If Music Be

Archive for August, 2008

So here are my newly found blogs that i’m recommending to you all right now;

Stephen Fry:
Yes that’s right, THE Stephen Fry has his own blog ~ with post titles like Stephen Fry is wowed by Nintendo’s magical Wii

Mimi in NY:
The adventures of a semi-reformed party girl in New York and LA. If you like your voyeurism with a liberal splash of Hollywood this is for you.

Recovering Beauty:
This lady is right on the money, how many of us have done…names you google when no-one is looking? Yep, you’re nodding too aren’t you?

From her I also found Mercurial Girl:
The morning sky is mostly overcast with a few breaks in the clouds; the sunrise should be striking. I’m the only one up and sitting on the deck sipping my coffee. I heard a toilet flush, but so far no one has come out. Tales of an American in Paris

Finally A Geek in Anything but Pink:
This is the geek blog of one of my favourite bloggers and gives anyone who’s loving their secret geek a place to find out about things that they know they shouldn’t but they can’t help loving.

Don’t forget that my blog-roll has all sorts of wonderful people on it, so check out my fave reads and have a great Blog Day.

The other day I got a letter. I didn’t recognise the handwriting on the envelope and couldn’t really make out the postmark, other than it was from the US. I did the usual things that I do when I get home from work and then sat down to read it. I won’t tell you who it’s from, suffice to say she is somewhere on my blogroll. The situation is thus; I made a donation to a fellow blogger who is going through some serious financial problems at the moment, a small token of how much respect I have for her and the things she has been through really. The letter is from her, thanking me, personally and beautifully for donating to her (all done through paypal by the way nothing dodgy) and letting me know the situation as it stands now.

I donated because she needed it, there was no thought involved on my part as to how it would make me look, but she was so grateful she took the time out of her hellish problems to say thank you. That, more than anything else means so much to me.

I am going to post the end of the letter here, so you too can feel how much a small thing can be so appreciated.

“You personally have helped me to see that there is good in the world, despite the incredibly bad luck we seem to have. That means more to me than money. Sincerely, thank you”

People appreciate little things that help as much as big gestures that are for show. Doing something for the good of someone else, is just something that anyone can, and probably should do.

Tim Kring Interview about Heroes Season 3 (Volumes 3 and 4)

Misty did a meme and I liked it so I am doing it too.

You’re stranded on a Desert Island;

1. What one person would you wish was stranded there with you?

The STB (I know cute or what)

2. What one tool would you want to have?

A Saw

3. What one food do you wish you would have an unlimited supply of?

pork steaks

4. What one luxury item would you wish for?

a piano

5. What one book would you want to have with you to read and re-read?

The Chronicles of Narnia (or the complete works of Shakespeare I can’t decide)

6. You have one piece of paper, a pencil and one bottle ~ who is the message going to be written to?

My Mum

7. What skill would serve you best while on the island?

my ability to make food taste nice with weird ingredients

8. How long do you think you could last before needing rescue?

Let’s see, I have the STB, books, a piano…sounds pretty good to me, it would take a very long time for me to need rescuing from that

9. What one island animal would become your pet?

the carrier pigeon

10. Your island is unknown to you, and you need to give it a name – - what would it be?

Musicis Islay

11. What would you do to pass the weeks, days, and hours?

Well I have the STB, books and a piano…so we’d write songs of course (why, what were you thinking?)

12. You’ve been rescued! What is the first thing you’re going to do when you get back home?

cuddle the cat

I am going to tag some people to do this. I am tagging based on how much I want to read their answers.

Jenn at Free and Flawed
Brennig from the aptly titled Brennig Jones
Ariel at [from fuck-up to]Fab!*
Fee from Enduring Ramblings
And
Jamie at Oh! How! Lovely!

It’s a phrase I read in a book last night and thought it was worthy of its own blog post title.

I wonder if you can actually be opportunistically bisexual. I guess you must be able to, you have relationships with one gender and flings with the other should an irresistible offer present itself (although not at the same time, because cheating is still cheating and we don’t like that here).

Of course, I’m also one of those people who hate being labelled. I’m not a ‘genre’ fan, I love music. I also hate being asked if I’m straight or not. I mean, why does it matter unless you’re specifically asking me because you are trying to hit on me (and if that were the case and you were not the gender I was looking for why on earth wouldn’t I have already told you that)? Why is it necessary to qualify your sexuality with a statement?

Going back slightly, my pet hate is being labelled as a music ‘genre’ fan when I am anything but. I have an abiding love for the deeply unfashionable band Marillion and according to a large number of their fans that gives me a whole plethora of ‘prog’ bands I should like. Now don’t get me wrong I’m not writing off a subset of music here but I don’t like early Genesis and Yes just leaves me cold. The thought of listening to more than about an hour of Rush makes me want to stick my head through a window, but I love Porcupine Tree (who are still prog even though they pretend they aren’t). So what kind of fan am I? Well I would say I love music. Anything with a great vocal will get me listening and if a piece is beautiful I will keep listening.

Which leads me neatly into a new discovery to my blog radar today. Jenn linked to this and I went over to take a look. It’s one of those that begs a comment, all about which songs move you and why.

So while you’re over there looking and commenting, I also want to know…my lovely readers, which songs move you the most…and why?

Oh and if you fancy a double dip, what are your pet hates