Happy Friday everyone! Summer in Perth means there is sport a-plenty, and when it gets too hot to go outside while waiting for the next Australian Open match to start, I turn to my many fictional loves. This week I’ll spotlight five (or probably more) of my favourite fictional sporting teams/figures.
Dillon High Panthers
East Compton High Clovers/Rancho Carne High Toros
Average Joe’s/Globo Gym Purple Cobras
Tree Hill High Ravens
Mighty Ducks (couldn’t pick between animated
or Gordon Bombay, until this:)
Who do you love to support? How are you spending your weekend?
I am a soccer (football, shush!) obsessive, and even though the Socceroos are going to have it so rough this year (there’s a line of betting of them not scoring a single goal all tournament), I am still so so excited for this Thursday! I have been listening to these three songs repeatedly all this week, and I think they are the perfect tracks to inspire that sporting passion, that national pride and absolute wonder that comes with the World Cup.
The Cup of Life – Ricky Martin (1998)
Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) – Shakira (2010) (This song gives me goosebumps every time I hear it, and even though I have not lived in South Africa for 23 years, I still have such pride at being Saf and having had the biggest event in the world held in South Africa four years ago)
La La La (Brazil 2014) – Shakira featuring Carlinhos Brown (2014) (Yes, I know that this is not the offical World Cup song for this year, but I’m not really a fan of that on as much as I worship at the altar of Jennifer Lopez)
Here is the official 2014 World Cup song, by Pitbull featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte:
Hope your team does well this World Cup! My money this year is on the host nation (Brazil) or the Dutch, though I think the African nations can pull off a few surprise results too.
So I just came across this amazing song on a Chicago Bulls Tumblr page, and I may have already played it 33 times pumping myself up for Game Four. For those who don’t know, I am a massive Chicago Bulls fan, have been ever since my uncle let me play his NBA ’96 Playstation 1 game and all the way through the Andres Nocioni/PJ Brown/Chris Duhon days right up to the saga of Joakim Noah, Derrick Rose and the championship that could (should/will) be.
However living as I do all the way in little ol’ Perth, I have to stay up for a 1am tip off. Okay, I probably don’t have to stay up, but my love for this team makes it impossible for me not to. I am after all the same girl who stayed up until 6am from a 2am tip off last year against the Nets in double overtime.
So dear friends, I will apologise ahead of time if you happen to hear me yelling all the way from wherever in the world you are. Goodnight and go Bulls!
Love,
Andrea
I still have this issue of Vogue, because of the amazing editorial and feature on her.
I can’t quite recall where or when I first came across Lana Del Rey, but when I did I was entranced. Not only is she a stunningly beautiful human being but her voice is phenomenal. Something about it is so hauntingly beautiful, and the songs themselves express such longing, nostalgia and individuality that I just adore. I find myself weirdly identifying with the themes in some of her songs, which just serves to make me long to be like her even more. I will admit to not having watched many of her music videos and short films (more out of the fact that I don’t really watch music videos or spend hours on YouTube) but the ones that I have seen paint an almost idealistic picture of Del Rey and her life and love, adding even more to this sense of unattainable beauty and spirit that she posesses.
So to brighten up your Monday (or depress you, depending on your reaction to Lana), here are a handful of Lana Del Rey songs that are on high rotation for me at the moment.
Once Upon A Dream (From the upcoming Malificent soundtrack)
Young and Beautiful (From The Great Gatsby soundtrack)
Browsing along on the internet and found this gem.
This song is the very one that i will sing/say at my best friend’s wedding. It’s just such a phenomenally powerful song about forgiveness and friendship and how much one person can profoundly affect your life. Wicked to me was always a love story, but not between lovers but between best friends, Elphaba and Galinda. And this song epitomises that relationship, and what every relationship between two close friends should be. It never fails to make me tear up whether hearing the original recording, live (seen the show four times and counting, hopefully) or singing along to it in the car.
Today is December 1st. December 1st in Australia means SUMMER!!
I love summer, it just makes me so happy. I love the sun, the beach, the music, the sports, the parties, just everything.
And even though this is a years old movie now, not to mention part of the High School Musical franchise, this is the song that blares in my head every time I think of the fun I want to have this summer (particularly that first ten seconds or so, just epitomises my longing for the sun!)
Off to do something summery!
Love,
Andrea
PS: I am going to attempt to blog every day this summer. Hopefully I will be too busy to post more than the song that is in my head or a quick list, but the goal is there. Wish me luck!
Long time no post, which is very much my bad. But I could not resist showing what I think is the best of these utterly ridiculous Harlem Shake videos courtesy of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves:
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Dear everyone who thinks it is a good idea to make a Harlem Shake video of your own, this is what everyone else wants to do to you.
Love, Andrea
It's useful being top banana in the shock department.
Breakfast at Andrea's 