Written by Amy on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 ( 2 responses ) |
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So… I have noticed, I don’t know if you have, but I seem to have a 6-month mark. It’s basically me finding something, obsessing over it for 6 months, and then sort of… there? It’s still there, but not getting mad over it anymore.
At least it’s been like that since Harry Potter… I am almost pretty sure. I pretty much disliked the last two books, for OBVIOUS reasons, some smart people might notice… and friends will pretty much know. So it all sort of crushed something inside of me…
Main thing is, I don’t read as much as I was reading in my 2003-2006 period, but that’s another topic.
Since then, I’ve been jumping fandoms… now, is it because some fandoms are not good? Or is it something about me? Can’t I hold my interest longer than six months??
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Filed under: Celebrity, English, Irish, Japanese, Rants, Television
Tags: america's next top model, antm, bjork, celtic woman, emma caulfield, last friends, marion cotillard, marit larsen, meav ni mhaolchatha, rasuto furenzu, the l word, ueno juri, yu aoi
Written by Amy on Friday, September 7th, 2007 ( Start discussion ) |
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Heck yeah! Doing better with eyes… or maybe I’m just REALLY crappy with acrylics…
Check out the new portrait I did… this time, charcoal!
Portrait in Digital Charcoal of (ex) member of Celtic Woman, Meav Ni Mhaolchatha.
9hrs
Corel Painte
Disclaimer: You can use this picture, but please give credit where it’s due!
Credit: amy-wong.com
Filed under: Celebrity, Drawings, English, Jobs, Music, Paintings, Sharing
Tags: black and white, celtic woman, corel painter, digital, drawing, meav, meav ni mhaolchatha, portrait
Written by Amy on Monday, August 13th, 2007 ( Start discussion ) |
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I have finally found the Silver Sea album by Méav Ní Mhaolchatha, after extensive searching and waiting. I will share for a limited time only, if you’re interested, be sure to leave a message in this post.
The album has 13 songs of pretty awesome vocals. Meav’s got one of the most delightful voices I’ve heard in a long time, it really is a pleasure to just listen to her. Many of the tracks are slow to mid-tempo songs that really showcase her vocals, but most of my favorite ones are beat-driven tracks like The Wicked Sister, and The Dark-Haired Girl.
Some other highlights are Morning in Béarra - that, if I’m not mistaken, sounds like She Moved Thru the Fair, - A Maid in Bedlam, and Youkali Tango - a sexy-sounding Tango in French. Song lyrics and translations found at LyricsMagnet.com. Here’s the tracklist:
- You Brough Me Up
- The Wicked Sister
- Morning in Béarra
- Full Fathom Five
- The Waves of Tory
- A Maid in Bedlam
- The Cradles
- Newry Boat-song
- Martha’s Harbour
- The Dark-Haired Girl
- Port Na Bpucaí
- Silent O Moyle
- Youkali Tango
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Filed under: English, French, Irish, Lyrics, Reviews, Sharing
Tags: cd, celtic woman, download, meav ni mhaolchatha, online, shop, silver sea
Written by Amy on Thursday, August 9th, 2007 ( 2 responses ) |
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Welcome to the brand new adventures of Amy Wong, this time~ entitled, Amy Wong and the Search of the Silver Sea. (insert harry potter pun in here)
As many know, I have found myself obsessed with Celtic Woman, so I was trying to look for some tracks by Meav Ni Mhaolchatha, whose name I have finally learned to type. I was browsing iTunes when I found the music I wanted, and downloaded some of her tracks, when I realized iTunes Canada didn’t have listed her album Silver Sea… yes, I was browsing iTunes USA when I saw it. So I found myself cursing and cussing against iTunes, because seriously… Canada and the US? Not much of a difference in the market, is there? I know, I know it’s not iTunes’ fault per se, but the record companies… but WHATEVER.
Anyway, since I couldn’t get the tracks the legal way, I started searching all torrents sites with Bit Che (insert sponsorship here) - but couldn’t find ANYTHING. Then, I decided to open LimeWire (insert more propaganda here), but yeah~ no such luck either.
Then, I started googling (more propaganda here… seriously, I should get some money for all these advertisement I’m adding in my post) - Tried Calabash Music first (more ads), but nothing there… and then found Artist Direct (more ads) - they had Meav listed, they just didn’t have the Silver Sea album… AND FINALLY! I found eMusic (more ads) - the site seemed normal, read the WHY JOIN? thing they had, and DIDN’T READ anything about REGION RESTRICTION, so I signed up. But SURPRISE! I couldn’t download~ The album is not allowed in Peru, nor Canada~
Now, I went straight to the source of all this madness… Meav’s official site, which gives a few links where to get her album. Amazon.com or UK don’t have the album anymore (ok, more ads… and I knew I wouldn’t be able to find the album because it’s quite old) - and also… Celtic Collections. In fact, Celtic Collections HAS the album in stock, with another cover, and who knows what other tiny differences. The price? 13.5 Euros. Now, that’s a rip-off for me, I’m sorry… coz I know for sure, I will need to pay probably 7 Euros more for shipping, and I can’t really see if that’s a good deal for me.
I heart Meav, and all… but come on! Get real, I’m Peruvian - over 15 Euros for an album is a lot of money for me, especially because I only want 5 tracks from the album! However, I’m seriously tempted in buying it just to post it online, so no one has to suffer getting the tracks. My only chance without spending over 10 Euros, is to wait for my cousin to get me the tracks… she may be able to, since she’s living in the US. Hopefully, eMusic will allow her to download the tracks, or else… I’ll have to figure out a way around the iTunes tracks.
Oh yeah, by the way… Calabash Music is pretty good, since I haven’t gotten any content restriction issue with it, as well as those DRM-Free music thingies on iTunes music, you know, “The Protection” code thing which really bugs people. So I will shout it to the world, CALABASH MUSIC IS PRETTY AWESOME.
Filed under: English, Music, Rants
Tags: amazon mp3, amazon.com, celtic collections, emusic.com, itunes, meav ni mhaolchatha, silver sea
