We are grown
But cannot see
Lost our world of make believe
Simple times now seem so far
Used to be in my back yard
Yeah the world was still in my back yard
But, we are ok, we are all right
We sing very loud,
Yeah we're singing,
We are OK, we are alright
Close our eyes
Close our mouths
Yeah, we shut our eyes
Though we're in doubt.
Build me a home from cardboard box
Many windows never locked
This is how we used to play
Shorter nights and longer days
With faith we would not fade away
But, we are ok, we are all right
We sing very loud,
Yeah we're singing,
We are OK, we are alright
Close our eyes
Close our mouths
Yeah, we shut our eyes
Though we're in doubt.
And so it goes
We can never seem to find
The time we lost
Though we try at any cost
We try...and we say...
But, we are ok, we are all right
We sing very loud,
Yeah we're singing,
We are OK, we are alright
Close our eyes
Close our mouths
Yeah, we shut our eyes
Though we're in doubt.
We Are Okay - Joshua Radin. Have suddenly fallen in love with this man's music.
Had a good day today. No 'if', no 'but', today was just good. I even had an after school meeting and it was still good, in fact that meeting made it even better. I heard a preview of the new single of an artist I like, I laughed hysterically with my friends, I was involved in several hilarious incidents with various teachers and for the first time in the whole two GCSE years, one of my subjects had a purpose...a focus.
Hope you've all had an equally as good day :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
Full Circle
It's no secret that the majority of this year has been rubbish, and if you're thinking ''has it, I wonder why..." - I suggest you check out my earlier posts.
I'm posting again today because I don't have much to do tonight and it's always the perfect time to blog. I'm also listening to freshly purchased new music which always encourages me to blog. Can't explain it, it just seems to happen that way.
From Y7 onwards, my teachers have pretty much always told me that things will work out and things will be OK, and being stubborn and always thinking I know best, I never really believed any of them. It's possibly the fact that we're leaving in three (ish) weeks, but I really feel that things are finally starting to come full circle and things are working out properly.
As silly or sad as it may sound, I feel like I've matured a lot over just these past few weeks. Whether people around me agree or not, I don't know, but I do feel that way. You'll have to forgive me now, as I've become very aware that I talk a heck of a lot about leaving school, but there's not long to go and then it's all over. The journey is complete, the destination has been reached, the holiday can begin etc etc.
What's so wonderful, or at least in my opinion, is that for the first time in my life I am allowed both socially and personally to be able to express my gratitude, respect and appreciation for my teachers. OK, so admittedly not all of them are worthy of any of those things but 90% of them are, particularly my Head of Year and Form Tutor - without whom I would not have learnt the life lessons I believe I have through my five years at high school. I'm working on thank you letters for everybody, and I love how I have too much that I want to thank people for, because it reiterates for me just how many amazing people I have encountered in the past few years.
In a slightly more vain note, I got four comments on my 'Fifteen' post which made me smile a lot. Thanks guys! :) I also downloaded some (more) new music today which sums up my entire emotions right now which I'm loving too. Here's a little sample of what I'm listening to at the moment: Friend Like You - Joshua Radin.
If you have any more free time than you've had to read this post, I suggest you check out my friend Aiden's cookery blog at: http://cookateen.blogspot.com/ as well as my friend Eliza's at: http://therandomponderings.blogspot.com/ and the lovely @stephishere from the wonderful world of Twitter at: http://stoophneontiger.blogspot.com/
Besos ♥
Rachel
I'm posting again today because I don't have much to do tonight and it's always the perfect time to blog. I'm also listening to freshly purchased new music which always encourages me to blog. Can't explain it, it just seems to happen that way.
From Y7 onwards, my teachers have pretty much always told me that things will work out and things will be OK, and being stubborn and always thinking I know best, I never really believed any of them. It's possibly the fact that we're leaving in three (ish) weeks, but I really feel that things are finally starting to come full circle and things are working out properly.
As silly or sad as it may sound, I feel like I've matured a lot over just these past few weeks. Whether people around me agree or not, I don't know, but I do feel that way. You'll have to forgive me now, as I've become very aware that I talk a heck of a lot about leaving school, but there's not long to go and then it's all over. The journey is complete, the destination has been reached, the holiday can begin etc etc.
What's so wonderful, or at least in my opinion, is that for the first time in my life I am allowed both socially and personally to be able to express my gratitude, respect and appreciation for my teachers. OK, so admittedly not all of them are worthy of any of those things but 90% of them are, particularly my Head of Year and Form Tutor - without whom I would not have learnt the life lessons I believe I have through my five years at high school. I'm working on thank you letters for everybody, and I love how I have too much that I want to thank people for, because it reiterates for me just how many amazing people I have encountered in the past few years.
In a slightly more vain note, I got four comments on my 'Fifteen' post which made me smile a lot. Thanks guys! :) I also downloaded some (more) new music today which sums up my entire emotions right now which I'm loving too. Here's a little sample of what I'm listening to at the moment: Friend Like You - Joshua Radin.
If you have any more free time than you've had to read this post, I suggest you check out my friend Aiden's cookery blog at: http://cookateen.blogspot.com/ as well as my friend Eliza's at: http://therandomponderings.blogspot.com/ and the lovely @stephishere from the wonderful world of Twitter at: http://stoophneontiger.blogspot.com/
Besos ♥
Rachel
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Life Through Lyrics #2
This is the second of two Life Through Lyrics posts. I intended to make it a regular feature back in March (I believe) then, well, forgot. While I'm online and signed in, I thought I'd do the second post. And I do definitely intend to make it a regular feature (and yes, you CAN hold me to that...)
Although this is copied from the original LTL post, I still feel it sums up why I want to do this:
"So, what I thought I'd do is just, well, post a bunch of lyrics that I feel sum up my life, who I am, things I want to accomplish etc. These are in no particular order (OK, that was bordering on game show host results style, apologies...), here are a random collection of little quotes, phrases, lyrics etc that I love."
"Is the reason you keep asking me to change so that you stay the same? Well I'm sorry if I keep disappointing you again and again." I Am Who I Am - Ben's Brother
"Free her mind she's always the analyst. Silent space, the culprit, the catalyst. Trying to make sense of this life." The Analyst - Delta Goodrem
"But it's a lie, it's a lie, don't you believe it. If you're fine, then you're fine - it's all how you see it." On a High - Duncan Sheik
"I love the way you hear the words unspoken. It's like you read between the minds." Between the Minds - Jack Savoretti
"And they'll say told you so. We were the ones who saw you first of all. We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars." One of the Brightest Stars - James Blunt
"It's not easy to hide when your heart's on full view. Oh, tonight, cruel world be forgiving. Oh, for once in my life I am living." Little Jack Frost - Kate Rusby
"Did you know that everything she ever does is for you? So it goes, the story of a broken heart comes true, it comes true." Story - Maroon 5
"You talk about me and talk about you, and everything I do, like it's something that needs repeating." My Interpretation - Mika
"People started talking, just to hear their own voice." Washed By the Water - Needtobreathe
"My hero cried as we stood out their in the cold, like these autumn leaves I dont have nothing to hold." Autumn - Paolo Nutini
I know this is a long shot, but I'd love it if you'd leave your own most loved lyrics in comments, or even a similar post yourself. I know I get a lot of pleasure from lyrics and I know many of you guys do too :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Although this is copied from the original LTL post, I still feel it sums up why I want to do this:
"So, what I thought I'd do is just, well, post a bunch of lyrics that I feel sum up my life, who I am, things I want to accomplish etc. These are in no particular order (OK, that was bordering on game show host results style, apologies...), here are a random collection of little quotes, phrases, lyrics etc that I love."
"Is the reason you keep asking me to change so that you stay the same? Well I'm sorry if I keep disappointing you again and again." I Am Who I Am - Ben's Brother
"Free her mind she's always the analyst. Silent space, the culprit, the catalyst. Trying to make sense of this life." The Analyst - Delta Goodrem
"But it's a lie, it's a lie, don't you believe it. If you're fine, then you're fine - it's all how you see it." On a High - Duncan Sheik
"I love the way you hear the words unspoken. It's like you read between the minds." Between the Minds - Jack Savoretti
"And they'll say told you so. We were the ones who saw you first of all. We always knew that you were one of the brightest stars." One of the Brightest Stars - James Blunt
"It's not easy to hide when your heart's on full view. Oh, tonight, cruel world be forgiving. Oh, for once in my life I am living." Little Jack Frost - Kate Rusby
"Did you know that everything she ever does is for you? So it goes, the story of a broken heart comes true, it comes true." Story - Maroon 5
"You talk about me and talk about you, and everything I do, like it's something that needs repeating." My Interpretation - Mika
"People started talking, just to hear their own voice." Washed By the Water - Needtobreathe
"My hero cried as we stood out their in the cold, like these autumn leaves I dont have nothing to hold." Autumn - Paolo Nutini
I know this is a long shot, but I'd love it if you'd leave your own most loved lyrics in comments, or even a similar post yourself. I know I get a lot of pleasure from lyrics and I know many of you guys do too :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
Fifteen
...is the number of days left until I say goodbye to the school that has been the basis of so many wonderful memories of the past five years. It's a scary thought, but I have no option other than to leave, so I'm dealing with that (somehow).
It struck me earlier that while I moan a lot and spend a lot of time being deep and reflective, I easily miss the best things in life. I tried to rectify this at Christmas time after watching Adam Hills' DVD, but it sort of failed.
Rubbish things happened today and I realised something that I really should have realised a long time ago: September will come around as usual, and we will all be apart once more, apart in a similar way to how we were apart before starting high school. I like to think that we've all come full circle at the moment, I'm enjoying the few precious weeks I have left with the best friends in the world and the most inspirational people I could wish to know. Those that I don't like seem to be showing their 'true colours' and revealing to everybody why they are so disliked, and those that deserve to do well are doing amazingly.
I've had some amazing memories at school. It, or more specifically room 16...my form room, has been the centre of so many fun times with my friends and I'm genuinely thankful to have had that. It still scares me to think that I have to leave it all behind, but the truth is that we're all moving on.
I have nothing else to post about tonight, but I got my homework out of the way earlier so I don't have anything to do and I felt like posting. Sorry if it's a bit rubbish.
I would just like to end by saying thank you to a bunch of people. I probably won't get the opportunity to thank some of these personally and they may never read this, but I feel the need to do it. So here goes:
Thank you to Fern for constantly being there, always nagging me and injuring me, and for never stopping grinning and laughing wildly.
Thank you to Aiden for being deep and meaningful, encouraging and amusing and just generally mental.
Thank you to Joe for all the innuendo, silly little arguments over the meaning of words/general grammar and reminding me not to post pictures of my dusty rabbit all over Facebook.
Thank you to Eliza, Danny and Zoe for being fabulously insane and hilariously bonkers, for being such a good triple act and for the RSL.
Thank you to Trish and Natalie, my fellow science table mongers, without whom science would be a very dull lesson.
And for just generally being lovely and always making me smile, cringe, laugh or otherwise, thank you to everyone that I have shared memories with over the past five years.
Besos ♥
Rachel
It struck me earlier that while I moan a lot and spend a lot of time being deep and reflective, I easily miss the best things in life. I tried to rectify this at Christmas time after watching Adam Hills' DVD, but it sort of failed.
Rubbish things happened today and I realised something that I really should have realised a long time ago: September will come around as usual, and we will all be apart once more, apart in a similar way to how we were apart before starting high school. I like to think that we've all come full circle at the moment, I'm enjoying the few precious weeks I have left with the best friends in the world and the most inspirational people I could wish to know. Those that I don't like seem to be showing their 'true colours' and revealing to everybody why they are so disliked, and those that deserve to do well are doing amazingly.
I've had some amazing memories at school. It, or more specifically room 16...my form room, has been the centre of so many fun times with my friends and I'm genuinely thankful to have had that. It still scares me to think that I have to leave it all behind, but the truth is that we're all moving on.
I have nothing else to post about tonight, but I got my homework out of the way earlier so I don't have anything to do and I felt like posting. Sorry if it's a bit rubbish.
I would just like to end by saying thank you to a bunch of people. I probably won't get the opportunity to thank some of these personally and they may never read this, but I feel the need to do it. So here goes:
Thank you to Fern for constantly being there, always nagging me and injuring me, and for never stopping grinning and laughing wildly.
Thank you to Aiden for being deep and meaningful, encouraging and amusing and just generally mental.
Thank you to Joe for all the innuendo, silly little arguments over the meaning of words/general grammar and reminding me not to post pictures of my dusty rabbit all over Facebook.
Thank you to Eliza, Danny and Zoe for being fabulously insane and hilariously bonkers, for being such a good triple act and for the RSL.
Thank you to Trish and Natalie, my fellow science table mongers, without whom science would be a very dull lesson.
And for just generally being lovely and always making me smile, cringe, laugh or otherwise, thank you to everyone that I have shared memories with over the past five years.
Besos ♥
Rachel
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Fundraising and TYSIC
This may come as quite a surprise but for once, I actually have nothing to complain about on here. Shocker, right? Today marked the end of one very long, very tedious, very emotionally hard journey for me: I raised the last £6 of my World Challenge money.
Since January 31st 2009, I have been trying to raise £1095 to go on an expedition to Croatia with 14 other pupils from my school in July of this year. I started with huge amounts of enthusiasm, creating a long list of fundraising ideas I could use and even taking my fundraising folder out with me when I went out for dinner to continue my list. Truth be told, I didn't use it after the first few weeks.
The whole process of raising money has been an emotional one, or at least it has for me. I've had many unfortunate dealings with members of staff and fellow World Challengers that have, quite frankly, left me in floods of tears. But, and this is a big 'but', I have finally raised all of the money needed for the payments and at the beginning of May, I will be able to pay my final £320. I'd still be trying to find a way to raise the final £6 if it wasn't for the awesome generosity of my form tutor (known affectionately to us as 'Ms C') and another maths teacher (known to...everyone...as Mr Price). I know you can't read this...but thank you! :)
And all of that brings me onto the second part of this blog...the TYSIC. I think I mentioned it in a previous post, but I'm not sure. Basically, I'm taking part in comedian Mark Watson's 'Ten Year Self Improvement Challenge'. It's not like you get a medal or anything for participating, the clue is in the title - it's about improving yourself. My personal objectives are the following:
- Stop looking so deeply into things people do/say to me that seem 'bad'...because they're most often not.
- Stop panicking and stressing out over exams and school work (will change to college work in September then hopefully university then hopefully just over work in general).
I was thinking about all of this while walking home after school. I had a conversation with my head of year and then my form tutor about work and my form tutor was talking to me about how much I panic. As I was walking home, I realised that I have been panicking WAY too much over final exams. So the TYSIC hasn't quite started well in that respect, but I realised it and I want to change it, which is a good basis for attempting it. So I feel good about that, even though I haven't done much towards it so far.
In other (non) interesting news from my life, I bought my first full foreign language album the other day. It's in Greek, so I only understand about 5 words out of all of the songs, but I still love all of the songs on it regardless. I was also amused by one of my two PE teachers shouting ''do it with knobs on" rather loudly in the middle of our lesson today. Gotta love teachers. That's about it for today, will hopefully be able to update on the TYSIC in the next few weeks at least.
Besos ♥
Rachel
Since January 31st 2009, I have been trying to raise £1095 to go on an expedition to Croatia with 14 other pupils from my school in July of this year. I started with huge amounts of enthusiasm, creating a long list of fundraising ideas I could use and even taking my fundraising folder out with me when I went out for dinner to continue my list. Truth be told, I didn't use it after the first few weeks.
The whole process of raising money has been an emotional one, or at least it has for me. I've had many unfortunate dealings with members of staff and fellow World Challengers that have, quite frankly, left me in floods of tears. But, and this is a big 'but', I have finally raised all of the money needed for the payments and at the beginning of May, I will be able to pay my final £320. I'd still be trying to find a way to raise the final £6 if it wasn't for the awesome generosity of my form tutor (known affectionately to us as 'Ms C') and another maths teacher (known to...everyone...as Mr Price). I know you can't read this...but thank you! :)
And all of that brings me onto the second part of this blog...the TYSIC. I think I mentioned it in a previous post, but I'm not sure. Basically, I'm taking part in comedian Mark Watson's 'Ten Year Self Improvement Challenge'. It's not like you get a medal or anything for participating, the clue is in the title - it's about improving yourself. My personal objectives are the following:
- Stop looking so deeply into things people do/say to me that seem 'bad'...because they're most often not.
- Stop panicking and stressing out over exams and school work (will change to college work in September then hopefully university then hopefully just over work in general).
I was thinking about all of this while walking home after school. I had a conversation with my head of year and then my form tutor about work and my form tutor was talking to me about how much I panic. As I was walking home, I realised that I have been panicking WAY too much over final exams. So the TYSIC hasn't quite started well in that respect, but I realised it and I want to change it, which is a good basis for attempting it. So I feel good about that, even though I haven't done much towards it so far.
In other (non) interesting news from my life, I bought my first full foreign language album the other day. It's in Greek, so I only understand about 5 words out of all of the songs, but I still love all of the songs on it regardless. I was also amused by one of my two PE teachers shouting ''do it with knobs on" rather loudly in the middle of our lesson today. Gotta love teachers. That's about it for today, will hopefully be able to update on the TYSIC in the next few weeks at least.
Besos ♥
Rachel
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
And so the countdown begins...
God knows how I'm finding the time to post right now, but somehow I am. I should probably be doing Spanish revision, trying to understand Mr Cosgrove's handwriting on the maths sheet or ICT coursework, but I've done 3 hours (ish) of Spanish already, most of my maths, and I hate ICT with a passion. And I'm tired. So I'm having a break.
Was back at school yesterday for pretty much the last half term ever (except during exam period, but I'm not counting that) and yesterday was an alright day, if I'm being honest, but today was a bit, well, bleh.
The day started with an assembly, which is never a good thing. However, for once I didn't just leave thinking "yeah, thanks, you've just told me to work harder than is possible, great" which is obviously a good thing. My head of year talked about how we should appreciate our form tutors in these last 4 (ish) weeks and read some quotes they'd written to each form in the yearbook about how "truly magical" the last 5 years have been and how they don't think they'll ever "get such a great form again". It kind of stuck out to me how much we should appreciate our form tutors, mostly because mine has done so much for me since Y7 that I'd have to be the most selfish person on earth not to. I would launch into a few long paragraphs about several events during which she's helped me, but it's a bit pointless telling everyone but not her, if you get what I mean...
What annoyed me about the assembly, though, was how the two people I sit next to (without naming names, they're hideous...and not just in physical features) sat there and mocked each quote that my head of year read out, as if somehow it was hilarious that we should appreciate people doing things for us. What possibly annoyed me more was that they found it hilarious that the form tutors in our year appreciated their time with us.
That's about it for anything I have to say today really, I could type out my Spanish presentation and other 21 paragraphed answers to questions, but they're really quite dull. I need to get myself into gear and organise leaving presents and cards...and messages to go into cards. I also need a 10 day week, it would make time management so much easier...
Besos ♥
Rachel
Was back at school yesterday for pretty much the last half term ever (except during exam period, but I'm not counting that) and yesterday was an alright day, if I'm being honest, but today was a bit, well, bleh.
The day started with an assembly, which is never a good thing. However, for once I didn't just leave thinking "yeah, thanks, you've just told me to work harder than is possible, great" which is obviously a good thing. My head of year talked about how we should appreciate our form tutors in these last 4 (ish) weeks and read some quotes they'd written to each form in the yearbook about how "truly magical" the last 5 years have been and how they don't think they'll ever "get such a great form again". It kind of stuck out to me how much we should appreciate our form tutors, mostly because mine has done so much for me since Y7 that I'd have to be the most selfish person on earth not to. I would launch into a few long paragraphs about several events during which she's helped me, but it's a bit pointless telling everyone but not her, if you get what I mean...
What annoyed me about the assembly, though, was how the two people I sit next to (without naming names, they're hideous...and not just in physical features) sat there and mocked each quote that my head of year read out, as if somehow it was hilarious that we should appreciate people doing things for us. What possibly annoyed me more was that they found it hilarious that the form tutors in our year appreciated their time with us.
That's about it for anything I have to say today really, I could type out my Spanish presentation and other 21 paragraphed answers to questions, but they're really quite dull. I need to get myself into gear and organise leaving presents and cards...and messages to go into cards. I also need a 10 day week, it would make time management so much easier...
Besos ♥
Rachel
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Coincidences and Eurovision
I don't have much to say today, so I won't spend ages boring you with "well yesterday I went to the supermarket" or "I woke up late today and didn't do much". Despite this though, I felt I owed a new post and I also have something silly and irrelevant to get off my chest.
Tuesday 6th April was a bizarre day for me. It was the one year anniversary of the day a friend and I went to see James Morrison live in Sheffield. I can't quite put my finger on what was bizarre about the fact that it had been a year but it just felt that way. Anyway, I think I went into Leeds for the day with family that day, and I was in Hobbycraft when a song came on. But not just any song, You Make It Real by James Morrison. And I'm not even exaggerating, I just completely stopped when I realised which song it was. The song doesn't hold much personal signifiance for me, but it was just a complete coincidence and it was one that almost floored me emotionally. I didn't cry though, so it's all good. I made all of that sound like it was a bad experience, but I don't think it was really. It was a surprisingly pleasant thing to experience and while it may not make much sense to anybody except me, I think I kind of liked it.
And now for the second coincidence of the past week. It's no secret that I'm ridiculously obsessed with the Eurovision Song Contest. In the words of my friend Eliza, it's my guilty pleasure that I'm not guilty about. I always try not to listen to the entries on YouTube but I always fail and end up doing so. This year I held out until a few days ago though, so at least I beat my personal record... Anyway, I found a song I really loved (Life Looks Better in Spring - Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders) and was thinking about it and decided to look up which semi final it would be in. It turns out that it's in the second semi final (irrelevent really)...but also that it's song 14...which is highly relevant to me because 14 is my favourite number. I don't know why and it's not even like it's a lucky number or anything, but for some reason it's my favourite number and I always thought there must be some significance behind it. I suppose that this song makes it significant. That was another coincidence that made me just stop for a moment and realise it. As if that wasn't creepy enough, I just realised something else. The 2008 winner, Dima Bilan, was number 18 in his semi final - that was the song I wanted to win and 18 is what I'd call my 'lucky' number, as it's my birthday.
To be honest, I don't know why I felt the need to get all of that off my chest but I feel better for it. Does anyone else ever feel like that? Where you're somehow 'inspired' by the strangest of things? In other news, I have a new feature towards the bottom of my left-hand sidebar where other blogs can be advertised (preferably in exchange for mine advertised on theirs, but not too fussed). You can check out my friend Aiden's cooking blog by clicking the graphic and if you're interested, leave me a comment and I'll see what I can do :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
PS: Because I forgot the first time I tried posting this, here are a few links to other songs I like for ESC this year :)
3+2 - Butterflies (Belarus)
Sofia Nizharadze - Shine (Georgia)
Jessy Matador - Allez, Ola, Ole (France)
Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar (Belgium)
Let me know what you think to them all :)
Tuesday 6th April was a bizarre day for me. It was the one year anniversary of the day a friend and I went to see James Morrison live in Sheffield. I can't quite put my finger on what was bizarre about the fact that it had been a year but it just felt that way. Anyway, I think I went into Leeds for the day with family that day, and I was in Hobbycraft when a song came on. But not just any song, You Make It Real by James Morrison. And I'm not even exaggerating, I just completely stopped when I realised which song it was. The song doesn't hold much personal signifiance for me, but it was just a complete coincidence and it was one that almost floored me emotionally. I didn't cry though, so it's all good. I made all of that sound like it was a bad experience, but I don't think it was really. It was a surprisingly pleasant thing to experience and while it may not make much sense to anybody except me, I think I kind of liked it.
And now for the second coincidence of the past week. It's no secret that I'm ridiculously obsessed with the Eurovision Song Contest. In the words of my friend Eliza, it's my guilty pleasure that I'm not guilty about. I always try not to listen to the entries on YouTube but I always fail and end up doing so. This year I held out until a few days ago though, so at least I beat my personal record... Anyway, I found a song I really loved (Life Looks Better in Spring - Jon Lilygreen and The Islanders) and was thinking about it and decided to look up which semi final it would be in. It turns out that it's in the second semi final (irrelevent really)...but also that it's song 14...which is highly relevant to me because 14 is my favourite number. I don't know why and it's not even like it's a lucky number or anything, but for some reason it's my favourite number and I always thought there must be some significance behind it. I suppose that this song makes it significant. That was another coincidence that made me just stop for a moment and realise it. As if that wasn't creepy enough, I just realised something else. The 2008 winner, Dima Bilan, was number 18 in his semi final - that was the song I wanted to win and 18 is what I'd call my 'lucky' number, as it's my birthday.
To be honest, I don't know why I felt the need to get all of that off my chest but I feel better for it. Does anyone else ever feel like that? Where you're somehow 'inspired' by the strangest of things? In other news, I have a new feature towards the bottom of my left-hand sidebar where other blogs can be advertised (preferably in exchange for mine advertised on theirs, but not too fussed). You can check out my friend Aiden's cooking blog by clicking the graphic and if you're interested, leave me a comment and I'll see what I can do :)
Besos ♥
Rachel
PS: Because I forgot the first time I tried posting this, here are a few links to other songs I like for ESC this year :)
3+2 - Butterflies (Belarus)
Sofia Nizharadze - Shine (Georgia)
Jessy Matador - Allez, Ola, Ole (France)
Tom Dice - Me and My Guitar (Belgium)
Let me know what you think to them all :)
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