Cake Day/Leftovers Day/Good Grief Day
2007-11-26 @ 8:06 p.m.

Downloaded all but one song of The Veronicas' new album, Hook Me Up. It's a lot dancier than their first, but I don't mind because I'm somewhat into that kind of sound. Anyway, The Veronicas are one of those artistes that actually sound good live, which is quite rare in these days of studio trickery. (Perfect example of that is Britney from her self-titled third album onwards. Nobody sounds like that in real life, although I suppose you don't really listen to her thinking she can actually sing...) Was watching some of their acoustic performances on YouTube. Some people have all the luck! Great voice, great looks. On MC today and tomorrow, which is precisely what I wanted. Spent the day doing nothing constructive, but I'm going to work on remedying that tomorrow. Have decided that I'm going to read Projet Utopia in translation first, before going to the original French. It's less tedious than going chapter by chapter, as if I'm reading a parallel text.

Everytime I blog-surf, I'm bound to come across an entry that strikes me as being intelligent. You know how most bloggers are, just posting accounts of their day and other randomly inconsequential things. (Now that was obviously self-indictment. Oh, don't judge, at least I'm admitting it.) So I'm impressed by these people, because they have something to say and they took the time and energy to write it down. I could do it too, but I don't feel strongly enough about things to want to say anything about them. Of all the interests I have in life, probably only two can be considered inherently social - music and writing. Writing's a given, because I wouldn't bother writing if I didn't think that eventually someone would read what I wrote, or at least humour me by reading something I've chosen to show to them. Music's a bit more complicated. I like very different kinds of music, but I'm not what you would call a rabid fan. My tastes are in a constant state of flux. I can go for weeks listening to some electronic stuff, and then just switch to looping Christian songs. Of course, I have perennial favourites that I always return to, as well as utterly neglected tracks gathering dust in my iPod that just exist to complete discographies. What I really like though, is to perform. Live. With a band. It's part of the reason why I enjoy serving in the music ministry, though it isn't the sole reason because then the motive would be kind of wrong, not to mention self-indulgent. I do dream of becoming a recording artiste though, whether it be in the Christian or secular genre. That's probably the biggest dream that I have, even more important to me than being rich and having a killer wardrobe. I guess not many people actually know that about me, yeah? I'm lazy though, so you'll never see me joining some singing competition. I'm an armchair critic when it comes to that kind of thing, since I actually happen to sing better than some of the participants. Not bragging, just being truthful. Sometimes I feel like I'm quite shallow, or at least I pretend to be that way, because affecting such an attitude makes it easier to get along in life, especially when you're 20...