Happy Thursday

I guess I need to start coming up with better titles than the ones I use.

But then again it is kinda to the point!!

I am thinking that today has been a good day.

I have procrastinated from doing history reading/historical thinking of essayness... that is pretty much standard.

I have discovered some CDs to bust out to pre-Karaokeness at Karaoke party- sorry, sorry sorry "SingStar" party. For the uninitiated it is basically Karaoke on the Playstation. We need to get drunk before any Karaoke is partaken of. These CDs my brother made for my mam's 50th birthday party but never bothered to write what is on each CD so obviously apart from listening to some ace tuneage (and also some truly shite tuneage) and having a bit of a bop along to old skool tracks, I had to work out what was what on each CD. We weren't allowed to go too new in June 2009 for the majority of the attendees were of the same ages as the rentals but without the updated taste in music (to be fair both my Rentals love Radio 1 like me :>).The non-Radio 1-ners would stereotypically bust out phrases such as "in my day music was not this loud...." "what racket is this?!" and "this is music?!" Some of which had been directly applied to my music. Muse was contraband item for her birthday bash and Queen for my brother was also a no-no, but still he managed to sneak not so subtly two Queen tracks onto pretty much every CD. Love his work, love it! Wish I had been so bold!

Anyway back to the point, so I was procrastinating with a little bit of dusting the lounge and tidying the sun room and also a bit of the downstair's WC U-Bend cleanage too whilst trying to work out what song was playing. It was a mix between "Never Mind the Buzzcocks" Guess the Tunes round whilst trying to hear the music over the gargling of the washing machine near the toilet and a Pub Quiz- of Guess the Track Before the Lyrics Start- ever do that?? Well I was goooood.... but then it does help that me and my brother tend to toe the same line where music is concerned. Well, most of the time. He did call Muse shit for a long time, but he came around in the end when I dragged his arse to see them live. That was a great day!! Without me Bon Jovi would never have been a love, nor Muse and Aerosmith. What can I say? I think for myself as a Demagogue of Music to my Lil Bro. He would kill me for saying that.

BTW- I had to make sure I was using the word Demagogue right- here is the definition: demagogues - Charismatic leaders willing to use emotionally-manipulative appeals coupled with simplistic and subjective explanations to mobilize constituencies... (from publiceye.com) I think ti may be fairly accurate :)

But on the other hand I also would like to claim ignorance when he starts on his uber cheesey style music- I am talking love ballads with eyes closed hand held out in front of you- those kind of love ballads. Oh yes.
There is a time and a place. For me... it is rare, verging on never. But then I am a love cynic so it fits my bill that I listen to Muse where we talk of "I can't remember when it was good, moments of happiness elude... and I feel my world crumbling, feel my life crumbling, feel my soul crumbling away.. watching the fantasies decay" (Falling Away With You) and "You will suck the life out of me" (Time is Running Out).

Anywoo I had a wicked time having a bit of a bop around the toilet this afternoon...

Now I am thinking I ought to get back to the Virgin Mary as a tool in the Crusades in Medieval times.

Sometimes the simple things in life can just be to easy to enjoy, so today, or rather tonight, I am going to grasp the simple things and enjoy them, for no doubt another day when I want to moan will be fast approaching!!

I am converted!!

WOW! Okay, week 2 of 'weight loss' regime and I have woken up a) half an hour before my alarm, b) already done my sit ups and ballet stretches (feet, legs, back etc) and c) had brekkie with a cuppa tea and now blogging...

I also have woken up with clearer skin again (this has been going on all week- just one tiny lil spot this morning but man! that is nothing!!) and I have woken up with more energy.

So I have university today: "Behind the Veil": Victorian Culture. I haven't done all that much reading about social reality and "Observing the Victorians" as the class is called, but I am hoping a lot of my A-Level shiz will come back and get me going with some outrageous opinions. I have been focusing on my essay which I am thinking about basing on Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and how they influenced art etc, if in fact they did, and the gender constructions behind who was in the art, who painted it, who bought it/commissioned it and all that jazz. Debasing art by using it as a historical source. Secretly I am very excited. I love the Pre-Raphaelites in a big way. Bless their fluffy naturalist and beautiful pictures *sighs* "L'art pour l'art" = Art for art's sake was their motto. I like it. Sometimes it is nice to be a little bit erring towards the side of shallow to have pretty paintings (but of course there is always a deeper message than that, but still.... you get me!!)

"Flaming June" by Frederic Leighton. This is making me think of summer coming and banishing away this cold weather. It really made me happy when I was flicking through one of my art books last night rooting around for ideas. I like Leighton anyway, I have his print on my wall of "The Accolade". The Pre-Raphs had a bit of a thing about medieval themed and styled paintings- they wanted to hark back to the chivalrous code and protect everything that was right, fight for honour and glory and most of all defend the fair maiden. They had a thing about Victorian double standards and hypocrisy. Like, for example, I found out that Mrs. Beeton- you know... THE Mrs. Beeton with all those cookbooks- had syphilis which her HUSBAND gave to her because of his naughty indiscretions!!! Shocking...

Anyway, a blog that was supposed to be about dieting and exercise has turned into an art bog then into a historical criticism of slimy bastard men in the Victorian times. Just a typical day for me.

Toodles!!

I love days like to today because...

1) Something that you thought was going to turn out badly doesn't.
I have been trying for ages to meet up with various people and for one thing and another I was put off. I know I can be annoying in trying to organise these things.... possibly akin to a bloodhound with a scent up his nostril but there we are. Since finishing uni I still want to have a social life. I have realised that boyfriends do get put first, and maybe one day I will be exactly the same. I have realised that people will always be who they are and be flighty. That people do have things to do and it is hard to sort out a meeting time when work sometimes 6 days a week, rarely have a weekend off and can't drive. HOWEVER- going back to what I said- why I love today is- I am actually vacating my house in a social excursion whoop whoop!!

2) That I have two more working days before two days off!
This is better than a weekend sometimes because I can go into town and it is never as crowded as it is on a weekend! And it is, ok, one day working otuside in imminently cold weather and possibly rain but it is not a bad job. But I have another driving lesson booked for Wednesday morning and I am going to see High School Musical 3 (oh yes, have succumbed to the joys and cheesiness of HSM!!) with my brother, who it has to be said was possibly more depressed about being dumped by his girlfriend and now not having anyone to go and see HSM with. She was a really nice lass, but then men will never know what a good is when they have them.

3) I larked around today at work.
I do not take my work so seriously these days. I do a good job, but I have a sense of humour too. Something that is hard to maintain with some of the visitors we have. They can be rude, smelly, daft, stupid and often pretend you are invisible. The majority it has to be said are the complete reverse. So after a serious memo floating around work about distracting the coppers on the gate, which I thought I was possibly solely responsible for (I wasn't- the memo was a couple of days before the day of my duty on that post!) I was down and also a very rude old bag came through, anyways.... I am deviating... after a rough start it turned out alright. I had a lark around and a gossip with my work mates. Good day in total.

4) There are the beginnings of more reunions at university, a big one and a small one.
Woooo yay. I get to see people like the history gals and then some of the old crew I used to go out with. It is nice to know I have not been quite forgotten yet... and obviously I am not too much like a bloodhound then...

5) I have Mexican for dinner.
I love spicy food, and to be fair I do like staying in. Strictly Come Dancing is on, I sit down probably with a glass of Lambrini for it is a Saturday night after all and watch the dancing... then have some dinner and then chill out with the rents whilst my brother goes out. It is weird how things work out. My brother and I seem to have reversed roles!

So, yeah, a random Saturday in the life of a warden... in summary- friends, work, food and Strictly come dancing!! *jokes* I definitely feel much better after my purge yesterday on here! It is amazing what a bit of a rant and revealing some dee thoughts will do!! Wooo hooo...