500 Greatest Albums of all Time Challenge

So perusing the Cheezeburger network today i came across the Rolling Stone 500 greatest Album Challenge. The rules are simple, you listen to every album on the list in its entirety, no skipping tracks, yo! And you have a year to do it. Also tell your friends which you liked, not sure why its a rule, wouldn't you do it anyway? Here's a linky to the list http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/outkast-aquemini-19691231 . i posted to my facebook about this, and have now entered in to the challenge with two friends of mine, Ian and Kenny. I've already started and am currently listening to number 500, which is Outkast: Aquamini, was not sure what i would think but i love it so far. I'm more of a rock fan, i still love me some Soul and Funk, but yeah big up on the Outkast right no, Hey Ya was not a good reflection of their talent. the general consensus with the boys and I is to start at one end and to work straight through instead of picking and choosing, oh and even if you've heard an album before, listen to it again, it would break the flow.

I'm most excited about one, listening to a load of music and two and possibly more importantly to me, listening to stuff i have not or would not listen to normally. i love music, life would be so much harder, boring and less easily explained without it.

I'll try to remember to keep this updated on my progress and thoughts on what I'm listening to.:D

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Random collection of crap from my brain that isn't long enough to warrant it's own posts.

The Spaniard's are coming!
Every summer Ireland is subjected to a Spanish invasion, they send over there teens to learn the Englis language. It is a living nightmare! Swarms of these kids fill every available space. Walking home i noticed a large group taking up the entire path, wouldn't be such a problem if a green wasn't directly beside them, two steps away. They walked on the busy road with out looking and even at one point forcing an older gent with a cane to walk on the road, a car stopped specifically to let him pass. Disgusting behaviour. On public transport i had two teen boys fighting on the seat right beside me. Where are the manners? Do Irish kids act the same when they go abroad without their parents? We used to take in students from around the world, and by far the Spanish kids were the most spoiled, one practically wanted my mother to put his clothes out for him. We had a German girl and an American girl and they were fantastic, is it just that these kids are a little spoiled and self entitled? Just as a clarification i generally have no problem with the Spanish, just their unruly kids.

Power Cuts.
So recently we had a night where the power kept going out, and apart from the horrible realisation that i am so completely reliant on technology it got me thinking.
What are your power cut stories?
I can remember making toast with the neighbour kids, over an open fire and my Mum making beans on top of the portable gas hob. Laughing so hard at a friend who thought we could turn on a lava lamp as a source of light.
My Mum asking if she presses the off button on the tv remote, will it turn the tv off when the power comes back.

Romantic interactions in friend groups.
This is a pretty common occurrence, right? Multiple friends who seem to always hook up with each other.
I've found if you're single and a female it's like it's open season, now is that as they actually like you or because you're there? Do you go for it, and why? Because you like them or because they're there also?
Then there's the awkward moment when one likes another but the other feels different, that ones seem to be very prevalent, much more so than the halcyon days of yore when it was a big aul game of swapsies.
So if both people are on board to give it a go, is it worth the risk? Do you risk losing friends in the break up and possibly the friendship you had with your would be lover?And then the drama filled hook ups, that seems to turn the whole group against one ore both people. What do you guys think? Please feel free to comment!

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Pretty flowers

This post is really just an excuse to post some pics of pretty flowers, heavily featuring my personal fave..the Hydrangea! Love it.

All pics were taken using my Olympus VR-340, i bought it as a reward for quittin' the sticks. i really like it, it takes a little getting used to but it's worth it. I'm no photog, just a keen amateur. It replaces a Nikon that had really horrible colour quality, a very bluey hue was apparent in all but the filtered colours. I don't have a smart phone so all the Olympus magic filters are super fun to play with, I've used both thr pop art and pin hole on the ones above. The pop art is lovely for outdoor stuff (like festivals) and flowers, such a nice saturation of colour. Pin hole is just nice, good colour quality and yeah just like. So i love taking pics of flowers, what're your favorite picture subjects? Kids, pets, food?

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I'd like to be, under the sea.

So chatting to a friend yesterday some how brought up the idea of raver fish, you know the fish that live so deep down the have phosphorescent bodies etc, well they would be like the ravers of the deep blue! It made me think, or should i say daydream, how amazing would a deep sea club be! Like in that ep of The Simpson's when Marge and homer are divorced i think, and Homer lives in the bubble house. It would be fantastic! You could go 24 hours without worrying about noise complaints, watch the local life (porpoises, crabs etc). You would prolly want a hotel connected though, that is only for the party hardy who have got weary after two days of raging (yeah I've done this), no wet blankets allowed (pardon the pun). And it could host really exclusive gigs, but the kind that could be opened to everyone having the opportunity to go, none of this only the rich and famous bs, us norm's want in! So yeah, under sea clubs..thoughts?

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Smelly feckers

Ok so this is a bit odd, but ever since i put down the cancer sticks, my schnoze has become more sensative. So much so that the other day while sitting on the bus,the girl sat beside me really smelt like grape kool ade and on the walk home an older gent whacked of oxtail soup. Feckn weird really. I' ve found if you use aussie three minute miracle conditioner and niveea pure and natural body lotion, you endnup smelling like freshly made candy floss, now you run the risk of having fat kids lick your arm and bee's swarming round you, but damn do you smell yummy.
So just as a heads up for the shoddier than normal spelling and typing, well i'm using a tablet for the first time.....

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Pizza vending machine.

This is the shit!
The future is now, and its quick freshly made robot pizza!

Mmm, Za.
Ok so for €5.00 you get a freshly made 10 inch Pepperoni pizza, peppersnoni if you're a child or an immature 20 something....

We found that using the robot 'za dispenser really draws a crowd, couple a Deutsch students thought it was wunderbar. As did i.

And how was it?.... Pretty good actually, The 'roni was yummy, had a nice spicy kick. The cheese, yeah it was good, the sauce needed work but the base was good and thin, my accomplice was very astute with his comment on the base being some what like a cream cracker. They also had Margarita and Ham as options, you for sure need the toppings, as it would be a fairly boring plain cheese without it, and i like my plain pizza so. So if you have a spare few quid, and not much time to spare i would at least try the robot pizza once, and you can feel like you're in Star Trek, the future is nooooow.
I feel like i should apologise for my use of the word 'Za, it tickles my funny bone, and that's why i say it.

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Space case

Doi!
Totally forgot to update on my trip to npld, from what i remember i had a lovely time.
So it's situated on the land of an old country estate in Co.Sligo, west Ireland. Its a small enough site, with a few stages scattered around, the main stage is in a dome, funnily enough. They had one that was built in to a tee, one that was carved out of the side of a hill, and one that looked like a wild west bar.

Music was actually pretty good, loved The Bog Frogs and The Candidates. The festival is all self sufficient so you don't have people ramming their various wares down your respective throat. Met some cool people, one an actor /producer from the States and one a reviewer for a Belfast publication, the latter called Joseph was a better looking version of Cilian Murphy, nice to boot. The weather sucked, apart from a few hours on the Sunday. The general vibe of the festival was great, people just wanted to be there having the craic and just do the dome. If i wasn't so hungover i would be more explicit but i am so tough luck. I will say that i can't wait for next year.

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