Supposedly Studying

So we've all been there got an essay to do and finding every single thing in the world to do before you actually sit down and start it. Facebook for hours, copious amounts of coffee and fags, watching loose women followed by oprah and maybe even a spot of jeremy kyle. Ok maybe it's just me whose sad and deluded enough to do all this rather than do some college work.

Now I've turned to writing here in order to put my essay off for just another little while. Currently listening to Help by The Beatles to spur me on but I must say it's making me feel worse ha.

Frankmusik. Vincent Frank. Possibly one of my most loved musicians ever. Not well known although he should be the man works his ass off is an english electro pop/power pop/amazing man who is back with a new album FINALLY. I'm only slightly a die hard fan. I try convince everyone i know (and some i dont) to listen to him. I've had the pleasure of meeting him twice and also have one of his very own hats in my bedroom. Ok so maybe I am a complete die hard fan no doubt about it. His new song The Fear Inside is exactly what any good music lover needs in their lives. Plus the video is very raunchy and Vincent is most definitly not hard to look at. Please enjoy his brand new video below and youtube the man that is Frankmusik. You won't regret it. Promise :)



Also heres the picture of me looking beyond happy this time last year outside KOKO in Camden with Frankmusik himself the second time i met him. <3

Daily Song

I'm undecided as to if I really like this guys music or is it that hes just really hot? Im pretty sure its an equal measure of both. Here is a picture of Josh Beech and his song Burnt Out which i actually bought on itunes wanted it that much! Think I may have a new obsession :)



I found this quote the other day and just cant love it enough. I first discovered Salvador Dali about 3 years ago in Brussels. Martin (aka Dad) and me were on one of our summer trips and that year Brussles was our choice well actually it wasnt I specifically remember telling him id go anywhere but Brussels. Little did I know he'd already booked the tickets. It ended up being a really good weekend and I also discovered a love for cherry beer while there. There was an exhibition of his work on show in the town and we not knowing who he was decided wed go take a look. I loved it. The man was a crazy genius. Perfect for me.

''It is not necessary for the public to know whether I am joking or whether I am serious, just as it is not necessary for me to know it myself ''.

Daydreamer

Oh no not again another music blog! I'm sorry to be writing again about music actually you know what I'm not because I love Adele  :)

Limerick presently is awful. It has been pissing rain all day and dark since half four. It's safe to say the weather is definitely affecting my mood. I'm finding it harder to get up in the mornings with the dreariness (is that even a word?) that faces me out the window. Although the rain and darkness is wrecking my head I just wrote my introduction for my empathy essay and am now feeling brightly optimistic again.

While writing I listened to Adele's Daydreamer. I am a sure daydreamer no doubt about it. I get lost in my own imagination and could quite happily stay there for hours until i must face reality again. Adele's album 19 is one of the best albums I own. Even though i liked her stuff when she first came out, in has been in the last year I really got into her. Seeing as her album was called 19 and i was 19 and as i could relate to so many of her lyrics I felt the album was wrote just for me :). Her lyrics amaze me.

A little part of me hopes I'll find my daydreamer sitting on my doorstep someday...

Love and Life

So I know it seems all I do is blog about random music but it really is such a big part of my life that i just can't help myself. Since i got in the door from college Ive had this song on repeat. Adele is one of my favourite artists ever. Her voice and lyrics are so beautiful and meaningful to me. Lyrics I think are so important in a song. Words convey a stronger message than any tune can. For me if i enjoy the lyrics i love the song no matter what type of music it is. Melt My Heart to Stone is definitely one of my favourite Adele songs if not one of my favourite songs ever. I get lost in the lyrics every time..



Speaking of hearts, We've just started studying Frankl in class who I must say i really like and am enjoying his theories. It's so nice to be studying things I'm actually interested in and care about. Its a long road to being a counsellor but I'm enjoying my travels so far. Frankl has said ''The salvation of man is through love and in love.'' which made me think of one of my life quotes “Ultimately love is everything.” as said by M. Scott Peck.



On the whole love heart and quotes subject Ive got one more that I've been thinking of the last few days. I came across this mans quote in Hereford Cathedral (strange right?). The quote on a poster that caught my eye was ''You are as prone to love as the sun is to shine'' which for some unknown reason stuck with me until i googled it. I found Thomas Traherne had said this. He was an English poet and religious writer who was educated in Hereford. I decide to read more on him and found another quote that has become one of my favourites ''Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others, and others love to us.''

God I hope I dont sound like a sap! For those who know me ye will know that couldn't be further from the truth! :). I just value the importance of love in our lives. Wether it be your love for music or for your dog or your best friends.

Is life without love really life at all?

Diamonds and Feelings

This week I went to see the truly beautiful Marina and the Diamonds in the Savoy. It was a brilliant birthday present from fabulous friends! (Caoimhey and Tiney). I was so taken aback by her. Her beauty, her voice, her lyrics were just incredible. I feel when i listen to her lyrics they speak to me and i can completly relate to some of her astounding songs. Including the one ive posted below...



Another thing I've relived this week is how a song can remind you of a time, a place, a person, a feeling. This happens to me quite often as I normally obsess over a song during times in my life when i need an outlet. So many songs have this effect on me. For example I find it difficult to listen to ellie goulding anymore without a feeling of dread and tummy ulcers coming over me since i exhausted her album on my morning trips on the 223 to college of com last feb. When Marina played 'Obsessions' last thursday a knot in tummy returned and i could almost go back to the exact place i was in when i heard those lyrics for the first time. 'Obsessions' is definitly a song worth checking out.

On this note I have been non stop playing this old classic the last few days. Linkin Park i suppose are a favourite band of mine although Im no diehard fan I do love most of their music old and new. From being 13 to 20 I can still get lost in this song. If thats a good or bad thing im not quite sure yet but either way give it a listen. :)

Jepic

Daily Song

Daily Song

I've decided for the next couple of days to try and blog a song that says how a feel or I cant stop singing or is one of my all time favourites etc you get the idea :) 

Today it's The Scientist  by Coldplay. I've only recently heard the amazingness in this song and think its perfect for me.

Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart.

So here I sit in my new humble abode happy out. If you told me last week I'd be this comfortable here in such a short space of time id of laughed at you.


College is only amazing. I feel it's just perfect for me and for the first week at least I come home happy everyday and actually listen in my lectures. It's so nice to finally be studying what im interested in instead of stats or the dreaded business studies. Im sure ill be complaing in a few weeks about essays and assignment but right now I love the course. People are lovely and kinda think like me but I'm sure not exactly like me cos we all know I'm quite the weirdo.
Brookfield is really nice. Turns out my room mate never showed up (she must of sensed i'd be awful to live with) so im living on my own for the time being. I'm already used to my spinster lifestyle eating noodles and tune in front of the tv alone. All i need is a few cats and im sorted. I'm kinda excited though as living on my own for six months is on my life goal list so hopefully ill get to tick it off.

I saw my first stab vest today on an undercover guard although he wasnt that undercover with his stab vest on and gun strapped to his side. Limerick obviously isnt the best at undercover jobs like.
Nearly my first week done in Limerick and its safe to say im happy although i miss travie soooo much its not been as bad as i thought it would be is good ole stab city. Im excited for what the year ahead holds for me :)

Now heres a bit of Kanye with Runaway which has been soothing me to sleep the past week. Say what you want about Kanye Ive loved since the moment I saw him in the old Marquee tent belting out golddigger. Lets have a toast....

8/9/10 and Patsy Cline

Firstly today's date is 8/9/10, this has convinced me something good will happen today it simply must! Although so far all thats happened is Ive worked all day and got 2 cans of coke for a euro in eurospar nothing too life changing there but still it hasn't been a bad day. I'm still very optimistic something amazing will happen before this once in a life time date is over.

And now Patsy Cline. As I write this Jackie and I are belting out ''She's got you'' in the kitchen. Patsy has to be one of my favourite singers of all time. I must thank Jackie for this as she brought me up listening to the fabulous woman and even ''Crazy'' is Jackie's song of choice when she has one too many glasses of wine. Today is Cline's birthday. She died age 30 in a plane crash. Just before she boarded the plane she said to a friend ''When it's my time to go, it's my time.". I love me some Patsy Cline long time. RIP you fabulous woman.



Its also Jason's birthday today and in honour of that I think a band we both mutually love (although he may be a bit of a bigger fan than me) should be posted. I hope you enjoy them as much as we do. Always remember there ain't no party like an s club party!

First Post :)

Oh how exciting my first post! :)


I'm not quite sure what the point of this whole thing will be but life is about to change a lot in the next few weeks and I thought this would be a good way of keeping in touch with everyone while documenting my new sure to be crazy experiences.

My love of random music is something I love to talk about starting with this that could very well be my song of the year. Niki and The Dove (Marina and the Diamonds, Florence and the Machine, Laura and the Primordial Dwarfs, the whole ''and the'' thing is very on trend) is another amazing artist to come out of Sweden alike my beloved Robyn. DJ Ease My Mind is everything you want in a song and I just can't stop playing it. Here it is..



Travie is currently curled up on my lap, terrified of the raging storm outside. The lashing wind and rain is a sure sign our summer is well and truely over but here's hoping we might get another few days of sun so I can burn.My bed is now calling  as a busy week of organising lies ahead of me. I'll leave you with a pic of the beautiful Travie fast asleep :)