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Optimizing The Data Warehouse: A Big Data Blueprint from Pentaho
May 23, 2014
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By Bob Gourley
We previously wrote about the Pentaho Big Data Blueprints series, which include design packages of use to enterprise architects and other technologists seeking operational concepts and repeatable designs. With this post we provide more information from the blueprint on Optimizing the Data Warehouse:
Optimizing your data warehouse can reduce strain on your existing systems and reduce overall project cost by offloading less frequently used data and corresponding transformation workloads to Hadoop without coding or relying on legacy scripts and ETL product limitations. Doing this right can save money and make your overall system more functional at the same time.
Here is more from Pentaho:
What Is It?
- Hadoop Made Simple, Accessible and 15X Faster
- Pentaho simplifies offloading to Hadoop and speeds development and deployment time by as much as 15x versus hand-coding approaches. Complete visual integration tools eliminate the need for hand coding in SQL or java-based MapReduce jobs.
Save data costs and boost analytics performance
- An intuitive graphical, no-coding big data integration.
- Access to every data source – from operational to relational to NoSQL technologies.
- Support for every major Hadoop distribution with a future-proof adaptive big data layer.
- Achieve higher processing performance with Pentaho MapReduce when running in cluster.
- 100% Java, fast and efficient.
As part of the Pentaho Business Analytics Platform, there is no quicker or more cost-effective way to immediately get value from data through integrated reporting, dashboards, data discovery and predictive analytics.
How it works
Here is an example of how this may look within an IT landscape:
- This company leverages data from disparate sources including CRM and ERP systems.
- A Hadoop cluster has been implemented to offload less frequently used data from the existing data warehouse.
- The company saves on storage costs and speeds-up query performance and access to their analytic data mart.
The Results
- Staff savings and productivity: Pentaho's Visual MapReduce GUI and big data integration means existing data warehouse developers can move data between the data warehouse and Hadoop without coding.
- Time to value: MapReduce development time is reduced by up to 15x versus hand-coding based on comparisons.
- Faster job execution: Pentaho MapReduce runs faster in cluster versus code generating scripting tools.
Customer ROI
Leading Global Network Storage Company had a goal of scaling machine data management to enhance product performance and customer success.
- Affordably scale machine data from storage devices for customer application
- Predict device failure
- Enhance product performance
Architecture Example:
Pentaho Benefits:
- Easy to use ETL and analysis for Hadoop, Hbase, and Oracle data sources
- 15x data cost improvement
- Stronger performance against customer Service Level Agreements
For more on these and other blueprints see Pentaho's Blueprints to Big Data Success

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Congratulations on making it halfway through the week! I'm counting down the days until my Christmas vacation starts to get me through. How about you? This week the SSS Wednesday Challenge is to make a card featuring food or drink, and the focus products are Mama Elephant. This was a bit of a stretch to… Continue reading Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge
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1 Coríntios 7
1 Now concerning the[ ]things of which you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let each [man] have his own wife, and let each [woman] have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the wife to her husband.
4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband [does]. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife [does].
5 Do not deprive one another, except by mutual agreement, [and that] for a season, so that you may devote yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
6 But I say this as a concession, not as a commandment.
7 For I wish that all men would be as I myself. But each one has his own gift from God, one in this way and another in that.
8 But I say to the unmarried and to the widows: It is good for them if they should remain as I also [remain];
9 but if they are not exercising self-control, let them marry. For it is better to marry than to burn [with passion].
10 Now to those who have married I command, yet not I, but the Lord: A wife is not to be separated from her husband-
11 and even if she does separate, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband-and a husband is not to divorce his wife.
12 But to the rest I, not the Lord, say: If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and she consents to live with him, let him not divorce her.
13 And a wife who has an unbelieving husband, if he consents to live with her, let her not divorce him.
14 For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband; otherwise your children would be unclean, but now they are holy.
15 But if the unbelieving [spouse] separates, let [him or her ]separate; the brother or the sister has not been bound in such cases; but God has called us to peace.
16 For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife?
17 Otherwise as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk. And so I command in all the churches.
18 Was anyone called while circumcised? Let him not become uncircumcised. Was anyone called while uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing, but keeping the commandments of God.
20 Let each one remain in the same calling in which he was called.
21 Were you called as a slave? Do not be concerned about it; but if you can be made free, rather make use of [it].
22 For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is the Lord's free [man]. Likewise he who is called as a free [man] is Christ's slave.
23 You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.
24 Brothers, let each one remain with God in [the state] in which he was called.
25 Now concerning virgins, I have no command of the Lord; but I give judgment, as having received mercy by the Lord to be faithful.
26 Therefore I consider this to be good because of the present distress, that [it is] good for a man to be as he is:
27 Have you been bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Have you been released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28 But even if you should marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin should marry, she has not sinned. But such will have trouble in the flesh, and I would spare you.
29 But this I say, brothers, the time has been shortened; so that from now on even those having wives should be as though they had none,
30 and those weeping as though not weeping, and those rejoicing as though not rejoicing, and those buying as though not possessing,
31 and those using this world as not using it up. For the form of this world is passing away.
32 But I want you to be without anxiety. The unmarried man cares about the things of the Lord-[about ]how he may please the Lord.
33 But the [man] having married cares about the things of the world-[about ]how he may please his wife.
34 And the wife and the virgin are different. The unmarried woman cares about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But the woman having married cares about the things of the world-about how she may please her husband.
35 And this I say for your own profit, not that I may put a snare upon you, but for that which is proper, and that you may serve the Lord without distraction.
36 But if any man thinks he is behaving improperly toward his virgin, if she is past her youth, and thus it must be, let him do what he desires. He does not sin; let them marry.
37 But [he] who stands in his heart, not having necessity, but has power over his own desire, and has decided this in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well.
38 So then he who gives her in marriage does well, but he who does not give her in marriage does better.
39 A wife has been bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband also dies, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.
40 But she is more blessed if she remains as she is, in my opinion-and I think I also have the Spirit of God.


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Legend has it that tea was first discovered by the Chinese Emperor Shen Nong in 2737 BCE, when a leaf from a nearby Camellia sinensis plant fell into a pot of water the emperor was boiling. Traditional Chinese tea has been an important part of China's culture and history ever since, and Chinese loose leaf tea can be classified into five major categories: white, green, oolong, black and post-fermented China tea.
Yunnan TGFOP
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Yunnan GFOP
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Digital Technology to Support Informal Caregivers: Matching the tools to the needs from a sex and gender perspective
More than 25% of the Canadian population aged over 15, are informal caregivers. They provide care to family members or friends with disability, health conditions, or problems associated with aging. Many technologies have been created to assist caregivers with their work, yet sex and gender have not been systematically considered in technology design and evaluation. This may explain the poor uptake of potentially very beneficial supports.
Our project, led by trainee Chen Xiong, will develop an evidence-informed, sex- and gender- based technology evaluation framework (SAGS-TA) that explicitly addresses sex and gender considerations. This pioneering project is pivotal for realizing sex and gender customized technologies to support informal caregivers, and advance research and policy-making.
1. Review existing knowledge and literature about technology and caregiving to identify the major sex and gender gaps;
2. Work with informal caregivers, technology developers and policymakers to develop a prototype framework for
addressing sex and gender in technology development;
3. Generate sex and gender evaluation themes for technology creation, testing and implementation; and
4. Apply the SAGS-TA framework to a current technology development project to test its effectiveness.
Principal Investigator: A. Colantonio. Co-Investigators: A. Astell, J. Cameron, A. Mihaildis, E. Nalder, C. Xiong
Supporting Partners
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DRUGS with a street value of £700,000 were discovered during a raid in Knowsley.
Officers raided the house on Pennard, Huyton, yesterday, and found 100kg of amphetamine under the stairs and in cupboards.
Two 44-year-old men were arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply.
Merseyside police described the find as "a significant haul".


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Community helps family after house fire out of 'kindness of their hearts'
It's the kindness of strangers that a Marshall student said affected her most after her dad lost his home to a fire March 10.
"Little girls brought us blankets…some guy who my dad said didn't look like he had a lot took out his wallet and was like 'Can I give you money?'" said Maizie Plumley, a senior anthropology major.
These were people that the Plumleys had either never met or never had a strong relationship with, she said.
Friends and neighbors jumped into action the night of the fire to help Chad Plumley, owner of the home, salvage what hadn't been burned or suffered water damage, the daughter said.
"The outreach that we got was incredible. It was insane," she said.
The daughter said three houses were involved in the fire: a vacant house, a next-door neighbor's house and Plumley's home. The middle house had been cooking with the window open when the kitchen caught fire and the fire spread to Plumley's home.
The daughter said once they were able to enter her father's home, they realized that they would be fine.
"I've never experienced a situation like this before so I didn't know how people in Huntington could come together to help make a situation manageable," she said.
A GoFundMe was set up the day following the fire by Bryan Chambers, a friend of the family, to help the father get back on his feet.
"Starting the GoFundMe was the easiest and quickest way I could do something to help him and his family," Chambers said.
The "Plaid Dad (Chad Plumley)" GoFundMe has a goal of $7,500 and, within three days of its launch, $6,619 of that goal had been donated by 111 people.
"I'm not the least bit surprised by the support he's received, because he's one of the most genuine, friendly and caring people I know," Chambers said.
The Plumleys are trying to keep track of all who have helped out, but so many have offered a hand that it can be difficult to keep count, Maizie Plumley said.
"People are doing this out of the kindness of their hearts," Maizie Plumley said. "They aren't doing it because they feel like they should."
Going forward, she said her family is going to try to form deeper relationships with those who have helped.
"The heart of these people is what matters," Maizie Plumley said.
Makaylah Wheeler can be contacted at [email protected]


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Posted on June 8, 2019
The last few months have been particularly difficult, anxiety and depression wise. I came of my anti depressants and one of my anti anxiety medications with the intention of starting a new medication but starting that new medication has been a real struggle. This new low brought on by the withdrawal and the lack of meds has been possibly the worst I've ever felt. I'm aware that it's affecting my thinking and my decision making but right now, the starting of a new medication just feels impossible. Just the thought of it triggers an autistic meltdown. So it's safe to say I'm struggling.
BUT the last week has been better for exactly one reason: I got to see Maren Morris in concert! In fact, I got to see her twice! So that's what I want to write about: seeing her and how concerts are something that can really help me when I'm feeling very low. There's something about the energy that just lifts me, makes my body feel lighter and that's so very valuable when I'm in this place.
My first show of the tour was Bristol. As I've mentioned in previous posts, if possible, I like to go to multiple shows of a tour because I get overwhelmed so easily. Seeing the show more than once allows me to really experience and enjoy all of it. Concerts are pretty much the only thing I spend money on so I've been very fortunate in this endeavour.
The show was incredible. I'd been feeling very, very depressed in the days leading up to the show and didn't even want to go – it felt like it was wrong to want such a simple 'fix' to my low mood and like seeing such an amazing songwriter would hurt too much given that I haven't been able to write a song in months (if not longer) – but as soon as Maren Morris took the stage, I started to feel lighter. It felt easier to breathe. She's an incredible songwriter and performer and her voice is out of this world: I remember once describing it as sounding like a gorgeous sunset. Hearing the new songs was like hearing them for the first time and hearing the old ones was like a wave of nostalgia: they remind me of my degree, of my first trip to Nashville, of writing songs in my best friend's living room, of a younger, less troubled version of myself.
The song that really got me was 'A Song For Everything.' This is what I wrote in my diary after the show:
"Given how emotional and tearful I was, I was crying by the first chorus. It just lifts my soul and makes me feel lighter, like I'm going to be okay, like I need to dedicate my life to writing a song like that and so I have to be alive to do it. I was breathless by the time the song finished."
"I don't often cry at concerts (it usually happens when I hear the songs again for the first time after the show) but this one just got me. My depression is the worst it's ever been but tonight… helped. I could write a book about the emotions of the last few days but I'm so tired that even this is a struggle. @marenmorris, thank you for being there exactly when I needed you to be. Thank you for reminding me that there's a song for everything and that maybe one of them could be written by me, but that I need to be here to write it. #girltheworldtour"
I had a day to recover before my next show, in London. At the freaking Royal Albert Hall. This is probably my favourite venue I've ever been to and it's my ultimate dream to sing there one day. One can hope. And work hard. Anyway.
The day of the show, I cried all day. I was miserable, deeply, deeply miserable. I was on the edge of a meltdown all day but somehow I was holding it back because I knew if I had a meltdown, I wouldn't be able to go to the show. Me and Richard (my best friend and writing partner) had bought the VIP packages, which meant we would get to meet Maren before the show and I couldn't miss that. But even though I was looking forward to it, I was paralysed with anxiety. I didn't know what to say or do and the fear of wasting the opportunity was so great that I couldn't think. I couldn't think my way through the problem and that was almost the worst part.
I cried all the way to London (listening to 'A Song For Everything' on repeat) and I only really managed to get myself together when I arrived at Victoria station. Holding onto that song helped somehow. I got to the Royal Albert Hall, met Richard, and we (all the VIP package holders) were all taken in for the pre-show Q&A and meet and greet. It went okay. I'm not gonna lie, I was actually shaking. It wasn't specifically because I was anxious about meeting her – I'd met her on the previous tour and she's absolutely lovely – it was more that I was worried about it going wrong, that I'd waste the experience by saying something embarrassing or meaningless. Looking back at it now, it went okay. It could've been worse, it could've been better. Maren was very sweet but I didn't feel able to be as honest as I would've liked to be, for multiple reasons.
When the doors opened, we went to find our seats and discovered that we were FRONT AND CENTRE. At the Royal Albert Hall. For Maren Morris. I think that was when I first started to feel more excited than anything else – anxious, depressed, lost ("The depression was receding – just out of reach – and it felt easier to smile, even if it was a little slow and stiff."). And all of that completely fell away when the show started.
It was one of the best shows I've ever been to. Maren is one of the best performers I've ever seen, her vocals are unmatched, and I love her songwriting more than I can properly express. The upbeat songs were so much fun and the slower songs were quiet moments filled with emotion. It might sound like any other concert (any good concert) but the energy was bigger and bolder and brighter than any other concert I've been to. I lost my voice long before the show was over but that didn't stop me from singing along. And as I said in my diary, "I'm always self conscious dancing but sometimes, if all the stars align, the constant tension in my body releases and I can just move as my mood dictates. It's not very elegant but it is fun." She even had special surprises planned: performing 'Seeing Blind' with Niall Horan and bringing a string quartet (an all female string quartet!) on stage for several songs. The whole thing was magical. I never wanted it to end. But unfortunately it had to, although she closed the show with style: an amazing performance of 'The Middle.' Me and Richard have spent so many car journeys and writing sessions and just hours of our lives singing that song; singing it with Maren Morris from the front row of the Royal Albert Hall may be one of my favourite memories of all time.
Another snippet from my diary: "The performance was incredible and hearing everyone sing along just made my heart soar. It was all gone and I felt alive and light and happy. I was tired and achy but it was amazing."
Getting home was hard. I had a huge adrenaline crash and all the negative emotions returned and that, combined with several unpleasant incidents on the train, had me in tears before I was even halfway home. I also struggle physically after concerts: my whole body hurts and that was starting to set in so yeah, getting home was a struggle. But I made it and my Mum was kind enough to prepare macaroni and cheese and ice cream (not together), which did help a bit. My brain wasn't really ready to go to bed but a migraine was setting in (another side effect of concerts) so I didn't have a choice.
"Yesterday was a very difficult day. The depression was bad; I shook, I screamed, I cried (probably seven or eight times). It was miserable. But in the evening, I got to see @marenmorris at the @royalalberthall and my god, it was like it was built for her voice. What a special artist in such a special venue. Somehow, me and @richardmarcmusic ended up with front and centre seats and the whole show was just incredible. Every second was fun, every second was amazing. I wish it could've gone on forever. The tears returned on the train and I cried most of the way home but I am so, so grateful to have been there, so, so grateful to have had that escape for a few hours. I will treasure those memories."
Recovering from these concerts has been an experience. Over a week later and my back is still bothering me. But it's an improvement: the day after the London show, I could barely walk and it took days for the limping to fade. But I'm doing better. Surprisingly, the post concert low hasn't been too bad. Mainly, I just miss being at the show, in the show. I physically miss it. My body misses it. But I'm doing okay. These concerts have given me a lift I desperately needed and will keep me going while I take my next steps, whatever they end up being. For that, I'm incredibly grateful.
Category: anxiety, depression, emotions, mental health, music, video Tagged: anti anxiety, anti depressants, antianxiety, antidepressants, anxiety, asd, autism, autism spectrum disorder, autistic meltdown, concert, country music, depression, girl the world tour, maren morris, medication, medication withdrawal, meltdown, mental health, mental illness
Posted on December 1, 2018
I'm not quite sure how to describe the last few weeks. Intense, maybe. There's been a lot going on and I've done things and felt things that I've wanted to write about but couldn't figure out how. So I'm writing this, with the good, the bad, and the weird of the last few weeks.
So first, I got to take part in a research study for the Centre for Research in Autism and Education at University College London. I've written about my experience with research studies before (here) so I won't ramble on but I love doing them. It often feels like Autism takes opportunities away from me but this allows me to do something I'd never expected and that's really exciting. I got to put the EEG cap back on and have my brain waves monitored while I did some computer tasks. It was investigating perceptual capacity in Autism (which I've written more about here) and it was really fun, like a Windows computer game from the nineties. And apart from trying to get the saline gel out of my hair, it was a really great experience.
I also went and gave blood for the first time. That was very exciting! I've wanted to give blood for years but up until now I haven't been well enough or I was on medication that disqualified me. So getting to do it was really exciting and a really cool experience. Everyone was really lovely and I've since had a text telling me where my donated blood has gone. So the whole thing was really special and I will definitely do it again.
Despite these cool and inspiring experiences, my mental health has been pretty bad: I reached a new low with my depression. I feel like I'm always saying that the current period of depression is the worst it's ever been but for me, there are real differences: new thought patterns, new emotional states, new lines, new fears. Each period of depression has a different colour. Anyway. It's been really bad and really hard and I've had some desperate moments.
Medication wise, it's been a rollercoaster. As per usual. I got myself all but off the Amitriptyline a while ago but I just wasn't ready to try another medication straight away. It's a tough process and I just needed some time to feel steady, even if that was steadily bad. Maybe not the most logical decision I've made but it made sense to me at the time. And ultimately it doesn't matter now. I've started the Clomipramine, which is what everyone wanted me to do. Finding the right medication and the right dosage can be pretty gruelling and I just needed to be in the right mental headspace. I'm not sure how I feel about the Clomipramine but it's still early days.
And on this last Monday, I went to see Maren Morris play an amazing, intimate show at OMEARA in London. The staff were great about making it accessible and I was let in without having to queue and there was a chair reserved for me – I really, really miss the days where I could stand for hours without a problem. And the show was fantastic. Maren is one of my all time favourite artists/songwriters and it was one of the best shows I've ever been to.
"When this wonderful world gets heavy and I need to find my escape… yeah, I guess that's my church." // @marenmorris was a complete dream tonight. Beautiful, beautiful songs, singing, and stories. My little songwriter soul is so happy. (x)
It might be blurry but I love this photo of me and @richardmarcmusic after the @marenmorris show tonight. We had SUCH a good time. We're constantly listening to her music, whether we're in a songwriting session or just chilling out and playing Mariokart. So we were two happy beans tonight. (x)
And now it's December. Most of my family have birthdays in December and January and of course there's Christmas and New Year. So that's a lot of fun things but it also means a lot of high emotion and stress. It's a tricky time. I've found Christmas difficult for the last few years so I'm going to have to be careful to manage my physical and mental health throughout this period. I'm going back to the post I wrote last year about managing Christmas with anxiety and Autism – if that sounds like it might be helpful, you can find it here.
Category: depression, event, medication, mental health, music Tagged: amitriptyline, anti depressants, antidepressants, anxiety, asd, autism, autism research, autism spectrum disorder, autistic, autistic adult, blood donation, brain waves, centre for research in autism and education, christmas, clomipramine, concert, country music, crae, depression, eeg, giving blood, live music, maren morris, medication, mental health, mental illness, research study, ucl
Posted on April 14, 2018
So, as you guys know, I've been in Nashville and I just got back on Thursday. I'm working on a post all about the trip – partly because I just really want to write about it and partly because I think there is some stuff in there that could be useful to others – but that's taking a while so, in the mean time, here is a little list of songs that I listened to while I was away, one for each day. Since I was there for the Tin Pan South songwriting festival, many of these songs haven't been released yet or were performed by the original writers rather than the person that usually performs them. So, for the songwriters out there, I hope this will be interesting. Also bear in mind that, especially while the festival was going on, I was hearing between twenty and fifty songs a night so a lot of thinking went into these choices…
SUNDAY – 'Love Is A Wild Thing' by Kacey Musgraves (Written by Kacey Musgraves, Ian Fitchuk, and Daniel Tashian)
I hadn't had a chance to listen to Kacey's new album until I got on the plane and I just fell in love with it. She'd performed this one at Country2Country and I was so excited to hear it again. It did not disappoint and it's one of my favourites of the album.
Even if you lose it, it will find you
There's no way to stop it so don't try to
Running like a river, trying to find the ocean
Flowers in the concrete
Climbing over fences, blooming in the shadows
Places that you can't see
Coming through the melody when the night bird sings
Love is a wild thing
MONDAY – 'Give It All Back' by Jordyn Shellhart
I first heard Jordyn at a Song Suffragettes show (an organisation aimed at showcasing new female songwriters in country music) and I instantly fell in love with this song, with it's energy, with it's golden hope. You know when you're listening to a song and it feels like your lungs are expanding, your head tilts up, and your whole body gets lighter? Yeah, I had that with this song. And then I was lucky enough to hear it in a Tin Pan South round later in the week.
If we got all we ever wanted
But it cost us all we ever had
Pinkie swear, baby, let's shake on it
If it comes to that,
We'll give it all back
TUESDAY – 'Fight Like A Girl' by Kalie Shorr (Written by Kalie Shorr, Lena Stone, and Hailey Steele)
This song has been out for a few years now but hearing it live is just another thing altogether and, of course, Kalie performed it when I saw her play at Song Suffragettes. I sort of forget how much I love it and then it just smacks me in the face and leaves me breathless. It's such an anthem and I particularly love the lines about her Mum because I feel exactly the same way.
I'm little but I'm loud
Just wanna make my mama proud
And you can tell without a doubt that I'm her daughter
She raised me to believe
That I can be anything
So when you push me, I'll just push back harder
WEDNESDAY – 'Rainbow' by Kacey Musgraves (Written by Kacey Musgraves, Natalie Hemby, and Shane McAnally)
I freaking love this song and have loved it since Kacey started performing it way back when. I was really disappointed when it wasn't on her second album and absolutely ecstatic when it was on her third. And then Natalie Hemby performed it at Tin Pan South and I loved it even more, especially when she talked about the writing of it: it's about how hard it is to recover from a traumatic experience or period in your life and how, even once you've come through it, it can be hard to recognise that. I really relate to that.
'Cause the sky has finally opened, the rain and wind stopped blowin'
But you're stuck out in the same old storm again
Hold tight to your umbrella, oh darlin', I'm just tryin' to tell you
That there's always been a rainbow hangin' over your head
THURSDAY – 'Doin' Fine' by Lauren Alaina (Written by Lauren Alaina, Emily Shackelton, and Busbee)
This was a hard pick (honorary mention to 'Between Me and a Bar' by Alyssa Micaela because it's freaking awesome and was a very, very close second to this song) but I connected to this song so strongly that it had to be this one. Emily Shackelton performed it during a Tin Pan South round and I fell in love with it straight away. This is my kind of anthem: not rainbows or confetti or fairy tales, but the moment when you realise you just might be okay after a really long struggle.
I'm doing fine enough to know that everyone's a little broken
Fine enough to learn that hearts are best when they're wide open
I still got fear inside of me
I'm not okay but I'm gonna be
For the first time in a long time I'm doing fine
I'm doing fine
FRIDAY – 'History' by Abby Anderson
Again, this one was a really, really difficult choice. Shout out to Ingrid Andress because all of her songs were amazing, especially 'Ladylike.' But, like the last one, I related to this song so powerfully that I had to talk about it here. As far as I can tell, she only wrote it recently so I'm not sure if it's available anywhere yet or even if it will be. I really hope it will. It's the song I've been trying to write my whole life.
It may be something that nobody sees
Something that we carry that will always be
If our paths don't cross and we never speak
And the world moves on, believe you'll be
A part of me, part of me
'Cause we have history, history
SATURDAY – 'First Last Name' by Madison Kozak
I'll stop saying this now but this was another one that I really struggled to narrow down. I was absolutely sure that I would choose a Nikita Karmen song because I was absolutely blown away by her in the first round (seriously, go and check her out) but then I heard this song and I couldn't not write about it. Songs about fathers speak to me on a very specific level and this one just made me cry because it made me think about what our relationship might've been like. It's a beautiful song.
He's the son of a salesman
Short glass old fashioned
'How's your car been running, baby?
Call your mama when you get home safely.'
My hall of fame
He's never missed a game
My first last name
SUNDAY – 'Delicate' by Taylor Swift (Written by Taylor Swift, Max Martin, and Shellback)
I listened to this song a lot on Sunday because I was performing at the Song Suffragettes round the next night and at the end of each show, the girls perform a surprise cover to finish. I was out of my mind excited to play that show so I listened to it on repeat to make sure I really knew it. Anyone who knows me knows that I love Taylor Swift. It wasn't one of my favourites on the new album but the experience of learning it and performing it in that setting has made me absolutely love it.
Third floor on the west side, me and you
Handsome, you're a mansion with a view
Do the girls back home touch you like I do?
Long night with you hands up in my hair
Echoes of your footsteps on the stairs
Stay here, honey, I don't wanna share
MONDAY – 'Brand New Heart' by Lucy Scholl
I first heard this song last year when I saw Lucy perform at a Song Suffragettes round and I instantly fell in love with it. The chorus just spoke to me so clearly. I think it's much better than the 'I'm grateful you broke my heart because it made me a better person' songs because, while it acknowledges the other person's part, it's about how she made that new heart, that new person. She hadn't planned to play it at the round we were both performing in but I asked and she very kindly obliged.
Never thought I'd be so proud of these scars
Showin' 'em off like they're a work of art
I took all the pieces that you broke apart
And I made a brand, brand new heart
TUESDAY – 'Let Me Be' by Savannah Keyes
Savannah played this song during the Song Suffragettes round and it's been on my mind ever since. She talked about how she'd been out with friends and how they'd seen a shirt in a shop window, which had the words 'eat less' emblazoned on it. That example of how much pressure is put on girls inspired this song, which I just loved, as did my Mum. It was very powerful.
Let me be daring
Let me be kind and caring
A dreamer with a flower in her hair and
Let me be young and free
Let me be sweeter
Let me be an innocence keeper
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WEDNESDAY – 'Oh What A World' by Kacey Musgraves (Written by Kacey Musgraves, Ian Fitchuk, and Daniel Tashian)
And in a strange full circle of sorts, I ended up listening to Kacey Musgraves on the flight home. After the ten days I'd just had, 'Oh What A World' feels like a pretty appropriate closing track.
Oh, what a world, I don't wanna leave
All kinds of magic all around us, it's hard to believe
Thank God it's not too good to be true
Oh, what a world, and then there is you
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So, while this isn't specifically a post about mental health, it is about how my mental health affects my life and the things that I want to do so I think it's still relevant and maybe useful to someone else. There still aren't a huge amount of resources for people with Autism and music festivals aren't a naturally autism friendly situation: they're loud and busy and overwhelming. The obvious advice is to avoid the conditions that cause you distress but when you love music and live music, it's not that simple. This thing that I love is also a great stress. So it has to be about balance. Am I having a good time? Is this taking more than it's giving?
So, let's begin. For those of you who don't know, Country2Country is a country music festival in London, Glasgow, and Dublin. In London, it's three days at the O2 Arena with little stages throughout the complex and a big arena show in the evenings. I love country music and I love the country music community in the UK so there are a lot of positive moments but a lot of stressful ones too. I thought I'd write out a little overview of the festival, the good points and the bad, and how the whole thing fitted into the picture of my mental health and experience of Autism.
The biggest consideration for events like these is my lack of energy, especially with my recently increased struggles with fatigue. Standing is a huge part of any festival and for me, standing for extended periods of time (and by that I mean more than a few minutes) results in shaking, dizziness, and overwhelming nausea. Not to mention the disproportional levels of fatigue that build and build until I physically can't stand up anymore. Most of the shows are standing, especially the ones during the day. And like any concert, there's the expectation that you stand, as if standing means you care more than someone who's sitting. My fatigue has been so bad lately that I only went to shows where I knew I could sit down and even then, I really struggled. I had to really pick and choose what I could go to and that came down to an upsettingly short list. But I was determined to enjoy what I could manage.
My 2018 C2C experience began on the Thursday night with a Songwriters' Circle where a group of songwriters take turns playing songs they've written (that have often been released by other artists) and sharing stories about writing them. I love these events: they're usually pretty laid back and very inspiring. It is one of my favourite things to hear songs as they were originally written and to hear how they turned from nothing into something. I was almost at the back but I was just so happy to be there. The line up was Brett James, Luke Combs, Nicolle Galyon, Kip Moore, and Natalie Hemby who is one of my all time favourite songwriters so I was very excited and they did not disappoint. They played old favourites as well as new songs but I think everyone agreed that Natalie's performance of her song, 'Jealous,' recorded by Labyrinth, completely stole the show. Although I must also give an honourable mention both to Nicolle's performance of 'Consequences,' recorded by Camila Cabello, and Luke Combs' new songs. And to round off the night in the most perfect fashion, I managed to hang out with Natalie for a few minutes after the show and she was even lovelier than I remembered. So with that as a first night, the standard was set pretty high!
My excitement was so high that I did crash afterwards. I was completely overwhelmed by nausea twice on my way home, to the point where I had to sit on the ground and just breathe until it faded. This is one of the side effects of my most recent medication (for depression) and it's one of the worst I've experienced but once it passed, I was okay. The emotional energy I get from live music and from being inspired and from talking to these wonderful people is unlike anything else. I could live off that night for days, even weeks, and that's without the rest of C2C. It's like feeding a dying fire; I come back to life.
Having had to go back home to Brighton, Day 1 of C2C began with travelling into London. My first event of the day was a very exciting one: an exclusive listen to The Shires' upcoming album. I'd applied for a ticket and not gotten one but one of my friends in the UK Country community offered me their plus one. I can't put into words how much that meant to me. I've been listening to The Shires since their first single came out and I actually went to one of the events they held when releasing their first album. I've already said it but I absolutely adore the UK Country community: I've met so many wonderful people (and now great friends) while queuing for gigs or while waiting in meet and greet lines and it is just the kindest, most generous group of people. For this event in particular, I saw so many people offering their tickets to people they knew desperately wanted to go and I was so touched to witness that. Personally, I had three people offer me a ticket because they all knew how much I wanted to be there. How amazing is that?! You'll get no spoilers from me but it was better than I'd hoped it would be and I felt honoured to be there. Ben and Crissie are such lovely people and it has been so special to watch their journey up to this point. I'm honestly so excited to listen to all of these new songs over and over when the album comes out.
We weren't allowed to use our phones in the session so, for the purposes of this blog post, I took a photo of The Shires appearing in the official highlights video.
I genuinely loved hanging out with everyone and catching up afterwards but it wasn't long before I started to struggle. I powered through for a while but when my legs started to shake, I had to call it and headed back to where I was staying, although I did have to sit in North Greenwich station for a while because the shaking and dizziness got so bad. I would love to be able to wander around and spend the day listening to artist after artist but it's just too much for me: my lack of energy, the constant high level of noise, and the overwhelming amount of people. With the latter two, it's like my brain becomes overloaded and that can trigger a meltdown. I haven't written about meltdowns very much so far on this blog (although I mentioned them here – a more in depth post is on the list, I promise!) but one way to explain it would be to imagine tapping on glass that has a crack in it. While one knock doesn't do much damage, they build up and eventually it shatters. That's how incoming sensory information feels to me. When I reach overload, I experience extreme anxiety and that can lead to crying, screaming, self harming, etc. Obviously that's not something I ever want to experience in public, with people that I don't know, where I don't feel completely safe, so I have to be aware of how close to that point I am and retreat to a safe place when everything starts to feel too much. I went back to where I was staying and had a couple of hours of quiet time before heading back to the O2 for the arena show.
Kelsea Ballerini was my priority with Tim McGraw and Faith Hill's headline set coming in second; I would have to assess my capabilities throughout the night. Getting into the O2 Arena always stresses me out: there could be a problem with the ticket, they might not let me take my bag in, the metal detector could go off and they'd want to pat me down… All of those things cause me a lot of anxiety before going into a concert but fortunately everything went smoothly this time (having said that, that anxiety still takes a lot out of me, even when the things I'm worried about don't come to pass). It always surprises me that people can't seem to tell how anxious I am because to me, it's everything. It's all I can think about. But as I said, it was simple, so that anxiety didn't turn into anything else.
"Can I be Kelsea Ballerini when I grow up? What a fab show. I loved every second of it. I may have cried a little bit because I want to write songs and sing them too and I want it so badly but that's not necessarily a bad thing. We are made to love things and I love music unapologetically." (x)
Kelsea Ballerini was fantastic. I've now seen her three times in the last year and she's such a great performer. I got completely lost in it and that was wonderful, even if I did cry a bit because I want that to be me so badly – that's not something I can ever really separate myself from. But I had a really awesome time, and I actually managed to lose myself in the music and not feel so self-conscious about enjoying myself. Normally, I can barely move for feeling so exposed to everyone's opinions. So that was really fun. Also, we all need someone to look at us the way Kelsea looks at her audiences…
By the end of her set, I was feeling very shaky and since I wanted to be well enough for Sugarland the next night (I've been waiting eight years to see them live!), I decided to go home. That was derailed a bit by some stuff going on with a friend that didn't exactly help my anxiety and by the time I got home, I was completely exhausted. As is normal after days and evenings of high emotions, it took me a long time to get to sleep but then I slept so deeply that when I woke up, I was so disorientated that a week could've passed. Apparently the previous two days had tired me out more than I'd thought because I slept for most of the day and only really managed to get up in time for the arena shows. I was pretty shaky and anxious but having some of my family with me definitely helped.
Sugarland were freaking awesome. One of my parents played me a few Sugarland songs about eight years ago and ever since, I've absolutely loved their voices, their songs, and their energy. If I'm jamming out in the car, it's most likely to a Sugarland song. So we were both super excited when they announced that they were getting back together and even more so when they were on the line up for C2C. We sang and danced (while sitting down) through the whole thing and it was so, so fun. It couldn't have been better. I mean, there were more songs I wanted to hear but I do understand that they couldn't just keep playing until they'd performed their entire repertoire. Mostly… Anyway, I was and am a very happy bean for having finally seen them live. It was a dream come true.
"I didn't think I could love Sugarland any more than I already did but after last night, I absolutely do. The show was incredible and after waiting eight years, it was a dream come true. Apologies to the people behind me for all the crazy dancing and dramatic singalong." (x)
The headline act of the night was Kacey Musgraves who I have loved since her first album. When I bought my tickets, I decided that I wanted to see her more than anyone on the Sunday so I decided to push myself to stay for her and then not go the next day. I was okay with that trade off and it was worth it. I'd sort of forgotten how much I love her and her writing style and it was so great to hear both my old favourites and some new songs from the upcoming album. I struggled a bit with the graphics on the screens; they made me a bit dizzy and gave me a headache. But it was a great show and I can't wait for her to come back to the UK in October. I was worried about being in the underground with masses of people so we left a little bit early and had a relatively easy journey home.
"Kacey Musgraves is a princess. I'm loving the new songs." (x)
It was a good weekend, if a tiring one. I spent the next day in bed, tired and achy and a bit overly emotional, but that's not an unexpected consequence of an event like this. It takes a lot out of me, on lots of different levels. Because of all the thinking and restricting and careful planning, it wasn't too bad but I wish it were easier. I wish I didn't struggle so much and I wish my abilities and my needs weren't so incompatible with the way the world typically works. Being out in the world is stressful and overwhelming and most places don't come with a built in quiet room to hide out in while I recharge. It doesn't help that I find it really difficult to ask for support. I feel like I'm failing for succumbing to these problems and that I should be strong enough to power through, which I think comes from being diagnosed so late: I've spent my life thinking this way and it's not an easy habit to break.
I hope that this has been helpful, or at the very least gives an insight into what it can be like to go to a festival such as Country2Country when you have Autism, when you struggle with your mental health. The positive moments are unrivalled but the difficulties are freaking difficult.
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Hi! I'm Lauren Alex Hooper. Welcome to my little blog! I write about living with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as several mental health issues. I'm a singersongwriter so I'll probably write a bit about that too.
My first single, 'Invisible,' is now available on iTunes and Spotify, with all proceeds going to Young Minds.
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