Steve says….sing me a song!

November 13, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit6 Comments

So this is my response to Steve’s Monday Music Quiz – Week 4!

If you have not heard of it, then where the hell have you been. Click the above link and update yourself immediately, if not sooner!

The Rules

Each week Steve will post 3 new questions so…

(1) Go to the music player of your choice and put it on shuffle
(2) Say the questions aloud and press play
(3) Use the song title as your answers
(4) NO CHEATING

This Weeks Questions

1. What is the Story of Your Life? – Blue Jeans by Lana Del Ray – I do wear blue jeans, in fact I pretty much only ever wear blue jeans and black T – Shirts, but Lana Del Ray would have had no way of knowing this when she penned her song!

2. What is Your Biggest Fear? – I Hate by Passenger – I hate very few people or things, well except train travel and Marmite! Sorry Marmiters of the World.

3. If you got a tattoo on your butt, what would it say? – Orinoco Flow by Enya – As of the time of writing this post, I have been unable to confirm via the Internet if Orinoco is perhaps a secret code word for Le Poop or Le Squits as Steve calls them, so I’ll have to just shrug my shoulders at this one.

If you would like to join in on the Steve’s Music Mix you can read all about it here!

Queen of the Indie Eejie Islands!

November 8, 2013November 8, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit23 Comments

800px-Harpia-harpyja-001 — The Harpy Eagle

The first thing I thought of when Jed posted this challenge on Sunday was the song ‘I wanna be like you’ from the Jungle Book. It’s been stuck in my head ever since bursting forth from my mouth on several occasions.

I liked the idea of being some sort of ape / monkey like creature, swinging from branch to branch, eating banana’s and generally monkeying around, but I figured that all that strenuous activity would take it’s tole on my arms and the banana’s would bind me up. Kinda crap (literally) when you’re swinging from branches, having fun and you’re hit with the sudden urge to visit a rest room, or the Pee Pee Le Poo Palace as it would be called in the jungle!

So I had a rethink, and decided that I would want to fly. Imagine being able to soar high above the treetops, a real birds eye view of the world below.

I pondered which bird I would want to be. There’s the Toucan which used to feature on old Guinness post cards, that could be a good choice, but nay I thought to myself, that would turn me into a bad Queen. If anyone were to disrespect my realm, I would be worried that I would don the catchphrase ‘Toucan play at that game’, before dishing out a fitting punishment. Back to the drawing board.

Image Courtesy of The Advertising Archives — Oooo, Toucan play at that game alright it seems!

A few others were researched and disregarded, including the parrot…including the parrot. You can see why I decided against it. You can see why…..ok ok we get the idea!

I figured that if I was to be the ruler of my domain then I needed to be something fairly majestic, so I Googled eagles, and there it was, The Harpy Eagle.

According to a very reputable source (ahem Wikipedia) this species of bird was the inspiration behind the design of Fawkes the Phoenix in the Harry Potter films. What more proof did I need that I had made the right choice.

Ladies and gentlemen I introduce to you, the ruler of The Indie Eejie Islands, The Harpy Eejity Eagle!

Be nice, behave and most of all be wary, or I will punish you with le poop on le head!

Inspired by this weeks ‘Okay, What if?’ writing challenge! There is still time to put your own spin on it!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Eerie

November 3, 2013November 4, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit13 Comments

In response to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge

This is an old cement works, which is no longer in use.

I love how the light reflections give it a kind of eerie feel!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

October 26, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit38 Comments

This weeks Daily Post: Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

Horizon. The space or line where the sky meets the earth. So many places where the sky meets the earth around the world, and millions of interactions between two elements. It can be water, a city skyline, a forest, a wasteland, a desert, a sunset outside your bedroom window. Is there a particular horizon which speaks to you?

The view from the Strangford ferry as we approached Strangford itself. Awesome sky for a July day.

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

October 23, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit19 Comments

Submission for the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of You

For this challenge, we want to keep it simple: share a photograph with a prominent color (or assortment of colors) that reveals more about you. It could be a symbolic, meaningful shade; a color that expresses how you currently feel; or a combination of colors that excites you and tells a visual story.

Two shots of the same place, taken on the same day. One in colour and one in black and white. That pretty much describes me perfectly, some days are sunny, some days are dark. it’s all part and parcel of this thing we call life!

Scrabo Tower_JulieStewart — Black & White Scrabo

I want a clone for Christmas!

October 23, 2013October 24, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit16 Comments

In response to this weeks ‘What if Challenge‘ and a Daily Prompt.

What if you could create a clone? Would you do it and if so what would you make your clone do that you don’t want to? What if your clone ends up better at doing things than you are?

To clone or not to clone, that is the question.

Many people would in fact think it was a no brainer, the answer to all their problems. Send the clone to work while you spend the rest of your days living the life of reilly. Great idea, but it is actually a little more complex than that, here are some reasons why clones would be a good idea from both the male and female perspective, whose list do you think will be the longest?

Men

Nagging wife / Girlfriend? – No problem, send in the clone while you watch the football beer in hand.
Man Flu – Skip out the door for a fishing trip while the clone lies on the sofa, snotters tripping him.
Shopping -Let the clone ooh and ahh and carry all the bags for a change, there are better things to do with a Saturday.
Dinner date – A suited and booted clone accompanies your girl while you hit the clubs in an attempt to find a new one.
Housework – The multi tasking clone allows you to potter around the garage as it swiftly cleans and dusts the whole house lighting Yankee Candles as it goes.
Romance and Flowers – Who’s got time for all that malarkey, give the clone £20 and send it on it’s merry way.
Ironing – You’d rather smooth Brylcreem through your hair than an iron over your Y fronts, isn’t that what clones are for.
D.I.Y – Having a clone really does put a new spin on this, because technically you are doing it yourself. Win, win!
Cooking – Wash and wax the car as the clone prepares an intimate candlelit dinner for two.
Intimacy – The clone can handle all the kissing, cuddling and hand holding crap, for everything else the clone can read a newspaper, because sometimes if you want a job done right you just gotta do it yourself, nudge nudge, wink wink.

Women

Kick out the man. Keep the clone and give it a copy of the Kama Sutra for Christmas. Simples!

Only joking guys, don’t get your knickers in a twist :) I know very few of you are actually like this.

Steve’s Monday Music Mix – Week One!

October 21, 2013October 22, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit22 Comments

A new Monday Music challenge from Steve over at Steve Says…

The Rules:

(1) Go to the music player of your choice and put it on shuffle
(2) Say the questions aloud and press play
(3) Use the song title as your answers
(4) NO CHEATING

This weeks questions and my answers:

How was your day? – Tip of the Iceberg by Owl City – Comment: Does that mean the rest of the week is going to be better or worse?
What do you want to achieve this week? – Leave the World Behind by Swedish House Mafia – Comment: Holy crap is this like tarot cards for music??
Do you enjoy your job? – Metropolis by David Guetta – Comment: Perhaps I am going to get a job in the big smoke after all?

If you would like to participate in this challenge then click on Steve’s Jukebox at the top of the page or here for all the information you require :)

Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite

October 13, 2013October 13, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit17 Comments

I’m not sure if this fits the brief of the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge or not, but to me it represents a never ending landscape. I’ve not captured anything as beautiful since. The photo doesn’t even do it justice!

Hanging by a sliver…

October 7, 2013October 8, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit27 Comments

My entry for:

and also:

Blast From the Past: Weekly Writing Challenge – ‘If you normally write non-fiction, try fiction.’

Hanging by a Sliver

They said they have never known this to happen before. They don’t know what to do with me. I scare them.

I am scared myself, but I cannot let them know.

I don’t look or feel any different.

I wear the same clothes, the same boots, jewellery and carefully selected slogan tee, ‘Welcome to the Darkside’, how apt. If my situation were not so utterly ridiculous I would laugh.

“Some of you must know what’s happened, what did we do today that we have not done any other day?” Peter is frantic, pacing the floor, barely keeping it together.

“Calm down Peter, we need to think.”

“Calm down, seriously, calm down, are you having a laugh, look at her. James, LOOK at her, it’s too late!”

“I can see ok, I can see, but you wittering in my ear is not helping me think. There might still be time.”

Carla leads Peter to a chair and makes him sit. On the way past she touches my arm and gives me a look. I can see the gesture, but I feel nothing more than a slight breeze brush past the spot where her hand lies.

I don’t understand how I can be so calm about this. Why am I not freaking out. I feel more relaxed than I have in a long time.

“We promised her nothing like this would happen.” Peter again, his voice is starting to grate on my nerves.

“It’s not like we planned it for fuck sake, is that what you think, you knew the risks and so for that matter did she.”

Carla lays her hand on James’ arm, “Leave him be, this won’t help.”

They are getting further away, they are blurring and now for the first time I start to panic.

“She’s fitting. Quick James help me.” Carla lays her arms across my chest, pushing me back onto the bed. I feel nothing, but I see everything.

Breathe, I need to breathe. Think albatross. Slow easy breaths.

“It’s passing.” Carla relaxes her grip.

They can’t see it, but I can. My view of my own lifeless body is unobstructed, all that holds me together is a sliver of lifestream, my soul. If I can perhaps use it to pull myself back I can……

Peter is up and pacing again, his anxiety peaking, “Look what we’ve done, this was only supposed to be an out of body experience, if we can’t get her back you know what will happen. You KNOW what will she will become.” To prove his point he opens his arms and gestures across my body.

He cuts the lifeline, as easily as if it were nothing more than a fine spiders web. There was no way he could have known. I can feel all hope leave me. Every good feeling, every happy memory.

He is crying now. “You know she will become a Dementor.”

Music for the Mehness!

October 7, 2013 The Indecisive Eejit12 Comments

Daily Prompt: Mix Tape Masterpiece

You make a new friend. Make them a mix tape (or playlist, for the younger folks) that tells them who you are through song

One of my friends once told me that I have the weirdest taste in music ever, another described it as music to slit your wrists to….I guess that puts me squarely into the melancholy category. It is what it is and I likes what I like, I make no apologies for it. I love dance and pop as much as the next person, but my heart lies in the realm of songs that can make me cry. I’ve been listening to some of these anyways as I have been drowning in mehness this week. so figured I might as well share them.

Picture the scene, a one hour train journey after a long day at work, there are four more days till the weekend, it’s dark outside and the rain streaks down the windows, now if that doesn’t want to make you gurn your lamps out then my top ten melancholy melodies will:

Any Other Name – Thomas Newman

I think I originally heard this on a chill out CD, but I thought it was one of the most beautiful pieces of music I had ever heard. It never fails to make me cry if I am glum!

The Eels – It’s a Motherf*cker

This song contains bad language so if you are going to be offended don’t even watch. It’s a great song though if you are missing someone and you need to let them know.

Annie Lennox – Into the West

I know this is really morose, but I want this song played at my funeral when that time comes. If you listen to the lyrics you will understand why.

Alex Cornish – Brothers In Arms

I love the Dire Straits version as well, but this one just struck a chord with me and became my favourite.

Massive Attack – Teardrop

This song has always been a constant for me. It’s never not been an any kind of audio player I own.

Elbow – Lippy Kids

I have my sister to thank for introducing me to Elbow. I had never heard much of their stuff before until one night she played the album ‘Build a rocket boys’ and I heard this song. From that moment on I was in love.

Fyfe Dangerfield – She’s always a woman

I loved the band the ‘Guillemots’ whose lead singer is Fyfe Dangerfield, but when I heard him sing this, I loved it so much more than the Billy Joel version.

Damien Rice – 9 Crimes