I saw this and it made me smile...
"Someone will always be prettier.
Someone will always be smarter.
Someone's house will be bigger.
Someone will drive a better car.
Someone's children will do better in school.
And Someone's husband will fix more things around the house.
So let it go, and love you and your circumstances.
Think about it.
The prettiest woman in the world can have hell in her heart.
And the most highly favored woman on your job may be unable to have children.
And the richest woman you know, who's got the car, the house, the clothes....might be lonely.
And the word says if "I have not Love, I am nothing."
So, again, love you.
Love who you are.
Look in the mirror in the morning and smile and say:
"I am too blessed to be stressed and too anointed to be disappointed!"
"Winners make things happen. Losers let things happen.""
It has inspired me into a new frame of mind. :D
xx
Quote of the day: To the world you may just be one person, but to one person you may just be the world - Heather Cortez
Song of the day: The Jezabels - A little piece
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Wednesday, 12 January 2011
If fireworks were filled with glitter they'd be the colour of my soul...
Nothing's changed.
Except perhaps the realisation that I have to take a few paces back and hope.
Jack Kerouac said "The only one's for me are the mad ones" and this is something that has always resonated with me. I surround myself with wonderously mad and crazy people not only because they validate my madness but because they are more willing to do crazy and fantastical things with me.
With this in mind I hope we can do many crazy and fantastical things together.
With love
xx
Quote of the day: The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww! - Jack Kerouac
Song of the day: Stop and Stare - Fenech Soler
Except perhaps the realisation that I have to take a few paces back and hope.
Jack Kerouac said "The only one's for me are the mad ones" and this is something that has always resonated with me. I surround myself with wonderously mad and crazy people not only because they validate my madness but because they are more willing to do crazy and fantastical things with me.
With this in mind I hope we can do many crazy and fantastical things together.
With love
xx
Quote of the day: The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww! - Jack Kerouac
Song of the day: Stop and Stare - Fenech Soler
Wednesday, 5 January 2011
The bridge disappears and I'm standing on air...
It's been a while since I've blogged. But then again it's been a while since I've felt like "this". I have my wonderful girlfriend to thank for that. She makes me happier than I've been in a while, everytime I look deep into her eyes my heart flutters 1000 times faster and my stomach does sumersaults.
Anyways, back to "this".
"This" is an indescribable feeling, it's that empty, silent sound that hangs around pregnant pauses, it's that moment late at night when you realise you should have done something different. The only problem is that you don't know what you should have (or indeed could have done) and it is with the faintest regret in your mind that you push forward with whatever it is you are doing and end up sleep-deprived and bleary-eyed on the other side.
I think the time has come for me to use the phrase "The shit has hit the fan" for the first time in 2011 and indeed the first time this academic year.
I, like many people, have been bogged down with revision for those all important - yet stupidly timed - post-Christmas exams. The difference with me (and the other people on my Music Technology course) is that I've also had two assignments to complete at the same time (both of which are as of yet unstarted, let alone completed). This was preceeded by no "end of term slow down" in work levels but rather a workload that seemed to gather speed as Christmas grew closer.
Anyways, now I'm not going to complain I have the biggest workload ever - I know a few medical students and their workload is through-the-roof-mental - but what I am going to say is that it would seem that I have a substantially higher workload than some of my other uni friends. By the start of the next term I will have completed approximately 12 assignments, 3 exams and 4 mini-tests all in the space of approximately 14 weeks.
Suffice to say that it's been a hectic term and for the most part I've enjoyed the frantic relief as I've rushed to hand in essays before the deadline, those late night studio sessions as I feverishly finished assignements at god-knows what time in the morning.
Right now I'm beginning to panic slightly.
On Monday I have an assigment due in that I haven't even started, rather, that I don't even have the specific program to do it in!
I feel royally fucked and I know I should have done something differently but I'm beginning to wonder if there was anything I could do.
Have I really been wasting time sat at my desk revising? Did any of it go in? Will I do well in these exams? Will I complete the assignments in time?
I would like to declare that I simply don't have enough time and that it's not my fault but the moment I do that I have to admit that I've been wasting time, something which whilst probably true doesn't offer any comfort when it comes to completing this work and revising for my exams.
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.
I do seem to fail rather spectactualrly when it comes to organisation of my time and getting assignments done in time.
Now all I need is a miracle.
It seems sad that so early into 2011 my optimism should be thwarted but I shall not let it be so.
I shall raise a glass to optimism, to completing my work, to making positive changes to the way I work and to managing to enjoy myself along the way.
Here's hoping it works.
Now for sleep.
xx
Quote of the day: Having heavy conversations about the frivolous constellations of our soul - The Script - Science and Faith.
Song of the day: We apologise for nothing - Fightstar
Anyways, back to "this".
"This" is an indescribable feeling, it's that empty, silent sound that hangs around pregnant pauses, it's that moment late at night when you realise you should have done something different. The only problem is that you don't know what you should have (or indeed could have done) and it is with the faintest regret in your mind that you push forward with whatever it is you are doing and end up sleep-deprived and bleary-eyed on the other side.
I think the time has come for me to use the phrase "The shit has hit the fan" for the first time in 2011 and indeed the first time this academic year.
I, like many people, have been bogged down with revision for those all important - yet stupidly timed - post-Christmas exams. The difference with me (and the other people on my Music Technology course) is that I've also had two assignments to complete at the same time (both of which are as of yet unstarted, let alone completed). This was preceeded by no "end of term slow down" in work levels but rather a workload that seemed to gather speed as Christmas grew closer.
Anyways, now I'm not going to complain I have the biggest workload ever - I know a few medical students and their workload is through-the-roof-mental - but what I am going to say is that it would seem that I have a substantially higher workload than some of my other uni friends. By the start of the next term I will have completed approximately 12 assignments, 3 exams and 4 mini-tests all in the space of approximately 14 weeks.
Suffice to say that it's been a hectic term and for the most part I've enjoyed the frantic relief as I've rushed to hand in essays before the deadline, those late night studio sessions as I feverishly finished assignements at god-knows what time in the morning.
Right now I'm beginning to panic slightly.
On Monday I have an assigment due in that I haven't even started, rather, that I don't even have the specific program to do it in!
I feel royally fucked and I know I should have done something differently but I'm beginning to wonder if there was anything I could do.
Have I really been wasting time sat at my desk revising? Did any of it go in? Will I do well in these exams? Will I complete the assignments in time?
I would like to declare that I simply don't have enough time and that it's not my fault but the moment I do that I have to admit that I've been wasting time, something which whilst probably true doesn't offer any comfort when it comes to completing this work and revising for my exams.
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck.
I do seem to fail rather spectactualrly when it comes to organisation of my time and getting assignments done in time.
Now all I need is a miracle.
It seems sad that so early into 2011 my optimism should be thwarted but I shall not let it be so.
I shall raise a glass to optimism, to completing my work, to making positive changes to the way I work and to managing to enjoy myself along the way.
Here's hoping it works.
Now for sleep.
xx
Quote of the day: Having heavy conversations about the frivolous constellations of our soul - The Script - Science and Faith.
Song of the day: We apologise for nothing - Fightstar
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
An audio assault through the eyes of the meek...
The world, as it stands is ready.
Ready for the audio assault that I plan on launching.
The music scene as I see it needs shaking up. It needs grabbing by its scrawny little neck and throwing across the room until it realises that no matter what people do to/with it, it will still bounce back and though it might look a little more 'ugly', we will still love it with the same passion we did when we first experienced it properly.
Now some of you may be questioning my authority to declare this kind of audio assault, and I will openly declare that I have no kind of authority on the matter.
But... I don't need any authority.
As listeners and creators of music we do not need authority to be passionate about something and I think it is time that the listeners and creators of music took back what is rightfully theirs: the passion and spirit to create what they want, to listen to what they want.
Of late I believe that record companies have started to tighten their grip over bands and artists and I believe that art for the sake of art is being lost deep within the depths of bureaucracy and money.
I haven't heard a really decent album in a while that I didn't think was trying to grab at five minutes of fucking "fame"or make more money than the last album. It saddens me that music has lost its fundamental reason for being.
I will agree that there are some great artists out there, doing great things and making great music with a really awesome ethic (The Bloody Beetroots are a great example of this) and I'm not oging to knock them. It's just it would seem that these musicians are in the minority and it saddens me that the one thing on many bands minds is getting a record deal or making the top 20.
If anyone have ever head of Dub FX you will know that he is forging a career without having a record label. (As are Enter Shikari)
For those that don't know, a little description is in order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_FX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiInBOVHpO8
Dub FX is a street busker who uses nothing but his voice, a loop pedal and some effects to create music live on the street.
He uses a combination of beatboxing, singing and 'rapping' to create a melange of sounds that spand many different genres. He speaks from his heart and claims to be truly independant using only, live performance, word of mouth and internet social networking to self promote and create interest.
The work ethics of this guy are so fantastically awesome because he is basically doing music for subsistence. He is making music so he can eat food and sleep under a roof at night. He is not in it for the money, he is in it to create. And the stuff that he is creating is most definitely art. It is pure and unadulterated art because he has no record label telling him that he has to change his sound or sell more records or whatever. He could have a 'normal', boring job and he could be making lots of money and have a fancy car but he's chosen a simple life so that he can do what he wants.
I admire that a lot and plan on using that in my ethic in the near future as I try and forge myself a life creating and playing music.
With lyrics such as:
"I aint gonna spend my time wandering why I never made it
I’ve already made it
I aint gonna spend my days thinking about why I never made it
I've already made it"
I can't see why anyone wouldn't want to have a worth ethic like his.
Now, time to update on my musical plans:
Novoseven: I am currently in the process of writing an EBM/Aggrotech album for my university course. This will consist of hard heavy danceable beats with lots of distortion and screaming! I will also be trying to get some live gigs for this. It's going to take a while but in the not too distant future I will have an albums worth of songs to force into your ears and infect your mind with.
Random band: I am in the process of setting up and writing some songs for a random band that will consists of me and three of my university friends; Kate - vocals and guitar, Ollie - drums, Sam - bass, Me - guitar. It will be jump up and dance rock. I want it to be something like UnderOath mixed with The All American Rejects with less screaming, but seeing as this is a band the other members will get their say as well. We will hopefully be getting some gigs next year.
Cosmic Fallacies: At the moment this is a solo project but I'm hoping I can find someone who's up for collaborating . This will be a trancey, summery, spacey, 'chilled out but get up and dance' project. As of yet I only have a few half finished samples for this but I will be working on more stuff in the near future. This will be a production and dj project as opposed to a live thing.
Random drum and bass: This is my idea to do some heavy, distorted bass inspired drum and bass. Imagine if The Prodigy met Pendulum started a fight and then teamed together to fight Sub Focus and Chase & Status. It's going to be fast, hard, bass heavy and full of haunting melodies. Once again this is going to be a dj project as opposed to a live thing.
Phew, even writing that made me tired. I'm going to be one busy motherfucker!
To be honest though, I love music so much that I am really excited about everything I have planned. It's going to take lots of dedication but I have music running through my veins and if I could choose one thing to live on for the rest of my life it would have to be music.
I could live on music and love I'm sure.
I love being creative, from creating the first notes/beats of a song to finishing it right the way through to working out an album cover and "image" for that particular project.
Fuck yeah.
xx
Song of the day: Dub FX - Rude Boy
Quote of the day: "We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde & "It is very easy to dream, but is takes all the strength you have to reach out and grab them." - David Broadhurst
Ready for the audio assault that I plan on launching.
The music scene as I see it needs shaking up. It needs grabbing by its scrawny little neck and throwing across the room until it realises that no matter what people do to/with it, it will still bounce back and though it might look a little more 'ugly', we will still love it with the same passion we did when we first experienced it properly.
Now some of you may be questioning my authority to declare this kind of audio assault, and I will openly declare that I have no kind of authority on the matter.
But... I don't need any authority.
As listeners and creators of music we do not need authority to be passionate about something and I think it is time that the listeners and creators of music took back what is rightfully theirs: the passion and spirit to create what they want, to listen to what they want.
Of late I believe that record companies have started to tighten their grip over bands and artists and I believe that art for the sake of art is being lost deep within the depths of bureaucracy and money.
I haven't heard a really decent album in a while that I didn't think was trying to grab at five minutes of fucking "fame"or make more money than the last album. It saddens me that music has lost its fundamental reason for being.
I will agree that there are some great artists out there, doing great things and making great music with a really awesome ethic (The Bloody Beetroots are a great example of this) and I'm not oging to knock them. It's just it would seem that these musicians are in the minority and it saddens me that the one thing on many bands minds is getting a record deal or making the top 20.
If anyone have ever head of Dub FX you will know that he is forging a career without having a record label. (As are Enter Shikari)
For those that don't know, a little description is in order.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dub_FX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiInBOVHpO8
Dub FX is a street busker who uses nothing but his voice, a loop pedal and some effects to create music live on the street.
He uses a combination of beatboxing, singing and 'rapping' to create a melange of sounds that spand many different genres. He speaks from his heart and claims to be truly independant using only, live performance, word of mouth and internet social networking to self promote and create interest.
The work ethics of this guy are so fantastically awesome because he is basically doing music for subsistence. He is making music so he can eat food and sleep under a roof at night. He is not in it for the money, he is in it to create. And the stuff that he is creating is most definitely art. It is pure and unadulterated art because he has no record label telling him that he has to change his sound or sell more records or whatever. He could have a 'normal', boring job and he could be making lots of money and have a fancy car but he's chosen a simple life so that he can do what he wants.
I admire that a lot and plan on using that in my ethic in the near future as I try and forge myself a life creating and playing music.
With lyrics such as:
"I aint gonna spend my time wandering why I never made it
I’ve already made it
I aint gonna spend my days thinking about why I never made it
I've already made it"
I can't see why anyone wouldn't want to have a worth ethic like his.
Now, time to update on my musical plans:
Novoseven: I am currently in the process of writing an EBM/Aggrotech album for my university course. This will consist of hard heavy danceable beats with lots of distortion and screaming! I will also be trying to get some live gigs for this. It's going to take a while but in the not too distant future I will have an albums worth of songs to force into your ears and infect your mind with.
Random band: I am in the process of setting up and writing some songs for a random band that will consists of me and three of my university friends; Kate - vocals and guitar, Ollie - drums, Sam - bass, Me - guitar. It will be jump up and dance rock. I want it to be something like UnderOath mixed with The All American Rejects with less screaming, but seeing as this is a band the other members will get their say as well. We will hopefully be getting some gigs next year.
Cosmic Fallacies: At the moment this is a solo project but I'm hoping I can find someone who's up for collaborating . This will be a trancey, summery, spacey, 'chilled out but get up and dance' project. As of yet I only have a few half finished samples for this but I will be working on more stuff in the near future. This will be a production and dj project as opposed to a live thing.
Random drum and bass: This is my idea to do some heavy, distorted bass inspired drum and bass. Imagine if The Prodigy met Pendulum started a fight and then teamed together to fight Sub Focus and Chase & Status. It's going to be fast, hard, bass heavy and full of haunting melodies. Once again this is going to be a dj project as opposed to a live thing.
Phew, even writing that made me tired. I'm going to be one busy motherfucker!
To be honest though, I love music so much that I am really excited about everything I have planned. It's going to take lots of dedication but I have music running through my veins and if I could choose one thing to live on for the rest of my life it would have to be music.
I could live on music and love I'm sure.
I love being creative, from creating the first notes/beats of a song to finishing it right the way through to working out an album cover and "image" for that particular project.
Fuck yeah.
xx
Song of the day: Dub FX - Rude Boy
Quote of the day: "We're all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde & "It is very easy to dream, but is takes all the strength you have to reach out and grab them." - David Broadhurst
Saturday, 4 December 2010
Meme
Stolen from Shanonindryad because it has the potential to be interesting. I might not keep my opinions on a lot of controversial topics to myself but having people ask about them could be interesting for me to attempt to explain my views.
Basically ask about anything, mundane or unusual and I will answer as truthfully and honestly as I can.
1. Comment in this post with any topic at all.
2. I shall write you back a paragraph or varying amounts of words explaining what I think about it (good, bad, indifferent) and why.
3. Repost in your own journal if you want.
xx
Basically ask about anything, mundane or unusual and I will answer as truthfully and honestly as I can.
1. Comment in this post with any topic at all.
2. I shall write you back a paragraph or varying amounts of words explaining what I think about it (good, bad, indifferent) and why.
3. Repost in your own journal if you want.
xx
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