Haven't posted in a while.

I know, I'm terrible.

I vacuumed up a spider today. It was quite liberating. The spider was huge, too - probably the size of a quarter, at least the size of a nickel, anyway.

Crap, now I have a sharp pain in the back of my head. We must be getting rain this week.

I watched The Breakfast Club today. It was AWESOME :) The DVD I have out of the library has a couple of featurettes, both of which were interesting.

But now I'm feeling melancholy again. It has a bit to do with an upcoming family reunion, and the fact that I can't even bring a book to said reunion (because Mom says it's 'rude'). It's gonna suck: outdoors, in the middle of frickin' July, with a bunch of people who aren't gonna take me seriously. At least my sister's gonna try to come up for this thing, and Justin will probably come with us, so I won't be completely alone. I'll still be bored to death, though.

If I didn't care about how Mom would react, I'd just stay home. But I hate to upset her, so I'll go and try to behave. I really don't want to go. I don't think Dad does, either, because he keeps joking about how he wants to go visit friends elsewhere. I can't say I blame him for wanting to ditch. Neither of us seem to be well received by relatives.

I still don't think it's fair that I can't bring a book. What else am I supposed to do?

Also, this video is awesome...

Awesome :)

So today I logged on to Q107's listener's club, because I got my bonus code in my e-mail. Remembering that one of the DJs did a phone interview with Meatloaf, I go on to her blog on the site and listen to the interview, and post it on my mom's Facebook because she loves him.

I'm a fan, too. He's performing in Oshawa tonight, but I didn't get tickets because: 1) Oshawa is a long drive from where I am, 2) there were no draws for tickets on the listener's club, and 3) as much as I wanted to try to call in to the radio station to win tickets, I knew I wouldn't get in, because the station is in Toronto and not only would it be a long-distance call, but I wouldn't have gotten through because there were probably loads of people in Toronto calling in.

So anyway, after I posted the interview link, I decided to try sending in a request for the All-Request Lunch Hour, and I asked them to play some Meatloaf - either 'You Took The Words Right Out of My Mouth', or 'Paradise By the Dashboard Light'. They played 'All Revved Up With No Place to Go', which made me happy. I actually got up and danced around when the song was playing, and sang/lip-synced along ;) They didn't play either song that I requested, but that's fine - I imagine they'll play more Meatloaf later as they're gearing up for the concert, and after the concert as everybody's going home. They usually do that for concerts that they cover.

I really hope that Meatloaf comes here sometime. It'd be a real treat for Mom and me.

Also, I watched An Education the other day. It was pretty good. I kinda want to try knitting Jenny's school scarf: it's grey and dark red, striped just like a Hogwarts scarf. I like it. I have The Breakfast Club waiting for me at the library, so that makes me happy. I might reserve more manga, or perhaps a light novel, after I pick up my stuff.

It's humid.

I just thought you needed to know that :) lol.

So, youth group was fun last night. We're supposed to participate in the service the weekend after labour day, but I'm not sure if I'll be there. Mom said something about going to see my sister soon, but I'm not sure if and when that's happening.

I watched a concert on HDNet today. A Heart concert. And guess what??? THERE'S GONNA BE A MEATLOAF CONCERT ON SUNDAY. And I think True Blood is going to be a repeat, so my TV viewing won't be interrupted by that (I don't watch it, but my mom does).

I screwed up my nail polish, though. It's not that bad, but it annoys me. But, it is hot pink nail polish. heck yes.

Big Brother's on tonight! And it's eviction night!

Boredom

Yup. iz bored.

Mom's still being bitchy. But that's normal.

I found the name of a movie that was in my head for a couple of days. It's called The Mighty. It's hard to describe, but it's a great movie. And it has Meatloaf in it!

Dad still hasn't put that network card in my computer, so I'm still using his.

I have two burnt-out lightbulbs in my room. I took one out, and then the second one went and I haven't taken it out yet. I can't put new ones in because we have no more energy-saving bulbs left.

I still have to watch my DVDs from the library.

Recap and Mom's Birthday

I haven't posted in a few days, so I'll recap first.

Youth group on Wednesday was, again, good and bad. The good part was that I saw my friends. The bad parts were that we played ultimate frisbee, which I walked out on twice; Elyssa was back from the big youth conference, and Elyssa told me that I 'shouldn't judge people' when I said how pissed off I was about Kristen Stewart (or, as I like to call her, 'Twilight Girl') portraying Joan Jett in an upcoming Runaways biopic. As my dad says, POT CALLING KETTLE BLACK! She is such a friggin' hypocrite! She calls me 'useless' (even though she was supposedly 'being sarcastic', it still stung), and then has the nerve to tell ME not to judge people? Wow, that's pretty cold.

Riley hasn't been to youth group for a couple of weeks. I hope he's okay.

Oh, and another thing that pisses me off - when Riley and his sister Rene's dog was run over by a car a few months back, Elyssa had said something like, "How could a dog be like a brother to you?" I told her that my dog Frisco, a Rat Terrier we had adopted (he died a few years ago) was like a brother to me. Riley's dog wound up having to be put down. We were all pretty sad that day. I couldn't help but cry.

On Thursday, Dad and I went shopping for Mom's birthday. Indigo didn't have any of the knitting books she had put on her list, so we ordered one. I'm not sure when it'll arrive - probably in a week. They'll call us when it's in. So I put the order slip in the card I gave her. I think she's quite happy :)

When we walked through the mall, there must have been at least two - I think I counted three - people that almost walked into us. It's unbelieveable how rude people can be in a shopping mall! Here we were, abiding the usual walking etiquette, and we nearly get bulldozed by some busybody!

Yesterday, Dad took Mom out to get her headphones as his present to her. She got a nice-looking pair. I don't think she told me how they sounded, but I'm sure they sound good. I myself have to get a new pair soon - the left speaker on mine cuts out a lot. I'll probably just get a cheap, $10 pair from The Source or something.

We went to a Thai restaurant - or was it Thai and Vietnamese? I don't know. We had to wait awhile, because we didn't think of making a reservation. The food was good, but the service was crap. Dad had to ask for a drink. We had water at the table, but still! I had chicken pho - chicken soup with rice noodles. It was alright except for the chicken. It was almost flavourless. Mom tasted a piece and said it was waterlogged. So, if I have a craving for chicken soup with rice noodles or vermicelli, I think I'll go to the Viet-Thai restaurant downtown.

Mom's cake is fabulous. It's labelled as 'Jamocha Almond'. And to top it all off, Meatloaf and his daughter Pearl were on Don't Forget the Lyrics!!! This was perfect, because Mom's a huge Meatloaf fan. We both sang along to 'Two Out of Three Ain't Bad' :)

ETA: Forgot to mention that we went to the British imports shop. I got my Munchies, as usual, and we got some Walkers crisps, among other things.

Because the first one got removed...

YouTube decided to remove the version of Bat Out of Hell by Meat Loaf that I'd put up before, so I'll put this one up. Sorry about that!

Just a quick post...

I'm bored, and I haven't eaten anything yet. Although I might eat a cupcake soon.

My keyboard keeps cutting out. I'll have to ask Mom how to fix that problem.

I got my right speaker to work yesterday, so I'm not sure if I wrecked the left one, or if it's just being silly. I need new speakers anyway.

And I have Paradise by the Dashboard Light stuck in my head.

I don't know if I'm going to church today, because Dad had a tiring night at work last night. So I have the sound off on my computer. Although, I'm probably making more noise than the computer, because I keep yelling at my keyboard.

More favourite songs!

Perhaps I should have warned you first - Paradise by the Dashboard Light, at the bottom of the page, is a bit too mature for younger readers/listeners.

Supertramp, 'Bloody Well Right'




Journey, 'Don't Stop Believing'




Genesis, 'Squonk'. Sorry about the poor sound quality on this one.




Genesis, 'The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway'




Led Zeppelin, 'The Crunge'




Pink Floyd, 'Wots... Uh The Deal'




Meat Loaf, 'Paradise by the Dashboard Light'. ETA: the first YouTube video/sound clip I put up was incomplete, so I put in the full one. I would've put the original video in this post, but it's a bit graphic for younger readers.

Some favourite songs of mine

Jethro Tull, 'Locomotive Breath'...




Pink Floyd, 'Childhood's End'...




Supertramp, 'Crime of the Century'... I have removed this one because of a still that shows some nudity. I found a new one, which I have placed below.





Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out Of Hell' This one has been removed by YouTube, but if you look at the October 6th post, entitled 'Because the first one got removed...' , there's a different still with the song. Sorry about that, folks!



Jethro Tull, 'Bungle in the Jungle'...




Meat Loaf, 'You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth'...

Here's what's new.

Yesterday, Erica commented on one of my photos of Mouse that I put up on Facebook. And yet she couldn't take the time to e-mail me. Huh.

Also yesterday, Mom was watching some movie, and I asked her what it was. She told me it was a goofy movie. So I said, "If no one's watching it, shall I look for something else?", and she replied, "I never said I wasn't watching it." So I ate my bread upstairs, in the spare room.

I heard some awesome music last night in the spare room. After my bread, I brought up my knitting and listened to the Galaxie music channels. All it is is a black screen with the song info in white text, moving slowly so that it doesn't burn out one particular part of the screen. I was often switching Galaxie channels when there was a song I wasn't keen on. I heard a Jethro Tull song on Galaxie GoldRock, and Tutti Fruitti on Rock n' Roll. I think I even heard some decent songs on Galaxie Rock, which usually has new rock thrown in. But the other night I did hear Viva la Vida by Coldplay on Galaxie Rock, which was awesome, and Hot Patootie by Meatloaf (from Rocky Horror, as seen in the post below this one) on GoldRock.

Hot Patootie, bless my soul!

Since the song mentions Saturday nights, I think it's quite fitting :)