Invaders Must Die. :D

"He likes you, sure, but not in the way you'd want. I mean, maybe as kind of a . . . a little sister, you know? But romance — that's just out of the question, ... he kind of thinks you're a schoolgirl, you know?"


The above quote, appearing in Supernatural 2x14 "Born Under a Bad Sign", feels like I've gotten this whole new understanding of it as of lately. It's not a good feeling.

• English
• Lit 
• Legal
• Food/Media (on the same day...oh dear)

The Harry Potter marathon is getting all the more nearer, and I find myself randomly bursting with excitement and going "I can't BELIEVE I've going to the midnight screening (of the next movie)!"

I'm thinking of Luna-ing again but I've gotten a lot more comfortable in my own skin lately. So going as somebody else just feels strange. Maybe I'll just go as a Ravenclaw student.

Of course, people could just mistake me for being Cho Chang. Oh, well.

I WANT THESE POSTERS. :D

Yeah, my room's kind of crowded already. I even have this Dobby one from the second one, still encased in plastic and hanging in my room.

Poor Dobby <3

He's going to be in the last one, with more screen time! but *tear*.

Anyway, I WANT THESE. IN MY ROOM. I'll make room. It's so worth both of these.

I don't hear voices in my head... I hear music, 24/7. That any different? XD

Can anyone say ... 100th blog post? :)

• English
• Lit (as of tomorrow, anyway)
• Legal
• Food/Media (on the same day...oh dear)

A list of Ear Worms I've had for the past few weeks or so.

• "For A Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic", "Brighter", "Emergency", "Here We Go Again" and "Let This Go"  by Paramore
• "Run" and "Cousins" by Vampire Weekend
• "Lumos Flies" (parody of Fireflies!) by All Caps
• "Snape vs Snape" by Ministry of Magic
• "Lucille", "When We All Lost It" and "When We Went" by The Vasco Era
• "Stutter" and "Granger Danger" by Darren Criss
• "The Man Who Told Everything", "Almost Forgot Myself", "The Last Son", "Catch The Sun", "Here It Comes" and "The Cedar Room" by Doves
• "Invaders Must Die" by The Prodigy
• "Shimmer" by Fuel

...I think that's all of them?

Seeing somebody's aura ... it's much more than just seeing somebody.

"Brighter" by Paramore... I should really review "All We Know".

AFTER EXAMS.

• English
• Lit
• Legal
• Food/Media (on the same day...oh dear)

Lit is INTENSE right now, but I feel much better about it than the English exam. Now I know what people mean by wanting an exam result so much you're willing to work your behind off.

OH MY GOSH.
You may as well just slap "Season 6 spoilers" on my blog and be done with it.

6x07. Dean's looking a bit more appealing nowadays.

...Jewels don't you dare say "I told you so".

"So, what do you say we kill some evil sons of bitches and we raise a little hell?"

It's been what... 5 months since the convention? Keeping an eye on the website for any future Supernatural conventions.

Channel Ten's REALLY pissed me off. We're now almost a season behind in Supernatural and it won't be airing again until the new digital channel comes into play. There are no words for Ten's idiocy.

Muck up day was awesome. Perfect way to say goodbye to the year.

...plus we may or may not have put the fear of god in some younger year levels with our surprise attack. :D

Exammmmmms. have to pull my socks up for the English exam.

Official exam checklist:

• English
• Lit
• Legal
• Food/Media (on the same day...oh dear)

So I'll be away for a little while I guess.

Blank.

School?... finished.

I don't think it's really sunk in yet. I think the Lit party definitely dented me, as well as signing everyone's tees, but other than that, nothing.

I reckon it might hit after exams.... when we're having the EPIC HARRY POTTER MOVIE MARATHON.

But right now I'm just blank. Maybe tomorrow at muck up day? :D

♪ The sins are pride and envy.

So I was looking for promo pictures for the next episode and I found this ...

ARGH kill me nowwwwwwww.

And I thought I might throw this in for fun.

I really must stop feeling envious. It's not especially satisfying.

Two days left of high school... I'm not counting muck up day.

Wow. No idea how to feel about that.

...EXAMS.

Just kill me now. :|

Woooooooooooooooo.

Went to Oddity last night, and I just got so happy. Here were my talented friends, and I had such a great time.

At one point Mitch dedicated "The Middle" to me, and I got so excited I got up on stage next to him and jumped around screaming the song along. It was such an exhilarating experience and hopefully somebody took a photo, because I've never really behaved that way in public with no regrets, ask anyone. Absolutely no regrets.

And not a minute spent to think that we'd regret. So we just take it back, so we just take it back ...

Stress. It's like the number one thing to trip people up these days. And anger.

The only one who's allowed to get angry for no reason is my friend Crowley over here.

Because he's a DEMON, that's why. :D

I've also noticed that the only way you can get to that point, is by lack of RELAXING and knowing when enough is enough.

So here are things that work for me. And in moderation, people. Don't get lazy. I think that's my main problem.

• Listen to music. Really depends on my mood; Vampire Weekend for cheering me up, Paramore/The Vasco Era if I'm feeling that tad bit rebellious, and Doves B-side songs turned down low to drift off to sleep to.
• BREATHE. Most of the times when you're that stressed and angry, you're not thinking straight. And watch who you take it out on! It's one thing to yell when the reciever deserves it, another to inflict it on people who are trying to help you.
• Think happy thoughts.
• Try wearing a funny hat with a straight face. Walk around like you're not wearing it and let the reactions cheer you up.

Stay calm and enjoy the rest of your week.

Vampire Weekend.

No really, VAMPIRE WEEKEND.

Now I want the older album.

I iTunes binge way too often. XD

6x03.

This part of the week I love most.

Retreating to my room to watch the latest Supernatural episode, drinking out of my convention-obtained Supernatural mug, where the only one to hear my fangirl giggles are my Supernatural decorated walls, including my photo with and autograph from MISHA COLLINS. :D

Wooooooo. :D

♪ Vampire Weekend :D

I LOVE EXCHANGING FILES.

Music, episodes... just plugging in my usb and seeing something new makes me smile.

Ohhhhhhh, playlists. Most of the music I've been given in the past month is AMAZING. I've also been shamelessly promoting

The Vasco Era.

I'm telling you, seeing them live was absolutely life changing. want to see them again. Hopefully next year? :)

Je ne comprends pas.

I don't know. I don't understand. I hate not being able to understand.

In between people trying to matchmake oh-so-subtly, people trying to come to terms with themselves, obvious unrequited hills to climb and other people's stress, I feel like I'm sprinting to catch up with myself.

Keats is proving to be incredibly elusive to understand. Not from lack of trying, I feel like my head's about to explode. Trying to grasp this process, it has effectively grasped me. Being so frustrated has loosened my hold on my temper. I'm more likely to snap than calm down.

Having my frustration mocked doesn't help.

Although I guess that if things came too easy they're not fully appreciated.

So I'll try staying positive.

And try not to snap.

Supernatural S6?

It's been okay so far. The last one was definitely better.

Saw the promo for the next one and went OHMYCAS.

The fangirl's back. :D

So let the flames begin.

What a shame

We all became such fragile, broken things

A memory remains just a tiny spark

I give it all my oxygen

To let the flames begin

So let the flames begin

. . . my new theme song. I love it. It's got that whole

I won't give up,

I'll never give up,

just you try and stop me

vibe.

Plus I've always been weirdly fascinated with fire.

Taken by me some while ago and altered using picnik.com

And I remembered this and went back looking for it.

Yeayahhhh. :D

Torment review - spoilers clearly marked, and complete with pictures.

Okay well my eyesight's gone fantastically blurry and I have that headache I used to associate with reading a new Harry Potter on the release day all in the one go. So excuse any possible errors. See, this is why I was stuck with glasses.

Different book series though.

So I wake up this morning thinking it's an ordinary school holiday morning. The puppy's chewed something new up and we find the mess. In the cleaning aftermath and the start of business hours have sunk in, the phone rings. I answer it without really expecting anything.

(Hey, my eyesight's cleared a bit. YES.)

The phone's for me? This never really happens. Huh. Wait. Book City? Pre-order? Torment's arrived for me? Huh. Okay. Thank you. Bye.

(Mum's just given me tea in my Supernatural mug. YAY.)

Wait, today's Monday. Torment's meant to come out tomorrow.

A DAY EARLY?! That's effective service.

So after collecting of funds* and dressing appropriately**, I made to leave.

And then I see this.

She only wants to see the world.

After that little distraction and an incredibly exhausting journey of self discovery***, I pick up my pre-order.

After getting home and eating, I start.

Now, my room is hardly the best place for reading except in the afternoon, (when the sun shines into the window and I can actually see, this timed out perfectly) and even then I had to arrange my setting accordingly.****

I could've sat in the back or front yard, but the dogs would have bothered me in the former and I would've had random strangers stare if I'd chosen the latter.

So, there it was.

Torment.

****SPOILERS BEGIN HERE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.****

Well, MILES! He just leapt out at me the most. I could tell what was going to happen there with regards to Luce. I mean SHEESH. What with Daniel holding her at arm's length and being left with practically nothing to satisfy her curiosity other than dangerous methods, I wouldn't blame her. Still, when she would push Miles away I found myself irritated by her. I mean, here's this perfectly great guy you're stringing along because you don't know what you want. It's getting almost Twilight-ish for me.

The school made a lot more sense in context rather than just reading the blurb. More information about those Announcers, which made little to no sense in Fallen, so that was such a relief to have explained. I had to comb through Fallen before this, trying to find something I'd missed - all those shadows following her and suddenly they're out of focus, whaaaat the heckkkkkkk. Torment definitely fills that awful gap better.

That battle at the end on the Price's front front lawn. Another RANDOM BATTLE, but I was kind of expecting an EPIC END BATTLE as I was thumbing through the last of Torment. Luce's exit was understanding, I would have done that myself, heck, I felt like doing that reading this.

Miles reflecting Luce! I caught on to that as soon as she saw it. "They say it's easy to do with the people you, like, love. . . He loved her."

Well DUH. It's the POWER OF LOVE. *Back to the Future air guitar solo*

****SPOILERS END HERE. ****

In short? BEST MONDAY EVER.

But I got no work done like I'd intended for today. GULP.

*Asking for an advance of money

**skinny jeans I'm wearing heaps lately, random tee and the usual chucks

***couple of blocks walk to the mall

****restrain that stupid curtain that was blocking my light

LOVE.

The Script.

Obsessive love songs.

And you know what I mean. Supposedly love songs, but are in reality, obsession songs! Sometimes if you're in the right mood and moment they're perfectly fine, but to somebody sane...

A list. With examples.

• Shiver by Coldplay. (From the moment I wake to the moment I sleep, I'll be there by your side, just you try and stop me)
• If It Kills Me by Jason Mraz (And I will find a way to you if it kills me, if it kills me)
• Hanging By A Moment by Lifehouse (I'm standing here until you make me move ... big alarm bells if somebody dedicates this to you :P )
• Every Breath You Take by The Police. Speaks for itself.

Have any others? Would love to see!

The Places Between review

So I bought this off iTunes. I love buying things off iTunes, just to see all the files in a list, ready to download. Remind me to printscreen it later. Deluxe edition, of course; different artwork from the other version. It also came with a bonus "disc" of fantastic B-sides as well as about 13 music videos! It was such a bargain for somebody like me; only familiar with a few songs from Doves and not willing to buy all four albums. This edition was just over the price of one, but (in my opinion) accurately covers 12 years of music from Doves.

And it's worth buying. They've really put heaps of thought in how to assemble this mix of tracks and each compliments the last well.

The B-sides are definitely worth the extra money.

Favourites?

• BLACK AND WHITE TOWN.
• Pounding
• The Man Who Told Everything (they include a "Summer Version" in this. The only difference I can tell is a more elaborate violin or "orchestral" structure).
• Caught By The River
• Northenden
• Darker - has actually been a favourite before this album, the first Doves track I ever heard.
• Friday's Dust
• At The Tower - an instrumental track.
• Reprise - is it me, or is it just a more raw, instrumental, slower version of The Man Who Told Everything?
• Almost Forgot Myself (Demo)
• THE CEDAR ROOM. This track is AMAZING.

So if you're new to Doves, I recommend buying this. Saves a LOT of money and you get a brilliant overview of their last 12 years.

Secrets.

So, secrets.

We all have them.

And I mean EVERYBODY.

I have plenty. And they're fairly big. If you know them all, then you're earned them without trickery or you've properly earned my trust.

. . . and yes, I have trust issues. That's only a little secret of mine. You would have to know all my secrets to understand why, but before that, I have to trust you. Oy.

You have secrets too. I know you do. I know your secret.

. . . I hope I sucked you in, because I really don't know. XD . . . or do I? ;)

And if they're not secrets of your own, they're other people's secrets.

And secrets are still secrets unless the amount of people that know the secret exceeds three.

And the word secrets doesn't even look like a word any more.

Sometimes secrets are necessary.

You might be curious about mine, but trust me, it's necessary to shut up about them.

The secret could give somebody feet of clay and you just might be better off not knowing.

Sometimes secrets are annoying.

Like when you want to tell somebody one but you know you can't.

Or if you know someone's keeping something from you.

Sometimes secrets are surprising.

Like if you win an award without prior knowledge.

Or somebody's doing something nice for you.

Sometimes secrets are sad.

Like if you've lost somebody.

Or something awful's happened.

But whatever they are, secrets really depend on the situation.

And I've built my life on them.

Cake.

The last cooking before my folio is handed up.

Served it with the raspberry. The seal I had made was so powerful, the bottle itself had to be broken. Oops.

So there we go. After the music video and the cooking, no epic-ness left. :(

Queen of Hearts music video :D

Well . . .

I only wanted to live in my fantasy world because reality rejected me.

And now I have no idea what to do next.

Camera caught you causing a commotion on the gurney again.

Camisado by Panic! At The Disco. The lyrics that inspired my blog description and which you can see in my AMAZING blog banner above ^ (which I still can't believe I made). Just listening to this song again reminds me of what I was and it makes me smile.

I am a huge fan of their debut album. Not so much of their second album; well it's okay, but not as good.

I was shown this AMAZINGLY AWESOME SITE today and it makes me want to go to Hogwarts all the more. I want a gift from this place.

*cough* MAHOGANY *cough*

*sneeze* or Ravenclaw tie *sniff*

Life is fine. Finally.