Waaahoooo!
My monthy mixcast is back thank's to about 5 minutes googeling to find an alternative site to mediafire.
This is a mixcast I made early October I think, its mostly acoustic from what I remember, but entirely brilliant too. It's a short but sweet podcast both happy and sad.
Tracks are as follows:
Laura Marling - Night after Night
Bon Iver - Beth/Rest found on NPR's World Cafe - (Found via Julez.)
Tokyo Police Club - Tessellate
Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down by the School Yard.
Sufjan Stevens - The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
Of Montreal - Lysergic Bliss
Find it here: The password is 4trewinnardluc
http://d01.megashares.com/dl/7e7ac49/October.mp3
Find my other podcasts here:
http://introspectivewritinginoldham.blogspot.com/p/mixcasts_01.html
God bless and sweet listening, L x
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Luke 1:37
I hate to think that I spend too much of my time blogging about God's input into my life but he's doing some mint stuff in London.. and I wanted to tell you guys a story. (Also, mum wanted me to email it to her so she could tell her friends.)
I've been going to a church called St. Mary's just a couple of minutes away from my halls which I'm quite sure I've blogged about a couple of times. On Tuesday night a friend from the student group rocked up to the front to share a bit of something that's been going on with her lately.
Basically, Christina has been suffering with a heart issue for a while now from what I gather it's something to do with her heart valves shrinking. She got put onto the priority heart transplant list sometime this year and had to get a heart within 6 month or, well.. you know. For the last however long she's been suffering what she described as "mini heart attacks" regularly.
After a weekend away with the church last weekend ) and what was sounds to me like a classic "holy spirit" night she rocked up to the doctors on Monday morning as usual for her check ups. When her numbers weren't reading as they usually would the doctor decided to do a scan. It was then she found out that her heart is in mint condition - to the extent she's been taken off the heart transplant list all together. There now fails to be a problem with her heart, - boom.
Not only the best news ever, but the coolest.
Thought each and everyone of you should know about this. I genuinely can't stop telling people.
Peace,
God Bless, L x
I've been going to a church called St. Mary's just a couple of minutes away from my halls which I'm quite sure I've blogged about a couple of times. On Tuesday night a friend from the student group rocked up to the front to share a bit of something that's been going on with her lately.
Basically, Christina has been suffering with a heart issue for a while now from what I gather it's something to do with her heart valves shrinking. She got put onto the priority heart transplant list sometime this year and had to get a heart within 6 month or, well.. you know. For the last however long she's been suffering what she described as "mini heart attacks" regularly.
After a weekend away with the church last weekend ) and what was sounds to me like a classic "holy spirit" night she rocked up to the doctors on Monday morning as usual for her check ups. When her numbers weren't reading as they usually would the doctor decided to do a scan. It was then she found out that her heart is in mint condition - to the extent she's been taken off the heart transplant list all together. There now fails to be a problem with her heart, - boom.
Not only the best news ever, but the coolest.
Thought each and everyone of you should know about this. I genuinely can't stop telling people.
Peace,
God Bless, L x
Thursday, 17 November 2011
This welcome has been so nice and warm.
What with all my cycling I've got into the habit of going out without my oyster card. I'm currently sat at a bus stop clutching my £10 waiting for the number 10 to make my way to Oxford Circus.
I've not had a particularly good week, in fact, it's probably been the week I've worked hardest since getting here after making the mistake of doing no work on reading week (a mistake that I'm sure nearly all of you readers bace made.) Despite this, I'm feeling mint... yes. There is no other word for it, I'm feeling, as we say in the north: mint.
Tomorrow I make my long coach journey home for the first time since coming to uni, I'm excited to see my friends, to see my mum and dad, To see Manchester, drink mulled wine and go to church but mostly, I kinda just want to see my house. And man, what a mint weekend I have planned too. I've done a good amount of work this week so I feel fine in celebrating.
I'm on my way now to the Carnaby Street shopping party: 20% off, live music and goodie bags! I'm actually going with no money to shop with but I heard rumours of free drinks and hopefully my brother will get me something which I can pay him back for at a later date.
London is dark these days. I can no longer cycle through the park home and I'm in dire need of reflective clothing.
If I were driving this bus it would be like playing Need for Speed underground 2.
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It's very nearly Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7EwLvvxbYI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Lots of love and good tidings, L x
I've not had a particularly good week, in fact, it's probably been the week I've worked hardest since getting here after making the mistake of doing no work on reading week (a mistake that I'm sure nearly all of you readers bace made.) Despite this, I'm feeling mint... yes. There is no other word for it, I'm feeling, as we say in the north: mint.
Tomorrow I make my long coach journey home for the first time since coming to uni, I'm excited to see my friends, to see my mum and dad, To see Manchester, drink mulled wine and go to church but mostly, I kinda just want to see my house. And man, what a mint weekend I have planned too. I've done a good amount of work this week so I feel fine in celebrating.
I'm on my way now to the Carnaby Street shopping party: 20% off, live music and goodie bags! I'm actually going with no money to shop with but I heard rumours of free drinks and hopefully my brother will get me something which I can pay him back for at a later date.
London is dark these days. I can no longer cycle through the park home and I'm in dire need of reflective clothing.
If I were driving this bus it would be like playing Need for Speed underground 2.
-
It's very nearly Christmas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7EwLvvxbYI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
-
Lots of love and good tidings, L x
Saturday, 12 November 2011
Skinny Love.
Paul Michael Graham and Stephen Bick.
Filmed by New Jerseys own Julia Molnar. "Skinny Love"
Filmed by New Jerseys own Julia Molnar. "Skinny Love"
Treat your teachers nice and find a healthy appetite.
Before I moved to London, I downloaded two albums from a band called "The Milk Carton Kids" which I'd read about on NPR. Both albums are great and I recommend you all download them off their site (for free) here.
My favourite song "Charlie" is off the first album "Retrospect." I read somewhere that the lead singer wrote it about the daughter that he doesn't have. It's one of the sweetest songs I've ever heard and quickly made it into my iTunes most played list when I first moved here 'cause it reminded me of my dad, especially when I was walking too and from uni on my own.
I also listened to Key 103 using my Tune In app. If ever I want to feel like I'm at home, Key 103 does the job. I'm not sure if that's sad? - of course, I only listened to the morning show because after you've listened to Mike and Chelsea then none of the other DJ's really compare.
[I wait for a comment from Piekos about Matt Spokes being a mint DJ soon.] [[Sorry to people who don't really care about my references to Manchester life]]
I like Uni. I seem to feel more settled every week, It's like I wont ever be done meeting new people and making new friends. Socialising feels tedious at times but essential. I don't ever want to have no one to turn to, It's nice having my brothers here and what not but I don't really have that one person (in halls) that I can turn to yet - or at least I did but she's leaving on Tuesday for good.
[I realise I write that in a very selfish way, but that's only because I'm going to miss Naomi a lot. She's been a gooden over the last couple of months and it sucks that she's leaving for everyone. I'm quite sure we'll keep in touch, big up my gal in room 51.]
This is the most I've used square brackets since the age of the "Scene kid" when I was about 13/4 and everyone who was anyone wrote with square brackets.
The past week has been reading week. Admittedly, the little reading I did manage to achieve was not focused towards my studies, but rather 3 short stories we read at a book club some friends from Koi have started. I have, rather than study, been focusing greatly on my road skills - what with my new bike, hanging out with friends and making a dent in my over draft.
- I'm in desperate need of a Job. -
I'm going home next weekend for Blue Coats speech night. It'll be the first time I've gone home since arriving here. I can't wait to see people more than anything. It's rare that I really miss home, it's usually the same times where I start blogging that I feel like I miss home, and when I try and find cinema times and it alway's comes up with the times for Oldham. But it will certainly be nice to hang out in Scouthead.
Anyway.
I have exciting things for my blog coming up:
A new music player (via 8 tracks.)
Some album/film reviews.
Photos, drawings, videos. - This will be once I get a camera.
Blog topics.
It's all a work in progress.
God Bless, L x
My favourite song "Charlie" is off the first album "Retrospect." I read somewhere that the lead singer wrote it about the daughter that he doesn't have. It's one of the sweetest songs I've ever heard and quickly made it into my iTunes most played list when I first moved here 'cause it reminded me of my dad, especially when I was walking too and from uni on my own.
I also listened to Key 103 using my Tune In app. If ever I want to feel like I'm at home, Key 103 does the job. I'm not sure if that's sad? - of course, I only listened to the morning show because after you've listened to Mike and Chelsea then none of the other DJ's really compare.
[I wait for a comment from Piekos about Matt Spokes being a mint DJ soon.] [[Sorry to people who don't really care about my references to Manchester life]]
I like Uni. I seem to feel more settled every week, It's like I wont ever be done meeting new people and making new friends. Socialising feels tedious at times but essential. I don't ever want to have no one to turn to, It's nice having my brothers here and what not but I don't really have that one person (in halls) that I can turn to yet - or at least I did but she's leaving on Tuesday for good.
[I realise I write that in a very selfish way, but that's only because I'm going to miss Naomi a lot. She's been a gooden over the last couple of months and it sucks that she's leaving for everyone. I'm quite sure we'll keep in touch, big up my gal in room 51.]
This is the most I've used square brackets since the age of the "Scene kid" when I was about 13/4 and everyone who was anyone wrote with square brackets.
The past week has been reading week. Admittedly, the little reading I did manage to achieve was not focused towards my studies, but rather 3 short stories we read at a book club some friends from Koi have started. I have, rather than study, been focusing greatly on my road skills - what with my new bike, hanging out with friends and making a dent in my over draft.
- I'm in desperate need of a Job. -
I'm going home next weekend for Blue Coats speech night. It'll be the first time I've gone home since arriving here. I can't wait to see people more than anything. It's rare that I really miss home, it's usually the same times where I start blogging that I feel like I miss home, and when I try and find cinema times and it alway's comes up with the times for Oldham. But it will certainly be nice to hang out in Scouthead.
Anyway.
I have exciting things for my blog coming up:
A new music player (via 8 tracks.)
Some album/film reviews.
Photos, drawings, videos. - This will be once I get a camera.
Blog topics.
It's all a work in progress.
God Bless, L x
...
I seem to be really poor on the blogging front this academic year.
I have an app on my phone for when I want to write something down to post but I never finish them, so my dashboard is full of half empty posts which seemed important for 10 minutes but when I came back to them have little content. Eventually, its only times when I can't sleep or I'm stuck in my room putting off work I ever really blog or journal at all.
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