Jan 2

“It Just Made Me Tired…”

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I feel the quote in this post’s title, taken from one of my favourite songs of this year called “Acid Tongue” by Jenny Lewis, sums up my feelings about 2008 in some ways. Ho hum, here we go with another reflection blog post.

For me, 2008 was definitely a year of two extremes: amazing, and dreadful. Luckily, it had more happy moments than sad ones. In fact, it never really had sad moments, but a lot of the bad things that happened just happened to be awful, whereas there were a handful of fantastic moments and some okay ones on the good side; however, I don’t wish to dawdle on the bad things because, considering the state of the world right now, I think 2008 had a century’s worth of negativity stuffed into it.

Easily the best thing about this year was going to see Goldfrapp in September. Anyone who knows me in the slightest knows just how much I truly adore their music and so going to see them live was truly an amazing experience. This moment in my life will be hard to top, but going to see Feist two months later in November was an equally enthralling experience.

Yes, 2008 was definitely a big year of firsts for me. First time seeing Goldfrapp, first time seeing Feist, and I got my first job in the summer. I’m still at that job, and since my first posts about how much I liked it, I’ve grown to despise it to an extent. 2008 saw me get my driving license, and so it marked the first time I have ever driven a car. And to finish it all off, and on New Year’s Eve nonetheless, 2008 was the first time I ever got really, really drunk. Not that I’m proud of that one…

But even so, as the title of this post suggests, 2008 left me very tired. Maybe it was just the alcohol New Year’s Eve, but even in all of the good times, I was left pretty exhausted from it all. I’m not saying that I had a bad year; I’m saying that I need to get my energy up for an even better 2009!

Dec 31

Circus

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I’m back to here. Yummy. To celebrate, I’m reposting my review of Britney’s new album Circus from my tumblelog.

Britney Spears. What comes to mind when you think of her? Maybe it’s the infectious pop of “Oops!… I Did It Again” and “…Baby One More Time”, or the undeniably amazing “Toxic”. Maybe it’s her somewhat floppy acting attempt in Crossroads. Or maybe, like the rest of world, it seems, your mind is flooded with images of head shaving, crotch flashing, and millions of other papparazzi exploits. In the years since her infamous Madonna kiss and In The Zone, the world has watched as Britney released herself from the constraints of her heavily protected life and just went wild. She began to fall into emotional pit after emotional pit, her career plundering along with her. A comeback seemed impossible.

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Nov 4

Oh Yeah, Hi!

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I exist - sort of.

Not that I don’t like my website anymore, but I have felt very little drive to blog. I’ve been so focused on other things and trying to help other people deal with their problems I’ve totally ignored problems of my own.

So, just a quick hi, because honestly, I have nothing to say… Something’s not right when that happens, I’m sure.

P.S.: All you who can, pick up the new Holiday music collection at Starbucks; it features a very special “Winter Wonderland” by Goldfrapp.

Oct 16

Dream Collaboration

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For some time now (all right, like, the two weeks I’ve been out due to my tonsillectomy) I’ve been thinking of who, in all seriousness, I would ever do a musical collaboration with. As many of you probably don’t know (unless you’ve read my about page - and who does that?), I take voice lessens to train my voice. I sing mostly classical pieces with some more modern ones thrown in for “zest”. While it is most certainly not my main goal in life, it would be awesome to be able to share my singing with others as it is something I love to do.

So then, I got to thinking of who I would ever work with if any opportunity came up. I might have some pretty outrageous ideas here, but still, I’m sure it’s possible my dreams could come true. You never know what the future holds.

First and foremost, Goldfrapp is a group I would do whatever it takes to sing with or for. Alison and Will have both been expressing interest lately in doing either an opera or some choir pieces. To me, this is a great idea to expand their obviously talented capabilities into other musical horizons. If auditions were ever held for their opera or choir, I’d ship myself off to the U.K. (because that’s where they’d likely be) and sign up right away.

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