So I have done it again.. But I have to ask you... Why is it that when singing, that most people (including myself) have the most awful facial expressions. Oh well here I present my take on Johnny Cash's rendition of the classic Nine Inch Nails song: Hurt. Enjoy :)
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So I been off on my blog updates... and I don't think this one is going to be very long either. Well as far as music goes, i recorded a bit of a song last night, I was mashing together Hallelujah (orig. Leonard Cohen) and of course Evanescences CMWYS... and uhh safe to say: FAILURE! lately my endeavors feel like they are headed to nowhere, but thats normal, I'm usually not satisfied with my work. as of right now , my classes feel like they are on this line too! But starting tomorrow I will be working on my NonFiction class writing, and then the 20th british drama and then distopic fiction. But the last and hardest hurdle is my geology class... It's just so damn difficult! I attend my classes and end up giving it half my attention because the prof is so boring, and nervous just not enough to hold my attention! bah well... thats enough of class... I gotta give it my all soon enough! but well the way I want it to go down for the next two weeks is this, average one essay per week for distopic and 20th Century British Drama and then the Non Fiction assignments to be dispursed between the essay breaks. constant progress that will hopefully kick me into highgear into that busy is best technique I learned in High School... dunno why but in ELA is actually where i learned it! ha ha i unno.
And to mention music again, I am still in love with this Alexz Johnson album... Voodoo... it has a variety of vibes that isn't too far spread apart. I LOVE IT! soo sooooooo sooooooooooo much! hmm that and getting some of my drink on right now as I mend my woes. And maybe it'll kick my productivity into high gear with some good home cleanin! ha ha I HOPE! Maybe tomorrow I'll start with some laundry and essay writing. Especially now that we have a key to the laundry room and some loonies for the dryer! WEO! Well for now I guess this is enough, I'll write an entry worth reading another day. I hope :P So Music selection is big with me! Other people may not be interested much in the music I like, but well we all have our own tastes. But last night I finally loaded the 50 dollar gift card my dad got me and went into a late night frenzy! Before having enough music to nod off to I had downloaded quite a few Dido songs. Including Sand in My Shoes, White Flag, Stoned, Who Makes You Feel, Mary's in India, Life For Rent, Don't Leave Home and of course Thank You, Here With Me and No Angel! These songs were not enough to still my heart! Along with Dido I also sought out Evanescence's Open Door album. This album brought me to four songs by none other than Sarah McLachlan! These four being Elsewhere, Dear God, I Will Remember You and a song I have fallen in love with is her rendition of Rainbow Connection. Going with the flow of melodic tunes I went for the cover songs of Boyce Avenue. Songs that they cover I find have added a beautiful flow that makes these covers vastly different from the originals, for the most part. The covers I purchased were: No One/Tattoo/Where is the Love Medley (Alicia Keys, Jordin Sparks, Black Eyed Peas), Disturbia (Rihanna), Circus/Just Dance (Britney Spears, Lady Gaga), Love Lockdown (was it Kanye?), Everything (Vertical Horizon). And to bring back two of the greatest songs of the late 90's I had to download Closing TIme (Semisonic) and Sex and Candy (Marcy Playground)! These songs provided a nice sleep mix! And that is not where my iTunes splurge ends! Upon waking up I proceeded to buy Lisa Loeb's Stay, and Mercy and Stop by Duffy as I love songs that are quite reminiscent of the burlesque era! Now that I am near the last bit of money left on my iTunes I am now nearing the most up to date music purchase... Not many people I know listen to her but I fell in love with Alexz Johnson's music during her years starring in the Canadian tv series 'Instant Star"! And waaaay back in March she released a new album called Voodoo... How it has taken me THIS long to have downloaded it and give it a listen. I knew I would love it, so it was an impulse purchase that I had to take! And so far I am not disappointed! The songs are slightly different than all her other songs previously released, So far, it is also appealing to that light feeling I have associated with the burlesque era. Can I say HAPPY! This day is going GREAT!
So tonight has gotten so much BETTER! Felt well enough to venture out of the apartment and go to the University. However, I was starting to feel fatigue and decided against class but handed in an assignment and had a quick chat with my prof. But on the good news side (even MORE!) I had managed to attend a collective meeting (where I got to pet hold and LOVE a puppy named Bruno!) and Tam bought me Supper so that was AMAZING! (Even though the burger was not as advertized) But I am not going to complain, 3 and a half days in my apartment sick and mostly in bed I was getting cabin fever! Now to explain that photo.... even more GREAT news! Kris came over and dropped off the NyQuil she offered aaaand included Orange Juice, Kleenex (BRAND!!!!) couple types of Soup. So in celebratory style I served up my NyQuil in a shot glass! So while I wait for it to work its drowsy cold symptom Miracles, I am updating le Blog! Although I think I am more in the mood to play some Beatles RockBand. Ahh Life is Looking up!!! I think starting tomorrow I will begin to tackle those two research essays I have to do by December! Now about this... Tastier NyQuil... I understand the classic cherry flavor buuuuut.... I don't really care for its easier to swallow taste. I liked NyQuil the way it was before! The whole point of the NyQuil experience for me was that you can FEEL it begin to work immediately! *sigh* Well I have also been mentioning that lately I have been drawing and this is an attempt to work towards that webcomic that Kris wants to try. However, I have never done comics before and to successfully draw the same character in two different but recognizable poses and expressions is kind of proving difficult! Really frustrating! Well to be honest I have also been trying to do one as a solo project on my life between breaking up with ID and before the 2009/10 school year. Kinda fails right now. Oooh that is stealthy! I can begin to feel that soothing calming effect of the new nyquil formula! It's giving me hope that I will be feeling better SOON! Ahh I think I will lay back and listen to some Michelle Featherstone music! She right now is my Sarah McLachlan replacement until I can get an album going here! Also if anyone is reading this, I would LOVE it if you commented and gave me some music recommendations! and DON'T leave out musical showtunes either! Hmm ok I think what I will do eventually is post a list of some of the artists I enjoy and have on my iTunes! (Awww I miss my iPod... I lost it this summer while working back home! :( *tear* ) This is your new blog post. Click here and start typing, or drag in elements from the top bar.
so it's 3:30 in the morning and I have just noticed that we have all updated our blogs. And I again, the fourth time tonight? Am updating again. The coughing is keeping me awake and I am just realizing that perhaps I should have went to the pharmacy for some NyQuil. ugh! This has gotten me feeling miserable but trying to be productive here. So I tried some writing and got little in the area of poems/lyric writing. Strange how there are three of us into songwriting. But whatever, Like I said I'm the artist in the group and my artforms vary. But I Like to think that I am quite the anti geek in the group. I'm not into comics, but rather enjoy writing whenever it goes my way. I kinda like reading, but dont really like it when the class reading lists are like HUGE, as they seem to be this semester. It's only going to get worse. Whatever I also have to buckle down it is halfway through November and I should be getting into my end of term research papers and studying Our Dynamic Earth like a madman if I ever want to pass the class with something more impressive than a ... d? ok maybe a C if I'm lucky. I curse the idea of the Liberal Education Requirements right now! I think i bombed the midterm, but am hoping for a good sized curve for that exam right now. Also hoping like last time I am on the upper part of that curve. I barely remember taking the exam to be honest. I travelled into town the night before and made feeble night time attempts to study but that was a bust. So when it came to getting home it was at 7AM and then a two hour sleep and a class at 10:40 where a reading test was done, that I barely remember and I don't think it made much sense, since I felt a footnote was required.
But onwards and upwards! Does anyone else keep their fortune cookie fortunes? I try to, sometimes I am successful. But whenever I have them out of home I tend to lose them before I get home. So to make it all up I buy them from the Superstore in bulk and then me and my roomie have a good laugh adding "in bed" to the ends of them. It's been a while. And as I was laying in the dark a little while ago I was thinking that whenever I find a muse to get into making a video, I was thinking if I could do a music video for Brett. I guess I could discuss it with him first, but I imagine that the venture would benefit us both. Me artistically as a video editor and of course include him for his acting, musical and even artistic insight into the videography. Have I ever mentioned in this thing that I am also a video artist? Sure I must have... Well as for writing, I have a huge school project to write. On advice from my prof, I should write a piece on my late mom. Since most of what I have been writing lately has had focus on her. Well there are two common recurring themes really. One is my mom. The other is on being gay. I feel that I am digging myself a grave already. Kind of like an actor being typecasted. I should try and branch out and find some other central focus. I should also go into the kitchen and make myself a nice hot cup of tea! Anyways as far as my musical talents go, I would say I barely have any. Some people tell me I'm good at singing, but really I don't know if I am. I hear myself and I keep thinking it's not good enough. Well I guess I could say that you can be the judge and post a cover I did of Call Me When You're Sober by Evanescence. IF i feel comfortable enough with it though. The version I have online so far I am not comfortable with as it... well... I just am not quite happy with it. Gah well! For now... who knows. Maybe I'll update in an hour... a Week? I dunno! Oh and for more updates... some may be comical or strange or constant and everyday and/or outright strange, follow me on twitter @japetagon So I'm back. Found myself cleaning my kitchen today as a friend was over. It all started with a nightmare of me becoming a hoarder. Admittedly it is a fear of mine that some day I will snap and find myself seeking solace in keeping stuff. So when I woke up and saw that my apartment was a filth hole, no seriously filthy... I began cleaning. But yet because I often lack focus... the apartment is still messy, but at least the kitchen and bathroom are a step to being cleaner. I'll also need to go to the laundry mat soon. Don't want another $30 trip again. That was just too much work for what I like to think of as a leisurely task of doing laundry. Love taking my WebBook with me to the Laundromat. Sometimes I even get good ideas to write about. I also find it weird that throughout today that I haven't listened to music. It's been one of those nice Sunday-ish days, sure its Thursday but well the spirit of the idea was present ALL day :).
I think I may even start tackling the living room soon. And it may prove successful too if I borrow my roomies iPod and jam to some Everly or perhaps even some SohoDolls. OH that reminds me, I also am quite into SohoDolls and other Burlesque inspired music. That lil jazzy feel and then the saucy lyrics... it's all so fun! hmm and Victorian fashions... I think men should like always wear suits. ok not ALWAYS. But it just looks nice. and hot. and uhhh... what was I talking about again? I wonder how tonight is going to be... Sounds like the neighbors downstairs are going to have a lil party. Oh well. OnWard Ho! |
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