…facing the dodo’s conundrum

That darn psychology experiment. I had to listen to the same 6 songs for six 30 minute sessions. I took a shining to 2 of them & of new the lyrics to all the songs by my third session. I had never heard any of the songs or their respective artists previously, but I’m kinda glad cause I now have more random people to listen to. One of these days I’ll not listen to music, while I blog…Anyhoo, the 6 songs were:

• Australia – The Shins. Yes, that’s where the title came from. This song’s my new baby, I always play it after Frightened Rabbit’s "Keep Yourself Warm". They just go together. They don’t mention Australia, not even a kangaroo. I finally watched Garden Party & the minute Natalie Portman’s character recommended The Shins, I yelled "I know who they are!"
• The Boys are too Refined – The Hush Sound. With the killer piano, I had to love it. Plus, the bit in the chorus where the guy goes wooah, always makes me laugh, actually the random dude’s bits are my second fave. The odd bit is I haven’t really listened to it much on my iPod.
• Gonna Make You Love Me More – Ryan Adams. Love the music, with the guitars, while the lyrics kinda scare me. That "I’ll come to you like a little girl" line really scares me.
• One Week of Danger – The Virgins. It’s catchy, even though I tried to hate it. Plus, it sounds kinda familiar, I keep thinking Orson’s "No Tomorrow" & some other random dance songs.
• Mixin’ Up Adjectives – Musically yeah, if not predictable, lyrically I…dislike it, especially "the mixing up adjectives like jealous & sweet".
• Didi (My Doe Part 2) – The Matches. Another song that musically sounded like another song. Every single time he stuttered, I wanted to kill him.

Since my team & back up team are effing up at the World Cup, I’ve decided to restart my Manager Mode on Fifa 08 (damn Xbox & their stupid ways, the whole making a new profile for Live, lost all my good stuff, what’s the point if you can’t brag to the world…Now, if I could just log back on). I’ve been reintroduced to the randomness that is its playlist. Sweet…Maxïmo Park, k-os, Santogold (now Santigold), Travis, Noisettes, The Automatic, The Hours, Robyn, Tigarah, The Hoosiers etc…I don tire, yes I like to pay attention to who I’m listening to. Oh well, off to eat.

Now, we’ve got Wimbledon, I can’t leave my telly on before I sleep on BBC1 or BBC2 cause when I finally wake up, I’m forced to watch it…till I find my remote….take the painkiller, cycle on your bicycle, leave all this misery behind. Darn it Emma, I still listen to it (Painkiller – Turin Brakes), infact I AM listening to it right now.

You know something’s wrong…

…when a Twilight reject, complete with a big ass padlock as a pendent, is giving you a quizzical look for wearing a light cardigan & a beanie at 8pm. It’s kinda chilly & it’s laundry day.
…when Kaita turned a not so bookable offence into a very bookable offence, then "turned into the incredible hulk" (the commentator’s exact words), covering his dumbass face as we walked out of the pitch.
…when you mess up your right ankle, right in front of your local church. I think it’s God’s way of showing He loves me and/or gently reminding me to go to church on Sunday…or else…
…when said mess up occurs exactly 5 minutes after the second half to Greece’s first ever win in World Cup history began, you know your country’s gonna lose.
…when England fans, with all their overzealous and sometimes pretentious support, boo their own team…And then one of them actually breaks into their locker room….And the FA makes an official & rather furious complaint to FIFA.
…when Blatter actually does something right and defends the vuvuzelas…You kiddies, should shut up with the complaints, they are doing you a favour, by distracting you from team’s crappiness.
…that I still find this funny.
…that I really like these shoes…I still won’t be caught dead wearing them.
…when you consistently smell of onions. Damn my love of the stuff.
…when your opening World Cup match falls on June 12. With all the connections to that bastard Babaginda & the canceled elections. RIP Abiola.
…when you don’t want to hear your National anthem, cause it kinda sucks, when presented on a global scale.
…when the Man of the Match is the keeper from the losing team. Kudos to Vincent Enyeama who did it twice, shame about that fumble, but we forgive you.
…when you can blame one person for causing you the World Cup. Now, I finally understand why you guys wanted to kill Becks for that red card, those many years ago.
…when Rory comes back…all plasticky & the true purpose of the Pandorica.

Remember don’t Kaita you life.

Word of the day

The official word of the day is Kaita. According to my friend Hafiz, the definition is:

A
person who single handedly hinders the hope of his country for reasons
best known to him. "Kaita" can be used in place of words like Sabotage,
Hinder, Jeopardise, Disrupt, and even Antagonist and Fool. Examples:
"Don’t Kaita what we have been building for 11 years in one day" or
"Dont be a Kaita".

Amazing the things you find as a Facebook status…Kaita, stay in South Africa, don’t pass Go, don’t collect 200, don’t even breathe.

…Tic Toc Tic, it’s calling you like clockwork…

This was originally going to be titled "Ben Affleck watches Alias on a daily basis" or something much more wittier, I really should start writing stuff down before I type. Yes, I just spent most of my previous week watching Alias (seasons 3-5) on DVD. But, I got sidetracked by the song I was listening to. Jennifer Garner was badass, shame she never went big on the action scene in film. I oddly miss Victor Garber’s big ass ears, whoever did the casting in Alias should be praised, they got awesome actors, who you could believe belonged to the Bristow & Derevko family tree. You do not mess with a Bristow or a Derevko, your ass & other parts may never be found. What happened to Geena Davis? Sorry that too much Family Guy, she should have been big, Cutthroat Island wasn’t that bad. Actually it wasn’t bad, & as much as I enjoy the Pirate of the Carribean films, CI was better…I think?

Anyhoo, now I’m blogging about random stuff again…Lets see…Damn you Microsoft Office 2007! Damn you Windows Update for stealthily downloading an update, that’s now messing up my MSO. Damn you for patching up the MSO.dll loophole, damn you for messing up my reviewing skills, now forced to do everything via WordPad, don’t you know I live on spellcheck. Damn you Live Spaces, for forcing to write this blog on WP, since my internet, keeps freezing every 2 seconds as I type. Damn you Chris, for telling about Goodbody’s, 2 pint milkshakes, all day breakfast, free WiFi. I’m still too chicken to try any of the other lush & probably heart stopping desserts, even I have my limits. Oh & they’ve got 3 pint milkshakes, everything’s huge over there & it’s open 24/7.

Now that’s off my chest, it’s amazing the jobs you quickly sign up for when you’re broke, I’ve been doing a psychology experiment for the past 3 days (my last session is by 2pm today, where I finally get paid), signed up to be a helper at my Uni’s open day…still have another psychology experiment, by the end of today I will earn £21. Now as long as I go straight to the bank & not the cinema or Goodbody’s…**checks cinema listings**…Scratch that, make that £18 in the bank. But still no Goodbody’s & I’m definitely walking back home. The advantage of carrying the exact change, you’re forced to do stuff.

On the reviewing bit, if all goes well & I’m not too distracted, I should have some reviews on the Hachiko on the Terry Pratchett live action serials & maybe Naruto, still in my abstinence period, that ish is too addictive…still worried about that since it means rewatching the whole Shippuden episodes again. Since I’ve rambled enough about nothing in particular, I’m off to get a life.

Finally started learning how to drive…look out world, you’ve just signed your own death warrant.