Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

I hope you all are having a wonderful Christmas time, and I wish you the very best for 2011. Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

Lots of love, PW

If I fall, would you pick me up?

Did you love this song or not? Yes, yes you did. Love, as always, PW

The most beautiful song, ever

Love by Elin Ruth Sigvardsson & Lars Eriksson.



I really should listen to Swedish indie music more often..


Love, PW

New Found Glory

...equals new found love. I look forward to looking back at my tween/teen years and remember songs like these<3


Kisses, PW

Mmm, cookies!

Cookies á la PW

Look what I just made:) Deeelicious cookies. I made them with hazelnuts, raisins and dark chocolate, and they taste great (believe me. I've already had four too many).

This is actually the very first time I've made cookies, so I have to say I'm quite pleased with the result. It's 7:30 pm now, so now I'm just going to chill out, eat even more cookies (hey, it's only Tuesday, what.. once a week!) and watch TV. God bless nights with no homework!

Cookies and love, PW

Mmmm...

This is turning into a music blog

But I don't think I care. I do hope you'll still listen to my blog though, although I may not write as much as I did before. Why am I not writing, you ask? Well, that's because I'm all grown up and have decided school work is more important than wasting precious time blogging about random bullsh*t. (Not really, but I'm trying anyways). That's why, my friends, I will leave you with some good music to rock out to instead (you should be pleased. I'm sure it's better to listen to this than reading my random rambling, which, by the way, I know nobody's reading. See that visitor count over at the left side of my blog? It's went up by two visitors in the last month. Heh.. I should be feeling sorry for myself).

Give it up for some good music.

MIKA - Love Today


Coconut Records - Any Fun


The Drums - Best Friends


Ingrid Michaelson - Be OK


Jack Johnson - Upside Down


Ida Maria - I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked


Lots of Saturday love, PW

Don't you love it when it's 1 am and you have school tomorrow - and your neighbours are having a loud, LOUD party?

I should be asleep by now. But it's rather difficult seeing as how there's a big, loud party at one of the apartments in the building across from of where I live (facing my bedroom window). The music is way loud.. The only songs I still remember from the past hour or so are thse two - probably because they've been played on repeat several times..(yes, so, I just thought I'd share. When I can't sleep, why should anyone else, right?):

The 80s random music blog post!

Whitesnake - Here I Go Again!

Movies for when you just want to chillax, have a good laugh..

..and feel like a 14 year old again:) Go chick flicks and disney pirates!

Juno!


Letters to Juliet


Mean Girls


The Pirates of the Caribbean


Pride and Prejudice


The Princess Diaries


The Breakfast Club

Make Love Not War!

I'm not sure I believe in love, to be perfectly honest. My love-life hasn't been much to brag about so far (although I blame that on most 19 year old guys being, well.. 19 year old guys), so maybe that's why.. BUT I do love the idea of love, no matter how unrealistic it may be.

I went to see "Letters To Juliet" today. I loved it. I also know I shouldn't, but I do anyway. The best feel-good movie I've seen in a long time. As a matter of fact, it was so good I didn't mind the fact that Taylor Swift was on the soundtrack (and that really says a lot. A lot). I liked it so much I'm not even ashamed of posting one of her songs on my blog (okay, who am I kidding. Yes, this is a little embarrassing, but.. what the hell).



Make love not war!, PW

Why we have abbreviations such as LMFAO

LMFAO.

-Love, PW

OMG, Omegle.

If you know what it's like to be a bored teenager living in the 21st century, you probably also know about online chatrooms..

So here's the story: I was bored out of my mind. I couldn't even come up with something random to blog about. Suddenly the idea of talking to someone equally as bored as me seemed like a good idea (don't ask me why). I googled "anonymous chat room" (because honestly, what else is there to do on the internet on a Sunday night). The first page that came up was Omegle. It didn't sound too bad, an anonymous chat with a random stranger. Well, let me tell you this, alright, it was pretty bad! And these conversations that I've copied here aren't by far the worst I've had.

Now, let's me show you how you can easily stereotype these anonymous (and very weird) people.

There's the foreign stranger:

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: 你是台湾人吗/
You: Haha
You: Uh, okay, nice yo meet you too
You: DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH
Stranger: 你是台湾的吗
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

..who also, apparently, likes to push the disconnect button.

There's the pervs:

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: hi
You: hey random
Stranger: hw old
You: 18
You: ...
You: and you?
Stranger: m/f
You: f, and YOU?!
Stranger: m
Stranger: u horny
You: Umm, not really, bye.
You have disconnected.

Then there's the illiterate, pervy stranger:

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You: Have you ever read a book?
Stranger: asl
You: I asked you a question stranger
Stranger: ...
You: So are you gonna answer or what
Stranger: are you female
You: yeah, and I suppose you never have then
Stranger: are you hrny
You: omfg, this is impossible
You have disconnected.

There's the let's say something random and then disconnect strangers

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Stranger: i smell bacon
You: i smell eggs
Stranger: Yay! perfect breakfast
Your conversational partner has disconnected.

And then there's just the disconnecters (they don't say much at all really)..

You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
Your conversational partner has disconnected.


So the lesson learned today is: If you ever feel like chatting with a random stranger; don't.
Peace out, PW

I'm back. With a MacBookPro!

It's been a while, I know. That's because, as usual, my computer shut down. So this time around, I bought a MacBookPro 13". I can't tell you exactly how I feel about that yet, except that it's so much prettier than my previous black computer. What I can tell you for a fact, though, is that I'm back and I'll be updating soon!

Lots of love, PW

I saw Eclipse. I'm not impressed.

Umm, so this scene was way hotter better than what expected it to be, but everything else was.. well.. not quite as amazing as seeing Robward with his shirt open. On a bed..

I know, I know, but seriously.. There were some MAJOR flaws in the movie which, at times, made me want to laugh out loud when there clearly was nothing to laugh about. Bella's wig. Oh my. It was even worse than Jacob's Twilight wig and Rosalie's New Moon wig combined. And puh-lease, that Rosalie and Bella scene? Wtf happened to Rosalie's heartfelt confession? It's not that Nikki Reed didn't do a great job, she did, but the whole scene just didn't play out the way I had pictured it.

There's about a thousand other minor things that I think should have been different (like longer scenes; I felt like the whole thing was just one big collage of scenes put together just to try and fit everything - every page of every chapter - into one movie. I liked it better the Twilight way - leave out some stuff to make the most important scenes more intense).

So my thoughts when I walked out of the theater? Well, I didn't hate it, I just didn't particularly like it.

As always, lots of love, PW

A looong way down.

I read a lot, just because I love to read. I also love books that are somewhat funny and have a bit of humor in them. And I love Nick Hornby. So chances are; I'm going to love his novel A Long Way Down too. I'm currently on page 30 (I bought it yesterday), and I already feel comfortable recommending it to you guys (whoever you are out there in the blogosphere). If you want to know what it's about, here's what wiki has to say:

A Long Way Down is a novel written by British author Nick Hornby, published in 2005. It is a dark comedy, playing off the themes of suicide, angst, depression and promiscuity.

The story is written in the first-person narrative from the points of view of the four main characters, Martin, Maureen, Jess and JJ. These four strangers happen to meet on the roof of a high building called Topper's House in London on New Year's Eve, each with the intent of committing suicide. Their plans for death in solitude, however, are ruined when they meet. The novel recounts their misadventures as they decide to come down from the roof alive - however temporarily that may be. [Source]

Four people who want to kill themselves on New Years eve? Created by the oh so talented author of About a Boy and High Fidelity? Yes please.

Love, PW

Picture source.

Crocodiles and Penguins.. And Snakes too.

Best friends 4evah

Remember how I told you I was going to a zoo/aquarium yesterday? I did go there, and it turns out it was quite fun, almost as fun as when I was a kid. I've always loved animals (even the dangerous, lethal kind) you see. Here are some pics I took yesterday.

Hello there!

Watching the penguins get fed never gets old..
If I wanted to.. I could eat you alive.

Love, PW

My first REAL festival!

I'm growing up, I really am. Graduation was a big deal and all, it was, but this, my first real festival, was even bigger. Almost.

This was not entirely my first musical festival, though. BUT it was the first festival where I had to live in a tent for seven days. I've learned a lot about myself so far. I'll make you a list:
1) I don't like bees much. Especially not if they're in my tent.
2) I need toilet paper to live. Almost more than I need food.
3) I love music more than I thought possible.
4) Cupcakes and chips for breakfast is only cool for the first three or four days you try it.
5) I think I'm in love with Julian Casablancas. (Yeah, not really, but he's funny. And I love The Strokes. He was amazing live, and hilarious as hell. Quotes of the day: "We're in a fucking forest!" (we were actually in a forest, it's just that he was the only one to point it out) and "So are you fucking in some tents or what?" Hehe.)

Oh, and Muse! Muse! I've seen Muse live! I was wrong when I said my life was complete after the Green Day and Joan Jett concert. Now, my life is complete. Almost. I become more complete after every concert I go to.

Happy summer time, PW

Twitter is over capacity.

Oh how I love twitter right now..

Tweet, tweet,




PS. Follow me at @wallflower03

I love it when people ask ridiculously stupid questions

Remember when you were a kid, and asked anyone about absolutely anything? Yeah, I did that too. But then you grow up, right, you learn what a worm tastes like and that it's not so smart to jump out of a second story window even though you have your spider-man costume on and most people grow out of it. But not everyone.

And so who do you turn to when Mom and Dad aren't there to explain to you why the sky is blue and whether the birds and the bees ever got around to "do it", or why the fuck bleep we call it the birds and the bees anyway? Who do you turn to? Yahoo of course.

You can always trust Yahoo users to come up with a reasonable and logical answer, just like your parents did. "I think if you top them with butter pats in the shape of Mary, you'll be ok." I love this guy.

Go read these: http://nextround.net/2009/06/04/the-20-most-inappropriately-hilarious-yahoo-answers-questions/ Remember to read the answers too, not just the questions!

The caps lock incident..

More Q&A at http://answers.yahoo.com/ (even some that can actually be useful).

Happy Tuesday,

I can't wait to see the leg hitch scene, umm ECLIPSE already!

"That's a bit saaaucy." - Robward Pattinson

I'm counting the days now for June 30th. I'm still in awe of how quickly these movies seem to pop out of nowhere. It's not like it's that freakin long since New Moon came out, and then here we go again! (Not that I'm complaining of course).

Since it's really not that long till June 30th (it's 9 days! Nine!) I've decided to re-read Eclipse. Just so I'm prepared, and have every detail fresh in mind. It is, after all, over a year since I last read it.

So that's what I'm gonna do for the next few days. Read, read and read some more. Read at the beach, read before I go to bed (that's never a good idea. I tried that the first time, and I stayed up until 2 am every night all week until I was finished reading the book. And then Breaking Dawn. Surprisingly, it didn't take any longer to read BD, so I must have stayed up even longer then) and while standing in line at the grocery store. Maybe.

If you're still in doubt; I love Twilight. I've loved it ever since I read the series in 2008/2009. And that was before the movie(s) came out. I love Edward too, despite his stalkerish ways..

I know it's wrong, but... it's Edward. As in Edward Cullen. So tell me, how can that be creepy?

Love, PW

Game Trailers - E3 2010 - Comedy

No More High School!

Today was my graduation day; hurray, hurray! Cheers to 13 years of hard work (I'm talking really hard here. Like three-tests-a-week-plus-homework hard), to the future and to my uber-cool friends (who have no idea I run this blog, but still.). Cheers everyone!

The Evolution of Alternative Music

Nirvana - Bush - Nickelback - Puddle of Mudd.
Hahah, puddle of mudd.

Puddle of Mudd - She Fucking Hates Me:

Great song, BUT they didn't make that song all on their own. Listen to this:
I Saw Your Mommy by Suicidal Tendencies:

Similar chord progression. Not so original after all then, now are we?





Pics: source

I'm confused.

I think I have some kind of bloggy disorder. The kind where you can't decide what layout you want to have. The kind where you do decide what layout you do not want to have, so you change it, only to change it again, and then eight more times before you change it back to something that looks approximately like the one you decided you didn't want to have.

Anyone got some great advice here? Pink? Black? Two columns? Three? This is too confusing. I need help.
Yeah, I need help with that one too, btw, just sayin. Please [insert innocent smile here]?
Pics: source

Why Couldn't I Have Been Born 10 Years Earlier?

You know that feeling when you KNOW you should be doing your homework? Yeah, I don't like that feeling.

So while I'm sitting here not doing my homework, I might as well post a song. Psycho Candy by The Jesus And Mary Chain (1988).

I wish I were born about 10-15 years earlier, so I could experience that time when The Cure, and these guys, and then Nirvana ruled the world.. I mean, I did exist when alternative rock, post-punk and grunge became mainstream, but I was like... two years old. So I kind of missed most of it. When I was young (okay, okay, younger than I am now), all anyone would ever talk about was Spice Girls. I remember playing spice girls in 1st grade. I was always Scary Spice (I'm still not sure why. I didn't even look like her. I had like light blonde hair and looked super cute when I was six).

Anyway, even though I didn't get to be a punk rock rebel of a teenager (I think I'd be pretty good at it), the music is still here, thank God. I don't even know what I would to if the only music I could listen to was Lady Gaga and Britney Spears.



By the way, did you notice I've changed my blog layout? I have. I was getting sick of all the pink. I don't really mind pink too much, it's just that it was in my face. All the freaking time (since I spend a lot of time on my blog, hehe). So I just needed something more.. me. And, umm, that Green Day and Joan Jett concert may have inspired me just a little, hehe.

That's all. Gonna go and get some homework done now. Hopefully. Just for the sake of it, since it's been years, Wannabe by Spice Girls (I can't believe I'm doing this):



Haha, good times.


(look, look! My very own signature. Creds to MyLiveSignature)

My Life Is Complete. Almost.

A lot can happen in a week.

And I mean a lot.

I've seen Green Day AND Joan Jett & The Blackhearts live! (My life is almost complete now. Really.) I can't quite describe it, what it was like. But if you've been to a rock concert with 20,000 people, seeing that band you really love, then imagine that just ten times better. That's what it was like. It was great. Picture from the actual concert. I was there. Favorite Green Day song live: Minority. Fuck 'em all!!

And Joan Jett.. who's like.. a genius.

Life isn't all rock 'n roll though. Reality tends to get in the way sometimes.. I need a job! And about a month ago I applied for a job a this record shop, and three days ago they finally called me! Yey! They actually called me in for a job interview today, and, me being me, I thought a job interview was a job interview no matter what kind of store you'll be working at. Turns out I was wrong. Getting a job at this record shop (or one of them; there's like ten of them around here) is like auditioning for American Idol or something.

It wasn't an interview at all. I showed up at 10:45 am, along with 30 others. I found that kind of weird, since, you know, I thought there would be an interview. One on one. Anyway, we were told to have a seat in this class room like room with desks and all, which was about the time all hell broke loose.

There was a test! A test! Oh my god.

We had one hour to answer 100 question about music, movies and games. 100, I'm not kidding. And the questions were really f*cking difficult. Directors on movies I've never even heard of, producer of some pop song that was on the top 20 chart a year ago, who wrote this song, when, and when did he/she win what kind of award. Name all the guys in Metallica (wtf was that all about? haha), and, haha, listen to this; What's the name of Super Mario's brother. Jeeeez. I mean, I knew that one, but still. I think I answered about 50% of the questions. And I consider myself to know more than average about music and movies (not games though. I still don't know the difference between Nintendo Wii and PlayStation, sue me.)

Anywhoo, I'm not giving up! After all, I saw Green Day live! I mean, I can live on that single night for like a year, I'm sure.

I'm tiiired. 2:13 am right now. Blogger should have closing hours or something, they really should. Night, night, sleep tight!

Pics: Joan Jett source. Mario and Luigi source.

MUSIC! Ohh yeah

I feel like it's time for some music.. Here are a couple of playlists, the titles should be pretty self explanatory;) Listen, enjoy, have fun! Happy Sunday!

Rock On

Sprinkled Cupcake

Emo? Me?! Never.

Chillax

PW, you got an A!

I got an A!!! On my oral exam in business and administration that is. I can't believe it!

I am definitely going to celebrate this with a cupcake..

..Or an ice cream. Or something equally yummy and sugary:)

Cheerio, PW

Pics: It's sprinkling source.

Dear Alarm Clock, can you please shut up!?

Monday. Again. Here's a really short summary of it.

07:00 am - The alarm clock goes off.

07:01 am - I start yelling at said alarm clock to shut the eff up already. (It does too, you see, after it's been ringing for about three minutes. And no, it's not on my nightstand, so I can't just reach over and turn it off. It's at the other side of the room. I placed it there so that I'll have to actually get OUT of bed. But I usually just let it ring).

07:03 am - Alarm clock takes a hint and shuts up.

07:30 am - I wake up realizing I should have just listened to the stupid alarm clock in the first place.

Uh, yeah, right.

08:35 am - Five minutes late for school, but so is my teacher so it's cool.

10:15 am - Math. Ugh. Enough said.

Peter and I would have been great friends..

02:15 pm - I'm free!! Oh wait, I have an oral exam tomorrow that I need to study for. Whoopee.

05:00 pm - I almost forget I have drum practice today because I'm so caught up in my business and administration studies (not).

06:00 pm - I know how to tune drums! There wasn't really a lot of playing. Just one whole lesson learning how to tune them. Which was great (I think my drum teacher was trying not to give me too much work, what with the exams and all. Or maybe he was just tired of listening to my play like sh*t. Hahah).This is what I look like when I play drums.

8:00 pm - OH MY GOD, WHY AM I BLOGGING WHEN I HAVE AN EXAM TOMORROW!!??

Peace and love, PW

Pics: Peter source, Don't be late source. Drummer smurf source.

Ps. I found a poem that describes exacty the way I feel about my alarm clock:

To My Alarm Clock

© By Anonymous --> Source

Every morning I lie there innocently sleeping
When the peace is ruptured by a horrible beeping.
My serenity ripped asunder, sudden and drastic
By this evil, demonic, red-eyed piece of plastic.

I roll over in pain and pound on the snooze,
Groaning, moaning, thinking 'What's there to lose?'
'Don't make me get up, just nine minutes more.'
The same thing I've said every morning before.

It's not that I hate mornings or dread the new day.
It's just that I loathe waking up in this way.
I'd much rather simply rise up with the light,
Glowing in the window, chasing away the night.

But the sudden screaming, the incessant fuss,
Makes me want to yell and cry and simply to cuss.
Especially the knowledge that all of my sorrow
Will be repeated the same time, same way, tomorrow.

I did buy a new pair of Converse...

..and they're not yellow. They're really very.. blue! I love them regardless. Hell, I'm like super excited about having my first pair of blue shoes. I've never had blue shoes before (maybe when I was 5 but that doesn't count). They're pretty awesome, right? Oh yes they are.


Update (later): Have you noticed my ridiculously cute layout already? All credits to Shabby Blogs.
Love, PW

I tweet, therefore I am.

Not only am I blogging, I'm tweeting too! Oh my. Come hang out at twitter you guys, I'll.. uh.. follow you back if you follow me (noo, I am so not being desperate. Shut up.) :-D @wallflower03
Just click here, and I'll see ya there!

Grace and peace! PW

Pics:
Ergo sum source.

RISE AND SHINE! (Yeah, right.)

Good morning y'all! My final written exam is today, in exactly two hours. Wish me luck! (Really, I need it. A lot. I did have a dream tonight that we would get a vampire question on this exam too, but I don't think that will actually happen..). That's all. I'm still too tired at 06:40 in the morning to actually have something intelligent to say.

Enjoy some Beatles!:


Later,
lots of love, Perky

I HAVE A BLOG!!

I can't believe it! I have a blog. Woah. Haha.

No, really, I've had lots of blogs before, but they were all about something (like.. uh.. *cough, cough* Twilight for example. Yes I'm a fan, don't judge!), so this is very new. A personal blog. Not exactly name-and-address type of personal, but still quite personal. I'm going to blog about my life, random stuff that nobody cares about, things that interest me (books, music, art), things that annoy the crap out of me (pretty much everything..) and things that has nothing to do with anything (let's post a random picture!).

So where to start.. hmm. Let's start with today. Today was a pretty exciting day, I had my final English exam, written. I have absolutely no idea how it went. Maybe it went well, maybe not so well. Probably a bit of both. I don't know. It's really confusing. Are you starting to get confused too? Yeah, sorry.

I only have one question regarding the exam paper.. Here it is.. Ready? (And this isn't you I'm asking, this is for the people who make the exam, the people who decide which ridiculous poem they're going to force down our unsuspecting throats this time)..

HAVE YOU LOST YOU MIND??

There, I said it. Everything feels so much better now. See, the thing is, we had this really (and I mean really) weird task. First it's task 1 a) and b) right, and then there's 2, and then on 3 you have to choose a, b, c, or d. A) was analyse a poem, which I'm pretty good at, but it sucks the life out of me. B) was write a short-story (main character had to somewhat resemble with some characteristics that were told through another poem, but I have to be in the short-story mode to to a well written short-story in five hours, and I was so not feeling the creative flow at 8:45 am this morning.

Then there was c) which was an okay task; write about a female character in a piece of literature you've worked with this year and compare her to the female character in this excerpt from novel so-and-so (I think it was The Scarlet Letter). And then discuss females' role in society throughout history. It's a classic. I even wrote one of my projects about that, with Jane Austen's Emma as the source for my study of females during the 17th century. I probably should have chosen c), I can see that now. I definitely should have. But then again, where is the fun in doing the things you should do? Truth be told; there is no fun in that. So I went with d).

Do you know what the heading for task d) was? Are you even sure you want to know (I'm not so sure you do)?

Vampire Literature.

I kid you not. Vampire literature. For real. Here's what went through my mind when I read it through, For the love of all things holy, did I just get an exam on TWILIGHT?! You have got to be kidding me! I take everything I've ever said back. I am a believer. Miracles do happen. There is a God. A goddamn freaking amazingly cool God who obviously also enjoys vampire novels. Wow. Wow! Okay, okay, I have to move on to the actual writing part then.

My second reaction, however, after I had realized I would be able to write about something I actually knew something about, the have-you-completely-lost-your-mind thing popped up. I mean, for the love of Edward (no, I did not just say that), we are talking English culture and literature class here! Culture and literature. As in the presidents of the U.S. and William Shakespeare. Not Twilight. Never Twilight. So definitely not Twilight. Our teacher told us if there were any books we should not waste our time reading, it was the Twilight saga. I love to prove teachers wrong. Ha. Ha. Ha. We got an exam on Twiligh-ish novels (aka. vampire literature), so don't come and tell me it was all a waste of time.

Wohaa. Okay, I'm getting too excited right now. Back to the point, I wrote a full length, four page long essay on vampire literature. I think it went well. BUT (there's always a but..), my main worry is that I somehow came across as a crazy fangirl who would like to marry Robert Pattinson because he sparkles on the big screen I gave the "wrong" answer to the question they were asking, which was

"Write an essay in which you either defend this literary genre, giving your reasons both for its literary value and its popularity, or write an essay in which you agree with those criticizing it and state what you consider to be good literature." (We were given two quotes here as well).

But honestly, that's exactly what I did (I was for it, obviously). I guess I'm just a tiiiiny bit worried that they'll go like "Jeez, this girl is a nuthead. Twilight my ***". I hope not. I hope whoever corrects my exam is an avid vampire novel reader h**self. You never know... Miracles do happen, after all.

Sooo, where does that leave us.. Thanks for listening to me ramble. If you feel like rambling a bit yourself, leave me a comment (nobody probably will thought, since no one knows this blog even exists, but sill, I'm just sayin').

Finally, yes, I know you've been wondering about this all along, my name; Perky Wallflower, is a reference to Stephen Chbosky's novel "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" (which, by the way, I finished reading in under 24 hours a week ago. Needless to say, I thought it was beyond great). Absolutely no copyright infringement intended (I just felt like putting that out there in case someone plans on suing me. I don't think that's possible since I haven't actually copied the title or anything, but still, please don't.).

Have a great Thursday people, see you tomorrow!
Lots of love,

Pee Wee

(Perky Wallflower, get it? P. W. I know, I know, I'm too funny).

P.s. Since I find it incredibly annoying when people use pictures or stuff they haven't written themselves without quoting the source, I will be persistent in quoting my sources whenever I use any, including pictures. That's just how I roll (ugh.. that sounded a bit cheesy).

Pictures:
Wallflower book cover source. Let's party source. In love with Robert Pattinson source. To blog, or not to blog source. Where's my mind source.