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animusiem · 2 years ago

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Billboard USA Exclusion Zone Episode 16 (06/17/2023)

I'm so excited for this week not gonna lie. Yes it's mostly because of Metro Boomin Spiderverse mini album bomb which crossed over to the Global Excl US chart. But looking at the new entries and I just realized the scope of what "global music chart excluding America" really like because damn this is a very chaotic week.

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8. "Sprinter" by Dave & Central Cee

It's kinda interesting to see a grime song having its biggest debut as I do think that grime might be the next big thing in Europe around 4 years ago. I do think this song has a good beat, but the lyrics man are just bad. One particular highlight is talking about Central Cee hooking up with a feminist...seriously.

15. "S-Class" by Stray Kids

Well I found another penis music-core again and it's due to the chorus which...what's up with the melody here?

20. "Los del Espacio" by LIT killah, Maria Becerra, FMK, Rusherking, Duki, Emilia, Tiago pzk & Big One

Remember that posse cut Te Bote that somehow became a hit in 2018? Well we got another one of those posse cut here with all of these artists. All I can say here is that it's at least more upbeat and fun than Te Bote. Apparently this type of posse cut is a big thing in Argentina alongside BZRP Music Session. I love how it changes genres so that it didn't felt stale. Good stuff.

27. "Popular" by The Weeknd ft. Playboi Carti & Madonna

From what I heard, The Idol is another show about exploitation in the entertainment industry? I mean there's already Oshi no Ko and Perfect Blue that have done this concept better but hey just like the former, we have a pop song to go along with it. Now this is one of the few Abel songs that I actually enjoy. 2000's pop-n-b is a perfect fit for Abel and I want Madonna like this. Oh btw fuck Playboi Carti, he didn't add anything to this song but a nuisance.

42. "Ta OK" by DENNIS E MC Kevin O Chris

I think you know how big of an impact streaming and TikTok has in music being more decentralized that we have high debut for Reginal Brazilian song that only ran one and a half minutes.

51. "Calling" by Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, & Nav ft. A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

Short review for Across the Spiderverse: One of the best animated movies of all time go watch it if you haven't already. Now for the soundtrack though, I would say it's consistent and played it straight. But because of that, there's no standout songs unlike say Sunflowers or What's Up Danger. But Metro is still a great producer and this song is a great example. I love Swae Lee hook, NAV gave his best performance ever, and A Boogie didn't embarrassed himself here. I hope this became a radio hit...but I want this to be bigger.

61. "Annihilate" by Metro Boomin, Swae Lee, Lil Wayne & Offset

When the beat to this song was used in the movie I felt chill and really showed the scope and the eerieness of the Spider Society looked like. I do think that Offset should do more than his basic verse, but Lil Wayne just go off in this song. I don't know why he always turned up in these CBM films' soundtracks but I approve it.

62. "Am I Dreaming" by Metro Boomin, ASAP Rocky & Roisee

The production saved it from being mediocre. That string and the percussion is just immaculate and showed that he can do more than his typical trap rap stuff given the budget. Roisee got too much filter on her and ASAP Rocky just doing decent here.

77. "El Cielo" by Sky Rompiendo ft. Feid & Myke Towers

I think I'm kinda sick of Feid but with this song, I'll give him another chance because I like the groove and the atmosphere of this song.

79. "Pişman Değilim" by Semicenk ft. Doğu Swag

We got another first here as this is the first Turkish song I am reviewing. And wow this sounds like 2016-17 pop rap stuff complete with the piano, blocky percussion, and strong hook.

103. "Lilith" by Halsey ft. SUGA

So apparently Diablo IV came out recently and seems like video game devs seeing the success of Enemy, are gonna hired musicians to soundtrack their games. Here's one observation of this song, this beat is actually great. But seems like SUGA just cannot ride the beat well.

114. "Makeba" by Jain

This song has one of the tightest bass I've ever heard this year so far. Of course beside that this song seems to be influenced by some Arabic element to it by the sandy feel of the production. It's just a good song.

116. "Obsessed" by Riar Saab ft. Abhijay Sharma

I think I knew that this week is gonna be the most diverse one I've covered when right after a song from French artist that had Arabic influence, I got a punjabi rap song that blew up in Canada.

153. "Self Love" by Metro Boomin & Coi Leray

This is definitely the most underrated song from the Spiderverse album. I love the lowkey pop trap sound juxtaposed with Coi Leray voice which I would describe as if Playboi Carti going pop. And I love this song because the lyrics can be about anything, but the voice clip of Gwen at the end of the song made it seems like it was her song and I love that kind of soundtrack writing.

163. "Tere Vaaste" by Varun Jain, Schin-Jigar, Shadab Faridi & Altamash Faridi

Last time I talked about the soundtrack from this movie it was a ballad. Now we got the upbeat song here...which is still kinda lowkey. But as someone who only watched like bollywood movies from the 80's and 90's, hearing synthetic percussion in this song does threw me off.

186. "Topline" by Stray Kids ft. Tiger JK

...At least the trumpet is good here???

190. "All The Way Live" by Metro Boomin, Future & Lil Uzi Vert

I think this is the weakest song on the album which is such a shame. I love it when Future on Metro's production, but he's kinda checked out here. The production does saved it but this is indeed sounded like above average Baby Pluto song.

193. "Me Entere" by Tiago Pzk & TINI

Tiago Pzk was supposed to be the next big thing in reggaeton scene...and then he just didn't. Anyways this song is too bouncy even for me.

I highly recommend everyone to listen to these songs

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omg-effy-lee · 1 year ago

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Hey hey hey, yass

Whoo, beep beep

Hey hey hey hey hey hey

I see that I’m icy

Go rising up up

I see that I’m icy

Don’t go mistaking me for cold, I tell it like it is

Couldn’t care less what you think

Oh oh oh (Come on)

Forget it, just let it go (Here we go)

Make way ‘cause we’re on a roll (On a roll)

Start up the soundtrack for me

Bomb bomb bomb bomb

Icy but I’m on fire

I’m following my dream, I know what I want

Trust me, I’m not a liar

Don’t bother trying to trap me inside your box (Dance)

They go blah blah

It don’t matter all you haters

Always blah blah

They keep talking, I keep walking

They go blah blah

It don’t matter all you haters

Always blah blah

They keep talking, I keep walking

Ring ring ring

Hear it all day long

They got my phone blowing up yeah

I know this is your favourite song

That’s how it’s gonna end up yeah

Hey, the ice is so thin

Don’t be falling for me

Bling bling bling

Shining like a star

Baby that’s me, icy

Uh shout out to my mama

And big ups to my papa

‘Cause I got the best of both of ya

Ta-da-da-da-da-da

Forget it, just let it go (Here we go)

Make way ‘cause we’re on a roll (On a roll)

Start up the soundtrack for me

Bomb bomb bomb bomb

Icy but I’m on fire

I’m following my dream, I know what I want oh

Trust me, I’m not a liar

Don’t bother trying to trap me inside your box

They go blah blah

It don’t matter all you haters

Always blah blah

They keep talking, I keep walking

They go blah blah

It don’t matter all you haters

Always blah blah

They keep talking, I keep walking

Get it (Hey)

Shake it (Hey)

Yeah, come on girls

Imma keep on running, don’t care what they say

[Ye/Li] Keep on living for me, it’s gon’ be okay

(Dan dan dan dance)

Up up up up up we go

Ain’t no looking down below

Climb ‘till we can’t climb no more

No one can stop us now

Blah blah

It don’t matter all you haters

Always blah blah

They keep talking, I keep walking

They go blah blah

It don’t matter all you haters

Always blah blah

They keep talking, I keep walking

Yeah

I see that I’m icy

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francisp0rter · 4 years ago

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The Grammy Awards are Decadent and Depraved

By Blunted

Before writing anything about the Grammy Awards, it should be duly noted that nobody really gives a shit. Everyone knows that the nominated artists are nowhere near the best the industry has to offer, but at the end of the day (8PM EST, to be specific) we all tune in to watch the big train wreck in the hopes that at least a couple of shining moments will come through.

The whole thing was off to a bleak start when, in an astoundingly bone-headed move, the Grammys decided to relegate the Rap Album of the Year awards to the pre-show, forcing one of the greatest emcees who ever lived to accept his first Grammy nomination in complete silence. The argument in the Grammys favour is that none of the nominees are popular enough to warrant a spot on the main show, but that doesn’t seem to matter so much to the Grammys when they drag out H.E.R, who elicits a collective “who the fuck is that?” anytime she appears on screen.

And even if it’s a case of the nominees not being popular enough, why nominate them in the first place? Freddie Gibbs and Royce Da 5’9 don’t need the Grammys, we already know that they’re two of the best poets this great genre has to offer. And Nas CERTAINLY doesn’t need the Grammys, as he’s gone his whole illustrious career without even receiving one. How are you gonna make him accept his first ever Grammy award off-air like he’s winning Best Classical Compendium or some shit?

For the Grammys to nominate these incredible talents and then stick them in the pre-show is not only an insult but just downright fucking dumb. Letting Nas on the Grammy stage to accept his first ever award would have done a hell of a lot more to remedy the Weeknd boycott situation than having Harvey Mason Jr. come on screen and beg everyone not to be mad at him.

With that being said, the 63rd Grammy Awards were pretty god-damn weird. You could probably chalk the strange vibes up to the lack of a real audience and the battle-of-the-bands style layout the Grammys opted for, but that’s not entirely it. Something else was off, something nearly intangible. After about an hour of this uncanny-valley feeling, I realized where it was coming from: Trevor Noah.

Possibly the least funny person on the entire planet Earth, Trevor Noah bumbled his way through over three hours of jokes that would have bombed even if they were performed at an open mic night in Tacoma, Washington. The only funny thing that left his mouth was,

“Gobble me, swallow me, drip down the side of me. We’re back at the 63rd Grammy Awards,” and it was only funny because it didn’t make any fucking sense.

Worst host of all time aside, the show ranged from pretty good to downright cringe-inducing, with some moments of greatness sprinkled in. Billie Eilish kicked the show off with a sleepy performance of her Record of the Year nominated track “Everything I Wanted,” in which she sang on top of a luxury car submerged in a cloud of smoke. Eilish, as always, left little to be desired and delivered her performance with the precision of a well-trained theatre kid. There’s an inherent starry-eyed quality to Eilish’s music, but her talents make it easy to look past.

Haim’s blistering performance of “The Steps” was stellar. The group’s musicality was on full display as Danielle Haim led the track on drums and vocals, before quietly switching out with her sister Alana to take centre stage, proving once again that the best way to make a splash at the Grammys is simply by playing music and playing it well.

Bruno Mars and Anderson Paak also gave two incredible performances as Silk Sonic. The first was a Soul Train-inspired rendition of their brand new track “Leave the Door Open” that looked like it was equally as fun to perform as it was to watch. Later, the duo took the stage and set the place on fire with a tribute to Little Richard. Anderson’s drumming was the highlight of the performance, and whoever was running the sound seemed to know this too, centring the rhythm section in the most prominent part of the mix.

There were plenty of moments that were good, but not overly special that I’m gonna run through really quick here. Harry Styles came through and did his cool gender-bending thing. I really like “Watermelon Sugar,” I think it’s a perfect pop song, and I think Harry Styles is way too good to have ever been in One Direction. I’m excited for his next album and that’s all I really have to say about him.

Taylor Swift’s performance was excellent, and it was great to see her bring out Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff and give them the credit they deserve for helping her expand her sound on her stellar 2020 offerings “Folklore” and “Evermore.”

Meg Thee Stallion, Cardi B, and Dua Lipa banged out some hyper-sexual performances that didn’t really seem to have a point other than being shocking. But the songs are nice and at least Meg can rap.

Oh, and Beyonce broke the record for most Grammys ever. Does anyone really give a shit about that? I thought it would be a bigger deal.

The rap performances left something to be desired, which is an absolute fucking shame considering the emcees they had nominated in the Rap Album of the Year category. DaBaby came out and did his one flow, and then Roddy Ricch joined him, which was nice. Roddy’s solo performance was actually really great. He’s one of the first rappers I’ve seen play an instrument while rapping. Scarface is the only other one to my memory. Maybe Mac Miller, too.

Lil Baby’s performance was, at first, captivating and powerful, but upon further inspection feels kind of weak, especially considering the weird diatribe from neoliberal grifter Tamika Mallory that he placed halfway through the performance. Re-enacting a police killing with paid actors was also a little tasteless in retrospect. Baby rapped his ass off though, and hopefully his performance will show clueless rap fans that trap music isn’t just a genre meant to soundtrack frat parties.

The worst performance of the night belonged to Post Malone, as it so often does. The Texas troglodyte appeared on stage in the worst Blade costume I’ve ever seen to deliver a dead-in-the-water rendition of his abysmally bad single “Hollywood’s Bleeding.” I remember there was a time when Post Malone’s whole thing was being this pop-crossover Bob Dylan type with rap aesthetics. I didn’t like it, but it was infinitely better than whatever weird gothic thing he’s doing now.

All things considered, the Grammys were the Grammys. You can’t really expect too much from them. While the highs were really high, the lows were so unbelievably low that it was almost embarrassing. Before I sign off, I just wanna give another quick “fuck you” to Harvey Mason Jr. You’re the worst, man.

#features

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dorapoeta · 4 years ago

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jujywrites · 7 years ago

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Thanks to the Sigmund Corp Discord gang for this scribble! Sometime in the distant past WaluEpsi wanted a fic where Eva has to stay over at Neil’s house and ends up in his clothes. Voila, I finally wrote a thing. set during training/college/??? days idfk

I just wanted pointless fluff but I had to add a tiny plot. W H Y

(now with Eva’s POV!)

Distant thumping filtered into Neil’s headphones. Some part of his brain registered the noise wasn’t part of the soundtrack, but it wasn’t urgent– he was two photon bombs away from beating this boss, and he’d already died five times, and it wasn’t gonna be six.

The thumps grew louder. Like door knocks? It was a freaking typhoon outside, who would be at his door in this….

“Oh, shit,” he muttered, realizing, then, “Son of a bitch!” as the momentary lapse proved fatal to his avatar. He flung the controller onto the couch and hurried over to the door.

“Eva,” he said as he opened it, “what the hell–”

Her hand was raised mid-knock, and she looked like a drowned cat except three times as pissed. She said something as she sloshed past him but the words were lost in a monstrous gust of wind.

“What?” he said, half-shouting as he struggled with the door. Finally slamming it shut, he turned around only to crack his elbow on the doorknob when Eva let loose.

“I’ve had it up to here with those sadists at the academy!” She gestured wildly while she spoke, flinging water all over the carpet. “Heaven forbid you get one minuscule insignificant detail wrong in front of Peterson, we all know that, but I swear he has it out for me, Neil. Every chance he gets he’s the one that observes me and I thought I’d learned not to let it get to me but he brought a pack of his favorite bozos to the class today and he, he,” a breath, “he destroyed me. If I were a lesser person I’d have done something to put me on janitor duty for a week. No, a month.” She made a noise somewhere between a screech and a groan, shoving her hands into her hair. “Fuck. I hate him, I hate all of them. Damn it, I’m never gonna graduate because of them! I’m good at this, I want to be an agent!”

“You’re not good,” Neil interjected, meeting her sharp shocked gaze straight on. He’d eased toward her while she ranted and now stood an arm’s length away. “You’re the best. I guarantee Peterson and his cronies are terrified of you, and it doesn’t help that he’s a jerkwad of the highest order on top of that.”

“I don’t know how to win against him.” Her voice had shrunk, same as her posture. Head bowed, her face was hidden under the waterfall of hair. “This is all I know how to do now. If, if I don’t get my certification…”

While she’d vented, part of him was worrying over what exactly he could say that might help. But the way she stood there, looking so small, made him talk without thinking. “You keep going back. Keep doing everything you know how to do. Spend more time with Roxie.” That got a snort. “Don’t give up. That’s how you win. There’s only so long Peterson can hold out against your awesomeness. And don’t forget you’ve got allies over there.” Somewhat surprised by his own speech, he hid it by crossing his arms and regarding her narrow-eyed. “But… I know you already know all that.You don’t need me of all people giving you a pep-talk, right?”

“No. I don’t need it.” She stood straighter now, and had shoved some hair out of her face. A smile reached one corner of her mouth. “It’s still nice to hear y– someone else say it.“

Mission accomplished. “Glad to help.”

“Ah, jeez, I’m getting your carpet all soggy…” She stepped back, loosing a few more droplets.

“Never mind that,” he said with a handwave, walking past her. He turned when she just stood there. “Come on, let’s concentrate on you not turning into an Evasicle.”

“What? Oh–” Laughter burst from her, bending her double for a moment (he staunchly ignored his stomach somersaulting) before she followed.

“Bathroom’s here.” He waved at the door. “Hop in the shower, warm up, everything’s there you might need except a hair dryer, sorry. I’m gonna go grab you something to wear. Just leave all your clothes outside the door and I’ll hide out in the living room.”

She blinked at him, rubbing her arms absently. “Neil, you don’t– I can just towel off– I mean it’s nice of you but–”

“No buts,” he said over his shoulder as he started down the hall. “I think your lips are turning blue.”

He was rummaging through his closet when his neurotic side realized how she could have taken that. Grabbing the first shirt he spotted (something black) to go with the sweatpants he’d retrieved, he scurried back to her hoping she hadn’t–

“You been staring at my mouth, Neil?” She was smirking and shivering at the same time so it wasn’t as effective as it might have been, and yet.

“Please,” he scoffed while his mind yelled obscenities at him. “I could tell from 10 feet away.” He pushed the clothes at her. “You might need to roll up the pant cuffs, but they should fit. My room’s down that way if they don’t, take whatever you want, now go shower before you freeze any more.”

He spun around toward the living room, but managed to raise a hand in response to her soft, “Thanks.”

Somehow, cold had settled over him too. He took a detour to the kitchen and stared confusedly at the cabinets before the brilliant idea to make hot chocolate occurred to him. Does she like marshmallows…?

He was ensconced on the couch with two mugs of cocoa on the side table next to him, controller in hand, when Eva showed up again. He heard her before he saw her.

“I’m only going to say this once, so pay attention.”

Pausing the game, he gave her a glance and did a subtle (he hoped) double-take.

She hadn’t needed to roll up the cuffs, she was barefoot, a towel encircled her head… and she was wearing his Single/Taken/Anime t-shirt.

His brain was stuck somewhere between mortification and adoration and 100% confounded by the latter.

A slow grin stretched on her face. “I approve of your sartorial taste, Watts.”

“I, uh. Thought I got a different shirt,” he mumbled, scratching at his neck.

She quirked an eyebrow and walked over. “You mean you didn’t do this on purpose? Huh,” she said with a sigh as she flopped onto the couch next to him. “I’m almost disappointed.”

Strangely, having her near him was making it easier to think of words, not harder. Then again, talking was much better than imagining what scents would end up on that towel, or realizing that she probably wasn’t wearing underweokay OKAY

He dropped the controller with a groan, shoving his hands through his hair. “You already know I’m a nerd and I wasn’t planning for you to find out how much of a nerd I actually am.” He was absolutely not whining.

“Eh. I’d say you’re a moderate nerd. I mean, it’s not like you’ve kept up on all this season’s anime, or put volume release dates on your calendar, or anything like that.”

He turned, staring, hands retreating from his hair. She was smirking again, head cocked, even though she stretched her arms casually behind her. “You’ve miraculously discovered my secret,” she said, swinging one arm back around to make a sideways victory sign and sticking her tongue out for a moment.

“Oh my god, you’ve been holding out on me!” he yelped, pointing an accusing finger. “Where the hell were you when last week’s episode of Shadow Junction came out?”

“You’re joking, right? I was screaming at my laptop for twenty minutes.”

“Exactly! What the shit was that??? When Polygon of all people found the–”

“Aegis Stone! And then installed it! Without letting the Order know about it!”

“I felt so–”

“Betrayed,” they said at once.

“And now you’re telling me,” Neil said, flinging himself into the couch corner, “we could have been commiserating about it but you were hiding in the Boring People Closet. I’m shocked! Amazed. Taken aback.” He grabbed a cocoa mug and drank from it grumpily. “Hope you like marshmallows because this one’s mine now.”

And found himself uncomfortably close to choking when she crawled across him to snatch the other mug. She snapped back to her spot without noticing his momentary distress.

“You should’ve told me that right away,” she said, and slurped noisily.

“Ugh, you’re an animal.”

“It’s the proper way to gather the ‘mallows first, you uncultured swine.”

“I’m uncultured because I like my chocolate pure. That makes total sense.”

"What was that about the Boring People Closet?”

“Shut up and drink your cocoa, nerd.” But he couldn’t help grinning. Just for a second.

He set the mug down and went back to gaming. It didn’t take long, though, for his mind to start wandering. Why did he feel so… jumpy, when he snuck glances at her? No, not jumpy. Giddy. Like rainbows and sparkles should be floating around him. It wasn’t that big of a deal, she was wearing his crappy loungewear. But still. Eva in his clothes, and he felt warm? and cuddly about it?? What the f–

“Hey, there’s a kickass weapon in this area. See that crack in the mountainside?”

“Uh, yeah,” and he glanced at her to see her intent on the screen and his stomach was doing stupid things again, “but it’s just a cave. Already been there.”

“I can show you!”

He bit back a laugh at her poorly restrained grabby hands. “Sure. knock yourself out.” He handed her the controller and sat back. “How do you know about this anyway?” he asked, as she spun through his inventory and pulled out a silver hammer. “You play?”

She shook her head. “Watched Let’s Plays. Haven’t gotten into this one yet but I like the previous one…” She swung the hammer at a corner of the cave wall. “It blends in really well. You gotta mess with your brightness settings to find it but– ta-da!” A few cracks later and a treasure chest was revealed. She gave the controller back with a smug smile.“You’re welcome.”

“Holy cannoli, what a beauty,” he said, staring wide-eyed at the flaming sword the chest granted. “You’ve really been holding out on me, Rosy.”

He faked almost falling off the couch when she shoved his shoulder.

“Call me that again and you can forget about binging Kaleidoscope Morning together,” she said, sipping primly from her mug.

He nearly dropped the controller. “Wh– you– that’s available?”

“Legal and free,” she drawled. “I’ll have to train you in my ways, grasshopper.”

"Is platonic marriage a thing because I will totally marry you for that.”

She snorted, jabbed a thumb at the tee shirt. “How soon you forget.”

“Touché,” he said, mentally facepalming.

“Anyway, thanks for this.” She bumped his cheek with her mug. “And, you know, the rest of it. Putting up with my angsting, et cetera.”

“What are friends for?” But he paused, and looked at her, and smiled at the cliche. “Besides, I’d have been a total douchenugget to turn you away.”

She chuckled. “I know. Still, thanks.”

Her side hug was too brief to give him a heart attack, but his face still heated. And yet… She tucked her legs up underneath her, and he settled cross-legged in his corner, and listened to her tips… He felt so comfortable it was almost unbearable.

Thunder crashed outside. He saw her flinch in his peripheral vision as he shivered inexplicably. Still, he felt warm from the inside out. And some silly distant part of his brain decided that, if pressed to describe his perfect evening… Well, this was pretty damn close.

#JujYwrites #rosawatts #finding paradise #to the moon #but this has nothing to do w/ either of those ehehehe #JujY is bad at endings

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sephiwhore · 7 years ago

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for the video game asks: 1, 4, 9, 19, 26, 30 - SassyLavellen (I can only ask from my primary blog lol)

Damn that’s a lot. Okay, this is going under a read more.

1: Handheld, console or PC?

I’ve always played on a console (xbox specifically) but I do acknowledge that PC is pretty much the way to go these days. I just don’t have the money to buy a gaming pc/all the steam games I would inevitably get, and I’m too attached to my xbox gamerscore :L

4: Top three video games? (I’m gonna other than ME and DA cause duh)

The Halo series is definitely the one closest to my heart, even more so than any Bioware game. I’ve just been with it for so long, ever since the first game came out when I was 6 and it was my first fandom and I’m pretty sure it played a part in my boyfriend and I getting together.

Life is Strange is FANTASTIC and I think it’s definitely up at the top for me.

Aaaaand...the Elder Scrolls series, I suppose. Another one that’s been with me for a looooong time.

9: Favourite game within your favourite series?

Halo 4, definitely. Oddly enough, it’s kind of the most hated game in the series but I love it so much more than the others. The story is amazing, the music is incredible (no seriously I mean it, go listen to it) and the multiplayer was actually my favorite. Anyone that hates that game, you’re a butt and stop telling me how much it sucks >o

19: Favourite video game hero?

Okay, Mass Effect wins out here. Definitely FemShep. She’s universally badass, her voice gives me...feelings, she’s a redhead (at least mine is), she’s a sniper (at least mine is) and best of all, she’s all of these things while having a vagina, so super relatable.

26: Most disappointing video game you've played?

OMG HALO 5. Not enough Chief, way too much of a character I give zero shits about, they put 3 of my favorite characters of the franchise in the games FINALLY and did absolutely nothing new with them, the story made no sense, the friendly AI were janky as shit, they completely fucked up Cortana, they made multiple tedious boss fights, and NOT ENOUGH CHIEF. Sure, there are some pretty cool aspects of it, and the multiplayer is pretty bomb, but it’s not enough to make up for the story imo.

(I’m very passionate about halo you guys)

30: What aspect of a video game is most important to you - eg graphics, storyline, soundtrack, controls?

It’s a tie between story and graphics. Unfortunately, I have a hard time overlooking super dated/just plain terrible graphics. If I know the story is good enough, I can usually overlook it, as was the case with the first 2 DA games, but if it’s got an okay story and bad graphics, I’m out. Also achievements. If a game doesn’t have achievements, I am 50-80% less likely to play it.

Wheee that was fun! Ask me more :D

#ask lily #about me #SassyLavellen #sampson9091

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star-astro · 4 years ago

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Jeez I can't choose 🥺 they're all amazing

But let's give this a try

I love Bright so much. First off, that high note. Like daaaaammmmnnn, I watched so many vocal coaches react to that note and they're always amazed. Second, this is their first time performing together 🥺 and they blend together so well, it's unreal. The way they just poofed up there to support Julie because she was so nervous and the way the guys realize that they can be seen 👌

Both Dirty Candi songs are iconic but I'm gonna have to go with Wow. Especially the soundtrack version! The power move that is the "we da bomb chain react" move and the final "check it out yeah we make em say wow". And those are my favorite dirty candi outfits too. Those jackets, I want one. But all eyes on me is just as iconic.

They both have their different styles and messages. Honestly, I can't pick one here. Wake Up is about learning to live with and despite your grief and picking yourself up again. Whereas, Now Or Never is just an absolute head banger of a song that always gets me pumped up. Yeah I can't pick

Cheyenne may have pulled off so many high notes and that amazing scatting during Nothing To Lose but I couldn't really get past being angry for the boys. Also, I LOVE Other Side of Hollywood so much. The way it just keeps getting more and more elaborate; more and more dancers appear, people poofing around everywhere. Caleb's entrance being such a power move.

Tagging anyone who wants to jump in!

since today is about irish!luke streaming the songs of the cast but primarily the album and songs of jatp, let’s discuss

what’s the best Julie and the Phantoms (the band) song?

What’s the better Dirty Candi song?

Is Wake Up better than Now or Never?

Which HGC song is best and why?

tagging the following to get their answers: @it-tastes-like-lizard @pink-flame @blush-and-books @molinashimbos @moreflowersthanweeds @pearlcaddy @ruzek-halstead @theobligatedklutz @thedeathdeelers @star-astro and anyone else!

Reblog with your opinions and make sure to stream the music and tag for jatp!

#jatp #julie and the phantoms #netflixwewantjatp2

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tragically-broken · 7 years ago

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Thank you @iwouldtrusthagridwithmylife for tagging me!!!! You’re da bomb!

Rules: we’re snooping on your playlist. Set your entire music library on shuffle and report the first 10 songs to come up. Then choose 10 victims

Golden Days - Panic! At The Disco

Hey Girl - Lady Gaga

Maps - Maroon 5

Children - Justin Bieber

She Looks So Perfect - 5SOS

26 - Paramore

Aquaman - Walk The Moon

Starlight - Muse

Horse With No Rider - Tangled Soundtrack LOL

End of The Day - One Direction

I’m not gonna lie this made me laugh sm like??? What even is my playlist???

Victims: @kylar-black @tintinnabulary @mochawitch @dr-woodsprite @ignite-my-love @thewinksofgod @theboywithabs @sevenjellyfish @photofeesh @sleepysook

#about me #prob enjoyed this more than I should have tbh #THANK YOU!!!

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sh-lan · 8 years ago

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last winter quarter mumbles...

First day of winter quarter: Only one class! #yas #nolab Also secret santa with the house! The circle: Me -> yuri -> vania -> leighton! Also i think i’m sick… EDIT: I AM SICK FUUU

cogs 187b - random groups pls kill me side note, there’s this guy that looks like jeff and i keep thinking that it’s him but it’s not so it’s super awkward when i stare just 0.1 seconds too long

damn what a wild morning i literally. cannot. with. my. body. this. first. week. #mlkday EDIT: in case i forget, i had like the worst case of food poisoning i have ever had in my life

bruh like i basically had a 4 day weekend cause i’m hella fuckin weaksauce these first two weeks wot is life side note: retreat was fun! and also lake arrowhead that we’ve been going to? IS WHERE THEY GET ARROWHEAD WATER i’m deceased. today i learned

y’all i can’t believe bts is going to have a comeback in february also i can’t fckin believe that the army bomb v2 has its own teaser photo bighit is so extra

Omg i fucked up one of my eyebrows …time to grow it out and then get it fixed

i think i’ve literally been living under a rock how did i miss the fact that mom literally has THE BEST matcha latte ever on campus? wtf what a concept

I somehow managed to get a free trial for BTS channel+ 아싸! Things are starting to look uphill from here cause my ded self is risin’ Bless

8am on thursday of week 2 woke up at 7:20 by yuri - the time i was supposed to leave gg to the both of us for not waking up omg LOL we got to school late but that’s besides the point i should probably get some waterproof jeans or something lmao

when you don’t think your stomach is strong enough to handle coffee just yet but everything in mom smells hella fckin good

sometimes…why…can’t…you…think?!?!?!?!?! #struggles

OMFG army bomb v2 changes color everybody go home wtf this is great #goodbyemoney

missed the army bomb v2 preorder, got sold out cause we waited too long :< EDIT: OMFG I CHECKED THE ANAHEIM TICKET PAGE JUST FOR KICKS AFTER MY SHOWER AND THIS GURL WAS LIKE THE BOMB IS GOING IN AND OUT OF STOCK AND I WAS LIKE HAHA NO WAY. so i went to check it and OMFG IT WENT BACK IN STOCK SO I WAS LIKE OMFG VANIA DO WE DO IT and we did it and it has been done there is no going back this is happening we bought the army bomb lol and immediately after i preordered it, it went back to being temporarily out of stock again wow wot is life

Thursday week 2 I didnt realize i was awake since 7:20 today…my brain thought what happened this morning were events from yesterday

The rain is so real. Almost skipped discussion. Good thing i didnt :O

BTS comeback on feb 13th Preorder starts jan 25th Im fuckin ded i just bought the lightstick Im hollerin

fml both versions of the album are my aesthetic i want to cry

omfg why did tumblr change the tags into bolded font TERRIBLE

Lol omg i was gonna go to sleep but then someone logged onto the monsta x plus channel and i was like i wonder who it could be AND IT WAS KIHYUN so i stayed lul wot

내 미래를 향해 가 저 푸른 바다와 내 헤르츠를 믿어 Hey oh, oh hey oh yeah #rediscoveringlyrics #andfallinginlove

really debating getting the bts album(s) but i shouldn’t because money because i should pay for my trip because i should have priorities EDIT: i got them

omg i want to die i just sent out like 3 job applications with the wrong dates on the cover letter shoot me

this girl straight up braiding her hair in the seat infront of me but dropping her hair onto my laptop SMH

but like why doesn’t pokemon go work on my phone anymore?????

daily reminder to take one step at a time

been pampered by coffee on campus that starbucks taste real shitty

LUNAR NEW YEARRRRRRR #year2kbbq Lol omg so we decided to have a house dinner. And then we were like ok korean food and so we ended up deciding to go to kogi! So we were like it dun matter if we go to happy hour since it happens after 9pm but lol we got there around 8:20 but ended up waiting until like 9:30 anywayssss. Dinner was so great i ate so much meat tbh i dont even know whether or not i need to eat tmr LOL Then we drove home at like 11:30…and sat in our garage from 12 to 12:30 because we were too lazy to move from the car HAHA WHO R WE Also apparently, according to yuri and vania, we had the same waiter as last year and lel LEAVE IT TO US TO GIVE HIM HIS NEW YEAR GREETINGS HAHA. And here i am in bed with the biggest food coma. Let me end this with some season’s greetings lol 새해 복 많이 받으세요. 祝大家新年快樂！生體健康、學業進步、年年有餘、and most importantly 心想事成! ✨

I just got three bug bites on my ankle out of nowhere like???

after thinking long and hard, vania and i pre-ordered the albums today #goodbyemoney

why do i always find live streams for bts things at inopportune times??

i really still can’t get used to the way my vis60 professor lectures. she pauses at the weirdest times and emphasizes the most inopportune words… “i can think of. Perhaps - the most different. contrasts” ”the decisions. to make. something.” like…that is so hard to understand at 8am…

y’all i can’t wait to watch all the run BTS videos i’m so excited

Nervous about tomorrow but also excited about tomorrow I hope everything goes well! #interviewtime

bighit literally has no chill right now i thought concept 2 photos were going to come out a week later but then BAM IT HITS US IN THE FACE ONE DAY AFTER ANOTHER

2/2/2017 A day full of stufffs #praying #hoping #maybethingswillworkout Honestly, super thankful that my AB experience prepared me for group activities and on-spot presentations lOL (but like lowkey doe this one guy would have failed my group activity if he was interviewing for my trip smh) ALSO I MADE FRIENDS ;____; but i only managed to add one of them on fb, i should’ve added the other guy too *crying* but that’s ok. if fate has it, we’ll see each other again lel. EDIT: daily reminder that we fall down just to get back up

Bruh photography class got me like ??! CAUSE INCLEMENT WEATHER AND I SHOULDVE JUST TAKEN PHOTOS YESTERDAY I’M SUCH A NOOB

i made my own wintermelon tea and then my own wintermelon milk life is ok and going good

today yuri and i saw violin guy while we were sitting outside of ledden and i may or may not have freaked out too hard and he may or may not have noticed lol

watching hwarang and thinking wow park seo joon has come far since his dream high 2 days lololol

I saw a really cute ring on etsy Debated for a few days and …i bought it

I lost the little screw in my car key gg

Went hiking today with part of my group! It was lovely and 6 miles and now i’m tired hnngh

omg everyone park seo joon released his own version of that tears song for hwarang and it is like actually one of my favorite songs from the soundtrack HNNNGH

lowkey getting overly excited about hwarang ost fklewjafkelwa

This guy behind me straight up talking about how there’s some kind of apocalyptic event every century and how after each event, stability is restored. He was telling his friend to….create an apolyptic event right now to restore stability. I’m boutta flip a shit LOL WHAT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT IT BETTER BE SOME FICTION NOVEL

Week 5 meeting MY AND HARRY’S FIRST FULL MEETING HOW EXCITING I LOVE IT

omg my professor is cancelling class on feb 14th and omfg BLESS NOT HAVING AN 8AM AND ALSO I CAN STREAM BTS CAUSE COMEBACK. LIFE IS GREAT. EDIT: no streaming because the first time they perform will be at the concert omg so shookt

not to be petty but i checked the revision history to see how much work my team members did and this one guy (who didn’t contribute last time either) did one slide and all he did was add the title somebody hold me back why do i always have teammates where i need to carry #hardcarry해 #smh

I fucked up by updating the messenger app smh

Finally got my tdap booster today It hurts Like an itchy mosquito bite Smh

y’all i was so shookt when i woke up to not today’s teaser OMFG JFKELAJFKELSJA IT’S GONNA BE LIT

I woke up at 7:30 on a sunday morning to watch the spring day music video and i’m so shookt by the edting and the song almost made me cry because lyrics And there’s the whole theory where they’re dedicating this song to the sewol accident and i just ;____;

그래 우리는 extra Omg i cant believe rapmon said that LOL SO ICONIC MY LIFE MOTTO FOR THE NEXT MONTH

when i first heard not today, i wasn’t really feeling it much since i feel like the teaser hella hyped it up but now i’m hella feeling it this is fire 2.0 LOL

ALICE CAME TO VISIT week 6 weekend Sushi ota on thursday night - BLESS NO MEETING HAHA Friday night bbq with the same waiter from lunar new year LOL he spoke to me in korean omg i almost forgot how to speak? Saturday morning cowles hike! And then….boba…and then ded Sunday didnt see alice ): but das ok i got to just rest and do a bit of hw

why 왜 為什麼為何我做的事你也要跟著做 Side note. Why is the font size inconsistent for my chinese keyboard ???

Dont like the new gmail But it’s not actually new cause im just a noob for not updating Sigh

ARMY BOMBS HAVE SHIPPED. I REPEAT. ARMY BOMBS HAVE SHIPPED.

i had a dream that i was on a korean show or something and then i got assigned to sit next jungkook (omg it was like not up to me but then i was like holy shit holy shit?) and then we took a trip to the grocery store to get snacks? but like the thing i wanted was too high for me to reach so he grabbed it for me? but then somehow we ended up exchanging kkt somewhere in the grocery store lmfao what kind of dream is this but then his managers chased him down because he’s not supposed to do that or something? oh well LOL wut EDIT: who am i

i accidentally swallowed some toothpaste this morning

fml i just saw spoilers for hwarang EDIT: OMG SO DANGEROUS I ALMOST JUST SAW ANOTHER ONE AND NOW I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. NEED TO UNFOLLOW THE TAG FOR NOW

han got me pizza and a shitton of parmesan bites for valentines day :> happy child

man holy shit ep18 of hwarang had too much shit i cannot process

omg i’m gonna die park seo joon is so cute in she was pretty

omfg i was JUST wondering if park seo joon would have to go to the military qq BUT HE ALREADY WENT!!!!!! side note: i told vania i was going to finish she was pretty in two days and i really finished it in two days…

Week 6 Thursday ARMY BOMB IS HERE! #yas in retrospect, should’ve just bought the albums from the official shop cause who knew they were paying for EMS cause dayum, my army bombs got here in 3 and ½ days. SHIET so excited it’s lit

Seventeen’s lightstick hands down the prettiest lightstick i ever seen omg

i need to stop this whole “treat yo self” mentality went to return pants to zara that cost 42.99 walked out of f21 with 42.09 worth of clothes lol wtf BUT THAT FREAKING 65% OFF ON TOP OF THE ALREADY MARKED DOWN PRICE? i got three things for $9.10 omg bless? but that one other jacket i got was 29.90 ): is it worth it? eh we’ll see however, i would’ve stayed if it weren’t for my yogurt in the car…and actually shopped a lot LOOOL it was so worth then i came out to a storming STORM GOD SO MUCH RAIN but now i’m home and dry and happy

i’m sitting here streaming the bts wings tour in seoul and getting highkey emotional it’s 1:30AM what is life when bangtan is life

WEEK 7 HAN CAME TO VISITSSSSSSS

unbelieveable han puts me on do not disturb on his laptop SMH

hello but can we talk about the not today mv HOLY SHIT not as fire as fire but still so JKLFJEKLSJF there are so many things in this mv that are just. omg i cant side note - i made han watch it with me LOL

tae and rapmon’s headband look jungkook’s pink highlights yoongi’s blue highlights what’s not to love

highly likely to go blind cause of vis 60

really been craving strawberry milk …and thai food

gonna give up sugary drinks until the end of this quarter *gasps* goodbye amazing tasting coffee drinks T^T

my arms are so sore from the spam musubi making fuuuuuuu

i forgot harry was only 19 and then i was like omfg jungkook is still only 19 too wut

thanks to jungkook, i have finally pinpointed one of my more or less favorite genres: tropical house…which han apparently doesn’t like LOL

Want 족발 Must go to grandma’s lunch on a weekday qq

Rewatching fire mv Why are they ironing jin at the behinning Suga has fake freckles? Why does 1thek have 5 million ads/links

Spam musubi and 8am got me so tired I went to sleep at 12am Why is it that when i go to sleep early, nothing happens in my social life and everything happens in bts life While when i sleep late, everything goes on in social life but nothing in bts life????

The world does feel really slow when you’re in a rush

dreading the photography critiques sigh

Stayed up to stream mcountdown because lol why not right? Even though i have an 8am…. NOT TODAY PERFORMANCE WAS SODIJWWJDIWK FUCKING JEON JUNGKOOK WINKING AT THE END HOW RUDE wtfbbq And also spring day choreography got me feeling some typa way? Shiet….maybe i can learn this…maybe ALSO ONG won that 1st place by a landslide WE ARE A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH y a s

Just realized that there’s no “winking” emoji without the kiss What even Also i just unconsciously winked at my phone while looking for the wink emoji… Imagine the possibilites of face detection to emoji translation. Texting would be so much faster #busthoughts

omfg i was like where am i gonna ever use my bts cd ON THE CAR DUHHHHH!!

REALLY DREADING GOING INTO REVIEW ON MONDAY BECAUSE PICTURES WERE NOT GOOD FOR PROJECT 3 want to crawl into a hole why didn’t i take this class p/np lmao who am i EDIT: everything is ok she actually didnt hate them

Feels so great to not do anythingg this weekend??? Omfg But yo i literally slept from 8pm till 10am almost 11 and if that doesnt scream me i dont know what else does

i bought a “day old” pastry from mom today and it’s an espresso mocha chocolate chip scone thingy and i’m in loveeee

waiting for packages from korea to come~ no EMS is sometimes a pain~ we’ve been too pampered by amazon prime~

Feeling a little discouraged BUT i’ll stay positive!

I mean I can technically go to those concerts in japan Technically

Omfg leave me forever incapable of closing my water bottles correctly? SMH PLS DONT

Found out that my photography TA is 26. Das like alice age And also her first phone was the peanut looking motorola LMFAO CAUSE ME TOO

봄이왔다~ 春天到了~ CAUSE IT’S MARCH AND THE WEATHER IS REALLY NICE and i’m, for some reason, in a really good mood. it could be the music but it could also be the weather ahhhh this feels nice :>

Omg my ring from etsy finally came!! GREETINGS FROM SPRING AMIRITE After a whole month ;___; it finally got here on march 2nd Ugh but it’s so nice and pretty i’m about to die And it really was made to order! That’s crazy. It’s so cute and adorable If only their stuff wasnt so expensive I would buy like everything

When the right volume for your music is right in between the button volumes so you gotta manually slide the thingy VERY carefully

OUR KOGI WAITER WE JUST SAW OUR KOGI WAITER AT PC OMFG

Issue night: “I dont know how they had time to come up with an acronym (USA PATRIOT) maybe they were in shock or something….(from 9/11)” LOL “Lowkey sus” - Abe [the babe]

cooked curry with everything today reaffirmed that i dont like carrots that much

Debating getting more rings on etsy HNNNNGH struggle is real

I saw a license plate the other day that said “NUTELLA” and the same “UOUOUOU” car parks in peterson all the time lol

Had a dream that i met jungkook while checking out the bts schedule with vania Like the schedule said that they just had a fan meeting and they were gonna walk around the area and their fans could follow them or soemthing And i was like shit but do i wanna do that and vania was tryna convince me…but i thought that there would be too many fans so… And then jungkook fckin pops outta nowhere and somehow we got talking and ended up somewhere? Like their dorm or something And we were just browsing through army pictures of them and whatnot And then he was being all kinds of diff “kook” where he was a fangirl kook…and then regular jungkook where he “kissed” me on the cheek it was weird Dont remember the rest cause i woke up LOL EDIT: i think i wrote this while still being half asleep please excuse my fangirl tendencies LOLOL

Omg the kettle cooked jalapeno chips are so good wtf Dangerous

want to watch hyungsik’s new drama but i shouldn’t i shouldn’t

jungkook’s look in the spring day dance version is so boyfriend i cant

oh yeah how did i completely forget to mention that my week 8 was pretty much entirely occupied by yuri on ice!! after freaking week 7 annoying ass shit with everything due that week wow what a struggle

rewatching haikyuu!!

I. AM. SO. EXCITED. TO. READ. AEOE. AHHHHHH if only i could find the third book of the series as well )): qq EDIT: TIFF FOUND IT. bless her soul

March 6th The one day i decide not to check the mail THE ALBUMS COME IN A PACKAGE BY THE FRONT DOOR VANIA CAME HOME AND WAS LIKE AHHHHHH it was definitely a “shut the front door” moment Also onfg we took forever going through the album and just freaking out Vania got rapmon and jungkook photocards While i got jhope and jungkook photocards In retrospect, it was shipping like on feb 20th and took only around 2 weeks to get here so i would say that was pretty damn great Ugh they’re so beautiful why We also got random photocards created by kpopmart so those were a nice gift! I put them on my wall and kept one in my card holder thingy LOL I also put up a standee on my desk Now where to put the posters 🤔 HA It was a nice surprise :>

Lmao the recruiter called me this morning at 8:30AM but our call was supposed to be at 11:30AM, i’m surprised i even woke up It’s a miracle i even stuttered through that phone screen #shetotallymissedthepart #whereiwrote #PST

Craving chocolate milk and i neglected to get that On the otherhand, i spent around 21 bucks at trader joes getting all the healthy foods that i love AND ALSO STRAWBERRY YOGURT O’S THAT WERE JUST MY AESTHETIC EDIT: ok but like not only were they aesthetically pleasing, they also taste great. also the fact that they’re just a bit fatter means that they’re crunchier and takes a lot longer to get soggy in milk im in love

You know what they say When you crave choco milk You been traveling through time and space

had a one on one with harry at k cuisine today definitely gonna find time to go back and eat more chicken glad harry wanted to eat korean chicken and i actually had a place in mind also they were playing so many kpop songs that i knew and all the goblin songs were getting me real emotional lmao

Hnngh they’re gonna sell merch at the bts wings concert What is gonna stop me from buying shit if there’s actually enough stock Im ded EDIT: jk i cant believe that official merchandise goes on sale on march 9th aka tmr because korea time and like wtf ok bighit just let our wallets die and wither away smh i cant

Gonna have to hold off on buying rings or not buying them at all because bts merch ;___;

omg but ?? the video that jungkook made yoongi was so damn cute? also…editing on point… EDIT: i would fall in love with editing because it’s the damn iphone 7 promotional video that apple made. wot is lifeeee omggg that was crazy (why don’t i keep up with current trends? where was i??)

lol watching all the wings md getting the little “temporarily out of stock” red sticker haha

JK got new piercings right where i wanted to get them please stop tempting me i already told my dad i wouldn’t ask again hnngh

omg i had thai food for the first time in forever~ (ok realistically like week 3 but like still)

all these photos from the concert im ded because how do people have the money to go to multiple concerts esp in different countries? (aka headliner…) tumblr is too distracting

i broke my comb that one weekend that leighton went to irvine…because i dropped it on the floor…i was, to say the least, shocked weekend before week 10, i finally bought a new comb lOL

GOT7 never ever thoughts Yugyeom’s voice hit me in the face Choreo at the beginning looks nice I dont know how i feel about the chorus doe Wait. Yugyeom cant happen to me because omfg jungkook but wait they’re such a killer bffl pair fml

new highlight song got me shookt because…..b2st will always be <3 in my heart esp yoseob’s vocals

i’m having another watch phase dammit

actually really like bap’s comeback this time side note: harry calls it “bap” like “bop” but with an A. LOL

Day of daylight savings Couldnt sleep Reading AEOE Didnt sleep til 5am And now skipping 101b What needs saving is obviously my body not the daylight

When you realize out all the current playlists made on spotify, your music taste is closest to jin’s LOL

Week 10 tuesday Broke my retainers D: EDIT: got an appt with an ortho because need to get them imprints before my teef get shifted but holy shit dude it’s $350 for one retainer im ded. And i called 4 different places and it just keeps going higher and higher im

sharing opinions in photography class is hard because i can’t words

GLOW. IN. THE. DARK. RETAINERS. #gottagetmoneysworth

do you ever do that thing on facebook where you’ll be like “i’ll just scroll to a place where a video stops playing” but then the moment the first video stops, another comes into the browser and starts playing oh wait oh my god THEY MUST HAVE BUILD THEIR PAGE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE SIZING OF THE WINDOW SO THAT THAT WOULD HAPPEN AND THUS IT WOULD KEEP PEOPLE SCROLLING ON FACEBOOK facebook is evil everyone

too loud -_-

Discovering a tiny mole on jungkook’s nose

i can’t believe i’m sick for the 3rd time this quarter body r u ok also…runny noses aren’t fun my nose is literally leaking can barely reach for a tissue in time smh

i just saw a spoiler for the run bts episodes -_- tumblr is never safe

It’s hard to believe that i’ll be leaving for my trip in 4 days It’s hard to also believe that after that, vania and i will be heading over to see bts Oh man This is exciting

Flood warnings in peru making me have high blood pressure #pleaseleteverythingbeok

my trip got cancelled i am in shock still

Im so numb I think im ready to pass out

I broke one of the little feet thingies on my charger…. SMH

I feel broken But Getting it back together Currently on do not disturb

lol.....gonna end this one on a somewhat sour note because that’s actually how the quarter ended. spring break was a week full of shit as well. however, it was also a week full of healing and self love - as much as i can give myself for that matter

so we’ll leave it here. last winter quarter of my college career - one of the most busy in terms of AB life and one for the books for all the shit that has happened. i really wish that #adversity won’t be associated with this forever but looks like it’ll be related to this for a while. lOL.

moving right along~ things I can look forward to: spring break mumbles, last quarter mumbles! #staysane #staypositive

#winter quarter mumbles #debs in college #mumble mumble #bts #because #it took over winter quarter too #LOL

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polygon32-blog · 8 years ago

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Viva la Vietnam (part one)

The first stop on our Vietnam tour is Saigon (nobody there seems to call it Ho Chi Minh, so we stick to calling it Saigon), the bright, electric, bustling metropolis of the south. We fly in from Sihanoukville, which is an experience in itself (Sihanoukville's airport is so small that there aren't actually aeroplanes there. They just land there to pick you up. It's more of a bus stop than anything), and the flight sucks because my little machine that equalises pressure in my left ear stops working. But c'est la vie. We arrive in Saigon in the early afternoon and book an Uber to take us into the city for £3.50. Uber feels like a 5-star luxury when you're used to tuk tuks, by the way.

As we get closer to district one - the fancy part of Saigon where we're staying - my first impression is that Saigon is a perfect combination of Tokyo, London, and Paris. It has the colourful skyscrapers of Tokyo, the luxury shopping experience of Paris, and the bustling friendliness of London.

Saigon offers some home comforts, too, such as Zara and Marks and Spencer's, traffic lights (only 60% of the traffic abides by them, but it's a start), and a thousand and one coffee shops selling pumpkin-spice lattes and green tea vitamin shakes. It's dizzying when you've just spent three nights on a secluded island that looks like LOST.

The streets around district one are hectic, but with the upcoming Tet and Chinese New Year celebrations, a lot of them are closed off, and we're lucky enough to be stationed on a quiet stretch of road. Within a minute's walk we have coffee shops, restaurants, and The Body Shop. We ventured in to see if they sell sun cream. They don't. (Hayley, sort this out).

Saigon is big and bright and sometimes scary, but we quickly grow to love it. Maybe because we're pretty accustomed to big-city life. Or maybe everyone feels that way about Saigon. Just around the corner is a main road with Louis Vuitton, Versace, Chanel, Christian Louboutins, and countless more French designer stores. We window shop on the way to the laundrette. Doing laundry has become our primary objective whilst in Saigon, so we make a day of it.

On our laundry adventure, we happen across a big park which is in full party mode for the Chinese New Year. The Vietnamese know how to decorate for reals. You've never seen so many flowers in one place. It's beautiful.

We also stumble upon the War Remnants museum and pay the 15,000 VND entry price (about 50p) to take a look inside. Without going into too much detail, the museum is a sobering reminder of the many atrocities committed by the United States during the war. Most harrowing was the photographs taken of people still affected by Agent Orange. Downstairs, the entire floor was dedicated to photos of marches and protests around the world, demanding the US gov stop the bombing in Vietnam.

After our museum tour we continue exploring the city. We find Notre Dame and the Saigon Central Post Office (both established by French colonists), and even better, we find a cute French-looking cafe just across the road. We eat salad and watch tourists pose in front of the cathedral.

That night, on our way to find a supermarket for sun cream, we walk past the Bitexco Financial Tower. I convince Mark that we should go up to the Saigon Skydeck (the observation deck at the top). We're in the beating heart of the city, and from up high, the roads look like veins, curling towards us and supplying a constant stream of life and colour.

And look, we bought a photo!

After the Skydeck adventure, we continue to the supermarket, which turns out to be a regular local market selling vast amounts of seafood. Definitely no sun cream. We carry on and find a local store. They sell sun cream, but it's SPF90. It's the lowest factor they have (the highest is 150, incase you were wondering), so we give in and buy it. At least we know for sure we ain't gonna burn.

Other things that happen include: trying authentic Vietnamese Pho, getting waffles and milkshakes at the coffee shop, buying fridge magnets, and finally doing laundry.

Once again, it's time to wave goodbye to city life. Next on our itinerary is Mui Ne. It's a 4-hour train ride away (these trains are not designed for tourists, but they're fine if you can handle using a squat toilet), followed by a 45-minute taxi. Our apartment in Mui Ne is the most expensive place we've booked on the trip, so we're pretty stoked to see what we're getting.

The place is nice, it's super nice, in fact, and the staff really go out of their way to make you feel welcome, but this is a hotel designed for sunny weather (picture a crystal blue pool, hammocks, palm trees, and deck chairs) and sadly all we really get is cloud. That doesn't stop us playing in the pool, obviously, and even though it's cloudy, it's still very warm.

Mui Ne passes by in a heartbeat. We stay on one very long road where all the restaurants, bars, and hotels are located. There are more tourists than locals here. We go out for dinner and lunch but mostly we just stay at the apartment and lie in the hammocks. Right before our 5-hour bus to Nha Trang, we stop by a little place for chicken kebabs, and they're incredible. A definite highlight of the trip for sure.

The next few days are hazy. We take the bus to Nha Trang, which gives us some beautiful views of the Vietnam countryside, but we arrive quite late and by the time we've found our hotel, got checked in, and had dinner, all we want to do is go to bed. Our alarms are set for 6:20am because we have another early train to catch. Nha Trang is considered to be a party city with beautiful beaches, but we don't have the time to see much of it.

The next morning we prepare for our 11 and a half hours train journey to Da Nang. Well, we actually don't prepare at all. We intended to buy snacks for the trip, but we leave it too late and then nowhere is open on our way to the station. All we have is 1/4 of a tin of BBQ Pringles. Not even full-sized, either. Mark downloads some tower defence games that keep him entertained for a good couple of hours. I flit between listening to Disney soundtracks, sleeping, and playing dumb high school building games on my phone. The food trolley comes and goes, but it's basically a random cart of seafood flavoured crisps. We're hungry, but we're not spicy shrimp hungry.

So 11 and a half hours pass. We're the only tourists on the train. A guy a couple of rows behind us plays his ukulele for a while, kids run up and down the aisle screeching, and the announcement speaker is waaay too loud. But c'est la vie. This is what backpacking is supposed to feel like, right? We didn't come here for first class luxuries.

Which is a good thing, I suppose, because luxury is the last thing we get in Da Nang. Again, this is just a one-nighter on the way to Hoi An, but Da Nang was always on our list of places to visit. Mark originally picked it because it was supposed to be a good place to surf. We arrive late, and our hostel is close (ish) to the train station, not the beach. We're exhausted after almost 12 hours on a train (sitting down for that long is actually tiring - especially when you have nothing to eat) but we opt to walk to the hostel instead of taking a taxi. We want to stretch our legs.

All is fine, we find the hostel, and it looks okay. Really, really hostelly though. A big wall where everyone has written messages in marker pen about Da Nang being lit AF, more dogs roaming around than you can count, old battered sofas strewn in the lobby, a bunch of endorsements on the wall from 2013 (Da Nang has the longest, steel-made, dragon-shaped bridge in the world), that kind of thing.

We have to wait around for a while until the reception desk becomes free, and then there's an issue with our booking. Some guy got sick and so the hostel gave him our room. The last thing you want to deal with when you've been travelling all day. After some shuffling around, the hostel offer us a downgrade to a twin room with no bathroom. They refund the difference in price, or at least they pretend to (they only end up giving us around £1.20 back). Then they have to send someone up to clean the room and push the beds together. We say we'll wait around, but it becomes apparent that it's going to take some time. We're super hungry so I ask if we can eat at their bar/restaurant thing that they have advertised. Hostel guy tells us it's closed down. Annoyed face.

Anyway, we go out for dinner, come back two hours later, and finally get the keys to our room. Two old, hard mattresses on the floor, pushed together. That's basically all our room has in it, along with a small table that has snacks and condoms (not free). The pillows are lumpy and the sheets are dirty. It's a shitty night of being woken up by the loud, creaking A/C, the sound of people milling around the hostel, and dogs barking outside.

What we actually do see of Da Nang's coastline looks hella nice. The whole city is actually pretty lively. We go see the world's longest, steel-made, dragon-shaped bridge and marvel over all the cute boats floating on the river. We try and make the best of what limited time we have here, but really we just want to get to Hoi An.

Hoi An is our next stop, and boy is it worth the hassle of getting there. We bring in the New Year and celebrate Tet in style, but I'll write about all of that in my next post.

To summarise, Saigon was awesome, Mui Ne was nice but cloudy, Nha Trang was... I don't even remember, and Da Nang was one of those compulsory bad hostel experiences.

Onwards and upwards!

*Friendly reminder that Mark picks the title.

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