Thursday, March 27, 2008

March Madness

More Like Lost Madness in my case :)))
In a whirlwind of diagrams, ODEs, Michenix and Descriptive Geometry (which sums up the first quarter of 2008 for me) I took up watching LOST since Grey's Anatomy is on a hiatus until April 26th and I am totally addicted. Just finished season 1 and I heard it only gets better. So anyone who wants to start watching a TV series check out Lost, it rules. Addictive plot, interesting characters, well-chosen cast and unexpected events are packed in each 40 minute episode. I love it.
Apart from becoming a Lost-junkie, I've discovered a brilliant website!!!!!! If you like quality music, THIS is the place to be! Crapload of albums, singles, compilations available for download. Needless to say that my PC works like shit cos it's full of "freshly-cut" music.
I'll be back tomorrow for another entry because I am quite tired. PE classes take the life out of me! I've never been the energetic-active-sporty person and this guy/his daughter (they take turns) treats us like we're in the friggin' military! And I played basketball today...and scored! Ha! It's not April Fool's Day yet so you have to believe me, no matter how impossible that sounds :))

As for the traditional , I chose a band I haven't made up my mind if I like or not. Some songs are kinda...uhm...boyband-ish? But they have a killer accent and that makes up for it. And some songs are plain cute. Gotta listen to their albums better to decide. But this song, She Moves In Her Own Way is lovely. Cute. And awesome English accent. <3

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Rock Werchter, here I come!

Hurraaay!!!!
I have my tickets for the 2008 edition of the Rock Werchter festival in Belgium! What does that mean? Well it's 4 amazing days filled with brilliant music and loads of fun! I read many reviews from last year (they had a fabulous line-up then) and I am convinced that this is the place to be!
Yeah, there still are 4 months, 1 LCCI exam and 1 exam session until Werchter but right now, my excitement is out of control.
Just to give you an idea of who I will see, I will mention the most interesting bands that have confirmed their place so far: Radiohead (!!!!), The Verve (!!!), Lenny Kravitz, R.E.M, Air Traffic, The National, Babyshambles, Sigur Ros, Chemical Brothers, Kings Of Leon, The Hives, Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks and dEUS! More will be announced soon!
OK, let me calm down :P.

Putting this great news aside, let me tell you that uni has started and it looks a bit better than the 1st semester. We have some new, interesting subjects which make up for the load of crap we had in the previous one. Of course, annoying teachers are still on the list, but hey, you can't have it all. The schedule is better too, with a free Tuesday and labs & tutorials concentrated in two days, leaving the other two days for the lectures. Oh and by the way, who the hell invented 3-hour lectures?! They are soul-draining and brain-damaging!

And now to finish on a musical note, I will reward you with two live perfomances: Air Traffic, a band I found last week and have been listening to ever since, and Interpol, my current favorite band.
Air Traffic - Charlotte (really catchy song)
Interpol - Pioneer To The Falls (Carlos is a brilliant bassist, Sam is an amazing drummer, Daniel is a wonderful guitarist and Paul is awesome; this is for Andreea :* )