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[labellementeuse]

kia ora everyone! there has been a little bit of radio silence from me for awhile and there probably will be fore another while, because first uni buried me in work, then work buried me in work, and somewhere in there my laptop died. (I am hopeful that it's just the power cord - the adaptor, I think - and that's all I'll need to replace. I am nearly 100% confident that it's not a hard-drive thing.) However, in a weird way it was good timing, inasmuch as there can be good timing for that sort of thing - I've been really needing to turn over a new leaf in my semi-professional life mostly revolving around getting up in the mornings in time to actually get to school & watching little enough tee vee on the internets that I can actually get my work done. So: more radio silence. (I can't afford to fix it right now anyway.)

I've read about twenty books in the last three weeks, so there are some distinct pluses. How about that Miles Vorkosigan, huh? I've been meaning to get around to him for awhile and now I am in a major way. Also, Octavia Butler's Fledgling: Amazing amazing amazing. Read it now.

In conclusion: I'm not around much, although I am reading the flist and checking the emails. However, I won't be commenting or posting much & the only shows I'm keeping up with are Doctor Who (most recent episode: ohhhhhh ♥ but why didn't anyone warn me it was a two-parter) and Bones (because my flatmate watches it. We disagree about absolutely EVERYTHING about the show except for that we both love it, so that's... interesting.)

Finally: is anyone going to Regina Spektor this weekend? I'm going but no-one else I know is. :-/ I don't wanna be Nigel No-Mates!

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[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

I'm going! Well, if there's still tickets available, that is.

Really hope she'll end up playing a fair bit of her old stuff. Which is waaaaay superior to what she's put out in the last couple of years.

[labellementeuse.livejournal.com]

I saw your back there! Did you enjoy it? I LOVED it. Awesome, awesome night.

I have to disagree with you about what she's put out in the last year or two. I think "Folding Chair" is as superior a piece of pop music as one could ever hope to hear, as good as anything on Soviet Kitsch and, IMO, better than some of her earlier stuff like Pavlov's Daughter, which is really two or three songs taped together - not that there's anything wrong with that...

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

I had an amazing time! :D She was just fabulous and I want to adopt her. <3 Really enjoyed the support act, too.

Don't get me wrong, I definitely enjoy some of the songs she's put out recently- particularly some of the songs from her most recent release. I just personally prefer her older music. But, that's just me, I guess. *shrug*

I still absolutely adored her set from last night, though! And I almost cried when she played "Us" in the encore! <3

[cabaiste84.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I LOVED "That Time"- which I think is one of her best recent songs! Brilliant little tune.