I am not a robot - marina and the diamonds gig

Last Wednesday me and my "gigging" partner Nicki mossyed on over to Queens student union to see Marina and the diamonds. As she isnt really a Big name yet the tickets were prices at £11 which was fab! And quite an odd mix of fans there as well.
The support act was another female who had a great voice but was wearing an odd get up...some people lik Paloma faith, marina get away with wearing mis matched clothese... this girl in her gold harem pants and lips t shirt just looked bit odd

Marina came on looking extremely cool.. wearing massive big red glasses....and sounding wicked. She has a fab voice and a great stage presence which the support (even tho good) lacked. Unfortunately i hadnt download the album so really only recvognised the few popular songs... I am not a robot was immense as was hollywood.
Was slightly disappointed that the gig only lasted 1 hr and that was including 2 songs as an encore though in that time she managed to wear 3 different outfits. The band (thou not the diamonds as i had originally thought few weeks back) were also very dapper in their bow ties.
Appareently "the diamonds" are in fact the audience who she interacts with!

all in all, well worth the £11 and will b "watching this space". For me - nxt stop Paul Weller and Ellie Goulding!

reliability more important than looks?

b4 anyone goes bananas here - wondering if Iv suddenly received enlightenment regarding matters of the heart - I am talking about reliablity of the 4 wheeled kind!

Im not one of those people who got remotely excited by a car - asked to describe a car I generally went no further than its colour and a shape. Ask me about the make, engine size and i was totally lost and drifted off to sleep. However a car is an essential part of my daily life. I travel over 300 miles/week on a round trip to work and back and coupled with many weeknds away throughtout our lovely island its a necessity evil for me.

However, this summer I decided that I would throw caution to the wind and get a car that I considered looked sharp. Anyway I got a dealer to search for and import for me a convertible beetle. Not any beetle - it had to be harvest moon (or cream to you and I ). Imagine my excited when a week or 2 later the dealer had indeed found a car to fit my requirements.

So on a nice sunny Thursday I excitedly drove down to bangor to collect my "new baby" And I must admit "she" looked pretty damn good and to b fair still does. However, once the initial excitement has worn off Im not as totally excited by her as I once was.

Firstly the shape of her is incredibly bulky - the days of squeezing into a tiny parking space or parrell parking has pretty much gone which is incredibly frustrating especially as I have to park On street at night.

The trade-off for the hood is that the rear mirror is pretty non extistent so even tho I got parking sensors put on , Im not always totally confident when reversing or indeed switching lines.

However, the biggest pain in the arse happened for the 3rd time today - hence the blog. As I was away from home for a week and therefore not driving for a week, when I went to drive her today the battery was totally flat. This happened twice b4 over the christmas holidays when again I didnt drive her for 4/5 days. At the time I put it down to the cold temperature. However,the fact that it has happened again makes me think its a problem with the electrics and cud happen again.

So my friends I pretty much am frustrated by her (btw i named her Bertha as thats apparently what u do with beetles - a male friend told me)

However, maybe if we get this summer that everyone is promising and when Im sailing up the coast with her hood down MAYBE Ill change my mind!

But at the moment when choosing my nxt car Ill consider more than the external appearance. And whilst it might b something boring and convential I'll take more notice about how it is to run!

popping my blogging cherry

have never considered blogging b4 for few reasons
a)I had previously seen it as something people did contacted with their job/were travelling/or had an interest or knowledge such as beauty or technology
b) an not especially a good speller and at times my typing is down right woeful
however having seen few other "ordinary" people start a blog up recently Iv decided to throw my hat into the ring and give it a go too.

I guess Im someone who has embraced the whole Digitial world.. opened up a Facebook account nearly 3 years ago and actively wrote on the old network wall, then later the groups.
Recently Iv become slightly bored with FB and Twitter now is my fav way of venting thoughts and opinions. Twitter also allows for my "nosey" side of human nature to fester. I enjoy reading the variety of blogs on there on variety of topics Im not especially knowledgable or interested in previously.

I cant promise that my blogs will provide any clear insight into aught much - i see it more as a diary feature on things going on around me, things that are topical at the moment so if thats ur thing I hope u will enjoy reading it.
paula x