I woke up in Dublin this morning to see the story about Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew in the paper.

Fuck.
Fuck.

FUCK.That is one of the most horrible things that can happen to a human being. To have your family taken from you like that and to know that a seven-year-old child is out there somewhere, in danger and away from the ( Read more... )

You may or may not have heard of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. You may or may not remember Neil Patrick Harris from Doogie Howser, M.D. (which was classic, by the way). You may or may not have watched NPH in Stark Raving Mad, or even in his brilliant Emmy-nominated role as womaniser Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother. But my newest reason to ( Read more... )

Okay, okay, so I realise this is INCREDIBLY late, but given that mid-year review time has come around and this post was still sitting quietly in my "private" posts waiting to be formatted and posted, I thought it was about damned time that I posted my final year-end roundup of 2007: the best albums of 2007, including the albums that were ( Read more... )

While I was gone, at least three journals on my friends list went kaput once and for all.

Goodbye, Alexander (alexanderwolf), Ben (badwolf735) and Sallie (sallie_forth). I'll miss your journals, and it's a pity I wasn't around to say goodbye.

*sigh*

Oh well. Life carries on. Anyone know what happened to Ben, by the way?

Yes, yes, I'm aware that it's almost halfway into 2008, but given how dead my journal has been lately, it's not like I've forgotten about this list. In fact, I've had it ready for ages but just haven't been able to post it ( Read more... )

Having a chart for most of this year has made compiling year-end lists easier than ever before, although it's highlighted some of the more glaring omissions: Nerina Pallot's "Everybody's Gone To War", which extended its twenty-two-week chart run into 2007 and was on the charts longer than any song besides this year's #1, missed the top ten when it ( Read more... )

I haven't seen or heard of this in years, despite it being my favourite book as a child, but:

OMG REDWALL REFERENCE IN TODAY'S XKCD.

(squee!)

Now that I'm home and getting a bit of a grip on life, I've finally done my year-end roundups for 2007. The existence of a chart for most of the year has made this process a lot easier than in previous years, but the sheer volume of music I've listened to all year tempted me to expand my lists to twenty instead of ten. Instead of doing that, though ( Read more... )

Poll Favourite Albums of '07


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The concert held in Princess Diana's memory on Monday was quite impressive - much to my chagrin, I missed James Morrison and Lily Allen's sets, but it boasted a number of pretty impressive performances, including Tom Jones's surprising cover of Arctic Monkeys' "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" and Joss Stone's cover of Queen's "Under Pressure ( Read more... )