Sunday, January 31, 2010
movie #3
I spent the entire movie going: stab it! kill the parasite inside you before it changes everything about your life that you like!! NOW. I guess if you liked the process of child bearing then this movie is better suited to you, but I was horrified. It didn't help that I was sitting alone in my room with headphones on yelling at the screen. Besides the point.
Best part of the movie was when the guy and the other guy ( I didn't pay attention to names + I've delayed posting this so nerrr ) went to Vegas, tripped out on shrooms, saw cirque du soleil then discussed apartment chairs. I would discuss the hotel room's chairs completely sober and found it quite the hilarous.
I say 3.5 stars becuase as much as it was frustrating it was cute.
Friday, January 29, 2010
fetching tea and whatnot
See what I learnt from years of watching Rex on SBS - yellow writing can be seen no matter what, if you outline it in black! well I shadowed it but yeah, same idea. This is a terrible selfie. And the only plausible before shot I found was from New Year. It was less than a month ago so yay for close enough?! So yes, you can see just how much hair I got cut off. A LOT. My lovely hairdresser suggested making a pillow out of it... I have a fringe which looks ridiculous unless straightened and the green chunk is still there and actually more visible than usual, just not in this pick =S E has kindly offered to help me redo it so it can be blue how it's meant to be. YAY.
Happy Australia Day for the other day! Hope you had an epic day. I certainly did. Alone though. Mother dearest wasn't feeling great and was therefore sleeping. Papa took the opportunity to try and build things silently. Munchkin had a friend over, T was off celebrating with family in the city and all my friends had parties or events. So I took myself to the Rocks to see a bunch of free bands in the stinking hot. Yes, I'm that clever. I missed my train by maybe two seconds because M and E drove past and stopped for a chat. Which was awesome to see they were still alive after the gathering from the night before, but the 30 min wait for the next train was not so awesum. I got there, I got sunburnt, I felt amazingly lonely because everyone else seemed to have someone else, I watched a bunch of bands and a bunch of people falling over ( equally entertaining ), I got a headache, I went home only to find out T was already at home, was only 5 mins away from where I was and if I had called/texted I would have not been alone. ARGH. It wasn't until the train home that I realised I got to cross something off my list. The whole free bands thing that I kept refering to it as was actually called: Festival of the Voice. Yipee for no more 9). I now feel the need to list and explain each band I saw:
1) Lanie Lane - I sat in the shade which was miles from the stage and therefore wasn't very involved in her performance. But man, could she sing. I want to sing like her. Or anyone who can sing, really. Besides the point, she was rather excellent despite the fact I was miles away, her music wasn't anything like what I normally like and I could't sing along ( which, random fun fact, I enjoy doing at concerts because it's loud enough people can't hear you )
3) Dallas Frasca - Had bright red dreds and a voice like pink. But sounded country-ish. And the sun again stopped me from going up close to the stage and proper enjoying it. ARGH.
4) Super Massive - This was the first band that I got to see kinda proper because the shade had spread enough. As much as I wanted to laugh hysterically at the lead singer's attempt at dancing I was in awe of the fact that she had the balls to dance like a maniac in front of a crowd. TBH ( To Be Honest, I've been reading a blog where there are all these shortenings and I drive myself mad trying to interpret them. So there you go ) the people I was sitting next to were more entertaining than the band. There were germans and british and obviously gays and OMG ( if you don't know that one, get off the internet ) they were funny. Drinking white wine from the bottle which was still in the brown bag and just commenting on the people around.
5) King Tide - Was a reggae group with 9 people on stage and was the oddest mix. The two singers were stark contrasts - one had baggy white pants and bandana decorated with convict arrows and red paint swirled on his chest, and the other was older and in a grey tailored suit with aviators. Odd. I left early. The dancers/swayers were freaking me out. All looking at the sky or eyes closed. eh? There was one guy with a clear bauble thing and it looked like it was on a string the way he made it move. UHMAZING.
6) Paul Capsis - There was a pic in the program, and for some reason he reminded me of Marilyn Manson. And that made me think he would sound like Marilyn Manson but in a burlesque jazz style. No. Manson's voice is so goddamn sexy and this guy's voice was girly. And not at all sexy. Amusing though. The guy with the guitar was cute enough to mask my dissapointment.
So yep. I got to know the Rocks a tiny bit better. I know them pretty darn well now. And then on thursday I went with T to TAFE in the city for his competitive interview. I sat in a hallway for over 5 hours. There was some cool people there though. Besides the point, 48). is gonna be a cinch if I keep having these mini adventures.
On sometime this week ( it would help if I had some sort of memory ) NO! it was monday! YEAH! over-reaction... anyway. On monday I met up with the gang plus D, L and R minus T.Which means I have completed 51). for this time period :) Pizza and then park ( pub wasn't possible because of the youngens amongst us ). I didn't drink coz I had car but I still had alot of fun. Only problem was I felt T should have been there. Oh well. There were no blow ups so I guess I should just be thankful.
I can cross off 91).!! Just as soon as I work out if it'll let me cross it off. So far it's been all NO, html is evil!! BACK AWAY. ( read: error message. html not allowed. ) I shall work on it. I really want to cross things off!! Back to 91)., my friend GSJ has been inspired to make his own list. I havn't seen it yet. He hasn't finished it yet actually. But YAY.
muchlove.
longest post ever? i think yes.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
movie #2
I have been wanting to watch this movie for a while, and contrary to popular belief: this sucks. Most people believe this means it's going to be a good movie and you're going to enjoy it more. For me, typically, I hype it up too much in my mind and end up being majorly dissappointed. Not this time! YEAH!
My favourite line from this movie was "You're a whore, Peter". Well, it was that whole situation which was ridiculously giggle worthy. I really don't want to spoil this one because I think everyone should see it for themselves. I volunteer to watch with if necessary. That's how much I loved it.
4.5 stars!! I'm not very good at the objective point giving. I feel I'm being mean when I rate these. It's not like the book/movie has feelings but yeah, I feel like I am hurting these non-existant feelings when I put a rating to it.
That's two movies, both of which have ended in a wedding. hmph. weird.
Monday, January 25, 2010
book #1
Most annoying thing about this book is the random French and Occitan. I needed a straight translation every time they used the words, not just the first time. My memory for random phrases of languages isn't that good. And as much as I hate flicking to a glossary I tried it a couple of times, but no, it's a select glossary. Not so helpful.
I loved the fact that it was all secret societies with weird rituals and underground sanctuaries and forgotten treasures. I want in on a secret society. I'm not so keen on devoting my life to find a book though. That was a little weird.
Following the weird train of thought: the whole "oh yeah, I'm 800 years old, and I'm sick of living, but whatever I'll do it anyway" was hard to believe. I accepted that you were 800 years old with difficulty but trying to make me believe you hadn't seriously considered suicide when you had nothing to live for was stupid. But then I think immortality is a curse, not a blessing. So maybe that view is interfering a bit.
Coolest thing about this book was the fact that I learnt all about the history of Southern France in the 13th century without a text book. The whole thing made me cranky though. Religious wars seem like an oxymoron to me. War kills the innocence and purity and isn't that what they're aiming for?? I don't know enough for a religious debate but honestly, I can't be the only one who thinks that it's mad.
I give it 3 out of 5. I liked it enough that I read it pretty quickly, but not enough to recommend to all my friends.
There is a list of books in the back for 'further reading'. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is on there. I liked that book. I'm seriously considering trying to find and read the others on the list. As long as I can avoid the random French...Sunday, January 24, 2010
Internetics Anonymous?
So... progress report:
I went swimming again. There was a gathering at L's friend's house. It was ridiculously funny because sober me got to laugh at drunk friends. There were three girls there and all three of us were named Emily. I found this odd and therefore I am sharing. Maybe I'm just being silly. Anyway, this guy's pool is beyond amazing. The water was warm and it was dark this time so I didn't get sunburnt. And there was enough of us in the pool for it to be fun, what with the splashing and waterguns and pool toy things. So 2 down for 26).
After meeting with Grandma for a celebrational 'You survived the HSC' morning tea ( vanilla tea is amazing ) I managed to get myself from the Queen Victoria building to Mother's work without clear instructions, a map or an all-knowing friend. I think 48). won't be too hard. I'll just have to go more often and wander and familiarise myself with buildings and statues and what-not.
I had a painting day and it was most fun. It was all for a competition which I did not get to enter because of the broken internet. So now my designs for the top of a laptop are just pretty desktop pics. The actual painting was fun, the wrestling with harry ( my laptop ) to just be nice and the intense desire to throw him out a window then jump out after him was not so fun. There's no more space and it's rather frustrating. I think I'll put the desktop pics/top of laptop designs here :)
I got my hair cut! I now have barely shoulder length, layered, choppy hair with a madd fringe that's kind of parted but not really and hangs sort of over one eye. I'll put a pic in the next blog. how bout that? I'll find a before pic too, because I stupidly forgot to take one. There's alot of photos from graduation and what-not where i basically had the same hair minus the green blue bit. And I still have the green blue bit so there you go. I should recolour them though. I'm just rambling again. meh.
Because of the deadness of the internet I have been playing pokemon yellow. It's amazing still. I have a bicycle now so everything is faster, so yay for me! Once I cross off 89). I predict a hollow feeling will occur becuase as much as it will be amazing that I've finished it I'll still be a bit oh, it's over, now what? red, blue, gold, all the other ones!! YEAH. No. Not going to happen.
On a happy note: I got into UWS so I'll be completing a Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) for the next few years. In Penrith. Which means a long complicated train trip with changes and probably walking and waking up early. I need to move to Penrith.
muchlove.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
working titles don't work that hard, do they?
For list related:
I bought a t-shirt. It was 5$. I didn't even bother trying it on. I should have though. It's ridiculously long but I'm just going with it. It's meant to be all bunched up around my waist. OK? good =] anyhoo, this means I can complete 60). soon. I hope. I'm excited for it. E has fabric paint, which is convenient. It's a black shirt though so I'm curious as to see how that works. Hopefully, some time this week I can FINALLY cross something off the list, rather than start or partially complete.
On that note, I've realised that there are too many things on the list I won't be able to cross off until the end. GRR AT PAST ME.
I've found two blogs to follow! I fell in love with a guy named Charlie =] he's on youtube, and therefore a vlogger. http://www.youtube.com/charlie#p/a I sat and used up alot of internet downloads but it doesn't matter because he's adorable. And by adorable I mean British; because the two are almost interchangable. Many thanks to T for finding him for me. The second is a girl in New York. http://blackberriestoapples.blogspot.com/ I'm not entirely sure why this one is so amazing to me despite the obvious... she lives in New York and I'm overwhelmed with jealousy and ( you can never be sure but ) she seems genuinely honest, which I have a deep respect for. So yes, I'll find my third blog to follow for 76). and then I'll never be able to cross it off. Until the end. darn you, past me. darn you.
I played pokemon yellow yesterday. It was epic =] apart from the fact that I'm up to the bit with the cave. I hate the caves. Which is most likely why I put it aside last time, because caves are frikin ANNOYING. I'm never going to cross off 89). though if I leave it alone everytime I reach a cave. I have amazing character names though. My name in it is woman, so everytime they refer to me I giggle. Pikachu's name is Minion. Someone is ninja. I love naming things.
AND be amazed with me. I just looked at the time. 11.11. YEAH!!
At the gathering last night, one of the guys had the phone I want. Nokia N97. I was immensly jealous. A hid it under a couch =] I don't know why that's so amusing. Even now. Anyway, I looked into getting it (again) and it's cheaper. Like, 30$ a month. Which would be amazing. If I earnt 30$ a month. hmph.
I have just noticed I say amazing way too much. But that's ok. I think excellent sounds sarcastic for some reason so I don't use it, but I should start. As you don't know that. But now you do. Fail at logic. Bugger.
And another completely related-to-nothing train of thought: I always imagined using fake names for all my friends if I ever had a blog. I have not. Well, I've used first names only. I could make up fake last names =P nah. o well. You know what? let's fix this problem. Friends now go by the first letter of their name. Or close enough. I'm only allowed to know 26 people now...
AND! I'm getting lessons from Papa in the near future on how to open the front door quietly so I can sneak in. Does that seem slightly ridiculous to anyone else? I still maintain it's not my fault but rather the door's.
finally: I've made the effort to capitalize the start of sentences and use proper punctuation and spelling. Oh, capitalising 'I' is the mostest annoying. I use msn too much, it's my only excuse. So if I've missed things I humbly apologise, and wish to let you know I am trying.
muchlove.
movie #1
The weirdest thing about this movie is there is this scene where there is a tiger in the back of a car, and they stop in a tunnel. That's not the weird bit. Obviously. The weird bit is about 6 months ago I had a dream that I was in a car with a bunch of people, driving through a tunnel, with a tiger in the back. The tiger was dead, and wrapped in a carpet in my dream though. But still! coincidence??
Best line from this movie was Mr. Chow saying "Too-da-loo, Motherfuckers!!"; I laughed hysterically for a long while. Actually, I laughed hysterically alot. There was some bits that were cringe-worthy but mostly good.
I'm thinking 4 out of 5 stars.
I'm also thinking that this reflection is pretty darn basic but what you gunna do? It shows I like it, that I would recommend it and also fulfills the requirements of 94). I just realised that movie marathons are going to be avoided. hmph.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
learning from mistakes
ok, in consecutive order, otherwise I'll lose track:
I learnt that in Centennial Park there are night time movies all the time. So I can complete 3). whenever there's a good movie on, it's good weather, and I can gather some friends together.
http://www.moonlight.com.au/docs/ProgramSydney.pdf = list of movies and dates for the near future.
Munchkin is going to a horror movie marathon at his girlfriend's house with some friends. I am so keen on crashing it. I would scare his friends though. No one is really used to me laughing at blood and guts and murder. But somehow I'll complete 15). without crashing my brother's fun. Unless I get desperate towards the end... XP
I went swimming! It was amazing. I went on a day trip to Bondi with C, R and N. It was mad fun. For a while there, in the water, we were the furthest out and the waves were barely there and it was perfect. The water was freezing though. And despite multiple layers of sunscreen I managed to get get badly burnt on my face and back. So yay for one down for 26).
While we were in Bondi I wanted to complete one of 32). but it just didn't work out that way. I wrote the letter and everything. I'm planning to go to the library tomorrow so I can borrow some of the books Rach recommended and slip in the letter. If I can find Stargirl it'll be in that book. Otherwise, Omega. I think if I go with my 5 favourite books I'll connect with someone like-minded, which would be cool.
I learnt that I named 38). wrong. I feel really stupid about it actually. The seven degrees of separation theory is actually called the six degrees of separation theory. It's all based on social networking and how 'small' the world is these days; how between you and anyone in the world there is 6 people.
I think I've picked my actor for 65). I just watched The Hangover and realised how much I love Bradley Cooper. I could happily watch him in multiple movies. The funny thing is I think mother dearest would be more than happy to watch with me =]
On a completly unrelated note: Appreciate what you have. Two people close to me are in the middle of life-changing events and those are just the ones I know about. So, appreciate the people and things in your life because you never know how or when it could change.
muchlove.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
lazy.
But I did have an adventure =] It was good fun. I met mother dearest in the city and we went to the rocks moonlight markets and then went to a pub for dinner. So yay for 1 of 10 for 25).
They had some really awesome things but were ridiculously over priced. I fell in love with so many summery dresses only to be crushed by the 130$ and upwards price tag. Ergh. The jewellery was amazing too; there were these rings with scrabble pieces and earrings with domino pieces which really inspired me to steal their idea and blatently call it my own.
I played piano again for a bit. I know how impatient T gets so I tried to learn ahead so I could explain with ease. This next bit had two hands and counting and WOAH. but I figured it out eventually. It was fun but it'll be a while before I can play the kind of song I want to on piano for 41).
53). is annoying. My laziness attacks all aspects of my life. Especially when it comes to physical activity. I enjoy sitting. Tonight I ran for 45 mins; *cough* attepted to run *cough*. Parts of it were walking, parts were swearing fluently, but i didn't collapse on the ground this time. I turn into the biggest bitch when I can't breath properly. I'll get to the point where I can run for longer distances without dying. Hopefully.
I am beyond amazed at how Karl's tattoos have turned out. They're beautiful. He got peace and grace but in greek and hebrew across his wrists. I want to go do 55). now!! I do not, however, have 100$ to spare at the moment. Which I still believe is ridiculously overpriced. It's ten tiny lines on my skull, how dangerous can it be? =P
To prove my laziness... I have watched some Sailor Moon. It's still beyond epic. I love it to bits. I just found out there's 200 episodes. The same thing happens in every single ep. I'm glad I have a while to complete this because as much as I love it, it gets repetitive and I then have to watch something else. Like Stargate Universe. It's amazing. Sailor Moon though, I'm up to ep 44, I do believe. Slowly but surely, as they say.
Oh and quick tip... vodka only pretends to be your friend.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
numbers and letters...
49). is helping 75)., I'm not sure how long it'll be before I cover my ears when people talk about books because my list of recommended books will get too long to handle. Rach has recommended Anita Blake Vampire Hunter by Laurell K. Hamilton; The Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs and the Jaz Parks series by Jennifer Rardin. WHOLE SERIES. should be fun =]
Yesterday I sat with T while he learnt basics on the piano for his list ( 91). Learn to play the piano ). Twas quite the fun. In return he tried to help me with 52). It was past midnight, and I was struggling so much I had collapsed on the floor in a fit of giggles. Turns out niether of us are very good at push-ups. When I couldnt even do a single normal push-up I switched to woman push-ups ( from the knees ) and still failed. I'm going to have to build up some strength...
Today I came across some terrible news. Well, terrible for me. Suspected though. On the Armor For Sleep website there's a post pretty much outlining that they're done. No more. End of AMAZING music. I should be more traumatized. I'm not really that phased actually. Just makes 66). more meaningful now I guess. I was singing the bits I know while I waited in the carpark for E and T to come back from the bottle shop today ( I stupidly forgot my id ).
I am quite thrilled that I can now put a countdown on the blog =] the stupid countdowns don't allow for 4 digits in the days column so I've put it off until the number of days left could actually fit on the countdown. Which is quite ridiculous.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
yeah! shindig!
And because of the shindig I had an excuse to bake =D T and I made faerie cakes. They smelt weird but tasted really good. So YAY for 1 of 33 for 45).
RECIPE: [FAERIE CAKES]
ingredients:
250g butter
330g (1 1/2 cups) caster sugar
2 tsp vanilla essence
4 eggs
450g (3 cups) self-raising flour
250ml (1 cup) milk
method:
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line 18 large muffin pans with paper cases. Use an electric beater to beat the butter, sugar and vanilla essence in a large bowl until very pale and creamy.
Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, until combined.
Use a large metal spoon to gently fold in half the flour alternately with half the milk, until well combined.
Repeat with remaining flour and milk. Spoon the mixture evenly into the paper cases.
Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centres comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool.
And for icing we winged it and had alot of softened butter and enough icing sugar to make it icing like.
No photo for this one unfortunatly. It was all done in too much of a rush. We had to go on a mad dash to the shops too because we didn't have enough butter. And I left the container and left overs there. woops.
AND AND!!! I have found a podcast of lessons for Danish =] I have no idea whether it's any good yet but it's a step in the right direction for 43). I hope.
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Beginnings
2). See a movie alone
3). Go to a moonlight cinema session
4). Go somewhere in the boot of a car
5). Go skiing
6). Go to the dentist
7). Go to a play
8). Go to a concert
9). Go to a festival
10). Visit a museum for a specific exhibit
11). Go to a cemetery to remember those forgotten
12). Go on a road trip
13). See an eclipse of some sort
14). Redo schoolies
15). Host/go to a horror movie marathon
16). Attend a wedding
17). Go to a Halloween party dressed up
18). Host a board game night
19). Host masquerade party with T
20). See some sporting event live and try to enjoy it
21). Go cliff jumping
22). Sleep under the stars
23). Meditate in open air as the sun rises
24). Go to 5 garage sales
25). Visit 10 different markets
26). Go swimming at least 12 times
27). Go a weekend without looking at the time
28). Start donating blood
29). Fill an ‘operation Christmas child’ shoebox
30). Have an earth hour every day for a month
31). Sponsor someone doing an event for charity
32). Leave letters in 5 library books
33). Eat with chopsticks successfully
34). Get RSA
35). Go on a first aid course
36). Learn how to change a tire
37). Learn to solve a rubix cube
38). Understand and be able to explain the seven degrees of separation theory
39). Understand basics of feng shui
40). Learn palmistry and read 5 palms
41). Learn to play one song on piano
42). Become ambidextrous
43). Learn to speak Danish
44). Learn all i can (and remember) about Ancient Egypt
45). Try a new recipe each month
46). Memorise the greatest cookie recipe
47). Make and intensely decorate cakes for 5 birthdays
48). Learn my way around the city
49). Maintain contact with Rach with text and letters
50). Keep in contact with 6 via phone, email or meeting
51). See each of 6 at least once every two months
52). Do 25 proper push ups
53). Reach ideal weight/ lose 10kg
54). Get a passport
55). Get tattoo of star
56). Move out
57). Paint something for fun, 6 times
58). Sell a piece of jewellery I’ve made
59). Make and wear a piece of clothing
60). Decorate a t shirt
61). Go a day without talking
62). Replace Zachariah
63). Save $3000
64). Fill happy froggy twice
65). Pick an actor/actress and watch all their movies
66). Listen to and memorise all Armor For Sleep songs
67). Learn how to blow gum bubbles
68). Remember to back up computer every three months
69). Increase typing speed to 80 wpm
70). Watch all of ‘supernatural’
71). Watch all ‘how i met your mother’
72). Watch all of ‘Sailor Moon’
73). Drastically change my hair 3 times
74). Read Anne Rice’s vampire books
75). Read all books recommended to me
76). Find and follow three amazing blogs
77). Have an actual relationship
78). Have a paying job
79). Travel to a new place
80). Find and buy a lipstick thats my colour
81). Use only public transport for a week
82). Go a month without jewellery (basic earrings)
83). Go vegetarian for a month
84). Last a day in heels (without needing to take them off)
85). Go a non-consecutive 60 days without computer
86). Go a week without complaining
87). Go 6months without fast food
88). Be completely honest for a week
89). Complete Pokémon yellow
90). Join, release and find a bookcrossing book
91). Inspire someone to make their own list
92). Start blogging my dreams with interpretation
93). Write a reflection for every book i read (blog)
94). Write a reflection for every movie i watch (blog)
95). Follow and encourage someone doing 101 in 1001
96). Update blog consistently
97). Buy new phone
98). Own a postsecret or street art/graffiti book
99). Get a new laptop
100). Buy and use a day planner
101). Own a double bed
A couple of minutes after the fireworks ended, just me and some of the most amazing people ever...( left to right: J, A, E, T, me, K)