The Sun Ain’t Shining No More (Spammage)

Yes, that was painful to write. You have no idea.
Anyhow, a multipurpose post because I’m awesome like that. (Which is why the artist for that song hasn’t come up yet; music yet to come.)
First off, a question; recommended reads? Now, I have to catch up on half your guys’ work (don’t even, no one other than my writing buds who are obligated by some strange force will actually make it to the bottom of this post), but I was thinking something more along the lines of physical copies? (Not that I’m not open to Inkpop/dA/Figment suggestion…damn, is this the post of parenthesis?) I want to try ripping apart*cough* I mean, reviewing a few books. Because, as you all know, there’s nothing I love to do more than rant.

Anywho. Music. LET’S GO.
Let’s start off with the title music…Let me introduce you to:

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

I completely blame this person right here for this obsession.
These guys are just so completely epically ridiculously fun. Dead. Serious.

SERIOUSLY, it’s impossible to get good quality on Youtube now. Makes me want to upload my own music…I’ll have to loo into that.
Anyhow, apparently this piece is known for iPod commercial-ness. I feel like moron not knowing this since the iPod comercials have the most epic music. Case and point being here, I suppose.
They kinda make me think of a girly Muse with some pop thrown in and BAM. They just fit into their own groove (haha, pun *shot*), and make me bounce. Literally. I’m bouncing right now. It feels gooooood.

So FUNK-EH.
Seriously, it has a timeless yet dated kind of feel…Damn, that makes no sense. Anyways, the groove just doesn’t stop. I swear, I haven’t heard a song by them I haven’t liked yet. I DEFINITELY need t get a hold of an album by them, soon.

Angus and Julia Stone

Well. Changing pace is an understatement here.

These guys are just so completely mellow and indie to a kind of perfection. It just makes me want to zone out, just wrapped up in the soft thrummings of guitar and their soft voices. It’s like Stars, but minus the pop. Just I just called Stars pop. Don’t kill me, I beg of you.
I suppose if i were totally depressed or whatnot, this could have me curled in a corner, but I’m not an overly-cheerful person and it’s just so…agreeable. I dunno. It’s like the Meiko-effect (a topic for another post). Actually, they remeind me a lot of The Alternate Routes…Which none of you know either. Great. My geek is showing. Here, I’ll just give you the second vid and disappear back into my hole:

Oh. And because I’m a spammer, here’s my writing updates so I don’t flood FB:
~Only six days before I take Rain down and let it rot in that place they call a hard drive. Why yes, this whole thing’s a link, thank you for noticing!

~Part One and Two of meh new project, Like Thin Air, is up.

~The First Totally Unedited 500 Words, and the Second Totally Unedited 500 Words are up also. Unless you’re on FB, then you’re constantly spammed with updates.

Music Madness I

So.
Been awhile, eh? I knooooow this is Would You Rather Wednesday, (if you’re going by the old postings) but grammit, I want to do a music post. ONTO THE GUTS!
Now, I was planning on doing an artist/album specific post (which I will do another time, and also books because I’ll actually have time to read with Rain all said and done), but I’m feeling quite music-bi-polar right now. So either enjoy, or tell me what rubbed you the wrong way. Feedback is the bomb diggity. *shot*

Let’s start off slow…

Don’t Know why I Didn’t Come – Norah Jones

Such a chick song, I know. But I just love how lazy and personal it is. Like you want to hum in content.

Building it up ever so slightly…

Open Your Eyes – Snow Patrol

More chick-y stuff.
Bite me.
This is a contender for my favorite song ever (shut up), just because it makes you all warm and fuzzy with the cheese. Not to mention that build-up is just brilliant

Ready to get your funk on?

Little Bit – Lykke Li

Hm. I seem to be sticking with that chicky theme. Ah, well.
Anyways, Lykke Li is so weird…but addictive. She can go totally mellow-depressing, but there are these absolutely brilliant peppy songs that you just bounce around to and get trapped in your head.

Speaking of Lykke Li…

I’m Good I’m Gone – Friendly Fires (Lykke Li cover)

There we go, picking up the pace. I think I really like Friendly Fires. Why? They’re just fun. I can bounce to pretty much all their songs. Not that it didn’t take me awhile to get into them; like it took me forever to get into Vampire Weekend. They sound different.
This cover, though, I really, really love.

Now that your funk is on, let’s get you ~groove~ on *shot*….

Lions! – Lights

Lights is my latest obsession.
Don’t ask me why. It makes no sense. I’m not a particular fan of techno, but more often than not you’ll hear me belting out the chorus of this song when no one’s looking. (Or at least, I think no one’s looking…) She’s like Owl City, save with so much more variety. The repetitive nature of Owl City killed it for me. It’s quite sad. *wipes away tear*

And for those people who don’t like hitting play on every video (I know I’m always far too busy procrastinating to do anything like that), here’s a playlist:
(I have to link to it ’cause WordPress is being a pain.)
DOOM DEATH…OTHER THINGS

And because I’m sick as a dog, that’s all you get this time! Off to sip tea and work on Rain!
Adieu, my minions!
Kazul

Shine On (aka Pre-NaNo)

by The Kooks
YEEEEES.
*shot for little joke*
Song in celebration of my new them, yo. I know, it’s so light, you can’t believe it’s mine. 0.o If you have any, feedback’s always great.
SO. Onto the pointless point of this post.
NAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWRIMO. (Link for those who have no idea what I’m talking about.)
The epic challenge of doom, death and destruction. This’ll be my first time. And I’m frightened Aunty Em, frightened. (Though with Rain/work/pre-college my goal’s only 20,000.)
So, have any of you participated before, or are going to this time, or are you boycotting it all together to leave it for the crazies?
Any tips/condolences?
And, trust me my minions, there will be many a NaNo blog-spam. Just you wait and see.

Kazul

The Dictionary – Zero Punctuation Style

 

I want this truck.

 

Short Skirt Long Jacket by Cake
Loved that song since looong before the iPod commercial. Brilliant freaking band. Did you know they’re putting out a new CD soon?!

So. I was chatting with Feather the other day and she showed me this brilliant video:

God, I love the English language.
Anywho, what’s your guys’ opinions on words? Is there one set definition on words; do you hold true to what you read in the dictionary?
Or are you like me, twisting words to their breaking point?

Opinions, my minions!

Kazul

Would You Rather Wednesdays (I)

Image by Beatriz AG via Flickr

You’re my Star – Stereophonics

So. My other post are pretty much more for hardcore writers, which most people are not. So, let’s make this accessible to people who couldn’t give a flying fart about writing, hmm?

NOW, would you rather…

Lose your sight?

OR

Lose your hearing?

No, you can’t choose neither.  And no, death is not an option. And don’t forget to tell why you’d rather lose one or the other.

I would rather lose my hearing. Now, as you know, hearing is very, very important to me. I can’t write without music. But losing sight would be so much worse in my opinion. Without sight, I’d imagine it’s almost like living in another world. You don’t know who or what’s around you, reliant on what only your your other unreliable senses tell you. You’d lose a connection that we all have.

Whoa, that was almost, like…deep.

Have fun, minions!

Kazul

Ominous Tutorial: Pipecleaner Dragon (Easy)

Only One by Yellowcard
XD What the choice Zune.
Anywho, This is how to make a pipecleaner dragon.

Supplies:
2 pipecleaners, each a different color
A pair of scissors

WARNING: You will poke yourself. Okay, it’s really me poking me so you know how much I love my minions. <3

Step I: Legs
Alright, pick a color for the body (the other will be used for horns and such). Now stick with it. Pipecleaners don’t like to be undone. At all. Next we’ll do this:

See how that one side is just taller than the other? You want that.

Now make sure that the fold is even on the two bottom ones, you want it looking like that overly dramatic “W.”

Press the looooong pipecleaner into the middle of the “W” (the slightly longer part will overlap, deal).

And then you bend it back, away in a right angle from the middle of the “W.” Again, that slightly longer part will overlap. Again, deal.

Now we’ll repeat the “W” shape about save this time MAKE THEM ALL EVEN. All the folds and such, you know.

Moar repeating. Press ‘em together, fold at a right-ish angle.

Step II: Tail and Body
YAAAAAAAY, next step.

Make a fold about the body’s length down, about another inch, give or take. Try not to make the folds too long, or you won’t have enough for a head. Unless you’re aiming for a headless dragon. In which case, you rock.

Now wrap under the body to secure it. Note that you will want to twist the tail a couple of times, but no more that a couple. We’ll be stinking another pipcleaner through the end of it later.

Twist it a couple of times around the body.

Now give it an itty bitty little neck. The head took me the longest to get down pat, you may have to adjust a couple of times.

Now give it an itty bitty head…


One too many unnecessary pictures of giving it a snout.

Now give it a nice bend around the back of the head…

And the fold it again into the front to cover the huge gaping hole.

And there’s your basic body!

Step III: Fun Bits
*shot*

Now stab it. Come on now, don’t be shy, you just gave birth to the little fella.
You heard me right.
So, stick your other pipecleaner through the top of his head and bend it up a little bit (you don’t have to be as cautious with this pipecleaner).

Now pull through, and put that little, erm, “tab” down. I’ll be making a lot of references to “tabbing” from this point on.

Now shove it through the end of the tail.

Now wrap it around the end a couple of times, covering up the other color.

Snip snip!

Now take the front legs and open them up. Yup, you heard me right, spread ‘em wide. Now “tab” over the center of the “W” we first made earlier.
Close ‘em up again.

Now open up the back legs and shove it through.
What? Personal space?

Now, snip snip and tab over.
Yes, I’m holding back a lot right now.

Alright, now on one side of the head, you’re going to stick the pipecleaner through and “tab” it. Then you’re going to snip snip at whatever point you want to create a horn.
Repeat on the other side of the head (if you want).

Tah-dah!

You now have a dragon! 8D

Now, leave me be, minions.

Kazul

Opus 34

By Dustin O’Halloran
One of those rare classical days, as you see. O’Halloran is totally brilliant, though.
Yup, I suck at maintaining a blog. There’s reason behind why I’ve been so bad lately, but I won’t bore you. Because I like my secrets. >D
So. I’m not in a brilliant mood today. In fact, I feel quite boring. Makes it so much harder to write when I feel like I’m less interesting than a sack of potatoes (which totally isn’t not not-interesting because potatoes are the veggies of the gods…so bad example). That’s when I take out my favorite playlist and pump up the volume.
In conclusion, my minions, am I’m the only one who sometimes think they sound as dull as a doornail?
Or when you’re feeling that stupid emotional block, what do you do to get through it? Take a break? Music, like yours truly?

And also, I’m having a pimping war with one of my writing buddies. Please go check out her fanpage and be a fan if it looks as awesome as it is to you? I’ll dedicate a whole post to it, later. But working makes my brain fart a lot so here’s the link:
The awesomeness that is Searching Through Legends

So yup, as I said, I’m boring tonight, my minions.
Kazul

Word-tastic Wednesdays: II (Love Like a Sunset (Part II))

by Phoenix
Okay, so I got advice last time I did this one. ;D From now on the words won’t be so dictionary-lookup worthy, and there’ll be a theme. More than likely, it’ll be the song of the post. Yus, this song isn’t totally exciting or anything, I’m sorry. It was what was on shuffle. X’D *shot*)
Here’s your word list:

Apricot
Fuzzy
Pink
Juicy
Falling
Lollipop
Distress
Basketball
Skin
Gratuitous

Bonus phrase:
“Barking up the wrong tree”

Remember, use the words in any tense or whatever, just keep the root words. And you don’t have to use ALL the words, but try and use five? Pretty please?

Yup, another quick post before bed. I’ll be around more later, I swear. Nightly night my minions (a term that I use endearingly),
Kazul

The End is Where I begin

by The Script
Whoa, mainstream. But face it, The Script is so catchy.
Anywho, a quick post before go to bed. I’ll continue normal posts tomorrow, I just needed a break.
So. I’m getting really close to the final major arc of my story and I’m terrified. I’ve been planning on this ending the whole story, in fact the ending’s what convinced me to write it. But I’m dreading it.
Why? Because:
1. What if I don’t do it justice?
2. What if people hate it?
3. I don’t want to leave my charries.

But I’ve gotta keep going, right?
What about you all? Have you finished a book/story/something? Are you finishing a book/story/something? How did/does it make you feel?
Am I being a drama queen? *shot*

Now, off to bed for me, my kiniption.
Kazul

Word-tastic Wednesday: I (Do the Panic)

by Phantom Planet
The song that got me hooked to them. That and “Big Brat”. Awesome band, too bad they’re broken up. : (
So, cutting straight to the chase, Wordy Wednesdays are when I give you ten words, and you make something out of them. Okay, you don’t have to use all ten, but try and use at least five? I triple dog dare ya to. And there’s a bonus phrase/saying that you are awesome if you use. So, here’s this week’s list:
Porky
Limpid
Disintegrate
Fuchsia
Undermine
Oscillate
Slapdash
Implode
Trickery
Wicked

Bonus:
Let’s get down to business.

Oh, and with the words, feel free to take them and change tenses/plural/whatever, just keep the root word. ^^ (Thanks, Feather.)
And since this is pretty self-explanatory, I’ll let you guys have free reign of it with no examples. ;D Again, please link me to whatever you do with it; I’m far too curious for my own good.

Kazul