Best Thing I've Heard All Day 0 comments

All right, so this is copied from an MSN conversation i've just had...

Kim __ friends in highly low places says:
*i'm refusing to grow up.
mark; see you at the bitter end. says:
*same! lets make a stand on growing up (Y) :S haha
Kim __ friends in highly low places says:
*haha, we actually have this lame thing back in wire
*and it's when you turn twenty, you actually don't.
*instead you turn twenteen!!! :D:D:D

is that not actually the best expression you've ever heard?! I can't wait for my twenteenth!!!

Mark, out.
xxx

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Sunshine On A Rainy Day 0 comments

Good evening all - had possibly the least productive day ever. Today I had a few mission objectives - obtain a new copy of Final Fantasy 10, start essays, find a halloween costume and get a Big Tasty with Bacon from McDonalds.

Unfortunately, Final Fantasy 10 seems to have disappeared from all existence and so I couldn't find it anywhere - not even in Cash Converters! I'll probably eBay it, I do miss playing that game and I've still to beat Penance. Obviously, I did no such thing as start my essays, something tells me this won't get done for another day or so yet. Sunday is going to be a rough day indeed. As for Halloween, I couldn't find any outfit I liked at all, so I'm just going for vampire - mainly because I get to wear a suit and make my hair look cool. But I picked up vampire fangs and black hair dye, without realising it was permanent. No thank you. One highlight of today was the Big Tasty with Bacon, it was possibly the best thing I ate today...

...although saying that, Costa are doing their Christmas menu now, and I'd recommend the creme brulee latte to anyone - it was the best thing I had to drink today, ever.

And I quite enjoyed the rain today, I'm kinda weird like that - I like rainy days when it gets dark around 5. It's nice, I'm not entirely sure how to explain it. Also, a shout out to Kim (whether she'll read this or not is beyond me) for our 12 hour marathon of an MSN conversation yesterday - it was pretty epic. Haha.

Anyway, I also bought a Shins CD, Abbey Road and 'Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus'. And I'm gonna get Cribs tickets later too. Fun times :)

Mark, out.
xxx

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Crushing Melancholy 0 comments

Hello all, I am now officially hangover free! It's been an unbelievably lazy day, I'm still lying in my bed in my boxers - and I'm not entirely sure what I've done since I woke up.

I had a long lie this morning! It's always exciting when that happens, specially cause I seem to have developed a condition where I can't sleep in after 9am anymore. But I woke up in all of 12:35PMs glory and had some jamaica cake. Which, incidently, I think was the culprit of my room smelling a bit bad, it had been sitting there since my birthday. Although it might also be the lingering beer smell. I found another three beer bottles in a jacket pocket yesterday, God knows how they got there. And there's a dribble of vodka left in the bottle that's just on top of my CD shelf staring at me, taunting me, laughing at me. I don't actually mind straight vodka, everyone else seems to think it's horrible. But nah, I was nice and cheery with my vodka in one hand and beer in the other.

Anyway, I just went for a shower (finally got out've bed!) and I think i'll spend the rest of the day copying CDs/planning essays. I don't think the sonnet is ever gonna happen now, so I'm most likely doing an essay on poetry - i'll at least try to finish em by Friday.

Hey, did I also mention that that weird ass red thing on my eye is still there?! And I also still need a Halloween costume?! If anyoen has any ideas give me a shout.

Mark, out.
xxx

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I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well 0 comments

Woooow, it's like the 'wee small hours of the morning' and I am still very hungover from my birthday. Just a quick shoutout to everyone that was there, thank you all, it was a brilliant night! With soem classic quotes from me like -

"I CAN'T FEEL!"
"This tastes like fire."
"You seen my jacket/camera?"
"Yes, i'm just gonna wank and cry from now on."

Yeah, it was brillianto night - although everything got a little hazy after I had that blue stuff and started drinking vodka and beer simaltaneously. Anyway, today it felt as if i've been on an aeroplane all day. I feel ill and ill and ill.

Gid night though ;) I'd post more but it's late and if anyone wants to see pictures they're all on my facebook/bebo. And woohoo! I'm 18 now.

Also, that red thing is still on my eye.

Mark, out.
xxx

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Happy Birthday To Meeeee 0 comments

Hello all, it's the 26th of October which means it's my birthday!!! Hooraaaay!! Yes, I am now 18, just been to ASDA to buy alcohol for the first time in my life (officially), it was exciting, there was banter. Yess, so I'm actually quite bored, no one's getting here for another few hours yet and I'm in the house myself, and I have very little to do, believe it or not. I did get a record player today and I've played some INXS, Cult and Van Halen - fun times!

But yeah, I've tidied up pretty much everywhere cause all my friends are coming round later on and we is gonna partaaaay.

But I thought i'd have something to do...I've been at school every other year it's been my birthday and I'm off Uni this week so I actually don't have anything to do. I could get really drunk with the gallons of alcohol that's through in the fridge, but I think it could wait till everyone gets here.

Anyway, I'll send the link to my Photobucket album next post with all the fun pictures of tonight. I think I'm going to play the drums for a bit.

But woohoo! Happy 18th to me!! :D

Mark, out.
xxx

Balloons 0 comments

Hello, I'm slightly worried that I've managed to jinx Danyl tonight after saying I'd eat an entire jar of jalapenos. Maybe there's some sick mofo out there thinking 'my my I would like to see Mark McKeich suffer' and told the British public not to vote for Danyl. What was that about by the way? He was like the best person there last night! See I'm not in with the John & Edward haters but they annoyed me by knocking Danyl to the bottom two. Anyway, it doesn't matter, he's through, he'll win it. And I'll be sitting back after Christmas, smoking a cigar and drinking brandy softly speaking, 'I told you so.'

Aside from that, it's currently the 'huge deep breath before the plunge'. I'm sure Gandalf used that to describe the mood before Minas Tirith got attacked. Anyway, yeah, it's the night before my birthday - I HATE THE 25TH OF OCTOBER!! Seriously, it's been the slowest day ever! And then I bet you tomorrow'll go at superspeed! Ah well, for those of you just joining me, it's my 18th birthday tomorrow! Yaaay. I'll post a blog with a picture of me buying alcohol, cause I can do that after tomorrow.

And that red thing on my eye is still there. Beginning to worry.

Also, I hadn't realised till now but this week has been an awesome week music-wise! I've discovered how brilliant Placebo were again! I'll probably post a 'Thank You For The Music' later this week on that album (unless I find another good one), but 'Battle For The Sun' is an absolutely mega good album! It totally got me into Placebo again! Also, I've had another Shins euphoria today, seriously, I think The Shins should be prescribed on every iPod on the planet.

Speak to you tomorrow...I'll be a year older!

Mark, out.
xxx

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There's Birds Flying High 0 comments

Hello all, it's the first night of the *drum roll* 'BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN' !! Yeah, in just two days I shall be an 18 year old - I know it'll get old almost instantly but being 17 has just gotten so boring. So, tonight.

Oh my God, I have never craved a Dominos pizza so much in my entire life. A 'Meateor' one, specifically. You know, it has the meatballs, the BBQ sauce, the pepperoni...it's almost like every God from every religion pointed at a piece of dough and screamed 'YE SHALL BECOME THE GREATEST PIZZA!' And, seriously, it worked - there is nothing better than one of those. And no one - I've voiced this opinion on Facebook tonight - no one will ever understand the pain of not getting that pizza which you so desire. It's a horrific experience that no man should endure.

And, blog title clearly stating my allegiences, did anyone see Danyl on the X-Factor? I don't want to bog down the post with loads've X Factor spam but my God he was amazing! I'm making this promise now, if Danyl does not win the X Factor, i'm going to eat an entire jar of jalapenos. You think i'm lying? I'll post a video. I'm that confident!

Also, another strange occurence of tonight, a strange red spot appeared on the white of my eye - worrying much?! I googled it and found very little on the subject other than that it'll go away in the next few days - but I don't want to look like one of the infected from 28 Days Later for my birthday (that might be stretching it a bit)! Anyway, good news is I can still see and i'm not crying blood yet so I probably just burst something. Which sounds quite horrible.

Another important point i'd like to make tonight - I managed to write down the noise a sand person makes. Here it is in all its glory.

'huhuhhhhrgh!!!'

Beautiful, beautiful.

Mark, out.
xxx

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Let It Snow 0 comments

D'you reckon anyone's ever 'won an iPod' after dragging the mouse through a maze on a random popup? Just a random thought, I disabled my pop up blocker (cause i'm such a crazy mofo) and went onto a really really old and un-trusted torrent website and I was totally attacked by them all. I love all those adverts, you get some classic ones on the television - you know, text 'BABY' to 81666 and you'll receive your new-born babies name (which, incidently is recurring - how many babies does this thing expect you to have?!) Anyway, just a random thought today.

Today was quite good, an hour long English tutorial class and then home - it's also my last class/lecture until Monday the 2nd Of November, by which time i'll be 18! Good times. Only catch is I have that sonnet to write and an education essay, urgh. Incidently, I decided on another sonnet - gonna do the 'Shall I compare thee to a summers day?' but much less cheesier and far more depressing. I think I could pull it off. Aside from that, Education ain't too bad and I don't think they'll take me too long - I'm planning on starting them on the Wednesday, as i'm out Monday/Tuesday/Friday/Saturday next week. Hopefully i'll get them done...

I also started watching Black Books tonight, it's funny as hell, i'd recommend it to anyone who are fans of Bill Bailley or other random comedy shows. I also went on a walk! Fun times. It's getting nice now that winter's starting, hopefully more days like this! -


Mark, out.
xxx

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Sorry, I Tripped Over My Guilt. 0 comments

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

So, here I am, sitting on my bed, MS Word open and the little line icon flashing relentlessly over a plain white background. See what I did there? I made the fact that my sonnet is going absolutely nowhere into something beautiful and poetic! So why on earth can I not look at something already poetic and turn that into something poetic?! I've found a brill sonnet to base mines on -

No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
From this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell:
Nay, if you read this line, remember not
The hand that writ it; for I love you so
That I in your sweet thoughts would be forgot
If thinking on me then should make you woe.
O, if, I say, you look upon this verse
When I perhaps compounded am with clay,
Do not so much as my poor name rehearse.
But let your love even with my life decay,
Lest the wise world should look into your moan
And mock you with me after I am gone.

Shakespeare - Sonnet 71

A nice depressing sonnet on death. How difficult could it be?! I have to write a sonnet that is a respone to that one - it can either be against the argument he's created or for it, or something completely new, based on that sonnet. It has to stick mildly to the structural 'rules' of a sonnet - that is to say 14 lines, iambic pentamtre...although it's allowed to sway slightly from it. Ohho, did I also mention I have till November the 2nd to do it?! And I also need a 1500 word commentary alongside it?! It's gonna be a long week.

Also, it's my birthday on Monday! Hooray!

Mark, out.
xxx

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Snowflakes & Semiquavers 0 comments

Big, big, biiig revamp of the blog today - a new URL, new template - new ideas.

I'll give you the reasons for this -

1. New URL - Having the fact that 'unrecognisedgreatness' had many religious links kindly pointed out to me, I decided it was time for something new. Besides, 'snowflakes and semiquavers' is much cooler, it has two things I like, alliteration and a reference to music. It's all good in the hood.
2. New template - I'm using this template from some random website I found today - I was originally going to make my own up but this would involve far too much time - I might do it at some point. Anyway, this one has all the links to my Facebook and Bebo (i'd put Myspace in but i'm rarely on that anymore), a nice wee interface, and is slightly more user-friendly, in my opinion.
3. New ideas - The main aspect that was pushing all these new features has really came from tons of ideas i've had concerning this blog. The past 20 posts or so have been a bit jumbled up, with rants, music reviews, all of that - so rather than trying to stick to the horrendously cliched 'rants' format, as i've mentioned before, this blog is going to become more 'blog like'.

So, all in all, i'll be keeping up with the rants and music stuff, but this is pretty much now like an online diary - far more fun, I think. Hope you all like the new changes :)

Mark, out.
xxx

"Stay where you belong...in my memories." 0 comments

Hello, apologies to all in regards to the short and sweet blog post that was sent last night - I was in a rather angry mood on account of walking out my house (more on that later!) and getting coined by some drunken chav. And also having a really minging pizza, add that on to that list.

Anyway, today was alright, I handed in the 1,586 worded blight on the earth that was my linguistics essay - clearly you can see it was hardly my best work. Also, I decided (and don't ask me how, it must have came to me in a moment of pure madness :|), rather than doing the traditional essay that we can do for English, i'd try my hand at writing a sonnet. Yes, you heard me correctly. A sonnet. A 14 lined, iambic pentametred response to any poem in the 'Norton Anthology Of Poetry'. Wish me luck.

Also today, I met another person in Stirling who likes Final Fantasy! S'always a good thing when that happens, there aren't nearly enough people on the planet who like that franchise enough. This was what probably prompted me to watch FFVII: Advent Children Complete (again) tonight, I have to say, it might actually get even better the more I watch it.

One thing I would say is, there was no need to throw in the flashback just before Aeris died. It upsets me :( On that note of Aeris, did anyone ever think of this - WHY THE HELL DID SHE HAVE TO DIE?! Bloody Cait Sith died and then came back to life again, why couldn't it happen to Aeris? If only Cait Sith was the one who had to summon Holy. No one likes Cait Sith anyway.

Yeah, back to paragraph one, some general guidelines on walking out your house and what doesn't create any kind of dramatic effect -
- Waiting until you've finished your tea. (Which, incidently was that minging pizza.)
- Saying 'bye!' (In a cheery voice.)
- Actually coming back the same night. (Speaks for itself.)
Aside from that, the whole experience was rather fun, even only lasting for a few hours.

A fun filled few nights, then.

Mark, out.

xxx

See You At The Bitter End 2 comments

Hi folks!
I had an awfully fun night, I wandered the streets of Falkirk and got coined by some random chavs!

S'all i've got i'm afraid :)

(FINISHED MY LINGUISTICS ESSAY! again!)

Mark, out.
xxx

Mark VS Wendy Torrance 0 comments

So here I am, over at my dad's house, and we've just finished sitting down and enjoying the classic that is 'The Shining'. Now, don't get me wrong here, The Shining is not only one of my favourite books, but I also think the film is almost as good (bits missing aside.) It's a great film, but who on earth wrote Wendy's script/casted her for the film/done anything involving her? The worst, and admitedly most funny part of this film has to be Wendy's antics. For all of you that don't know, Wendy is Jack's wife - there's a lot of backstory concerning their marriage that I don't need to get into here. Throughout the entire film, she spouts off a load of increasingly worse lines, moans, noises - it's no wonder Jack's going insane here. I've managed to compile a list of sorts, of Mrs. Torrance's greatest moments and blunders. (It's almost spoiler free, if you haven't seen/read the Shining then be advised, there's a few lying around)

1. The scene where she 'interupts' Jack writing - One of the funniest moments of the bombshell of a marriage that Jack and Wendy share. As Jack happily types his new book, Wendy comes fleeting in, all 'hey Jack, you wanna go for a walk?'. Now, I do understand that Jack is beginning to go slightly crazy by now, but still, I think i'd have the same reaction to this. As she tries to reason with him, she gives crap arguments 'Jack, maybe i'll make you a sandwich!' I'm guessing she has absolutely no previous knowledge on arguing with a slow-turning-insane-madman, but making him a sandwich will probably not deter him from attempting to kill you with an axe. Unless it was a good sandwich. Maybe if Jack agreed then she made him a lovely BLT then the entire mayhem could have been stopped. Who knows.

2. The scene when she pathetically swings a baseball bat at Jack to stop him from approaching - Not only does this do no good for the majority of the scene, but the acting at this point just stoops below below average. She is instantly transformed into a whimpering flop. The actual scene basically speaks for itself. It goes a little like this -

[Wendy] "Jack! Stay away! Jack! Jack! *swings bat* Jack! Stay away!"
   ....5 minutes later....
[Wendy] "Jack! Stay away! Jack! Jack! *swings bat* Jack! Stay away!"

Of course it does end up quite well after she knocks him down the stairs, but she's hardly creating a frighening persona.

3. Wendy forgetting the concept of a lock - When trying to stuff Jack's body in the food store, did anyone else notice how she took at least (what felt like) four years to try and open the door? How she pulled and pulled but it just wouldn't open? And then, suddenly, she realised 'It's locked'? I don't need to comment much further on this.

4. Wendy throwing away the knife - Sure, her son was safe, but she didn't know that, did she? She could've kept the knife just for safety precaution, she was of course being chased by an insane axe-wielding Jack Nicholson for the past ten minutes! But, no. She doesn't need a knife.

Perhaps you really need to see the film for any of this to make sense. But seriously, those are my 4 favourite 'Wendy' moments. I might make that into a phrase! 'She's doing a Wendy!' Got a nice ring to it.
...Seriously though, what was Kubrick thinking?!

Mark, out.

xxxx

I'm back! 0 comments

It's only been a few days I guess, my linguistics essay didn't take me too long. I will admit, it was one of the worst things i've ever wrote, but I did my best and that's all that matters, I guess :)

Anyway, i'm gonna start writing up my new thing - i've had a whole bunch of ideas for it to make it a bit more exciting. The lowdown on it is that it's based on the past four years of my life, but rather than making it a really boring memoir of sorts, i'm gonna throw in some other stuff (that obviously isn't true) that'll make it quite interesting. I'm not altering the story, just the way it's told. There's a clue. I'm really excited about writing this actually, I feel as if it'll be really interesting and fun to do - plus, with the ideas i've got for it, it might even be a bit more of a 'mindfuck'. I've never heard that expression before, but someone used it when explaining Vanilla Sky.

So, there are a few titles floating around in my mind the now. I'm hoping no one has a problem with me writing about them, of course the names'll be changing and everything, but, it's going to be now based on a true story - that's to say that all the events have happened, but there'll be a certain aspect of it that isn't true. It's actually killing me not to say what it is, it's very very exciting but it's that good an idea I really don't want to share it at all :)

So, i'll keep you posted on this about how it's going, with all the regular posts I send out.

Mark, out.

xxx

On Hiatus 0 comments

Just a quick mention that I won't be doing any blogging until next Wednesday - I have a Linguistics essay due for then, and rather than being totally distracted by this, I really, really gotta do this essay.

Speak to y'all later!

Mark, out.

xxx

No More Running Away 0 comments

So it's just before midnight, and guess what happened today? I opened the curtains in my bedroom! Yes, for the past few days it has been a strange cave-like hole in my house, today it finally became my room again. This was probably due to a few things. For one, i'm feeling kinda better! I have a cough that makes me sound like an 80 year old man, but aside from that i'm kinda better, not heating up or anything.

Also, I took the new shower out for a spin! My God, the difference is beautiful - i'm not over-reacting, after being ill and crap for a few days a new shower is like a gift from the heavens. And after that, I decided to be human again and actually put on clothes that weren't pyjamas.

And another thing, I pretty much mastered the main beat to Hot For Teacher! I'm getting there, slowly but surely!

So, the way things are looking i'll be back at Uni tomorrow - for the dreaded '4 Hour Gap Day'.

I'd also like to take this opportunity to totally sell out and advertise this guy - search makemebad35 on YouTube. His videos are immense.

But yeah, just a wee update - I think next week I'll start back on the usual flow of things, the whole 'song title for a blog title' has been kinda deviant from the usual format.

Stay sharp!

Mark, out.

xxx

Thank You For The Music! (02) 0 comments

So, although not necessarily a 'new album', it's one that I know I can never, ever get tired of -

'Feeling Strangely Fine' - Semisonic

I'll start bluntly here, this album is absolutely fantastic. It's one of these rare CDs I own that has absolutely everything I want on it - it has the slow stuff, the upbeat stuff, the acoustic stuff. If I had to say what my favourite song was on this album it would be a tie between 'Singing In My Sleep' and 'DND'. Singing In My Sleep has always been a favourite - the wee keyboard intro brings back tons of memories. This used to be one of my dad's favourite CDs (I think, don't quote me on that one), and I remember one time, before Easter, my family and I drive down to Oban for the weekend, and we listened to this CD on repeat the whole way. And I loved it then. Their next album (All About Chemistry) wasn't so spectacular (save a few songs) but this one is brilliant. Key tracks would be the two i've mentioned and, also, 'Closing Time', 'Made To Last', and the one everyone probably knows 'Secret Smile'. Although totally and utterly comercialised out its nut, Secret Smile is still brilliant - bringing back even more memories. I remember listening to that song with my old friend from Primary School at his house - and his wee brother asked his mum 'whats a secret smile?' Although it may seem very odd, and random, it's good, because little things like that open gateways to other memories - and my memory isn't fantastic, so it's even better.

And Made To Last is amazing - it's slow, and Wilson's vocals fit it so perfectly. It's one of these songs I quite enjoy singing when no one's around, albeit the high notes are sometimes hard to reach. (I've never said albeit before, i'm pretty sure that isn't right)

In short, 'Feeling Strangely Fine' is a great album, with good tunes, and good memories.

Mark, out.

xxx

Cheers, Darlin' 0 comments

Well today was still not that brillianto, although I don't feel as warm anymore I now have a crap cough. But i've always had a cough (I don't think i've said that yet, ken i've had the cold for like four years?) so I can deal with it! So today I found out that Cheers Darlin' is an absolute beast of a song, it's by Damien Rice, and it's awesome.

Not only did I find that out today, but other sparkling revelations took place - I got a new shower. Now, only one person knows how terrible my last shower was (family aside), and it's been replaced with a nice shiny new electric one - there is a God. I haven't tried it yet though, cause the bath has been mysteriously clogged since the shower-fitter-people (who, I didn't see after being in my bed all day) have been here. So, i'm hoping it's unclogged for tomorrow, or Stirling (if I feel lie going in) will be faced with a very smelly Mark.

Also today, I played through the entire game of Metal Gear Solid 4 - no continues, 3 rations used, 38 kills (Y) I was aiming to get the bandanna but I mistakingly killed a few folk in Act 2, oh well. Still, no continues was quite an achievement - some may say this was a waste of a day but if you're ill and cant be bothered then MGS4 is something quite like a godsend - and it certainly made me feel slightly better. Although the constant button mashing and screaming "COME ON SNAKE! CRAWL! CRAAAWL!" might've hurt my my throat - on that note, why did Snake actually need to go through that blisteringly warm corridor anyway? The Mk.III went with him, and opened the door?! So why was Snake needed?!

Anyway, I might go now. Just an update (Y) (and im not feeling any better :( )

Mark, out.

xxx

Down With The Sickness 0 comments

Seriously, why is everytime you feel ill, every single problem in your life is suddenly heightened? Everything seems way worse when you're ill, it's bloody annoying. Yeah, well, anyway, hello, it's been a bloody crap day, i've had worsening symptoms, and now i'm too cold and wearing three layers and under my covers with the heating on.

Anyway, all that depression aside, an update from the last two days - yesterday I was in Glasgow with my two friends Nick and Smyles (also two members of our very, very serious band - Group Tam) and I had a good day, I bought the newest Kasabian album and ate pizza and Subway.

Today we cleared out the destruction that was the front room in the new house - my drums are now set up, which is awesome. I tried to start learning Hot For Teacher but it was Sunday and it was way too much for my mum/the neighbours. One day i'll learn it and post a video online. So until that day you can all follow me and cheer me on. And above all that i've been in a shitty mood all day due to the evil that is the 'flu, and I get to have great fun in my Linguistics and Education lectures tomorrow. Maybe if I cough everyone in there will catch it and therefore Education will be postponed for the next few years. It's a longshot but i'm willing to try it.

And also, 'CRAZYOMGWTF' on the twins getting through in the X Factor - I thought I liked them but I realise I now don't. In my humble opinion, the Leather Trouser Man (who, I now realise is called Behrouz) should have been in those live shows, and also win the competition. He was a true hero.



aside from that, i'm now feeling as if i'm going to keel over so i'm gonna go.


Mark, out.


xxx

Thank You For The Music! (01) 1 comments

This is a new idea that came to me today after buying that new CD. In these posts i'll tell you about my most recent discovery in music that I, really, really liked.

'Demolition' - by Ryan Adams

I bought this album today, mainly because it had the song 'Desire', which was in an episode of House MD. So I thought, 'why not?' This album, is one of the best albums I have heard in a very, very long time. It's the exact kind of music I love - it has the good up-tempo songs, but most importantly, the heartbreaking, slow acoustic pieces - there'a a few of them in there. My favourite song from the album has to be 'Desire' - it's so perfect. The guitar, the harmonica solo - even his voice fits in just so well with the song. If you've never heard him before, I recommend you listen to that song - it'll blow you away.

Mark, out.

xxx

Did The Clouds Clear? 0 comments

If you live in Scotland and have witnessed the epic wet-ness that was today then you may answer 'no' - i'm of course speaking metaphorically.

Today, was an unexpected good day - something I didn't quite see coming. It, on first glance this morning, looked as if it was going to be terrible - hour at uni, wait about, meetu p with folk, go home, mope. Instead, it was good for a few different reasons, i'd like to explain.

1. I bought a CD. After the Pirate Bay was introduced into my life, CDs became obsolete and lost all value to me. Since the beginning of the year i've bought two CDs (including ths one) - Muse - The Resistance, and todays buy - 'Demolition' by Ryan Adams. I'll go onto talk about that CD in my next post, but I listened to it and it was excellent. Although some would say it was depressing, buying a CD and listening to it all was amazing - I love every track on it. It's nice to fall in love with music again.

2. I went on a drive with my dad. It was actually excellent - we went around the Trossachs area and went to a cafe and stuff and listened to Ryan Adams. Plus, it was raining and cloudy, which made the lovely scenery moody, therefore brilliant. I'll need to bring my camera next time, but it was nice to see places and get my mind of stuff.

3. I got to wear a scarf and jacket. Such things may seem odd to you, but me being able to wear these two items of clothing is brilliant - jackets are awesome, and winter is coming, so it's all good.

4. I met new people. Yeah, there is someone in Stirling who loves Final Fantasy 7 as much as I do! Good times.

Although these four reasons may not seem that brilliant, they were a good distraction and I had a fun day. Bring on the moping.

Mark, out.

xxx

Sleepswimming 0 comments

Yeah, so I can't sleep. I don't want to do the 'two posts a day crazy blogger' thing, but it's now the next day so it's allowed.

Actually, i'm not even counting it as yesterday, or tomorrow. I think i'm limbo. Maybe the hours 1am to 4am don't actually count as a day. Because they're not morning, really. Morning's like, what, 7am - 11am. I think the hours 1 to 4 are neither night or day - they're something different. And I can't place what. For some bizzarre reason, tiredness aside, i feel strangely more alert at these times. And, I know if I close my eyes I will sleep. But there's something inside me that's telling me not to sleep. It's an odd feeling.

I'm just lying here, shuffling through iTunes. I'm so bored. Maybe sleeping is the answer. I don't feel like it though. I'm not fighting it, i'm just choosing not to.

I don't even know what i'm talking about. And who's ever gonna read this anyway?

Mark, out, out and out. I feel like swimming. Forever. Maybe just start swimming in one direction and see where it takes me.

I'm done.

xxx

[edit - it's now 2:07, and my 'tirade against sleep' is at an end. goodnight, everyone.]
[another edit - it's now 9:38 AM, and I didn't sleep till 6. Today promises to be a good day.]

Order 66 0 comments

So it's just before half eleven tonight, and i've just finished the first day of Star Wars - what this was was a six hour and forty five minute journey that took me through the first three parts of Star Wars - when I say this I mean, today I watched Episodes 1, 2 and 3.

And I couldn't help but notice something in Episode 3 - Order 66. Y'know, when Palpatine somehow manages to control an entire legion of Clones and, in what appears to be 10 minutes, destroy almost every single Jedi in the galaxy. You'd think, after years of training that these Jedi would be able to take a few Clones - they're all pretty much the exact same as droids. Alas, four of these soldiers were able to defeat a Jedi.

Anyway, i'm not here to rant about the Jedi's ability, merely more on the fact that Order 66 is one of the most absurd things i've ever heard of. For one, these Clones were ordered by the Jedi, no? So at what point did the tall people in Camino think, 'I know, how about we slide in a cheeky wee order that, when activated, every Clone will pledge aliegance to a Sith Lord and kill any surrounding Jedi?' Not only is it unbelievably precise and, quite mental, it's stupid! Maybe there's something behind it i'm not seeing.

Not only that, but what if you got muddled up? What if you decided 'I know, i'd like this kind Clone Trooper to make me some tea - execute order 66! Oh no wait I mean 64! Oh no wait i'm being shot at! Ah, shit.'

Because those Clones didn't hesitate at all.

Anyway, today was unbelievably boring, which was probably the reason why I had a Star Wars day. Second ones tomorrow, so if I manage to notice anything about the original 3, (which I might not), then I'll let you know. It might even be on to Indiana Jones over the weekend.

D'you think there are shops that sell lives? I think I may be in need of one.

Mark, out.

xxx

Today: 0 comments

Today i've learned a few new things -

1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is, apparently, much more fun when accompanied with mounds of weed and pizza. I'll have to try that out one day.

2. I'm a sucker for cold days - I walked from the Uni to Stirling today and realised how much fun the cold is. For some bizarre reason it brings back memories, and makes me look forward to new ones. I always preferred winter anyway.

3. Education was possibly the worst module choice I could have ever made - aside from the fun people, it's so unbelievably boring. I just want to be a teacher now dammit!

I've also abandoned all hope on Black Sky and started a new, very personal writing project. It might take me years, months, or weeks to finish - but I think it'll be good. And I actually want to finish it too.

I also discovered (thanks to the millionth time watching Vanilla Sky) that one of my new favourite phrases is 'Proximity Infatuation.' Google it.

Mark, out.

xxxx

Mark VS People With Obnoxiously Long Bebo Pages 0 comments

You know who i'm talking about. It's the people that decide to put every quiz on the planet on their Bebo profiles. Yeah, let's find out what Friend's Character you would be, fair enough. But do we really need to 'Am I Sexy'? Or, another funny that I seen, 'Am I Annoying?' The hilarity behind all of it is that, people with millions of quizzes on their profiles are usually only one of those things.

Seriously though, scrolling through fourteen thousand yards to post a comment is just too much - no one really reads all those quizzes if you have seventeen thousand of them. The odd couple are fine, but after finding out your horoscope, your chinese star sign, if you're sexy, if you will die in the next few days, what you're birthday says about you and whether or not you're annoying, i'm going to take another five hour journey back to the top of your profile and hit delete.

I could go on, but at the risk of too many commas and adjectives, i'll stop there.

xxx