Signs You Might Be Obsessed With A TV Show | Top 10 Series To Watch

This is actually the most accurate video regarding TV show addiction uploaded by my absolute favourite female Youtuber of all time, Jenna Marbles (which is embedded below), which is why I decided to post about the top 10 TV series (in no order) I'm obsessed with - old and new - and all you readers should definitely consider watching (or re-watching):

1. Glee - I've recently started the series and managed to watch two seasons within three days. I have to admit that when the series had just started, I dismissed it as very cheesy and stupid. I was so completely wrong. The show has a good storyline and very sexy actors (of course, because what's a series without cute male actors?)
2. Angel - Buffy: The Vampire Slayer's spin-off which, as the title indicates, revolves around Angel, the vampire with a soul. It's an old series and it didn't last as long as I wanted it to, but it's fun to re-watch it and laugh at Lorne's nicknames for humans and Angel, and gushing over Spike's immaculate British accent.
3. Pretty Little Liars - Has by far the best plot of all time. Every episode has the ability to leave you at edge and shouting "OMG THAT WAS EPIC! WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT WEEK?!" at your screen. I hope this series never ends, because it's that amazing.
4. Ravenswood - This series only started in November and it's already as captivating as its 'sister' series Pretty Little Liars. If you enjoyed Pretty Little Liars, then you should definitely watch this series.
5. Supernatural - My favourite series of all time, hands down. I remember watching it and only stopping it when a killer clown was featured (massive coulrophobic here!). The I decided to master up my courage and re-watch the series. Thankfully, there were no more killer clowns (except one funny episode where two clowns were involved, but they weren't killers) nine seasons on. It's the kind of series where any character you grow to love dies... but most of them are resurrected - which is good right? - and also where it's possible to 'ship' (definition: An unrealistic relationship that you love so much but causes you so much pain and misery forcing you to scream "MY FEELS!" while sliding out of your chair because it never comes true even though it's so obvious it should.)
6. How I Met Your Mother - Barney Stinson (played by the amazing Neil Patrick Harris), founder of the Playbook and saying 'Legen-wait for it-dary' (and many other alternatives), inventor of the game 'Haaaaaaave you met Ted?' and my favourite fictional character ever. The series is currently in its ninth and last season (BOO!). The plot is long as hell, where a father is telling his son and daughter the story of how he met their mother, who was featured for the first time in the finale of the eighth season (!!), and was the most anticipated moment in the series' run.
7. 2 Broke Girls - I watched the first two seasons within hours, which surprised myself to say the least. It's a comedy filled with numerous explicit jokes, all of which are uttered by the feistiest, sexiest female character, Max (played by Kat Dennings), and it makes you feel a bit better about your current living situation.
8. American Horror Story - Even though each season (so far three) has a completely different plot and characters, each plot is very good. Most of the actors featured in one season are also featured in another. My favourite actress in the series is Jessica Lange, who does a great job in portraying the bitchiest and most evil of all characters.
9. Hostages - Also a new series which started in October and my Gooooooood is it good! I didn't expect the series to be this great, and the plot revolves around conspiracies about the American President and the Secret Service, which is why I started watching this series in the first place.
10. Reign - (Yet another new series). Despite the series being historical and dating back to the 1500s, it's amazing. And it involves betrayal, deceive AND cute princes (*wink wink*).

... and here's the video the post was supposed to be about

Sandra Bullock Googled herself at the Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards...

This woman will never seize to amaze me. She will forever be my favourite actress of all time, and a personal influence. I admire how, despite the rude comments and the rough times in her life, she manages to find the humour in them.

Popcorn At The Ready! 15 Movies To Look Forward To In 2014: Fittie Edition

1. Hercules

Release date: January 10th

Fittie(s): Kellan Lutz.

2. The Awkward Moment

Release date: January 31st

Fittie(s): Zac Efron.

3. Noah

Release date: March 8th

Fittie(s): Douglas Booth, Logan Lerman.

4. Divergent

Release date: March 21st

Fittie(s): Theo James.

5. Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Release date: April 4th

Fittie(s): Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Frank Grillo, Georges St-Pierre, Dominic Cooper.

6. Amazing Spider-Man 2

Release date: May 2nd

Fittie(s): Andrew Garfield, Dane DeHaan.

7. The Neighbors

Release date: May 9th

Fittie(s): Zac Efron, Dave Franco, Jack Johnson.

8. Godzilla

Release date: May 16th

Fittie(s): Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jared Keeso.

9. X-Men: Days of Future Past

Release date: May 23rd

Fittie(s): Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Evan Peters, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Nicholas Hoult, Booboo Stewart, Shawn Ashmore, Caleb Landry Jones.

10. Maleficent

Release date: May 30th

Fittie(s): Toby Regbo, Brenton Thwaites, Sam Riley.

11. 22 Jump Street

Release date: June 13th

Fittie(s): Channing Tatum.

12. Jupiter Ascending

Release date: July 18th

Fittie(s): Channing Tatum, Douglas Booth, Eddie Redmayne, James D'arcy.

13. Interstellar

Release date: November 4th

Fittie(s): Matthew McConaughey, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Topher Grace, Wes Bentley.

14. Fury

Release date: November 14th

Fittie(s): Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Jason Isaacs, Scott Eastwood.

15. Hunger Games: Mockingjay

Release date: November 21st

Fittie(s): Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, Wes Chatham.

Out With 2013, In With 2014: Last Post For 2013

2013 in a nutshell:

• The year a Pope voluntarily resigned for the first time since 1294
• The year Prince George of Cambridge was born
• The year the world lost influential people such as Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Lou Reed, Elmore Leonard and Tony Sheridan to mention a few.

However, 2013 was also the happiest, most adventurous year of my life, and here are several reasons why:

• Cutting my hair short

It may not seem like much, but cutting my hair short made me a bit more confident. The pixie cut unleashed the cheeky, daring side of me I never really showed in public. It was always there yes, but I was too scared to do so. And the pixie cut was fun and flirty while it lasted.

• Saying au revoir to most of my insecurities

Most of them tiny little voices criticising my every move, soon gone.

• Starting this blog

I may have started this blog in December, but I had been planning on starting it for ages. The only thing stopping me was procrastination... and not having my own laptop.

• Losing weight

It didn't look like much at first, but then I started wearing clothes I bought months ago that were a bit smug... only to find them hanging loose. Losing weight also gave me the confidence I never had.

• Experimenting with my writing and storytelling skills

A three-day workshop can open a lot of doors for me in the future, especially when my skills were praised by a top Cambridge professor who was one of the organisers of the workshop.

I'm so glad I lived this year the way I did, as I'm now prepared to face 2014 with a brave (and more confident) face. I promise I'll be a better version of myself and that my blog will get better by time. And I also promise to stop moping and complaining on my social networking accounts, particularly Facebook.

That's it for this year I guess! Hope every single one of you Absurds had a good year, and hope the next one will teach you more about yourself and life than this one :) Here's a song that sums up this year for me; hope it sums up yours too!

Pantene Philippines Ad: Labels Against Women In The Workplace

I wasn't planning on posting anything today since it's Christmas Eve, but while randomly surfing the web, I stumbled upon this video on Adweek. The message is so spot-on, I couldn't help but posting it here. The video is over a month old and to date has over 16 million views (Phew!). It portrays how women are labelled in their workplace as opposed to men.

9 Things You Could Do When You're Sick Or Tired After A Long Day Of Work

Whether you're feeling tired after five days of working full days (been there) or drained from energy due to having a cold and/or fever (still there), then I've got the perfect list for you.

1. Write your memoir. Okay, so you KNOW this memoir won't be published, but a study shows that writing memoirs can spark up some new memories you forgot. It also helps you understand yourself better.
2. Sleep. Resting is not only good for your health. It also means curling up in a fetal position in your warm, cuddly bed, which is the best thing about sleeping. And who doesn't enjoy sleeping? Crazy people.
3. Take a hot, relaxing, bubbly bath. Bought a bottle of bubbly shower gel and never used it? Well now you can. Put on some relaxing music, switch off the lights, light some candles, close your eyes and embark on a relaxing journey.
4. Watch cat videos. Because there's nothing cuter and more cheerful than a cute little kitten doing the most random and ridiculous things.
5. Watch that movie you were absolutely DYING to see. Whether it's that rom-com you were saving for when you're sad at home, or that horror movie you know will make you wet yourself. Just watch it.
6. Drink a warm beverage. Whether it's tea (my absolute favourite), coffee, cappuccino, hot chocolate or any hot drink of your choice, it's going to make you feel warm and good (Just don't reach for that mulled wine!).
7. Visit a gaming website you haven't visited in AGES. Take a trip down memory lane—while at the same time staying away from Boredom Avenue—by logging onto the gaming website you used to log onto before Facebook even existed and try beating your old highscores.
8. Read a book. I'm currently reading George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984, and the story is so thought-provoking and gripping that, for an instant, it made me forget I even had a cold!
9. Write your bucket list. It's never too late to start one.

The Absurd Nerd Reviews: Ira Losco ‘The Fire’

Rating: ☯☯☯☯☯ out of 5

I’m known amongst my group of friends as the unluckiest person when it comes to competitions and bets. I never won anything in my life, not even back in school. So imagine my surprise when I won a signed copy of local artist Ira Losco’s fourth studio album The Fire. I spent about two hours travelling from the comfort of my bed (and onesie), climbed to the EIGHT FLOOR to the Eden offices only to sit down for five solid seconds while I signed my name, and then had to go down the same eight floors. (In case you were wondering why I didn’t use the lift, it’s because I have a mild claustrophobia). By the end of the journey, I felt like I was wearing boots made out of rock.

But it was so worth it. Just as I assumed, the album was great. It has a more mature and edgier sound than her three previous albums. And it also has a fair balance between rock and softer melodic songs. I grew up listening to her music, and have always been a big fan of hers, so I feel like I can relate to her songs. 

Tracklist:

1.       The Way It’s Meant To Be

2.       What I’d Give *

3.       Is This The Love?

4.       Waiting

5.       Shouldn’t Have To Bother

6.       You Never Tried

7.       Me Luv U Long Time *

8.       Not For Me

9.       Dead or Alive (Save My Soul)

10.   The Person I Am *

11.   The Fire

* singles so far

Favourite Tracks:

[*] You Never Tried. The lyrics tell a story of heartbreak and how easy people may think it is to 'keep your chin up' and face the world with a brave smile when it actual fact it isn't, which is something I go thorugh every day of my life.

[*] The Person I Am. This song describes my ongoing battle with insecurity and lack of self-confidence, which is why it is another favourite of mine. Listening to this song in repeat whenever I feel down really helps me think.

The album is out now.

The Absurd Nerd Reviews: Clandestines – Serbian Dog

Rating: ☯☯☯☯☯ out of 5

File next to: Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Velvet Underground and Kill Hannah

Ah, my favourite thing about this country: local talent. It’s also the one thing I was mostly looking forward to write about for my first review. And who better to review than a young, fresh, three-piece rock band?

Band name: Clandestines. Personally I like the name and, being the symbol seeker in… well, everything, I find the name quite symbolic. The literal meaning for ‘Clandestines’ is to be ‘kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose’; symbolically, the band name could hold a more underground meaning as the kind of music they play isn’t appealing to certain people (ie. the older generation who, like the mother, refer to this perfection of a genre as "The devil's music"), but it most definitely is appealing to me (thus the 5 Yin-Yangs out of 5).

Music Video: Not too shabby for a first music video. In fact, I LOVE it. It’s an accurate representation of the majority of the families with two siblings, where the older sibling’s academic success overshadows the younger sibling’s artistic success. The twist—and by far my favourite part—was when the father tells his son that he and his brother Joey were in a punk band, referring to The Ramones, before he met his mother.

Album: The album’s out now in Malta, and on the 16^th December in the UK.

Twister Into The Water And Out Of The Closet

One of the most viewed sports’ event alongside the World Cup are the Summer Olympics, where most of the countries in the world compete against each other in every sport imaginable. For the people who couldn’t care less about sports it’s all about the athletes’ physique. I, like most of the girls out there, was mostly interested in water sports, because really, nothing beats a swimmer’s torso in all its glory, glistening in chlorine water. However, last Olympic season (2012), my attention drifted from the swimmers to the divers, particularly British diver Tom Daley.

Tom Daley, at the time just seventeen years old, not only caught my attention with his toned torso – which is kudos to the constant bending and twirling in the air before hitting the water – but also with his smile. Needless to say, he grew very popular during that time and thus started the usual series of questions involving a newbie celebutant: Who is he? How old is he? Is he single? What does he look for in a person?

As time went by, little was revealed about Tom’s personal life when it came to relationships. One can tell that he subtly stirred away from the usual ‘are you seeing anyone’ questions, talking about how busy he was with training for the next Olympics. This triggered further questions: his sexuality.

Last night, I was thrilled to find out that Tom posted a new video. The title was ‘Something I want to say…’ and, as I suspected, it really WAS something he had to say.

Honestly, I half-expected the video to be along the lines it actually was. But it didn’t bother me one bit. So what if he’s dating a guy? Does that mean he’s any different from what he used to be? In a way, it is; he is now open about both his personal life and his sexuality. And I couldn’t have been happier for him.

This video (below) can change lives, especially male athletes stuck deep in the closet. If one male athlete comes out, imagine what it can do to many others. Footballers who appear all macho and fit on TV can be screaming ‘I’m in love with a guy’ on the inside.

To the homophobes who raged over Tom Daley’s video obviously didn’t see the video, and just went all out, thinking they know it all. Tom started the announcement by saying that he had always been into girls, and he was surprised to find himself attracted to a guy. What really broke my heart was the fact that not all his family supports him in this new journey of his.

The big message in the post is to never judge a person by its exterior. You can never know what they’re screaming on the inside.