Monday, August 23, 2010
100,000 Fireflies
"You won't be happy with me, but give me one more chance, you won't be happy anyway..."
A gorgeous song, thrust back into my consciousness by joisacliche's delightful, but swiftly deleted cover version. And a song all the more wonderful for its acceptance that love doesn't guarantee happiness, and that the people you love are the ones who can hurt you the most. But that love is still something utterly fantastical. Like 100,000 fireflies ricocheting around your room. (Or in my case, one moth pinballing around my lampshade. Time to turn out the lights...)
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Jump In The Pool
8am on a Sunday morning in Ayia Napa. No, I never thought I'd be out all night there, either, but sometimes life can beautifully unpredictable. Back to the villa and the sun's coming up. We can already feel the temperature starting to rise again. The pool looked so inviting. It only seemed right...
Friday, August 20, 2010
Back To The Fuck Yeah
Or "Hiatus gonna hate."
Do you see what I did there...?
Anyway. So. Nearly a five month break. Now, where were we?
Sometimes I think you need a holiday. I've been writing this blog on and off for nearly seven years, which is a long time in anyone's language. And I was naturally seduced by blogging's younger, sexier sister Twitter, which takes less effort and gets more attention. But although I thought about deleting this old thing, it is different, and it's lovely to come back to it.
The last few months have heralded a lot of changes. I've moved house. I've changed jobs. I've gone from a relationship to it's complicated to quite happily single, thanks ever so. All three of which have improved my state of mind immeasurably. But a lot remains the same. My brain is full of music and stuff. And I try and blog and tweet about happy good things. For a while, blogging was a chore, and I struggled for topics and positives to write about. But a break has inspired me.
I shall make no promises of a productive writing spree to rival Shakespeare on ritalin, as I've made foolish pronouncements of this sort before, and failed to live up to them. So let's just see how we go, eh? And if you really miss me, head to http://www.twitter.com/delrico, cos I'm bound to be spouting some gibberish there.
Woohoo!
In time honoured tradition, let's have us a Top 10 of the now.
1. Pulled Apart By Horses - Back To The Fuck Yeah
2. Swedish House Mafia - One
3. Chemical Brothers - Swoon
4. Underworld - Scribble
5. Crystal Castles - Celestica
6. The Divine Comedy - At The Indie Disco
7. Team Ghost - You Never Did Another Wrong To Me EP
8. School Of Seven Bells -Disconnect From Desire LP
9. Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers
10. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Do you see what I did there...?
Anyway. So. Nearly a five month break. Now, where were we?
Sometimes I think you need a holiday. I've been writing this blog on and off for nearly seven years, which is a long time in anyone's language. And I was naturally seduced by blogging's younger, sexier sister Twitter, which takes less effort and gets more attention. But although I thought about deleting this old thing, it is different, and it's lovely to come back to it.
The last few months have heralded a lot of changes. I've moved house. I've changed jobs. I've gone from a relationship to it's complicated to quite happily single, thanks ever so. All three of which have improved my state of mind immeasurably. But a lot remains the same. My brain is full of music and stuff. And I try and blog and tweet about happy good things. For a while, blogging was a chore, and I struggled for topics and positives to write about. But a break has inspired me.
I shall make no promises of a productive writing spree to rival Shakespeare on ritalin, as I've made foolish pronouncements of this sort before, and failed to live up to them. So let's just see how we go, eh? And if you really miss me, head to http://www.twitter.com/delrico, cos I'm bound to be spouting some gibberish there.
Woohoo!
In time honoured tradition, let's have us a Top 10 of the now.
1. Pulled Apart By Horses - Back To The Fuck Yeah
2. Swedish House Mafia - One
3. Chemical Brothers - Swoon
4. Underworld - Scribble
5. Crystal Castles - Celestica
6. The Divine Comedy - At The Indie Disco
7. Team Ghost - You Never Did Another Wrong To Me EP
8. School Of Seven Bells -Disconnect From Desire LP
9. Kylie Minogue - All The Lovers
10. Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending
Labels: blogging, music, top 10's
