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June 19th, 2009


10:56 pm - Discussion: Music... with random free tracks!
... because I miss posting, and I think it might be an interesting thing to get other people's thoughts on...

Last night Liam and I were talking about music, and came to a bit of a disagreement.

As far as music is concerned, I'm not fussy at all really. I'm not a music "buff" like a lot of my friends, who are into generally one type of music and are really REALLY into it and think everything else is shit. Although I do have genres/artists that I prefer, I'll listen to pretty much anything. The only thing I kind of draw the line at DJ Dickheads who speed up a classic song and then shit all over it with swearing and stuff.

I'm not one of those people who have to have music on all the time, I generally just put it on when I can't get a song out of my head or a feel like a bit of a sing-song or a dance. So, (and it might sound really bad - at least it did to Liam who thinks my attitude is 100% wrong) I don't really care if artists write their own songs/play their own instruments, or even if they can sing very well... as long as it sounds decent enough when I listen to it. Of course I respect artists that can do their own stuff in that way, but it doesn't mean that I'll necessarily like their music any better than someone who can't.

Liam was trying to come up with a definition of music, but he couldn't. I tried to tell him what MY definition of music was, and when we tried to look it up on Wikipedia there where several definitions that said what I was trying to say a lot better. For example:

Post-modern and other theories argue that, like all art, music is defined primarily by social context. According to this view, music is what people call music, whether it is a period of silence, found sounds, or performance.

Many definitions of music implicitly hold that music is a communicative activity which conveys to the listener moods, emotions, thoughts, impressions, or philosophical, sexual, or political concepts or positions.

I listen to music because of how it makes me feel. I generally enjoy songs more if I can relate to the lyrics, if it reminds me of a friend, or something that has happened in my own life, or if it makes me laugh. I like music that makes me feel something.

That's really as deep as I go when it comes to music.

So, what about you? How do you all view music? I have a feeling most of you are going to side with Liam on this.

xxx
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May 29th, 2009


06:18 pm
I HAVE MY OWN LAPTOP BACK!

*squeals with joy and holds it to my bosom despite it costing £50 to fix!*

xxx

PS. In other news, I said a couple of posts ago that I loved it when it was a lovely day here. Well, I DON'T love it when it is OMGRIDICULOUSLYHOT. I'm so hot and completely exhausted!
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May 27th, 2009


05:33 pm - Thank God For Cars and iPhone's!

Got off work an hour early... YAY!

Not so yay... being locked out if my housd and having to wait ib my car.

Because my dad didn't expect me to be home until an hour later, he went out and locked the mortess (sp?) - anti-burglary type lock - which I don't have a key for because I lost mine a while ago. He's at work (a taxi driver), miles and miles away and my mum and sister are both out shopping in a town about twenty minutes away that I guess I could drive to and get the key, but by that time my dad would probably be back home and I would have wasted all that petrol.

So, that leaves me stranded here playing Bejeweled with a very high chance of falling asleep!

I should have just stayed in work (not really but hey, at least I'd gave earnt close to a fiver in the time I've been sat here.)

xxx

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ERA: He just turned up as I pressed post. YAY!
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May 24th, 2009


03:08 pm - Sunshine!

It's a lovely day today so I'm sat in the back garden, even though I can barely see the screen of the laptop, but we have to make the most of the nice weather here as we get so little of it. Although, we are supposed to be having a heat wave this summer.

I'm not really fussed about holidays because the humid heat when we go away always makes me feel sweaty and disgusting and uncomfortable, but it's different at home. I love when it's warm here. I love how much happier such a simple little thing makes people. I love that it's so much easier to get out of bed in the morning and to feel positive about things. But most of all, I love listening to the sounds of our street, which seems to suddenly come alive on days like this. I love the sound of people mowing their grass and of children laughing and people working on their cars and of people playing music whole they sit in the garden.

*sigh*

xxx

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May 18th, 2009


07:25 pm - Pics Meme Continued

Shes_Goneoffthelump wanted to see my wardrobe, my shoe collection and under my bed... )

Capitu wanted to see my shower... )

Anyone got anything else they want to see?

xxx

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May 17th, 2009


05:11 pm - Pic Meme: What You Want To See
You know, it would really help if I had the 3.0 iPhone upgrade right now so that I could email multiple pictures!

I took lots of pics instead of just one for each thing so it's a bit image-heavy, and there's lots of pointless annotation.

Earth_Dragon wanted to see my favourite food and my bookshelves... )
Shocolate wanted a picture of the nearest animal... which happens to be my pup. )

I'll do some more later. So, what do you want to see?

xxx
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May 11th, 2009


11:25 pm - Random...
I want to post something more interesting, but my life isn't all that exciting at the minute.

I randomly found charlieissocoollike on YouTube who is a pretty famous vlogger there, and has been for a couple of years even though I've only just heard of him. I spent pretty much all of this afternoon watching his random videos. (I told you my life wasn't exciting!) He's so very English, and sweet, and dorky and completely adorable!

Here's a couple that I thought you might like:

First, HP-related - he didn't actually write this song, a fellow YouTuber did but I like him singing it much better (he's basically taking the piss - in a friendly way - of the original video)...




And then, for the Doctor Who fans... he's in a Timelord Rock Band (like Wrock but for DW obviously) and he's written a few songs and even though I don't really get it he's got a really sweet voice and I think the songs he writes are quite awesome:



xxx
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April 29th, 2009


10:53 pm - Writer's Block: Musical Affliction

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April 5th, 2009


04:47 am - An Apology...
I apologise for the lack of Belfast/Cherrybomb squee-age, but I've had a hectic couple of days and the post is half written but I haven't had the time/energy to finish it, and I don't want it to be tainted by rushing it or writing it when I'm in a bad mood. I have to gush on every little detail!

In the meantime, does anyone have any cuddles they want to share?

xxx
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March 17th, 2009


11:07 pm - Happy St Paddy's Day (or Night)!
Went for an Indian tonight and only had one drink which is pretty bad considering it's Paddy's Day but I agreed to drive home (with my dad's supervision) and get some practice in for my driving test on Monday! (Eek - shitting myself!)

Here, have a couple of pointless pictures... )

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In other news, I've been convinced to try Firefox out. I've only ever used IE so I've been a little reluctant to switch. I've never really had any problems with IE but recently it seems to be freezing and shutting down on me randomly quite a lot. [info]star54kar mentioned that she'd been considering it and after reading some replies to her post I decided to try it out. I'm pleased I did. I'm liking it so far, and it's not so radically different that it's completely alien to me after IE.

What add-ons do you Firefox users use? I'm loving the LJ one, and I've also got Delicious, IE Tab, Webmail Notifier and Fast Dial. Any useful/cool ones I'm missing?

ETA: Just discovered Word Count Plus, which is going to come in very handy for reading/reccing fics. Sometimes, if I'm reccing a fic or deciding if I'll have enough time to read something (and the fic hasn't got a word count) I get frustrated because I have to copy the text into Word to get it to count. Now I can do it in the browser! Time saver like woah!
xxx
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