Um. Hmm. Bit on the boring blah side. Which is so me, isn't it :|
Taking a photo in a city of millions of people with street looking this quiet requires some talent. Right?
I have loved music videos since I was very young, around 6 or 7 years old. We used to record them on video cassettes from the few music shows we got on TV those days (it took years for MTV to make it all the way to Finland). And I watched the videos over and over again.
I haven't gone through my music videos for ages, since I rarely watch videos anymore. I've been thinking about getting all of my video stuff burned on DVDs, but that's a huge project, and I am, well, really good starting projects but really bad at finishing them. So it can wait another day.
Luckily, there's always YouTube. And boy have I had fun looking around for my old favourites... There are some dark secrets in my musical past. What was it about the 80s that seems so ridiculous nowadays?
Here's 5 of my very favourites from the 80s. And before you judge, I was very very young :P
* Alphaville - Forever Young
* Bananarama - Help
* Limahl - Neverending Story
* Duran Duran - Wild Boys
* Crowded House - Don't Dream It's Over
If there's one thing that defines me, it's music. Two, it's music and lyrics. Three, it's music, lyrics and lists. I think, read, speak, write about these things often, if not all the time. So in a way, it is amazing it took me this long to write about these things here. I could dedicate each of those three things a post of their own, but to spare us all, I'm just going to cover them all in one go.
Earlier this year I noticed I was stuck on listening to same music all the time, which is fine, but I love to discover new, interesting music. So I began to look around me more. I found lots of interesting music blogs that recommend and provide samples of music by bands unknown to me. I started to search and listen to new music via last.fm and Pandora, trying to find the limits to my music taste. I almost forgot to listen to my "old" music for a while. And I've made some pretty amazing discoveries that are now my new favorites, quickly becoming part of my all time favorites.
In some way, this makes me really happy. The fact that I'm still able to get to know new music and love it, too seems to be even more important to me than I thought. Why? That's a story for another time.
My love of lyrics is strong, I think I've replaced reading poetry with reading lyrics. There is such beauty and meaning in song lyrics at times that it amazes me. And when you combine that with right kind of voice and energy, how can you not love them?
Fascination with lists is a bit harder to explain. I guess since there's such mess and chaos in my thoughts, work etc. that I need one organized way to view the world. I enjoy both writing and reading lists, of almost anything and from anyone.
And to combine all these topics, here's a list of recent song finds I've loved, and my favorite lines of the lyrics from those songs:
- Kate Havnevik - I Don't Know You
And I, I've seen the waves
Inside your heart
Turning you upside down
- Final Fantasy - Many Lives -> 49 MP
I picture a man who lives in the past
He keeps a book of photographs
Of his younger self, clairvoyant self
- Anna Nalick - Breathe (2am)
There's a light at each end of this tunnel you shout cause you're just as far in as you'll ever be out
And these mistakes you've made
You'll just make them again if you'll only try turnin' around
- Clayhill - One Nerve
Yeah I
I see what you’re doing here
You’re breaking me down
One nerve at a time
- Trespassers William - Weakening
It doesn't hurt anymore
Love that is stubborn and becomes a part
Of who you are
You know i look for the wear
Signs of it fading, expecting it there
Tell me where
Hmm so I tried the moblogging thing, seems pic arrived without problems but text didn't... Anyways, here's the story:
May I present to you Ox and Uglydog. Aren't they the cutest things ever? You can find more info on them on Uglydolls website, they all have their own unique stories.
So I've never been the one with a green thumb. Never. It hasn't really interested me at all in the past. But now, when we have a yard of our own, I'm forcing myself to take interest, and try to make it look at least tolerable.
Which hasn't been easy. The grass isn't growing, since it's been the dryest summer in decades, and the gardening company didn't do that good of a job with it in the first place... (neighbours are suffering from the same thing). And now there's this evil plant that tries to take over. I have no clue what its English name is, but in Latin it's called Cirsium arvense. And of course it loves and strives in warm and dry weather.
I have made an attempt to remove it with gardening equipment made just for this purpose from the yard. But the fight is neverending, since the ditch in the back is full of those evil things. So yesterday I decided the ditch has to be cleaned, too. But after an hour of pulling the evil plants off the ground (in a fit of rage, almost) I realized I haven't even made a dent. So I had to surrender for now... but I'm thinking of a new strategy.
I think I have two options: either buying the longest, sharpest garden scissors I can find, or making (probably several) angry calls to the town gardening office. We shall see...
It rained today, finally. It's been a while... There's no better excuse to stay indoors and read a good book and maybe have some chocolate when it's raining. Right?
The weekend's been all about flowers and gardens. Lots of stuff got done thanks to parents with too much energy (and skills), both of which I'm lacking when it comes to anything that requires gardening skills.
But hey, at least I succeeded to grow one flower from seed (or bulb, whatever) that actually blossoms! See photo for evidence, I do believe it's an anemone. I'm hoping it won't be the only one that blossoms, but at the speed the other flower wannabes are growing, some of them will reach blossoming state around Christmas time...
