Accompanying Mike, we went to see 'Explosions In The Sky'from Austin, Texas who were supportet by 'Gravenhurst' at the London Astoria on 19 April 2007.

Before that we had dinner at 'Miso's' HOT!!! but yummay.

Entrance was at 6:30pm and we arrived at about 8pm or so. The ladies had a special 'line' at the doors (you know, where they search your bags etc) "Bodysearch Darling!!!!" Ow. O_o

We went upstairs to have a better view and better air and oh...more space. The stage was set but nothing happened. It felt like ages before finally a guy came on-stage who started fiddleing with the e-guitar. I was annoyed cos I thought it was the technician guy who was testing the instruments and sounds etc. but nooooo it was 'Gravenhurst'! Ahhhhh! 3 guys who looked like college geeks or the roadies...you choose.



The songs were alright, singing was lame and the show itself wasn't very exciting, but the drummer was mad! I couldn't stop watching him! Awesome!

Then they finished, took their instruments with them and after a few minutes 4 other guys came onstage. It was 'EITS' and yeah...they set up their own stuff with a little help from the roadies (or whoever those people were). Then they started.



Well, what can I say:

Music Quality: Excellent
Sound: Excellent
Show: Non-existent
Special Effect: Great
Singing: Non-existent
Excitement Factor: 0-1

It was good music but it was unfortunately boring to watch. I dunno, I'm a visual-type and I need to see things so when I'm staring at 4 guys playing their instruments then that's exciting for about 1 or 2 songs. Btw...it was one long song. No real breaks in between (which isn't bad but when everything sounds alike then you sort of lose track)
The last song was the best one. It also featured the special effect. You can say:

Nomen est Omen

The Marshall Amp "exploded".
(Pop up..it's the top part of the amp) It made some interesting sounds and then started to emit smoke.. A funny change. Looks like that's it said the guy who had caused it. Ah.

That wasn't the only problem though. The bassist lost his cable 3 times and whilst dealing with that he lost his bass due to a belt failure. Aww.

Hm..so I guess the whole thing was interesting to see and hear but I prefer this type of music on my Mp3 player or Stereo or so...in the car, in bed or in the bath..somewhere where I can relax to it and where my mind can drift away..

Sigur Rós btw play similar gigs BUT with the big difference of providing visual "feedback". And singing..

You Are 60% Left Brained, 40% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning. Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others. If you're left brained, you are likely good at math and logic. Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet. The right side of your brain is all about creativity and flexibility. Daring and intuitive, right brained people see the world in their unique way. If you're right brained, you likely have a talent for creative writing and art. Your right brain prefers day dreaming, philosophy, and sports.

Your Inner European is Dutch!

Open minded and tolerant. You're up for just about anything.

I rang for ice, but THIS is ridiculous!
Madeleine Talmage Astor, as she was rescued from the Titanic

Wer waren Sie in Ihrem frueheren Leben?

Diagnosis: Ich weiß nicht, wie Sie sich dabei fühlen, aber Sie waren männlich in Ihrem letzten früheren Leben.

Sie wurden irgendwo im Gebiet des heutigen Quebeck ungefähr 1225 geboren.

Ihr Beruf war Schäfer, Pferdezüchter, Förster.

Ein kurzes psychologisches Profil Ihres letzten Lebens:

Person mit hoher Energie, gut in Planung und Beaufsichtigung. Falls Sie nur Müllmann/frau waren, waren Sie Obermüllmann/frau.

Aufgabe, die Sie aus Ihrem frührem Leben mitgebracht haben:

Sie sind dazu bestimmt die Probleme der Umweltverschmutzung, des Recycling, den Mißbrauch der Rohstoffe und die Radiaktivität mit allen Mitteln (inkl. psychologischen Mitteln) zu bekämpfen. O_O

Krass.

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Who were you in your past life?

Diagnosis: I do not know how you feel about it, but you were male in your last earthly incarnation.

You were born somewhere around territory of modern Quebeck approximately on 1225.

Your profession was shepherd, horseman, forester.

Your brief psychological profile in that past life:

Person with huge energy, good in planning and supervising. If you were just a garbage-man, you were chief garbage-man.

Lesson, that your last past life brought to present:

You are bound to solve problems of pollution of environment, recycling, misuse of raw materials, elimination of radioactivity by all means including psychological methods. O_O

Awesome.

Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Snow Patrol feat. Martha Wainwright

I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places

I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science

Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in

I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold ground
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms

In one of my last contributions to this blog I told you about bby being totally absorbed into "mountains" and stuff. Well, last sunday he dragged us out to Kemsing in Kent for a walk...

He spent hooooouuuurs on the saturday before to find a good walk and to plan it all out and all that and it was really getting on my nerves, especially when he was talking over my film again <_<

Anyway...so we left Central London at about 9am, arrived in Kemsing at about 10:45am and started walking at about 11am...

We walked over fields, farmland, along roads, up hills, through forrests and down hills...

We watched jeeps and 4x4s driving through mud in a little forrest and walked past horses on an open field (only two but HEY..never done that before!) and in the end we went to one of the two pubs (The Bell) for lunch. The boys had Sunday Roast Lamb and I had Lemon sole with new potatoes and vegs. Yummay.

We took loads of photos which I will "make public" as soon as possible..

oh wait..there's one photo I can show you now:


Yeah baby!

That's me wearing my scarf as a turban. The wind was cold and it was more a storm than a wind so I decided to wrap the scarf around my head and to check that I don't look like a complete idiot I took that picture :p

On the way back we stopped in Otford to have a look at the universe. (<- clicky) Interesting but not mindblowing... besides, the wind that day was soooooooooooooooooooo cold. *brrrrr*

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As you can see on the right that's a Delorean! We saw it while walking from Costa towards HMV about a week ago...


Of course we didn't stop to look at it like other people did but that was just because bby felt "weird" and said it was "wrong" to stop cos that would look sad or something along those lines.. *sigh*... <_< That's also the reason why this pic isn't that great (apart from the shitty quality of course ;) ) cos I had to take it while walking past... pah!

That was also the weekend when we made Tapas...yummay..we're so making that again soon... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Anyway...that's it for the moment...read ya later!

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Tryfan from the Glyders

Glyders, although the mountain in the middle is Tryfan...according to the picture above. >_<


So, watching "Deal or No Deal"...

The guy, Steven, shocked everybody when he dealt at £27.500. Why? Cos this is what he had left (apart from 4 blues)

£1.000, £3.000, £15.000, £50.000, £75.000, £100.000 and £250.000 (or so...)

O_O

He said he had a bad feeling about the next round. Well, he took out:

£15.000, a blue and some other small number... the offer was: £55.000!!

Next round, he took out £75.000, £3.000 and a blue... the offer: £66.000!!!!!!

He then went on to take out the big ones... and the offer went back to £27.500 and he had £50.000 in his box...ohhh dear... >_<

That's right. Man, I am bored. It got cold again, no sunshine today (not that I'd go out to enjoy possible sunshine, nooo), nothing on the telly etc...

But thanks to a new thread I opened yesterday and to people who read it and posted in it I have a job starting tommorrow. It is only for 2 to 3 weeks but it is an admin position in the lovely Bellamy of Mayfair agency who specialise in Nanny and Housekeeper jobs. Special thanks to Nikki who offered me that role and who made it happen. Man I'm excited! Another good thing is that it is almost next door. Just walkthrough St. James's Park and you're there! No unnecessary driving and spending of loads of money on trains. Yeah!!! :D Working hours 9am - 5pm but Nikki said "We can make that shorter for you if you want". No, I'm alright. Thanks! :D

Other news:

Lovely Tezte and his lovely Bambi have a new flat. Together. I've seen a few pictures of it and it looks fantastic! *envyenvyenvy*
;)

I need a haircut. I did something to my fringe (cut) but the back is just heavy and annoying. Meeeeh. <_<

Madeleine is coming to London this Saturday. I hope I can meet her again BUT we have to go food shopping AND there's the Englang match v Israel! I am not missing that again. Missed the last one when I went to Germany.

I'd love to go shopping. All those fantastic dresses, t-Shirts, jumpers, jeans, skirts, shoes, bags...ahhhh >_<
*do.not.spend.all.your.money..do.not.spend.all.your.money...*

One of my ex-colleagues from one of my temp jobs is pregnant. Again *envyenvyenvy* but you know the story...It Shall Not Happen NOW! I wish her all the best and her little family.

Btw, we've seen "The number 23"....

Good film, fantastic storyline, good cast, can't remember the soundtrack at all aaaaand yeah, loved the dark mood and pictures. A few funny lines that remind of Jim's old characters and apart from a few "dry spells" that quickly got interesting again I can really recommend this film.

It's gym-time in a few minutes... I like going to the gym. I thought it would be harder BUT I really enjoy it. :) I still don't SEE any results but I can feel some. I am not as exhausted as I used to be when walking somewhere. My heartbeat is normal again and I can feel muscles...wohooo! ^_^

Hmmmm...I'm not sure if there're any more news. Bby's currently reading as much about Wales and mountains as possible. We're apparently planing on going back there in May or so and this time it's up the Glyders and Tryfan (<- clicky)...oh dear.

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