Showing posts with label Alicia Keys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alicia Keys. Show all posts
Sunday, 9 December 2012
Sunday, 25 September 2011
I bet she doesn't know my name. Hypocrite.
The irony is, of course, squillions of people know her name. And know it very well. Due in no little part to this song.
One of the greatest songs of all time. Or something like that. And of course, Kanye West production.
I like the video as well. It's very dreamy and sweet, I think. And a little bit old school, which always gets me.
I was going to scrawl a bit about the weekend and all that, but I'm not going to do it now, because it's still officially the weekend, and I'm feeling a tad sleepy and not on the ball. The second reason's probably more applicable. I do like to be on the ball when I'm writing.
Have a good one.
Word of the Day: Scrawl
Tuesday, 1 June 2010
Urgh
Urgh.
I'm in such an urgh type of mood right now.
It's when you want to study, and you know you really, really should, but just can't be bothered.
I really shouldn't be burnt out. Because being burnt out would mean I've actually done some work.
All this, after a (relatively) good day yesterday, when I found out that people do occasionally remember my existence, and when I caught up with a few friends I hadn't seen in a while. There was a slight blot, but that was more to do with what didn't happen than what actually happened. Stupid lectures. Always getting in the way of my social life.
Today, I also re-discovered this gem from A Keys. She's so cool. Like, gangsta cool.
I just realised (like, literally, just) that it has a little bit of relevance to me. Crazy.
Anyway, it's off her first album, 'Songs in A Minor.' Top album, that one. Just a really good record to chuck on and just chill to. Very groovy, laid-back and soulful. Not unlike me, in a way. In one very specific way. In one very, specific, hard-to-find way. Almost invisible, actually. So much so that I can't even find it all that often.
Word of the Day: Urgh
I'm in such an urgh type of mood right now.
It's when you want to study, and you know you really, really should, but just can't be bothered.
I really shouldn't be burnt out. Because being burnt out would mean I've actually done some work.
All this, after a (relatively) good day yesterday, when I found out that people do occasionally remember my existence, and when I caught up with a few friends I hadn't seen in a while. There was a slight blot, but that was more to do with what didn't happen than what actually happened. Stupid lectures. Always getting in the way of my social life.
Today, I also re-discovered this gem from A Keys. She's so cool. Like, gangsta cool.
I just realised (like, literally, just) that it has a little bit of relevance to me. Crazy.
Anyway, it's off her first album, 'Songs in A Minor.' Top album, that one. Just a really good record to chuck on and just chill to. Very groovy, laid-back and soulful. Not unlike me, in a way. In one very specific way. In one very, specific, hard-to-find way. Almost invisible, actually. So much so that I can't even find it all that often.
Word of the Day: Urgh
Sunday, 25 October 2009
Recommendations plox
So I've just spent yesterday morning obtaining songs, and so far I've got more Maroon 5, Alicia Keys, John Mayer and Lily Allen. It's weird though. Some of the songs on the albums don't sound as nice as the dodgy singles I had before.
Which other artists' songs are good? I've been out of the loop for quite a while. The most recent artist I have in my music collection is Lady GaGa. All other songs that are new that I have are by old artists, if that makes sense.
Yeah, I dunno if anyone's heard any good music lately. Or from whenever. Suggestions. I'm almost getting bored of my new 100 or so songs already, and I haven't even listened to 90% of them. And I'm open to all genres. Except maybe hardcore techno and metal. I like nice music. If that makes sense.
Word of the Day: Pirate
Which other artists' songs are good? I've been out of the loop for quite a while. The most recent artist I have in my music collection is Lady GaGa. All other songs that are new that I have are by old artists, if that makes sense.
Yeah, I dunno if anyone's heard any good music lately. Or from whenever. Suggestions. I'm almost getting bored of my new 100 or so songs already, and I haven't even listened to 90% of them. And I'm open to all genres. Except maybe hardcore techno and metal. I like nice music. If that makes sense.
Word of the Day: Pirate
Thursday, 17 September 2009
If I Ain't Got You
Some people want it all
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Lately, I've been listening what the experts call 'sissy music.' Alicia Keys, Jeff Buckley, Usher, Jamie Cullum.
I've especially taken a liking to Alicia Keys 'Songs in A Minor'. It's very chill and smooth. 'Diary of Alicia Keys' has a jazzy twist to it, which I like. Her voice is also very top notch, which I think is very important. I've actually had these songs for a while, but never properly listened to them.
You probably think I'm mellowing out in my old age. And you're right to a certain extent. Random pangs of loneliness and perceived isolation, and all that.
But you're mostly wrong. Because interspersed with these distinctly chill and sometimes depressing songs, I've started listening to gangsta rap again. Tupac, Jay-Z, not-so-gangsta-and-a-very-big-jerk Kanye West, and NWA.
A big shout-out to Tupac's 'My Block.' Pretty depressing stuff.
Also, the other day, I almost got into an altercation with two guys in the law library for looking down at me, but from below. If you get my meaning. You know, like staring someone down, but upwards. They were shorter than me, if that helps you understand. If you don't, just forget it. Just know that I almost got into a fight. Almost.
Maybe I'm becoming a cranky old man.
Anyway, exam timetable. It is, as the French say, "comme çi, comme ça." That approximately means "So-so." I still don't know why I had to say it in French.
Accounting is on the 3rd of November. Then management and French are on the same day on the 11th. And for both of those exams, my table number is 007. Score. So should do well if I combine it with my Monash login, ahua7, and my rugby top, A. Huang 7.
So the plan is to study accounting maximally, then cram management, and not worry too much about French.
Where's the other exam gone, I hear you ask?
Well, International Studies involves an essay and a test, which are worth a combined total of 70%. So it just depends on what you like more. Exams, or endless assignments?
Word of the Day: Keys
But I don't want nothing at all
If it ain't you baby
If I ain't got you baby
Lately, I've been listening what the experts call 'sissy music.' Alicia Keys, Jeff Buckley, Usher, Jamie Cullum.
I've especially taken a liking to Alicia Keys 'Songs in A Minor'. It's very chill and smooth. 'Diary of Alicia Keys' has a jazzy twist to it, which I like. Her voice is also very top notch, which I think is very important. I've actually had these songs for a while, but never properly listened to them.
You probably think I'm mellowing out in my old age. And you're right to a certain extent. Random pangs of loneliness and perceived isolation, and all that.
But you're mostly wrong. Because interspersed with these distinctly chill and sometimes depressing songs, I've started listening to gangsta rap again. Tupac, Jay-Z, not-so-gangsta-and-a-very-big-jerk Kanye West, and NWA.
A big shout-out to Tupac's 'My Block.' Pretty depressing stuff.
Also, the other day, I almost got into an altercation with two guys in the law library for looking down at me, but from below. If you get my meaning. You know, like staring someone down, but upwards. They were shorter than me, if that helps you understand. If you don't, just forget it. Just know that I almost got into a fight. Almost.
Maybe I'm becoming a cranky old man.
Anyway, exam timetable. It is, as the French say, "comme çi, comme ça." That approximately means "So-so." I still don't know why I had to say it in French.
Accounting is on the 3rd of November. Then management and French are on the same day on the 11th. And for both of those exams, my table number is 007. Score. So should do well if I combine it with my Monash login, ahua7, and my rugby top, A. Huang 7.
So the plan is to study accounting maximally, then cram management, and not worry too much about French.
Where's the other exam gone, I hear you ask?
Well, International Studies involves an essay and a test, which are worth a combined total of 70%. So it just depends on what you like more. Exams, or endless assignments?
Word of the Day: Keys
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