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01
Feb

Mountains

Took a bite out of a mountain range,
Thought my teeth would break the mountain did.
Lets go, I want to go all the way to the horizon.

I took a drink out of the ocean and,
I’m treading water there before I drown.
Lets dive, I want to dive to the bottom of the ocean.
I took a ride, I took a ride, I wouldn’t go there without you.
Lets take a ride, we’ll take a ride. I wouldn’t leave here without you.

I am a mountain, I am the sea, you can’t take that away from me.
I am a mountain, I am the sea, you can’t take that away from me.

‘Cause you tear us apart, with all the things you don’t like.
You can’t understand that I won’t leave ’til we’re finished here, and then you’ll find out where it all went wrong.

I wrote a note to the jungle and it wrote me back that I was never crowned king of the jungle, so there’s and end to my horizon.
I took a ride, I took a ride. I wouldn’t go there without you.
Lets take a ride, we’ll take a ride. I wouldn’t leave here without you.

I am a mountain, I am the sea, you can’t take that away from me.
I am a mountain, I am the sea.

‘Cause you tear us apart, with all the things you don’t like.
You can’t understand that I won’t leave ’til we’re finished here, and then you’ll find out where it all went wrong.

Nothing lasts forever, except you and me. (You are my mountain, you are my sea)
Love will last forever, between you and me. (You are my mountain, you are my sea)

I am a mountain, I am the sea, you can’t take that away from me.
I am a mountain, I am the sea.
I am a mountain, I am the sea

I have actually fallen in love with Biffy Clyro.
Can’t wait to see them in May!!!

19
Jan

dear mr. snow…

Please do NOT come here tomorrow. I am far too busy and important to be dealing with you right now.
Kthxbai xxx

Hahaha. Well I tried :P

Not much to write at the moment. Last week was relatively uneventful, this week so far has been pretty manic (work wise). So much to do, so little time. I met up with Audra on Saturday and went to see Did You Hear About The Morgans? It was really good! So awesome to see Hugh Grant on screen again :) and SJP was great as ever. Other than that I spent the entire weekend doing college work. Ugh.

NOW… firstly, pic of the day:

Riddarholmen, Stockholm
Riddarholmen, Stockholm. As seen from the top of Stadshuset.

And secondly:

Song of the moment: Many of Horror by Biffy Clyro. I *heart* this song!
Currently Loving: Biffy.
Currently Loathing: Being bored. I really need to get outta here!
Currently Wishing: That the Delays show in Dublin DIDN’T clash with Kent in Stockholm.
Looking forward to: Seeing FeverSeason on Friday night in Southampton. Guest List FTW :P

12
Jan

Carousel

she takes you in and it wears you out
didn’t want to fall in love at all
somehow it just wears you out
and after a day like this
after a kiss like this
you can never go home
never come home
you can never go home
never come home

Carousel >> © per gessle – jimmy fun music – 26 july 2005

Firstly, Happy 51st Birthday Mr Gessle! Kinda fitting that one of his songs matches my mood today of all days. Well not my mood, but the way things are right now. Except the other way round. If that makes any sense at all. Hahaha! cryptic or what eh :P
SO… the whole procrastinater calendar is not going so well hahah! lack of time, inspiration… whatever. I have a few scanned here but no desire to upload them. Maybe pic of the day would be better?! or song of the day. Anyways…
Today at work we had *another* Christmas party. Well it was more a New Year party by now LOL! I helped Barbara cook up an amazingly delicious feast and we all took time out from our uber-busy days to chill out, have some champagne, eat nice food and enjoy each other’s company. I really love the fact that I actually love my colleagues. I miss work when I’m not there hahah! Being home for the entire Christmas holiday made me realise how much of an escape work has been for me these last 7 months. It’s nice to be back, busy and excited about what the year is gonna bring!

OK, so… back to something I started on here aaaages ago (but of course never carried on…) -

Song of the moment:
You Got It by Roy Orbison [love love love it!]
Currently Loving: Being back at work. Seriously!
Currently Loathing: The aftermath of Snow Day. It’s pretty for like 24hrs, and then it’s just shit.
Currently Wishing: Delays would announce some bloody tour dates already!
Looking forward to: Stockholm in February to see Kent. I’m looking forward to loads more than this, but that’ll do for now!

04
Jan

Back to work - hooray!

SO, it was my first day back at work today. I loved it :D I was sooo looking forward to going back (yes, seriously!) I’m no good at doing nothing!

18
Dec

“you’ve been in my dreams all my life”

Babe, come in from the cold
and put that coat to rest
Step inside
take a deep breath
and do what you do best

Yea, kick off them shoes
and leave those city streets
I do believe love came our way
and fate did arrange for us to meet

I love when you do that hocus pocus to me.
The way that you touch
you’ve got the power to heal
You give me that look
it’s almost unreal
it’s almost unreal.

Hey, we can’t stop the rain
let’s find a place by the fire
Sometimes I feel
strange as it seems
you’ve been in my dreams all my life

I love when you do that hocus pocus to me
The way that you touch
you’ve got the power to heal
You give me that look
it’s almost unreal
it’s almost unreal

It’s a crazy world out there
Let’s hope our prayers are in good hands tonight

// roxette. w&m per gessle.

24
Nov

when ailsa met marie…

When Ailsa met Marie...

YESSS!!! I finally met Marie Fredriksson in Rotterdam! Something I could never imagine would take place… A moment in time I will never forget. She was beautiful in every way possible. She hugged me and I told her how much it meant to me to meet her after all these years. She is one very special woman…

I have sooo much I wanna write not only about last week in NL with my amazing Dutch/Danish/German friends, but also about the Delays tour last month! I’ll get around to it sometime, I promise!

09
Nov

you never forget your first love…

Its almost 11 years since I went to my first concert. Some things you never forget. I’ll never forget not wanting to be there. I’ll never forget being horribly embarrassed by my mother and aunt’s dancing. But what I will truely never forget is that feeling of, OMG… they are amazing. I didn’t want them to leave the stage. Knowing I’d probably never see them again. I know a lot of people who’ll laugh when I name the band… but I don’t really care. They ignited something in me that has slowly but surely shaped my entire life. That band is………. The BeeGees.
Not everyone’s idea of a life-changing band, I know. But for me they are so much more than falsettos and big 70s hair. Their music is the soundtrack to so many people’s lives. I’m no good with words, so I won’t even attempt to write down what they mean to me. Here’s a video from the One Night Only DVD… one of my absolute favourite songs of theirs…

SO… here they are 11 years later. There’s only Robin and Barry now, and although Maurice’s side of the stage has that stark emptiness like Richey’s side on the Manics stage, it is great to see Robin and Barry performing together again. Something I never thought would happen.

06
Sep

Flower Power & Action!

Yesterday I went to VW Action at Santa Pod - a really cool VW owners/enthusiasts festival. Dad and I wandered round, he showed me what a Karmann Ghia looks like, we saw some really gorgeous old Beetles and Campers and we watched them drag race down the quarter-mile there. We even saw some people get married there at the start of the drag strip! hah! Also spoke to the lady who is organising the LeJog run next April. I got an information pack and some sponsorship forms too. After that we wandered around some more and picked up some stickers for Miss Helga’s little make-over! Here are the results:

Flower Power

Flower Power

My VW Action Sticker :D v. proud!

VW Action 2009 sticker

16
Aug

Introducing Helga…

the most shinyest Beetle in the world :P (complete with new GB number plates… couldn’t stand the crappy dealer ones!!)

isn’t she pretty!

Helga the Beetle!

complete with new pink flower from mama!

Helga the Beetle!

vroooom!

Helga the Beetle!

05
Aug

Cocktails, Beetles & a day at Rolls-Royce

Finally! A happy shaped blog! It’s been a while, but these last few weeks seem to have been kinda busy. Not sure why though, as I haven’t really done anything other than work.

Update about Mom: She had her first chemotherapy last Thursday and it went very well! The anti-sickness drugs really work! Mind you, as soon as she finished those she was pretty damn sick, but that only lasted a few days. It’s not even a week since she went in for it and already she’s back at work and back to her normal happy self. I know that not all treatments will go as smoothly as this one, but it’s a good start anyway and at least now we’re not totally dreading the next one. 1 down, 7 to go!

One HUGE change last month was that I actually got a BEETLE!!! I know, I know, I was going to save, wait until the end of the year and then “start” looking for something. Well, I am just too damn impatient! I started looking already in June and discovered that diesel Beetles (with the new back lights) are pretty hard to come by. I saw one advertised at the Car Shop in Northampton, which is where I got my Corsa so we went there to just take it for a test drive to see if I actually liked driving it. Needless to say that said Beetle is now resident on my driveway! Dad and I were both amazed at the condition of the car – no scratches, inside is as new (I swear no one has ever sat in the back seats before!) and it drives so well! Of course I was absolutely gutted to say goodbye to my baby-corsa… but all good things must come to an end. I wanted a car with electric windows and air conditioning… lol. Now the fun begins… I have a few things that I want to do (I’ve already had an iPod doc fitted hahah!)

  • Flower/butterfly/star decals. Haven’t decided which yet :P
  • New number plates (hate the carshop-advertising ones!)
  • FLOWER for the dashboard vase!
  • Join the Beetle owners club :P
  • So yeah… all that excitement! Also been out with Squelle and Audra a couple of times. I forgot how great it was to go out with my friends hahah! Also seem to be going to the cinema a lot these days! I really need to get one of the cineworld-cards! In the last month I’ve seen Public Enemie, The Hangover and The Proposal. All of them were bloody fantastic!! Might have to go back and see The Proposal again tho… Ryan Reynolds is HOT!

    Anyway, back on track! Laaaaaast week we went to the Rolls-Royce factory in West Sussex! I really didn’t know what to expect from the visit, I’ve never been to a car factory! But oh my goodness, it was nothing like what we’d all imagined it to be! It was clean, everyone was friendly and we actually saw just how hand-made these cars are! After lunch and our tour, we had a little drive around the Goodwood estate in one of the new Phantom Extended Wheelbase’s (you could throw a party in the back seat of that car, it was mahoooosive!)

    Here is Sandra, Martika, me & Julian outside :D

    Visit to RRMC

    And now continuing with the little list thingamy…

    Song of the moment: Silly Really came blasting through my car-stereo unexpectedly yesterday morning. I forgot how fantastic the “groove” is! The bass is awesome too!
    Currently Loving: Coke. Normal, fat coke.
    Currently Loathing: being a bit poor… saving for a cambelt and service at the mo!!! but i will NOT raid my savings!!!
    Currently Wishing: that Green Day’s new album wasn’t so shit. ah well, cest la vie!
    Looking forward to: the Rally this weekend! Might go to the RHS garden in Harrogate and take pictures of pretty flowers if the weather is OK.

    PS – pics of Helga (ze Beetle!) will come as soon as we have a relatively sunny day and I have the time to go somewhere pretty! Who knows, maybe this weekend!





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    listens to...

    • Son of a Plumber – Carousel
    • Various - Dad Music – You Got It - Roy Orbison
    • Various - Dad Music – Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
    • Various - Dad Music – I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever) - Stevie Wonder
    • Bee Gees – For Whom the Bell Tolls
    • Robin Gibb – Juliet (Live)
    • Robin Gibb – Juliet
    • Texas & Paul Buchanan – Sleep
    • Texas & Paul Buchanan – Sleep
    • Gyllene Tider – (Hon vill ha) puls