Begging Forgiveness (or, a bitch about improper scansion)

I haven't blogged in a while. I apologise. I suppose that the fact that my life has been completely boring of late isn't an excuse, because although my life has been frighfully ho-hum, world politics is getting marvellously fruity, and I like nothing more than dispensing political analysis.

Because I'm cool like that.

I'm trawling youtube for decent music to listen to, and so far I've got nothing. So I've gone to my fallback - Sacra by Apocalyptica. Any piece of music which features phasing between 12/8 and 4/4 is bound to be something I'm willing to listen to over and over again.

I have a feeling that I'm drawn to music with fruity and/or questionable time signatures. That's probably why I like Suicide and Redemption by Metallica. It starts and ends in 5/4.

There is one flaw with this reasoning however - by my above logic, I should like music composed by Ross Edwards. Which I most unequivocally do not. It's as if the man opens up Sibelius or whichever music writing software he uses and then selects notes and beats at random and then just formats time signatures around whatever drivel appears on the screen and then calls it avant-garde or whatever he happens to call it.

I'm so apathetic at the moment that I can't even be bothered to rant about modern art. For those of you who haven't uttered the name Ross Edwards in my earshot, I have a very good and angry rant on the subject of modern art/s. I'm just feeling too blegh to put it on the internet.

Suffice it to say that The Promised Land was a bitch to perform and didn't even sound any good. Don't even get me started on David Malouf's lyrics therefor. Not only did they not make sense, they didn't scan well. And if I learnt nothing from Latin, it was that it's not that difficult to get stuff to scan well. Seriously. especially if you've just chosen random words and stuck them together. If you've done that (as Malouf indisputably did) there is no excuse for bad scanning.

My, my. That was a mildly pointless stream of consciousness. I was only motivated to blog so as to test whether or not my interface between my blog and facebook works. Theoretically, when I publish my post, my facebook profile will be automatically updated to reflect that fact. Gosh I love technology.

A Month in a Day

Day 1: Favorite actor(s)



Gaspard Ulleil (Hannibal Rising)



Dominic Cooper, Samuel Barnett, Jamie Parker (The History Boys)

Day 2: Favorite movie



The History Boys

Day 3: Favorite musician





Rammstein



Apocalyptica



The SCC. Oh wait... is that me in the picture they have on the website?
Hells yeah it is.



Matti Hyokki. Technically a composer, but what the hell. He's awesome.

Day 4: Favorite album

Anything by the above.

Day 5: Favorite book

How to be a Megalomaniac (Mungo McCallum) (I'm also quite a fan of Poll Dancing by the same author)

Day 6: Favorite food



Day 7: Favorite tv show



Day 8: Pictures of your room

Trust me. It's underwhelming.

Day 9: Picture of a flower in your favorite colour



Day 10: Favourite outfit



Jeans and Gumboots.

Day 11: Meme picture

I don't even know that that entails. I'm clearly not artsy enough.

Day 12: Favorite book quote

"A census taker tried to quantify me once. I ate his liver with Fava beans and a big Amarone."

Hannibal Lecter

Day 13: Favorite recipe

Recipes are for the weak.

Day 14: A childhood picture



Technically I was in year 10, but whatevvs.

Day 15: 2nd favorite movie



Day 16: Something that made you smile this day

Dude. That grammar is FAIL. But anyway:

BAN SOCCER FROM VUVUZELA CONCERTS!

Day 17: Favorite comic



Non Sequitur FTW

Day 18: Favorite board game



Day 19: A favorite memory

Morris: What do you want to be when you grow up?

Me: A human rights activist.

Morris: You'll get shot.

Thanks grandpa.

Day 20: A 10+ year old picture

Can't access them from this internet connection. Suffice to say I was adorable and blonde.

Day 21: Favorite movie quote

"Hello Clarice."

Hannibal Lecter.

Day 22: Favorite television quote

"I put it to you, Minister, that you are looking a Trojan Horse in the mouth."

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Day 23: Favorite animal



Tiger pigs.

Day 24: Something embarassing in your room

My Ukulele

Day 25: One of your most prized possessions

My Sousa

Day 26: A picture from one of the greatest days of your life

Save me.

Day 27: A picture of where you’re from

Don't go there.

Day 28: A drawing of you in the future

Or there.

Day 29: A picture of space




























Get it?
Space :)

Day 30: Somewhere you want to visit

FINLANDFINLANDFINLAND!!!!!