I really like it when...

I listen to a song that I haven't heard for weeks - or maybe even months - and I still know all the words. This has happened frequently since I finished my GCSEs.

Prefiero esta canción en español

Una loba en el armario
Tiene ganas de salir
Deja que se coma el barrio
Antes de irte a dormir

Cuando era menor, me encantaba la musica de Shakira.

A conversation with my father a few years ago

Father: Hmm, well I think you're a good singer.

Abby: You've never heard me sing.

Father: I went to that choir show you were in.

Abby: Okay, then. *sarcastic look*


But he's not the only one who's complimented my singing abilities (regardless of the fact that he's only ever heard me sing properly in a choir of 40-something people). My grandmother told me that when I was younger I was great singer and of course my mother and I stared at her in disbelief. Checking that she wasn't simply being senile, we asked 'Are you sure you don't mean Freja?' (Freja's my cousin who definitely can sing well), but she insisted that at one point in my life I was a good singer. Hmm, I'd dubious about that.

I wouldn't say life is 'good', but browsing Jedward websites, looking at pictures of delicious food and listening to Regina Spektor is fun

And that's a quintessential part of me, right there

More love for ukuleles <3

http://www.youtube.com/user/chipswow?blend=1&ob=4

Chipswow. She covers songs on the ukulele and has a few original songs of her own too. I love her voice and she's made songs that I used to dislike sound amazing.

I think Regina Spektor and Lily Allen songs sound lovely on ukuleles :)

I also really want to learn to play the ukulele now.

'Someone next door is fucking to one of my songs'

I do rather like that lyric. Of course, it's from a Regina Spektor song. Bobbing For Apples, in fact. I think if I could be anyone in the world, I'd choose Regina Spektor. Or Julie Atherton, perhaps.

I believe that the title of this post contains the first swear word to grace my blog. Probably because generally I don't swear in normal conversation, only when quoting or acting. It's not because I'm prudish - swear words in context can be incredibly effective - it's just that in natural conversation I don't feel the need to swear. And I'm not going to force myself to say something just because everyone else does. But I don't mind when others swear, as long as it's not simply a meaningless conversation filler like the abbreviation 'LOL' when the person isn't actually laughing.

That said, I do love making people 'LOL' if they really are 'LOL'ing. Whenever I talk to someone online, I secretly squeal with delight when I can tell that they have genuinely 'LOL'ed :)

I can now download all those little-known Regina Spektor songs that weren't even on albums, so that's exceedingly good :D

That's all.