It's currently winter in Cape Town and I haven't left my house in days. It's cold, the weather looks miserable and my room is very warm right now. Can you think of anything better to do on a cold winter day than to curl up in your bed and watch either a series or a movie? Didn't think so. Please let me know if you disagree. I prefer watching series, not only because they're longer than movies but because I like character development. I like to keep track of what's going on with who and seeing characters grow and all of that mushy stuff. I also like seeing when they'll catch the killer. I've compiled a list of series to watch over your winter break. Please bare in mind that these are some of my favourite TV shows, most of them are thrillers but none of them are "Game of Thrones" concentration level series. Who wants to think hard when it's cold outside? Get ready for the series binging.
Wednesday, 24 June 2015
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
Ooooops
I JUST REMEMBERED THAT I HAD THIS BLOG.
Sorry, I got excited. I honestly don't know why I stopped posting and then gradually forgot about this blog. Perhaps it was because I was in my final school year and put all of my energy and time into studying? Yeah right. However, I'm back and perhaps for good. I must have started this blog 2 years ago, almost to the day, so I suppose that it's fitting that I try to start it up again. There will be a name change, sorry about that, and there will probably be a theme change (in terms of display and topics being written about) but it is what it is and I'm so happy to be back.
I'll be back soon.
Xo
Sorry, I got excited. I honestly don't know why I stopped posting and then gradually forgot about this blog. Perhaps it was because I was in my final school year and put all of my energy and time into studying? Yeah right. However, I'm back and perhaps for good. I must have started this blog 2 years ago, almost to the day, so I suppose that it's fitting that I try to start it up again. There will be a name change, sorry about that, and there will probably be a theme change (in terms of display and topics being written about) but it is what it is and I'm so happy to be back.
I'll be back soon.
Xo
Friday, 5 July 2013
Holidays Series Watching.
It's school holidays so you know what that means... Series! Possibly the most obligatory part of anyone's holiday; and I'm only partially ashamed to admit that I've already finished 2 and I just started my third. Oops...
Let the brief descriptions begin!
I started off my holiday series marathon with The Carrie Diaries, which is a prequel to 'Sex and the City'. A combination of my friend's nagging and some gifs of the beautiful cast on tumblr, I finally decided to start watching it. The series is a rather quirky take on Carrie Bradshaw, before she makes it big in the big apple, as a teenager. It follows her and her friends and helps explore life as a teenager in the 80's and all of the challenges they face because children of the 80's had problems too.
I may have lied earlier when I said that I
had finished some seasons, this one I just got up to date with, that's right, it's Pretty Little Liars, as I hope you guess from my mini pun.
Four seasons strong, this show follows 4 girls a year after the death of a friend, Alison and how they cope with the constant harassment by mystery figure 'A'. 'A' has all of the traits of dead friend, Ali, and knows all of the girl's secrets and uses them as blackmail for each respective girl. As soon as you start to think you know what is going on, a new twist is thrown into the game and you just get all frustrated because you think you've worked it all out, but you haven't.
I then did a very bad thing and watched the pilot for American Horror Story and now I'm just as hooked as I am terrified; in the best sense of the word. I'm 9 episodes into the 12 and loving it as well as missing sleep since I'm not usually a horror girl, which was silly of me as the title should have given that one away. The Harmon family moves into a house which is haunted by every past inhabitant that is buried in the house; which, of course, sparks many problems. Each episode starts off with a story from the past and the deeper into the series you go, the more is uncovered.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have episode 10 of American Horror Story to watch.
Let the brief descriptions begin!
I may have lied earlier when I said that I
had finished some seasons, this one I just got up to date with, that's right, it's Pretty Little Liars, as I hope you guess from my mini pun.
Four seasons strong, this show follows 4 girls a year after the death of a friend, Alison and how they cope with the constant harassment by mystery figure 'A'. 'A' has all of the traits of dead friend, Ali, and knows all of the girl's secrets and uses them as blackmail for each respective girl. As soon as you start to think you know what is going on, a new twist is thrown into the game and you just get all frustrated because you think you've worked it all out, but you haven't.
I then did a very bad thing and watched the pilot for American Horror Story and now I'm just as hooked as I am terrified; in the best sense of the word. I'm 9 episodes into the 12 and loving it as well as missing sleep since I'm not usually a horror girl, which was silly of me as the title should have given that one away. The Harmon family moves into a house which is haunted by every past inhabitant that is buried in the house; which, of course, sparks many problems. Each episode starts off with a story from the past and the deeper into the series you go, the more is uncovered. Now if you'll excuse me, I have episode 10 of American Horror Story to watch.
XoxoX
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
OOTM: The Cab.
I'm two days late and I apologize but it will be worth it. I've just been rather poorly but I'm not going to bore you with those details so here we goooo
June's Obsession of the Month: The Cab.
Possibly one of the coolest bands I've ever heard. I want to thank the beautiful people of tumblr for helping me find them.
They are a really fun pop rock (one of those happiness educing genres) bands and have been around for roughly 5 years and they should be much more famous than they are.
Before I talk about their music, let's talk about their faces.
Mmm. Yes. Now that we've enjoyed that, let's move onto some actual reviewing.
Their debut album, Whisper War (2008) was one of the first albums I've listen to and instantly liked in a very long time. All of the songs are fun and upbeat and you can't not sing along once you think you know the words and you're left tapping your feet to the beat before you fall asleep. All of the lyrics are the expected pop rock lyrics but I adore them and they just make me happy.
My favourite songs? That 70's Song, One of Those Nights & Can You Keep a Secret? (which has been played 48 times since I downloaded the album on Sunday; can we just? That isn't too bad... )
Symphony Soldier (2011) is possibly one of the most auditory pleasing things ever. [Thanks guys, you make my ears happy :)]
This album is much more versatile than their first one which is good as it kind of shows maturity of the band, I guess? Maybe I'm just being pretentious in saying that but the album is seriously great regardless. Versatility is good. All of the lyrics are the perfect combination of partial lovey dovey and 'I'm so over you' sassy.
Best songs? Angle with a Shotgun, Temporary Bliss, La La & Endlessly (which has the most amazing lyrics ever)
Essentially, you should go and buy their albums and listen to them all the time like I do because they will make you very happy.
June's Obsession of the Month: The Cab.
Possibly one of the coolest bands I've ever heard. I want to thank the beautiful people of tumblr for helping me find them.
They are a really fun pop rock (one of those happiness educing genres) bands and have been around for roughly 5 years and they should be much more famous than they are.
Before I talk about their music, let's talk about their faces.
Mmm. Yes. Now that we've enjoyed that, let's move onto some actual reviewing.
~wee~
Their debut album, Whisper War (2008) was one of the first albums I've listen to and instantly liked in a very long time. All of the songs are fun and upbeat and you can't not sing along once you think you know the words and you're left tapping your feet to the beat before you fall asleep. All of the lyrics are the expected pop rock lyrics but I adore them and they just make me happy.
My favourite songs? That 70's Song, One of Those Nights & Can You Keep a Secret? (which has been played 48 times since I downloaded the album on Sunday; can we just? That isn't too bad... )
This album is much more versatile than their first one which is good as it kind of shows maturity of the band, I guess? Maybe I'm just being pretentious in saying that but the album is seriously great regardless. Versatility is good. All of the lyrics are the perfect combination of partial lovey dovey and 'I'm so over you' sassy.
Best songs? Angle with a Shotgun, Temporary Bliss, La La & Endlessly (which has the most amazing lyrics ever)
Essentially, you should go and buy their albums and listen to them all the time like I do because they will make you very happy.
XoxoX
Friday, 21 June 2013
Monday, 17 June 2013
Obsessions...
Since it takes me approximately 3 minutes for me to become obsessed with something, I thought I'd start an "Obsession of the..." and I'm still figuring out if it'll be monthly or weekly, but maybe it'll purely be dependent on how long it takes for me to become obsessed with something new (not so long)
As you can tell by my annoying posts, it's currently polyvore, but I can almost assure you that next week it'll be outranked by something else.
As you can tell by my annoying posts, it's currently polyvore, but I can almost assure you that next week it'll be outranked by something else.
XoxoX
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Addicted to Polyvore.
This blog may start to become flooded with polyvore as a result of my crazy addiction. I am apologizing in advance.
I will try to rationalize my, um... yeah... TRY. No promises.
XoxoX
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