What's That Coming Over The Hill?

Every so often a completely unexpected song will suddenly become huge and in turn over played to the point when people start ripping their hair out in frustration. If you think about it, the song is usually actually pretty good (even if it is just for the comical amusement it provides) but people always end up hating it. Then when they hear it again in a few years time, they're like "Oh yeah, I remember this song... it's quite good, isn't it?" Here are some of those songs that drove people mad but I actually quite liked... or hated.

Monster by The Automatic. I remember driving to the beach one day when this song was playing and thinking to myself "This is crap, why does everyone like it?" Then, about a week later, I liked it. This particular song was played to the extreme on Kerrang and I remember that every time I went to Laura's, Kerrang would play it at least six times in half an hour. It really got to Laura but ever since then, I've had a soft spot for this song. I think it was the video for it.

That absolutely awfully atrocious James Blunt song. To be 'blunt' it was crap. Enough said.

Rockstar by Nickelback. Also, an utterly butterly s*** song. Overplayed to the point of torture. I despise it with a passion.

Valerie (originally by The Zutons, killed by Amy Winehouse). What a bad cover of a good song. What was most annoying is that I often heard people saying "It's so much better than the original." No, it's not.

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. I like this song very much so I'm extremely glad I no longer listen to the radio. It's played so much that I'm sure I'd end up hating it if I did.

Foundations by Kate Nash. This song went through a phase where it was played everywhere. My mum hates this song and claims that Kate Nash can't sing. I have her album. As usual, my mum and I disagree.

That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings. At first I hated this song. After weeks of trying to figure out what her name actually was, I grew to like it.

I think that's pretty much it. I'm sure there are more but these are the ones that have stuck with me.

The 'Batman' soundtrack?

"As Mr. Sloan always says, there is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know what he's talking about."

For those of you who like to watch classic British comedies you'll know that this is a quote from Shaun of the Dead. For those of you who know me, you'll know that this is quite possibly my favourite film ever.

It's basically a zombie apocalypse set in Britain which obviously pretty much takes the p*** out of Dawn of the Dead. If you don't have a very British sense of humour you either wouldn't get it or you wouldn't find it funny but that's exactly what I love about it. It's just so British-ly true.

I'll bet that if there ever is a zombie apocalypse, there will be some crazies who decide to cram up in a pub, listening to Queen and eating crisps. Ok, so maybe I'm not certain of that but I can possibly see it happening.

Anyway, the whole point of this blog is to give my recommendation and say that I wish there were more British films like this. Go watch it if you haven't already.

I finish with another little quote:
You've got red on you.

@Blogspot The best quotes in life come from Twitter.

There are a few of us lurking around who actually use Twitter to type our every single thought, without considering whether it makes sense or not. Sometimes they can be a little bit boring. For example, after I'd typed my blog the other day I went straight onto Twitter and said, "I just blogged." Other times they actually mention something of vital importance that really make you question your ideas such as when PhilsLion said, "I never understood the whole 'putting socks in pairs' thing. Do you like the fruity scent or something?" And other times they make absolutely no sense whatsoever. Those are always the best ones. So here are a few of my favourite Tweets that I either don't understand at all or were so irrelevant to everything that they were actually extremely funny to read.

December 26th 2009: JenMuffin_X "Kiss my ar...tichoke!"

October 1st 2009: ENTERSHIKARI "I just blew up a vacuum cleaner"

September 7th 2009: travisrclark "For those of you who are genuinely worried about me biting my legs to see if they taste like jello, know that I was kidding but you rule hah"

August 28th 2009: CamillaOBrien "I'm building Hogwarts out of lego."

August 14th 2009: AmazingPhil "i dreamed i went to the dentist and my teeth were fine. and i went home. what a waste of a dream. I want my money back D;"

July 9th 2009: iamjonwalker "Good morning, I almost just stepped on a rattlesnake."

July 5th 2009: riandawson "Pretty soon I will be living an episode of '24.' Sort of. Okay not really, but I will make @jackalltimelow call me Keifer"

June 23rd 2009: AlexAllTimeLow "@riandawson has pee-pee hands!"

May 20th 2009: AllenMurphyEIP "Horoscope: Your worst fears will be confirmed when bigfoot becomes your stepfather"

May 13th 2009: PerculiarPenny "Yuck!! I just squirted soap up my nose!!"

April 22nd 2009: theboywholived "Quiddich training in half an hour, buggered."

April 10th 2009: wethedan "travis is in a weird mood. He's outside right now trying to challenge everyone to a cage fight yelling "never back down!". weirdo"

April 8th 2009: brendonuriesays "@TheSpencerSmith mine too. the lost city has been found in my bathroom"

January 19th 2010: MrsStephenFry "Sounds like Stephen's having all sorts of fun with his rubber duck up there. I do hope he has a bath afterwards."

Oh, who knew you could read such witty things in only 140 characters.

Don't Be So Humiliating, Holly.

Have you ever done that thing when you see someone waving in your direction and you wave back only to realise they're waving at the person behind you? Yeah, don't fret it. I've done that too. What's even worse is that I said a cheery little 'Hello' with it. Naturally, I won't be speaking to that person ever again.

So we all do some embarrassing things sometimes which often result in social awkwardness for at least the rest of the day and if something exceptionally cringe worthy has happened to you recently, I'd like to dedicate this blog to making you feel better because I really am a bit of an idiot...

I once climbed up a tree knowing for a fact that I'm an awful tree climber. Needless to say I got stuck only to realise that I wasn't alone and that I was in fact surrounded by hundreds of ants. Now this wouldn't have been so bad except that I was in the middle of a public area and to be completely precise I was about 3ft off the ground...

One time (Circle Time to be exact) I followed someone all around the classroom thinking she was avoiding me only to be 'told off' by my teacher as she explained that this poor girl was in fact just looking for her glasses. The whole class stared at me as I took my seat. Ouch.

And then there was the time when walking down that slippery slippery monster that is Fort Pitt Hill, I slipped and landed on my bum. Right in front of two much older students than myself. They both laughed at me, the rude cows.

There was also my first day at school when I was mentally abused by being forced to eat a school dinner. And it was a salad too. Obviously I wasn't going to be taken alive (or forced to eat that foul meal) so I kicked up the hugest fuss possibly ever known to that school. In the end, after they could no longer cope with my persistent screaming and crying, they had to call my older sister from her class to come and deal with me. At the time, I didn't think I had any need to be embarrassed. Looking back on it now, I very much am.

I once got caught in the ticket barriers at the London Underground. It was rush hour. That was a smooth move.

Then there was the one time when I actually owned a skirt, I wore it down the shops and as I was walking back a big gust of wind came up behind me and blew my skirt up, in the middle of a busy road. With lots of people around.

How about a bit of bird poop? Yep, I've had that too. Once at the train station just minutes before my train turned up. I had to frantically scrape it out of my hair with my fingers. Repulsive. That'll teach me for standing right underneath the edge of the roof. The other time was walking through the park. In typical fashion the bird had the whole park to take a dump but it decided to get me just as I was walking under the lamppost. Luckily it only landed on my hand, have that you tosser bird.

Possibly the most cringe worthy, due to my complete stupidity, I once attatched a key ring to my tongue. Extremely painful, not only could I not close my mouth but I couldn't speak. Thinking my tongue would inevitably have to be ripped out I had a panic attack. My family took this opportunity to laugh hysterically at me.

There are also all the other typically normal humiliating experiences. Giving ridiculous answers in class (it took me years to learn by 0 times table), falling off chairs and falling up stairs, belly flopping into a swimming pool and nearly drowning in a swimming pool (bloody wave machines), stepping in dog poop, running for the train and missing it then casually strolling away. All the usual really.

Facebook! Whatever happened to Myspace?

It seems that if you're a Social Networking Site you have to have either a ridiculously stupid name or a glaringly obvious one. Sorry Social Networking Sites, those are the rules.

Anyway, it's that time to have a pointless rant again but for once maybe people will understand where I'm coming from. Don't you just hate it when you log into Facebook and every bloody update is "Bla Bla Bla joined the group..." or "Bla Bla Bla became a fan of..." Do I look like I care? The answer is no, I don't. How about they make a group called, "I really cannot stand bloody stupid Facebook groups." And you know what, to be completely honest I wouldn't even join that group because I'd never look at it again.

Anyway, that was pretty much it. Rant over.

2009.

Last night I realised that Winter is unique because it's the only season that pops around twice a year. It's here to greet us and here to say goodbye. Thanks Winter.

So 2009? I am absolutely positive that someone cut about 100 days off the year, it went so fast. But I'm not going to complain (too much) because I actually had a pretty good year.

I had my best gig so far, so thanks very much Gallows and particularly Frank Carter for spitting lyrics in my face.

I also made two successful cakes, set up Russian Headquarters, pretended the floor was lava, accepted chocolate off strangers, got shot in the foot (thanks Laura), got a cowboy hat, had another game of 'The Floor is Lava' on a train, got hit in the head with a snowball and covered my ceiling in Glow in the Dark Stars.

I also started up Havoc Reviews with Gemma which we have loads lined up for. Watch out 2010.

I survived my GCSE's. Years of preparation.

The only down side to the year was saying goodbye to Penny, but it's not all bad because we still poke each other on Facebook and chat on Twitter. Penny, if you're reading this, your Christmas present WILL turn up one day.

Thank you 2009. :)