Hey!
I have a new songggg. It's called Our Broken Heart and it's an electro-pop/dance tune. You can check it out on www.myspace.com/mikecartermusic so please do so!!
The lyrics are:
Verse
So, goodbye,
I watched you leave me for the last time,
I could try,
And get you outside of my mind,
Bridge
You always like to leave an impression,
When I first met you, I didn't like you,
I know it's not much of a confession,
'Cos everyone feels the same,
Chorus
It's you and me, but you're gonna leave,
You're gonna lose everything,
I'll fall apart and our broken heart,
Will never be the same.
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Friday 15 May 2009
Music in Dreams
The other night I had this dream. I was in Longton, and I saw a woman who looked like Enya, singing outside of Carphone Warehouse. She was singing a song that my mind had somehow spontaneously created and it sounded good! It does make you think about how smart the human brain must be to do things like that. I have also dreamt complete tracks before that I've heard on the radio etc. in my dreams. I'm sure you all do it. Next time you hear music you've never heard before in a dream you should think about how your mind has created that piece and how in real life, the amount of thought goes into making a song and how long it takes. It's even weirder when the lyrics and tone of the melody actually seem to make sense. And it's all created in a second. O.o I'm rather spooked. LOL.
Wednesday 6 May 2009
Windows 7 RC - First thoughts!
Windows 7 RC! It's very nice. Some nice new themes! I love the new login screen. The sound schemes are cool. Windows Media Center is very fancy! My friend was saying how much he loves the new media player. It's nice! I'm confused to where the "add to library" feature is meant to be located in it, though. I found it kinda by accident, through another thing.
It starts up pretty quick! There's now about 2 start-up processes, and 1 (or less) non-Microsoft services, by default. The new Media Center gadget is cool, but the television show it linked me to was only watchable in the US, so I can't really comment there. The Performance Information tool now works properly! (It didn't in the beta.)
Overall, it's very nice! I hopefully should enjoy using this through until next year. (One little thing, can't use 4oD because it thinks I have an old media player!) Good otherwise, though!
It starts up pretty quick! There's now about 2 start-up processes, and 1 (or less) non-Microsoft services, by default. The new Media Center gadget is cool, but the television show it linked me to was only watchable in the US, so I can't really comment there. The Performance Information tool now works properly! (It didn't in the beta.)
Overall, it's very nice! I hopefully should enjoy using this through until next year. (One little thing, can't use 4oD because it thinks I have an old media player!) Good otherwise, though!
Tuesday 5 May 2009
McDonald's Mayhem!
Well, I've just been to McDonald's. I got up to take rubbish to the bin to come back and find a kid from the table next to us was now sitting in my seat, opposite Shane. Rather than cause a fuss, I just sat on the stool at the side of the table. Then, when he left a minute or two later, I was only back in my seat for five minutes and I felt this sharp pain in my back as the kid threw a strop and lobbed a Happy Meal toy at his little sister which then rebounded off her head, leaving her in tears and then whacked me in the back!! OW. Luckily I was there to act as a shield for Shane otherwise it would have either hit him in the face or landed in the McFlurry which he was eating. I got an apology from one of the adults and I tried to see the funny side, and also the mother of the child said she wasn't coming back to McDonald's again which is probably for the best!
The Power of Rumour
Well, I've just been to job centre. Before I left the house, I heard on the radio that noxious fumes had been in Longton market, and people were being treated. On my way down to the job centre, I noticed tape around the Town Hall and a fire engine. I took an alternate route, avoiding the Town Hall, and I saw people chatting amongst themselves, presumably talking about the drama. It was like being in a role-playing computer game.
Apart from that it, was rather uneventful until I got back in the house. Apparently, my sister had called to say she'd heard "Longton had blown up and 50 people were killed" I have no idea where this would have come from, or how this rumour came to fruition. For a start, it only happened a few hours ago, so to concur that 50 people had been killed in that space of time seems a bit extravagant. It made me think maybe social networking has played a part with people spreading rumours, (like Chinese Whispers, maybe?) Either way, it didn't seem at all that bad. I can only say for sure when I have read what's happened in full in The Sentinel, or if I get an update on the radio. I can certainly tell you that, from what I saw, I did not walk amongst piles of rubble and Longton certainly hasn't "blown up."
Apart from that it, was rather uneventful until I got back in the house. Apparently, my sister had called to say she'd heard "Longton had blown up and 50 people were killed" I have no idea where this would have come from, or how this rumour came to fruition. For a start, it only happened a few hours ago, so to concur that 50 people had been killed in that space of time seems a bit extravagant. It made me think maybe social networking has played a part with people spreading rumours, (like Chinese Whispers, maybe?) Either way, it didn't seem at all that bad. I can only say for sure when I have read what's happened in full in The Sentinel, or if I get an update on the radio. I can certainly tell you that, from what I saw, I did not walk amongst piles of rubble and Longton certainly hasn't "blown up."
Monday 4 May 2009
Plushieee
Saw Shane today, woOo! Watched the Gadget Show and Primeval! Both were very good. On the Gadget Show, they were showing how good Twitter is for getting people to events. I guess you have to be pretty popular in the first place though!
I wanna buy some new cool things online to spruce up my room. I would like a Viva Piñata Plush toy! I don’t think they exist though. =( I’ve googled and I can’t see anything. Others that I’m thinking of getting are a Monster inc. Mike Wazowksi, or a Nemo from Finding Nemo. Any other idea’s for a cool plush toy?
I think my friend Debbie might like these! http://animalcrossing.planets.gamespy.com/images/products/plush3.gif
=D
I wanna buy some new cool things online to spruce up my room. I would like a Viva Piñata Plush toy! I don’t think they exist though. =( I’ve googled and I can’t see anything. Others that I’m thinking of getting are a Monster inc. Mike Wazowksi, or a Nemo from Finding Nemo. Any other idea’s for a cool plush toy?
I think my friend Debbie might like these! http://animalcrossing.planets.gamespy.com/images/products/plush3.gif
=D
Sunday 3 May 2009
Summer Approaches!
uWell we're in May already. Gosh! I don't know about you but it doesn't seem 5 minutes since I was at my sister's Christmas party making Playdoh Mr. Potato Head's with my 5 yr old niece and younger nephews haha!
Time is indeed moving on and most noticeably by the fact that my hair is now touching my shoulders. I intend to grow it longer though. I'm also wanting to go blonde. I would love to be a natural light blonde. I just can't afford the maintence at the moment. I don't trust box colours, especially as I've just been told that my hair has an underlying pigment of gold. I don't want it to go brassy. If I got it professionally coloured, it's about £22 every 6 weeks for a root touch-up. (You can get a contract phone for that much.) If you don't get the roots done though, it's gonna look really odd. Especially with the contrast of my mousey brown against a really light blond. Maybe highlights would be OK though!
So now hair's been discussed, what else is there? Shane and I plan to go Alton Towers this week so I'm gonna check the weather for that in a mo. I've got to go the job centre this week. Argh. lol. The jobsearch points (more like motherships) I go on seem to have problems recently. For example, one that I used, you press Continue to go on to the next page of available jobs and it just wasn't having any of it. You can bash away at it til next year but that new page isn't going to show. Little good it would do anyway. Bah! More jobs in food as a kitchen assistant, I noticed. They seemed to be ten a penny, but even those seem to be dwindling down as of late. I can hardly make myself a cup of tea and I have no common sense so I'm not going to be any use in a kitchen, am I?
Next... er, music! I'm starting to get back on track with my music, I think. I'm still kinda disheartened that I've not had anyone go WOW about tracks I have composed recently. Maybe they need to be more original, maybe I need to just spend more time on them. I think I have the potential to write good songs, especially because the track "How 2 Belong" that I wrote and produced with Tommy seems to have alot of fans. I've got a kind of computer-game electropop tinge to my tracks currently, but maybe that's just not cutting the mustard, maybe I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board. I DO know that I'm loving Bat For Lashes' song "Daniel" at the moment. It's such an evocative piece with such smart, elegant lyrics! Her voice rocks too!
Shane's been working today so it's not been like a normal Sunday. I did see him earlier though, which was great! We watched lots of "Just For Laughs" on Fiver. That's a great show, that is! A bit distasteful when this fake cleaner picked up a shovel of fake dog poo and threw it at passers by. Their reactions were priceless though and we laughed out louddddd. Fiver's also showing the Da Vinci Code film next Sunday. My parents are away so Shane will be stopping over and I think we may watch it. I hear the books quite good! I've not heard about the film. I've still got to watch Rugrats in Paris. It was one of my play.com impulse buys. £2.11 free delivery. How can one say no? I loved the first Rugrats Movie, so it had to be done. I'll see if Shane will watch it with me. He best not fall asleep watching it :P
Is there anything else I can talk about? Erm. Oh, I saw this Tamagotchi Music Star thing the other day, and it reminded me of how much I used to LOVE cyber pets. Did you all have them? I had an amazing orange talking cat one. "Talking Nano Kitty" One's for sale online, unopened for £67 o.O I don't know where mine is. =( Obviously it's been used though. Another thing I saw was a COLOUR Tamagotchi! They're only in Japanese and they have a backlit colour screen! The casing was VERY cheap and plain looking though. But anyway, the Tamagotchi Music Star allows you to take the old one to a new level by allowing it to become a music star! It's hardly going to be X Factor, is it? A melodic beep beep noise and a screen with as many pixels as peas on my Sunday lunch. A price tag of £12.49 too. I believe the original was £9.99. I was happy with the cheaper alternatives tbh. Though I did treat myself to the Talking Nano Kitty back in 1997 and I also bought a dalmation one that woofed. It was in the shape of a dog and I bought it from a school friend for £8. Those 2 were the best Cyber Pets, in my opinion.
Wow, this blog has turned into a mini novel. If you're still reading, well done! Or maybe it's well done me for writing something that kept you so hooked! (I wish) lol.
More to come! (Tomorrow, maybe) =P
Time is indeed moving on and most noticeably by the fact that my hair is now touching my shoulders. I intend to grow it longer though. I'm also wanting to go blonde. I would love to be a natural light blonde. I just can't afford the maintence at the moment. I don't trust box colours, especially as I've just been told that my hair has an underlying pigment of gold. I don't want it to go brassy. If I got it professionally coloured, it's about £22 every 6 weeks for a root touch-up. (You can get a contract phone for that much.) If you don't get the roots done though, it's gonna look really odd. Especially with the contrast of my mousey brown against a really light blond. Maybe highlights would be OK though!
So now hair's been discussed, what else is there? Shane and I plan to go Alton Towers this week so I'm gonna check the weather for that in a mo. I've got to go the job centre this week. Argh. lol. The jobsearch points (more like motherships) I go on seem to have problems recently. For example, one that I used, you press Continue to go on to the next page of available jobs and it just wasn't having any of it. You can bash away at it til next year but that new page isn't going to show. Little good it would do anyway. Bah! More jobs in food as a kitchen assistant, I noticed. They seemed to be ten a penny, but even those seem to be dwindling down as of late. I can hardly make myself a cup of tea and I have no common sense so I'm not going to be any use in a kitchen, am I?
Next... er, music! I'm starting to get back on track with my music, I think. I'm still kinda disheartened that I've not had anyone go WOW about tracks I have composed recently. Maybe they need to be more original, maybe I need to just spend more time on them. I think I have the potential to write good songs, especially because the track "How 2 Belong" that I wrote and produced with Tommy seems to have alot of fans. I've got a kind of computer-game electropop tinge to my tracks currently, but maybe that's just not cutting the mustard, maybe I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board. I DO know that I'm loving Bat For Lashes' song "Daniel" at the moment. It's such an evocative piece with such smart, elegant lyrics! Her voice rocks too!
Shane's been working today so it's not been like a normal Sunday. I did see him earlier though, which was great! We watched lots of "Just For Laughs" on Fiver. That's a great show, that is! A bit distasteful when this fake cleaner picked up a shovel of fake dog poo and threw it at passers by. Their reactions were priceless though and we laughed out louddddd. Fiver's also showing the Da Vinci Code film next Sunday. My parents are away so Shane will be stopping over and I think we may watch it. I hear the books quite good! I've not heard about the film. I've still got to watch Rugrats in Paris. It was one of my play.com impulse buys. £2.11 free delivery. How can one say no? I loved the first Rugrats Movie, so it had to be done. I'll see if Shane will watch it with me. He best not fall asleep watching it :P
Is there anything else I can talk about? Erm. Oh, I saw this Tamagotchi Music Star thing the other day, and it reminded me of how much I used to LOVE cyber pets. Did you all have them? I had an amazing orange talking cat one. "Talking Nano Kitty" One's for sale online, unopened for £67 o.O I don't know where mine is. =( Obviously it's been used though. Another thing I saw was a COLOUR Tamagotchi! They're only in Japanese and they have a backlit colour screen! The casing was VERY cheap and plain looking though. But anyway, the Tamagotchi Music Star allows you to take the old one to a new level by allowing it to become a music star! It's hardly going to be X Factor, is it? A melodic beep beep noise and a screen with as many pixels as peas on my Sunday lunch. A price tag of £12.49 too. I believe the original was £9.99. I was happy with the cheaper alternatives tbh. Though I did treat myself to the Talking Nano Kitty back in 1997 and I also bought a dalmation one that woofed. It was in the shape of a dog and I bought it from a school friend for £8. Those 2 were the best Cyber Pets, in my opinion.
Wow, this blog has turned into a mini novel. If you're still reading, well done! Or maybe it's well done me for writing something that kept you so hooked! (I wish) lol.
More to come! (Tomorrow, maybe) =P
Saturday 2 May 2009
New look! =)
I have updated the dreary blog! LOL. I think it was a bit too "rainy-day". Did anyone see Britain's Got Talent? The violinist was very good! I thought it was a shame her friend didn't get given another chance to audition solo. She was a good piano pianist and she said she wrote that song herself! I think it was a bit beyond Simon Cowell's comprehension as he called it "indulgent" o.O I think it was worthy of some praise! I also think the audience liked it, and Ant and Dec were shocked when they all buzzered them. But yes, a very good violinist either way! It was a shame to see her friend didn't turn up to wish her well though. If it were my friend, I'd have hoped they'd come to watch me in that situation. Maybe her pride was hurt because she didn't get another chance. =(
I'm looking forward to X Factor. Ooh! Eurovision's on soon too! Cheesy as hell, and SO UNFAIR. It's fun though, and me and my friend Will usually watch it and have a laugh talking about the sheer craziness of some of the acts and all the bad ones! Ha! Do you remember the man with huge shades and dressed up as a Christmas Tree? "Sieben, sieben, aye lu lu, sieben, sieben, eins, zwei!" Arghh! I think that song won! Not sure though. LOL. Will says that Graham Norton is presenting it this year as Terry Wogan has resigned. I think Graham's a good choice! He has the right sense of humour to narrate something like the Eurovision Song Contest. Isn't the song meant to be written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, too? I didn't follow that show, so I'm eager to hear the song and see which person was chosen!
Anyway, I think that's enough for tonight, ha ha. I'll write again soon!
I'm looking forward to X Factor. Ooh! Eurovision's on soon too! Cheesy as hell, and SO UNFAIR. It's fun though, and me and my friend Will usually watch it and have a laugh talking about the sheer craziness of some of the acts and all the bad ones! Ha! Do you remember the man with huge shades and dressed up as a Christmas Tree? "Sieben, sieben, aye lu lu, sieben, sieben, eins, zwei!" Arghh! I think that song won! Not sure though. LOL. Will says that Graham Norton is presenting it this year as Terry Wogan has resigned. I think Graham's a good choice! He has the right sense of humour to narrate something like the Eurovision Song Contest. Isn't the song meant to be written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, too? I didn't follow that show, so I'm eager to hear the song and see which person was chosen!
Anyway, I think that's enough for tonight, ha ha. I'll write again soon!
Friday 1 May 2009
Ding Dong!
Well it's been quite a lazy day today tbh! I have applied for a job at PC World though, woo! Fingers crossed for that. As I write this, Alan Carr's Ding Dong is on in the background, but it's a repeat :( They really need to make a new series!
I've been writing a song that's quite chilled and a bit mellow but I think it sounds nice so I'm gonna work on that more tomorrow!
I want to spruce this blog up a tad because it's a bit plain, so I think I'm going to get the graphics tablet out tomorrow! =P Also my friend Debbie may be doing some cartoon version's of us, so that will be ace.
I've been writing a song that's quite chilled and a bit mellow but I think it sounds nice so I'm gonna work on that more tomorrow!
I want to spruce this blog up a tad because it's a bit plain, so I think I'm going to get the graphics tablet out tomorrow! =P Also my friend Debbie may be doing some cartoon version's of us, so that will be ace.
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