As many, if not all of you know by now, I'm super bad at keeping up with this journal. The last time I posted on here before today? Nearly a year ago? Goddamnit!
But since I want to be better (and I really like the idea of keeping a somewhat regular account of what I'm up to -apart from my Instagram - come, check out what's going on @amruniel ;) ), I have come up with the idea of starting to write monthly reviews/recounts of what I was up to, what I did, dreamed of, loved, hated, you name it. Let's see if I can at least commit to one effing entry per month.
This can't be too hard to do, can it? CAN IT??!!
Anyway, let's see what July of 2019 had in store for me!
...oopsie?! Though that actually happened in June)
Podcasts: I have to admit I have never understood the appeal of podcasts. I always thought that listening to other people talking about whatever was just about as much a waste of time as listening to audiobooks was - in other words, it was time I would rather use for actually reading something. (I'm a little book-snob, I know. Nothing beats ink on paper. And I still stand by that, even though my stance on podcasts has changed dramatically.)
Life has its funny, mysterious turns, and so it happened that the habit of listening to BBC radio online that I formed last fall and winter (first in order to help improve my British accent for the pronunciation class I had to do, later also because I really really enjoyed some programs) got me looking up the first podcast I ever listened to - a cricket podcast of all things! That story also happened in June:
Ever since then I have listened to a few other podcasts, some of which I completely and madly fell in love with:
My Dad Wrote A Porno: If you, like me, have ever giggled about cringe-worthy sex-scenes in fanfics where you just KNEW the author had never actually seen another human being naked, let alone had sex, then this podcast is for you. I swear, I laughed until I cried. I snorted drinks all over the place. I literally (and loudly) groaned "uuuuuh nooooooo!" at some particularly dubious wording/descriptions - while out in public. And I had a BLAST! I can't wait until season 5 starts in September!
Cut Through Nutrition: A superb look at all things nutrition and the fallacies of non-nutritionists trying to explain their views by using nutritional studies and data. It's a super interesting topic, and while it is mainly targeted at medical professionals, the two super likeable presenters talk about everything in a way that makes it easy to follow for us laypeople, and in a way that educates while being super interesting.
The Adam Buxton Podcast: If long, rambly conversations that cover everything from common man-flu to death are your thing, Adam's podcast is just the right listen for you! I love, love, love it (and couldn't be happier that I still have over 60 episodes to go until I'm caught up!)
Climbing: As I have mentioned in my "Tailenders" Instagram post, the first time I hear Greg James and Felix White enthuse about cricket I fell of the boulder wall because they made me laugh so much. Clever people (like you, dear reader ;D) might extrapolate from that, that I started to go climbing again. And they would be right! I do it a lot less frequent than I used to, about once a week roughly, but I'm really enjoying it again. And what's more, I kind of start to really like bouldering.... Which is... a story for next month, I think :D
So, this is it... my first monthly review. Let's see if I can make this a habit........... (if not, you can always reach me over on Instagram... or via PM/DM here or there... or via mail for those of you who have my email... or.... pretty much everywhere except here it seems... oopsieeeeeee!)
What did capture my attention was the accompanying Facebook post:
The Johnny Cash song he was listening to?
"First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"
The first time ever I saw your face, I thought the sun rose in your eyes. And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave, To the dark and the endless sky, my love.
And the first time ever I kissed your mouth, I felt the earth move through my hands. Like the trembling heart of a captive bird That was there at my command.
And the first time ever I lay with you, I felt your heart so close to mine. And I know our joy would fill the earth, And last 'til the end of time, my love.
The first time ever I saw your face.
I will let you make of that what you will..............................................................................
I haven't posted in a LOOOOONG long time, and I will most likely disappear into the void for at least another couple days or weeks after this, but holy shit, I really need to interrupt my hiatus to record what Orlando posted on his Instagram for all posterity (or for future days where I'm in need of some serious cheering up ;) )
Well well, hasn't today's Instastory installment yielded quite a bit of interesting information? ;)
Thanks to his little video we now know:
* that our dear Orlando is sleeping shirtless (or more? ;) Oh, I love the idea of him wearing a lot less while filming this video *giggles*)
* the exact way he sounds when he's happily groaning while stretching out on his pillow (of course only of interest from a purely academic point of view for us writers, right? It's pure research! We need to know which sounds we're trying to capture in our stories after all!)
* that he's wearing a clear retainer while sleeping, which in turn means he's either straightening his teeth (or working on keeping them straight) or he is prone to grinding his teeth while asleep... (particularly the latter would be quite a nice touch to incorporate a fic, wouldn't you say?)
Sometimes I really enjoy living in a time where "stars" post the most strange/entertaining/informative videos online. Back in those days before social media we never would have seen Orlando putting in his retainer... or in bed outside of a PR context... :D
(And when exactly has my timeline become a collection of Orlando-on-Instragram posts?!)
Right, folks... am I or am I not the only one who gets the feeling that our dear Orlando is using his Insta-Stories not to communicate with us, but to send messages to a certain somebody else?!
Let's just talk about his shared picture/video today, right?
So, first we have that adorable pic: With the rather interesting caption... "kingly love"... ummmmm... yeah ;)
Followed by a nice short video showing... the sun?! Again, interesting caption, slightly mysterious, seemingly a bit random, but yeah.
So, to explain things - I first saw this Insta-story while at uni, with my phone on silent mode. Imagine my surprise when I looked at it again a short time ago, suddenly hearing that there's a song playing in the background.
Curious girl that I am, I spent half an hour to find that damn song (I swear to god, I'm the WORST at hearing lyrics even remotely correctly, particularly if the sound quality is questionable at best ;D) - and I finally succeeded. If you're as clueless as me, the song is "Know Me Well" by Roo Panes.
And the lyrics? Well, I'll let you be the judge of that yourself...
Well you know me with that ancient gaze Stripping down with yesterday's eyes You know me as I was you see me as I will be And I still had a lot of growing When you took me and you shaped me with those hands You know me better than myself Make me better than I am
Oh, you know me well Know me well Know me well Oh, you know me well Know me well Know me well
When I think upon my past I see I loved you many years before you came In my hopes and my dreams With the wax and the moon wanes And you saw what I could be Please teach me how to be what I was made to be See without you I was nothing But with you can be anything
Oh, you know me well Know me well Know me well Oh, you know me well Know me well Know me well
What can I fear When I know that I walk by your side You're the fortress Within which I got nothing to hide None can take me I'm the tower the world couldn't fell 'Cos I'm stronger When I know that you know me well Know me well Know me well Oh, you know me well Know me well Know me well
Again, I refer you to "kingly love"... Interesting, isn't it? ;)
Okay, now it's your turn - hit me with what you think :) Am I imagining things? Or is this too much of a coincidence to be a... coincidence? ;)
I think I discovered the absolute disadvantage of not writing on a daily basis - I struggle to get back into the flow, it takes ages to type even a single sentence and I'm thoroughly pissed off with the words not coming as easily as when I had nothing else to do than living and breathing the story, my thoughts constantly plotting and planning inbetween writing sessions.
I struggled to get 1000 words written, and am really pissed off that it took me more than two hours to write that little - thus effectively cutting short/off the time I planned to spend on answering to your comments and reading your posts, before I need to go to bed (thankfully, tomorrow's the last early-morning lecture for this semester... at the very least I won't have to cut the things I've planned short because I need to go to bed from tomorrow onwards *grumbles*)
So yeah, another day I won't be replying to you lovely ladies out there *sighs* I'm sorry :(
I'll try to crave out some time to do just that tomorrow - depending on how well I'm doing with studying time-wise I might or might not add writing to my "to do" list, but trying to catch up on at least a part of the the comments and posts waiting for me is definitely on!
In the meantime - if anybody of you uses Instagram - I can be found there as Amruniel (no shit, Sherlock...) - I'm not posting much, so I guess I won't be crowding your feed, but one of my goals for 2017 is taking pictures regularly (whatever that may mean -.-°°°), so if you're curious, feel free to stalk what I'm up to when I'm not around here ;) I'd love to see you there :)
So, this is where I have to say "see you tomorrow, my dears", I guess (and hope) :D
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