Music. We all love it. Whether it is having a secret love for that cheesy tune or having a mini celebration when you discover a cracker of an artist, music is always close to our hearts. So, today I wanted to share with you a few little beauties which have always been close to me so, if you like the same music as me, you may be able to discover a new artist or song. And, of course, be sure to share your songs or artists with me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yHDS0nRblc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJdiR5muWLU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpdh4pPl0Ck
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlTfYj7q5gQ&ob=av2e
I really do think these songs (and their artists) are great!
The first is by a London based artist called Dog Ears. He is also a member of the band Special Benny but, personally, I prefer his work as a single artist. Also, Dog Ears stars in Horrible Histories which is, admittedly, a brilliant show...although I am a bit above the target age of 9-12. Awkward. But I am a history geek so it is kind of acceptable...isn't it?!
Moving swiftly on (if the Taylor Swift song had been next that would have been a slick opener)! The next song is by Edwin Mccain and is the accoustic version. I just adore this! I heard it in the film A Cinderella Story and fell in love with it. It is just so gentle and beautiful!
The next song is by The Band Perry who are, supposedly, American (or Canadian?) and are a family band - sister and 2 brothers - are have a lovely country vibe. I love their laid back songs and their cool country style - cowboy boots, whoo! Their other song If I Die Young is just as great - check it out!
The final song is by none of than Taylor Swift. She doesn't really need an introduction as she is so well know but she really is fabulous! I love how she has made country music popular and how she sings everything you feel. Great artist.
Those are a few of my favourites, what are yours? I would love to hear your favourite songs.
Monday, 30 April 2012
Sunday, 29 April 2012
3 Pretty Little Pots of Nail Varnish
So, I got these little beauties in Claire's. I don't generally like Claire's but I really do adore their range of nail varnishes - they are just so pretty. The first one has little red, white and blue (how patriotic!) glittery bits in it. I saw it before and was meaning to buy it but I am so glad I waited as all the varnishes had 30% off and it was reduced from £2.50 to £1.75 - yay, bargainous!
The next (and once again £1.75) nail varnish is emerald green and glittery. I thought it would look great in the summer with a white, flowing dress or in the autumn/winter with a big, chunky knit jumper.
The last one I was contemplating buying. I was thinking it would look so nice in the spring and summer as it is a lovely pastel colour but I decided not to buy it. Later on my Auntie told me to put out my hand, so I did so, and she presented me with this gorgeous nail varnish - the very one I had been looking at!
I am so excited about wearing these and I hope to do a write up on them once I have tried them. I expect they will be great as I have another Claire's nail varnish which is actually very good and last for about a week and doesn't chip too badly.
Faith
So, I first found this on Facebook and it really inspired me. You see, I am always being asked the kind of the questions the professor in this asks and this has helped me to compose some good answers to those questions. It is quite long but I really do advice reading it. Sorry, if you have already read this on my Flickr or somewhere else. If not, happy reading!
Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
Saturday, 28 April 2012
'God is in you, as you'
I have been recently thinking over the quote 'God is in you, as you' from Eat Pray Love (exceptionally good film - it is really worth watching) and I found it quite inspiring. I mean, a lot of the time I feel, as a Christian, that I have to kind of put on that persona of the 'Christian girl' but this quote suggests that we don't have to pretend to God. God loves us for our strengths and weaknesses. When I realised this it really struck me. Just because sometimes you lose your temper it does not make you a bad Christian. You don't have to be perfect to be loved by God. So don't feel you have to do as everyone else does. For instance, a lot of people I know lead worship and worship through song but I can't really sing too well - or at all. But I have come to realise that there are other ways to worship and that you don't have to follow everyone else and be the norm in order to be close to God. Sometimes the best thing for you is not the same as everyone else. Sometimes you have to listen to God and follow Him instead of everyone else.
God is in you, as you.
God is in you, as you.
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Top Tips!
Imagine the scene. Me on my knees frantically flinging item after item out of a drawer in a desperate attempt to find the journal I had compiled and wished to share on my first post. Grief stricken I run around the bedroom as though I were some kind of disillusioned fly who had flown into the light one too many times. I retrace my steps. It had been in that drawer for a whole year. It can't have just grown legs and trotted out the door. Suddenly, like a light had gone on in my head, I remembered where it was. Jubiliation, I had found the missing journal - thank goodness!
So, for my first ever blog post I wish to share a few beauty secrets which I have discovered over the last year. Words of the wise...if wise means disorganised and ever so slightly forgetful - which it does not.
My Top 4 Tips:
-If you add a bit of lavender oil to your shampoo it will stimulate hair growth - and will make your hair smell quite nice too!
-When using kohl eyeliner rub it onto hand before applying it to your eyes as it warms it up and makes it easier to apply
-Spray perfume onto moisturised areas as it will last longer
-Always wear suncream or something with UV protection in as UV rays can still harm us - even in the winter.
Thanks for reading this post! I hope these tips have helped you. See you next post! :)
So, for my first ever blog post I wish to share a few beauty secrets which I have discovered over the last year. Words of the wise...if wise means disorganised and ever so slightly forgetful - which it does not.
My Top 4 Tips:
-If you add a bit of lavender oil to your shampoo it will stimulate hair growth - and will make your hair smell quite nice too!
-When using kohl eyeliner rub it onto hand before applying it to your eyes as it warms it up and makes it easier to apply
-Spray perfume onto moisturised areas as it will last longer
-Always wear suncream or something with UV protection in as UV rays can still harm us - even in the winter.
Thanks for reading this post! I hope these tips have helped you. See you next post! :)
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