The Random Day's Adventure

Oh I had one of those days yesterday, a day where nothing really happens but you feel like you have gotten so much done. I woke up and thought that I would either go to Stratford, Canary Wharf or Bankside. In the end I decided to travel to Bankside so I could have a little lookie at the Tate Modern. The Tate Modern is a great place but because I had already been recently, nothing had changed so I didn’t really want to spend too much time there. I have no idea what day it was (well I know it was Wednesday) but there were so many French people around! It must have been French heart London day as everywhere I turned there were French people! Clearly Paris was full of English! anyway, not that that matters it was just rather odd. I wondered across the millennium bridge which was vibrating like a... well you know what it was vibrating like and it did amuse me! It was a great foot massage! As you can see by some of the photos that I took of my day, I had my monitoring of the Shard done and decided to move onto One New Change. Back tracking, I have to mention that the Shard is oh so close to being complete. The photos that I have taken you can roughly see that the top is glazed on the other side so it will not be long until they glaze the remainder. Back to me walking to One New Change, however and I wanted to go and take some panoramic photos of St. Pauls. Whilst up there, looking around at the surrounding scenery, it was odd to think of how ugly London looked. I barely ever say that but the weather had given it a side that looked rather dark, gloomy and lifeless. I cant wait until Summer to see the place injected with colour again. This Summer I am once again going to make the most of going out and touring the city. It is great to see those hidden areas and hopefully I will be able to expose them to myself and also to anyone else on here. My day ended rather abruptly as I spent lots of money that I did not have on ties and belts so I thought it would be best to finish up and get home in the light with some of my money left! Take a look at the pictures from my day and let me know what you think.

Above: Panoramic photo from the Shard on the left to St Pauls on the right

Above: The London eye in the distance and St Pauls in front

 Above: Two photos from the Tate gallery. Love both of these works of art even though the one on the left ruins your brain after viewing it for a while 

 Above & Below: photos from Bankside. St Pauls, some random trees at the Tate and then the Shard below. 

Signing out, Thatmfeeling 

23rd February 2012: Picture Of The Day

This area has been on the news so much recently that when I was looking though my photos of the adventure I had yesterday it made me sit and think for a while. This photo reminds me to do the things that I want to do no matter what stands in my way.

The BRIT awards 2012: What A Shame!

With such a fantastic 2011 under their belts and being this being an olympic year for our country, I could only imagine how big the BRIT awards were going to be this year. I imagined huge performances, big remixes and massive collaborations. Oh how disappointed we were. Whilst I can not say the show was a complete disaster, I can say that the show has extreme making up to do next year. We start the disappointment with the revealing of the 2012 BRIT award. It looks like Sir Peter Blake had the award sent into a primary school for the kids to vandalise in comparison to the beautifully elegant design of Vivienne Westwood’s award last year. We should have seen doom from the start but being the BRITs I have to let everything go as I know that they will throw us some big surprises... won't they? There were surprises but in all honesty, I do not think that any of them were great. Florence and the Machine just seemed a little to normal for my liking. It was a usual performance from an album that has been over played recently. I would have expected something a little new and different to make her stand out but we just got the usual standard performance from them. Rihanna added nothing to the table with a song that has also been over played in all corners of the world with people running around covered in paint. I got the feeling that the performance was packed away safely from last year and reused this time around (I know it wasn’t it is just that we have been there and heard it) I wanted her to mix some songs up from pervious albums and then give us something that the world had not seen. The balloons, paint and confetti, whilst pretty much standard for her were a nice effect to the arena. 

Above: James Cordon presents the awards ceremony again proving that he has no sense of humor at all.

I have to give it to Bruno Mars, whilst he again used a song that we can all sing as it is etched into the inner depths of our brains, I thought the change to the song and the setting of the stage made it different and cool. Adele’s performance was as usual stunning but I just do not understand why he picked a song that is probably the most played song in recent UK history and also one that was also played recently in the Grammys. I will not even bother with Blur’s “headlining event” I thought it was completely pointless and do not understand why they were picked for an award since they have been away for God knows how long, their albums have been stored under our beds and away from the radio. They have not contributed much in recent years and seemed a little dead to me. Speaking of the dead... the Witney Houston section lasted about five seconds and was pointless to even have it in there. I am not a fan of her songs but it would have been nice for someone to cover one of her songs rather than show a few pictures and then carry on and get drunk. I felt like it was added because people demanded it and that it was not taken seriously. We remember Witney Houston on the show however I cant remember anyone remembering Amy Winehouse in this ceremony (my TV did cut off so correct me if I am wrong) I think there should have been a recognition award for her as she has given us some fantastic music. Ed Sheeran kept things very intimate and focused and I have to give that to him. It was a very simple performance but that is what he does best. 

 

Award left: The 2012 design by Sir Peter Blake / Award Right: The 2011 design by Vivienne Westwood

Adele won two awards and what horrified me and probably many others watching was the fact that she got cut off at the end by the presenter because Blur needed to sing. I think this is awful and disgusting that we kick off someone that has given this country extreme notability for talent has to be pushed off at the end of an achievement of hers whilst some chavs that have been around for a long time can scream down microphones to people that are horrified. I want to give the ceremony some notability because I love the BRITs so much but the more I talk about it the more I realised how much of a flop this year has been. I always see the BRITs as fresh, different, the ceremony that takes things to that extra step (the naughty teen of the family) but this year it has been a letdown, a letdown full of adverts, ad breaks and constant reminders of who will be singing next. If you missed the show then I would recommend watching 2011’s instead. It was much more worth it, 

signing out, a very disappointed Thatmfeeling 

Trafalgar Square: The Fourth Plinth

It is not long until the fourth plinth artwork is changed and this years commission is going to be “Powerless Structures, Fig. 101” The sculpture is of a little boy sitting on his rocking horse. The idea itself is actually inspired from the other remaining plinths in Trafalgar square. The idea that these plinths hold statues of “war lords” that depict courage, honor and power has been twisted into a more subtle form. The sculpture can portray a world without war, the horse is just a toy and the lord is actually a little boy. Fig.101 is very fascinating if you look into it because there can be so many meanings behind it. It is a play on ideas but also shows ambition in itself. This boy could want to grow up and be a hero, someone that is powerful and someone that can change the world. It shows that even from a young age that we have these ambitions and reminds us all that we can achieve them. The work goes on display in Trafalgar square from Thursday 23rd February and will be displayed for about a year. In 2011 it was also reveled that 2013’s sculpture will be a rather striking bionic blue cock, cleverly titled “cock” This work of art will be extremely striking and  I am sure will grab everyones attention that is walking through or past Trafalgar square. Two very striking yet different works of art, two very types of years coming up. 

Below are the videos from the creators about their works of art. Whilst they are not to everyones taste, I think they will be welcome works of art to the area.

signing out, Thatmfeeing 

15th February 2012: Picture Of The Day

I saw this picture when I was browsing through my phone and I remembered how creepy the baby was. This photo really has no relation to today other than I was in a store all day and that it has been rather random. I thought I would share this with you anyway as it is a rather cool photo even if I do say so myself!

Big Fat Gypsy Weddings: back for the better?

Big fat gypsy weddings is back and as the advert states... its bigger, its fatter and it is gypsier! Whilst I do have to admit that I love watching the show, it is for all the wrong reasons. The program is rather tacky and is basically out to make fools out of all these people. Whilst in some lights it does open our eyes to their way of life, in others it is just there for us to make negative opinions and laugh at these poor people at their own expenses. The first episode shows a gypsy wedding where two girls get dressed up as a pineapple and a palm tree and then for one of them to get married in a dress covered in cats.  We also get a look into a gypsy beauty pageant where some of the girls are horrifically hanging out of their dresses and giving it their all. Whilst I have nothing against gypsy people and do try to accept most people at their own, I just feel rather disturbed when I watch the show and wonder to myself if half of it is actually real. The program also brings up the long old argument about their rights. Should they be allowed to live the way that they do when they live in a country run in a completely different way? I would have to agree and disagree with this. I think that they should be able to live in caravans but that they should also have to pay council tax. If you are using facilities that are provided by the tax payer then you should be paying the tax in the first place. Should they be able to throw these exotic and outrageous weddings and not get kicked out at the last minute? I personally think that they should be able to but they must also have procedures that can deal with the arguments and fights that are now nearly as well known to us as the wedding dresses that these people wear. For entertainment purposes I think that this show is one to watch and you will be talking about it for hours. For factual and educational purposes however I think that it is not exactly as it says on the tin and it may cause more bad than good. Let me know what you think of the show and if you will be tuning in for a big fat wad of gypsy next week?

Signing out, Thatmfeeling 

February 14th 2012: Photo Of The Day

My Day has ended on the focus of memories so I wanted to use a photo of a memory not so long ago. Its nice when you have friends over for drinks, its something that I do not do enough. Roll on Summer! I can't take this cold weather! Summer = going out with friends!