My 18,000 Track.

(On LastFM that is) was True Love by Ke$ha feat. Katy Perry

:)

New Queen of Rockabilly?

HOW MUCH did I enjoy that night!!! The ABC was packed to the rafters which gave a fantastic atmosphere.  I may have gotten there a little early but it meant I could a great spot. :)

There was a great support act, The Sour Mash Trio, you can check them out here. I thought they were great and they got a great response from the crowd. Will be looking out for them in the future.

Next came the lady herself, who is even more attractive in real life (if you can believe it.)

Stunning.

(And yes, I wish I could wear black and red pvc and look like that)

Everything about the performance was spot on! The stage props and lighting were fantastic for the venue. I’m not sure how they would have looked in the Liquid Rooms that she played the night before, but I heard that was a great night too. She played a good collection from her two albums along with a few covers finishing her encore with her rendition of Tainted Love. I was a little disappointed that she never sang “Falling In Love With You Again” however there was no piano on stage so I wasn’t too surprised.

Everyone in the audience seemed to enjoy it as much as I did and everyone was happily singing along to all the songs :)

What I didn’t enjoy was the lack of posters, couldn’t find one for my collection this time. I’ll just have to try again next time.

This was one of my favourite of the night.

x

A Semi Professional Me:

For anyone who didn’t know, a couple of weeks ago, I went on a “Management Training Course” for the company I work for, JD Sports Fashion plc. I work in one of their fashion fascias: Bank. Check out the threads we sell here.

So my main reason for wanting to do well on this course was to impress the people I would meet there, as I’d like to end up in H/O. I feel I did all I could, so I’ll just have to hope I made a good impression on all I met there.

And yes, being away for the whole week in a more professional atmosphere meant one thing: OFFICE WORK WEAR. Ok, so it might not be the most exciting of clothing options, but I never get to wear anything remotely office like so it made  nice change and yes I got a bit excited by the whole thing.

Clothes

Cardigan: H&M

Shirt: Vero Moda

Skirt: H&M

Accessories

Hair clips: H&M

Necklace: Miss Selfridge

Bracelet: H&M

Belt: From skirt

Clothes

Cardigan: As before

Dress: Vintage, from a store in Dublin

Accessories

Hair Clip: H&M

Necklace: Primark

Ring: Primark

Watch: Henry Holland

Belt: As Before

I never got a chance to take more photos of the other days outfits, but these were my favourites. Even though I thought I had toned down my look for the week I still got a couple of good comments on how bright I was. Along with a comment of how I looked like Paloma Faith. I do kinda, so it’s ok, plus I love her <3

It was the best comparison I could find with short notice.

xxx

My feelings on The Feeling

This was a Dundee trip this time, with one of the girls from work. Firstly, it was a fantastic atmosphere. was a good level of busy, with a really range of people in the crowd. The band themselves were fantastic, and I walked away on a high. They had great interaction with the crowd. I had read lots of reviews that mentions the stage presence of the lead singer, Dan Gillespie Sells and I was not disappointed in the slightest :) They played a good range of songs from their 2 albums as well as a couple of new tracks. I still can’t get over the feeling of everyone in the place singing along to the same songs, I think that could be what I enjoy most about going to see bands live.

This was only my second time seeing a band on the second floor of Fat Sams, this time I got a much better spot in the crowd.

I would definitely go to see them again and really recommend them. I know it’s not everyone cup of tea, but if you get a chance to, give them a go. This is my favourite song of there’s (even though I had it as my morning alarm on my phone, so every time I hear it I think I’ve slept in lol.)

Little Thank You:

This is just a small thank you to the nice folks at Pocket Gamer who sent me this through a little give away on their Twitter feed.

I like her very much :)

Blue Floral Skirt

This is the skirt I fell in love with a few weeks ago (in spite of a bit of a faff trying to find it)

If you like it too, you can find it here

Update:

Ok, ok. I know I've been gone for a while. So much for posting every week eh? But I've been kinda busy at work, which has left me wanting to relax when I' not there. And relaxing for me tends towards listening to sweet music and lying very still. I know it's odd, I just go with it. So I will be posting a few times this week to make up for it, as I actually have been doing lots of stuff, and I fee like if I write it down I will stop thinking that I do not nothing in my life. Keep an eye out :)

So, Freelance Whales!

Yes, this is where I was last Sunday. It made me very happy as it was a two birds with one stone situation. I went to s gig, by myself. It's all about being self-reliant. If you can live and be happy on your own, well any times you spend with others well, then, there just a bonus. :)

Here's one of their songs, just to get a wee feel for them:

While being in Edinburgh, I was able to catch up with one of my good friends, and then met some of his friends. While they did spend the majority of the time in the pub trying to convince me to move to Edinburgh, I was struck by a saddening thought. There was a time in Dundee when I had a good couple of drinking buddies, but now they have moved away, so no afternoon pub trips :(

If only you could advertise for that in the local paper, but I get the feeling it would bring out the wrong type of applicants.

Back to the gig, or more precisely the band! :D

And don't they look like a nice bunch of people :)

It's Kevin, Judah, Doris, Jacob and Chuck. On a side note, Doris has fantastic style, was loving the shoes she was rocking on stage. The energy on stage was fantastic, and I loved the fact the instruments were being passed between all of them. It was also Kevin's birthday, little bit of knowledge for you there. Took place in the newly done up Liquid Rooms, I can't compare it, but I liked it too :)

And to have a memory of the evening, I swiped this little baby just before I left:

Can't blame a girl eh?

To be fair, the worse part of the evening could have been running to the train station to make the last train home. But a girl has got to make it home for work the next day after all.

On the whole, a bloody great way to spend a day :)

Next gig is on Wednesday, I'm off to see The Feeling :D

Result!

Looking like a day in Edinburgh for me :)

Last song of the evening

Over Playing Your Hand....

I seem to be doing a lot of this lately. And it usually ends up with me standing in the rain, with "The Lonely Man Theme" playing in the background. Well, not really, but it's certainly the theme I hear in my head:



So moving on from the slight possibility that I'm the only person I know who has different theme music for different moments in their life, I seem to find myself in a pressing predicament. I find myself playing what could be argued to be a "long game" professionally. My instinct tells me to be rational. Luckily, work is one of the few places I am actually rational. It will move likely be a test of my patience and temperament. Fingers crossed my rational side wins out.

What I am realising now is that I have no time for rationality when it comes to myself personally. I feel that I lack in certain areas, so to compensate, I set impossibly high standards that I expect myself to reach, and with that have the knowledge that I can at least hold that up next to me. It scares me the amount of pressure I put myself under. Certain things have to be just so. Perfect even.

I recall a friend from school explaining her theory on perfection: her point was that perfection was brought forth from imperfection. If everything was perfect, it would be imperfect. It made for an interesting thought.

This is my friend Eimear and I. :) She was over for a few days. I miss her lots. We might not speak every day any more, but when we do, it's fantastic.

Small side track over.

What I know about myself and over playing my hand, is I tend to do it when I'm happy, I don't think it through and it blows up in my face. I think that there is nothing wrong in what I am doing or saying, when I really haven't given the situation my full attention. And then it's over, and I'm in the metaphorical street in the rain.

So Far Today

So managed to write my letter for work with a little help. Had to explain why I was a suitable candidate for a job I pretty much already do. Hopefully it's just a case of looking at it, and the guy going "yup". And he is the sort of man likely to say yup.

Booked my flights to Canada for my holiday, but was looking at a wee trip to Spain in August ;) So saving must continue now I have a reason to. My week off in March was also confirmed. Can't wait to get out of Dundee for a little bit, new scenery always makes a difference. To me at least.

There was a lot of times I was smiling today, which was nice. And here's a wee picture since I was feeling happy.

The Like - He's Not A Boy

Love it :)

For a start:

New look (will check it in 5 minutes to see if I like it.)

The Shame

I've not posted in about 6 months, and it has been brought to my attention. Going to have to do something interesting today to make up for it :)