You Are My Sweetest Downfall.

Today is the first time in 3 years that I havent been up at 8 the day Mcfly tour tickets go on sale. To some people this may not be a massive deal (it probably isn't but it means something to me) but I kinda feel like it's the end of an era for me which is kind of sad in some respects.

I've always loved Mcfly and do still have a soft spot for them but I think I've grown out of loving them, becoming slightly obsessed with them and just having to have amazing tickets to see them on each tour. When I saw them last November I just didn't get the same buzz I used too despite it being an amazing show because whether you like them or not, it's hard to deny they don't put on a good show and are pretty amazing live.

Gone are the days when me, Dani and Katie happily queued outside Wembley on a freezing cold December day for 9 hours just to get to the front. I might just be getting old but I have lost the patience to cope with Mcfly fans who would happily stopm on you and kick you to get to the barrier.

Ah well c'est la vie; Mcfly have given me alot of happy memories over the past years and introduced me to 2 of the bestest friends in the world so for that I'm grateful.

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Songs Of The Week

• Regina Spektor - Samson.
• Placebo - Special Needs.
• Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do.
• Coldplay - The Scientist.
  

So I'll Stay Around And Watch This Town Fall Down To Its Knees.

Im bored and can't sleep so decided I would put this time to good use and write a blog.

In all honesty not a great deal has happened recently but I'm suprisingly chirpy despite having an emotional breakdown last night over the most stupidest thing ever (although im pretty sure it was something else that started this).

I feel im finally begining to make some progress at uni and am so far pleased with my grades and feel that they are fair when looking over the comments my tutors have given me. Whats suprised me most was the B+ I recieved for my Nirvana presentation as when I was doing it I really did feel that I was a jibbering wreck who was talking far too quickly and not making any sense at all. Next week is our deadline for our album cover project, our pop promo analysis, and our album cover esssay and i'm hoping I recieve good marks for these as I have actually worked quite hard on them, and would quite like too start recieving more B/C grades for work compared to my current C/D.

This past weekend I actually had off work for once so obviously put this to good use and had a weekend of drunken antics down in Epsom. Although Epsom is pretty shit when it comes to places to go for a night out; you really can't beat a good old evening at Spoons followed by a lovely walk back to Aimees. I'm really hoping myself, Aimee and Pauaa do actually find a house down there for next year as I'm really begining to feel that moving out from my house would benefit me alot and would actually teach me how to use my money wisely which is something i've become TERRIBLE at recently.

Not much has really happened on the music scene recently except purchasing my Funeral For A Friend ticket for March 29th which I am thoroughly looking forward too minus their support of People In Planes who I think are pretty rubbish but this is made up by the fact that We Are The Ocean who I have wanted to see for ages (Im clearly a scene/emo kid at heart). Nothing will ever top them having Cancer Bats as support for their last tour but I wont complain. Apart from this I have been listening to alot of The Maccabees, Bat For Lashes, You me At Six and The Cure. Oh and i'm hopefully going to Reading as the guessed line up's I've seen look AMAZING!

I've been thinking alot recently about my friendships and have started to realise that I don't really have anyone I consider to be my best friend anymore and I actually find this quite sad. I miss having someone I can tell absolutely anything and everything too without feeling like an idiot. This isnt to say that Im not grateful for the friends I have now as they're actually amazing but literally every person I have considered to be my best friend has fucked off and stopped talking to me for reasons unknown (although they were all boys which may explain something). The downside of this is that I now hardly trust anyone atall and it takes ages for anyone to gain my trust which isn't very good.

Well I suppose I better go now as writing this has taken up 30 minutes and I have 2 lectures tomorrow followed by a evening filled with Nandos, cake making, pancakes, present giving, drinking games and Wetherspoons.

xx

Whats Their Age Again?

One of the biggest stories in the world of music this week was the much awaited announcement of Blink 182's reformation after a 4 year hiatus. With Travis Barker simply announcing '"we used to play music together, and we decided we're going to play music together again" the pop punk world reverted back to their 14 year old selves in a whirlwind of nostalgia and teenage admiration. As well as reforming a world tour has also been scehduled for the summer of 2009; which I feel will be intersting since Travis quite farily claimed that he was never flying again following his near fatal plane crash in the summer.

Despite feeling excited at the thought of seeing Blink live for the first time, I can't help but feel that they are flogging a dead horse and trying to make up for Angels and Airwaves and +44. Will it really be the same now that all 3 members have grown up and have children of their own?

I guess we'll just have to wait and see but I really hope it works out for them becasue they were simply amazing in their heyday.

PS - In other news Limp Bizkit have also announced that they are reforming but the less said about that the better...

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Songs Of The Week

• Katy Perry - Thinking Of You
• Frank Turner - Reasons Not To Be An Idiot
• Mew - 156
• Stone Sour - Bother
  

You're Not Designed To Be Alone.

I've just found this quote from The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button and I think its quite beautiful...

'For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of. And if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again'

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Songs Of The Week

• Marylin Manson - The Beautiful People
• Funeral For A Friend - This Years Most Open Heartbreak
• Biffy Clyro - Now Im Everyone
• Sigur Ros - Saeglapour
• The Cure - Close To Me
• The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight Tonight
  

The Promise That He Made Left Broken On The Floor.

Boredom and lack of money leads me to things like this...

WHAT IS YOUR ZODIAC SIGN ?
Scorpio.

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE A KID AGAIN ?
When i'm at my Nans and she offers to do everything for me or pay for everything I want to buy despite having the money. Generally just being fussed over by the elderly.

WHAT IS YOUR WEAKNESS ?
Baby animals which are preferabley of the dog, cat, otter, horse or pig variety. Or just anyone being nice to me straight after acting like a complete twat as it generally leads to me forgetting about past events.

WHAT CANDLE SCENT IS YOURE FAVORITE ?
Any really, I'm not that fussed as long as the house smells nice; although i am fond of many Yankee Candle scents with one in particular being 'Iced Pumpkin'.

WHAT IS YOUR NATIONALITY ?
British/Caucasian... whatever takes your fancy really.

WHAT KIND OF MUSIC DO YOU DISLIKE THE MOST ?
I like most types of music however perusing music channels this morning and coming across Chipmunk the apparent 'grime scene saver' made me rethink this. Also whatever genre Glasvegas come under as listening to them in all their Scottish glory makes me want to stick glass in my eyes and ears due to their aura of depressivness.

WHAT SPORT DO YOU DISLIKE MOST ?
Darts; If i was that fussed about watching old men throw things at a circular board I would go to my local and give them my support. Instead I am given the option to watch it from the comfort of my own home for 4 hours on certain saturdays.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DRINK ?
Diet Coke; Diet Coke and Cherry Sourz; Malibu and Diet Coke... I think you get the jist.

CAN YOU COOK ?
I can according to my mother.

DO YOU GO OUT WITH YOUR FRIENDS OFTEN ?
I havent been out much this week due to being snowed into my house for the majority of it. However during normal weather I often go out with my friends and have many amazing times.

LAST TIME YOU WERE IN TROUBLE ?
Not trouble really but when hardly anyone turned up to contextual studies due to the fact that none of us are pyscic. But this has all been sorted now and all is well and good in the world.

WHAT KIND OF PHONE DO YOU HAVE ?
Samsung Tocco.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A STRIP CLUB ?
Sadly no.

WHATS IN YOUR CD PLAYER ?
Ermmmm Frank Turner - Love Ire and Song.

WHAT WAS YOUR LAST ALCAHOLIC BEVERAGE ?
Ammeretto and Coke maybeee?

HAVE YOU EVER BEN ON AN AIRPLANE ?
Yes many times being the jet setter that I am.

WHATS IN YOUR SHOWER ?
Erm shampoo, conditioner, shower gel, body scrub, razors etc...

MAC OR PC ?
I have a PC as MAC computers tend to confuse me too much.

DO YOU WEAR JEWELLARY ?
Not alot; I tend to only wear earrings.

FIRST THING YOU THINK WHEN YOU WAKE UP ?
'What time is it? Can I go back to sleep?'

HAVE YOU EVER GONE SCUBA DIVING ?
Not scuba diving as such but I went to a wildlife ocean reserve in Mexico where we were provided with Snorkles and Flippers however during our entire day my dad spent the entire day reading the paper being the man of adventure that he is.

WHATS ON YOUR FEET RIGHT NOW ?
Socks.

WHEN IS THE LAST TIME YOU KISSED SOMEONE ?
A while ago sadly...

HAVE YOU GONE TO A PROM ?
Yes I have; it was a nice evening but it didn't really live up to my expectations.

HOW DO YOU TAKE YOUR COFFEE ?
I dont.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOURE DRIVING ?
Play with my Ipod too much, shout obscenities at other drivers and sing badly.

WHATS THE LAST THING YOU ATE ?
Grapes.

50 Things.

• I rather obsessed with Diet Coke and I rarely drink anything else.
• I pretty much live in my pyjamas as I feel theres no point in getting dressed up unless I am leaving the house. However I pretty much always wear make up of some sort.
• My friends are the most amazing people in the entire world and I LOVE them more than anything.
• I unashamedley quite like The Saturdays and Katy Perry.
• Im rather in love with the welsh accent.
• I believe I am related to Robert Smith as I wake up and resemble him every morning.
• My fringe is the bain of my life.
• I very rarely get up before 12 unless I have to be somewhere.
• I have perefected getting ready in an hour down to a fine art (this includes washing and straightening my hair).
• I've never broken a bone and touch wood I never will.
• Im surgically attatched to my laptop at times.
• When I was little I wanted to be called Sophie Lovelane Turner after becoming extremely jealous that somebody who had a card read out on CBBC had Lovelane as their middle name.
• Im determined to go to Japan, Goa, Rio De Giniro, New York and Thailand one day.
• I couldn't live without music and would be pretty lost without my Ipod.
• My perfect man would be a mixture of Matt Davies, Aled Phillips, Dougie Poynter, Michael Cera, Ryan Richards, Gareth Davies, Gavin Burrough, Heath Ledger and Simon Neil.
• I love a man with a good tattoo and a nose piercing.
• I get annoyed really easily and most people annoy me.
• If my career in Music Journalism doesnt work out I'd like to be a bounty hunter, traffic cop or work in an airport.
• Forensic Sciene fascinates me and if iI wasnt so freaked out by gory things I would have studied it at uni.
• Going to uni is one of the most AMAZING things I have done and I've some of the most LOVELY friends there!
• I'd love to live in Camden and have my own market stall there.
• I love watching rubbish TV like The Hills, Girls Of The Playboy Mansion and Living On The Edge.
• I'm happiest when I'm at a gig and this is where most of my wages go. Live Music + Good Friends = AMAZING TIMES!
• My car is called Belma thanks to Katie and Danielle.
• Im determined to make 2009 AMAZING and make loads of happy memories which will last a lifetime.
• Id love to be able to sing.
• Id love to be able to dance.
• Id love to be able to play the guitar.
• I listen to pretty much anything when it comes to music.
• I love quotes and have a word document about 60 pages long just full of them.
• Spencer Pratt from The Hills makes me squirm.
• Im really scared of frogs, parrots, hospitals, dying alone and needles.
• I use most of my free texts sending people random stuff.
• Im always tierd no matter how much sleep I get.
• Im apparently a really good cook.
• I spend too much money on dvds I never get round to watching.
• I have a really obscure taste in men apparently.
• I have a really fucked up sense of humour at times.
• I really don't understand the obsession with Johnny Depp.
• I want my own personal vampire like Edward Cullen.
• The bottom of Miley Cyrus's face makes me turn violent; her mouth irritates me a scary amount.
• Im easily amused.
• I want a pet dog, otter, mini pig and a mini horse.
• I hate being boiling hot and much prefer being cold.
• I have slight OCD over stupid things.
• I spend too much money on magazines.
• I love pop punk music,
• Photography fascinates me.
• I love music videos.
• I like writing lists to occupy me time.

Recent Observations...

Im bored and practically snowed into my house so I thought I would do something worthwhile with my time...

Clumsyness
Recently I've become worryingly clumsy and now considerite to be a rather successful day if I manage not to get food down my top or spill something. This may be one of the reasons why I haven't ventured into the marvellous snow we have been having; however this is possibly a good thing as I live on the top of a hill and wouldn't be suprised if I managed to slip and slide all the way to the bottom.

Freddie From Skins
I think I am slightly in love with him.

Spotify
I would like to think that this is the future of music and sharing music. I'm not afraid to admit that quite alot of my music collection is downloaded from Limewiere or ripped of Youtube; this isnt because I can't be bothered to go out and buy CD's because I can and do. However Im not the type of person who will just buy a CD on a whim because I like a couple of songs of the album, I have to like atleast half of the songs on their before commiting to the purchase and actually spending my hard earned money. Although Spotify is currently an invite only programme its amazing how much music is actually on there and how many new artists I've listened to since installing it but best of all ITS LEGAL.

Emarosa
My favourite new band thanks to Spotify. I'd listened to them briefly before but never really got into them that much but 'Heads Or Tails Real Or Not' randomly started playing on a playlist and I fell in love. The lead singer Jason's voice has so much energy to it and really brings passion and feeling to each song.

Girls With Hairbands Around Their Forehead
I mean the girls I often see with hairbands which are pretty much just around their forehead; not near any hair; just literally sitting there. I think you look like a twat tbh and you make me laugh quite alot so thanks for making my day.

T Mobile Advert
I actually LOVE this advert it always makes me smile in a sense makes me feel proud to be English.

My Super Sweet 16 UK
The teenagers on this show actually make me fill with rage due to the fact that they're so worryingly spoilt and think the entire world revolves around them.

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Songs Of The Week

• Emarosa - Heads Or Tails Real Or Not
• Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen
• Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name
• Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime
• TV On The Radio - Halfway Home
• Bloc Party - Banquet