i don't like your girlfriend

[muladhara]

I decided to give myself a week off work this week. So I've been drawing, and my face has been much like Tatsuya's in this icon. Because generally it's been unsatisfying (even if it technically "works"), and that makes me sad and mad.

HOWEVER! I did some pixels with a few colours yesterday, and it came out ok???? (And I doodled what I think Adam from the Raven Cycle books looks like, and that was mostly OK too. I drew Blue as well, but I didn't manage to get her looks down as easily).

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I bought clothes I needed, and a t-shirt I didn't! I also bought four notebooks with plain pages and nice paper to use as sketchbooks! Which I also didn't need!

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Music meme!
(all the questions here)

06: A song that is a cover

No More "I Love You"s by Annie Lennox - I don't know if I originally knew this was a cover, but I found it out recently. I will have to check out the original one now, won't I?

(I bet you thought I was going to post the PSB version of Always on My Mind, right? ;) )

07: A song you hate

Don't Cha? by The Pussycat Dolls - since this is on an advert at the moment. I fucking hate this song. I really don't often say that about songs. I dislike some songs - I'd like to forget that Gangnam Style exists, for example - but I don't often outright hate them as much as this one.

08: A song that's a guilty pleasure

Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne - I dunno, it's like audio crack.

09: A song that makes you want to kick some ass

Dragon Age Inquisition Main Theme (Trevor Morris)

Pacific Rim Main Theme (Ramin Djawadi) - this makes me want to swing poi - it just has that kind of rhythm to it. Which is aside from its making me want to kick arse.

Halo Main Theme (Martin O'Donnell & Michael Salvatori) - you might also want to check The Complete Warthog Run from Halo 3 if you liked this :D (it's like the main theme on STEROIDS).

CHOOSING IS HARD.

10: A song that makes you feel empowered

The Bridge of Khazad-Dum (Howard Shore) - I know it sounds daft, but hearing this literally makes me feel like I can take on ANYTHING (except maybe a Balrog). And aside from sounding epic, it's got the Fellowship leitmotif here and there in it, and I love that.

Just don't ask me what I think the Maori choir are singing, because my answer isn't the One Ring Verse.

Comments

[chronikle]

\o/ Pixels!

Aha, I feel you about not hating a lot of songs. I don't quite hate Don't Cha? but it is very grating after... a little while.

The Pacific Rim main theme is awesome! I love Ramin Djawadi's work regardless of what he's composing, it's usually got some sweet guitar in there.

[muladhara]

It'll eventually turn up in a tumblr crosspost...

I think the reason I hate it is it's so grating. Also the neighbours used to play it at loud volume during the summer when it first came out, so it got on my nerves because of that. And the bloody ad it's on seems to be on A LOT? (or maybe my mum just watches too much TV ;) )

Yes, it is! I love the soundtrack (except for a couple of tracks). Aside from that though, I've only heard the stuff Ramin Djawadi's done for Game of Thrones (I love the main theme for that, though). I am going to have to check out some more of his work! (which is going to be such a chore, I can tell ;) )

[chronikle]

Oh, I've just realised it's the Money Supermarket ad? It DOES seem like it's on the television a lot... I don't even watch the TV very much but every time my mom's watching something, it seems to be on during the ad break.

He did the score for the first Iron Man movie, which is where I first heard from him (because I saw that movie a lot and I really love the score). He did the Fright Night remake too, which wasn't as memorable for me but still had some good parts. I'm not sure what he's done more recently though.

[muladhara]

That's the one. It is on LOADS.

Oh, I haven't seen that yet (I was going to...once...like five years ago...) but I will be sure to check at least those out.

[zerenitia]

Love that Pacific Rim theme lol

I hope you are enjoying a bit of R&R away from work though. Even if you don't really do a lot with the week, it's oddly nice to just have some time off, ya know?

[muladhara]

It is awesome.

I am! I thought this week was going to drag, yet here we are at Saturday, and I can't really tell you what I've done, or when I did it, heh. And yeah, agreed. Sometimes it's nice to just roll around doing nothing.

[halley]

Oh boy, am I always buying stuff I don't need huhu~

Yay, music meme!! I used to hate "don't cha?" when they'd hecka overplayed it on the radio. It gets on your nerves quickly.

[muladhara]

Hahaha, me too! I've got better in recent years, but I couldn't resist the t-shirt (it was a lovely colour, and I don't own too many coloured t-shirts). The notebooks, I resisted when I saw them in person, but then I told my mum about them. So she said, "Oh, but sometimes you just have to spend some money on yourself, don't you?" and then I discovered they were on offer, four for £10. So now I have four notebooks! (If there's one thing I'm good at buying, it's stationery). [/life story]

*nods* I think that's the problem, I've just heard it too much.

[halley]

That sounds like a deal! Although, truthfully I ran the price through a translator to see what it is in USD lol.

There's nothing wrong with spending a little on yourself~ ♥. I have a habit of seeing something and immediately thinking that I want/need it but I manage to hold myself back 95% of the time.

[muladhara]

It was! Including the postage, I got all four books for the RRP of one single one.

I know, but I buy enough video games (even if they are mostly all second hand), and I own plenty of books I can use as sketchbooks. You think my mum would know this. BUT. I also think she knows I was wound up about a nurse visit/impending blood test, which is why she told me to get them.

Also I totally do that! Then I make myself think about if I need it. And if I can't remember what it was in a week's time, I can obviously live without it.