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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13)

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 07:43:15 +0000

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-12-13):

popculture-and-i: ewokonline: Gillian Welch - I Dream A...

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:27:45 +0000

ewokonline:

Gillian Welch - I Dream A Highway

“Which lover are you, Jack of Diamonds?
Now you be Emmylou, and I’ll be Gram.
I send a letter, don’t know who I am.
I dream a highway back to you.”

If you’ve never heard this song, take 14 minutes and go on a journey.

There’s more great lines in this one song than other people have in whole albums.

THIS.

Listen. I think it transcends genre completely. Welch and Rawlings make beautiful, timeless music.

This is absolutely gorgeous.

Clean hair and in my lovely bed at ma’s.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:20:07 +0000

Clean hair and in my lovely bed at ma’s.

Christmas Card Update.

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:35:58 +0000

notso-darling:

Matt mailed everything out today that I had ready.

SO! Lisa, Julian, and Kelly - they are on their way, officially!

And Astrid, hopefully it will be waiting for you in Sweden when you get there!

Nia and Jax, yours are still in production but will be on their way soon.

Yay!

I’m excited :D

the-sky-is-another-ocean: ““Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:25:46 +0000

the-sky-is-another-ocean:

““Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.””

—

Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (via negatives) (via haleyworldeater) (via glittersmiles) (via dayvamelissa) (via sinkships)

I don’t agree with that. I absolutely must have a certain amount of time alone to recharge or I’m really not good for much. I get cranky and low energy and resentful. I do spend plenty of time with my daughter and her family, but I need that solitude, too. I’m sure some people have withdrawn because of disappointment but not everyone who prefers their own company does so because they couldn’t find anyone else’s they enjoy.

Actually that’s a really good point. (Particularly as a Cancerian) I need my alone time!

"Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy..."

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:28:10 +0000

““Let me tell you this: if you meet a loner, no matter what they tell you, it’s not because they enjoy solitude. It’s because they have tried to blend into the world before, and people continue to disappoint them.””

- Jodi Picoult, My Sister’s Keeper (via negatives) (via haleyworldeater) (via glittersmiles) (via dayvamelissa)

Ewwww I post too much

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:56:05 +0000

youroldarchenemycatwoman:

popculture-and-i:

This is like realising after a great night out that you thought it was great because YOU were dominating the entire conversation, and then suddenly you feel really self-conscious. Bleurgh.

I’m sorry I’m one of those people who I’m sure you consider unfollowing every single day because I post everything I think. And then do a pointless reblog of a puppy, or Christmas lights, or something you’re bound to find completely inane.

Sorry! Next week: More pictures (not close-ups of my face, but fun things en general), less “You know, I had an AWESOME thought while I was walking to the kitchen and back”.

Thank you for following me, and to those of you who read and like and reblog. I appreciate that you like my weird brain. xoxo Every Thought Must Be Shared Girl.

bahhh c’mon. i love you. your posts are great! don’t you dare change a thing.

xo

What Cat said! Your posts brighten the world! :D

Oh lawwwd

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 21:44:49 +0000

Ep of One Tree Hill used I Taught Myself How to Grow Old under some montagey emotional scenes (the way they do).

Snif.

Jax Braithwaite - The Stars Around Your Head

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:56:00 +0000

Jax Braithwaite - The Stars Around Your Head

Oh yeah :)

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:41:46 +0000

I got to wash my hair last night!!!!!!!!! :D

Damn it

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 16:33:37 +0000

Ideal man.

Of course he’s got a girlfriend!

stereoplaysjunk: I know. It’s just me and you...

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:21:17 +0000

stereoplaysjunk:

I know.

It’s just me and you tonight.

Ohgoshhot.

yeahwearesinging: TODAY’S SONG Feel - Robbie Williams

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 12:37:09 +0000

yeahwearesinging:

TODAY’S SONG

Feel - Robbie Williams

I believe that actors should be recognised for their acting ability and talent, not their attractiveness or ability to model (for model read pout and smile self-satisfactorially).

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 13:33:36 +0000

clarityunfiltered: nedhepburn: emma watson swoonage. She’s...

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:22:11 +0000

clarityunfiltered:

nedhepburn:

emma watson swoonage.

She’s such a doll. Intelligent and seemingly normal for a change, which is a bonus.

Throw in the fact that she doesn’t wear leggings as pants, or have coke residue around her nostrils, and that makes her pretty damn special.

Shame she can’t act.

I'm not doing anything music-wise until I write some new, happy or at the very least neutral ones

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:16:24 +0000

popculture-and-i:

I am so sick of mopey in general, as I’m sure you’ve been able to tell on Tumblr lately, and I have absolutely no interest to contribute something to the world of songs by writing about stuff I don’t feel anyway.

I’ve been borrowing from teen relationships or making up characters for the last four and a half years because I’ve been really happy in that whole department, and it just brings me down to write about crap like that. And ugh, romanticising. Yuk. So over it.

I think I shall acquire a banjo or a mandolin (I must consort with friends who play to see what they would recommend) and get my folk on, because that’s the kind of stuff I truly adore and feel really at home with.

I am going to practice writing songs on other themes/feelings. I find happy songs hard because I think they often just sound smug or they feel too intimate to share, in a way.

The musical soundscape (haha what a wanky word) I’m interested in lies close to bands like Fleet Foxes, Wilco and Fruit Bats. My love for Americana and alt country has taken me down this road in the last few years and I’m enjoying it immensely.

Haha reblogging for use of the word ‘soundscape’, which I saw first and was like YES we use that word and then read ‘wanky’ and laughed in my head hahahahahaha it reminds me that I’m in a drama school and that itself is wanky as fuck but my course is especially sooo!

Sometimes I forget that it's not obvious to everyone

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:07:30 +0000

notso-darling:

popculture-and-i:

Alan’s reblog reminded me of this dude I was e-mailing with a lot when I was about 15, who suddenly mentioned that he was a very active Christian, as if that had ever come up in conversation before. It really hadn’t. It was quite a big deal to me as I hadn’t really met anyone who was really into their religion before.

Me: Well, I guess that’s fine as long as you’re not really extremist and like “Ooooh homosexuality is wrong!” or anything crazy like that!*

Him: Well actually… I believe it’s a sin and (blah blah blah)

Me: Yeaaaah… that’s really not ok. Kthxbye.

*Assuming that it’s common knowledge that only crazy people would come out with absurd bullshit like that.

I agree with the idea that it is fundamentally a crazy idea that people believe that homosexuality is wrong, but it’s not just that, I think it’s a completely personal, deeply rooted problem with them that they hate someone else for something that:

1. The hated person has no control over.

2. Has no effect on the hater whatsoever.

It’s like if I were to hate people with blond hair. Why? Their blondness has no effect on me, and so long as they didn’t dye their hair, they didn’t choose to be blond. And even if they did and it makes them happy, then good for them.

Furthermore, as a reaction to a different string of posts, not by Astrid, I think a lot of people do reverse discriminate against those who are religious because of generalizations based on those who are both religious and crazy. But I personally take the same stance on religion as sexual preference, whatever works for you and makes you happy, awesome, so long as no one else is negatively affected.

Yes.

Dreams

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:36:25 +0000

Are interesting.

Aaaaaand

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:32:11 +0000

My hair is very disgusting by now if you hadn’t guessed, hahaha. I didn’t realise quite how bad it was until seeing the pics they put in reception for the shows. I’m in two :) pulling some nutso faces but that’s fine by me haha! My hair is gross though. Really gross.

But my character is awesome.

Two To Go

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:24:09 +0000

First show went really well, got a few good laughs and everyone seemed to be enjoying it :) I went to see the other show too (the year is split into two groups) and while I think people were really great individually, I didn’t love the show. Going on last year’s show as well I think the director’s style is just like that - there tends to be a lot going on at once and it just gets boring really because you can’t invest in the characters. It was really interesting and animated and brilliant in some places but in others it just felt so very long!

I watched one of my friends consistently throughout though and she was amazing, I was so proud. She’s really come into her own this year which is fantastic.

Nooow I would like to go to bed but I think I’m supposed to be going to my mate’s house to stay the night. Hrm.