Weekly Quote - W/E 31/7/10

"I'm tired of saying, 'how wonderful you are! To fool men who haven't got one half the sense I've got, and I'm tired of pretending I don't know anything so men can tell me things and feel important while they're doing it." - Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell

Funnier at the time...

On a trip to the Manchester Science Museum a friend and I came across this, an occurrence which is probably quite common, but at the time seemed hilarious.














A man polishing a bin - hah!!! What next people cleaning toilets?!!

Also funny is this weird piece of architecture.














OK so it ain't the leaning tower of Pisa, but the Manchester Hilton still looks like a precariously balanced child's Lego brick construction to me.

And soon after this I ran out of battery so I have nothing really to show you of the Museum, but it is well worth a look.

Word of the post: Welcome –verb (used with object)

3

to greet the arrival of (a person, guests, etc.) with pleasure or kindly courtesy.

4.

to receive or accept with pleasure; regard as pleasant or good: to welcome a change.

Weekly Quote Late Double

falling behind again...

"Harry dived. Defore the dragon knew what he had done, or where he had disappeared to, he was speeding towards the ground as fast as he could go...he had taken his hands off the firebolt - he had seized the golden egg." - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling

"It was now too late and too far to go back and I went on. And the mist had all solemnly risen now and the world lay spread before me." - Great Expectations, Charles Dickens

back on track now.

Birthday Music

It's been ages since my birthday, but I thought I'd share with you some of the music I got for my birthday because I've bought a few other CDs since and I'd like to post about them too. I',m not going to bother 'reviewing them - I'm simply going to share what I got, and let you listen for yourselves.

G-Sides: Gorillaz








Gorillaz have quickly migrated to favourite band status and with the gift of this album they equaled the top spot for 'most albums owned' with 4 albums by the same artist. Buying G-Sides (an album of B-Sides for their first release) was something I'd always planned on getting around to so it was a great gift.

This is 'Ghost Train' - my favourite track on the album.




Through the Windowpane - Guillemots









I was aware of the band, but didn't know a lot about them so this gift was an attempt to broaden my horizons I think. It took me a while to get into them, but one song in particular stuck in my head and captured my interest, which is how I think music should work.

This is 'Made Up Love Song #43'



More soon.

Word of the post: Unwillingly –adjective

1. not willing; reluctant; loath; averse: an unwilling partner in the crime.

2. opposed; offering resistance; stubborn or obstinate; refractory: an unwilling captive

weekly Quote - W/E 03/07/10

"Somewhere out there is the origin of all the dust, all the death, the sin, the misery, the destructiveness in the world. Human being's can't see anything without wanting to destroy it, Lyra. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die." - His Dark Materials, Phillip Pullman