July 2011
1 post
Relationships are so tiring, so much so that they just make me want to crawl back into my bed and under the covers and just sleep forever.
June 2011
1 post
Birdsong.
The other day, me, my mum, and Peter (mum’s partner) were having a roast dinner in the dining room and having conversations about dogs and apple pie and the noises Peter’s stomach makes when he’s eaten too much rice, when we heard a cooing noise coming from the fireplace. “Sounds like an owl’s fallen down the chimney”, I said. “Nah, I don’t think...
April 2011
2 posts
I wish I had an evil twin.
I’m sat here, listening to The Magnetic Fields for the first time in a while, with my new fringe cut which I did because a fit of rage took over me and I just grabbed the scissors and hacked away at my hair and now I look stupid and I’m even more angry than I was before. I look more Asian than I already do look, not to mention about 12 years old. I’m supposed to be playing a gig...
Games.
So, I’m currently sat in bed, right next to my boyfriend. He is completely oblivious to the fact that I am writing a blog entry about him. Why? Because he is currently playing Call of Duty, shouting things like “Yes, FUCK OFF, I’ll fucking blow you’s up, bastards!” and not taking his tired eyes off the screen. I might as well be on Mars. I’m trying to get into...
March 2011
3 posts
Hospitals.
I’m ill, yet again. I have the shivers, a very high temperature, and I’ve been suffering with nausea. Not to mention this unbelievable ache I have all over my body, my back being in the most pain. I have such a poor immune system, I think it must be from my mum protecting me from every germ under the sun when I was younger. I was never a child to play in the mud or to get my hands...
I think I love my boyfriend far too much. Somebody bring me back down to earth?
Scaredy Cat.
Me and my boyfriend Gary watched Coffin Rock the other week on Sky movies, and this might sound strange, but the film has given me a temporary (I hope) fear of Irish accents. It’s set in Australia, and it’s about an Irish boy who stalks this woman around after she has a drunken one night stand with him, and he becomes obsessed. Her husband has no idea, but this Irish boy is always...
January 2011
3 posts
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Hate.
Have you ever felt so much hate for someone that the mere mention of their name makes you want to be sick? That the thought of them brews up an anger so strong it burns away your insides? That the sight of them makes your poor little eyes sizzle ever so slightly? I have.
Yes, hate is such a strong word, but only for such a strong feeling.
December 2010
2 posts
Some People.
I really really do not like some people. Some people are liars. Some people judge me before they even know me, and pass words without knowing the full story. Some people accuse and blame me for something that actually has nothing to do with me, because they assume, and assuming a lot of the time can be wrong. Because they do not want to blame themselves, as blaming themselves makes them look weak,...
I feel like a boy.
I’m becoming male. Not literally, of course, but more mentally, and characteristically. I moved to Leeds in September to start a degree in Music Technology, a male orientated course. I have not made any female friends since I moved, and next year I am moving into a house with four other boys. I spend my time getting high with these boys and watching Arnold Schwartzenegger films, laughing at...
November 2010
3 posts
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Winter woes
I think I should actually write something. It’s been a few months now, and my tumblr is currently being taken up by my weekly top artists charts, which I’m sure you all find extremely intriguing. “Oh, Elliott Smith, Chi’s most listened artist of the week?! What a bloody surprise!” So, here I am. I wish I could say that I’m loving all this winter malarkey but...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-31) →
Elliott Smith (174)
Daniel Johnston (21)
Laura Marling (21)
Department of Eagles (16)
Adam Green (16)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
October 2010
1 post
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-10-24) →
Elliott Smith (77)
Grinderman (34)
The Magnetic Fields (31)
Simon & Garfunkel (24)
Neutral Milk Hotel (23)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
September 2010
4 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19) →
Elliott Smith (70)
Hauschka (60)
Neutral Milk Hotel (32)
Grinderman (23)
The Dodos (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12) →
Elliott Smith (157)
Beirut (25)
Blonde Redhead (23)
Hauschka (18)
Phosphorescent (3)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-5) →
Elliott Smith (349)
Sparklehorse (24)
Tim DeLaughter (21)
Feist (12)
Low (9)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“Here’s a song I made up while I was watching Xena the Warrior Princess with the...”
– Elliott Smith, about writing “Between the Bars” (Eugene OR, 09-25-1996). (via elliottsmith)
August 2010
6 posts
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Drink up, baby.
Alcohol. An intoxication of the body and the mind, an escape. A social “must”. It can bring you out of your shell, and transform your demeanour, from a quiet soul, to a clumsy, obnoxious, slobbering idiot who can’t even string two words together. Quite amazing really, when you think about it. We have the power to change who we are, whether it’s to a happier version of...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-8-29) →
Efterklang (46)
Caitlin Rose (5)
Elliott Smith (4)
The Magnetic Fields (2)
Jens Lekman (1)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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I’m going to go and completely lose myself in Elliott Smith songs until I’m completely numb and have nothing but x’s and o’s and figure 8s circling my mind.
It eats you alive. Devours you bit by bit, Ingesting anything human, The mind, the heart, The blood-driven parts. Clawing away, Like a cat at a mouse, Eyes popped out. It infects you with disease, Possessing you with its poison, Its sweet, sweet poison. Nausea. A thunderstorm of vomit, Tears, and breaths. Long, wasted breaths. Irregular heart beats, Ba-dum, ba-dum, Pumping blood to all the wrong...
July 2010
5 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-7-25) →
Elliott Smith (192)
The Magnetic Fields (45)
Sparklehorse (43)
Fanfarlo (26)
Laura Gibson (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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How to Disappear Completely
I feel really weird. Not physically, like a hard-boiled egg, more mentally. To be honest, when do I not feel anything mentally? I’m always thinking. My brain is forever processing pointless information. Hard-boiled eggs feel a bit like eyeballs. And yes, I did just prod my eyeball just to make sure…There we go, more pointless information. I’m in one of those strange moods where...
It’s been a while since I’ve spewed my thoughts onto Tumblr. To be honest, my brain’s in “overload” mode at the moment, it’s hard enough to think about what to type as it is. I’m thinking about too many things almost simultaneously; when I’m brushing my teeth, when I’m buttering my toast, when I’m food shopping with my...
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June 2010
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-6-27) →
Elliott Smith (117)
Fionn Regan (26)
Johnny Flynn (13)
Emily Jane White (9)
Jesca Hoop (6)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The Money Spider
I slowly dragged myself into work this evening, my back collapsing, my blistered feet burning against the soles of my shoes. Yesterday I managed to carry a massive bag full of leads, microphones and some college work, my acoustic on my back, and my violin in my right hand, all the way to college, all around college, then all around Manchester until the gig, then all the way back to the carpark...
I’ll be perfectly honest, I’m pretty pissed off, but an epiphany has sorted me right out. I’ve had enough, so goodbye to everything that puts a downer on my life, and hello nice things. Life is far too short. Enjoy it.
The Mysterious Scraping Sound
“Chi…Chi, are you awake?” mum murmurs through my door. “Yes I am, I’ll go to bed soon” I reply, checking the time. It’s 02:09. “No, come here a sec…” “Erm…Okay.” I walk over to the door and slowly open it, a creak breaking the silence. “Come into my room a minute” mum whispers as she walks into her room, and...
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Aeroplane
I hate flying. From it’s rancid plane food to it’s sarcastic, toothy air hostesses; sitting stationary in a cramped, air-tight environment, which is antithetically zooming through the clouds at hundreds of miles per hour. Screaming kids kicking your chair behind you, crying and squealing and farting, the scary flush in the toilet…
Today me and Nina had to sit at the exit. I read...
May 2010
6 posts
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I'M ON GILL MILLS' BEST OF MYSPACE PODCAST!
PLEASE PLEASE go and have a listen to me on Gill Mills’ Best of Myspace podcast! You can hear it on http://www.myspace.com/bestofmyspace/music/playlists/best-of-myspace-94-1475595
Also, PLEASE PLEASE go and nominate me to be played on NME radio at www.bestofmyspace.uk.com and you can find the “vote” link a little underneath the massive ‘94’. I need your support, this...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-5-16) →
Elliott Smith (211)
Laura Gibson (25)
Fionn Regan (22)
Nick Drake (7)
Laura Marling (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Dad.
Dad. Supposedly a major role in many people’s lives, right? The word itself sounds foreign to me as it passes my lips, merely a title; it makes me feel uncomfortable, you know, the same feeling you get when you’re walking around all day with a hole in your sock. That sort of uncomfortable. He is very absent from my life. Though when I look at myself in the mirror, I see him; same eyes,...
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The moon is a sickle cell, it'll kill you in time.
The other night, I dreamt I got two tickets to see Elliott Smith, and I gave one to Gary. We got on the train, and got off at the designated stop. We looked around us; the intimidating sky scrapers were so tall you couldn’t see where they ended, they rose above the swirly purple clouds. The city was completely hazed over by a blanket of mist, and the moon was a sickle cell in the sky. Me and...
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WatchDear Autumn by Chi Limpiroj (ME!) Hope you like it, it’s all DIY, all the instruments, lyrics, recording mixing etc…
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Monster.
If there’s something I really don’t miss about being involved with someone, it’s the whole being “sucked in” thing. You know, everything is about that other person. All you do is think about them, you feel all uncomfortable and needy. You feel that tiny, dreaded pang of jealousy when they’re talking to some girl who looks like she’s just strutted off the...
April 2010
10 posts
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Musical chairs.
I am a very sensitive person. If you imagine every human being has tiny little mood buttons across their forehead, all different colours, each button meaning something different…red for anger, blue for sadness, green for jealousy, yellow for happiness, pink for love etc, my little mood buttons would activate at the softest touch. I am a very amplified person, small things make me very happy,...
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I’m in one of those moods, you know, the one where your cheeks ache from too much smiling, and you feel all fluttery inside and you breathe lightly, as opposed to the heavy, muddy sighs you released in the past, and your mind feels like it’s floating about inside your skull like a balloon under a bus shelter. Happiness; I think that’s what people call it?
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SCROBBLE ME. →
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Free downloads? →
If you’re interested in downloading my music for free, and sticking them on your MP3s or whatever people use nowadays, follow the link! Have a download spree! Do it!
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I decided to make the poem I wrote, into a little...