Hello World! Goodbye Blog!

As you may have guessed by the infrequency of my posting (the last post being almost 2 months ago) I have found little room or desire in my life for the continuation of Take Your Carriage Clock and Shove It. This is not to say I won't one day return, much like the boy-king Leonidas in 300, but just that at this moment I have found other outlets for which to express my random thoughts and experiences in the blogosphere.

The first is via Tumblr @ http://carriageclockrock.tumblr.com/
As you can see from the name, this blog is a sort of replacement or evolution of TYCCASI consisting of more picture, less words and about the same amount of sass.

The second in via Twitter. You can follow me here: http://twitter.com/caitiecake

And finally, I will be contributing to the wonderful Lovely & Lavish @ http://lovelyandlavish.com/

Don't cry for me Argentina ... I'll leave you with some Boyz II Men as they can sing it better than I'll ever be able to type it. Sing it Boyz!

I just wrote my last exam of undergrad. I feel a little funny but mostly good. Packing shall now commence as i move out on Tuesday, and yes, I did forget about my blog for a little while there. Busy, busy as a bee, but no more reason left to study. 

Plans for the night: Dinner, playoff hockey, a little more packing and probably some ice cream. I'm not going to lie, Phil Collins might sneak in on the end of year festivities as well. 

Ominous Puddle pt. 3

It's back...
 

It's Coming ....

So I realized I have less than two weeks of class left and only another two weeks of exams after that and then I'm done. Graduated, booted out into the cold, cold world that is real life. Except not really because I'm going to school elsewhere next year. So technically I have one more summer to milk the student attitude and lifestyle I've become so accustomed to (with some changes). And it's a good thing because boy am I not ready to grow up - at ALL. So instead of making a list of personal Goalatudes (which last year went quite well, actually) I am going to be brainstorming things I want to do with friends or fun things to do on my own. I also fully expect to enlist the help of my fellow blogette and bring some healthy ridiculousness to the blogosphere by documenting my fresh graduate antics in what shall henceforth be called The Real (non)Housewives of Oakville (season 3 because this will be the 3rd summer we are actively up in each other's business). Until then .....

Here's a little something to get you in the mood for summer craziness:

Congratulations

I've just begun to listen to MGMT's new album Congratulations. So any feeling I have about it is extremely fresh. I haven't had time to completely let it seep in, nor have I decided whether I really like it. Overall first impressions though is that it is pretty good and I definitely want to listen to it again. Oracular Spectacular was a perfect album for the summer of 2008 and I hope that Congratulations will fit into this niche on my ipod as well. The album will officially be released in the next few weeks but for now the band is graciously streaming it HERE, and since this graciousness was prompted by a premature leak, I'm sure one would be able to download the entire thing for their listening pleasure elsewhere.

Have One On Me .... Okay!

Gah! I want so bad! Are you there God? It's me, Cait. I want Joanna Newsom's new album for my birthday please!

Good Intentions Paving Company:

I should note that I was never a Joanna fan. The one song I like was Peach, Plum, Pear and that took quite a bit of getting used to. Her voice was at first a bit much for me to take, but I think she's really done something wonderful here and it might even inspire me to go back and reconsider my position on Ys or Milk-Eyed Mender - might.
Oh, and happy Saturday!

An Education

First off, I know I haven't blogged in a while but I was under great duress as the date for my seminar presentation on Le Morte d'Arthur drew closer over the past 2 weeks. Thankfully that presentation has, as of 4pm today, been delivered and since I am zapped of any useful energy to direct toward the four essays I must now complete, I've decided to do a little something here. So forgive this delayed post but I simply must talk about An Education.

I am so desperately in love with everything about this film. The story, the clothes, the music - it is all more wonderful than the last. The message of this film is so inspiring and I really cannot say enough about the performances, especially that of Carey Mulligan. What prompted me to watch An Education was the impending Oscars. I realized that I had only seen one of the films nominated for best picture - UP! - yes I was woefully out of the movie loop and that hasn't really changed too much quite honestly. I still haven't seen Avatar, Precious or The Hurt Locker. But I was so there for It's Complicated which is one of my favourite films of 2009 so I suppose that somewhat makes up for it. Anyway, come Oscar weekend I was feeling particularly lazy and so I decided to watch a couple movies that were up for some nominations. I watched Up in the Air which I thought was okay, but that Anna Kendrick did not deserve a nomination and Vera Farmiga's character left me unimpressed.

Then I watched An Education and was blown away by how such a simple story could resonate so much with me. As a soon to be University graduate the one nosy question I get most from anyone is what I plan on doing with my life. The second, once someone learns of my concentration is a little more judgemental - Classics and English Literature, they say, do you plan to teach? Um no. And so when Carrey's character struggles with decision to attend university (which she sees as inevitably leading to a sad life as a teacher) or letting her much older beaux take care of her and forego her education completely I was excited. Finally a story that valued education and not vacuous beauty/charm. Also endearing Carey's Jenny is so enjoyable to watch. She's smart, she's sweet, she's sharp. Oh I lover her even in all her silliness, she is jsut 17 after all. Another trait that endeared me to her was her struggle with Latin, I hear ya sister! If you are firmly anti institutional education, then perhaps this is not the film for you. If you, however, Are begging to be shown why you've spent four years tirelessly working away at dead languages and dead poets - look no further. 

Oh right, the soundtrack. I loved just about every song I heard in this film. Particularly these two:

Sur Les Quais Du Vieux Paris by Juliette Gréco

Smoke without Fire by Duffy
click to listen