FOUR - My Review

Hello Lovelies!

So it's been almost a month... oops.

Life has been increasingly busy, but I'm back now! I have a whole slew of post ideas and a bit more free time, both good things!

So last night, One Direction's new album officially dropped. Because I was up doing school, I was able to listen to it and it's pretty good! So I figured I would do kinda what I did when Ed Sheeran's newest album came out and do a sort of review of my favourite songs. And just like before, the songs appear by the order they are on the album, not by preference.

1. Ready To Run

Recently, I've loved the idea of running away, not as escape, but just to be spontaneous. Just ditch everything and go on an adventure! This has some great lyrics that talk about that. "This time I'm ready to run/ escape from the city and follow the sun". It's not my favourite off the album, but it has a catchy vibe and some clever lyrics, so it makes the list.

2. Where Do Broken Hearts Go

I feel like all of the guys are vocally strong in this song. It really shows off the differences in their voices. That's probably my favourite part of this song, the vocals. It talks about making a mistake in a relationship, regretting it and trying to find them and make up. Having been single as a pringle my whole life, it isn't an incredibly relatable song, but the lyrics are really well written, lots of literary devices.


3. Fool's Gold

I really, really like this song. It talks about liking someone who doesn't feel the same way and isn't what they seem. It basically talks about the fact that you're falling for fool's gold. Even though you know what you see and what you feel isn't real. I know I can relate to this. It's a slower song and I really like the lyrics. I know I continually go on about lyrics but they can either make or break a song and I love 'em.

4. Night Changes

Hands down my favourite song off the album. First, I love the melody and vibe. The melody is really pretty and the vibe is so peaceful. It makes me think of skating on a lit rink at night while the snow is slowly falling and there's no wind. I can almost hear the sound of ice skates against the ice when I hear it. What I take away from the song is that we're getting older and things change so fast, but the relationship isn't going to change. And I really love some of the lyrics. Like "he's waiting/hides behind a cigarette" or "her mother doesn't like that kind of dress/reminds her of the missing piece of innocence she lost"? Pure geniusness. I love the nostalgic feel this song has.

5. Fireproof

I really liked this song when I first heard it and I still really like it. It's just a very happy, positive song without the bubblegum pop that One Direction has previously had. It has a more mature, acoustic sound to it. The harmonizing is really nice and the lyrics are cute.

6. Clouds

This is definitely a power song. Something to belt into a hairbrush on your bed, if you know what I mean. Definitely a more mature song. I like that it's really guitar driven and it has more of a minor sound to it. I think my favourite part is the verses, the chorus reminds me of Mary Poppins and I have absolutely no idea why. But whenever I listen to the chorus, I just think of Mr. Banks walking back from the bank. Speaking of which! Has anyone seen Saving Mr. Banks? If not, watch it! It's incredible.

7. Act My Age

I'm not going to deny it, I laughed when I first heard this song. Hard. The intro started and I was in stitches. It's like pirate meets gospel meets 21st century meets 80s pop ballad. And then the bridge sounds like a Christmas song. And then you have some Snow White and the Seven Dwarves whistling. I know it sounds odd, and admittedly, it is odd. Very odd. But it's also very good. I can sort of imagine Merry and Pippin in a bar dancing on a table with their pints in this song.

Whole Album
I liked this album a bunch. There were some songs that I'm 'meh' about. Some of them sound pretty similar. The best word I can think of to describe this album is vibe. I know that isn't really specific but it just has lost of vibes. Happy vibes. Nostalgic vibes. Sad vibes. Vibey vibes. Generally, I do really like the new sound they're developing. I really hope that they'll be able to smoothly move from a boy band to a band band and I think they're doing a good job starting that transition.

Derpcon and the Proper Reveal of Me

Hello Lovelies,

So, I didn't win Derpcon. :( To be completely honest, I wasn't expecting to, so I wasn't that disappointed. But, I think some of my other costumes were actually pretty creative so I figured I'd at least share some of them with you! :)

Today I'm Platinum. With the ability to win anyone
 a Platinum record, I'm exploring strange new
 keeks, seeking out new fans and hopefully
going where no 5SOS fan has gone before. 

 Sick of boring tea party after boring tea party? Fear not, the
Rad Hatter is on her way! Bringing fun to good
girls everywhere, she'll turn any event into a party! 

I'm Co-Z. So chill, I make Canada look hot. 

And here's pictures of me NOT as a superhero so you know that I don't usually look like this.

Staring into the DEPTHS OF YOUR SOUL.

Happy hat.

Shameless selfies? 

Well, so that was a lot of pictures of me. I apologize to your eyeballs. 

Song of the Day - Just the Way I'm Not by All Time Low

When I was about thirteen, my friend introduced me to All Time Low and I thought, "Oh my goodness! These guys are amazing!" And in true Sarah fashion, I then proceeded to completely forget about them. And then last week or so, I found them again and have been listening to about eight of their songs on repeat. This one is currently my favourite out of the eight. Enjoy!

Derpcon Day 1 Entry

Hello Lovelies!! 

This is just going to be a short, itsy bitsy, leetle post today. The contest for Derpcon in Canada was posted and I'm really, really excited and really, really nervous. Between now and the 27th, we have to upload an original superhero costume to Instagram. We can post one original picture a day. 

And I thought I would show you my costume for today cause I'm actually pretty proud of it. :) 

Realizing that this is the first time you guys actually get to see my face, I should probably just clarify that my hair is not usually this colour. 

So this is me as Kaleidoscope! Go me! 

Tomorrow is going to be a metallic alien called 'Platinum'.... 

Song of the Day - Everday Superhero by Smash Mouth

It's only appropriate...

Lucky

Hello Lovelies!

Do you ever realize how lucky you are to have people in your life? People who care about you and take time to talk to you and are interested in you? Over the past week or so, I've really started to realize it.

I have some pretty amazing friends.
I have friends who really make me smile, who can really brighten up any day just by having a conversation.
I have friends that I would trust with my life, who's advice I greatly value.
I have friends that I can argue and debate with, with the understanding that we're not taking personal shots, we just love playing the devil's advocate.

I have a great family.
My eleven year old brother came down this morning and the first thing he did was hug me. He's a dedicated 5SOS fan (props to me), a caring, sweet, sensitive guy who always is interested in what I'm doing.
My thirteen year old sister is probably the most down to Earth person I know. She likes to joke that she's a girl version of Rocket from Guardians of the Galaxy, but she's so much more than that. We share the same sense of humour and have numerous inside jokes, she is insanely musically and creatively gifted and I love her to bits.
My fifteen year old sister is incredible. We fan girl over shows together, our conversations are truly unique and she always has a different perspective on situations that I never would have considered. No one ever believes that we're related. She's tall, blonde and tan with no freckles and I'm short, brunette, pale as a snowman with tons of freckles.
My mum is my cheerleader and my support system. I honestly cannot believe the amount of driving around she does every day, pretty much all day, just to support our interests. She teaches my two youngest siblings, she cooks meals for us everyday, and she unfailingly does it without complaining.
My dad is always interested in my life. He makes attempts to engage in my life and wants to know all about the "teen culture" (he read The Maze Runner on his flight to Charlotte). He's supports all my hobbies and passions, always helping me further them.

My music teachers are amazing too.
My songwriting/guitar teacher is one of the most amazing, inspirational people I know. He encourages me to run after my dreams and not give up when things get hard.
My singing teacher is so bubbly and helpful and laughs more than any other person I know.

And I'm so thankful for you guys. It is such a nice feeling to know that I can post whatever I want on here and you guys will be understanding, even if it doesn't make any sense.

So whether you are an internet person or someone I know in real life, thank you for being in my life.

Song/Video of the Day - Good Girls by 5SOS

Did anyone else go ballistic over this video?! It's probably one of my favourite songs from the album and it makes me so happy that we actually got a video that had something to do with it. Don't Stop anyone? ;)  So proud to be a Mikey girl right now. I feel like everyone who's been calling him ugly for years finally woke up. Mwuahahaha. >:)

Day Dreams

Hello Lovelies!

Happy October! I'm so happy it's fall. The trees are turning colours and it's rainy lots and I'm getting out my sweaters and scarves. *Happy Sigh*.

Today, as I'm doing my homework, my mind can't help drifting off to pleasanter places (5 points for alliteration).  I just can't help it! Especially now that it's autumn and it's currently rainy and I can hear the sound of the rain hitting the window.

I think one day, I'd like to live in a row house. But not an ugly row house. A pretty one. Maybe like this one.

Or this one. I love the colours.

And I'd have a cat. I don't know why I'd have a cat, but it seems to fit. I'd drink lots of tea and wear my hair up in messy buns and wear lots of large sweaters. I'd have an old fashioned type writer and in the evenings, my friends and I would walk into the city to the little coffee shop that we loved and talk about literature or music or something wonderful. And there would be a little record shop around the corner from my little row house. Because of course, I'd have a record player.

Maybe there would be a guy with brown eyes who always worked there when I came in on Wednesday afternoons. And we might have the same taste in music and one day he'd give a recommendation and I'd invite him to our join coffee shop group and we'd become great friends. Great friends with endless possibilities of where we might end up.

Maybe it'd be New York. Maybe it'd be a little town in England. Maybe it'd be as close as Toronto.

On the other hand, I'd love to live in a cute little country house. Somewhere in Britain. Maybe Wales. I've heard Wales is nice and my ancestors are from there. Ooh, or Ireland.

A little house like this one.

Or this one.

During the days, I might work at the bakery that was a few minutes into town. Or as a part time journalist of the newspaper. Or a photographer. On my days off, I'd spend the days reading in all the little, cute corners my house would have, writing, visiting friends or walking the few acres that I would have as my backyard. I'd wear long skirts some days when I wanted to feel like Elizabeth Bennet, but other days, I'd just opt for leggings and a comfy shirt. 

During the nights, I'd take my acoustic guitar and my song book and head to the small cafe or pub in town. The warm lights from the inside shining out on the streets. And I'd go in and play a set to a group of familiar and unfamiliar faces, maybe make a bit of money off the tips, maybe not. I wouldn't care. I'd just be happy to be playing my music and having a good time. 

I'd have a group of friends there too. A group of friends that people would look at and wonder how we all managed to get along. We'd all be so different and we'd have our little squabbles and fights but we would all really love each other.

Maybe there'd be a guy, maybe there wouldn't. Either way, I'd be happy because it would be because I wanted it that way.

There are so many options! So many possibilities. Sometimes it's dreadfully overwhelming, other times I love thinking it through, imagining how it might turn out. What's the opposite of nostalgic? That's what I am right now.

Song of the Day

Lately, I've been listening to a bunch of Ed Sheeran. Well, more than usual I should say. Did anyone see his iTunes Festival performance?! Insane, just, there are no words. I mean, his Bloodstream performance?! Mind boggling. Anyways, I've been enjoying listening to this song as I drift off into la la land. It's so soothing and pretty and I love the voice his voice matches this song. It's probably my favourite version of "The Parting Glass".

BAM!

Hello Lovelies!

Long time, no see! Gotta love the craziness of the beginning of the school year. These last few weeks have just been hectic. I was sick with a nasty virus for a week, then I was in Belleville helping my mum help my Grandpa who's currently in the hospital. Then my songwriting class that I'm teaching started up. You get the gist.

I could write a completely random post right now, with tons of little stories of life and completely unrelated thoughts that would probably make no sense, but I decided to have pity on your brains and not confuse you to death. Go me!

Instead, I'm going to do a posting on the fall fair I went to just a little while back. And get this... they had a demolition derby. It was so cool and my brother may have been just a little bit scared of me. I may or may not have gotten really into it and started yelling at the drivers... oops.

So without further rambling, enjoy the pictures!

This turkey was so fat and it was one of the funniest things
ever. It looked like one of those fluffy pillows with a beak.

Ducky!

Isn't he adorable? I just wanted to take him home with me
and keep him forever. Maybe put him in my bath tub...

Chitty chitty bang bang we love you... luckly this was not
one of the cars they destroyed later that afternoon.

Kay, before you look at the next pictures, I just want to say that I have over 300 pictures of the demolition derby so y'all better appreciate that I narrowed it down to five. ;)

Boom!

Crash!

Bam! 

Pow! (I should seriously do the little action bubbles in
comic books, I know all the words).

OOOH! Look at the air that one car got!

I love pumpkins. I love pumpkin flavoured and pumpkin
pie and roasted pumpkin seeds and jack'o'lanterns. I love
the fact that the pumpkin's just like, "Hey, I'm orange
and I'm cool and there's nothing you can do about it.
Excuse me whilst I go be awesome and sit on this hay bale
and be orange. Bam"

My brother called this the punk sheep. I had taken it upon
 myself to name it Michael Clifford. You're welcome.

I really like this picture. It just feels so small towny and cute.
I have no idea who the guy and girl are in the plaid holding
the cotton candy and drink, but thank you for looking
so cute in my fall fair picture.

Ferris wheel! I like this picture too...

My wonderful father, who I love dearly, decided
that he wanted to photograph my brother and I
on the Ferris Wheel. Every time we would come
around to where he was standing, he'd take a picture.
So I have like ten pictures of my brother and I doing
super weird faces.

I only just now realized that you guys have never actually seen a picture of my face, haha. Here I am thinking, "Yeah, they all know what I look like," but you don't. Unless you're creepy and stalked me and somehow found my house and therefore know what I look like. Or you actually know me outside of the interweb. Do you guys want a picture of my face? I can call it...(dramatic pause)... "The Reveal" DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNN.

Oh and 5SOS fans out there, DERPCON?!??!! *Internally freaks out*

Quote of the Day

That's one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they'll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons. - Dave Grohl

Cute and hot at the same time? Is that even possible?

Hello Lovelies,

So, I'm back at school now.

Joy.

Actually, it's not that bad so far. I'm taking a creative writing course, a generic english course and philosophy.

But that's not the point of this post. I should probably warn you, if you have no interest in 5SOS, you may want to stop reading now. Cause this post is gonna include some pretty heavy fangirling.

I watched their iTunes Festival today. I just.... I can't... excuse my tumblrness, but... THE FEELS!!

They were just incredible, and so attractive and so adorable and just... Gah!!

I mean this is just...

And this and

I think I may have lost the ability to breathe... just saying. Someone fetch me a paper bag.

And I mean, ignoring the fact that they were all incredibly attractive and sweaty and just... yeah, they actually performed super well as well! I mean, End Up Here was just amazing and so was Long Way Home and What I Like About You and I am personally biased to Good Girls so I will always think that song is amazing, even if it were sung by a tone deaf grandmother. 

I loved it. I've decided that I'm gonna have to save up to see them live next summer, even if it costs me a billion bucks. Okay, well maybe not a billion, but you get the gist. 

How can someone be so adorable and so hot at the same time? It just doesn't seem fair! One thing I noticed and have noticed for a bit now, is how different they are at their own shows. When I went to see them when they performed with One Direction, they were fairly clean, their music was played in a more pop-y fashion, they lost the piercings and just appeared more boyband-y. Watching them perform on their own, it was like watching a whole different band. Tattoos showing, piercings in, why not talk about your experiences drunk underage and throw a bird at the camera every once in a while? Personally, I like the less clean 5SOS better. I dunno, it seems way more... them. I find it kinda funny that One Direction has taken four years to even imply a swear word in their songs, yet 5 Seconds of Summer swears right in their first single whilst talking about how great the girl looks in his underwear.

Well this has been lovely, but it is past midnight where I am and I have to get up at seven tomorrow. Good night all! Ta ta for now! :)