If I had to write a list full of things I love or am in love with, it would definitely be a very long list. Now I don’t always remember all the things I love but today has reminded me of a few.
After an extremely hot weekend, with basically no clouds. Today has taken a turn and there are large angry clouds casting a grey shadow everywhere. They’re ready to explode, hopefully with a bit of thunder. Oddly all of this has left me calm and happy, the fresh smell of rain is lovely.
1) I love the sound of heavy rain and thunder (and the smell of rain), it calms me down. (Today reminds me of singing in the rain, even though it isn’t even heavy yet).
2) I love books so much, I try to read loads. Already I own a lot of books, but I’ve always wanted to fill a room full of my books and have a really comfy chair that I can slide into then read as much as I want.
3) A few years ago I bought a Canon AE1 SLR, and oh do I adore it. It takes gorgeous photos and makes the most amazingly strange shutter sound, which makes it even more loveable.
I can just see it now. The advert for the new video Nice Guys by We Are Scientists. And I think it’d go something like this.
Ever wondered about what those We Are Scientists guys were singing when they were em,.. singing. Well wonder no more. With their new video Nice Guys and working with some nifty video editing software all your unasked lyric questions will be answered, kind of.
In this lifetime limited time offer you get all the hilariousness of seeing We Are Scientist’s (WAS) new video Nice Guys for no money what so ever. And how can they add to this amazing empty offer??? They’re giving you the lyrics, absolutely free. That’s right, absolutely free.
So don’t delay. Watch the video today. Do what I say and you too can be the proud viewer of not 2 but 1 WAS member.
Hey, hey! I think I’m pretty good. The new video is indeed hilarious, it does only feature Keith from the band (Chris works the camera) and it does have lyrics. But what’s exceptionally funny about this video is what it parodies; those videos featured on youtube, where users take a perfectly normal music video and then add what they assume are the lyrics with comic consequences.
So instead of letting someone else have all the fun, those crazy creative and oh so dashing lads, using their phonetic prowess, have gone and done it for themselves. Sure why not. It takes mishearing a word to a whole new level and I dare you not to start singing the video lyrics instead of the real lyrics. I know I do. And keep an eye out for who I’m guessing is Chris Cain’s son about half way through, showing Keith up with his mad skills.
The great thing about the internet, that I love, is we get to be harmlessly and openly nosy, we can read someone’s tweets or view photo libraries. It doesn’t seem, or feel, wrong to do a little virtual curtain twitching. I can easily get lost for hours wading through lots of different blogs and flickr photostreams, I mainly search for craft related things. I enjoy it because I feel a connection to it and I like to see other peoples passions.
I especially love viewing images of craft studios. I have fantastical impression in my mind that most crafters have an amazing and creative studio space to work in. It’s great when I find images that prove that I’m right.
Also though, another part of me lusts after these amazingly creative studio spaces because I wish mine was that way. Sadly my studio space doesn’t fit into the amazing category, so you won’t find mine here. I have to admit that while I have some cool posters on my walls, this is all marred by the hideous carpet + curtains + door. Well the curtains would be easy to resolve but I sort of don’t want to make new curtains because I don’t really like curtains. Silly, I know. Maybe I will be converted soon.
Today I re-styled some parts of my site. Moved navs around, now have the blog post categories listed in a menu. Much easier to get to and see. I also changed that menu colour from black to grey, I think it looks better now. I could go on listing things I changed, but that would be boring. You could just have a little nosy instead to find out what changed, it could be like ‘Where’s Wally’ (or ‘Waldo’ if you’re American) for websites. Well…no I don’t think that will take off. Best stick with general looking.
This weekend I went to my first BBQ of the year, possibly the last if I believe pessimists that state that it’s not possible for the weather to be this amazing all summer and that it will rain! Even if the weather is not great it doesn’t matter, because if someone really wants a BBQ it’s going ahead. My sister got a BBQ going at night once, I watched her little ash covered face lit up by the warmth of the charcoal. I would have just grilled, but I love her commitment to charcoal tasting cooked meat.
The BBQ was great fun, but I got more excited by finding loads of cool vintage stuff. Helping my mum clear out old things worked out well for me, I got loads of gorgeous vintage clothes. I think there are still more to go through, I’ll be helping her again. There was one old suitcase, it might have been from the 60s, it was so lovely but was too damaged and rusty. I wish that was mine too, and that it wasn’t a wreck.
Oh well, I found some nice vintage finds on Etsy that I wouldn’t mind having either.
Delphic how I love thee. You blew us all away, never have I seen so many people dancing constantly and happy about it at the same time. It happens, if you’re trapped on a dance floor…you dance or try to dance your way off it. I dragged skeptical people to see you, afterwards they pronounced it was amazing and that I was right. I will be buying your album.
The, not so secret, secret gig from Radiohead. OMG was Karma Police incredible, I did video a short clip of it for memorries but I accidently deleted it trying to free up space on my memory card. Gutted, but at least I found the above video on YouTube.
Also, you can’t see it, but the front white flag had a drawing of Karl Pilkington’s cartoon face on it. Someone was flying the great Pilkington flag.
Have you seen this man…he took photos of the crowd at the Radiohead set. It was distracting, for apparently only me. I watched him scale the building, then walk accross it and then take photos. So I took photos of him…taking photos of me.
This man’s stance here reminds me of some fake yeti pictures I’ve seen around, the way he’s walking forwards with his arm out.
Were Muse good? Yes, Epic! Were the loos good? No, anyone for the loo? Then hold it in. It is not worth the wait.
I took the loo queue pics really quickly. One because I didn’t want to miss Muse. Two because I felt a bit wrong doing it, it’s not normal to take photos of toilets especially when there are so many people there to stare at you.
It almost looks as if the portaloos carry on into the sunset, now that’s a romantic fantasy we can all enjoy.
On our way to Shangri-la we came across this area. I don’t remember what area it was, could have been The Common but it was wondrous. It was one of the most elaborate, weird and niche things I’ve ever seen. I loved it, I was literally walking around in amazement. Possibly with my mouth open, no drool.
As Roxy’s big push for global domination steps up a notch, she’s asked me if I would join forces with her and add to her super blog, some music/videos/interesting and funny titbits that I might find on the web. Thanks Roxy for the opportunity. xx
So here goes. . .
Free stuff always appeals to me, whether it be free food (yum), free money (yes please) or free holidays (still waiting on this one). Yet when it comes to free music and/or free music videos to boot, I’m all over it. Cue a great giveaway. The genius that is OK Go have decided to give away their new video for ‘End Love’ for free. That’s right, FREE!! And all you have to do is head to their website and get it straight from the lads themselves. And to sweeten this already molasses injected deal, if you upload the video on your FB page and get copious amounts of comments, you could score yourself some more goodies from them. There’s nothing wrong with wanting more, right??
As for the video itself, well it’s another creative masterpiece that will leave you amazed. A stop motion video shot over what looks like 2 days and edits timelessly and beautifully into 4.29minutes. Keep an eye out for Orange Bill, aka The Goose, that is either playing the roll of 5th member/groupie or is indeed their new bodyguard. None the less Orange Bill’s appearance is hilarious and a highlight for me. Let me know what you think of it and the track itself.
I'm Roxy. I like to make things, and love blogging about inspirational stuff and things I adore. My blog is diverse, but someone once told me that's my personality.
