Yet Another Useles Ramble About My Day...

Good afternoon,


Hey blog readers. Just thought today I'd go on a pointless ramble about my life. My last post reminded me how much I enjoy doing this. This is probably because I'm very selfish and like to stay in my own life. But whatever it is, I seem to live to ramble about my day. I'd make a very good diary-keeper. I did get a diary when I was about 8, then wrote three or four times. What's there to rant about when you're 8? Rants are fun to write. Or maybe I'm just weird. That's probably it. So many questions. Such obvious answers. Moving on...

Yestersay was a bad day, I suppose. That's why I didn't post. And I've been preoccupied with stuff in my brain today(Not Brandon related. I'm serious), on top of other stuff. Apparently, Coco's had a bad day too, and is going into depression...Other than the fact that the world doesn't use the term "depression" properly(Sorry, had to say that. That bugs me. Not that I'm depressed.), but hope your day tomorrow is better, Coco!

My other computer caught a virus the another night, again, which means I can't go on the websites I want to, and my Dad is paranoid that YouTube keeps giving us viruses. It also means that I avoided some homework last night...Invoving printing off stuff to put on my "real estate"(Hard to explain...). I actually have most of my stuff saved on this computer, but, he doesn't need to know that. Also yesterday, we fired some of our "bottle rockets" in engineering. Bottle rockets, outside, New England, March. It was not, to say the least, a pleasent experience. I used my time wisely...By a)Walking over black ice b)Pointless thinking c)scraping snow onto my Chucks(Probably not the best idea in the world. Couldn't feel my feet till 4th period) d)Time guessing e)Begging a bottle rocket would hit someone's car f)Lookin' all emo.

On the other hand, school today was...good(Like, oh my god!! I KNOW, RIGHT?!). An odd day, but good(Formality bores the heck out of me).

Social Studies proved to be boring, however. We always, in my school, do these "educational activites", to make things more interesting. I cannot stand these. They are more proof of our idiotic, over-complicated school society that makes every minute more painful for me. It's impossible for me to explain to you why I hate these so much...But, an obvious thing, is that we don't need games to learn. We're not four(Though 95% of people at my school have equivilant intelligence). In fact, I'd find taking notes a better and less-boring/embarssing/pointless use of my time. I am sick to death of geography games...

And Science. Um, nothing too negative to say to this. Mr B just yaps on about whatever(He reminds me of the guitarist in The Killers, Dave. He's all space-y and out of it.), this time it was rollercoasters. He's the sort of person that would make a great blogger. Truth is, no one except him really cares about the stuff he talks about. I suppose this is another reminder of how oddly people seem to run schools these days.

Nothing to say 'bout Enrichment. I read...A really awful book. So I just vacantly followed onto the "giggle gang"'s conversation. Hehe.

In Gym we've started a new unit - Exercise Room. Which is very, very boring indeed. Not in the league of volleyball, but I still hate it...Actually, half way through I just wandered into the locker room and sat there. It's very stupid indeed how much I hate gym(and school in general) but I've got to a point when I just don't care.

Hmm, 5th period was interesting. The beginning of our Spanish party was interrupted by a dicsussion in the auditorium about harssment. But, the Spanish party was actually alright. I had like 10 mucnhkins...And some chips. But it was nice. For the first time in ages, people just left me alone. It felt soooooo good.

We had short Math/LA classes, for a reason I will explain in a minute. Math was as-always. LA I...basically, hated. I can't write poetry for my life.

And, after lunch(Which involed me eating nothing, and a rather short and unecesserly-dramatic argument between some people, that could have been easily avoided. ) we went into the auditorium to watch this Canadian school's musical group give us a little concert. I was, of course, very excited. No matter the song(Unless it was consistantly awful), I'd take live music over my iPod any day. I was right by the amps(And, coincidentally, at the angle to the stage I was at my Killers concert). To my side, there was a group of 20-or-so girls by mics, and across the stage a guy on keyboard, and some guys on guitars and bass. It was sure to be interesting. It's so cool to hear music at school. They started off with an epic song by Journey(Not that it was an outstanding song. But that's really the only way to describe Journey...). They were, seriously, very good. Energetic and all. And the people near me were doing the whole "I'm going deaf!" thing. Am I the only one who thought the sound was bearable? Maybe it's 'cause I listen to my music really loud all day. The next few songs were all the "classics"...Haha, I actually preffered this to a lot of the songs later on. The next was Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell". Which is an absolutely amazing song. The guy in keyaboard intro-d it by "This song is before your generation. But, teachers, who likes Billy Idol? *teachers screaming*. Who had his haircut back in the 80s? *more teachers screaming*. They also did something good by The Who. And something by Kiss, which I didn't like so much. And then they did Decode by Paramore...Which, sadly, I kind of like. Paramore are in the top percent of all the awful mainstream bands around at the moment. They did that Taylor Swift song...Which is like, the bad version of "A Dustland Fairytale" by The Killers. They did..."When You Were Young!". it was intro-d by "This is a little song we took from Guitar Hero". And, you just hear that riff...And I did the whole "Oh my god...". And I stared back to find my best friend, and giggled, and nearly screamed. I'm serious, it was incredible. It just made me hyper...And happy. It's so cool how happy this band makes me feel. It's, in a very cliched way, love. With a band. I was freaking out, and could have run a mile by the end, shaking and jumping up and down to my friend after with joy. Joy...Um...yes, I'm still on a high. it gave me such a flashback...And, wow...I didn't know it was possible to stutter in typing. But, this is what this band makes me do. Ah...*sigh*, I love you Killers. Ah, should move on...the rest sucked. People started moshing during "Hot 'n' Cold"(Heading banging to Katy Perry...What is wrong with the youth of today?!). Then, some Pat Benatar(The girl singing main was AMAZING). And "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", and ended with Viva La Vida. Me and my friend were the only ones not on our feet. But I was in such a trance from When You Were Young, I couldn't care less about Coldplay. I was on such a high after the whole experience...I want to go to a concert so badly. Don't care who. I just need some more live music. It was a truely magical experience. Someone actually got an autograph from one of the singers...But, that's just odd.

So, that was my day. I have a load of homework to do this weekend, including a project I need to start. Bye.

Until sometime,

Party Over Here!

Hello bloggers,

Well, I actually have big news today! For the last couple o' days, I'v been dying to post, but with nothing to post about. I ended up saying some stuff about US "gods"(Haha, sounds odd. Maybe I'll write it decently some time, and then you'll understand), and that was only about three sentences. But anyways...

The V Festival website updated yesterday! Some stuff about bands playing, and stuff, looks amazing. Here's the lineup so far -

- The Killers
- Razorlight
- The Specials
- Lilly Allen
- The Script
- Taylor Swift
- Seasick Steve
- Taylor Swift(again apparently)
- Oasis
- Snow Patrol
- Elbow
- James
- Biffy Clyro
- James Morrison
- Ocean Color Scene
- Fatboy Slim
- Pendulum
- The Ting Tings
- The Wonbats
- Keane
- The Enemy
- Paolo Nutini
- Katy Perry
- Dizzee Rascal
- Pete Doherty
- British Sea Power
- Happy Mondays
- The Saturdays
- MGMT
- Lady Gaga
- The Streets
- Ashley Dixo

With "many more" to be announced apparently. "Many more" being around 15, I think. The ones in bold are the ones I'd like to see. Still hoping for Kaiser Chiefs! The headliners are The Killers and Oasis. The Killers being on Saturday and Oasis being on Sunday. I woke up about 5 this morning after having a dream about Dave('twas his birthday!) and couldn't sleep. My mom was on the phone to my uncle, who were getting the tickets for us(Being so early because of the time difference). Turns out after much struggling and computer-freezing, he got us tickets for the weekend! Then later in the day, my friend's mom called, as they were getting tickets to come with us. They ended up only getting tickets for Saturday. So, they get to see my freakout for The Killers! Excited? What do you think? This gives me something to count down till after May 9th.

This news made my friend RAH sufficiently jealous today(Though she seems to be moving away from The Killers. She's "into" some emo/screamo band at the moment), but I haven't told many people. But, yay!

I suppose I should talk a bit about myself at the moment, as I seem to always do. Today, I have to say, has been a sort of bad day. This weekend, however, has been going alright. 'cept Sunday I got banned from the computer for, pretty much nothing. But yesterday was a snow day! I can't say I used the time too effectively, other than organsing my CDs into my room. I did buy a new CD - "Under The Iron Sea" by Keane. And borrowed two Arctic Monkeys CDs from my mom. And bought new songs for my iPod("Get On Your Boots" by U2, "Cherub Rock" by Smashing Pumpkins, "Even Flow" by Pearl Jam, "Kids" by MGMT, "Graveyard Girl" by M83, "Use Somebody" by Kings Of Leon,and "Ulysses" by Franz Ferdinand. And, why oh why, don't they have "Yesterday" by The Beatles on iTunes?).

School today has been a pain. First off, I lost my calculator. My calculator, being the calculator with "Brandon jr." written on it. In LA we were "debating". About? Many things, including Michael Phelps, and the economy. My group did, "Should we be aloud to wear hats in school?". Geez, it's clothing, why does it matter so much? Of course, I hated the whole experience. He knows I don't like reading, it isn't going to change anyday soon. He gave me another "Talk more, you're too quiet" speech at the end of class, again. 'cause it's not like I hear that all the time. And it's not like anyone understands. Or will actually change me. To me at least, the people who did the whole full-out "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, my name is ****** and today I am talking to you about..." thing gave off the "Who Do You Think You Are?!" vibe. Haha, I hate that kind of behavior. My rule to live by - "If it's decent, it's good enough.".

Math, my teacher found my calculator! Good thing she's 50-something and couldn't read the little writting along the bottom...Otherwise, that would cause some severe embarassment. But, she couldn't have been more of a "female dog" about it. I now realise how much I can't stand her. As far as she's concerned, she's always right, you're always wrong, and she's gonna make it quite clear who she does and doesn't like. The people she does like being, as far as I know, all female. In particular, one "perfect girl". I sit next to her, which makes her hate me in comparison. She announces to the class "Camo, looking for your calculator?", and then pulls the unnecesserily patronizing face, like I'm five years old. It's not like people don't think I'm retarded enough already. And this isn't the first time. A few weeks ago, we were reading in Enrichment and she was checking our projects, and she comes into the room and announces "You spelled "Collisseum" wrong!", with that expression again. And, I checked, and the way she wanted me to spell it was incorrect. So, who wins? Ask her, and I was of course clearly wrong about everything. I'm wrong about life, in her eyes. She's such a...

Moving on. Enrichment. We started off with a 20-minute speech. We currently have these small poster things up on the wall, each we decorate to example our best examples of work. That's with the speech started out with. And then a girl gave a speech about her breast cancer project. This sounds realy selfish, but I'm sick of all this stuff. She's doing it for her Bat Mitzvah. And, so(this is what everyone does)..."Hmm...what should I do....Er.,..um...who cares, I'll do breast cancer" no one cares anymore. We know the facts, and it shocks and surprises no one. Then, we were told to clean out our lockers. A quick five minutes and I was good(Odd, compared to last year.). And then I wandered around...and got told off again. Seriously, if they don't give us anything specific to do, what do they expect? I ended up with five minutes writing Killers stuff.

Spanish and Engineering were pretty average. We're congigating verbs in Spanish at the moment. I don't really get the big deal, it all seems pretty simple of you re-read it a few times. Hard to remember, but simple. We're currently aloud to sit wherever, so I'm alone in the back of my class(Total heaven! <33). This means I get to stare at the clock, not work, and avoid having to work with anyone, a lot of the time. Plus, I have a weird paranoid hate of sitting in the front of the class. It's stupid, and impossible to explain. Engineering, we watched the most boring movie ever. We get it, "Engeneeing is everything!". Okay?

Well, that's my day at the moment. I'm tired now. And bored. And I have homework to do.

Speak soon,

7th Graders Who Wish They Were More

Good afternoon, blog









Hey hey hey. Ah, it's Friday. And since I actually don't need to do homework, I might as well blog. Everything's going alright at the moment(I refrain from using the time "Life's good" or anything. I'm on no particular high at the moment, just not any particular low. It sounds whiny, but I think "life's good" is a bit of an exaggeraton). This week's gone by fast, and I'm excited for the weekend. And another epic AIM chat tonight(Hopefully?), and whatever it brings. School has been fine, mostly. We finished volleyball today(Hallelujiah. This caused me to brake into a hyper rendition fo Smashing Pumpkins' "Today" to my sister.) And we had another power cut earlier, so we got to go to Chilli's. But I feel like a hypocrite today, and this is a post about school, specifically today. Well, more about the people. The behvarior of the people(I know, people suck...I rant too much at the moment)









Today, we had two quizzes. Really, no big deal. 15 minutes of studying last night, and I'd be sure to get at least a 70%(I have a good memory. Lucky me). The first one was Social Studies, we had to learn the locations/countries/capitals of 30 European countries. Since I spent forever last year learning them mostly for the fun of it, a 5-minute reminder was all I needed for some of those southern ones(Macedonia, Croatia, slovenia....Hard. To. Remember.). And, the second one was LA. I knw this one better than the Social Studies, I thought. Congigating verbs. 5 minutes and I was ready.







So, then it was 2nd period science. As always, sitting at the table in the back of the class by myself, as the two girls on my table take forever to walk like 10 meters into the next class. Once they finally decide to come, they were talking about the LA quiz. When I heard it was so hard..., I got a 45, and half the class failed. Woah. @_@. That's a first. So, of course "the quiz" was the topic of rumours and gossip for the rest of the day. Mr G even gave a speech about it in Enrichment, and a friend told me she got 22%.







And, I was of course last period LA. Which was hell for most people. We'd heard all the rumours, and everyone was scared to death. Girls walked in and said "Rip the test up the moment he gives it to you" and all that. It turns out the test wasn't hard, if you know your irregular verbs and such. I got a 91%, which was apparently in the top percent of the class. So, the big deal? I have no idea.







The world likes to panic. At least my school does. It's a highscool thing, and we all want to be highschoolers. From a young age, for most people. I have my(7-year-old) neighbour come round to my house and complain about the homework she gets. You know, the sort that takes 10 minutes to complete. My grade likes to panic about tests that really aren't too difficult. Even about those little quizzes with 5 questions, that are so insignificant they wouldn't have enough of an effect to change your overall grade at all. But, everyone watches all those teen shows, that show examples of "OHNOES HOMEWORK I GONNA FAIL SCHOOL" sort of thing. And I suppose we follow. And, you thought you gave up that behavior a while back, right?





We're 12/13. 7th grade. Really, take a look at the homework we get. Let's say an hour, maybe 1 1/2 hours if we have an essay? That really doesn't require any "freaking out", I think. Once you're in highscool, of course you get hours of homework. And I think that's a reason to freak - At least sometimes's it is. But what we do is rediculous. There's caring about your grade(Nothing wrong with that, of course) and then there's the sort of behavior we all see whenever there's a big test. Maybe it'a "cool" thing or something, but it's pathetic in my eyes. 12 years old isn't when we should be worrying about this stuff. There's nothing to worry about.



To many schools, it's uncool to "try" with your schoolwork. At our school, this doesn't apply. Those kids who get worried over "big tests" have similar respect to those who couldn't care less, if grades only apply here. I guess that makes our school rather odd. But, our school is generally a good school anyway, which would probably explain it. Actually, I think worrying is cool. The "It's just a test" behavior is what comes from the uncool kids.

But that's not the worst bit - Dances. We had one on Friday. And, joy of joys, a "pink dance". When someone would be nominated "Pink King" and "Pink queen"(Really, you've got to feel sorry for the pink king...). And of course, there's the gossip. I actually find it pretty humourous to watch the gossip. It's not like it matters, ever. LIKE OHMYGOD SHE DANCED WITH HIM?????!!!!!!!!!!. Hahaha, it's pretty pathetic(A word I use to often to describe people my own age). Soulmates on Friday, mortal enemies come Wednesday. I didn't go, of course, but I'm pretty sure there was a lot of stuff happening, and I'll be sure to catch up on the rough-gossipy details on Monday to, you know, keep up with the conversations I never contribute in. It's just...Trying to be mature. Which is ironic, seeing as it makes them seem a lot less mature to me.

I'm such a bad ranter, I don't know where to go from here. Hahaha. Hope you enjoyed it. I don't have anything to add...Um, oh yeah, I might be seeing Franz Ferdinand or Keane live in May! Can't wait!

Until sometime,

How I Love Pointless Anticipation

Hi hi hi,

25th of February, 2009. I just realised in math today, since I've basically tried every boredom-killer technique ever made in 7th grade math, that tomorrow marks exactly a month from seeing The Killers. And, no doubt, I'm gonna get all emotional 'bout it tomorrow. But there's really nothing to get all emotional about. Surely, we should be celebrating. But I just don't want the memory fading away(Ooh, poetic. Sorry, I've been listening to sad songs all afternoon). I'll probably say stuff about it to loads of people. But, that day was special...A very loud, rock 'n' roll type special day. It was magic when he walked on stage. And, if they had played A Dustland Fairytale, I would definantly have cried. Mr. Brightside was absolutely insane. And maybe this combined with the fact that I'm having a very strong Killer-obsessive "attack" today, due to watch a hugely cute interview before bed last night, is leading me to write this. In fact, up until a minute ago, I wasn't even planning on writing this. But, why not? There's been some Killers related stuff happening today. Also, Coco told me again how she liked me "Ten Examples Of My Rabid Fangirling" post a while back, so this is similar. Oh, by the way, thanks for voting in my poll. I'll put a new one up later.

First off, that interview killed me last night. It's very, very cute. I'm sure if you type in "The Killers V festival interview" or something, you'll find it. But if you aren't compltely obsessed with the man, you'll just end up thinking they're total losers or something. But if you do, your emotions will like...explode. With...many emotions. It's very cute. He's adorable. And the sad thing is, this is a very early interview. And, if they were asked the question they were asked nowadays, they wouldn't answer. During Sam's Town, the media attacked him. So now, he basically can't give his opinion os say what he feels. I feel sorry for him. He's..got potential, and he knows it, and the world doesn't like it. What happened to wanting to be huge? Now, it's all "Wow, I can't believe our album actually got in the charts, I'd be okay with us being an underground band for 15 years before we got signed or made any money" kind of modesty. The stuff no one means, or believes. I kind of hate that denying whatever, when you know you're good at it. Certainly, if you have a self-esteem issue or something, I guess you can't help it, but now one can say what they actually feel(Well, except Liam Gallagher. But that's just him, I suppose) anymore. But, back to the original topic, I have proof of what the media did to him. He got asked a similar question in a recent interview, only to giggle and basically refuse to answer. In the earlier interview, yes, he didn't want to talk about it, but he at least tried.

Secondly, my friend RAH was forced to "give up The Killers obsessing for Lent". Who I am I suppose to freak out with now?! For fourty days?! So, I'm fangirling x2 for her too. I seriously don't know how she can do that. I can barely go fifteen freakin' minutes without at least thinking about them. So, today I decided to write about Brandon's beautiful brown eyes in Coco's blog's c-box, and draw Brandon and hearts all over my stuff when I was "studying for Science". So now it's even.

Last night I went to Photobucket for the sake of it, and looked at you-know-who pictures. And I had another revelation...About, his eyes. Beautiful, beautiful eyes. Big and brown and needy and cute and self-conscious and vulnerable yet strong and powerful and manly and bright and striking and perfect. You know? I think that's my favorite thing about him. Of course, that's the typical fangirl answer - the eyes, but I mean it. They'e just so...perfect. I've never been so amazed by eyes than I have now. I don't like my horrible hazel eyes compared to those ones.

I've seriously had two dreams about The Killers this week. I...don't want to explain them. But, they were so good.

I just put Hot Fuss on for the first time in a while. I've been through this huge Sam's Town phase recently, and I'm just getting out of it, I think. Certainly, I love that arena-rock thing, but Hot Fuss is just everything. You can dance, or sing, or cry, or rock out. It's got it all.

'Cause my friend Coco got me a little movie of clips from making Ronnie's cake. My favorite being a close up on Brandon's feet, and Coco saying "That's concerning.." while me and RAH giggle manicly.

'cause I heard "Killers" three time in school today. I'm serious when I say my heart skips a beat when I hear that...So, is the world trying to kill me or something?

Replaceable. It's seriously a beautiful song. I'll post the lyrics sometime. It's a Killers song, that I can't find on iTunes. Help? Please?! I love it! So pretty!

And the reason for this post - V Festival. it's an English music festival in the summer. Not the biggest, but getting to be huge. The Killers played there in 2007...So, guess who's "strongly rumoured" to play again? And, guess who's going? Well, probably. Oh my god, I can't wait...I'll be going with my mom and friend's family. Even though they're not reading, I'd just like to say how amazing they are for getting us these - Rock on! I love you all! It also avoids having to get up at 4 am to buy tickets in a different timezone. It's gonna be so...um...incredible. Really, I'm looking forward to "the vibe". Possibly camping, spending way too much money on memorabillia, getting lost, those dirty festival bathrooms, everything from hippies to emo kids...Really, when you go to these things, it's those little things you remember. But that's not to say I'm not going for the music. The set-list, I have to say, is looking nearly perfect. Nearly all my favorite English/popular bands that play in England are rumoured. For example

-The KILLERS

- Kaiser Chiefs

- Keane

- Oasis

- Snow Patrol

- Franz Ferdinand

To name a few. Here's what I'm thinking...Killers ending Sunday, and Oasis ending Saturday. It's gonna rock. I'll love it, more than anything. And...being close to them? Really? Heaven. Even some celebrities sometimes come, so that's a bonus. But...Killers. It's gonna be more amazing than anything in my life ever. That is, if we get tickets. I'm not kidding when I say the set-list will be revealead in a few days, so I'll tell you soon! I'd also like to see Muse(No chance), Arctic Monkeys(Don't play many festivals), and Kings Of Leon(Busy busy busy), but I doubt it. But whatever. If it's Killers, it's Killers...

Love love love love love love love Killers. Not kidding. my life.

Do you know who's eye that is?

Until sometime,

Another "Quick" Post - The Duran Duran Issue

Hi,

Okay, I have nothing else to do, and this is what's been on my mind recently, so I'm talking about this.

Duran Duran. Who? What? Where? When? Why? How? Duran Duran are an 80s synthpop band. And, in my eyes, a pretty good one. I seriously believe Hungry Like The Wolf is one of the best non-Killers songs of all time. No joke. It's such a "sing-a-long" song, and, simple as it is, I'm loving the guitar. The Reflex is also a simple song, and very good. DD(hehe) just seem to be one of those English synthy bands from the 80s. Being totally stupidly obsessed with that kind of music, I think they're good. Definantly not as good as other bands of the vague genre(PET SHOP BOYS <333),>but still. But, since "getting into" music, I've heard so much Duran Duran bad-mouthing going on...Which I don't understand. Between TV, online, music magazines and the like...It's like ACC and The Jonas Brothers. Really, I think they should have at least earned a little more respect than that, don't you? I even saw somewhere label Simon as "seriously uncool". That was, I think, in The Word. I like The Word. I have nothing bad to say about The Word, but that was uncalled for. Duran Duran did a great deal for the music industry, I think. And label them as you will as the typical "high school girl" band, no high school girl band can continue for as long as they can, don't you think? The Jonas Brothers will be gone in a couple of years. Duran Duran will be here to stay. I don't know if they were eating off the sucsses of other bands of the time...But anyway. Duran Duran are a good band. Get over it. It's stupid to be one of those people were remembers the time, when Duran Duran were big, and now see some memorabillia and cringe.

I suppose this goes with another one of those oh-so-negative teenage stereotypes. Those, I can't stand. And people wonder why people want to be emo, or rebel, or anything...My best bet would simply be that they don't want to fit into the typical teenage stereotype. Emo doesn't do a lot for that, but it's more unique than a lot of the teenage behaviour you see around at the moment. Maybe being angsty was more of a 90s teenage thing. And, let's face it, especially when it comes to highschool girls, there's a big stereotype. And fangirls.

Everyone hates fangirls. Just think "fangirl", and( if you know me) you'll see me rambling on about Brandon, or(if you don't know me) you'll see some movie star being chased down the street by a flock of UGG-wearing high school girls. At least, that's what I see. What's wrong with being a fangirl? Stereotypically, the difference from being a female fan, and being a "fan girl" is being absolutely rabidly in love with a member of the band/singer/movie star/character/ whatever....Which, I don't see as too negative. As I see it, there's many pros to being "obsessed" with a celebrity. And, yes, I know this rant is very biased. But, many would argue it's better to be interested in guys/girls your own age...But, that can be hard. Like, if you're obsessed with a celeb, you don't see the guy you like everyday with someone else. Certainly, Brandon is married and all(DIE TANA DIE), but I don't think about that everyday. At least, I try not to. And, if you're a good fan, you don't just like whoever for their appearance...Which is why everyone hates fangirls. Not true. Why would you do that? I don't see any reason at all. To outsides, us fangirls are a different species, but we're not quite that pathetic...Can we help who we "fall for"? Not just physically.

The reason I posted that paragraph is because Duran Duran seemed to be prone to fangirls. A while back I watched a "Best Songs of the 80s" on TV, and when Duran Duran appeared, I believe someone said "When this song came out, there was not a single high school girl who wasn't obsessed with at least one member of Duran Duran". So, fangirls+band means there's gonna be hating...Like, The Jonas Brothers. Do I like The Jonas Brothers? Of course not. And I mean, I disliked them long before it was uncool to like them. But, their fangirls give them a bad reputation.

We don't judge bands by just their music. Even if you say you don't, you do. We avoid certain genres of music.(Even I am prone to this. But, I'm trying to improve. Don't deny it! And don't be one of those people to say "I listen to just about anything" because anyone with a brain knows you don't.) We judge musicians based on race, age, lyrics, history, even what they say about anyone else. Of course, we shouldn't, but we do. It's never about just the celebrities' career! And, Duran Duran seem to be a band who got the "short straw" when it comes to non-musical judgement. Ranging from fanbase to musical genre(I'e heard this sort of pop music be considered "female music" several times before).

This post isn't trying to say something. Not about fangirling, or teenage behavior, or even by how harshly we judge musicians(Though this is a problem. Musicians' careers have been ruined based on their personal lives). It's just...me expressing. Something I feel I should have the freedom to do so, in such a chaotic, confusing fashion in this blog at least. I'm just fed up with the comments I've heard about this band.

In other news, school started yesterday. I'll talk about that another time, but I had my Spanish thing today. Also, I'm really hyped up about this music festival in the summer. Explain later.

Bye!

I Was Faced With A Choice At A Difficult Age

Hey there, just a few things I thought I'd chat about today. I've got an album review going, so I'll see if I can get that post done soon.



I was faced with a choice at a difficult age. Thirteen to be exact, when I found myself having to pick between two fantastic records. Both would eventually have a huge impact on my life, but my mother made it very clear that she was only gonna give me enough cash for one of those records. So there I was, hovering over my left hand, which contained Louder Than Bombs by The Smiths. It's a very great records, twenty four tracks, a lotta bang for your buck. Great record. And in my right was Discography by Pet Shop Boys. It was a singles collection, eighteen tracks, this was gonna be a tough decision. I would eventually be Neil Tennant's perfect execution of that devilish right eyebrow raise that secured Pet Shop Boys's position for the cassette player on that ride home. And thus, I was introduced to a new, impenetrable cool behind his shades, and I've always believed him to be some sort of wizard. Since the release of their first single West End Girls in 1985, Pet Shop Boys have released nine studio albums, nine, had twenty two top ten singles in the UK, and ,as Kylie states, has sold over fifty million records world wide. They've pushed a few envelopes along the way, and most impressively, they've stayed together. Few have held onto the fire, or the ability to remain relevant, to stick around. It's very admirable. They've got taste and they can write one hell of a pop song, they truly deserve this. Ladies and gentlemen, this year's outstanding contribution to music award goes to none other than Pet Shop Boys!



And that, was Brandon's oh-so-amazing speech at The Brits on Wednesday. He's so adorable when he talks. His speech was very staged, and he started off talking rather fast. But, he did his best to hide his stage fright. It was very sweet. And, he did very well. Congrats, Brandon!



Secondly I had my first AIM experience with my friends Jill, Kayla, Chelsea, and their friend Zie, last night. It was...interesting. I didn't talk very much, but I don't talk much anyway, but it was very fun. If you were to ask what we talked about, the answer would be "very little". The conversation just moved on. It was, somehow, very addicting, and kept me occupied for about 2 1/2 hours, I think. I was forced to call it a night at 11:30...And now I realise that AIM rocks! Thanks Jill and Kayla for bugging me so much to download it...



Moving back to the first part of the post, I am so more addicted to Pet Shop Boys than ever before. Ah, how I love 80s pop. As sucky and horrible as it sounds, I love it. Synthesizers have messed with my mind, and Brandon's musical tastes have messed with my mind, of course. My favorite PSB song is "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", which was done with Dusty Springfield. I also, while AIMing, last night bought "West End Girls", and "Suburbia". Although West End Girls got a lot of publicity when ti was released, I think Suburbia is better. But, they're all great songs. I'm thinking of getting their Discography soon. If it's as Brandon describes it, I think I'd be very pleased with it. But I don't know...New album comes out March 18th, I think. It'll be called Yes. So, I might buy that instead. I want to hear something other than hits to see my true opinion of them(Because, really, you can't judge a band by their Top 10 hits, very fairly). I suppose it's weird of me to be liking this band. But...they're really, seriously good. I wonder if I could see them live...Not this tour, but the next one maybe. I need to go buy their nine studio albums first. Ah, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys, Pet Shop Boys...



And, I want an Arctic Monkeys album, and another Franz Ferdinand album, and the only Weezer album I don't have.[/randomalbumramble]



So today is Saturday, I believe. The vacation has messed with my mental clock. *checks*. Yeah, it's Saturday. So 2nd to last day of vacation. And, I've done pretty much nothing this week. I think we might be seeing Coraline today(Finally). Or going out to eat either today or tomorrow night. Last night I finally stuck the stickers that came with my Killers 2009 calender to my wall. I think the picture count is close to 60 now. It's impressive to look out, but very stalker-ish if you're not a total Killers fangirl. I've aslso done some cleanout of my room(There's still loads of boxes from when we moved in over a year ago...). The other day my mom found an old magazine for me to look at. I think it was The Word, another one of those music magazines she reads, even when she's interested in very few of the bands listed. And, of course, it had The Killers on the front. She was doing a bit of a magazine cleanout, and this one was from late 2006. Wow, it's cool to read some old Sam's Town-era articles. Sam's Town articles are typically more interesting to read than the ones now, from an outsider's point of view. They were having some problems then, legal issues and stuff. But it's got some cool pictures, so I'll be sure to cut those and add them to my count. But anyway, what I'm thinking about at the moment is school. My essay sucked, so I'm freaking out about what my teacher will say about it. I always freak out about it, but now more than ever. And I've got this Spanish project presentation on Tuesday, the whole thing to enphasize English stereotypes, remember? Well, I need a crown for Little Miss Huge Ego to play the Queen(Of huge egos), and I've yet to find one. We went into iParty yesterday(Yes, it's cheap, but where else to they expect me to find a crown?). Turns out iParty, the store that has everything you don't need, but somehow desire to buy, don't have crowns. Weird, huh? So instead we came out with a load of chocolate, for nor eason. It was embarassing. But the issue is now where I'm going to get a crown for Tuesday. Any ideas? I haven't done anything for this project, and I'd rather not sway too far on my partners' bad sides.



One more thing. AnimalCrossingCommunity.com. Some call it the best website ever, some call in hell on the internet. I'm stuck between. Going on simply for the amazing friends I have there, and for the OT board. Which is what many do. But, this week has been an odd week all-around. Controversial, some might call it. First off, JUG, ACC's longest and largest giveaway closed down. I'm actually a member of JUG, and it was quite a shock. Five years, JUG was running for. I remember logging on, and seeing the PT "JUG-Urgent-Closing Notice" or something along those lines. It was at the top of my page, with 45 new replies, even though it had been sent very recently. To be honest here, Johntown327 always sends these PTs signifying some big change. Nothing against it, but that's the way it works. So I wasn't too worried. I've kind of been used to skimming what he says, so instead of reading, first I skipped to the first comment, which was simply "NOOOOOOOOOO". So I read, and I was shocked. And so was everyone else. There was a lot heart-felt messages about JUG, and JUG histories, and everyone was upset. But, according to the owner, the time was right to end. After five years. We were supposed to keep the whole thing quiet, but the news was out fairly quickly. So there was a lot of activity with that. Within 24 hours, I had already recieved a PT from a new giveaway, claiming that we were on "high demand", being from JUG. Although I feel "wanted", this isn't easy. I know some giveaways are rejoicing at the thought of the big giveaway being gone, otherwise this has been big ACC news. Secondly, we lost several ACC scouts this week. I think they were Jedi, Zacahry, and one more, but I'm not sure. This will probably mean new scouts soon, but people are saying it feels like ACC has taken a step back. There have been a lot of threads on the OT board this week dicussing how ACC isn't what it used to be. And I suppose I have to agree. There used to be mature discussions on the OT board. And you didn't get reported for your opinion. And now it just feels like threads about pie, and loads of chat-speaking 10 year olds(Not that ten year olds can't be mature. But this is a generalization). So...maybe ACC is declining. We should face that fact. Hopefully something will be done, but that's only a slight chance. I suppose this controversy will continue...And the questioning. Oh, what an interesting week this has been.

Until sometime,

Jackets Are The Very Foundation On Which We Build Our Modern Day society. Or Is It Just Me?

Hey there,

Jackets, jackets, jackets...jackets. Jackets are just...wonderful, aren't they? I mean, jackets are probably one of the greatest inventions ever. Jackets are the very foundation on which we build our modern day society. Or, is it just me? In particular, I'm alking about men's suit jackets. Or any "smart" jacket. They're amazing, right? Practical, and amazing-looking...And, like, the greatest things in the whole wide world. And especially in particular, one's with feathers on the shoulders. So, now you see why I'm talking about this! But, yes...jackets. Ahhhhhh. I've lost it. But...jackets. I love jackets. Men's jackets. I want a men's jacket for my birthday...one with feathers on the shoulders. I want to be buried in a feathery jacket. Let me explain a bit about this. Jackets forever.

So, I was watching The Brits(English music awards) on YouTube last night. Killers were nominated for both "Best international band", and "Best International Album". Kings Of Leon won both, unfortunatly. But, they're alright. But, Pet Shop Boys won "Outstanding Contribution To Music" Yes yes yes...Because I now love Pet Sop Boys SO MUCH(May I add, Neil Tennant was wearing a long, sparkly, black jacket). They're amazing...So, they performed. A medly of In Suburbia, It's A Sin, Always On My Mind, one I didn't know, and West End Girls. All were amazing songs. But, there was a rumour that two mystery guests would perform with Pet Shop Boys...One was, of course, the jaket master himself - Mr Flowers! And, of course it was. I thought it would be, since Neil and Brandon are good friends. And Lady Gaga. But I couldn't care less about Lady Gaga. She only had like 4 lines anyway, and was dressed like a sparkly teapot. And, Bandon got to do a performance speech beforehand, about being a kid. I'll write it later. But, he's right in what he said. But...the point is, he came on, and...It's kinda magical. He was wearing his jacket. And then it dawned on me...How much I would do for that jacket. How much many people would do for that jacket. I had a dream about the jacket last night...Yeah, the jacket. That's sad, but true. And, I wonder when he's gonna stop wearing the jacket...'Cause it'll be sad. It's the sumbol of Day And Age, of The Killers 2008-2009, of Brandon Flowers. Even more recognisable than the mustache from Sam's Town. It's a symbol, and a great one. That is what we will remember from this time. And, what will happen to the jacket once its time is done? Probably in a safe or something, it's worth that much. But...Brandon loves his jackets. They'll be another one. But, maybe he's as addicted as the world is, to that jacket. Every appearance, he's wearing that jacket....I don't know. He is kind of obsessed with jackets. So...here's some proof. Brandon and his jackets! This random enough for ya? From pink...to feathers...to glitter. Yeah...

And jackets...See, why they're awesome? Brandon Flowers forever!

Jackets!

Until Sometime.