Bad hair and deadly fungi

Listening to: Radio 1

Last night was the National Television Awards show on ITV. I didn't see it, due to the minor issue of not having a TV. But I did manage to catch the most important part of the whole night (after Cheryl Cole's outfit, of course) on youtube this morning. And of course I simply had to share it!

Sigh. I've blogged about JEdward before (here and here), but this is taking it to the next (unbelievable) level. I feel sorry for Joe that he had to share a stage with these guys, but then they were performing with Vanilla Ice. ROFL. ROFL. ROFL (yes I'm still laughing). The funniest part is, JEdward weren't even born when Ice Ice Baby was originally released!

Anyway, I was listening to the song, and I actually listened to the words.

All right stop, collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop? Yo! I don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and watch me jump like a candle.

It gets better...

Dance, go rush the speaker that booms
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, when I play a dope melody
Anything less than the best is a felony
Love it or leave it, You better gain way
You better hit bull's eye, The kid don't play
If there was a problem, Yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

I'm sorry, "I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom"?!?!?! Is this dude for real?!

Anyway this is a bit of a nonsensical post, I know. I haven't had time to sit down and blog about my trip...hell I'm still lagging behind on my emails! And don't get me started on the photos. All will be sorted soon, hopefully. Until then, you're gonna have to put up with random observations like this. Lucky you.

Gleeking Out

Listening to: 'Don't Stop Believing' by 'Glee' Cast [-]

Um yeah. So Glee fever has come to the UK. We're a season behind the US or something, but who cares. I was warned that it was cheesy and OTT, but seeing as Fearne Cotton and Scott Mills haven't been able to talk about anything else for the past week, I had no choice but to watch whatever I could find on 4od.

And now I'm hooked. Yes some of the characters are quirky and incredibly OTT, but the music is absoflippinlutely amazing and Cory Monteith who stars as the jock-turned-niceguy Finn bears an uncanny resemblance to a really cute supervisor I had as an undergrad (what? you never fancied any of your teachers? Riiiight). And it's so lovely to see Gina...I mean Jessalyn Gilsig as Terri. I loved her in Nip/Tuck, and she doesn't disappoint here. Also, anyone else think that Mr Schuester (Matthew Morrison) looks like a hybrid of Justin Timberlake and Neil Patrick Harris? No? Just me? OK then.

But yeah, eye candy aside, I think what's really drawn me to Glee is nostalgia. Most...nay, all my fondest memories of school are somehow related to the school choir. The early morning practices, the funny vocal exercises, the weird throat-soothing concoctions (warm honey with garlic? seriously?), the complicated harmonies, the retarded costumes...they were all worth it when we sounded good. And oh boy did we sound good.

Unlike the Glee club in the show, we weren't 'misfits' (well I was, but the others weren't). The choir was, in effect, a clique. The clique that sang English songs with boys *shock horror*...ah the joys of going to an all girls' government school! And we didn't always sing just what we were supposed to. While waiting for practice to start, we'd harmonise to anything that came into our heads - show tunes, pop, baila...you name it, we'd harmonise it. For me, singing is the ultimate form of expression, and choir was the perfect outlet.

I did join the chapel choir when I came to university, but somehow it wasn't the same. Learning hymns for a service was too short-term for me. I wanted something I could sink my teeth into, something I could feel passionate about. Something I could connect with, and feel good about when it came right. Chapel choir didn't provide that. There were societies and groups that did, but the time commitment required was more than I was willing to put in, and after two failed auditions, the dream died. I suppose singing on the blog is my way of regaining some of that passion, but it seems rather inadequate at times.

Anyway if you don't know what all this Glee stuff is about, this clip should be a taster.

Oh to be a part of something like that again. Sigh.

P.S.- Finn from Glee and Simon from The Inbetweeners...what is with me and guys playing school kids on tv? Chee what a paedo.

Touching base

Listening to: 'Mr. Man' by Alicia Keys with Jimmy Cozier [Songs in A Minor]

I'm back. My first thought was BUDU AMMO SEETHALAIIIIIIIII!!! ("omg it's so frikkin' cold!!!") but I guess I probably should've expected that, considering how these 'Arctic conditions' have made it into the news. I'm gonna have to revisit the central heating settings in the flat...this 'wearing leg warmers on my forearms' thing isn't something I think I can maintain.

But yeah, on with the post. I hope you all had a drama-free beginning to 2010. For what it's worth, I'm gonna call it 'twenty ten'...yeah I'm cool like that. I just noticed I've been saying "yeah I'm cool like that" a lot. I wonder where I got it from. Hmm. Anyway, as I was saying (or not), my holiday was...a mixed bag really. An emotional rollercoaster; but then could I expect anything less from a trip home? I'm too tired to elaborate right now, but expect the next few posts to focus on various observations from my time in the Small Miracle. This post was only ever supposed to be a way to stave off the jet lag while the pasta boiled, and now that that's done, so am I.

But be warned: the evil babushka is back.