Thursday, March 10, 2011

Titles are definitely not one of my favourite things.


I think the first thing I should mention, in this post of all my favourites, is music.
My favourite music is not limited by genre. I like all types of music. But my absolute favourite songs are songs which alter your emotions. Songs with lyrics that are so haunting that you just want to share them with the world, songs with beats that have you tapping your feet unconsciously, songs that raise your spirits, or lower them. I can sit in awe, listening not to the instruments, but to the vocals. To the words that they are giving me, to the emotions that are buried in the song. Those, to me, are amazing songs, and I am in awe of the incredibly talented musicians that create them.
Another important aspect of my favouritism is books. I love books. Again, I don’t have a favourite genre (though I am partial to detective/mystery novels). My tastes in books are similar to my tastes in music. Books, to me, have the ability to convey deeper emotion, as they don’t abide to the same rules as lyrics. Books which can teach you something about yourself, or can convey the emotions of its characters so powerfully that you are immersed in this fictional word painted in your mind’s eye, are my favourite books. I love the smell of the pages and the shapes of the letters on the paper. I also have a strange habit of flicking the pages with my thumb, it’s weird and unconscious but I’ve always done it.
(Feel free to recommend me books to read!)
Other favourite of mine include:
- Chocolate. My favourite snack of all time and something of which I eat far too much.
- Relentless (an English energy drink). I drink far too much of this; I’m naturally hyper anyway.
- My dad’s homemade cannelloni. It’s a Bolognese sauce poured over pasta tubes stuffed with mushroom sauce. I am totally going to post the recipe on here because it is AMAZING.
- Travelling. This year I am visiting my friends in Toronto and seeing a brilliant band live. I’m also travelling up to Glasgow/East Kilbride for a few days to meet my friend who lives there.
- Cities. I’m moving to London next year for University (hopefully!). I’ve only visited London twice for a few days, but I think moving from my small town in the north, to the capital city will give me the inspiration to be a better person. I hope.
To end this entirely too long post; I am going to tell you the thing I love most.
My favourite thing in the entire world has got to be being a human being. We’re a miracle of evolution. It leaves me in awe that I was given this voice, this personality, this body. One day, I hope I can use my voice to make a difference and make the Earth a better place for all the people waiting to be born.

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