January 2010
112 posts
Sunday Bloody Sunday
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles ^Why did I have to wait to learn about this by listening to John Lennon & Yokos song instead of being taught this by the media or school history class??
The Weepies- Painting by Chagall
“…when a female cabbage butterfly lays her eggs on a brussels sprout plant and...”
– This NYT article. That’s why synthetic foods are the way forward in terms of ethical eating lol.
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there’s some mistake. The only other...
29th Jan- Zans Birthday
At the back and beyond pub for Zans Birthday, I learnt alot eves dropping on Zans and Peters debate about Political ideologies whilst munching on my pasta. ^I learnt that a 4 quadrant graph can more accurately map the political ideologies compared to the simple left wing-right wing pendulum. It was particularly interesting to learn that both the extreme ends of the scales who promote individual...
29 Jan- Sleep
I had a dream I didn’t revise for an A2 exam due the next day, woke up stressed and scared… only to remember a few seconds later I was on a gap year lol ^Has the ordeals of revising for my sixthform exams traumatized my mind subconsciously? The state of dreaming and sleep interests me. During the day time, there are cells which inhibit vivid memory and creativity which makes sense...
28th Jan- The Bulmershe lot
Its funny to see how a totally different circle of friends can have completely different values, humour and interest. In the past I’ve moved around alot of schools and if there’s one thing I’ve learnt, “coolness” is incredibly subjective… like I remember over listening to a conversation I was having at the Gulshan on Heshs birthday where everybody was bashing...
The butterfly effect.
… Had I not made the impulsive purchase of my harmonica last summer… … I would have never gotten into Bob Dylan … there would be no Folk … Had Jonny never invited me to his party where we ate pure lard and danced like gazelles, I would have never met Declan… ( http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=123613503154 ) … I would have never met the...
28th Jan- Ireland & Folk Punk
I’m just about to leave for folk punk band practice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_rock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk_ideologies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_subcultures_in_the_20th_century http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_politics ^Wikipedia is such a great source for influences and inspiration. To become a good song writer I must not only seek life experiences...
Jan 27th- My 1st poem
Well I wrote my first poem the other night and presented it nervously to my class of 6 today at Reading University. ~ Water
A meandering river drools down the snowy Alpine mountain Sweeping slow across bare feet bathed in cool depths Spring time sun shimmers a thousand specs of diamond on the surface Schools of fish and children swarm like dragonflies over grass A little heart beating as it...
Cámíllé- le féstin
27th Jan- Last minute gift
The time is 00:19… its my dads 52nd birthday. Little does he know I am cunningly painting a last minute present for him. Dayum I feel like such a sly fox at the moment. —-post edit—- Well it took me till 4am but its done! I choose to paint a scene from Where the wild things are (my fav childhood book) …as a sort of thank you present for paps reading it to me before I went...
JAN 25TH- W.T AND THE WASTERS, PT.3: The Mutha...
Last week, I missed a W.T & the Wasters jam session. Being heavily influenced by the bright jingle jangle, organically ramshackled acoustic sounds of folk music… it was no surprise that I leave the band for one day and they end up composing the skeleton foundations of a dark, gloomy song driven by the bellowing tones of the wailing accordion. With a creeping baseline and a haunting tin...
JAN 25TH- W.T AND THE WASTERS, PT.2: The Blues...
After the initial set, the band relaxed by doing our favourite covers: I played Mumford&Sons “Winter winds” whilst Declan covered “Brimful of Asha”, it was nice seeing everybody singing and having a good time, the atmosphere was so warm and sober-drunken. … Up until now, I’ve withheld using the blues scale from the band… turns out it goes reeeeally...
Jan 25th- W.T and the Wasters, pt.1: The Earth...
It was midnight at Joe Dobrafhjalkhahaxys Cabin, the Wasters and I preformed our set so far to crazy drug lord Robbie and Josh. Our 1st “love” song Juliette, now that we’ve uncluttered a chunk of it, had positive reviews! The 2nd song, a ramshackled folk cover of Bulls on parade, Declan praised me for my new found husky voice. The 3rd “Crowding rousing, Alcoholic...
A turning point in driving
After another fumbled driving lesson, my teacher Andy asked me what is “MSM”. I misheard it for MSN and I gave the definition: “MSN is an internet platform for which people can communicate via instant messan-” … at that point, my teacher corrected the misunderstanding. MSM it turns out is Mirror, Signally and Manoeuvring… we had finally highlighted where I was...
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Carla Bruni – Quelqu’un m’a...
Dancing Plague of 1518 in France →
WatchMe and Jared recorded this at his house I come in at [2:35 to 3:10] and [3:47 to 4:31] We also listened to the epic masterpiece that was R Kellys “Hip-hopera” “It was MIGEEET! It was a MIDGEEEEET!”
Halima: Stop being so HIV negative
BORING: DO NOT READ
As well as documenting the humorous moments, fascinating facts and worthwhile videos I come across on my gap year… … I will also refer back to this blog in the future when employers ask me “what did you learn on your gap year” … So i’m also gonna write about boring things like the following. DON’T READ IT, ITS SHIT. *I gained experience in auditing the...
Communism
My Portuguese speaking co-worker fascinates me because he was born to Angola’s Communist regime, but through his eyes, hes seen war, revolution and the transition to democracy within his lifetime.
Currently studying accountancy and finance as a non UK citizen, he pays for the privilege of gaining an education in England by co-ordinating a construction business back in Angola which imports...