Action!

Been going a little nuts with photoshop experimenting lately. Finally got round to getting myself a modelmayhem account and have been setting up castings and whatnot for England. Figured it's about time I do something about a portfolio just for fun.

The uni countdown is officially in the single digits; 8 days to be exact! Very excited. This is really just a short post because I've made and uploaded some actions for you, whoever you is. To load an action, save it (duh,) open up the actions palette, click to the arrow and select load action. Then click play to play it through.

Following actions are included:

Click here to download. Enjoy!

8 Songs I'm Listening To A Lot Right Now

In all honesty, I don't even know what has compelled me to write this post. Oh wait! Could it be my like for sharing music with people - referred to as "Laura is forcing me to listen to her music" by said people - and my general boredom with life?

Anyway, here are 8 songs that I really, really like right now. They're not particularly "summer" songs per say, but I guess they are my Songs For August, handpicked out of my "recently played" playlist on iTunes. Download link at the bottom if you want, enjoy!

(1) Foster The People - Helena Beat.

They exploded in popularity recently, most notoriously for 'Pumped Up Kicks,' but god, I love this song. Sing along at the top of my lungs to the chorus every time deal with it won't stop etc.

(2) O.A.R - Love & Memories

Apparently like everyone else, according to the comments of this particular video embed, me and Portia discovered this through watching She's The Man at three in the morning. You know a song's good when you pause a film to google search lyrics.

(3) Jack's Mannequin - Doris Day

I will never stop loving Jack's Mannequin. Such an adorable, 'summery' song. Note to self: 'summery' isn't really an adjective. Perhaps you should stop using it as such.

(4) The Airborne Toxic Event - Gasoline

Recently started listening to TATE again. Am glad I made this decision. Chorus has my favourite melody ever. The word 'gasoline' seems really cool now.

(5) The Fratellis - For The Girl

In love with not only The Fratellis, but the chorus of this song too. I get the "la la la la la la la la la," (Count them. I did sing that out loud to get the number of 'la's right,) bit stuck in my head for days and I don't even care because it makes me so happy.

(6) Golden - Farewell Fighter

Why am I so addicted to the intro in this? And the outro (ESPECIALLY!!!). And the in-between. This is just pretty. Maybe I'll listen to some of their other songs sometime, if I can move past this one, (probably not.)

(7) The Hoosiers - Worried About Ray

I love his voice. And this song. I'm running out of this to say. (If you cannot already tell.)


(8) The Format - Sore Thumb

Just for the "YOUR SORE THUMB," bit because the tune just makes me happy and I feel really deep and meaningful for a few seconds.

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