Aloha!
Revision is making excellent progress.
I was able to venture out to the nearest locale of high street capitalism on Sunday and bought gay products. The weather on Saturday around *here* was fine. Pussies. Well...2-3am Saturday morning was scary. Windy. Ouch.
I am *this* tempted to go out and buy Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Damn all the people who have a copy already i.e. probably half the world's population by now.
Excellent pancakes were made (solo) for the first ever today. And yes they were brilliant, why thank you for asking.
The iPod named after moi is still lost in the wild somewhere. Darn.
"Julie & Julia" isn't reeeally a "chick-flick" but I thought it was excellent!
People in Leeds should avoid droning away to Snow Patrol's brilliant "Chasing Cars" or else one ridiculously devout fan will be utterly pissed. (And just to clarify, "Run" isn't their best song as someone else will say but it is very good and shouldn't be covered by those winning television shows dependent upon a population made up with a majority of idiots.)
I swear I had something else to mention...
Anyhow. Disjointed and all over the place but I promise a real update for all of the millions of readers out there.
To keep you company in the mean time...
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
Friday, 13 November 2009
Projections.
Aloha!
Yes. Just lyrics from a song because that's what sometimes happens to this blog. Surely you can figure out which amazing (yes, that kind of amazing) band created this...
We were on some endless chases
Living out of old suitcases
It was showing on our faces
True
And we barely both remember
How we made it through December
And the bruises still are tender
True
But I won't let you go in the rain and the snow
You object, it's a show
'Cause you know I'm right
Put your coat on the floor
Leave your shoes by the door
Take a seat
Take some tea
Stay with me tonight
We were sick of all our places
We'd forgotten our good graces
And you're making funny faces
True
And I know if you're replying
You don't even want me trying
You get nervous when you're lying
True
But I won't let you go in the rain and the snow
You object, it's a show
Cause you know I'm right
Put your coat on the floor
Leave your shoes by the door
Take a seat
Take some tea
Stay with me tonight.
Wet dreams.
Emad.
Yes. Just lyrics from a song because that's what sometimes happens to this blog. Surely you can figure out which amazing (yes, that kind of amazing) band created this...
We were on some endless chases
Living out of old suitcases
It was showing on our faces
True
And we barely both remember
How we made it through December
And the bruises still are tender
True
But I won't let you go in the rain and the snow
You object, it's a show
'Cause you know I'm right
Put your coat on the floor
Leave your shoes by the door
Take a seat
Take some tea
Stay with me tonight
We were sick of all our places
We'd forgotten our good graces
And you're making funny faces
True
And I know if you're replying
You don't even want me trying
You get nervous when you're lying
True
But I won't let you go in the rain and the snow
You object, it's a show
Cause you know I'm right
Put your coat on the floor
Leave your shoes by the door
Take a seat
Take some tea
Stay with me tonight.
Wet dreams.
Emad.
Monday, 9 November 2009
Returned & Ready.
Aloha.
This is going to be long. And I'm going to talk about films despite that not being the single reason why I'm posting today... Anyhow.
The wonderful chemistry textbook arrived through the post today. No damn printer or real news on the iPod front. And I had to post yet another letter today. Just as the strikes were occurring, I needed to use the postal service more than ever. I still have a feeling more will occur before the year is out though I hope that doesn't happen.
Anyhow, I've been revising like crazy. Primarily because I feel that it really is "crunch time" now. Still over two months remain before the first exams take place but I take the changing of the battery inside the bedroom clock as a sign. The only way I have been enjoying myself (apart from the fun of revision) by not playing the 360 is watching films. And I did precisely that both on Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday I watched Moon, starring Sam Rockwell. A one-man show that is utterly brilliant. It's strange to think the visual effects in something like Transformers 2 were just annoying and utterly useless considering the film had no central ideas or themes apart from creating explosions whereas Moon made on an indie-film budget looks great visually whilst being a spectacular film. In other words: Moon is a film with a brain. It's hard to see how the sci-fi genre has truly delivered for the first time in years. With District 9, Star Trek and Moon, the year has certainly been good.
Yesterday, for some bizarre reason (maybe the revision in the morning made me slightly crazy) I decided to watch The Damned United starring Michael Sheen. Before watching the film, I had no real reason whatsoever to watch it. I hated The Queen even if Sheen was pretty good and I generally dislike British films because they have an uncanny ability to make everything feel wonderfully grim visually. But I was quite surprised by how this sports film came across as bringing what felt like an original story of "cat and mouse". Not in the sense the film came off as a thriller, far from it. But how one football manager was jealous of another's achievements and wanting much more than that: revenge. I thought the scene before the final moments placed during a television interview were extremely good. I sound vague but as you may already know, I hardly ever give plot details of films I've recently watched so as not to spoil them and feel less of a reason to do such thing for The Damned United considering it's a film surrounding football. Still, I highly recommend it.
This got me thinking as to what is the best film I've seen all year. And then the best films of the decade. I thought 20 wouldn't be a high number as it's practically asking which film is my all-time favourite. This would allow me to include, yes, Wonder Boys but then again, the Times newspaper did such a list and ranked Anchorman higher than There Will Be Blood and Borat at number 10 so my choices really aren't that crazy at all. One drama that really stood out for moi this year was The Hurt Locker. Utterly superb stuff. Yet as recently mentioned, I really like (500) Days of Summer, a film which I feel I didn't do justice with a full-on raving. Possibly my favourite scene has to be a home-video segment of the male characters talking about the girl of their dreams. I wouldn't even know where to begin if I was asked such a question. Of course they would have to have short hair. A fringe. Or possibly wear a tuque if that's what you like to call them. (Like Bryony for example. No she certainly did not ask me to mention her, ahem.) And they'd have to be able to...come to think of it, let's not dwell into this area too much for now/at all!
Damn winter. I don't feel any different to how I did this time last year. Maybe less depressed. Actually, nowhere near as that depressed for obvious reasons. But for some reason, feeling like that all the way through the exam period got me the high grades. Maybe not having any real distractions or any short-term objectives bring out the best work. I guess I have no choice but to choose that state of mind this time round and let life take time to let other things happen in the future.
I realised I still have a number of books to read. Of course, most of them will simply have to be read next year, including the plays from Shakespeare's Complete Works. After that, I definitely want to watch Henry V...
This is going to be long. And I'm going to talk about films despite that not being the single reason why I'm posting today... Anyhow.
The wonderful chemistry textbook arrived through the post today. No damn printer or real news on the iPod front. And I had to post yet another letter today. Just as the strikes were occurring, I needed to use the postal service more than ever. I still have a feeling more will occur before the year is out though I hope that doesn't happen.
Anyhow, I've been revising like crazy. Primarily because I feel that it really is "crunch time" now. Still over two months remain before the first exams take place but I take the changing of the battery inside the bedroom clock as a sign. The only way I have been enjoying myself (apart from the fun of revision) by not playing the 360 is watching films. And I did precisely that both on Saturday and Sunday.
On Saturday I watched Moon, starring Sam Rockwell. A one-man show that is utterly brilliant. It's strange to think the visual effects in something like Transformers 2 were just annoying and utterly useless considering the film had no central ideas or themes apart from creating explosions whereas Moon made on an indie-film budget looks great visually whilst being a spectacular film. In other words: Moon is a film with a brain. It's hard to see how the sci-fi genre has truly delivered for the first time in years. With District 9, Star Trek and Moon, the year has certainly been good.
Yesterday, for some bizarre reason (maybe the revision in the morning made me slightly crazy) I decided to watch The Damned United starring Michael Sheen. Before watching the film, I had no real reason whatsoever to watch it. I hated The Queen even if Sheen was pretty good and I generally dislike British films because they have an uncanny ability to make everything feel wonderfully grim visually. But I was quite surprised by how this sports film came across as bringing what felt like an original story of "cat and mouse". Not in the sense the film came off as a thriller, far from it. But how one football manager was jealous of another's achievements and wanting much more than that: revenge. I thought the scene before the final moments placed during a television interview were extremely good. I sound vague but as you may already know, I hardly ever give plot details of films I've recently watched so as not to spoil them and feel less of a reason to do such thing for The Damned United considering it's a film surrounding football. Still, I highly recommend it.
This got me thinking as to what is the best film I've seen all year. And then the best films of the decade. I thought 20 wouldn't be a high number as it's practically asking which film is my all-time favourite. This would allow me to include, yes, Wonder Boys but then again, the Times newspaper did such a list and ranked Anchorman higher than There Will Be Blood and Borat at number 10 so my choices really aren't that crazy at all. One drama that really stood out for moi this year was The Hurt Locker. Utterly superb stuff. Yet as recently mentioned, I really like (500) Days of Summer, a film which I feel I didn't do justice with a full-on raving. Possibly my favourite scene has to be a home-video segment of the male characters talking about the girl of their dreams. I wouldn't even know where to begin if I was asked such a question. Of course they would have to have short hair. A fringe. Or possibly wear a tuque if that's what you like to call them. (Like Bryony for example. No she certainly did not ask me to mention her, ahem.) And they'd have to be able to...come to think of it, let's not dwell into this area too much for now/at all!
Damn winter. I don't feel any different to how I did this time last year. Maybe less depressed. Actually, nowhere near as that depressed for obvious reasons. But for some reason, feeling like that all the way through the exam period got me the high grades. Maybe not having any real distractions or any short-term objectives bring out the best work. I guess I have no choice but to choose that state of mind this time round and let life take time to let other things happen in the future.
I realised I still have a number of books to read. Of course, most of them will simply have to be read next year, including the plays from Shakespeare's Complete Works. After that, I definitely want to watch Henry V...
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Positive Exposure
Aloha!
Chemistry. Module 5 and 6 past papers to be precise. Nothing else to add really. And things like that are what really sum up my adventurous activities.
However, I did watch a fantastic film during the day: (500) Days of Summer.
It has a fairly simple storyline: a boy meets a girl, then he loses her and...well, that's it. Thank God the third part of that cliche doesn't occur. I'm not spoiling this film, as the first few minutes spell out exactly that. And something as small as that classifies as ambition and originality these days for a film. Which is quite sad when you think about the state of shit being sold everywhere.
But that's what really makes (500) Days of Summer so good. After all, which film would dare to have a brilliantly executed dance sequence to the cheesy "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall & Oates. (Personally I prefer the Melee cover. Yes I already said it was cheesy!)
I couldn't quite understand the majority of reviews I read a while back praising Zooey Deschanel's performance more than Joseph Gordon-Levitt (yes, the dude from 3rd Rock From the Sun). Don't be fooled, the acting is great all-round, especially the supporting characters rallying around Joseph's character when he finds out the true nature of his relationship.
Anyhow, an excellent film. Possibly the best I've seen this year so far. There are so many great truths spoken throughout the film by each of the characters but nothing is ever elevated to melodrama. Watch out for the sequence on day 45. Awesome. Don't know why people are throwing spazz-happy hissy-fits about Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela in a film being released next month or so. Just what we all need to watch instead - another fucking biopic. They just don't stop.
Tragic news. Flight of the Conchords might not renew their show for a 3rd series next year. And nobody can blame them. Writing scripts and then individual songs. Must drain them of their energy without question.
At least they dealt with the more serious and honest questions mankind has faced and never solved...
Chemistry. Module 5 and 6 past papers to be precise. Nothing else to add really. And things like that are what really sum up my adventurous activities.
However, I did watch a fantastic film during the day: (500) Days of Summer.
It has a fairly simple storyline: a boy meets a girl, then he loses her and...well, that's it. Thank God the third part of that cliche doesn't occur. I'm not spoiling this film, as the first few minutes spell out exactly that. And something as small as that classifies as ambition and originality these days for a film. Which is quite sad when you think about the state of shit being sold everywhere.
But that's what really makes (500) Days of Summer so good. After all, which film would dare to have a brilliantly executed dance sequence to the cheesy "You Make My Dreams Come True" by Hall & Oates. (Personally I prefer the Melee cover. Yes I already said it was cheesy!)
I couldn't quite understand the majority of reviews I read a while back praising Zooey Deschanel's performance more than Joseph Gordon-Levitt (yes, the dude from 3rd Rock From the Sun). Don't be fooled, the acting is great all-round, especially the supporting characters rallying around Joseph's character when he finds out the true nature of his relationship.
Anyhow, an excellent film. Possibly the best I've seen this year so far. There are so many great truths spoken throughout the film by each of the characters but nothing is ever elevated to melodrama. Watch out for the sequence on day 45. Awesome. Don't know why people are throwing spazz-happy hissy-fits about Morgan Freeman playing Nelson Mandela in a film being released next month or so. Just what we all need to watch instead - another fucking biopic. They just don't stop.
Tragic news. Flight of the Conchords might not renew their show for a 3rd series next year. And nobody can blame them. Writing scripts and then individual songs. Must drain them of their energy without question.
At least they dealt with the more serious and honest questions mankind has faced and never solved...
Friday, 30 October 2009
Good Vibrations
Aloha!
I'm pretty sure I had a hilarious conversational riff to share on this blog from earlier this week. But for some reason, all of a sudden I remembered something a patient during my work experience placement at the hospital in the summer last year. I think I only shared this with one or two people at the time so sorry for the lack of any originality, pfft. She asked where I was from and I replied. A short pause was followed be her asking, this time adding an extra word (guess which one): "Where are you originally from?" Yes. I was torn between whether or not to burst out laughing there and then or just to continue acting "professionally".
Sure it wasn't a recent anecdote but I found it to be pretty darn funny at the time!
So, my iPod Touch has died. Some will say it was murdered but no, it was manslaughter. A sad day indeed. It too was also named Emad. Just check my iTunes. Which you can't do. But now despite it not working due to its drowning, I still have to send it for an attempt at a repair. Jees. Why can't I just have a new one? Silly willies.
So, Windows 7 has been our for a week now. ...Enough on that.
An awfully large amount of good music has been released recently. Bryce's one-man band The Rocket Summer has delayed the release of his album until next year but has unleashed a 4-track EP for the time being. Despite it being The Rocket Summer, I'm not too sure if I like his "You Gotta Believe" EP as much as I expected to - a strange thing to say but only because Bryce's albums just keep getting better and better. This is a great EP as it is, let's just hope the album is excellent.
Motion City Soundtrack have delayed the release of their new album. Pfft. But The Summer Set have finally released their first full length album after a few EP releases. And: it's good. Very good. I think my "albums of the year" list will include some bizarre super-pop releases such as The Summer Set's "Love Like This" and possibly even All Time Low's "Nothing Personal". Had The Rocket Summer and Motion City Soundtrack released their albums this year, I wouldn't have had to make such decisions. *Sigh*
Vampire Weekend's new song "Horchata" from their new album (ALSO being released next year, damn) is excellent, as expected. And even Alphabeat's new songs shape up pretty well. All this music is aiding my revision if you're wondering whether or not I'm wasting my time indulging in music...
Ahem. Also I heard Snow Patrol's "Engines" for the first time in months today. Spectacular. If you haven't heard it, listen to it now. And thank me straight after.
But I leave this music-themed post with what I think is an amazing (yes, that kind of amazing) song by The Shins from the album "Oh, Inverted World". You'll want to watch it.
I've just remembered which conversation I was trying to recall. Something about headscarves wasn't it Humaira...
I'm pretty sure I had a hilarious conversational riff to share on this blog from earlier this week. But for some reason, all of a sudden I remembered something a patient during my work experience placement at the hospital in the summer last year. I think I only shared this with one or two people at the time so sorry for the lack of any originality, pfft. She asked where I was from and I replied. A short pause was followed be her asking, this time adding an extra word (guess which one): "Where are you originally from?" Yes. I was torn between whether or not to burst out laughing there and then or just to continue acting "professionally".
Sure it wasn't a recent anecdote but I found it to be pretty darn funny at the time!
So, my iPod Touch has died. Some will say it was murdered but no, it was manslaughter. A sad day indeed. It too was also named Emad. Just check my iTunes. Which you can't do. But now despite it not working due to its drowning, I still have to send it for an attempt at a repair. Jees. Why can't I just have a new one? Silly willies.
So, Windows 7 has been our for a week now. ...Enough on that.
An awfully large amount of good music has been released recently. Bryce's one-man band The Rocket Summer has delayed the release of his album until next year but has unleashed a 4-track EP for the time being. Despite it being The Rocket Summer, I'm not too sure if I like his "You Gotta Believe" EP as much as I expected to - a strange thing to say but only because Bryce's albums just keep getting better and better. This is a great EP as it is, let's just hope the album is excellent.
Motion City Soundtrack have delayed the release of their new album. Pfft. But The Summer Set have finally released their first full length album after a few EP releases. And: it's good. Very good. I think my "albums of the year" list will include some bizarre super-pop releases such as The Summer Set's "Love Like This" and possibly even All Time Low's "Nothing Personal". Had The Rocket Summer and Motion City Soundtrack released their albums this year, I wouldn't have had to make such decisions. *Sigh*
Vampire Weekend's new song "Horchata" from their new album (ALSO being released next year, damn) is excellent, as expected. And even Alphabeat's new songs shape up pretty well. All this music is aiding my revision if you're wondering whether or not I'm wasting my time indulging in music...
Ahem. Also I heard Snow Patrol's "Engines" for the first time in months today. Spectacular. If you haven't heard it, listen to it now. And thank me straight after.
But I leave this music-themed post with what I think is an amazing (yes, that kind of amazing) song by The Shins from the album "Oh, Inverted World". You'll want to watch it.
I've just remembered which conversation I was trying to recall. Something about headscarves wasn't it Humaira...
Monday, 26 October 2009
Reds
Aloha!
Finally, no longer being abused by the one who stares. Ahem.
I try to keep this blog as apolitical as possible. But jebus, did anyone watch/not watch Question Time on Thursday evening? Crikey. Let's not even go there.
The new Relient K album is excellent. As is the new album from Flight of the Conchords. And the new album from Sherwood. An awfully good week in music for sure.
Clearly from the previous lengthy paragraphs here, it may be seen as if all I'm doing is...well, nothing. Untrue. I'm truly having a blast with my best friend Revision. The past 6 days haven't provided me with any amusing anecdotes to share with you. "I'll look into it..."
As for now...
Finally, no longer being abused by the one who stares. Ahem.
I try to keep this blog as apolitical as possible. But jebus, did anyone watch/not watch Question Time on Thursday evening? Crikey. Let's not even go there.
The new Relient K album is excellent. As is the new album from Flight of the Conchords. And the new album from Sherwood. An awfully good week in music for sure.
Clearly from the previous lengthy paragraphs here, it may be seen as if all I'm doing is...well, nothing. Untrue. I'm truly having a blast with my best friend Revision. The past 6 days haven't provided me with any amusing anecdotes to share with you. "I'll look into it..."
As for now...
Tuesday, 20 October 2009
Maple Leaf
Aloha!
Hello Katie!
Yes, this post title is awesome.
I don't think I've ever watched a complete episode of Gilmore Girls. It's always a few minutes here and a few minutes there. Then again I don't watch much television. I always think the acting is great for such a tiny show a la Veronica Mars. But I did find one exchange pretty amusing:
"How tall are you?"
"Why, wanna dance?"
"No...appreciate the offer though."
The chemistry dictionary I bought for university is still here. Sat on my bookshelf. Constantly watching me. I think it's acting as a constant reminder of what could happen in the future i.e. fudge.
The Office was once again brilliant.
The dreaded UCAS form has been sent. Utterly terrifying even the second time round. More so, actually. And so far all I've received is an email confirmation from one university stating they have received my application/are laughing at it. Damn. No news = good news.
So, revision is still indeed going superbly well. Chemistry is the point of focus today after an intense multiple past-paper bout with biology yesterday. Specific topics: all of them. However, I was quite worried (despite having notes and several revision guides beforehand) about the fact that I am no longer in possession of the chemistry "Bible". "The Old Testament" that was the AS school textbook and "The New Testament" that was the A2 school textbook. Damn they were good. Scratch that: in the time I've been typing up this blog, I was able to find those chemistry textbooks online. For free. In the "book preview" site of a certain search engine. Score!
Perhaps I'm missing school textbooks. But it has to be said, I miss certain people/friends et all. Then again, I have slightly over 10 weeks until exam season. And although that sounds like an awfully long time, I think we all know just how fast time slips by. Let's enjoy Autumn for now.
Listen to? Sherwood - Not Gonna Love. Their new album is just as brilliant as their others. Yes. "Pop-rock".
Wet dreams.
Emad.
Hello Katie!
Yes, this post title is awesome.
I don't think I've ever watched a complete episode of Gilmore Girls. It's always a few minutes here and a few minutes there. Then again I don't watch much television. I always think the acting is great for such a tiny show a la Veronica Mars. But I did find one exchange pretty amusing:
"How tall are you?"
"Why, wanna dance?"
"No...appreciate the offer though."
The chemistry dictionary I bought for university is still here. Sat on my bookshelf. Constantly watching me. I think it's acting as a constant reminder of what could happen in the future i.e. fudge.
The Office was once again brilliant.
The dreaded UCAS form has been sent. Utterly terrifying even the second time round. More so, actually. And so far all I've received is an email confirmation from one university stating they have received my application/are laughing at it. Damn. No news = good news.
So, revision is still indeed going superbly well. Chemistry is the point of focus today after an intense multiple past-paper bout with biology yesterday. Specific topics: all of them. However, I was quite worried (despite having notes and several revision guides beforehand) about the fact that I am no longer in possession of the chemistry "Bible". "The Old Testament" that was the AS school textbook and "The New Testament" that was the A2 school textbook. Damn they were good. Scratch that: in the time I've been typing up this blog, I was able to find those chemistry textbooks online. For free. In the "book preview" site of a certain search engine. Score!
Perhaps I'm missing school textbooks. But it has to be said, I miss certain people/friends et all. Then again, I have slightly over 10 weeks until exam season. And although that sounds like an awfully long time, I think we all know just how fast time slips by. Let's enjoy Autumn for now.
Listen to? Sherwood - Not Gonna Love. Their new album is just as brilliant as their others. Yes. "Pop-rock".
Wet dreams.
Emad.
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