man, nothing is out of reach

I don't know how I feel today.
Tired, mainly.
A tad lonely. But at the same time, whatever the opposite to lonely is.

And happy, I am always happy. Thankfully.








I've been listening to quite a bit of Aussie hip hop lately. A few months ago, I effing HATED Aussie hip hop

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It all started at Splendour in the Grass in July/August. I was working at one of the bars there (getting paid to go to Splendour, that's right)


I can't remember who was playing, but one of the headlining acts, I'm thinking perhaps Kanye West or Coldplay, was playing at the main stage, so naturally the entirety of the punters were there, leaving hardly anyone anywhere else, including our bar.

So my friend Liz and I decided to sneak down and watch the artist playing at the closest stage, which just so happened to be Bliss N Eso; old school hip hop.


I don't know if it was the excitement that I was getting paid by the hour to do something I normally fork out $100's to do, but I remember there and then my opinion just switched.

Just like that, I thought 'hold up, this shit is fucking awesome!'

And that was that. Simple.




They had the most amazing show, so much energy and enthusiasm to be back out and doing what they love.

I think what I loved most was the time that they took to thank everyone for seeing them over Coldplay (There was seriously only about a thousand people there; emptiest I've ever seen a Splendour tent at night)
One of them had a really heart felt speech about music appreciation, and how he does what he does for people like us.
It was nice, (It's no secret, I'm a sucker for things like that)




So naturally, I leave Splendour and start collecting a heap of hip hop to add to my iTunes genre list.
Of course, Hilltop Hoods makes a big dent. I think I might have their whole discography now!





Funny thing is, Splendour in the Grass 2009, I remember my ex boyfriend wanting to see Hilltop Hoods, and I whinged and whined the whole way to the stage all about how hip hop is ridiculous and something about the whole bad culture etc etc.
I'd like to give my 20 year old self a slap and a Bliss N Eso Album, and tell her to get her head out of her pretentious ass.

So now, after a few months of listening, I'm absolutely obsessing over their lyrics, I love them! (Scrawling them through my sketch books is a massive expression of love from me)
Stringing words together has always been something I admire in people, I love people who can write in a way that it turns into a form of art in itself. And those lyrics are fucking art.






Moral of the story; Give everything a chance kids.
You might just find you have a tiny place in your heart for almost anything.











(P.S I know my writings been boring and opinionated lately, I've fixed my sleeping pattern, can you notice?)