Scottish or Irish?

Same old class, same old thing, still I have nothing to write about. One thing that is going on in my life at the moment is every night, without fail, I practice my singing. Not just any singing, but singing with my accent. Theres nothing better than the comforting sounds of an accent you recognise and relate to. I enjoy nothing more than sitting back and relaxing listening to Sam McTrusty from Twin Atlantic doing nothing but being himself. I'm aware of the cliche but Twin Atlantic are just a bunch of normal boys from Glasgow and they sound like it. They don't claim to be anything they're not and it shows. Sam has inspired me to practice singing in my own voice and not someone elses. I'm Scottish, not American. On this note someone whose number one fan I am not is Amy Macdonald, her voice is faked, she doesn't sound Scottish, she sounds Irish. Hailing from Glasgow surely she should have a glaswegian accent, she speaks with it so why, when she sings, does she suddenly switch nationality? I do not dispute that she is a brilliant song writer and to most a brilliant singer, But I just don't get it. So I have been practising my singing, nightly. i started out singing Twin Atlantic songs to get a feel for it, I then moved onto songs by other Scottish artists such as Ainslie Henderson and then last night, I moved on to other artists of other countries, It's a small mission I have set myself I just want to develop my voice so I don't sound like I've just rolled up from California. On Another note, I have a thing or two to say about Duffy, I don't see the appeal at all, I feel awful for saying it but I genuinely think she is an awful singer! I think her voice has a distinct resembalance to a goat. And then came the diet coke ad... The worst advert I have ever seen! The point of it is Duffy is inspiring people in the street to sing but these ordinary people are all better singers than her which just destroys the whole idea for the ad. If anything her presence in the advert has put me off of diet coke. I just don't see her appeal at all, she's not even pretty, my friend once said "she has a face like a melted welly boot" and who am I to disagree? She looks like a past-it hairdresser who style icon is her 16 year old daughter.

Is Love Real?

The subject of this blog (and my previous blog) is somewhat giving away what has been on my mind for the past few days and I'm wondering whether I should let my blogs do that. I'm giving everything away.

Anyway, I digress. Is love really real? I sense a recurring pattern, you meet someone, you date, you "fall in love" but as soon as things go bad you start to wonder if it was love you felt or if you just thought it was. What if it's true, we just thought we are in love? What does that mean? If we are all living in a world where the things we think we know for sure turn out to be fake then what is left? What can you believe if you can't believe your own feelings? I find it difficult to think about. I mean love is important, "love will concur all", nothing matters if there is love, but what if we didn't have that and the love we thought we had was nothing but a fabrication of our own minds?

Is Valentines Day Overrated?

I heard a friend say Valentines Day was overrated. It's a celebration of love, yes? But surely people should show love for each other every day of the year? Agreed, people should. The thing is... People do. I don't think valentines day is the only day a spouse will buy the other a present or propose or send a card. Love is celebrated always. But I for one as a hopeless romantic am overjoyed that something such as love is being celebrated and so it should! Love is beautiful and although it is floating around all the time surely it should have a day to get the chance to let its hair down and party? So what really bothers me about valentines day? Well although i appreciate the celebration of love I DO NOT appreciate the farce that is infact valentines day. We have turned it into something tacky, a generic money making machine the same as every other holiday. We shower it with cards and teddy bears that say "happy valentines day" - that quite frankly look stupid in your house for every single other day of the year- and cheap plastic roses. So why do we feel the need to cheapen the celebration of love? Every holiday card shops revel in selling over priced tack to not only children but also adults that are foolish enough to buy it, me included. So why is valentines day not about "real" presents? Why do companies feel the need to cash in on such holidays?

Is Glenrothes The Most Dismall Town In Scotland?

Glenrothes is said to be the most depressing town in Scotland but what do the people of Glenrothes really think? I mean if I'm perfectly honest I like it here, overall I do. I mean isn't home where the heart is? There are alot nicer, more fun, less boring places in the world but your home is your home, right? Glenrothes has a distinct lack of amenities but does that really make it the most depressing town in Scotland? I’m sure there are alot worse places. For me it is not Glenrothes itself that is the problem, I mean it is truly beautiful, it is not the concrete jungle that are the big cities, it has plants and trees and flowers. Nature, the truly beautiful parts of nature, it is the people of Glenrothes that are the true problem, humans.

If we are using the real definition of depressing that would be that someone is feeling emotionally depressed. Surely if people in Glenrothes are depressed it is not because they live in Glenrothes but because they live in the world today? Perhaps because they have lost faith in the world, in human kind. Is this what they mean? I think not, what the criticts really mean is that Glenrothes is no fun, yes? Well I know it is a little far but why not travel to Edinburgh or Dundee to have a good time? That way we do not compromise the small beautiful town we have by turning it into a miniature city.