Filed under: A, Biomusicology, Travelogue, youtube of the day | Tags: A, Berlin, dissertation, Don't Look Back Into the Sun, edinburgh, indie, Libertines, Master's, MSc, Music, thesis, Travel, UK, youtube, youtube of the day
Done my Master’s. I don’t even know what to do with myself now. Granted, it’s been just over 48 hours since I submitted my thesis, it’s all I poured my time into – without it, I’ve felt just a bit lost.
Went out last night though to celebrate (was way too tired on Thursday) and have been sick all afternoon – I will not even look at Jagermeister again in my life. I feel wretched.
Now I need to pack (quickly) and get on a train to Edinburgh so I can sleep in the airport and fly to Berlin tomorrow. Back in a week-ish.
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Filed under: A, Biomusicology, youtube of the day | Tags: 5 Rebeccas, A, Dundee, indie, inspiration, Music, scotland, The View, thesis, Wasted Little DJs, writing, youtube, youtube of the day
EDIT: Just realised the lyric is ‘the cleverest blondes we ken’ [we know]. Damn Doric, I’ll never understand it.
Check out The View – the band, not the awful talkshow for soccer moms – from Dundee. I need something relatively peppy today to start me up and keep me going. Waking up at 6.30am today felt like sleeping in. There’s something wrong with that.
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Filed under: A, Filmology, Paying homage, stories | Tags: A, Angela's Ashes, author, autobiography, books, catholic, childhood, film, Frank McCourt, Ireland, Irish, memoir, Teacher Man, Tis
I’ve been considering re-reading Angela’s Ashes for about a month now, and I think I’ll finally get around to it when my thesis is over. Here’s to being reminded that life could always be worse, and to the wonderful ignorance children have for their surroundings.
Photo via Slaughterhouse 90210.
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Filed under: A, Biomusicology, Filmology, Paying homage | Tags: A, Alanis, Alanis Morissette, Alicia Silverstone, Funny or Die, indie, Music, My Mother's Red Hat, road trip, spoof, The Rural Alberta Advantage
I adore Alanis (see multiple previous posts) and Alicia (fellow vegan)! Jaysus, Jaysus!
And the icing on the cake is that they play…
The Rural Alberta Advantage! Stab at indie movies all they like, I loved it anyway.
God bless Funny or Die. Humour me and watch the video.
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Filed under: A, Biomusicology, Filmology, youtube of the day | Tags: A, Air, books, film, indie, Jeffrey Eugenides, movies, Phoenix, Playground Love, Sofia Coppola, Virgin Suicides, youtube, youtube of the day
An awesome cover from one of my favourite books/movies.
Doctor: What are you doing here, honey? You’re not even old enough to know how bad life gets.
Cecilia: Obviously, doctor, you’ve never been a 13 year old girl.
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Filed under: A, Paying homage, Travelogue | Tags: A, antiques, Canada, Lodz, Niagara Falls, nostalgia, Poland, postcards, Travel
My friend, J, is something of a world-traveler. Most recently she was in Poland, and sent me a postcard. It came in an envelope, which was a bit unorthodox. Once I opened it, I realised why:
While in Łódź, she came across this postcard in an antiques shop. It’s from Niagara Falls (the Canadian side, which is the prettier one) and dates from 1969. To quote her note accompanying it, ‘It is so funny where words, love, and experience can end up in time.’ It was so incredibly thoughtful of her to have sent it.
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Filed under: A, Paying homage, photography | Tags: A, Aberdeenshire, Balmedie Beach, beach, party, photography, scotland, UK, weddings
The North Sea, view from Balmedie Beach
A & C
J sledding down the dune
Sparklers
View from the peak of the dune
Gigantic bonfire
Taken at 1.30am, and the sun was still just below the horizon.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good photo of what was going on inside the tent (gorgeous set-up) or the fireworks that were set off, but I give A & C major kudos for pulling this off all on their own. It was the most beautiful day (23C, sunny) for a beautiful couple. So heart-warming.
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Filed under: A, Filmology, potpourri | Tags: A, funny, jokes, language, Spanish, Year One, Yo La Tengo
I subscribe to a ‘Spanish-word-a-day’ kind of thing and sometimes the sentence in which the word is used is accompanied by some anecdote. Today, it’s a joke:
Suena el teléfono a las 6 de la mañana en la recepción del hotel, y dice un borracho a la recepcionista:
Señorita, ¿Me puede decir a qué hora abren la barra?
Ella le contesta:
A las 5 de la tarde, pero déjeme decirle que con la borrachera que tiene no lo van a dejar entrar.
Y el borracho le contesta:
Si yo no quiero entrar, lo que quiero es salir, pues me quedé aquí anoche.
¡Ay, ay, ay!
(That’s basically a guy, who’s drunk, phoning the hotel receptionist and asking, at 6am, what time the bar opens. She replies that it doesn’t open until 5 in the afternoon, and that in his state, he wouldn’t be allowed in. His rejoinder is that he doesn’t want in, he wants out, for he’s spent the entire night there.)
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Oh, and don’t see Year One. It’s pretty terrible.
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