Transatlantic contributions.

My friends, over where the grass is greener, have a knack for opening my eyes to new music.
Adele had been pushed on me by a few of them, which I am thankful for. But this one in particular was shown to me in November or so... and the other day I went a little nuts trying to find it again on youtube.
Had a craving. Shouldn't have ignored the suggestion back in the day.

Massive Attack cover by Newton Faulkner.
Teardrop - which most of you will recognize as the themesong/opening credits for House.
The echo is perfect.




Richard takes credit for this one. Muchly appreciated.
On that note - I'm always open to suggestions! So feel free to make your own contributions =]

What do you mean 'broken'?

Internet keeps crashinnnnnn.

router-computer-ethernet cord - restart computer - restart router - connect ethernet - disconnect ethernet - just- router - can't - cord - give - computer - up.
.My housemate said he thinks our router is broken.
died a little for the timing...I have essays to write!
Ignoring the fact that I've done all my research and have all the articles downloaded.... I can't write an essay without the internet. no, not even one paragraph. not one sentence, one word. GIMME BACK MY NETZ, YO!
I've spent much of my week in the library because of this slight dependancy I've developed.
Dunno why I do this to myself. Library cubicles are not all they're cracked up to be.

This past summer I was living in Spain, a nanny for 3 months looking after 3 boys. One week in late June we went on a vacation to the south. Their mother literally took me aside to have a talk with me about my internet 'habit' and 'weening off' so that I could survive the trip.
She was concerned that I was going to be depressed.
Depressed in Marbella.

Of course during the trip I would have liked to have given a few updates, maybe chatted with a friend or heard a little about some current affairs, a tv show or two to distract me when the boys were in bed. But depressed in the South of Spain? I bought a book, charged my ipod & packed my sunglasses!
I just found it funny that the impression I had given off, without ever having talked to the mother about skype or facebook or anything (80% of my usage. the other 20% is obviously television) , was that I was indeed an addict.

There's not much point to this post. My brain is scattered and sleep deprived. All I know is that I want summer back (my bike. my tan. my income).
And that the writing of essays takes patience that I never seem to have. And that you should all be listening to Bon Iver. Right meow.

new to their genius?



acapella 'for emma', from paris with love.

In the spirit of tackling my workload

I thought I'd reveal my secret weapon for productivity.
During the first week of exams in December last year, a friend of mine showed me a site (that had first been passed down to her by her sister who I'm sure had heard it from a friend of a friend of a friend...) that pretty much saved my transcript from total exam annihilation.

And now I pass it on to you.
aha definitely not to be used only for studying, this music site could be considered much like a last.fm radio or a pandora-type playlist. I know some hypemachine die-hards too...
But I will always stick by Stereomood. Basically you find your mood and it plays you music that would probably suit you at any given time.
It ranges from Just woke up to Optimistic. From Reading to Gangsta.From It's Raining to Busy as a Bee. 
I've found tonnes of new artists through the site & lots that I'd forgotten about as well.
So while I chug back a few lattes & hussel through these assignments, I will obviously be using my trusted Study playlist =]

Check it out, and switch it up -tell me when you've found your perfect soundtrack! Optimistic is a personal favourite of mine, but I'm willing to keep an open mind if you think you've found one to top it.
x
happy listening!

Procrastination at its finest

has led to the creation of this blog. In the next 4 days I have the honour of tackling 2 midterms, 2 essays and 2 projects. Scratch that, one project, I finished my Spanish assignment 10min ago (thannnk god).

So of course, when it all seems too much to bare, instead of buckling down I turn my attention to any and all methods of distraction. Over the years I've had livejournals, photoblogs, tumblrs & twitter. I have many friends online who I've met through the art of blogging. It's allowed me to make great friends and meet amazing people. People get to know you in a whole different way when you interact from behind your computer screen - they get to see you through rose-coloured glasses, the ones you happily provide, yes. But more so, they get to see you when you're not afraid of putting it all out there. For a girl who keeps pretty quiet on the personal front, many of my online friends know more about me than anyone else - I don't hold back online.

This will be my first attempt at a blog I share with people I know. I had a travel blog for a short while but I got sick of updating it and it all felt very forced & foreign. I wasn't writing it for myself I was writing it for my parents.

This blog - my newest project - will help me in destroying my reputation, by discussing my life's current obsessions & curiosities. Most of this will have to do with the fact that I can't let any television show pass me by without giving it an honest chance (some might say i have 'a problem'), but there will be more. I figure if I can share with strangers I should learn to share with real friends (online we would call these our 'IRL friends') and let down my guard a bit.
I might discuss wants/needs/personal life, but really this will just be an opinion blog.
my opinion blog.

stressin' in the lib.

I am a self declared dork, pushing on nerd.
I won't go by 'geek' because that usually requires intelligence to top everything off...
but I can accept the strange looks I might get for anything that is to come. You will soon learn fun facts about me... things like I can watch 7 seasons of Buffy in about a month, with pride.
Or that I used to have a youtube channel.
I've made it through the majority of Battlestar Gallactica, and only stopped out of boredom, not out of dislike.
But in following this blog you might also find some things peaking your interest. Novels you should read, less-popular television that should be watched by all (trust me I won't go recommending that you all watch Dr. Who, I'd like to think I know the general population better than that...), and maybe a cause or event or two that you wouldn't have otherwise heard of.

I don't expect much of a reception, because this really will just be a place for me to ramble about different loves of mine... but at least I can say it's public. At least I can say I'm not hiding it.
x
welcome to my little world.