Thursday, 30 December 2010
The Memory in Music
One of the things I love about music, is that it relates so much to what someone is feeling at that time in their lives. You find a song and you connect to it because of either the lyrics, the music, the beats, etc.
I found this little gem that I used to listen to all the time about 2 years ago. Finding songs you used to love first of all makes you fall in love with them again, and secondly remind you of how much you have changed since then.
Maybe you grew stronger, changed as a person, or learnt new things. The main point is that you're different, and listening to a song from your past shows you that and is like proof that a change has happened and that it was you who did it.
Memories flow back into your head of your thoughts and feelings at that time, and looking back on them through a song turns the song into a nostalgia, or a significant thing that has seen a part of your life come and go.
Even if the song was so beyond emo.
Tuesday, 28 December 2010
*snap snap*
Let me start by saying that I love being a waiter and interacting with people all day, everyday and that this is going to be a ranting post about people who don't appreciate waiters/are egotistical shits.
It's fun, being a waiter is constant interaction with people. You get to have such random conversation and find out so much about people in such little time. For example today I learnt of a woman's divorce and the fact that her ex lives somewhere else in England. Then I found out she would love to live there, but wouldn't because he is there. You see, GREAT conversation.
People can see that us waiters are rushing around the restaurant serving and making sure that every single customer feels as important as the next. You would think this would lead to customers treating waiters with respect and patience, maybe smiling to get out attention or raising their hand. Or even just a blank stare would do.
Now mostly that's the case.
However everyday there are about 2-3 families that will literally snap their fingers. Yes *snap* their fingers right at you. However not only once, but constantly until you turn around. Once you turn around they snap one more time, raise their eyebrows, pout their lips and wave their fingers for you to come.
Rude.
First time this happened, I simply stared at the kid (16ish), and froze as I didn't know what to do. Do I tell them something, do I just ignore it, or do I maybe ask another waiter to take the table.
Thankfully I didn't need to decide as another waiter saw my facial expression and rush to the table.
I thought that would be the one exception I'd get of someone being totally rude, but no. This happens literally everyday to every single one of us. The funny thing is, it's usually people who aren't vocally expressive or physically attractive.
I think the reason that people like that treat us waiters like personal slaves is because it's like a source of power for them. The second they walk into the restaurant they are very aware of the fact we only want to please them, thus taking advantage of it. It's because they know we wont say anything, that they feel the confidence to treat us in such a low manner.
Imagine you are me, you hear this clicking noise and turn around and what do you see? Some random ugly humans face looking at you like your the scum of the earth. It's just not right, and there's no need for it.
Oh or my favourite, when they start talking about you behind your back except right in front of your face in a whisper that you are meant to hear.
I LIKE HUMANS. I just wish that minority would quit ruining the race for me.
It's fun, being a waiter is constant interaction with people. You get to have such random conversation and find out so much about people in such little time. For example today I learnt of a woman's divorce and the fact that her ex lives somewhere else in England. Then I found out she would love to live there, but wouldn't because he is there. You see, GREAT conversation.
People can see that us waiters are rushing around the restaurant serving and making sure that every single customer feels as important as the next. You would think this would lead to customers treating waiters with respect and patience, maybe smiling to get out attention or raising their hand. Or even just a blank stare would do.
Now mostly that's the case.
However everyday there are about 2-3 families that will literally snap their fingers. Yes *snap* their fingers right at you. However not only once, but constantly until you turn around. Once you turn around they snap one more time, raise their eyebrows, pout their lips and wave their fingers for you to come.
Rude.
First time this happened, I simply stared at the kid (16ish), and froze as I didn't know what to do. Do I tell them something, do I just ignore it, or do I maybe ask another waiter to take the table.
Thankfully I didn't need to decide as another waiter saw my facial expression and rush to the table.
I thought that would be the one exception I'd get of someone being totally rude, but no. This happens literally everyday to every single one of us. The funny thing is, it's usually people who aren't vocally expressive or physically attractive.
I think the reason that people like that treat us waiters like personal slaves is because it's like a source of power for them. The second they walk into the restaurant they are very aware of the fact we only want to please them, thus taking advantage of it. It's because they know we wont say anything, that they feel the confidence to treat us in such a low manner.
Imagine you are me, you hear this clicking noise and turn around and what do you see? Some random ugly humans face looking at you like your the scum of the earth. It's just not right, and there's no need for it.
Oh or my favourite, when they start talking about you behind your back except right in front of your face in a whisper that you are meant to hear.
I LIKE HUMANS. I just wish that minority would quit ruining the race for me.
Friday, 24 December 2010
The Vampires
Maybe it's the world's new obsession with vampires or just the fact that we love to not sleep.
Besides, my love for vampires stems back to pre-pubescent days so it's just the fact that we don't like to sleep.
But it is like we are vampires. We wake up when the sun is nearing its bed time, and sleep when the sun is alive and well but we are hidden inside our homes figuring out random ways to entertain ourselves.
The second we get a vacation is the moment we decide that we want to do EVERYTHING that is possible to do all day. All day leads into all night and we end up sleeping way too late.
The thing is, if we aren't doing something productive, we STILL figure out a way to not go to sleep. There was once a time I sat in front of my laptop just re-visiting all my bookmarked pages again and again and yes you guessed it, again! That could be because I'm all alone now in Sheffield.
I love that even if we are dead tired, we will still stay up because we can. I think it's simply the fact that we CAN stay up and do anything we want is the reason we do. I'm all for it as well! I anyway always have trouble sleeping, I'm pretty sure I have a super minor form of insomnia.
Main point is to KEEP AT IT. Don't stop staring at walls, poking your face, and refreshing facebook all night because you know that once whatever it is you were doing before break was, is coming around again and will force you to care about something other than what will entertain you longest.
Besides, my love for vampires stems back to pre-pubescent days so it's just the fact that we don't like to sleep.
But it is like we are vampires. We wake up when the sun is nearing its bed time, and sleep when the sun is alive and well but we are hidden inside our homes figuring out random ways to entertain ourselves.
The second we get a vacation is the moment we decide that we want to do EVERYTHING that is possible to do all day. All day leads into all night and we end up sleeping way too late.
The thing is, if we aren't doing something productive, we STILL figure out a way to not go to sleep. There was once a time I sat in front of my laptop just re-visiting all my bookmarked pages again and again and yes you guessed it, again! That could be because I'm all alone now in Sheffield.
I love that even if we are dead tired, we will still stay up because we can. I think it's simply the fact that we CAN stay up and do anything we want is the reason we do. I'm all for it as well! I anyway always have trouble sleeping, I'm pretty sure I have a super minor form of insomnia.
Main point is to KEEP AT IT. Don't stop staring at walls, poking your face, and refreshing facebook all night because you know that once whatever it is you were doing before break was, is coming around again and will force you to care about something other than what will entertain you longest.
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
The Pretty Reckless
The Pretty Reckless, in other words: Taylor Momsen.
Here doing an acoustic cover of their hit song 'Make Me Wanna Die' and I'm not gonna lie, I'm SO surprised that she isn't squealing/taking advantage of editing software.
Like I thought for sure the first time I heard her sing live, would be the time I decide Taylor Momsen is dead.
I love this song, not because I'm depressed, but it's just so.damn.good.
Thursday, 9 December 2010
Instant Distrust
No i don't know if that's a real word.
Im sitting on the train at the moment and theres a woman sitting next to me and for some reason she scares me. My head is flooding with thoughts of her being an evil person.
I came to this conclusion based on body language and general imagination.
I'm either very pessimistic about the human race, or i'm just another human who thinks the worst.
She also keeps staring at my phone.
I don't like that.
Doesn't she know i'm writing a mean blogpost about her?
Mrs. CreepedOut
However i usually see the best in people. Therefore, my assumption of her cooking humans at her home is probably correct.
Im sitting on the train at the moment and theres a woman sitting next to me and for some reason she scares me. My head is flooding with thoughts of her being an evil person.
I came to this conclusion based on body language and general imagination.
I'm either very pessimistic about the human race, or i'm just another human who thinks the worst.
She also keeps staring at my phone.
I don't like that.
Doesn't she know i'm writing a mean blogpost about her?
Mrs. CreepedOut
However i usually see the best in people. Therefore, my assumption of her cooking humans at her home is probably correct.
Saturday, 4 December 2010
I can't wait! Oh...
BIG things are still set to happen in our world.
Going the speed of light
Finding aliens
Developing a cure for cancer
Making Pokemon real
These things are so exciting that we can not help but to feel anxious about them because they will change humanities as a whole. However will it change anything for us?
After thinking about the future accomplishments of our earth, it dawned on me that I might not be alive to witness many of them.
I mean sure I'm going to be around for the new Iphone and a new Britney album, but am I going to be around for when they cure most diseases or when they start building a new home for us off of Earth?
It saddens me.
It's times like these that I start thinking about death, in a non-emo way, and wonder what it truly is that I fear about it. There is of course what comes after death and whether heaven and hell exist or not, the worry that I might come back as a donkey in my next life, or even just the notion that everything turns black.
When thought about, there are hundreds if not thousands of reasons our world tells us to fear death. Religion tells us to because of consequences while Ryan Seacrest would probably say to fear the fact that we can not plaster ourselves on every television in the world after death. Unless you are famous, but that is besides the point.
After my deep-thought moment, I have come to discover what it is I will fear the most. It is not darkness and it is not hell, but it is the fact that I will not be around to witness the people I love change and the fact that the world will continue to grow and become stronger without me being a part of it. It makes me feel like I've been put an this immense roller coaster ride and there for sure will be a time when I have to get off, yet the ride will continue shooting forward without me.
Deep I know.
Friday, 3 December 2010
Relations
I'm so tired. Thinking of food. So I will now relate my friends to the food/drink I think of when I imagine us hanging out together:
Ahmed: Nutella/Chips n Dips
Lujane: Any food in mass amounts and late at night
Alya: Coffee
Ida: Cupcakes
Elyas: Waffles/Home-made pizza
Rami: Burger King
Mina: Fridge leftover food
Ray: Take-Out menus
Fakieh: Shawirma
Nora: Oxygen is what we survive on
Jessie: Sushi/Bar food
Hattie: Late-night kebab shops
Sera: Pizza
I can't think anymore.
Ahmed: Nutella/Chips n Dips
Lujane: Any food in mass amounts and late at night
Alya: Coffee
Ida: Cupcakes
Elyas: Waffles/Home-made pizza
Rami: Burger King
Mina: Fridge leftover food
Ray: Take-Out menus
Fakieh: Shawirma
Nora: Oxygen is what we survive on
Jessie: Sushi/Bar food
Hattie: Late-night kebab shops
Sera: Pizza
I can't think anymore.
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