Living-In-Lena-Land

I miss my bracelets

2010-06-22T16:43:00.000-07:00

Ellen stole them and I keep forgetting to get them back. I need them though, one wrist-full is not enough. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, well my heart was already fond enough, now it's just overload. On a more positive note I've got a couple of new ones, I made one out of paperclips because I just wanted to fill the empty void that I'm now stuck with. The void was by no means filled, but it's still nice :) When people talk about love I never really understood, but I think I do now. I'm always hearing 'you know when you'll meet the one' well I think I have, except it's more like ten, and I miss them terribly.

I regret every time I've called them stupid because they slightly get in the way when playing guitar. I regret every time I forgot to wear one. I regret every time I chose not to wear them, for practicality. I regret not taking more photos of them with me, to remember the good times. I regret getting so drunk that I actually broke one of them, I know it must have hurt, but I'm sure it was nothing compared to the pain of the guilt I felt. I regret ever being parted for them, even if for just a second.

I know I have to be strong though, for them. It hurts, but the thought that we will one day meet again makes the pain seem almost bearable. The most difficult part of it is that I don't know whether my last words to them were 'I love you' because I don't think they were and for that I am so sorry. I do love them, with all my heart.

You never know what you've got until it's gone. I know that now.

"When I think about actors I know, I'd much rather hear about who they're shagging than what film they're doing next." - Hugh Grant

2010-05-18T06:40:00.000-07:00

study leave is the time I think I blog most.
I remember last year on study leave, it was pretty much all I did do.

I had a dream last night with Hitler in it. Was a bit odd. I ended up jumping in front of a car, long story.

I think I need to turn my phone volume down a bit, everytime I get a text (which I admit is rather rare) I jump out of my skin :') it's only up so loud because I normally never hear it ringing at all. Until Alice says "Lena, your phone...". I blame damaged hearing on gigs and playing music too loudly.

So Film Studies exam tomorrow. Two and a half hours of pure joy. By 'pure joy' I do of course mean 'nightmare writing and endless ramble'. Hm, that sounds familiar. So hopefully it'll be as easy as all the lessons we've had this year. Although I can't see the exam board setting us the task of watching Shaun of the Dead, unfortunately.
But it's okay I've come up with two key revision points to get me through the three sections...
1.) Working Title - British film company. They believe if a film has Hugh Grant starring in it, it will be a success. They've also made a couple of other films without Hugh Grant in them...
2.) Mildred Pierce and Erin Brokovich - Two 'women's pictures', one starring a gay italian man and a daughter character that you want nothing more than to whack round the face with a heavy or sharp (preferably both) object. The other starring Julia Roberts and her frankly massive mouth. Neither of these films have Hugh Grant in.

So, I'm thinking an A for me.

might delete this in the morning if I remember to.

2010-04-14T15:56:00.000-07:00

Everything has been mental recently. Not as in 'I've got loads of social events and stuff to do with my life'... more, just, well, strange.

My moods have been fluctuating like a yo-yo or something. yes, I'm tired leave my analogy alone.
Blink 182 have been the soundtrack for the past few months for me, the fact that they're so American, but still good says a lot :)
I really feel like going for a run... or sitting on Jacksons or somewhere. But it's gone midnight and it wouldn't be safe truthfully.
Seeing Penny tomorrow, I've been excited about it for a while.
Ah, there is loads of people I miss recently, I want to see them all nowwww <3
I keep looking at and listening to things that I know are going to ruin my day, but I do anyway, which is idiotic of me...
I'm sitting cross-legged at the moment which I like... should do it more often

Oh yes, tumblr. it's my new thing. http://lena-moss.tumblr.com/

I had a well good day

2010-01-23T13:53:00.000-08:00

Me & Ellen stole a carpet.

Well, I say stole. It was a free sample that we picked up outside 'Carpet Right' (an appropriate place to have a carpet sample). We made sure that we got the coolest colour one and not some rubbish beige colour... admittedly we got a few strange looks, both when 'stealing' the carpet sample and carrying it. It was fun anyway.

What I really want to know is why would you need a carpet sample, like ever?

Oh, I'm also proud to say we walked all the way to ASDA :)
A day of accomplishment for sure.

Paper chains are super cool.

2009-12-07T10:52:00.000-08:00

I don't like writing christmas cards, they're boring to write and read, but somehow I feel the obligation too write them every year...maybe I should make a stand this year and not bother... I will bother though, that's the annoying thing.
Another things that bugs me about Christmas is the ridiculously over-priced CD's and DVD's etc. I want to get a CD as soon as it comes out, I do not want to have to wait until after Christmas to get it, which I do because I'm cheap. On the topic of CD's released around Christmas time, Believers Never Die - (Fall Out Boy's) Greatest Hits, SERIOUSLY!?! This kind of thing angers me greatly.
What else do I strongly dislike about Christmas?? Ermm... well lights and stuff that are up in November, as an obvious choice. Also, the constant belief that everyone had a loving, kind spirit around Christmas time, this is not true. Also, all the annoying adverts that are everywhere at this 'festive time'. Especially that iceland one.

I know, bah humbug n'all. But I there are some things I like about Christmas, Wham! being the main one. But paper chains too, I think they're cool despite what anyone says.

My only point is that Christmas just reminds me that another year has gone past already, and that's pretty miserable (other than new years itself of course). Plus spending the whole day with family doesn't particually appeal to me.

Oh, and there is also the point of Jesus thrown in there somewhere. Not sure where.

When to write lists, and knowing when to stop.

2009-12-04T09:54:00.000-08:00

Wow, it's been a while. I shall not speak of the pretty boring few months I have had, because they were in fact pretty boring.

Lists. They are wonderful things. The simple act of choosing your favourite books, films, albums etc and adding bullet points next to them brings such joy to a simple-minded being such as myself. Over the last few film studies lessons I have made quite a few lists, 12 to be exact. Some of them are uncompleted, or just need a bit of a change, but here are a few examples of what kept me occupied when I should have been doing my coursework.

Top 11 songs (It was 10 originally)
-You Really Got Me
-Supersonic
-I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
-A New England
-We'll Live & Die In These Towns
-Can't Buy Me Love
-Smells Like Teen Spirit
-Country House
-Down In The Tubestation At Midnight
-American Idiot
-Where Did All The Love Go

5 celebrities I would happily punch
-Calvin Harris
-Chris Martin
-Pete Doherty
-Chad Kroeger (I had to look up his name, it's pretty stupid)
-This is still open for debate, although I may just put Chad Kroeger on here again

5 Celebrities that 'I would' that are dead, OR no longer in their prime
-Adam Ant
-David Bowie
-Marc Bolan
-Ian Curtis
-Paul Weller

(I had to point out several times that David Bowie was not dead, they did not correctly read the title of this list.)

I also had a similar list for people that are not old, or dead, but it was never completed. These are the first 4...
-Joe Dempsie
-Alex Turner
-Simon Amstell (Yes, I know he's gay but anyone on this list is hedging my bets really)
-Billie Joe Armstrong

I think that is enough examples now, but I did also have a 'Things to do before I die list' I decided not to post it because I keep thinking of things to add to it. But just to give you an idea my first 5 things were...

-Hire Noel Gallagher (+Noel Fielding, too sing the soup song) in a restaurant where I will only serve soup and Oasis soup
-Try the Weetabix week
-Write a musical film or a film and a musical
-Make a robot
-Officially arrest someone

Something that has recently annoyed me is that the past few NME's I have purchased have been a bit crap, but all the ones I have missed have been really good. This is not relevant to lists but it angered me...
Another thing that annoys me is the fact that people assume because I have never met an American I cannot judge them and say they are stupid and annoying. I can and they are.
Before this turns into a list of things that annoy me I shall stop, with the promise that I will try to write blogs a bit more often (for the average of two people that read them), although I have promised this before...

Stop Crying Your Heart Out

2009-07-22T14:54:00.000-07:00

What can I say, it's been ages since i've written a blog. The last one was written in June (I checked) this is too long ago! I'd like to say that since June my life has been jam packed full of excitement and fun. I won't, becuase this would be a lie. However, I have had a pretty good summer... and I must admit I do miss the nice-ish weather.
So... I guess I should write about the 2nd half of June, July, August, September and what we have had of October, don't worry, I won't. But since the last blog I have had one particually spectacular weekend, that now seems ages ago. That, of course, was the weekend I went to Guilfest AND saw Oasis. Anywayy, that was an immense weekend. I've also had some other reasonably good days, but none up to the standard of that weekend.
I simply cannot write this blog post without mentioning the event that has taken over the last few months for me. This of course being the split of the greatest rock'n'roll band since the 60's, and possibly of all time. There is no need to remind you that this is of course Oasis. I must say when I heard the news I was not far from devestated, but like many Oasis fans had to bite the bullet and admit that this outcome had been predicted for years. Noel's last 'Tale From The Middle Of Nowhere' pretty much summed it up and convinced me to focus on the good times, of which there were many.
And on the subject of focussing on the good times, it's Green Day on Saturday (and i'm already bouncing off the walls about it) and i've still got The Specials, The Enemy and Madness to see before the year is up. So, life's good and now I have these few months covered I can make my next blog post a moaning one (these are my favourite)

Live Forever.

Something different, something special.

2009-06-21T11:00:00.000-07:00

Recently i've been reading about and listening to a lot of music. Most likely because that is pretty much all there is to do, other than revision. Which I frankly try to avoid at all costs. The overall effect of spending around 80% of my free time on NME.com has lead me to write this post, which will most likely be me blabbing about music. That, in case you were wondering, was your warning.

I can look back at music in two ways. The first being what I have experienced in my lifetime, as new music - this is from about 2000 to 2009 - because I can't really remember further back than that. Or the second option is that I look back at it regardless as whether I was alive or not. I am pretty sure that the music I have heard, whether I loved or hated it, from before 2000 had something to offer. Albums such as 'Born To Run', 'All Mod Cons', 'Ziggy Stardust', 'Pet Sounds', 'Revolver' and 'London Calling' all did something different and that's what made them special. But i'm afraid to say that since 2000 - 2009 I can barely name one album that will be remembered in 30 years time. I hope that maybe 'Whatever People Say I Am...' (Arctic Monkeys) & 'Franz Ferdinand' might be remembered as trying something a bit different. Or even some smaller albums as 'We'll Live And Die In These Towns' (The Enemy), 'Vehicles & Animals' (Athlete) etc... not for doing anything new, but for making a ruddy good record. Other than that I can only really think of Green Day's 'American Idiot' as being remembered. I guess there are a few other bands that have produced some albums that might last a while, but not being nearly as successful as ones by Bowie & The Beatles... Maybe i'm just being bitter because I know we may never hear an album as good as 'All Mod Cons' again. Or maybe because people like Pixie Lott and Lady Gaga are making our top ten.

But on a more positive note, Blur are back, Arctic Monkeys have a new album coming out soon and Oasis are finally writing amazing music again. So you never know, maybe the iconic album is just around the corner...

Plan A is that I can disguise myself as some sort of superhero

2009-05-26T05:12:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since i've last written one of these. Well, I say it's been a while... i'm not actually that sure. I seem to have lost all sense of time now we have study leave and the holidays. Anyway, the reason I haven't written one for a while is because I have nothing interesting to write about. I haven't done anything of any interest and I have nothing interesting happening soon - except seeing Oasis of course (dispite what rubbish Ellen spouts about them being crap.) So therefore I have a plan... well, two plans

Plan A) Plan A is that I can disguise myself as some sort of superhero. That way I will automatically gain the superpowers inherited from the superhero suit, and therefore live an exciting life fighting crime and other fun things! This is Plan A because it is most preferable... who wouldn't want to be a superhero right!?!

Plan B) Plan B is also quite genius... even if I do say so myself. It pretty much consists of a move to a different country. This would give me lots to write about as I discover some possibly magical secret that my new house shall contain. This is only plan B because there is quite a high chance that the new house wil not have a magical secret or be haunted or anything fun like that... in which case I shall have to move back and it wouldn't really be worth the hassle.

Just in case neither of these plans go ahead I shall write about things such as NME and Singing Poodle's. In fact I do have a pretty good idea for my next post... and with that cliffhanger I bid you farewell!

Loads of really, really, short paragraphs

2009-05-19T09:41:00.000-07:00

I've been in a pretty good mood this week, no idea why. Especially with all the terrible exams (that I have most definatly failed.)

Another thing that has made me even more cheery is I was just looking up train times for tomorrow and saturday, and I accidently forgot to change the day. So I set it for 11:00 this morning and it said "Outward travel must not be in the past". Why I love that phrase I have no idea. But it is brilliant!

What else to say... ermmmm. I just read an article on the NME website about britpop which was 'interesting.' So you might want to check that out. Actually, you probably don't... but if you get REALLY bored :)

Recently I learnt how to play a bit of 'Down in the Tubestation at Midnight' on guitar. Which is pretty amazing, even if I do say so myself (which I do.)

Wow, I have a feeling this is just going to be a random post (even more random than usual) with loads of really, really, short paragraphs. <<< Another short paragraph for you there.

I have been listening to the new Green Day album loads recently, and the tickets came today. Yaaay :)
I have also been listening to Dizzee Rascal loads. Don't ask me why because I don't know. All I know is that his songs are amazing! Oh dear....

Where has all the inspiration gone!! I have nothing interesting to write about. It's not as if any of my other posts have been interesting. Except that one about the sun switching off...

A random three things that I have just figured out I hate. Well... I say hate, more of a strong dislike.
1. SOME PEOPLE that post loads of pictures all over their blog to make it look like you've written more!! I can see through your plan...
2. The fact that these posts keep getting worse and shorter. It's very annoying and I need some inspiration asap!
3. OTHER PEOPLE that dislike things that I like. I know everyone is entilted to their own opinion but mine is always right. Always :)

In other news, Alice saw her first "real life gypsie" today. Her words not mine. So it seems everyone has reason to be happy. Although, my happiness bubble has just been burst a little bit when Alice is told me my mind was not great. I made it very clear to her that this wasn't true.

At this rather unsignificant point in time

2009-05-17T11:07:00.000-07:00

At this rather unsignificant point in time I should be revising. As you can probably tell I am not. As discussed previously with Laura I feel I have reached the point where I could not possibly fit any more information into my brain. You may be thinking 'how is this possible for such a genius??' or of course you could be thinking that I reached that point a long time ago. Either way the point remains the same. I am not revising. Instead of blabbing [can you use the word blabbing when you are not actually speaking???] on about my lack of revision, instead I will use my ermmmm.... blabbing time to write about what I have spent my revision time doing.

Firstly, I have measured rulers up against other rulers to test their accuracy. [Don't ask me how this works]

Secondly, I have ripped the cover off my mouse mat and then sellotaped it back down again. This was not as enjoyable as it sounds.

Thirdly, I have listened to the new Green Day album through many, many times. It is well good! (I was going to write a whole post about the album but couldn't be bothered - might do at a later date)

Fourthly, I have covered a reasonably large piece of blue tack in highlighter pen many times so that it is not longer blue.

[Oh by the way, i'm not sure how longer the firstly, secondly, thirdly, fourthly, thing will make sense for. But I shall persist anyway because I have no other ideas to start my sentences.]

Fifthly, I have re-taught myself pythagoras theorem. This sounds like revision but is not because was possibly the only thing I knew how to do in the first place.

Sixthly, I did a worksheet thing on pythagoras theorem and got half of them wrong. So it turns out I do not know how to do this at all. Which leads to the conclusion that I know nothing and therefore am going to fail all my exams. Oh well, can't win them all. At least I now have a rather orange/pink/yellow looking piece of blue tack :)

I am stopping now because I have no idea how to write 'seventhly'???

The highest form of irony.

2009-05-14T11:28:00.000-07:00

For a while now I have been marvelling over what I consider to be the highest form of irony. The story begins with a line from a wonderful song by The Enemy. The song is 'Had Enough' and the line is "Hey hey, What's the matter with your face, face?" Now I feel quite nasty for pointing this out but anyone who has seen 'Tom Clarke' (singer + guitarist for The Enemy) will understand why I find this hilariously ironic. And for those who haven't seen him i've included a picture for your own benefit (or not, depending on how you look at it.) So sorry Tom the songs you write are immense! But, maybe you should be more careful about the lyrics you write, or get a haircut... and if that is too much just wash it! You have heard of shampoo right?

On another note >>> I have just spent the last five minutes seeing how many fingers I could fit round my capo . It's 3 by the way (if you are at all interested.) Although now those three fingers how gone bright red... oh no... I was mistaken, they have actually gone a rather lovely shade of purple. But not the shade of purple you would want your fingers to be...

A switch to turn off the sun.

2009-05-08T10:36:00.000-07:00

Okaaay, so i vowed to myself I wouldn't write about this in my blog but i'm a bit stuck for idea's. I bring to you the question that has been bugging me for ages. I ask everyone but I feel I will never know the answer. This question is... "If there was a switch to turn off the sun, and somebody flicked it, how long would we have before we all died?" I guess about 2 days... because we cold cope without light because of electricty. We couldn't cope without heat, but it would take quite a long time for the sun to cool down, so that would give us a while, but we would all know that we would be slowly freezing to death - which wouldn't be nice! The other point is that the sun's gravity might also switch off (i'm not quite sure about this yet). In which case we might go crashing into some other planet - which again wouldn't be the most enjoyable experiance. So my theory is that we should all start working to create a second sun, so that if this ever happens we will have a back-up sun! Although to get the sun into space we would need loads of string and the fire/flame man from the fantastic four. So you can sort out the string and i'll get working to find the fire/flame guy from the fantastic four. Deal?
I am assuming (and hoping) that this is a problem that we will never have to face. But if you we do, you will be wishing that you listened to Lena and maybe figured it out...

P.S - Have you ever tried a Special K - Raspberry & Choclate Bliss Bar??? I just did. They taste like crap.

Extra P.S - Not that I know what crap tastes like, well I didn't, I do now.

A ton of utter rubbish

2009-05-07T10:30:00.000-07:00

This weeks NME contains an article that is frankly a load of crap. It's titled "Peter: 'I'm gunning for Oasis'". It basically contains a ton of utter rubbish about Pete(r) Doherty thinking he can top Oasis' newest album 'Dig Out Your Soul'. I have 4 words for you Doherty... It's not gonna happen! Lets face it, whether you love or hate Oasis you cannot deny the phenominal influence they have had on todays music scene. Their new album has been especially influencial as it is reasonably different to anything they have really ever done before. But please, if a band has to try and get one better than Oasis let it be anyone but Babyshambles and more to the point Peter Doherty! Although, it does sort of prove a point... while Oasis are aiming to be bigger than The Beatles, Babyshambles are aiming to be bigger than Oasis. What I don't think Peter Doherty doesn't realise is that he's going to have to take an awful load of drugs before he thinks anything he writes is going to be half as good as the work of the Gallaghers (although that wouldn't be much of a change for him, would it?)

So really, this is going to be a bit of a short blog because it might start to get a bit repetative. Basically leave Oasis to do what they do best, writing amazing music. And i'll leave you to do what you do best Doherty, if there is anything except from getting your nipples out.. hmmmmm??

I'm not a thief... am I???

2009-05-05T10:26:00.000-07:00

It's May, yaaaay [<< I hope you are all aware of my poetic rhyming skills I used just there] Anywaay.... the point is that its my first blog of the month and therefore should be about something interesting... well tough luck!

Today, I was browsing through my mother's CD collection, as I often do, and took out all the CD's that looked quite good and brought them up to my room and added them to my CD collection, or more to the point, I was about to until I was caught red handed!

Although the majority of people would bow their heads in shame and hand back the CD's when greeted with the phrase "where the hell are you going with my CD's". I did not. Instead I replied with "i'm stealing them, mwhahaha-ha-ha". This brings the question (and the main point of this blog) am I a thief!?!?!

I would like to say that I am not a thief and infact a lovely, brilliant person [and although this is true] I think I may also be a thief. After all, this is not the first time I have stolen CD's. In fact I do this on quite a regular basis.

Now I am desperatly trying to think of something to defend my own accusation with.

Firstly, they are all good CD's so therefore I felt I had no choice. To prove this point here is a list of some of the CD's I have stolen so far...
1. Green Day - American Idiot
2. The Fratellis - Costello Music
3. The Jam - All Mod Cons
4. The Kinks - You Really Got Me
5. Pulp - Different Class
6. The Killers - Sams Town
7. The Last Shadow Puppets - Age Of The Understatement
8. 30 Years Of Punk - Volume 1 + 2
9. Fleet Foxes - I think it's called Fleet Foxes... (technically this is borrowed although normally borrowed things never get returned)

That'll do (you get the picture..)

And secondly, ermmmmm ermmmmmm ermmmmm. Okay so there is no secondly. But i'm not a thief..... am I???

Okaay to end this terribly boring post I would like to point out things I have noticed while writing it. (Another list.... yay!)
1. My sentences go on way to long, with comma's in all the wrong places
2. I always use the wrong way of saying there/their/they're... what one is it? I DON'T KNOW! (Sorry Camilla... thats Camilla O'Brien not the Duchess of Cornwall)
3. I am amazing at rhyming [although I sort of new that already!]
4. I use both sets of the different brackets ( ) + [ ] << What's the difference!?!?! I'll set that as a challenge for Jennifer to find out :)
5. I have a bloody amazing taste in music (and again, I knew that already)
6. A tip for anyone reading this. NEVER, under any circumstances lend me a CD.

Okayy, Finished!

Oh wait, I forgot to mention that I got Green Day standing tickets for the Saturday WOW! (Ellen wanted me to write a whole blog about it, but this has been much more interesting... right??) << So Ellen, that was for you!

A work in progress

2009-04-30T10:22:00.000-07:00

Okay, I don't normally like to live in the past but it has come to my attention that my idea of starting a "nation of the finest shopkeepers" may not be such a bad idea after all. Since I am going to attempt to make it an official nation it should probably have capital letters ... like this >>> "Nation Of The Finist Shopkeepers" I wonder if the of and the should have capital letters... I don't really care either way.
So now we have sorted out the capital letter issue we can move on to more important matters. Such as the song that shall be entered in the eurovision contest. I should imagine that song shall we called "The Wonders Of Being A Shopkeeper" and would go something like this...

(Please note this song shall be sung by about 37 shopkeepers and 2 trained singing poodles - I have no particular reason for this but it sounds like a good idea to me)

Shopkeepers: We are the nation of the finest shopkeepers
and we simply are the best
we spend most our lives running our wonderful shops
as you might have guessed

Shopkeepers (Gangster rap): We work all night
and we work all day
to keep our shops perfect
in everyway... iniiiit!

Shopkeepers: You can get anything you want to buy
such as a cactus or a packet of noodles
to show how fantastic we really are
we have a solo from our to poodles

Poodle 1: OOOOO oooooo OOOOOO ooooooo
Poodle 2: Shooooooop Keeeeeeeeeeepers
Poodle 1: Yeeeeeeess I aaaaaaaaaam a siiiiinging poooooooodle
Poodle 2: Yooooooou've neeeeeeever seeeeeeen a siiiinging pooooooodle befooooooore
Poodles: OOOOOO ooooooo OOOOOOO oooooooo

Shopkeepers && Poodles: oooooo OOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO O-O-O!

Well, its a work in progress.....

A bunch of multi-coloured circles

2009-04-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

25/04/09 Saturday! <<< This day something magnificent happened. This magnificent, ermm, happening... came in the form of some multi-coloured circles and two discs. Through the postbox I recieved the new 'The Enemy' album 'Music For The People'. Okay so it has a crap title and the cover is just a bunch of multi-coloured circles but this album I had been looking forward to hearing for at least 6 months (so I would be bloody pissed off if it was crap.) You may be thinking why is it two discs, this is because I ordered the special edition, that is how totally cool I am!

If you don't care about the new album you might want to skip the next paragraph completly. YOU WERE WARNED!

The reason I am writing about this album a few days after I recieved it is because I feel I have finally listened to it enough times to make my opinion on it heard.
Before I had listened to this album for the first time I had read two reviews on it. The first from NME (Ben Patashnik) who said "The Enemy's second is weighed down with pomp and bluster" I don't really agree I just think they have made it different from most rock albums now which consist only of guitars, bass and drums. Plus what do NME know they said that "You Can Tune A Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish" was a bad album title, remember!?! The second review I read was from the culture section in the Sunday Times this did not insult the new album in the same way as NME. Although it only got two stars they did say "The album is a triumph. As a statement of artistic originality, however, it is quite the opposite" this I can understand. The Enemy have so many fantastic inspirations it would be hard not to take their musical ideas into your own work (and this is what The Enemy do). I don't think this is a bad thing though when you find songs that sound like a fusion between The Jam, Pulp and The Enemy whats not to love!

The lyrics of this album follow the same concept as the first album "We'll Live And Die In These Towns" very political, very straight to the point and very much what everyone is thinking. With lyrics such as "Ever feel so small, Stood in a world that owes you nothing at all and Tired of the same old lines and chords that never sit right" you get the impression this band is genius!....

...Then you find the other lyrics. These lyrics are, ermmm slightly more interesting.

1) So sing along, with the elephant song.
This frankly sounds like something out of a childrens television programme (but what a ruddy good childrens programme that would be!)

2) There's no heaven for those who pray
Well who is there a heaven for then! I thought the point of heaven was so that people who pray went to heaven. My whole life has been a lie....

3) A nation of the finest shopkeepers
That sounds like a wonderful nation, they could all own little shops and enter a new sport into the olympics called 'shopkeeping' where you have to serve as many customers as possible in 5 minutes and the shopkeeper nation would win! They could also enter the eurovision song contest (assuming this nation was in europe) with a song about the wonders of shopkeeping. If no-one else starts this nation I will!

4)No one ever gives you anything for free, unless you start sleeping with the BBC
Wrong again! maybe they just wanted an excuse to sleep with someone from the BBC (I wonder who...)

5) You and me and me and you, Which is which and who is who?
I'm me, and you're you! Got it?

Okay, sorry about the ridiculously long review.
But in conclusion the album is much recommended! Although some of the lyrics are a bit dodgy.

This revision guide has no other purpose than to depress me

2009-04-26T08:12:00.000-07:00

So I spent most of today revising, because that is how I like to spend my Sunday (if you didn't notice the sarcasm there, its not how I like to spend my Sunday but I need to revise and I have nothing else to do - if you did notice the sarcasm there go you!).

Anyway, I was revising Physics and in particular the solar system (wow!). I was reading the part about asteroids and this is what it said... "Asteroids are lumps of rock that are much smaller than planets. Most asteroids orbit the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, but a few cross the Earth's path. (This is the 'good' part>>) There is a tiny risk that one of these asteroids will collide with Earth. If this happens, many people will die."
So i'm thinking, fantastic! (<< again notice the sarcasm) not only am I going to fail my Physics gcse, because I know zilch about the universe, but now I have to worry about some bloody asteroid thats going to collide with Earth! And, I don't even think i'm going to need too know this for the exam, so it is in this revision guide for no other purpose than to depress me. I'm not impressed.

But on a happier note I did spend most the day listening to Busted. They are amazing :)

So, if you're worried (like me) about the tiny chance that an asteroid will collide with the Earth and kill many people do not fear, put on a good Busted song (this could be ANY Busted song) and sing your troubles away.

Maybe its all the tea...

2009-04-21T13:17:00.000-07:00

A few days ago I listened to a song called "Another Girl, Another Planet". Obviously it was not the first time I have heard this mind blowing song. But it is the first time I have heard the version by Blink 182. For you people who have heard this version, and the original it will hopefully seem obvious that The Only Ones own that song! They make it amazing. Blink 182 didn't trash the song, the version was okay, just quite similar to most the songs you hear from those kinds of bands. What was taken away from the song however was what made it such an amazing song in the first place, and that was simply how raw it was, how "British" it was.

This brings two questions...

1: Is the original always better.
I think the answer to this is quite simple. No. The original is not always better however in many cases it is.
Some examples of the original being the best -
This example! - Another Girl, Another Planet.
You Really Got Me (The Kinks)
Eleanor Rigby (The Beatles)
Song 2 (Blur)
I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor (Arctic Monkeys)
etc etc

Some examples of the cover versions being the best:
Umbrella (Original:Rihanna - Cover:Biffy Clyro)
Love Machine (Original: Girls Aloud - Cover: Arctic Monkeys)
David Watts (Original: The Kinks - Cover: The Jam)
etc etc

2: Is British music generally better than music from America.
Now, I don't mean to offend anyone, but I think the answer to this is quite simple also. In my humble opinion it is! It has more substance and feeling than most songs from popular American bands. I don't mean to generalise but the greatest artists/bands ever have come out of Britain.
For example, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Jam, David Bowie, The Clash, The Who, Oasis, Blur... and lots of modern bands too!
Maybe its all the tea...

The 50 worst album titles in history... really??

2009-04-18T14:29:00.000-07:00

So, I was on www.nme.com [I should get paid for advertisment]. When I came across 'The 50 worst album titles in history'. Now I don't know why I felt I must look through all 50 of these but since I did I might as well spend a little time giving my thoughts.

I'm not planning on commenting on every single album title. Just five :)

1: Oasis - 'Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants'
Now, maybe it was obvious that I would defend Oasis no matter the criticism. But NME's reason was quite poor (and obviously not thought through). This reason was "Just the one shoulder then". I must point out that if you were an average sized human being and you were to stand on a giant, then you would not physically be able to stand on both shoulders unless you were a giant yourself [which I am assuming is not the case]. If anything there should be a criticism of the concept (which is frankly a bit strange)

2: Fishbone - ‘Give a Monkey a Brain Transplant and He'll Swear He's the Centre of the Universe’
Of course, I must admit i've never heard of 'Fishbone' but I think what this is, is not a bad album title, but a scientific observation [although it is slightly sexist, assuming the monkey is male] This album title is a warning to anyone thinking of giving a monkey a brain transplant. So, BEWARE!

3: Guns N’ Roses - ‘The Spaghetti Incident?’
Is this terrible? Yes. Is this brilliant? Possibly.
You could take this as some sort of metaphor (in which case it probably has some hidden depth). Or you take it literally (in which case your probably thinking "what the hell?") So take it literally, it's more fun that way!

4: REO Speedwagon, ‘You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish’
I think I might possibly be the only person on this planet which still found this brilliant the 8th time I read it through. Worst album titles?? NO WAY!

5: Coldplay - ‘Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends’
NME's comment: "Why Chris Martin couldn't choose one or the other is beyond us." I'll tell you why NME... because he's a prick. Thats why.

So in conclusion:
An average sized human being could not stand on both of a giants shoulders at one time.
If you give a monkey a brain transplant he'll swear he's the centre of the universe.
Always take a spaghetti incident literally
Using tuna as a pun is brilliant
Chris Martin is a prick

Whats new?

The true meaning of despair

2009-04-16T12:24:00.000-07:00

So... I was doing my daily research into my favourite band [Oasis], when I came across a part of a site that showed similar bands/artists. So I was having a quick browse through, I saw straight away the obvious ... The Beatles (yes, apparently it WAS necessary to put them on there).
As I read more and more of this list, it became apparent to me the person that wrote it was 100% insane. Now, I do not use this word lightly, mainly because whenever I do 'hypocrite' springs to the minds of anybody who knows me, HOWEVER, alongside 'The Beatles' were names you may be familiar with. For example, Green Day. If anyone can tell me how Oasis and Green Day compare, I would be glad to listen. I cannot see how bands like The Stone Roses and The Verve are absent from this list when Green Day are on it!
This is a disgrace, but not the end of the matter, oh no... you see there was another on name on this list which disturbed me greatly. This name is Akon. When I saw this I felt the true meaning of despair. How you can even think to compare them I shall never know.

Global warming is quite bad and i'm sure the current economic situation is not good. BUT THIS scares me the most about what this country is coming to.

Be afraid... Be very afraid.

Please don't eat me!

2009-04-14T12:44:00.000-07:00

Blogging... that sounds like fun, right??

Well >> i'm most certainly going to find out. With what i'm sure will be many spelling mistakes and gramatical errors. Sorry!

Apparently, everyone's doing it now. So I thought why not?!?!

Okaaay >> First thought...

Why? do the passwords have to be 8 characters long!
I have a brilliant password that I normally use, but its not quite 8 letters long. So I have to sacrifice that password for a new one, which I will have forgotton by tommorow, just so my blog is safe.
This brings me to my second point. IF someone was going to guess my 7 character long password, then WHAT harm could they possibly cause me!?!? Unless of course they posted my address (assuming they knew my address) and saying I was happy to be eaten. This would be quite mean, so if you are thinking about getting me eaten by other bloggers, I beg you, please don't.