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Kindred Spirits

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 | Sites, Songs, TV | 2 Comments

My friend from California who’s living here for a few months brought her Anne of Green Gables DVDs with her (the first 2) and I borrowed them from her!! I’m so excited since they’re nowhere available here and have been wanting to see them for a long time. I’ve seen them all now and would have loved to get more of Anne and Gilbert. Seriously, I need to have my dad make copies of the DVDs so I can watch them whenever I feel down. The series are just so charming and feel-good and really entertaining to watch. Maybe I’ll even start rereading the books.

Yay! My Sophia site has been online for 5 years, am really proud to have stuck to it

Copied Sarika’s idea and installed a radio blog. Mostly just for myself to have my current favourite songs all in one place while I’m online.

Shared Resources

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | Sites, Songs, TV | 2 Comments

I really wanted to dedicate one full post to the wonderfully exquisite book Villette - but for days I haven’t been able to come up with the words to express how much I love this book. Maybe at a later time. Thanks Kirsty for giving it such praise! I’m sure I read it earlier than I would have without it.

So, this post will be a bit about what’s become the most dreaded expression when it comes to website hosting for me. It’s “shared resources”, and that one - or more specifically one’s website - is using too much of them…. Anyway, that’s happened to me and since I can’t afford to spend more time & money on maintaining some sort of server I moved the media parts of the Marion on Sophia sites to Fan-Sites.org. Also installed WP Super Cache on all of my WP installations. I just hope everything will go smoothly now… Keeping my fingers crossed. Oh, and the new layouts are up, am totally in love with both of them. If anyone knows what’s wrong with the Marion coding on the pages and the media intro page (when viewed in IE6) - any help would greatly be appreciated as I’m completely at a loss….

Oh, and thanks to Sarika I’ve re-discovered a singer who my friend owns a CD of - Elisa.

It’s the fear of thorns keeps you out of the garden

Friday, October 10th, 2008 | Book, Songs, TV | 2 Comments

Tess - can’t believe it’s over now. It all ended a bit too sudden. Why did I feel part 3 was sadder than the finale when I know it’s the other way round? Still debating whether or not I should buy the DVD.

Seen Gemma Arterton in 3 things now. St. Trinians, Lost in Austen and Tess. I think she’s definitely one of my favourite actresses now. She’s amazingly talented, gorgeous and refreshingly down-to-earth. Gotta love her biography too hehe

Been re-reading lots of Madeleine Brent’s novels. Anyone else read them? They’re really one of a kind. They’re full of the usual romance cliches, especially the ones from “gothic” novels, whatever that really means. There’s the strong-willed, underappreciated, somewhat eccentric and out-of-place young woman who ends up all alone in the world. Then she displays some extraordinary bravery in the face of disaster, comes across a menacing man (who’s a lot more sensitive and caring than he appears) and in the end she’ll end up rich and happy with her true love. But - and that’s the part I love most about them - they’re fit to be read to children. Really innocent fun! And the best pastime I could imagine to babysit a veery looong and tiresome FTP up/download.

Now for Villette by Charlotte Brontë, it took me a while to think it worth reading. But after 6 chapters or so it really got me hooked. Now that’s some excellent writing. To use such subtlety and yet convey such strong feelings! Another evening’s read and I’ll have arrived at the end.

Not sure if it’s because of my recent reading material but - even though I’ve recently been told more than the usual share of bad relationship stories from my friends - I have a longing for some drama in my real life. Love listening to this song over and over. Isn’t Delta Goodrem the best?!

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I’ve got a question on my mind
You can answer in your time
Just don’t freeze like a deer in the headlights

Sometimes it’s the risk of getting hurt
That’s beautiful and worse,
Is being numb feeling nothing at all

A little pain lets you know your alive
We gotta live and love not just survive

Hearts that don’t love can’t be broken
A dream stays a dream if not woken
If you never bleed then you won’t understand
Come pick me red roses with your bare hands

I’m standing right in front of you
But you don’t know what to do
It’s the fear of thorns that keeps you out of the garden

Be brave, be the fool, you’ve never been
’cause i’ll be here to kiss you skin
Melt me on the path where love could begin

Hearts that don’t love can’t be broken
A dream stays a dream if not woken
If you never bleed then you won’t understand
Come pick me red roses with your bare hands

Make me feel i’m worth it
Don’t love me with gloves on
Pick me roses roses with your bare hands
Make me feel i’m worth the scratches

Depressed

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 | Personal, Sites, Songs, TV | 2 Comments

Just finished watching part 3 of Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Love everything about it - except that it’s so tragic. Here I am, past midnight, sitting at my desk and crying my eyes out when in fact I’ve been feeling so well in recent weeks. I’ll get over it, sure, but it just blows. There are so many what if’s in that story - reminds me of what if’s in real life…

Seen all of Lost in Austen now. Final part must be my favourite out of the 4. I think the characters are the most real in this one. It did all feel a bit rushed, though.

True Blood - it seriously is addictive. But for heaven’s sake the stuff they put in there. It feels just like they’re doing it for the sake of it, you know, for being on cable and stuff.

Been adapting 2 layouts for Wordpress. Should really have finished the one first instead of trying to do both at the same time. Anyway, I’ve been tearing my hair out over browser incompatibilities. Especially IE of course. Some 25% of visitors still do use IE6 so I think I have to make an effort to at least get the layouts to display approximately the way they should. At home my PC recently upgraded to IE7 however I can’t seem to open it without making the computer to stop working. So I need to test the layouts for IE6 at my workplace. PNG, float, margin and padding - seriously I can’t stand it anymore. Serves me right though for converting a sliced table layout to a div & CSS layout. At least I think I got the basics working and I will not even attempt to validate the layouts. I don’t care! Oh and the best part? 2 row display in Affiliationally appears to have a clear function that makes my floated main column break.

Been listening to Brian Mcfadden a lot lately, mostly while driving. I seriously love his style - both in music and in general. Not to mention he’s always been my favourite Westlife member.

I seem to lose all my earrings - but always just one out of a pair. A while back I lost one of the earstickers my parents gave me when I first got my ears pierced - I was about 3 years old at the time. They really had a sentimental value. Then I lost one of the golden earrings my parents gave me when I finished school. Sentimental and material value this time. And I’ve not been able to find any similar ones since. Now, I’ve lost one of the earstickers my parents gave me when I got my ears pierced for the second time when I was 11. I had let the holes in the earlobes grow back again. Seriously, I have a ton of worthless fashion jewellery and I’ve never once lost one of them. But I’ve lost one piece of every set my parents gave me???!! What is wrong with me!!

And now there’s a purity inside of me

Monday, August 4th, 2008 | Celebrity, Film, Songs, TV | No Comments

Not felt much like blogging lately. A lot of the sites need updating. Hope to muster up the motivation. Been watching loads of Talk Show interviews on YouTube lately (Julia Roberts, Liv Tyler, Jonathan Rhys Meyers). New series on my download list: Robin Hood. Oh, and did I tell you I fell in love with the little film gem August Rush. Yes, it’s unreal and not that credible but it’s so enchanting I just couldn’t help myself. And I LOVE the music and am listening to the soundtrack all the time now.

Best news: Sophia Myles told me she’s going to be at the world premiere of Outlander. Nothing special as such, right? I mean a film’s star is kind of expected to attend its world premiere. But what if that event is not taking place in Hollywood but in a small European country? Granted, it’s a (rather) respected film festival but still. I’m more than happy that Sophia will attend the 61st Film Festival Locarno. I bought myself tickets and am so gonna be there!

The neon lights in bars
And headlights from the cars
Have started a symphony
Surrounding Me
The things I left behind
Have melted in my mind
And now there’s a purity
Inside of me

I’ve been sitting watching life pass from the sidelines
Been waiting for a dream to seep in through my blinds
I wondered what might happen if I left this all behind
Would the wind be at my back ? Could I get you off my mind
This time
August Rush - This Time (by Jonathan Rhys Meyers)