So there i was

Some helpful background info by the way: i have three older brothers and am the only girl in my family.

So there i was talking Christmas presents with my dad, and he was telling me oh yeah so i'm gonna bring the lads to Germany in April. So i was like oh i see, and what's this all about? And he went on to tell me about the Hannover Messe.

He's been before and told me about it, and i've always expressed an interest in it, i like gadgets and stuff! and i'm pretty sure i asked before to go!!!! and i def like this stuff more than at least one of the boys. So i was like oh, and you're bringing the boys!? well that's fine...so i didn't even figure in the plans!

sniff

Why wasn't i invited!?

sniff,

*feels abandoned by family*

/rant

Woah

Big News

My Bloody Valentine are back, and gonna be playing some shows! Woah like! NME has the 411.

Hmm....EP vs Oxe?

The White Stripes are hooking up with Beck Hansen and Jack learns to bullfight with a professional. The White Stripes revealed that Beck was their secret collaborator there a while ago...I didn't even know they had a secret collaborator. D'Oh. Rolling Stone is all over it.

The most noteworthy revelation is that Beck has been cast as their “secret collaborator”. The duo recorded three songs in Mr. Hansen’s living room, with all three Beck-produced songs landing on the B-side of a trio of multi-colored 7″s for the next single, “Conquest.”

The “Black vinyl” includes “It’s My Fault for Being Famous,” which features Beck on vocals and piano, while the “White vinyl” has “Honey, We Can’t Afford to Look This Cheap,” which has Beck on slide guitar. The “Red vinyl” contains “Cash Grab Complications on the Matter,” which simply just has Beck as producer. If you can’t get your hands on any of these 7″s, or you just don’t have a record player, all three, plus a mariachi version of “Conquest,” will be available digitally.

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I'm going to be eating some yams soon. They are different to Sweet Potatoes.

Two pieces of news

1. I finished Harry Potter - a few days behind millions of other people, but sure what harm. I thought it was great, i;'m not gonna put anything up here, 'cos I'M NOT DOWN WITH SPOILERS. But i thought it ended well, as well as can be expected anyway!

I'm just sad it's all finished with....think it's time to re-read the Dark Materials books.

2. I'm going to see he Super Furry Animals! Woo! They are playing in Vicar Street 16th October... o/

Me News

I was out last night, and met internetz...it was deadly!

and I got a new job, i'm gonna be a reporter, like proper!

better get my thesaurus out,

and my spellcheck!

Sigh (of contentment)

Google available offline?

The BBC says so...sort of

Chris Prince, the engineer leading the Gears project, told the conference in London: "We want a seamless experience between offline and online."

Read more here

Aaagh!!

Last.fm has been bought by CBS in the "largest ever UK web 2.0 acquisition" whatever that means!

Full story is here.