Need a new TV show? This is a pretty good bet for a few laughs. It's about a kid, William, who starts at a new school and basically everyone just makes fun of him all the time and he has no friends. Then he sort of "makes" friends with a couple of boys and they do dumb shit. The actor who plays William has incredible comedic timing and the scripts are all pretty good. Check it out.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Chicago, All Things Go, All Things Go
I'm back in Chicago. Already. Every break just seems shorter and shorter... but oh well. The faster things go, the faster I'm done with school! Actually, I don't know if I want to wish the real world on myself like that just yet. We'll see how the new classes are.
My trip back was pretty uneventful. A few kids from UC were on my bus, as well as some kids from Columbia College (downtown art school). I talked to the Columbia College kids for awhile, never got their names, but whatever. They were first years and quite entertaining, quite naive about the world. I told them a bunch of bullshit about how smart I am (lol UofC!) and how I travel the world. They were particularly interested in London because they want to find cool thrift stores. I tried not to laugh at them, at least it made time go by sort of fast.
Upon arriving at my apartment I proceeded to put my itunes on and crank it as loud as possible on my computer speakers. My music tastes may not be very much appreciated by my roommates or neighbors so I'm taking advantage of an empty apartment right about now. I hit Hyde Park Produce to buy a few groceries (milk for coffee mostly) and then got home and realized I forgot about three things I needed. Such is life.
I've been unpacking for the last several hours now, and cleaning, and mostly dicking around on the internet. Most of my clothes are away now, and the 50 tortillas that may have been in my suitcase are now crammed into our over-full freezer.
Now I'm going to sit back and enjoy a little Prince and some Jackson 5.
xoxox Nora
My trip back was pretty uneventful. A few kids from UC were on my bus, as well as some kids from Columbia College (downtown art school). I talked to the Columbia College kids for awhile, never got their names, but whatever. They were first years and quite entertaining, quite naive about the world. I told them a bunch of bullshit about how smart I am (lol UofC!) and how I travel the world. They were particularly interested in London because they want to find cool thrift stores. I tried not to laugh at them, at least it made time go by sort of fast.
Upon arriving at my apartment I proceeded to put my itunes on and crank it as loud as possible on my computer speakers. My music tastes may not be very much appreciated by my roommates or neighbors so I'm taking advantage of an empty apartment right about now. I hit Hyde Park Produce to buy a few groceries (milk for coffee mostly) and then got home and realized I forgot about three things I needed. Such is life.
I've been unpacking for the last several hours now, and cleaning, and mostly dicking around on the internet. Most of my clothes are away now, and the 50 tortillas that may have been in my suitcase are now crammed into our over-full freezer.
Now I'm going to sit back and enjoy a little Prince and some Jackson 5.
xoxox Nora
Friday, January 1, 2010
Jay Sean - Down - 1Xtra LIVE
After writing about Taio and Tinchy at 1xtra live I went out and found my favorite 1xtra live performance... JAY SEAN!
I was talking to Matt about Jay Sean today and how he is a pretty ace artist and this is just further justification of that. How many artists these days can do this? He even covers the Lil Wayne part himself! One of my three hottest tracks of the year, and this is one of my favorite live performances of the year too!!
Tinchy Stryder ft. Taio Cruz - Take Me Back
I've played this song six times in a row. It's my favorite Taio Cruz track, though I think I like some other Tinchy stuff better (Number 1!). They performed this at Radio 1Xtra Live in November and it was out of control, I'll have to link it later.
I'm a big fan of Tinchy because he integrates a sort of dance-y electronic feel into most of his stuff. I'm not a fan of hip-hop that is dominated by bass and little else, this stuff is waaay better in my opinion.
So yeah enjoy some Tinchy tonight!
xoxox Nora
2010 - The Year of Adventures
I have two New Year's Resolutions for 2010.
1. Land on my feet after graduation.
2. Have as many adventures as I possibly can.
Number one is pretty self-explanatory... I want to graduate in June and have a job/life to look forward to. Number two is a bit more abstract... I want 2010 to be the year when I do as much cool/crazy shit as possible. I'm getting closer to that point in my life where I have to act like a responsible adult. I want this next year to be one to never forget so that when I do become a real adult I will be able to look back and remember this year as a good one. I don't know what I mean exactly by adventure... it could be a trip (like my upcoming trek to COSTA RICA in March or my UNAUSAMUN conference in NYC in May) or it could be trying something new, meeting new people, testing myself. I just want it to be fun and memorable.
To 2010 - The Year of Adventures!!!
xoxoxo Nora
1. Land on my feet after graduation.
2. Have as many adventures as I possibly can.
Number one is pretty self-explanatory... I want to graduate in June and have a job/life to look forward to. Number two is a bit more abstract... I want 2010 to be the year when I do as much cool/crazy shit as possible. I'm getting closer to that point in my life where I have to act like a responsible adult. I want this next year to be one to never forget so that when I do become a real adult I will be able to look back and remember this year as a good one. I don't know what I mean exactly by adventure... it could be a trip (like my upcoming trek to COSTA RICA in March or my UNAUSAMUN conference in NYC in May) or it could be trying something new, meeting new people, testing myself. I just want it to be fun and memorable.
To 2010 - The Year of Adventures!!!
xoxoxo Nora
NYE
I spent New Year's Eve with Dick Clark, as is typical of me. Last year, as you may have noticed in a previous post, I hung out by the Colosseum in Rome, and I knew there was no way in hell that I could top that here in Wisconsin. So I didn't try. And I may be sort of sick with some sort of cold/sinus mess so I wasn't really up for going out anyways...
My sister and I launched all of our leftover fireworks from the 4th of July at like 9pm last night. On the 4th my neighbors were having a big party and were super drunk and shooting fireworks at us, so we sort of gave up. Then the cops came and took all their fireworks so it was probably ok that we bailed early... We did them last night, and it was pretty fun. I think the cold affects them though because some weren't as impressive as I remember them being. But I'm a total pyro so it didn't really matter as long as I got to play with fire.
Later on in the evening I just sort of laid around and watched the Dick Clark special on ABC. They had a pretty terrible line-up in terms of performers (hint, I HATE the Black Eyed Peas). I got to watch the ball drop with Dick, and he only sort of messed up the counting (I'm sorry I shouldn't joke about his stroke). Then I had to kill another hour for the official Central Time turnover... watched Univision with my Mom because she didn't understand that Will.I.Am is not called William.
NYE was pretty tame, but I liked just hanging with my Mom so no bigs.
My sister and I launched all of our leftover fireworks from the 4th of July at like 9pm last night. On the 4th my neighbors were having a big party and were super drunk and shooting fireworks at us, so we sort of gave up. Then the cops came and took all their fireworks so it was probably ok that we bailed early... We did them last night, and it was pretty fun. I think the cold affects them though because some weren't as impressive as I remember them being. But I'm a total pyro so it didn't really matter as long as I got to play with fire.
Later on in the evening I just sort of laid around and watched the Dick Clark special on ABC. They had a pretty terrible line-up in terms of performers (hint, I HATE the Black Eyed Peas). I got to watch the ball drop with Dick, and he only sort of messed up the counting (I'm sorry I shouldn't joke about his stroke). Then I had to kill another hour for the official Central Time turnover... watched Univision with my Mom because she didn't understand that Will.I.Am is not called William.
NYE was pretty tame, but I liked just hanging with my Mom so no bigs.
On New Year's Eve I Did A Crazy Thing...
...I bought tickets to see JLS live in concert at the 02 Arena, in LONDON NEXT DECEMBER.
So basically I paid like $100 for two tickets to a concert in another country that is almost a year away. Which ok, is cool, but I have no idea what I'm going to be doing in December. Will I even have a job/be able to afford a trip to London? If I do have a job will I be able to take time off to fly to London for a pop concert? Will I even like JLS a year from now (ok, that is probably a yes)? So yeah, looking back on the purchase I'm thinking I've lost my mind a bit (ok a lot).
BUT, here is my justification. If 2010 is supposed to be a new and exciting year, WHY NOT buy these tickets? Who knows where I'll be? I'd rather have the tickets and be in the position where I have to resell them than be wanting to buy them but can't find any.
And, having these tickets means that I have a reason to have an adventure next winter. It sort of motivates me to be in a position where I can go to the show (because to be honest, I really really want to go). So who gives a shit that I bought tickets to a concert in another country that isn't for like a year?
After making this purchase I've resolved that 2010 is going to be the year for adventures...
xoxoxo Nora
So basically I paid like $100 for two tickets to a concert in another country that is almost a year away. Which ok, is cool, but I have no idea what I'm going to be doing in December. Will I even have a job/be able to afford a trip to London? If I do have a job will I be able to take time off to fly to London for a pop concert? Will I even like JLS a year from now (ok, that is probably a yes)? So yeah, looking back on the purchase I'm thinking I've lost my mind a bit (ok a lot).
BUT, here is my justification. If 2010 is supposed to be a new and exciting year, WHY NOT buy these tickets? Who knows where I'll be? I'd rather have the tickets and be in the position where I have to resell them than be wanting to buy them but can't find any.
And, having these tickets means that I have a reason to have an adventure next winter. It sort of motivates me to be in a position where I can go to the show (because to be honest, I really really want to go). So who gives a shit that I bought tickets to a concert in another country that isn't for like a year?
After making this purchase I've resolved that 2010 is going to be the year for adventures...
xoxoxo Nora
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