first reaction: holy shit amazingly pretty performance of one of my favourite songs
second reaction: HOLY SHIT CHECK OUT THAT RED AND WHITE PIANO HOW DO I GET MY HANDS ON THAT STRIPED BEAUTY

anyway, I love Chisu. if you think maybe what your life needs is some really excellent Finnish electropop, perhaps you should download the album. 8>

finally had an opportunity to wear that darn dress. photographic evidence was acquired. HUZZAH.




( can't hide that nose no matter how I try to turn my head )

so that was pretty fun!

also: today I bought a CD. a real physical CD in a case from a store! it's been years. only it's the Lights album because apparently I am a masochist who enjoys the pain in my sinuses as I cry over the Shannon-shaped hole in my heart. FFFFFFF.

negation is a good friend and directed my attention to this

which is awesome. although the second comment on the post baffles me rather. I'm not sure yelling, pulling faces and crying on the floor qualify as a a "subtle side", even if ones usual roles are even crazier.

in life news, my poor laptop is overheating and making the worst noises at me, and I really need to open it up and fish out the enormous ball of cat hair that I will inevitably find stuck in the fan. I wish I could do the same thing to my sinuses

NEW TWITTER ACCOUNT. because the old one was having serious problems forever and seemed to have a particular grudge against negation. I hope nothing weird happens to me anymore or I will have to start complaining to the authorities. :|a

same name as the old one (which is now called umbrellasinc again so just ditch that one and follow the new drconquest okay): drconquest

aaand while I'm here, I should mention that I'm moving into a new email account because a) I get bored easily, b) I like consistent username themes, and c) I want to avoid certain people like the weenie I am. so I can now be reached by email at doctorconquest@gmail.com.

I am starting to have a real life again. sort of. if sitting at a table in your tiny bedroom making polymer clay figures of naked people and writing essays about Hamlet's depression can be counted as a life.

GUYS GUYS I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MISSION FOR YOU:

go here and vote for song #1. preferably more than once. it's really easy, you just click the button.

I ask because my mom watches the Weather Network all the time, and I mean all the time, and song 1 is the only one I could handle listening to on a regular basis without losing my mind completely. PLEASE DO THIS FOR THE SAKE OF MY SANITY. ;; ♥

and, anyway. here I am in a new city! so far the house itself is my least favourite part of being here, but we'll have a different house in a few months so it's not really a big deal.

actually, that was a lie, my least favourite part of this place is the lack of visible stars and the freaky orange sky at night. I have never lived in anything like a real city before so it's a bit upsetting, haha.

I sure do like all the bookstores, though.

last night ever in this drafty old pile of shit rocks! last night ever trying to sleep while large rodents crawl through the walls over my head? I HOPE SO.

I have no remorse. this house has been giving me bad vibes for ten years; I am glad to be anywhere else. I do wish I could have said goodbye to our 32 acres of useless bushes but the world is COLD and covered in snow and I have tiny little suede boots. will I get around to buying new boots this year before winter ends? this is a constant question of my life.

I need a calendar. desperately. and some sort of book of organisation. I have a lot of organising to handle this year. stupid virtual school, making me set my own deadlines. but, the last time I tried online classes that came with deadlines, it broke my brain and left me afraid to check my email for months, so.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE DOCTORS FOREVER. a life, I will have one again!

probably.

relatedly, a fun game for living with my mother: every time she asks aloud what she's ever done to deserve the terrible misfortune that is her life, drink. except maybe this is not so much a game as it is an efficient path to alcoholism.

I think it must be very stressful to take personally everything that happens to you. :|a

anyway. I have days of that meme saved as text files but I am too half asleep for things like that. now is the time for cookies.

having worked through my rage at 2009 I'm ready to return to my more typical state of calm and ease into a new year of LJ with a very long and self-indulgent meme (WOO).

( day one → your favourite song )

mostly I will be using this journal for art dumping now, since I actually have art to dump and will continue to have art to dump as I prepare for MOVING ON WITH MY LIFE WOOO YEAH, but I do want to start keeping up with people again and making new friends and whatnot because that is what internet is for. ♥

also I would like to note that there are noisy mice in my walls and they are keeping me awake but it's okay since I'm out of here soon. I hope the new owners don't mind noisy mice. 8)

tonight I have an album to pimp that deserves more than a random twitter post!



Hat, Rabbit by Gabriela Kulka, a Polish singer/songwriter/performer, whose music features (according to the wikipedia article) the "singular style of dark musical theatre mixed with a jazzy attitude, and a focus on poetic and quirky lyrics." I would say that describes this album fairly well! it is extremely excellent and very intelligent. there are five tracks in Polish and eight in English, and they are all worth a listen. I'm just sad that I can't understand the lyrics of the Polish songs, since the English ones are all really clever.

here is a sample song!

and here is the album! DOWNLOAD ME.

right now I am really diggin' "Love Me"--it screams "anthropomorphised nation!" into my mind, haha. also mellow jazz tune + rather horrifying lyrics = yes plz.

also I would like to take a moment to note HOW FUCKING COOL SHE LOOKS ON THE ALBUM COVER SERIOUSLY.

that is all. :>