" you ask with a slight sense of boredom dulling your voice. First off you're a dick and secondly I shall keep you in suspense! Unless of course you are reading this after you read my future blogs thanks to time being an uncivilized swine who does not command my respect or admiration. STOP AGEING ME YOU BASTARD!
I have however gotten deliciously off topic and at the sake of not rambling anymore I shall pull my trousers back on and start this thing.
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