belated caturday: getting through

so. this time round, i'm not even a day late... i'm TWO whole days late. TWO. this is how ridiculous my life has gotten. urgh!

with this in mind, i have a copy-paste caturday to share with you, with very little original input from yours truly. however, you should still love it... and if you don't, you aren't human. k, that's all.

(this was sent to me via the really wonderful Natalie-friend, who deserves much credit for being her beautiful self. onwards.)

Herewith follows a BuzzFeed page entitled, "How To Overcome Anything". seems appropriate.

Having a bad day? Maybe you need a friend to jump in and help you out.

Sometimes LIFE happens and we have no clue how to react.

You might be a little overwhelmed at first.

Or, like, really freaked out.

But that's totally OK, because everyone has days where they're blindsided.

What's important is remembering that you're awesome...

...and can handle any challenge that comes your way...

...because you are innovative and quick on your feet.

Sometimes being innovative means there's a risk of failure...

...or that you might fall a bit short...

...but remember not to beat yourself up about it.

It's more likely that you're going to kick this obstacle's butt!

So get busy...

...because you're totally going to nail it...

...and you'll get the recognition you deserve for it, too!

The rest will be smooth sailing :)

how awesome was that, right?! totally worth the extra two days it took me to get my act together and post it :P if you'd like to see the original post (that i 100% plagiarised), click here. otherwise, have an amazing week! (and do bear us Journ kids in mind if you have a moment... i'm still struggling to comprehend that all of this work is a real thing >.< ) 

♥

caturday: the FWP edition

hi, y'all!

i know, i know, i know...  i'm late with this post again :/ now's the time when you cue the image of me sitting in La Tratoria (an AMAZING Italian restaurant) last night with the most wonderful company, food, drinks, music, dancing and the main thought running through my head being, "oh no, i haven't posted for caturday yet... darn it!" First World Problems much? ;)

but before we get into the post (and i've given you a bit of a hint regarding what it's about, haha!) i have a video for you to watch that will hopefully make you forgive me for being a day late ;) it is MAGIC, trust me...

i cannot handle it. as for the cats with the vacuum cleaners - WHAT? Gimli and Roo both hate the vacuum cleaner and run away from it. they would die before letting it GROOM them! whoozah!

anyway.

the theme for this week's caturday is (could you guess? ;) ) FIRST WORLD PROBLEMS! this is because, if i'm being perfectly honest, i can sometimes be the QUEEN of First World Problems. the QUEEN.

so, without further ado, the First World Problems... of cats.

...and if those weren't ENOUGH, someone decided that cats are SO uppity that they'd speak in Latin while bemoaning their first-world pains. SERIOUSLY.

"I could never catch the little red dot."

"I miss the Egyptians and my statues."

"Human bought me a new cat bed... I prefer the box."

"I don't know my name because I have so many nicknames."

"I've only been fed six times today."

whew. cats have a LOT of First World Problems, it appears. poor kids ;) 

if you feel like an extra chuckle, watch this video - which is quite a few of these First World Problems and some others combined in the form of a cat's diary. it is legitimate. 

...oh dear. now that that's done, i have a First World Problem of my own (school work to do - on a Sunday! what a travesty!) so i must bid you all adieu as well as a happy and beautiful Mothers' Day! :D 

i love you, Mama!

autumn soundtrack

it's so sad when i think about all the time i must've had to blog back in school on which i never monopolised... now, when i have so much to blog about, i just have NO TIME (>.<) sigh. moving on...

on WEDNESDAY, i planned to post this particular post for y'all -- and now it is Friday and a day away from caturday, but i couldn't care less. i will post about this, gosh darn it! i've been listening to a lot of tunes lately while working in the Design labs and have hit on a number of gems that i feel perfectly fit the mood of autumn (which, if you're in the northern hemisphere, is getting quite visible down here in the south)... so relax, kick off your shoes, and sway along to some fairly melancholic but nevertheless beautiful autumn-style music! :)

aaaaaaand...

love is beautiful and true, life is beautiful and new. YEP.

time for me to head to a lecture, but have a happy Friday, everybody :D

belated caturday: the band edition

hey y'all!

i apologise for missing caturday yesterday... *grimace* i had every intention of blogging, but my day turned into a jam-packed frenzy of:

• watching rugby
• getting my heart broken while watching rugby (don't laugh, it's a thing!)
• spending three hours in an office full of funny people subbing newspaper articles and making grammatical and design changes to pages on a computer that decided (at the last minute!) to pack up and leave me in the lurch (don't laugh, it's another thing) 
• rushing off to band practice
• having band practice
• rushing off to soundcheck
• having soundcheck
• getting back up the hill and spending some time with my guy
• walking back down the hill to get some food before our gig
• waiting FOREVER at Debonairs
• finally getting my food
• sitting on the floor at Oldies and eating pizza that was practically dripping with cheese while being chastised by friends for eating dairy before singing (ha!)
• playing our gig at Battle of the Acoustics
• winning Battle of the Acoustics
• getting victory ice cream with Natalie, Cathy, Niamh and their other nice friend whose name i don't know (oops) EDITED TO ADD: ATHINA! their friend's name is Athina and she's lovely :)
• walking back up the hill
• spending a little time with Chris, and...
• heading back to res and falling into bed for some serious sleep. 

so yeah... time wasn't really on my side yesterday >.<

ANYWAY, since The Bad Hands (my band, yo) won Battle of the Acoustics (! very excited !) i decided to go with a band theme for this weekend's caturday. ohmygoodness. hold onto your hats... this is gonna get funny ;)

firstly, crazy Debbie's cat-band... because yes.

then there are these guys...

and these 'uns...

...who both have more detailed stage set-ups than the Bad Hands ever do, hee ;) (also, purple with stars? interesting theme there...)

then, of course, we have the indie-band, with lead singer Cat Somebody rocking that hipster scarf...

...and then these guys, who basically RULE. i would SO join their band if they asked me to!

also, a maracca-party cat band. who would not want these cool cats entertaining their party people? amiright?

and FINALLY, explodingdog's Sam takes the cake with this one:

...except cats totally are friend replacements ;) that's all.

now goodnight everybody, and i'll hopefully blog again super soon!! 

caturday: the model edition

guys, let's be real here. cats are the BEST posers. if you're responding to this statement with confusion or shakes of the head, you do not know cats... because they can work that camera alright.

with that in mind, let me introduce to you a series of photo combinations taken from a blog by the name of Des Hommes et des Chatons - which is French for, "the people and the cats", i think. but i'm 'a Google Translate that and be right back...

HA! okay. i was kind of close. apparently it means, "Men and Kittens". hmmm. sounds interesting. anyway, let me introduce you to the concept: the people over at this website take a photo of a male model/actor/singer/person, and place alongside it a photo of a cat, in a similar outfit/pose/situation. it is GOLDEN. observe:

BAHAHA!

it gets even better - how about a tortured gaze, complete with fist-resting-on-chin?

they've got it.

or maybe you're more in the mood for some reading-with-glasses?

...got that too.

how about ballet - anyone fond of an arabesque?

...got that. (okay, let's be honest - i have no idea what an arabesque is, actually, but i know it has to do with ballet. so.)

keyboard-playing, for those who are into musos?

cats can do that, too, you know.

biting one's lip in a rather sensual fashion?

NAILED IT!

or y'all hipster folk, how's about some mustachios up in here?

snow?

kung fu?

mirror-checking-out-ness?

taking a drink out of a straw?

consuming watermelon?

playing guitar?

more soulful playing of the piano?

"so deep that ah'm playing wif mah TEEF!"

jumping?

stretching?

taking your photo?

being Ryan Gosling?

"hey girl..."

showing brotherly love?

OH, IT IS ALL JUST TOO MUCH.

but where would we be if we didn't have a little balance, right? while perusing these photo comparisons (i don't know what to call them, aaaah!) i came across Cats that look like Pin-up Girls. oh no. here are my four favourites from that compilation...

oh dear, oh dear.

it's time to call it a night, but i hope you've all had a fabulous caturday! stay classy and keep posing the way these cats've shown ya - because i think we can now ALL agree that cats are best at posing (as they are with just about everything in life) ;)

P.S. all credit for finding these amazing gems must go to the marvellous Ali, who has yet again brightened my life :) ♥