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[heartcravings]

50 Questions Tag!

@jongin-be-my-jagi​ tagged me for this a while ago, but I took my sweet time to answer. Here is my secret intel if you want to know me a little bit more!! Check hers as well, she’s an amazing writer and friend. 1. What takes up too much of your time? Tumblr, my stupid procrastination prone brain and my thesis. 

2. What makes your day better? Friends and loved ones, music and these absolute dorks (Channie especially) 

3. What’s the best thing that happened to you today? I hopped on the mat today in the early hours of the morning, rain on my window and the neighbours cat peeking at me from his window across the street.

4. What fictional place would you like to go to? Wonderland, bacause it’s “curiouser and curiouser!”

'Who are you?' said the Caterpillar.  Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I was when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'

5. Are you good at giving advice? I think so. Not so good at following my own advice though.  I do always consider where the other is standing and if I don’t know how to proceed then I’ll just be honest and say I can’t help. But i’ll always listen with my heart. 

 6. Do you have any mental illnesses? Not diagnosed. I do think i might be going through something now. 

7. Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis? No, but i have a recurring nightmare: the world is made of black and white paper thin layers. I am a paper thin person walking along a street surrounded by paper thin buildings. I walk for a long time, looking up at the white sky. Until the street ends, there is no more building and i fall into the abyss of a blank page.  I have had this dream since the age of 8 or 9 years old. Fear of not being good enough, you say?! Ding, ding, ding!! We got a winner in the back!  8. What musician inspired you the most? I get inspired by music all the time!! One of my all time favourite songs is Spanish Sahara by Foals. Its sublime!

So I’d say I’m mainly inspired by these artists: Queen, Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Radiohead, Bowie, Daughter, Bob Dylan, Beirut, Yeah yeah yeahs, Arcade Fire, The National, Joy Division, Blur, Warpaint, Gorillaz, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Chet Baker, The Cure, Courtney Barnett, The Maccabees, Car Seat Headrest, Florence + The Machine, Editors, Kasabian, Crystal Fighters, Death Cab for a cutie, The Doors, Efterklang, Explosions in the Sky, Franz Ferdinand, The Horrors, James Blake, José Gonzalez, Los Campesinos!,  Metronomy, Nick Cave, Nina Simone, Patrick Watson,  Phoenix, Sharon Van Etten, The Shins, Simon & Garfunkel, The Smiths, St.Vincent, The Strokes, Toro y Moi, tricot, Tune-Yards, TV on the radio, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Vaccines, Vampire Weekend, The Velvet Underground, The War on Drugs, Wild Beasts and Yo La Tengo.

And the electro, pop and hip-hop groves of my heart: EXO, 2NE1, Janelle Monáe, Big Bang, Kris Wu,LCD soundsystem, SBTRKT, Childish Gambino, Frank Ocean, Kendrick Lamar and Daft Punk. 

And special mentions to the portuguese ones (learning from yixing and promoting when i can :P): Capicua, Joana Espadinha, The Legendary Tigerman, Linda Martini, Mayra Andrade, Noiserv, Ornatos Violeta, Paus, Samuel Uria, You Can’t Win Charlie Brown and The Silence 4. I know, tldr right? Sorry folks! 9. Have you ever fallen in love? Yes I have. I have mistaken a crush for love too. But i have definitely been very deeply in love. A wrecked kintsugi heart over here people! 10. What’s your dream date? I don’t think I have one. I’d love to do something unique with that someone special, something special for the two of us. It could be as simple as riding the subway while sharing earphones & listening to our playlist or walking the dogs out! Idk, I’m easy to please. But right now it would have to be with this handsome man :D pretty please?!

11. What do others notice about you? I am very kind and warm hearted, so I think that’s what people first notice when meeting me. Although I maintain good eye contact, I am also timid and will be quieter if there are very energetic people in the group. When alone, I usually take the first step and try to meet people, but only if i really must.  12. What’s an annoying habit you have? It’s really hard for me to ask for help. I also like to tell detailed descriptions of everything... Couldn’t you tell? 13. Do you still talk to your first love? I’ll text him on his birthday and he does the same to me. We met when we were 10 years old and that childhood friendship remains. But regarding my one and truly deep relationship, no we do not talk, unless we randomly meet.

14. How many exes do you have? I have three exes. The first love who was just an idealized crush on my childhood friend: we dated for 2 weeks during summer break xD Then my first real boyfriend, we met in my first year at university, dated for quite some time, he really loved me and made me love myself a little more. Finally the one i loved too much. I mended his wounds and made him love himself as much as I did. I always say all the love we feel makes our hearts grow bigger. I do not regret loving any of them, I am me now due to them and I would not change it if I could. 15. How many songs are in your playlist? I have way too many playlists for each and every mood... But my favourite songs list on spotify has about 1500 songs! uwu!  16. What instruments can you play? Triangles and flute?! I had mandatory music classes in school... so in reality I can’t really play a instrument...

17. Who do you have the most pictures of? Probably my cat, Sushi. With a second close of my doodles and sketches. 

18. Where would you like to go before you die? EVERY WHERE!!! But I really want to go to Japan and Scotland and Iceland and South Korea and New Zealand and i’ll shut up. 19. What’s your zodiac? Capricorn. 20. Do you relate to it? Sort of.

21. What is happiness to you? You know when it’s really cold outside in the winter and you manage to find a sheltered place where no wind can hit you and you still get to feel the warm rays of the winter suns on your skin? You hear the birds outside and you are contempt in that moment, at peace. That is happiness to me.   22. Are you going through anything right now? Yes, I am a bit lost. Trying to finish my thesis and trying to find what I want to do after. It’s liberating but also pretty scary. 23. What’s the worst decision you ever made? It’s a series of small decisions really. It started with going for a phd with the same people i worked in my msc. Should have gone to a different place. Then deciding to come home after a traumatic loss in the family. Should have kept my life going but I stalled it then. (I don’t regret helping my loved ones though).

24. What’s your favourite store? Probably Wishtrend for beauty stuff. Other than that I don’t have any favourite brands/stores. 25. (HALFWAY!) What’s your opinion on abortion? I think everyone is free to decide what they want or need to do. I couldn’t possible judge. If I would it? Probably not.

27. Do you have a favourite album? I don’t think so, I have favourite tunes for different moods and moments in my life. But if threatened with my life, I’d maybe say Total Life Forever from Foals.

28. What do you want for your birthday? It’s such a long time until my birthday comes! But maybe a real EXO ot9 reunion as a goodbye to Minseok?

29. What is most people’s first impression of you? Friendly and easy to open up to, i think.

30. What age do you seem according to most people? In real life, people usually think I am way younger than I am.  31. Where do you keep your phone when you’re sleeping? In the crook of my bed, between the mattress and the bed frame.

32. What word do you say the most? No idea really! 33. What’s the oldest age you’d date? 40s? I don’t think too much about age actually. 

34. What’s the youngest age you’d date? 20s? Again not very important to me. Love is love, whomever, whenever and wherever <3

35. What job / career do most people say would suit you? I don’t know! People always say i don’t totally fit in anything... so there’s that. If you have an idea please let me know! 36. What’s your favourite music genre? Go back to question 8. I listen to everything! :D 37. If you could live in any country in the world where would it be? I’d like to live around the world, every few months a different place and get to know different cultures.

38. What is your current favourite song? I’ve been obsessed with RM’s intro/teaser song, Map of the Soul: Persona. (I’m not even a bts fan, but this music and lyrics just touched me a lot.)

39. How long have you had this blog for? I think for about 6 years? It’s my personal space, where I dump all my obsessions.  

40. What are you excited for? I’m visiting some friends in Granada in a couple of weeks. Yay, tapas!

41. Are you a better talker or listener? Normally I am a better listener. But there are a few people to whom i open like a book. Either words flow right out of me without even thinking or they see throw me. Those truly are my people.

42. What is the last productive thing you did? Prepped meals and cleaned the kitchen. Open the folder and file of my thesis. Read the latest chapter I wrote.  43. What do you want for Christmas? Well, just like for my birthday, there is still such a long time to it! But let’s say i want to have already finish this part of my life and want to find my next adventure.

44. What class do you get the best grades in? No more exams! Ehehe! But I used to have good grades at everything. Physical Education was my lowest mark i think.

45. On a scale of 1-10 how do you feel right now? Right now, a 4? I have a headache.

46. What can you see yourself doing in 10 years? Smiling? :D I want to be happy in my own skin. To feel contempt in my life, doing something that gives me a sense of purpose and having time to share and enjoy with my friends and family. 47. When did you get your first heartbreak? Oh my kintsugi heart has been broken quiet a lot. By friends and lovers and even by myself. I keep patching it up with gold dreams though.  48. At what age do you wanna be married? I will only want to be married if i find the one. So until then I guess. 

49. What career did you want to have as a child? I wanted to be an astronaut and a ballerina. Preferably both!

50. What do you crave right now? Just sitting somewhere and listening to Yeol play the guitar.

Well i finished it! :D I’ll tag @thedeviousdo @ohsenhun @hongseok and @paepsi. I’d love to read yours! Feel free to dismiss it though, it is quite a lot.  Lots of love everyone!! <3 <3 <3

[thevioletjones]

Meme Thing

Rules: Answer 21 questions and then tag 21 (or so) people who you want to get to know better.

I was tagged by @koganphrancis. I’ll tag @seeallmydreams and @erikutta cuz they’re the last 2 people to leave me replies on tumblr (if you want, whatever, I was just bored).

Nickname: Jen

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Height: 5′9″

Last movie I saw: Uh... I’ve been binging shows lately, not really watching movies, even though I have a bunch I recently downloaded... I think I watched the new Halloween a couple months ago. Recently binged new-to-me shows: Killing Eve, Good Girls, Making a Murderer, UNreal, and Bodyguard. Started the new season of True Detective last night, which I’m excited for. I’m gonna try to watch the Suspiria remake tonight!

Last thing googled: The lyrics to “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes” because I wanted to change the lyrics to “then you realize, cum gets in your eyes,” because me and my bff were texting each other about how gross jizz is in various scenarios, and sometimes, that’s my level of humor. 😂

Favorite musician: Yikes. I have like a million. I guess if I was like forced to only listen to a handful of artists for the rest of my life or something, it’d be like: Velvet Underground, Radiohead, Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Strokes, Bob Dylan, MIA, Portishead, and The White Stripes.

Song stuck in my head: I’m listening to Is Tropical (British electro-rock band that bangs) at the moment. Last night, I randomly got “Santa Fe” from Newsies in my head, and was walking around singing it. Lol. “SANTA FEYYYYY ARE YOU THERE? DO YOU SWEAR YOU WON’T FORGET MEEEE?” And the day before that, it was “Without You” by Harry Nilsson. “I CAN’T LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE IF LIVIN’ IS WITHOUT YOOUUUUU, I CAN’T LIIIIIIIIVE, CAN’T GIVE ANYMOOOOOORRRE!” 

Other blogs: One for my now defunct radio show at blogspot.

Do I get asks: Once in a blue moon.

Following: 104 (tons are inactive)

Amount of sleep: Not enough.

Lucky number: I don’t have one of those.

What I’m Wearing: White pants with a busy black floral print, striped tee, vintage glasses, barefoot.

Dream Job: Screenwriter, novelist, musician, filmmaker.

Dream Trip: Too many, but I guess go to each continent for like 2-3 months each, like once a year, and explore all the highlights until I’ve seen it all. But only like a week or 2 in Antarctica. Lol  

Favorite Food: Potatoes, cheese, avocado, bbq pork ribs, steak with bernaise, thanksgiving dinner.  

Play Any Instruments: Guitar, half-assed piano/keyboards.

Languages: English and Spanish.

Random Fact: I’ve lived in 3 different countries (US, Venezuela, Canada), and 6 different US states (California, Texas, Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, Arkansas).

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: Sorry, I kinda loathe “aesthetic” posts, whether they’re those moodboards that all look the same, or the categorizing people into random objects/feelings/whateverthefuck. I always roll my eyes. Lol. I’ll describe myself as songs instead... 

“Rebel Rebel” by David Bowie, “Like a Rolling Stone” by Bob Dylan, “Rock & Roll” by Velvet Underground, and “Warrior” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

Number of concerts I’ve been to: Too many to count. Hundreds. Live music is the best.

[sydhina]

@clockworkanguish and @forget-me-not-james-hrndle tagged me to do this thing so shoutout to them for being awesome

are you excited for the tid tv-show? why or why not?

— i have some hope. since cassie answered that question about it and tbh im always pretty excited to have some of my favorite books adapted (so i can force my friends to watch them) i do hope they dont fuck this up

what’s your favorite quote from tsc?

—“fiction is truth even if it is not fact. if you believe only facts and forget stories your brain will live but your heart will die” or “beautiful things, cruel things. cruel in a way that only people who absolutely believed in the rightness of their cause could be cruel” (also i love how these are like 9 pages appart from each other)

which character is most like you and why? (physical appearance or personality)

— kit. he’s a sarcastic nerd who gets tired after running for like ten minutes, loves cookies and would probably die for tiberius blackthorn and honestly same. (for appearance dru or livvy because same hair and eye color)

any theories on what will happen in queen of air and darkness?

—everyone you love will die and so will I (i suck at theories)

any theories on the wicked powers?

—...kitty... also i will probably cry over dru a lot

if you were going to get a shadowhunter chronicles tattoo, what would you get?

—the dragon of wales so will and i match IM JOKING i’d probably get the voyance rune or just a nice quote

are you a sh tv fan?

— not really i only saw two episodes so idk anything about it. i saw some gifs though

how long have you been a fan of cc’s books and have you been in the tumblr fandom as long as you’ve been a fan?

— i read her books when i was about twelve so around 2014-2015 and no i’ve had tumblr since july last year and this blog since april

favorite ship, brotp and notp

—ships: kitty, haline, sophideon, herongraystairs and rosastairs

brotp: lily and raphael, the s4, alec and lily, magnus ragnor and raphael,

notp: clebastian and clalec

which characters do you think are under appreciated and why?

— *banging pots and pans together* look appreciate my boy og thomas please. i beg you. i know he was only in one book but he deserved so much better

three things you associate with/love about your favorite season

—autumn: the smell of the air, hozier songs and hot chocolate

what’s your hogwarts house, ilvermorny house and patronus?

—ravenclaw, pukwudgie and a saint bernard

what’s your favorite song, lyric and band/singer?

— song: this changes everyday but currently i’m in a very ‘karma police’ by radiohead mood

lyric: “whe don’t own our heavens, no, we only own our hell” from ‘buy the stars’ by marina and the diamonds

singer/band: uhm idk marina and the diamonds?

if you're in high school (or an equivalent) and you want to go to uni, what do you want to study?

—i’d like to study literature or classics. so since i live in belgium i’ll probably studie taal-en letterkunde or study abroad

coffee, tea, water or soda?

—water, unless orange juice counts as soda

what’s your favorite mythical creature?

— faerie or phoenix or siren

what could you do a 40 minute presentation on with no preparation?

— with no preparation?! bitch i’m stupid. nothing. maybe i could talk about how im stupid for 40 minutes but besides that idk

if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you move to?

— somewhere cool in the us like new york or los angeles. maybe prague or london. amsterdam because weed. and if it doesnt have to exist: the shire

what 'dumb' accomplishment are you proud of?

— i caught the ball during basebal in pe once and i still think of that because i usually suck

what’s your name

—lena

i’m tagging whoever wants to do this because idk who of my newer followers even likes tsc

[ulyssessklein]

Naming your band — in 10 easy steps

Having been through the naming process so many times, either with my own bands or ones I’ve taught, I’ve learned that trying to find THE GREATEST BAND NAME EVER is a fool’s errand. The best you can hope for (and what most bands settle for) is the LEAST BAD BAND NAME.

Many famous bands don’t like their name:

Smashing Pumpkins “is a stupid name, a dumb bad joke and a bad idea”

Goo Goo Dolls: “We had a gig that night and needed a name. If I had had five more minutes, I definitely would have picked a better name”

Hoobastank: “It was fun to say at the time, and when we named the band we were a lot younger”

Smokey Robinson And The Miracles picked their name out of a hat. Even the TV show Sesame Street‘s name “was set at the 11th hour and fifty ninth minute.” Almost everyone on the show disliked the name. But they hated The Video Classroom, 1-2-3 Avenue B and Fun Street more. They set a deadline to come up with a better idea and “went with it because it was the least bad title.”

Back in the 80s it was enough to come up with some misspelled and often laughably umlautted monicker. I spell Vengence Vengeance incorrectly to this day thanks to my time in a metal band. In those simpler times, as long as people could pronounce your name you were OK. And if your band had the same name as one on the other side of the world, it wasn’t an issue till one of you signed to Warner Bros. But the internet changed all that. Here’s 10 steps to naming your band.

1. Brainstorm A List Of Names

Write down at least 50-100. Write them ALL down. Every single one. No matter how silly. Don’t judge. Don’t debate. The stupidest will make a cool talking point during interviews (and you never know – some goofy garage band or tribute act may use the rejected name in your honour).

2. Mix And Match The Names You Have

When you can’t think of any more, try taking a word from one name and adding it to another. Look for unusual juxtapositions like Sound-garden, Radio-head or Led Zeppelin.

3. Change The Numbers

If any name contains a number, try multiple versions with different numbers. Three Blind Mice? Four Blind Mice! Six Blind Mice! Joseph Heller’s novel, Catch 22, was originally called Catch-18, but that’s less, erm, ‘catchy.’

4. Google It – For Rival Bands

Google “YOUR BAND NAME band” or “YOUR BAND NAME music” or “YOUR BAND NAME lyrics” If there is another active band with your name YOU ABSOLUTELY CANNOT USE IT. Yes, you might beat them to the punch if they haven’t registered it, but what’s the point? If it’s so cool and original how come someone else thought of it first? Is it really worth spending money on?

The one caveat is ‘active band.’ Was the last gig mentioned on their Facebook page in 2004? Is their web presence limited to a MySpace page? You MIGHT be OK. But don’t assume – your namesake may be gigging like crazy but lousy at social media.

5. Google It – For Rival Brands (And Other Things)

What if your chosen moniker isn’t a band name, but a ‘thing’ out there in the real world? If it’s a trademarked product or a person – forget it. Disney, Pepsi and Simon Cowell have bigger and uglier lawyers than you. If it’s just a ‘thing’ you may be OK, but ask yourself – is your band going to get lost in the internet ‘noise’?

For example ‘Whale’ is terrible name for your band because when someone types ‘Whale Music’ or ‘Whale Album’ into Google your album will join the queue behind 600,000 hits for Greenpeace.

6. Does It Mean Something Bad?

Does your name have nasty or unfortunate connotations? Think about it and ask lots of other people (eg “What do you think of when I say “Ben Dover And The Batty Men?”). It might seem funny taking your name from some obscure sexual practice until your fan’s eyeballs get a baptism of fire on google images. Check Urban Dictionary and a regular dictionary too.

If you have a multiword name, try typing it without spaces as in ‘yourbandname.com’. Sometimes a perfectly inoffensive name can create a terrible URL. What business do you think Penisland.net, Expertsexchange.com, Speedofart.com and Powergenitalia.com are in?

7. Is It A Song Title?

More specifically, is it a song by a band that you are heavily influenced by? Then Don’t. Just don’t. Nothing marks you out more clearly as a slavishly unimaginative copycat.

But otherwise, that’s fine. ‘Radiohead’ is a song by Talking Heads. Judas Priest took their name from a Bob Dylan song ‘The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest’. Deep Purple, Jet, The Kooks, Death Cab For Cutie, Nine Below Zero, Right Said Fred and The Sisters Of Mercy are all named after music they sound nothing like.

8. Can Everyone Spell It?

Think carefully about this. Is it something that people are going to have trouble spelling? Or remembering?

I was once part of a band called Aistaguca. Pronounced Eyes -Ta – Goo – Cha. It doesn’t mean anything in any language. It’s not spelt phonetically. I lost count of the number of times people who had really enjoyed our gig asked me what we were called. Then asked again. Then asked me to spell it. And then I would see their eyes glaze over as they resigned themselves to the fact that they were never going to be able to find us online, tag us on Facebook or even tweet that they’d seen us. FAIL.

The only exception would be spelling your name ‘wrong’ to help people get it ‘right’. Led Zeppelin went with the ‘Led’ spelling to prevent people saying “leed” – as in ‘lead guitar’.

9. Don’t Pick A Name That Sound Like A Completely Different Genre.

One day a hundred, very unhappy, very drunk, thrash metal fans will show up to watch your folk trio play the local art gallery. Your ironic name won’t seem so funny then.

10. Live With It

Once you’ve got it, stick with it and get on with the real business of making music. If you do a good job with that, the music itself will come to define what that name means, not the other way around. Say Buffalo Springfield now and we think of Neil Young and a bunch of hippies not the steam-roller they were named after. And when you see the word ‘Beatles’ you don’t think about insects or ‘beat music’ do you?

Sources:

Smashing Pumpkins [Cracked] Goo Goo Dolls [Rolling Stone] Hoobastank [Rolling Stone] Sesame Street [That Eric Alper] Catch 22 [Spectator] Judas Priest [Classic Bands] Jet [Wikipedia] Speedofart.com [Boredpanda]

  This article was written by Matt Blick of the Beatles Songwriting Academy, and it originally appeared HERE.

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