I know I haven't posted very much recently, seem to have been incredibly busy. And thet workload is not going to decrease during the next couple weeks. I will try to post when I can, right now I'm trying to catch up on everyone else's blogs!
After the exams and my holiday (4 weeks time) I promise to catch up properly and get myself upto date!
...Get kind of boring when you're doing them all the time.
We have two weeks of pure exams, starting on May 13th. Why do the teachers feel we ought to be examined on everything before the yearly assessments???
Anywho...
Can't wait until Saturday. We're going Ice-skating for Dani's (and another friend's) joint birthday party. I think there're 40-something people going...wahoo. 'Tis gonna be a bit of a rush though, since I have to work in the morning (finishing at 12) and get to the ice-rink for 1. Ooopsies!
Anywho, still got some work/revision to do. I'll try to do some proper 'catching up' soon.
I've made my first attempts at drawing "Manga" and "Anime".
It's for my art exam at school, we can pretty much draw what we like, but we have to do all the appropriate preparation. One of the suggestions is language. So my idea was to draw about the "language barrier" between two English and Japanese Lovers. I thought that in this I could merge Manga and Pop-art.
It's difficult to explain how I feel right now. And I feel bad for not posting many blogs lately. So to compromise, I'm going to post some song lyrics. Perhaps they'll clear my mind a little.
"I wear this crown of thorns Upon my liar's chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair"
"I will let you down I will make you hurt"
Above: “Hurt” Johnny Cash Quite a depressing song, but if you listen carefully there are some amazing lyrics.
"I wanna see through all the lies of society To the reality, happiness is at stake I wanna hold up my head with dignity Proud of a life where to give means more than to take I want to live beyond the modern mentality Where paper is all that you're really taught to create"
"I know it sounds like a dream But it's the only thing that can get me to sleep at night I know it's hard to believe But it's easy to see that something here isn't right I know the future looks dark But it's there that the kids of today must carry the light."
Above: “Oxygen”, Willy Mason I fell in love with this song. It highlights some important problems that face society today.
“I guess the most that I can do Is make a call and tell you the truth Sing the words in melody And hope that you'll believe me Here's another song for you So this one this one makes two Still don't know where to begin I'll just leave it at this”
Above: “Playing favourites”, The Starting Line. I have the acoustic version of the song. Although I have never been in the situation the band sing about, I still love the lyrics. And the melody is absolutely beautiful.
“This may never start. I'll tear us apart. Can I be your enemy? Losing half a year. Waiting for you here I'd be your anything.
So get back, back, back to where we lasted. Just like I imagine. I could never feel this way. So get back, back, back to the disaster. My heart's beating faster. Holding on to feel the same.”
Above: “Memory”, Sugarcult. Again, I have the acoustic version of this song and it is just amazing.
“Will you meet me in the middle, will you meet me in the air? Will you love me just a little, just enough to show you care? Well I tried to fake it, I don't mind sayin', I just can't make it”
Above: “Sister Golden Hair” Midtown. Another acoustic song about love.
“The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try" But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry But she closed herself up like a fan.”
Above: “The Queen and the Soldier”, Suzanne Vega I had listened to Suzanne Vega for a long time, but for some reason had never heard this song, when I did hear it though, I was instantly in love!
I think this is enough for this evening. I still have so many songs to talk about. Perhaps if people like this I will do a similar blog sometime…
It is the song which I find particularly funny... And the video isn't bad. The original song is "Going underground", by the Jam. BEWARE: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE
Over easter a group of my friends went on a trip to Wales with a local religious group known as 'JCU'. They originally went simply to give them something to do, but they seem to have returned with completely different view points. All day at school they were raving about it, saying how their lives have been completely changed.
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against religion or god. People are perfectly welcome to be as religious/non-religious as they like. But I find it a little strange that some of my closest friends went there expecting it to be all "preachified" and came back raving about how their entire lives had been put into a new light. Apparently they spent a lot of their time paying and singing and worshipping. Dani said that she cried every night she was there, but that she feels better for it. And she has gotten obsessed with reading the bible.
Personally I don't believe in God, I use the standard arguments...about how much sadness and pain there is in the world etc. But I also feel that if I were truly meant to be religious I would have some sort of "experience" or there would be a sign. Something that would be personal to me. Perhaps I'm just not the religious type.
I know it sounds like I'm complaining, or being selfish, I don't mean to be, I'm just finding it a little difficult to watch my friends change from being normal...to slightly depressed/moody after one trip and then completely happy/enlightened/religious after a second trip. I wonder what will happen in the next trip?
Sorry for posting yet another rant I'll try to cheer up for next time
I'll try to cheer up for next time 
WIDGETIZE