Mister Sandman, bring me a dream.

I dreamt about you last night. Even when I was asleep I knew it was a dream though.
Want to know why?
It wasn't some obvious dream thing like you were 50 ft tall or had rabbit ears or anything, you were being nice (and, in your defence, I was also not being a bitch).

We were just hanging out together. There wasn't any tension or awkward silences or snapping nor was there any flirting or thinly veiled references to our long gone relationship, we were just friends hanging out and hiking through my dream landscape over giant versions of the rocks from my fish tank...(that also clued me in to the whole 'dream' thing I'll admit). We just talked, about what I can't remember, but I know it wasn't anything life changing, just normal boring old life stuff. I can't remember the last time we spoke for more than 2 minutes (without a third party present), the last time we had a normal conversation about each other's lives.

Blah blah blah, whatever, I don’t want to care anymore.

I just find it interesting that that's what my subconscious decides to dredge up and create into my nightly entertainment, such that it is memorable enough to stay with me throughout the day not just in those few fleeting seconds after I open my eyes.

Short catch up.

Ok, So i may just correct my Zo here, i didn't grow up on mainstream music, i grew up listening to my parents music....which happened to consist mostly of abba and offspring...so i skipped the spice girls and backstreet boys era (thank god)...so you could say that my mainstream stint was an attempt to rebel against what my parents were feeding me and try to fit in at school....
Anyway so Zo has said she was to lazy to find music herself... so as a challenge i'm going to give her a playlist i made and she can blog about what she thinks of it!
Also on the topic of music, i've recently been watching alex day dissecting lyrics on youtube, check it out. I got onto it because a friend of mine told me to watch "alex day reads twilight." I have never seen the oh so popular twilight being trashed so epically. So alex day; get onto it.
I also saw Ferris Bueller's Day Off for the first time about a week ago. I really liked it. I'm probably the last person i know to have watched it. I am aware i am a novice when it comes to movie knowledge. So i think i see a movie challenge coming up in the future....suggestions anyone? (as though we have many avid readers)

Mainstream Love

Okay I’m gonna ask you guys to cast your minds back a few blogs ago when Han wrote a kind of blog-response to one of my I <3 1D moments. Anyway, given that Hannah is such an avid bouncer-offer, I thought I’d give it a go and, in response to one of Han’s previous posts (titled ‘Mainstream Hate’ btw in case you’re interested), tell you why I DO like mainstream music.

I think part of the reason why I like “mainstream” music is because, in contrast to Hannah who possible (probably) grew up listening to the Fox and other mainstream radio stations, I grew up listening to the great classic hits on Gold 104.3 probably until about the start of high school when listening to the same music as everyone else was a little more important. Not that I think Gold 104.3 is a bad station to listen to, classics are classics for a reason and I actually had a succession of amazing songs coming off that station today but it’s not mainstream music, at leats not in the past 30 years.

I agree that a lot of songs get played ‘till they’re dead kind of thing (one such song at risk of such fate is Ed Sheeran’s Lego House which I love love love but am sure to get sick of) however, given that the only time I listen to the radio is roughly half-hour trips at a time each day so it’s not too bad and if I ever find the radio unbearable I can easily switch to iPod or CD (which I do regularly).

However, I’m also guilty of killing music for myself I’ve had the One Direction album on repeat pretty much since I bought it about two months ago (hah! I knew I’d get the boys in here somewhere!) and I know that unless I chuck on something else soon it’s life will be at an end which will be a horrific event for all of my friends/family I'm sure.

The main reason why I listen to/like mainstream music is I’m too lazy to “discover” new artists on my own, I have a few “unknown” artists here and there scattered through my playlists with tracks I’ve gotten off movies or tv shows or friends but my theory is: there’s got to be a reason why everyone likes it. That’s probably a pretty sheep-like reason but I’m confident enough in myself that I know I don’t like things just because everyone else does and if I don’t like something I won’t like it regardless of who or how many people disagree with me. Take Rhianna for example, I do not like her. I don’t like her as a person, I don’t like her music, I especially don’t like her video clips but she’s all the rage.

Before I go, allow me to spare a moment to squee over Han calling me her “other half” nawwww <3 LOVE YOU BLOG BUDDY!!

Okay, I’m done.

P.S. Backstreet Boys are awesome.

Boyfriends, Quotes and 1D

I know, I know, I know, I should really stop, but the reason for this blog (that probably no one ever reads anyway) is to vent my feelings whatever they may be and at the moment they’re pretty much still OneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirectionOneDirection like 24/7 and, yes, I am obsessed but at least it’s not drugs =) so, hey! Bright side! Besides I’ve been pretty good with one blog post on, one blog post off the topic of One Direction.

Besides, this is only inspired by 1D, it’s not all about them, it’s about something they said.

So, I’ve said I love the boys coz they’re good looking, I’ve said I love the boys ‘cause they can sing, I’ve said I love the boys ‘cause they’re normal, I’ve said I love the boys because they make me laugh. Now I’m saving I love the boys (Niall in particular this time) because of the stuff they say that doesn’t necessarily make me laugh but is amazing in it’s own way. In this particular instance it’s a quote form Niall Horan that reminds of me of something I think we forget today.

With our obsession with looking good and subsequently getting a boyfriend or girlfriend we forget that it’s not all about how we look and sex. Those of us out there that don’t have a significant other in their life can sometimes feel as if there’s something “wrong” with them because they don’t have someone. Niall and I are here to tell you there’s not.

“Being single doesn’t mean that you’re weak. It means that you’re strong enough to wait for what you deserve.”

—	Niall Horan

What he said.

And that is why Niall Horan’s girlfriend will be the luckiest girl in the world, luckier than whoever manages to tame Harry Styles’ man-whoring ways, luckier than whoever marries Liam Payne who will undoubtedly dote on them, luckier than whoever gets Zayn Malik to open up, luckier than whoever gets Louis Tomlinson to calm down and stop being an idiot.

There’s nothing wrong with being single but in a world that seems fascinated with whether or not you “have a boyfriend/girlfriend” (as I have been asked so so so many times) and who then ask “why not?” when you tell them no, it’s nice to hear someone ‘important’ say so.

However, my quasi-rant above is not meaning to say that there’s something wrong with those people who do have that special someone, just that there’s nothing wrong with not having one either.

male groupies

So heres some psychology for you....
So as you may be aware, one of us bloggers plays in a band. An all girl band.
Recently i have come to a conclusion about girl bands and influences it has on an audience. I have come to realise that men, especially young drunk men, find the need to show off when we play out. Girls would sometimes come up and tell us they like what we play and the usual, sure. But men feel the need to show off. They will start by saying how hot the band is, or how cool it is that a girl band can pull out some Jimmy Hendrix. Some will leave it there, but others feel the need to come up and personally tell you that they also play the same instrument as you. When we play at a bar, we are usually given free drinks, but we are relatively sober to some of the drunk idiots who don't even bother to tell you that they think your cool, but proceed to try touch your instruments or get up on stage to show off to their friends. If you have ever been sober when a person tries to be a show off while drunk you will know haw incredibly unfunny it is. During breaks between sets one night we had one guy who kept inviting us to come waterskiing with him down at hazelwood pondage. And you cant escape them, their intoxicated state means that they take much longer than usual to get the hint. The hover around while you try to pack up your gear, and keep offering to help (obviously not realising that you dont want to put expensive equipment into the hands of a drunk stranger) in order to keep talking to you. They are male groupies, and there is nothing attractive about them. Their shirt reveals spillage of beer, and you would swear that they have rocks or something in their shoes because they walk as if they have no centre of gravity and a pole shoved up their asses.