Feeling Good (Feeling real good)

We were all impressed by Carly Rose Sonenclar in the X-Factor auditions. (Check it out here.)
She auditioned with "Feeling good" by Nina Simone. "Feeling good" is a quite famous song that has been sung by over 40 artists. It was written by English singer-songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1965 musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd starring Cy Grant, who sang the original version of the song.
I have posted below four recordings of "Feeling Good" that I really like, and yes, Carly's version is among them.

Feeling good by Nina Simone

Feeling good by Michael Buble

Feeling good by Jennifer Hudsen

And the latest version, Feeling good by Carly Rose Sonenclar

Make me wanna die- The Pretty Reckless

Singer of “The Pretty Reckless” band, Taylor Momsen is pretty reckless at interviews and everywhere she goes (but to her, maybe that’s being cool!)

Appearing nude in her music video, going pantless or in lingerie all over town, giving eye-raising interviews (let me give you an example here and here) have made me reconsider her maturity. Because I think people like her who have been in the entertainment industry for too long should know the definitely-don’ts at the very least, right? Is she doing all that stuff for publicity? (Then maybe it’s working because I’m writing about it right now.)

However, I don’t have to like Taylor Momsen to admit that I like her music. To all the guys who stand by Miley Cyrus in the Miley-Taylor feud, I’d like you to give The Pretty Reckless’s music a chance. As an introduction to the band, I've uploaded here their first single, "Make me wanna die". It absolutely did NOT make me wanna die.

No title- just a thought

"The Internet's not written in pencil, Mark, it's written in ink."

Does that ring a bell? Ding ding? I'm quoting Erica Albright (whose real name is said to be Jessica Alona) from the Social Network.

Hello, the internet has an eraser! It's called "Delete Post"! It would definitely anger me if I were called a bitch on the internet but don't you think the producers of "The Social Network" made it wayyyy dramatic? 

Anyway, just a thought- TV adds so much drama into our lives...(I'll write more about it when I get the drama load off my shoulders).

'Fifty shades of grey' sucks!

Okay, I’m gonna start off with an easy one: one book series that should be ashamed that it exists and for having sold over 40 million copies.

Give it down for ‘Fifty shades of grey’, ‘Fifty shades darker’, and ‘Fifty shades freed’!!! They suck (no pun intended) so bad that I could not, would not finish reading. I skimmed the first book and when I discovered the ridiculously poor story line and the mentally ill characters that can never exist in real life...I’m not even going to discuss any of the plots (what little there was) in the books. I’m writing this as a red light to anyone who saw how many women and celebrities are reading the idiotic book series and is considering reading it.
It is "mommy porn".

SO DON’T READ ‘FIFTY SHADES OF GREY’ TRILOGY, EVERYBODY! Save yourself!

But it’s not fair of me not to let you know what the books are about. However, since I promised that this blog would contain no adult content, I’ll link you to two reviews written by Katrina Lumsden here and here.
She will give you the main idea of the books and you will get 10 minutes of rolling-on-the-floor good laugh, I promise!

La La Love- Ivi Adamou

Ivi Adamou is a Greek Cyriot singer (But what the heck is a Greek Cypriot? It means that she’s born in the Republic of Cyprus which lies east of Greece. She is one of the 77% of the ethnic greek population living in Cyprus.)

She entered the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 representing Cyprus with the following song, “La la love.”

Euphoria- Loreen

You know what we should do? We should pay more attention to the UK and Europe song charts. I always find stunningly great songs there.

Loreen is a Swedish singer (God, I sound like Wikipedia!) who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 and won with the following song, “Euphoria”. Listen to this song. You won’t regret it.

The Secret Circle soundtrack

I thought “The Secret Circle” sucked. They made a big mistake in casting the role of Adam. The real Adam should be tall and intriguing, with arresting features. I read the books; Adam is hot! Thomas Dekker just doesn’t cut it. No wonder the show was cancelled. (I do feel for the “save the secret circle” campaigns though.)

Nonetheless, I think we’ll all agree that the secret circle soundtrack was pretty amazing. It’s dreamy, light but deep, and soulful. So I found the original song and posted it below.

1901- Birdy

I’m sure at least half of the TVD (the vampire diaries, duh!) fans know the song “Skinny Love” by Birdy. One of my friends made it her ringtone for like 3 months! This song also made it to the UK billboard charts in 2011.

Last month, I found out that Birdy is only 16 years old. But the girl can sing! Here’s another song by Birdy that I like. Nothing vampire-related here. It's called "1901".

Safe and sound- Taylor Swift ft. The civil wars

So we all went to see "The Hunger Games".

But did we all listen to the songs in the Hunger Games?

If you want the full list of all the songs used, then go
here.

If you want to listen to one, then here you go.

This song is "Safe and Sound" by Taylor Swift Ft. The Civil wars.

Skyfall- Adele

I don't care what you say. I like all songs anyway.

By the way, did you hear the new Adele song? "Skyfall" for "Skyfall"? If you haven't heard of it, google it!

If you want to hear it, then listen below.

Vampire princes

Once, on a website called www.perusingtheshelves.com, I started the following topic: “How do vampires earn money?”

It’s kind of depressing (yes, even more than being the undead) to find out that our vampire princes (eg. the hotties in the Cullen family, the Salvatore family, and lots more in other fictions whose occupation is “King of vampires”) do not work. What lazy asses! Our wonderful real life princes work, you know? Yeah! Prince Harry of Wales is also Captain Harry Wales! He has an Apache flying badge and everything. Besides, he looks so yummy in his pilot uniform.

Where do our vampire princes stand? Crazy, impulsive (sorry I stole from TVD a little bit) drama freaks or classy uniform/suit wearing hard workers?

I'm a true Damon fan but I'm starting to think he spends wayyyyy too much time drooling over a girl we know he's not gonna end up with and little time to keep his Salvatore mansion in tip-top condition. We never see a housemaid there but that place is so sparkling! How does he pay for the invisible housekeepers? 

So there’s a poll going on at the bottom of the page. Vote vote vote! 

100 word story

So I wrote this when I saw a 100 word story contest in Reader's Digest. I wrote 2 different stories and sent out the first one. Since we're only allowed to send one story, this one's left with me. Why don't you try writing one? It's like a fun brain-teaser.
If you have time, please comment on the following story and write how you understand it. I think every sentence can have different meanings on different people.

My hunter speeds up.
I power up my leg muscles even though they have been begging me to give in. Instinct is all I have left. A deer runs past me. I realize in horror that I am left behind every animal.  The cat makes a leap to kill and my entire life flashes for the last time through the eyes of a vengeful leopard.
The leopard knew it lost. It wriggled in the pool of blood that had spurted from its neck. I made sure not to stab it on the body. It looked at me in searing pain.