Meh. I got bored today and decided to finally do my cover of Fightstar’s song, “Paint Your Target” – one of my favorites of theirs.

So, here it is. It’s basically an acoustic piano/guitar version of the song. It’s not perfected yet. I couldn’t edit out the feedback from the microphone for some reason. Why there was feedback is far beyond me…lol. Anyway I hope you like it

Credits:
Written by Charlie Simpson/Alex Westaway
Music composed by Fightstar
Guitar Pro tab by Diazz [ click here for the tab ]
Arrangement/Vocals/Video editing by Imee (that’s me! hahaha)

Oh, hi there. What up what up?

I’m lazy. Find me elsewhere. I’m seriously considering becoming a neo-Luddite. Well, not entirely. I mean, we all need technology one way or another. It’s just too frustrating sometimes. Errors here, there and everywhere. I’d like some zen into my life, thanks.

At the moment my Acer laptop is more of a sleep soother thingy. Whatever that’s called. ‘Cause when I go to sleep a few “white noise” and “relaxation” websites are on, playing rhythmic beats so I can sleep better. I’m a very, VERY sleep deprived person and I’d love to change that. I want to have enough sleep to keep me energetic and stuff. See, even this post is kinda making you sleepy. Huh?

What the eff. I gotta fix these smileys. I just upgraded Wordpress and they’ve overwritten my smileys! Nooo. Gotta go. Hope to see y’all soon.

PS: Who wants to go see Paramore with me? I’ve no one to go watch it with.

PPS: How was your Valentine’s weekend? Mine was peachy. Spent it with the family.

Unless you have one of those iTampon things. Ahhh the things I read on Twitter these days. Seriously, “iTampon” was in the middle of the trending topics for quite some time!

ANYWAY.

This is the post where I say why I don’t think the iPad is such a good idea. And don’t get me wrong… I (most of the time) LOVE Apple/Mac products. But here goes.

1. The name seems semi-ridiculous. Okay, it kinda makes sense, but you have to admit – it’s hard not to poke fun at the name iPad. Some celebs are even tweeting it as the MaxiPad. LOL!!!
2. It’s basically a gigantic iPod Touch – without a camera. Admit it! It uses the iPhone operating system. So really, it’s just a keyboard-less mini laptop that runs the iPhone OS.
3. I think Apple is much more capable than this. I’m one of those Apple fangirls. Why? They’re innovators. They claim to Think Different. However, there’s barely anyone today in their right mind who I’ve seen to actually WANT an iPad aside from the fact that it’s NEW. People with basic techie knowledge are aware that for at least $499, you’re not really getting something entirely new or innovative. So unless you’re a hermit and the idea is relatively new to you, I don’t think you’d want one too.
4. I can’t even make music on it. A plethora of musicians create demos and such on their trusty Apple laptops and desktops. Why? Because of Garage Band (yes, the ever famous software included in the iLife bundles), as well as other musicians’ software that run flawlessly on the Mac. Since the iPad uses the iPhone OS and not the Mac OS, you can’t install Mac software there – only iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad apps available from the Apple App Store. Sure, there’s some music creation apps there, but it’s just not the same.
5. It’s not even wide-screen! I haven’t seen the 1024×768 resolution on any computer for YEARS running already. So why revert now? Most videos and photos these days are in formats of at least 1280×800 or something similar. Why bring back the annoying black top and bottom borders?
6. I’ve seen Apple mockups that are far better than this. Oh, if only Apple would do a bit more research! The iPad (then rumored as the “Apple tablet”) spawned so many great products we could only dream of.

This thing, the all new iPad, is seriously over rated. It’s not an entirely bad thing though. I guess students and businessmen would find great use for it. But people with other agenda, such as music and digital art, would probably want something more advanced. Or at least the same thing, but running the Mac OS instead of the iPhone OS. A Mac version of the famous netbooks such as this one wouldn’t hurt either.

What do you think, Steve Jobs? I like your idea, but it’s just not for me.

Last January 8th, I turned 23. Hahahahahahaha. I don’t feel old though. Everyone else my age or slightly younger think that 23 is old. It is NOT. I’m not being defensive or anything. I just think I’m living for the day unlike a lot of people who are either stuck in the past or too freaked out about the future. So ha.

What else what else.

O ya. I quit my job. I was in it for less than a month. lol. Now where’s my money?! Hahaha. I wanna go to the Paramore concert, see. It’s in March and I’m REALLY excited to see those guys live. They’re awesome – one of my fave bands from the 2000s [I'm a '90s kid, see... especially when it comes to music, movies and TV].

Aaaaaand! I wrote a song! First for the year. Not to happy with it, but at least I’ve been writing again. I need more drive. Like I used to, years ago. Except… I don’t want to feel like I did during those times. Not anymore. I gotta move forward. You know the feeling where you seem to be inspired only when you’re down? I don’t want that anymore. It’s not healthy. Sure, sure, music is my therapy – but I don’t want to constantly feel down just so I can make music. I don’t want to always end up sabotaging relationships with all the people around me for the sake of writing. It’s not fair – not to them and not to myself.

On a positive note… I’m online a lot. At strange hours of the day. So if you feel the need to take a hold of me, I’m either in Facebook, Farmville, Tumblr, or Twitter. Don’t IM me, I’m barely on those things. Don’t call or text me, I’ve abandoned my phone. You could probably email me, but good luck finding out which email I’m using. Muwahahahaha.

Or I’ll be in front of the TV watching sitcom and cooking show reruns. Or asleep. HAHAHAHAHA.

PS: That is NOT my Post Secret up there. So relax, k?

Merry Christmas, everybody

Sorry I haven’t been posting much here anymore [not that anybody still cares... LOL]. Been a little too busy with stuff. Work has been too stressful, so yeah. I don’t know where I’m supposed to start picking up the pieces now.

I suppose I can start by tidying up my room or something.

Who am I kidding. I can’t even tidy up my laptop these days!!! It’s so unlike me. I’m one of those obsessive kids who categorize things too much… i.e. clothes sorted by colors, digital pictures sorted by date [pictures folder > year > month > day > occasion]. So this has to be easy for me.

I don’t normally make new year’s resolutions, so I guess this’ll be my first. Be more organized. Than usual. And more of that physically, not just digitally.

PS: I’m turning 23 in less than 2 weeks. 2010 will be strange but great