Part 1: Exams
Yup, it's that time of the year again. Exam season. And you know what? This time the grades that I get actually count for something. As in, if I do well in these exams, I've got a place at one of the UK's top universities. If I don't, then I'm screwed. So yeah, pressure. Here's to hoping I can get that AAB!
Part 2: Monologues
My audition monologues may not have gotten me into drama school, but I don't want all that hard work to go to waste. Following exam season, I shall upload renditions of my four favourite monologues: Hippolita from 'Tis Pity She's a Whore; Titania from Midsummer Night's Dream; Rosalind from As You Like It; and Queen Margaret from...well, pretty much all of Shakespeare's histories, but more specifically Henry VI Part III
...Remind me why Juliet is the Classical monologue that everyone knows and jumps at?
Part 3: Literature.
I'm considering starting up a series of posts, yet again, after exam season, discussing my responses and interpretations of different plays, poems, and novels, everything from Young Adult to Gothic Horror. These interpretations and 'essays', if you will, will be open for any students, such as myself, to use as sources and critics for coursework. I'll mainly be doing this to improve my essay writing skills between 6th Form and Uni, but I understand how hard it can be to find literary critics with alternative or otherwise out there interpretations of texts.
And now this is in a blog post, I guess I have to commit. Permission granted to e-slap me if I don't pop up again around August time
P.S- My Blogger commenting is really glitchy, as in, I can't respond to comments. Sorry guys :(
Monday, 22 April 2013
Monday, 1 April 2013
Posts without a plan
Oh god, I hate exam season so so much. It's annoying to the point where I can't even plan a blog post, let alone write one! I'll get a little bit of inspiration, and then, as if by magic, poof! It's gone.
Take, for example, the other day. I had a great idea for a post, 'What is worthy literature?' I knew what my argument was, I knew exactly how I was going to express it. However, when it came to planning out my argument in stages my mind went blank. It is such a pain, because this thing is finally beginning to get some regular readers, which is admittedly strange to me- Why on earth would you want to read this blog of un-planned, pseudo-sarcastic mess? Not only that, but when you Google 'Teenage life blog' I'm one of the first results, and I have absolutely no idea how.
I don't know. Maybe I'll post you my character's journal from Skyrim, one thing that I am actually able to write without blocking up horribly, or a couple of screenshot from my latest picture. What say you?
Take, for example, the other day. I had a great idea for a post, 'What is worthy literature?' I knew what my argument was, I knew exactly how I was going to express it. However, when it came to planning out my argument in stages my mind went blank. It is such a pain, because this thing is finally beginning to get some regular readers, which is admittedly strange to me- Why on earth would you want to read this blog of un-planned, pseudo-sarcastic mess? Not only that, but when you Google 'Teenage life blog' I'm one of the first results, and I have absolutely no idea how.
I don't know. Maybe I'll post you my character's journal from Skyrim, one thing that I am actually able to write without blocking up horribly, or a couple of screenshot from my latest picture. What say you?
Monday, 28 January 2013
'Oh it is excellent to have a giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant'- Or 'Auditions. Fuckity buggery balls'
I had my first audition for theatre school yesterday. As in my first, real, semi professional audition that actually had some weighting on how my life would turn out in the future. Needless to say I was nervous, I woke up early, sweaty and panicky. For the first half of the two-and-a-bit hour journey to Liverpool I was shitting bricks, for the second half I managed to calm down a little; we were playing Led Zep, so there you go.
In fact, now that I think about it, my nerves were on an absolute roller coaster ride. When I got there, my nerves kicked in, my hands were shaking terribly and I began to hyperventilate. You know, as you do. I registered, got my audition time, and then me and my Dad wandered around the premises. My God, LIPA is perfect for me. The ceilings are sweeping, the auditoriums versatile. The staircases were nothing short of grand, if a little steep, and everything was prim and clean- There was even a box office! I went through my lines a couple of time, and relaxed. This was a place that I could imagine spending my next three years of education. After a quick talk with the tutors (who oh-so kindly revealed that there had been over 2000 applicants, although they neglected to mention how many audition days they were running, from what I could gather, 200 attended on the same day I did) we were split into groups to tour the full extent of the facilities. Classrooms, auditoriums, sound rooms, music rooms, practice rooms, a bridge (bitches love bridges), libraries, study rooms, a bar! LIPA has the lot. I was sold. This place was amazing. Of course, I haven't toured the facilities of the other Drama Schools I'm applying for, but I realised quickly that this place felt right.
Following the tour, I sat down and talked to a few other girls (I'm sorry I forgot to ask your names!) and then went up to the workshop run by two third year students. I'm not going to lie, they're not your stereotypical theatre school students. They were calm, relaxed, easy going and willing to have a bit of a laugh. After the rather fun work shop which involved a lot of running around and throwing, it was time to wait for my audition.
First things first, remember what my wonderful theatre group leader, Sheila told me. Blank out everyone else, don't let their nerves get to you. For the most part, I managed to. I listened to my music, stayed in my own little world as a girl ran out in tears, as each person walked out the audition room with swagger (not swag you sillies) or a painfully defeated look. I would be up in two auditions I discovered. I took my earphones out. That's when he got to me, this student who couldn't stop going on about how nervous he was. It got to me. He went in, came out, I was called in.
I was nervous now. Cheers for that mate. I'm not going to give you the specifics of my audition, I think my Isabella monologue went alright, but it was far from being my best performance. Catherine (Memory of Water) was better, but I discovered that one of the auditioners had directed it, so that put me more than a little on edge. I stumbled through my devised piece, although I seemed to get a few smiles when I mentioned how I had relaxed the night before- You know, slaying dragons and shit. With that said, I left.
Now it's just a waiting game. I'm going to be honest, I don't think that my performances warrant a recall audition, I don't think I've got in. I don't think I let my personality shine through, even though I tried my best to be myself. Here's to hoping, but I know that if I get through to the next round, it'll be because of Skyrim.
And probably my minor acting credits. That as well.
But mostly Skyrim
EDIT: I didn't get a recall. If I'm honest, it was to be expected, (Skyrim, why didn't you save me?!)
In fact, now that I think about it, my nerves were on an absolute roller coaster ride. When I got there, my nerves kicked in, my hands were shaking terribly and I began to hyperventilate. You know, as you do. I registered, got my audition time, and then me and my Dad wandered around the premises. My God, LIPA is perfect for me. The ceilings are sweeping, the auditoriums versatile. The staircases were nothing short of grand, if a little steep, and everything was prim and clean- There was even a box office! I went through my lines a couple of time, and relaxed. This was a place that I could imagine spending my next three years of education. After a quick talk with the tutors (who oh-so kindly revealed that there had been over 2000 applicants, although they neglected to mention how many audition days they were running, from what I could gather, 200 attended on the same day I did) we were split into groups to tour the full extent of the facilities. Classrooms, auditoriums, sound rooms, music rooms, practice rooms, a bridge (bitches love bridges), libraries, study rooms, a bar! LIPA has the lot. I was sold. This place was amazing. Of course, I haven't toured the facilities of the other Drama Schools I'm applying for, but I realised quickly that this place felt right.
Following the tour, I sat down and talked to a few other girls (I'm sorry I forgot to ask your names!) and then went up to the workshop run by two third year students. I'm not going to lie, they're not your stereotypical theatre school students. They were calm, relaxed, easy going and willing to have a bit of a laugh. After the rather fun work shop which involved a lot of running around and throwing, it was time to wait for my audition.
First things first, remember what my wonderful theatre group leader, Sheila told me. Blank out everyone else, don't let their nerves get to you. For the most part, I managed to. I listened to my music, stayed in my own little world as a girl ran out in tears, as each person walked out the audition room with swagger (not swag you sillies) or a painfully defeated look. I would be up in two auditions I discovered. I took my earphones out. That's when he got to me, this student who couldn't stop going on about how nervous he was. It got to me. He went in, came out, I was called in.
I was nervous now. Cheers for that mate. I'm not going to give you the specifics of my audition, I think my Isabella monologue went alright, but it was far from being my best performance. Catherine (Memory of Water) was better, but I discovered that one of the auditioners had directed it, so that put me more than a little on edge. I stumbled through my devised piece, although I seemed to get a few smiles when I mentioned how I had relaxed the night before- You know, slaying dragons and shit. With that said, I left.
Now it's just a waiting game. I'm going to be honest, I don't think that my performances warrant a recall audition, I don't think I've got in. I don't think I let my personality shine through, even though I tried my best to be myself. Here's to hoping, but I know that if I get through to the next round, it'll be because of Skyrim.
And probably my minor acting credits. That as well.
But mostly Skyrim
EDIT: I didn't get a recall. If I'm honest, it was to be expected, (Skyrim, why didn't you save me?!)
Saturday, 29 December 2012
The iTunes Challenge
Now, lots of us have a lot of music stored on our computer, and I mean a lot. And a lot of the time, we don't listen to half of it, instead picking out a few of our favourite artists without giving anything new a try. Me? I have 14 days worth of music and I can guarantee I have not listened to all of it. So, throughout this summer holiday I am going to try and listen to my entire music library. All of it. No matter which artist I want to listen to, I shall go through my library alphabetically. I'm sure I'll find some hidden gems! So, without further ado, may I present to you the iTunes challenge
Rules
-You must go through your music library in alphabetical order
-You cannot skip a track, no matter how embarrassing it may be to listen to
-At the end of each day you must record how many hours of music you've listened to, which artists you've listened to, and how many songs you've listened to.
Now, enjoy mine :)
Day 1- 29th July
Number of Hours: 7
Number of Songs: 100
Artists Played: AC/DC
Aerial
Aerosmith
Aetherius
Airbourne
Alex Day
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Anathema
Day 2- 30th July
Number of Hours: 2
Number of Songs: 22
Artists Played: Anathema
The Answer
Aquarius Moon
Astra
Day 3- 31st July
Number of Hours: 3.5
Number of Songs: 41
Artists Played: Atonika
Ayreon
Day 4- 1st August
Number of Hours: 8.2
Number of Songs: 88
Artists Played: Ayreon
Badlands
Bat For Lashes
Bellowhead
BigElf
Day 5- 2nd August
Number of Hours: 6
Number of Songs: 80
Artists Played: BigElf
Black Country Communion
Black Sabbath
Black Tide
Blackfield
Blink-182
Butthole Surfers
Camel
Day 6- 3rd August
Number of Hours: 10.2
Number of Songs: 145
Artists Played: Camel
Canniblast
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
The Cardigans
Chiasm
Chickenfoot
Children of Bodom
Chiodos
Chris Cornell
Chris Isaak
Christina Augilera, Lil' Kim, Pink, Mya & Missy Elliot
Christina Perri
Clutch
Coheed and Cambria
Cradle of Filth
Crippled Black Phoenix
Cynic
Daniel Ash
Darling Violetta
The Dear Hunter
Day 7- 4th August
Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 48
Artists Played: Death in Vegas
Deep Purple
Delain
Day 8- 5th August
Number of Hours: 7.8
Number of Songs: 77
Artists Played: Delain
Des'ree
Devin Townsend
DeVotchKa
Dio
The Dirty One
Disney
The Divinyls
DJ Casper
DJ Otzi
Dollhouse
Day 9- 6th August
Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 10- 7th August
Number of Hours: 6.1
Number of Songs: 47
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 11- 8th August
Number of Hours: 3.8
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 12- 9th August
Number of Hours: 5.3
Number of Songs: 40
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 13- 10th August
Number of Hours: 5
Number of Songs: 31
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 14- 11th August
Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 13
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 15- 16th August
Number of Hours: 2.5
Number of Songs: 16
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 16- 17th August
Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 17- 25th August
Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 25
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Dredg
Dual Prophets
Eden's Curse
Day 18- 26th August
Number of Hours: 4.1
Number of Songs: 54
Artists Played: Eden's Curse
Effloresce
Eiffel 65
Elbow
Elena Cats Chernin
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Emilie Autumn
Day 19- 27th August
Number of Hours: 8.9
Number of Songs: 127
Artists Played: Emilie Autumn
Eva Cassidy
Evanescense
Everclear
Fans of Friction
Final Moon
Fleetwood Mac
Focus
Foo Fighters
Day 20- 28th August
Number of Hours: 8.7
Number of Songs: 98
Artists Played: Foo Fighters
Frameshift
Frost*
Funny Fax
Garbage
Gavin Friday
Genisis
Genitorturers
God of War
Godsmack
Day 21- 29th August
Number of Hours: 7.2
Number of Songs: 122
Artists Played: Godsmack
Gorillaz
Guinea Pigs
Gummy Bear
Guns 'n' Roses
Halcyon
Half Life 2
Hard-Fi
Hawkwind
Hayseed Dixie
Heaven's Basement
Heaven & Hell
Helloween
Ideosphere
In Glass Houses
Infernal
Iron Maiden
Day 22- 30th August
Number of Hours: 8.2
Number of Songs: 114
Artists Played: Iron Maiden
Isle 15
James LaBrie
Jefferson Airplane
Jeremy Soule
Jethro Tull
Day 23- 31st August
Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 24- 1st September
Number of Hours: 4.3
Number of Songs: 57
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 25- 2nd September
Number of Hours: 2.2
Number of Songs: 29
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 26- 3rd September
Number of Hours: 7.6
Number of Songs: 88
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 27- 4th September
Number of Hours: 5.1
Number of Songs: 53
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
John Murphy
John Petrucci
John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
John Williams
Day 28- 5th September
Number of Hours: 1.2
Number of Songs: 14
Artists Played: John Williams
Day 29- 7th September
Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 28
Artists Played: John Williams
Day 30- 8th September
Number of Hours: 3.3
Number of Songs: 49
Artists Played: John Williams
Jordan Rudess
Day 31- 9th September
Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Jordan Rudess
Journal
Judas Priest
Day 32- 10th September
Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Judas Priest
Killroom
Kimbra
King Crimson
Day 33- 11th September
Number of Hours: 1.6
Number of Songs: 19
Artists Played: King Crimson
Kings of None
Kiss
Korn
Kim Mazelle
Lacuna Coil
Lana Del Rey
Day 34- 13th September
Number of Hours: 2.5
Number of Songs: 34
Artists Played: Lana Del Rey
Las Ketchup
Laura Marie
Lazytown
Led Zeppelin
Day 35- 14th September
Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 44
Artists Played: Led Zeppelin
Liam Gaughan
Linger In Shadows
Liquid Tension Experiment
Day 36- 16th September
Number of Hours: 1.7
Number of Songs: 11
Artists Played: Liquid Tension Experiment
Lisa Miskovsky
Llama Llama
Long Distance Calling
Day 37- 17th September
Number of Hours: 1.1
Number of Songs: 14
Artists Played: Long Distance Calling
The Lord of the Rings
Day 38- 20th September
Number of Hours: 3.7
Number of Songs: 48
Artists Played: The Lord of the Rings
Lost
Lou Bega
LUDO
Ludovico Einaudi
Magnum
Mama Cass Elliot
Marilyn Manson
Day 39- 21st September
Number of Hours: 3.7
Number of Songs: 50
Artists Played: Marilyn Manson
Massive Attack
Mastodon
Matt Barker
Matt Loveridge
Meatloaf
Day 40- 22nd September
Number of Hours: 7
Number of Songs: 80
Artists Played: Meatloaf
Megadeth
Metal Gear Solid
Metallica
Day 41- 23rd September
Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 22
Artists Played: Metallica
Day 42- 28th September
Number of Hours: 4.2
Number of Songs: 47
Artists Played: Metallica
Day 43- 29th September
Number of Hours: 5
Number of Songs: 50
Artists Played: Metallica
Day 44- 30th September
Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 55
Artists Played: Metallica
Michael Buble
Michael the Turtle
The Mighty Boosh
MIKA
Mindless Self Indulgence
Ministry
Moby
Monty Python
Mr Mitchell
Mundy
Muse
Day 44- 1st October
Number of Hours: 50.1 (Minutes)
Number of Songs: 13
Artists Played: Muse
Day 45- 4th October
Number of Hours: 1.9
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Muse
Day 46- 5th October
Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Muse
Mutiny Within
Neil McDougal
Newton Faulkner
Nickelback
Nirvana
Day 47- 8th October
Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 30
Artists Played: Nirvana
Day 48- 9th October
Number of Hours: 1.7
Number of Songs: 23
Artists Played: No-Man
Noriko Matsueda
O-Zone
O2
Oasis
Day 49- 14th October
Number of Hours: 4.6
Number of Songs: 37
Artists Played: One Hit Wonders
One Inch Punch
Opeth
Day 50- 15th October
Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 16
Artists Played: Opeth
Day 51- 20th October
Number of Hours: 4.8
Number of Songs: 35
Artists Played: Opeth
Day 52- 21st October
Number of Hours: 2.3
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: Opeth
Ordem Inversa
Ozzy Osbourne
Day 53- 22nd October
Number of Hours: 2.3
Number of Songs: 27
Artists Played: Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation
Day 54- 23rd October
Number of Hours: 2.3
Number of Songs: 24
Artists Played: Pain of Salvation
Day 55- 28th October
Number of Hours: 9.7
Number of Songs: 125
Artists Played: Pain of Salvation
Pandora's Box
Panic! At the Disco
Pantera
Paradigm Indifference Syndrome
The Partridge Family
PeacePerception
Pearl Jam
Pendulam
Day 56- 31st October
Number of Hours: 8.1
Number of Songs: 108
Artists Played: A Perfect Circle
Peter Gabriel
Day 57- 10th November
Number of Hours: 12.2
Number of Songs: 137
Artists Played: Peter Gabriel
Phoenix Wright Musical Project
Pink
Pink Floyd
Pipo & Elo
Day 58- 16th November
Number of Hours: 8.5
Number of Songs: 92
Artists Played: Pipo & Elo
Pirates of the Carribbean
Poets of the Fall
Porcupine Tree
Day 59- 22nd November
Number of Hours:12.7
Number of Songs: 174
Artists Played: Porcupine Tree
Portal
The Posies
Procol Harem
Prophecy Within
Queen
Queensryche
Quindon Tarver
Radiohead
Day 60- 1st December
Number of Hours:10.4
Number of Songs: 142
Artists Played: The Reasoning
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Relocator
The Ridgeways
Rik Schaffer
Romeo & Juliet
Rooster
Rush
Rusted Root
Rylan Finch
S.A. Adams
Sanity not Included
Santeria
Scale the Summit
Scatman John
Sepultura
Day 61- 3rd December
Number of Hours: 2.2
Number of Songs: 39
Artists Played: Sepultura
Sigur Ros
Silent Hill
Skunk Anansie
Day 62- 6th December
Number of Hours: 4.3
Number of Songs: 58
Artists Played: Skunk Anansie
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Snow Patrol
Soundgarden
Speedycake
Spock's Beard
Day 63- 7th December
Number of Hours: 8.5
Number of Songs: 84
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Day 64- 8th December
Number of Hours: 2.7
Number of Songs: 35
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Day 65- 11th December
Number of Hours: 3.5
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Stephen Lynch
Day 66- 14th December
Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 41
Artists Played: Stephen Lynch
Still
Stina Nordenstam
The Stone Roses
Stormwatch
Susanne Sundfor
Day 67- 17th December
Number of Hours: 1.5
Number of Songs: 20
Artists Played: Susanne Sundfor
Symphony X
Day 68- 19th December
Number of Hours: 1.3
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: T-Rex
Ted Nugent feat. Meatloaf
Terrorvision
Tesla
Day 64- 8th December
Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 31
Artists Played: Tesla
Thomas Newman
Thunder
Day 65- 10th December
Number of Hours: 4.2
Number of Songs: 43
Artists Played: Thunder
Time and Tenson
Tiny Tim
Transatlantic
Trivium
Day 66- 15th December
Number of Hours: 3
Number of Songs: 46
Artists Played: UFO
Unkle
Urban Voodoo Machine
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Day 67- 17th December
Number of Hours: 3.2
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Vampire Weekend
Van Halen
Vengaboys
Vitamin String Quartet
Vixen
Voltaire
Von Hertzen Brothers
The Wannadies
War of the Worlds
Day 68- 20th December
Number of Hours: 1.9
Number of Songs: 20
Artists Played: The War of the Worlds
The Who
Day 69- 23rd December
Number of Hours: 2
Number of Songs: 25
Artists Played: The Who
Wigfield
The Wildhearts
Will Smith
Within Temptation
Day 70- 27th December
Number of Hours: 4.5
Number of Songs: 55
Artists Played: Within Temptation
Day 71- 28th December
Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 29
Artists Played: Within Temptation
Yes
Yohisha Hirano
30 Seconds to Mars
3oh!3
Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes my laborious foray into the deepest, darkest recesses of my iTunes, thank you, and, goodnight!
Rules
-You must go through your music library in alphabetical order
-You cannot skip a track, no matter how embarrassing it may be to listen to
-At the end of each day you must record how many hours of music you've listened to, which artists you've listened to, and how many songs you've listened to.
Now, enjoy mine :)
Day 1- 29th July
Number of Hours: 7
Number of Songs: 100
Artists Played: AC/DC
Aerial
Aerosmith
Aetherius
Airbourne
Alex Day
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Anathema
Day 2- 30th July
Number of Hours: 2
Number of Songs: 22
Artists Played: Anathema
The Answer
Aquarius Moon
Astra
Day 3- 31st July
Number of Hours: 3.5
Number of Songs: 41
Artists Played: Atonika
Ayreon
Day 4- 1st August
Number of Hours: 8.2
Number of Songs: 88
Artists Played: Ayreon
Badlands
Bat For Lashes
Bellowhead
BigElf
Day 5- 2nd August
Number of Hours: 6
Number of Songs: 80
Artists Played: BigElf
Black Country Communion
Black Sabbath
Black Tide
Blackfield
Blink-182
Butthole Surfers
Camel
Day 6- 3rd August
Number of Hours: 10.2
Number of Songs: 145
Artists Played: Camel
Canniblast
Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
The Cardigans
Chiasm
Chickenfoot
Children of Bodom
Chiodos
Chris Cornell
Chris Isaak
Christina Augilera, Lil' Kim, Pink, Mya & Missy Elliot
Christina Perri
Clutch
Coheed and Cambria
Cradle of Filth
Crippled Black Phoenix
Cynic
Daniel Ash
Darling Violetta
The Dear Hunter
Day 7- 4th August
Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 48
Artists Played: Death in Vegas
Deep Purple
Delain
Day 8- 5th August
Number of Hours: 7.8
Number of Songs: 77
Artists Played: Delain
Des'ree
Devin Townsend
DeVotchKa
Dio
The Dirty One
Disney
The Divinyls
DJ Casper
DJ Otzi
Dollhouse
Day 9- 6th August
Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 10- 7th August
Number of Hours: 6.1
Number of Songs: 47
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 11- 8th August
Number of Hours: 3.8
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 12- 9th August
Number of Hours: 5.3
Number of Songs: 40
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 13- 10th August
Number of Hours: 5
Number of Songs: 31
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 14- 11th August
Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 13
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 15- 16th August
Number of Hours: 2.5
Number of Songs: 16
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 16- 17th August
Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Day 17- 25th August
Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 25
Artists Played: Dream Theater
Dredg
Dual Prophets
Eden's Curse
Day 18- 26th August
Number of Hours: 4.1
Number of Songs: 54
Artists Played: Eden's Curse
Effloresce
Eiffel 65
Elbow
Elena Cats Chernin
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Emilie Autumn
Day 19- 27th August
Number of Hours: 8.9
Number of Songs: 127
Artists Played: Emilie Autumn
Eva Cassidy
Evanescense
Everclear
Fans of Friction
Final Moon
Fleetwood Mac
Focus
Foo Fighters
Day 20- 28th August
Number of Hours: 8.7
Number of Songs: 98
Artists Played: Foo Fighters
Frameshift
Frost*
Funny Fax
Garbage
Gavin Friday
Genisis
Genitorturers
God of War
Godsmack
Day 21- 29th August
Number of Hours: 7.2
Number of Songs: 122
Artists Played: Godsmack
Gorillaz
Guinea Pigs
Gummy Bear
Guns 'n' Roses
Halcyon
Half Life 2
Hard-Fi
Hawkwind
Hayseed Dixie
Heaven's Basement
Heaven & Hell
Helloween
Ideosphere
In Glass Houses
Infernal
Iron Maiden
Day 22- 30th August
Number of Hours: 8.2
Number of Songs: 114
Artists Played: Iron Maiden
Isle 15
James LaBrie
Jefferson Airplane
Jeremy Soule
Jethro Tull
Day 23- 31st August
Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 24- 1st September
Number of Hours: 4.3
Number of Songs: 57
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 25- 2nd September
Number of Hours: 2.2
Number of Songs: 29
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 26- 3rd September
Number of Hours: 7.6
Number of Songs: 88
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
Day 27- 4th September
Number of Hours: 5.1
Number of Songs: 53
Artists Played: Jethro Tull
John Murphy
John Petrucci
John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess
John Williams
Day 28- 5th September
Number of Hours: 1.2
Number of Songs: 14
Artists Played: John Williams
Day 29- 7th September
Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 28
Artists Played: John Williams
Day 30- 8th September
Number of Hours: 3.3
Number of Songs: 49
Artists Played: John Williams
Jordan Rudess
Day 31- 9th September
Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Jordan Rudess
Journal
Judas Priest
Day 32- 10th September
Number of Hours: 3.6
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Judas Priest
Killroom
Kimbra
King Crimson
Day 33- 11th September
Number of Hours: 1.6
Number of Songs: 19
Artists Played: King Crimson
Kings of None
Kiss
Korn
Kim Mazelle
Lacuna Coil
Lana Del Rey
Day 34- 13th September
Number of Hours: 2.5
Number of Songs: 34
Artists Played: Lana Del Rey
Las Ketchup
Laura Marie
Lazytown
Led Zeppelin
Day 35- 14th September
Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 44
Artists Played: Led Zeppelin
Liam Gaughan
Linger In Shadows
Liquid Tension Experiment
Day 36- 16th September
Number of Hours: 1.7
Number of Songs: 11
Artists Played: Liquid Tension Experiment
Lisa Miskovsky
Llama Llama
Long Distance Calling
Day 37- 17th September
Number of Hours: 1.1
Number of Songs: 14
Artists Played: Long Distance Calling
The Lord of the Rings
Day 38- 20th September
Number of Hours: 3.7
Number of Songs: 48
Artists Played: The Lord of the Rings
Lost
Lou Bega
LUDO
Ludovico Einaudi
Magnum
Mama Cass Elliot
Marilyn Manson
Day 39- 21st September
Number of Hours: 3.7
Number of Songs: 50
Artists Played: Marilyn Manson
Massive Attack
Mastodon
Matt Barker
Matt Loveridge
Meatloaf
Day 40- 22nd September
Number of Hours: 7
Number of Songs: 80
Artists Played: Meatloaf
Megadeth
Metal Gear Solid
Metallica
Day 41- 23rd September
Number of Hours: 2.4
Number of Songs: 22
Artists Played: Metallica
Day 42- 28th September
Number of Hours: 4.2
Number of Songs: 47
Artists Played: Metallica
Day 43- 29th September
Number of Hours: 5
Number of Songs: 50
Artists Played: Metallica
Day 44- 30th September
Number of Hours: 4
Number of Songs: 55
Artists Played: Metallica
Michael Buble
Michael the Turtle
The Mighty Boosh
MIKA
Mindless Self Indulgence
Ministry
Moby
Monty Python
Mr Mitchell
Mundy
Muse
Day 44- 1st October
Number of Hours: 50.1 (Minutes)
Number of Songs: 13
Artists Played: Muse
Day 45- 4th October
Number of Hours: 1.9
Number of Songs: 26
Artists Played: Muse
Day 46- 5th October
Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Muse
Mutiny Within
Neil McDougal
Newton Faulkner
Nickelback
Nirvana
Day 47- 8th October
Number of Hours: 1.8
Number of Songs: 30
Artists Played: Nirvana
Day 48- 9th October
Number of Hours: 1.7
Number of Songs: 23
Artists Played: No-Man
Noriko Matsueda
O-Zone
O2
Oasis
Day 49- 14th October
Number of Hours: 4.6
Number of Songs: 37
Artists Played: One Hit Wonders
One Inch Punch
Opeth
Day 50- 15th October
Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 16
Artists Played: Opeth
Day 51- 20th October
Number of Hours: 4.8
Number of Songs: 35
Artists Played: Opeth
Day 52- 21st October
Number of Hours: 2.3
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: Opeth
Ordem Inversa
Ozzy Osbourne
Day 53- 22nd October
Number of Hours: 2.3
Number of Songs: 27
Artists Played: Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation
Day 54- 23rd October
Number of Hours: 2.3
Number of Songs: 24
Artists Played: Pain of Salvation
Day 55- 28th October
Number of Hours: 9.7
Number of Songs: 125
Artists Played: Pain of Salvation
Pandora's Box
Panic! At the Disco
Pantera
Paradigm Indifference Syndrome
The Partridge Family
PeacePerception
Pearl Jam
Pendulam
Day 56- 31st October
Number of Hours: 8.1
Number of Songs: 108
Artists Played: A Perfect Circle
Peter Gabriel
Day 57- 10th November
Number of Hours: 12.2
Number of Songs: 137
Artists Played: Peter Gabriel
Phoenix Wright Musical Project
Pink
Pink Floyd
Pipo & Elo
Day 58- 16th November
Number of Hours: 8.5
Number of Songs: 92
Artists Played: Pipo & Elo
Pirates of the Carribbean
Poets of the Fall
Porcupine Tree
Day 59- 22nd November
Number of Hours:12.7
Number of Songs: 174
Artists Played: Porcupine Tree
Portal
The Posies
Procol Harem
Prophecy Within
Queen
Queensryche
Quindon Tarver
Radiohead
Day 60- 1st December
Number of Hours:10.4
Number of Songs: 142
Artists Played: The Reasoning
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Relocator
The Ridgeways
Rik Schaffer
Romeo & Juliet
Rooster
Rush
Rusted Root
Rylan Finch
S.A. Adams
Sanity not Included
Santeria
Scale the Summit
Scatman John
Sepultura
Day 61- 3rd December
Number of Hours: 2.2
Number of Songs: 39
Artists Played: Sepultura
Sigur Ros
Silent Hill
Skunk Anansie
Day 62- 6th December
Number of Hours: 4.3
Number of Songs: 58
Artists Played: Skunk Anansie
Slipknot
Smashing Pumpkins
Snow Patrol
Soundgarden
Speedycake
Spock's Beard
Day 63- 7th December
Number of Hours: 8.5
Number of Songs: 84
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Day 64- 8th December
Number of Hours: 2.7
Number of Songs: 35
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Day 65- 11th December
Number of Hours: 3.5
Number of Songs: 33
Artists Played: Spock's Beard
Stephen Lynch
Day 66- 14th December
Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 41
Artists Played: Stephen Lynch
Still
Stina Nordenstam
The Stone Roses
Stormwatch
Susanne Sundfor
Day 67- 17th December
Number of Hours: 1.5
Number of Songs: 20
Artists Played: Susanne Sundfor
Symphony X
Day 68- 19th December
Number of Hours: 1.3
Number of Songs: 21
Artists Played: T-Rex
Ted Nugent feat. Meatloaf
Terrorvision
Tesla
Day 64- 8th December
Number of Hours: 2.1
Number of Songs: 31
Artists Played: Tesla
Thomas Newman
Thunder
Day 65- 10th December
Number of Hours: 4.2
Number of Songs: 43
Artists Played: Thunder
Time and Tenson
Tiny Tim
Transatlantic
Trivium
Day 66- 15th December
Number of Hours: 3
Number of Songs: 46
Artists Played: UFO
Unkle
Urban Voodoo Machine
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Day 67- 17th December
Number of Hours: 3.2
Number of Songs: 42
Artists Played: Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Vampire Weekend
Van Halen
Vengaboys
Vitamin String Quartet
Vixen
Voltaire
Von Hertzen Brothers
The Wannadies
War of the Worlds
Day 68- 20th December
Number of Hours: 1.9
Number of Songs: 20
Artists Played: The War of the Worlds
The Who
Day 69- 23rd December
Number of Hours: 2
Number of Songs: 25
Artists Played: The Who
Wigfield
The Wildhearts
Will Smith
Within Temptation
Day 70- 27th December
Number of Hours: 4.5
Number of Songs: 55
Artists Played: Within Temptation
Day 71- 28th December
Number of Hours: 2.6
Number of Songs: 29
Artists Played: Within Temptation
Yes
Yohisha Hirano
30 Seconds to Mars
3oh!3
Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes my laborious foray into the deepest, darkest recesses of my iTunes, thank you, and, goodnight!
Sunday, 6 May 2012
'Becoming' Your Character
A little bit of context for this post: I've got my Theatre Studies exam on Tuesday.
What? I only said there would be a little bit of context.
So, for this exam there are two sections, each with equal weightings. 30% of your final grade is based off of a group performance, where you're marked on your ability to abide by the director's (i.e. your teacher's) interpretation of a script, and for our piece we're doing Charlotte Jones' The Dark. The other 30% of your exam mark is based on a 2 minute monologue of your choosing, and you're marked on your written interpretation, movement, characterisation, and voice.
Long story short, being a completely cocky arsehole I decided to play Titania from Midsummer Night's Dream, and believe you me when I say that 'These are the forgeries of jealousy...' may look on the surface to be a relatively easy monologue...But as with anything of Shakespeare, it's one thing saying the words with expression, it's an entirely different thing expressing the language in a way that makes it penetrable to the audience.
Now, as some of you may know, Titania is the Queen of the Fairies. As some of you may not know, I naturally lack grace, and poise, and anything remotely queen- like, asides from my accent (as I discovered, my natural accent wasn't posh enough anyway, I pronounced my 'u's wrong). As the weeks progressed, and as I worked longer on the monologue, I finally managed to grasp the fairy like, but regal manner, that I wanted to portray as Titania.
And then Titania started seeping into my real life. Now, instead of being hunched over when sitting and standing, I generally push my shoulder's back slightly and sit tall. I can't help but pronounce my 'u's as if I'm speaking the Queen's English, and finally, I'm a lot lighter on my feet, seriously. I'm naturally quite a heavy footed person (hence the clumsiness) but now I'm able to prance about without making a sound.
Now this may be something that I've noticed when getting into role as Titania, but it occurs elsewhere in my...'creative pursuits'
For example, whenever I roleplay (as in internet roleplay, not kinky bedroom sex roleplay) as certain character's for a prolonged period of time, I tend to bring across their personality traits into real life, I talk slightly more like I imagine they'd talk, adopt the mannerisms I write for them, adjust my language to suit their background and upbringing.
So, what I want to know is...As an actress and writer, is it a good thing that I find it so easy to adopt my character's mannerisms and such? I mean it doesn't effect me greatly, and when I realise I'm doing it I can snap back to myself straight away, but is it natural to do so?
What? I only said there would be a little bit of context.
So, for this exam there are two sections, each with equal weightings. 30% of your final grade is based off of a group performance, where you're marked on your ability to abide by the director's (i.e. your teacher's) interpretation of a script, and for our piece we're doing Charlotte Jones' The Dark. The other 30% of your exam mark is based on a 2 minute monologue of your choosing, and you're marked on your written interpretation, movement, characterisation, and voice.
Long story short, being a completely cocky arsehole I decided to play Titania from Midsummer Night's Dream, and believe you me when I say that 'These are the forgeries of jealousy...' may look on the surface to be a relatively easy monologue...But as with anything of Shakespeare, it's one thing saying the words with expression, it's an entirely different thing expressing the language in a way that makes it penetrable to the audience.
Now, as some of you may know, Titania is the Queen of the Fairies. As some of you may not know, I naturally lack grace, and poise, and anything remotely queen- like, asides from my accent (as I discovered, my natural accent wasn't posh enough anyway, I pronounced my 'u's wrong). As the weeks progressed, and as I worked longer on the monologue, I finally managed to grasp the fairy like, but regal manner, that I wanted to portray as Titania.
And then Titania started seeping into my real life. Now, instead of being hunched over when sitting and standing, I generally push my shoulder's back slightly and sit tall. I can't help but pronounce my 'u's as if I'm speaking the Queen's English, and finally, I'm a lot lighter on my feet, seriously. I'm naturally quite a heavy footed person (hence the clumsiness) but now I'm able to prance about without making a sound.
Now this may be something that I've noticed when getting into role as Titania, but it occurs elsewhere in my...'creative pursuits'
For example, whenever I roleplay (as in internet roleplay, not kinky bedroom sex roleplay) as certain character's for a prolonged period of time, I tend to bring across their personality traits into real life, I talk slightly more like I imagine they'd talk, adopt the mannerisms I write for them, adjust my language to suit their background and upbringing.
So, what I want to know is...As an actress and writer, is it a good thing that I find it so easy to adopt my character's mannerisms and such? I mean it doesn't effect me greatly, and when I realise I'm doing it I can snap back to myself straight away, but is it natural to do so?
Thursday, 19 April 2012
H&M- You've crossed the line!
There's an annoying trend going around in fashion at the moment. No, it isn't chinos, it isn't highlighter coloured tops and bags (I mean honestly, why did people find that appealing?), and it certainly isn't terrifyingly garish dresses that not even my older sister (who managed to pull off the highlighter trend) can wear and make look...bearable.
No my friends, I'm talking about printed t-shirts. But not your usual printed t-shirts, no, printed band t-shirts.
'But what's so wrong with band t-shirts' I hear you cry! 'You wear them all the time!' Yes, and I admit that, I wear band t-shirts because I want to support and go around as a walking advertisement for my favourite bands. Plus, I can rock men's t-shirts in a way no other woman can...Mainly because most women buy... you know, women's band t-shirts. But this is where the problem lies, because many shops (and H&M isn't the only one, but provides an extremely sacrilegious example) are selling t-shirts with the logos of bands that many of their target demographic, i.e young women with money to burn, will have never heard of.
It started with The Beatles. Not so problematic, everyone has at least heard of The Beatles, who didn't sing Yellow Submarine in primary school? Just me? Right. Then it went a tad more obscure, The Ramones. I'm not necessarily a fan, but each to their own. Then further away from the bands that my generation could be fans of. The Rolling Stones.
But then, H&M touched holy ground, the grail of prog fans.
My friends, I regret to inform you that H&M are currently selling t-shirts with the artwork for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
Yes, you heard me, Dark Side of the Moon.
As in, the incredibly progressive and one of the most popular Pink Floyd albums by general consensus.
So, I challenge you, dear reader, if you care for your favourite bands, to go up to anyone you see wearing these t-shirts and ask them 'Oh wow, Dark Side of the Moon? You didn't look the type, what's your favourite song from the album?' Or, alternatively 'Great to see another Pink Floyd fan around, hey, you mind refreshing me of the lyrics to The Great Gig in the Sky?'
No my friends, I'm talking about printed t-shirts. But not your usual printed t-shirts, no, printed band t-shirts.
'But what's so wrong with band t-shirts' I hear you cry! 'You wear them all the time!' Yes, and I admit that, I wear band t-shirts because I want to support and go around as a walking advertisement for my favourite bands. Plus, I can rock men's t-shirts in a way no other woman can...Mainly because most women buy... you know, women's band t-shirts. But this is where the problem lies, because many shops (and H&M isn't the only one, but provides an extremely sacrilegious example) are selling t-shirts with the logos of bands that many of their target demographic, i.e young women with money to burn, will have never heard of.
It started with The Beatles. Not so problematic, everyone has at least heard of The Beatles, who didn't sing Yellow Submarine in primary school? Just me? Right. Then it went a tad more obscure, The Ramones. I'm not necessarily a fan, but each to their own. Then further away from the bands that my generation could be fans of. The Rolling Stones.
But then, H&M touched holy ground, the grail of prog fans.
My friends, I regret to inform you that H&M are currently selling t-shirts with the artwork for Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
Yes, you heard me, Dark Side of the Moon.
As in, the incredibly progressive and one of the most popular Pink Floyd albums by general consensus.
So, I challenge you, dear reader, if you care for your favourite bands, to go up to anyone you see wearing these t-shirts and ask them 'Oh wow, Dark Side of the Moon? You didn't look the type, what's your favourite song from the album?' Or, alternatively 'Great to see another Pink Floyd fan around, hey, you mind refreshing me of the lyrics to The Great Gig in the Sky?'
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Beauty Blog- Would you be interested?
Now before you all get up on my arse about this, I am well aware that there are a million and one different beauty blogs out there, I know there's nothing that I could possibly add to the incredibly diverse world of beauty blogging. Skin care focus? Been done. Product reviews? Only a couple of hundred for each product lining the Superdrug shelves. Tutorials? One of the first women to hit a million subscribers on YouTube focused on tutorials.
So, what can I add, considering that this is something I've been wanting to do for a long time, but haven't been able to because of a number of reasons (eg lack of a decent camera, terrible skin; would you trust the word of someone on a skin care product if her skin was bright red and had more spots than a leopard?)
How about video game inspired?
Now, initially, I would focus on looks from the Elder Scrolls series, initially wearable race tutorials, before branching out into other aspects of the universe and, after that, into a much broader scope of video games. Think Jeanette/ Therese from Vampire; The Masquerade- Bloodlines, think The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3, that sort of thing.
So, what I want to know is, would you be interested?
So, what can I add, considering that this is something I've been wanting to do for a long time, but haven't been able to because of a number of reasons (eg lack of a decent camera, terrible skin; would you trust the word of someone on a skin care product if her skin was bright red and had more spots than a leopard?)
How about video game inspired?
Now, initially, I would focus on looks from the Elder Scrolls series, initially wearable race tutorials, before branching out into other aspects of the universe and, after that, into a much broader scope of video games. Think Jeanette/ Therese from Vampire; The Masquerade- Bloodlines, think The Boss from Metal Gear Solid 3, that sort of thing.
So, what I want to know is, would you be interested?
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