the crazy pleasures of Perrigrad

East of the bloc and west of the 18!

Sun, 01 Jan 2006 09:26:23 GMT

2 0 0 5 das ist gut, ja!?

1. What did you do in 2005 that you'd never done before?
units of the 3 and 4 variety. Sustained a relationship. INTERPOL.

2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
It’s extremely likely that I did not keep any that were made.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Nope.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
Yes.

5. What countries did you visit?
Lorne

6. What would you like to have in 2006 that you lacked in 2005?
three hundred thousand euros. An ENTER. FREE-DRESS clothing for school.

7. What date from 2005 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
January 1 – regret/total freedom and joy (not related). August 9 – shock and sad and new. December 12 – shock of the BEST kind.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Charming my way right on to prime time Neighbours!

9. What was your biggest failure?
Not not having pent-up frustration/anger for a particular person

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No. Unless you ask my coordinators. Then it’s a yes, and i required a number of days off for recovery.

11. What was the best thing you bought?
my Ipod. And they say love cannot be bought, and they say happiness cannot be manufactured.

12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Erm…matija

13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
Peter Doherty…anyone?

14. Where did most of your money go?
Food + Music. Music acquisition, music transportation, music festivals. Teriyaki Chicken nori rolls. DUMPLINGS – but not, you see – that’s the majik of the dumpling house.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
Neighbours. Charlotte’s Web. My results.

16. What song will always remind you of 2005?
Pulp: Mis-Shapes, Disco 2000

Okkervil River: The War Criminal Rises and Speaks

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? I think happier? yeah, definitely.
ii. thinner or fatter? Oh gosh. neither, i guess.

iii. richer or poorer? Richer. No, poorer? Let’s say richer. I’d like to be richer.

18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Not much really. Read, I guess. Exercised…suree. Learnt Serbian. Slept.

19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
...I cannot think of anything. procrastinated?

20. How did you spend Christmas?
with my hands under the arms of a 5 year old princess as she tried out her new roller-blades.

22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
I’m still unsure about that. Unless we’re talking Jarvis-love. Then yes, and i fell hard.

23. How many one-night stands?
real or imaginary?

24. What was your favourite TV program?
Sigh… Grey’s anatomy, Family Guy, will & grace

25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
… not that I can think of

26. What was the best book you read?
The Bronze Horseman, both times. The Impossible Country is very good.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
oh GOLLY – the entire year was one massive musical discovery. Ehm, PULP.

28. What did you want and get?
Study scores that I have no qualms about telling jacob pearce. The Impossibe Country.

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
The Notebook. yes, it’s true.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I don’t remember, and seventeen

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Two 50s. a trip to Denmark

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2005?
I like being clothed. YEAH.

34. What kept you sane?
Music. Ipod. Music. Ipod. Sophie, Tahnee.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
Adrian Brody…until I saw his built-up king kong body. Ugh.

36. What political/other issue stirred you the most?
Environmental ones, most definitely. SAVE ENERGY: TURN OFF YOUR MONITOR!

37. Who did you miss?
SOPHIE

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Ma#2, without a single doubt in my swirly little mind. Ma#1 isn't far behind. Supergrass, Jasper and Em aren't far behind.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2005:
If you tolerate this your children will be next

40. What are you going to do with the rest of your life?
Good things

Biggest surprise: Psychology being interesting. Brad and Angelina…srsly, who saw that coming?

Biggest success: my music library.
Biggest regret: a certain world-renowned musician getting the better of me
Best musical taste: myself
Biggest relief: myyy study scores.
Best fashion sense: Sasha. Chrissy.
Best kisser: Will Sheff
Best person to see shows with: Sophie-mayofi. She dances (crazily) enough for the both of us. Taft, cause he wears funny little salmon shorts. Nick James doesn't make this list, neither does Cam.
Best person to get out of my life and ignore completely: well I know who they are.
Best person to get drunk and discuss sexuality with: uhm. Everyone?
Best person to watch… Junior Eurovision with: anyone! Everyone! So long as it is watched.

purely for my own amusement and no one elses

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:30:17 GMT

"if you have more than 70 ...you're a movie whore baby"

(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
( )The Mexican
(x)Fight Club
(1/2)starsky and Hutch
(x)Neverending Story
( )Blazing Saddles
(x)Garden State
(x)The Princess Bride
(x)Young Frankenstien
(x)AnchorMan
(1/2)Napoleon Dynamite
( )Saw
( )White noise
( )White Oleander
( )Anger Management

total here: 8

( )50 First Dates
(x)Freddy vs. Jason
(x)Scream
(x)Scream 2
(x)Scream 3
(x)Scary Movie
(x)Scary Movie 2
(x)Scary Movie 3
(x)American Pie
(x)American Pie 2
(x)American Wedding
(x)Harry Potter
(x)Harry Potter 2
(x)Harry Potter 3
(x)Harry Potter 4
( )Resident Evil
( )Resiedent Evil 2
(x)The Wedding Singer
( )Little Black Book

total here: 15

(1/2)The Village
( )Donnie Darko
(x)Lilo & Stitch
(x)Finding Nemo
( )Finding Neverland
( )13 Ghosts
( )Signs
(x)The Grinch
( )Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( )White Chicks
( )Butterfly Effect
(x)Suddenly 30
( )I,Robot
( )Dodgeball
( )Universal Soldier
(x)A Series Of Unfortunate Events
( )Along Came A Spider
( )Deep impact

total here: 5

( )KingPin
(x)Never Been Kissed (RUFUS...grade 5. good times)
(x)Meet The Parents
( )Meet the Fockers
( )Eight Crazy Nights
(x)A Cinderella Story
(x)The Terminal
(x)The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( )Passport to Paris
(x)Dumb & Dumber
( )Dumb & Dumberer
(x)Final Destination
()Final Destination 2
( )Halloween
(x)The Ring
( )The Ring 2
( )Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
(x)Practical Magic
()Chicago
(x)Ghost Ship
()From Hell
()Hellboy
()Secret Window
(x)I Am Sam
(x)The Whole Nine Yards
( )The whole Ten Yards
()The Day After Tomorrow
()Child's Play
(x)Bride of Chucky
() Seed of chucky
(x)Ten Things I Hate About You
(x)Just Married
()Gothica
()Nightmare on Elm Street
(x)Sixteen Candles
()Bad Boys
()Bad Boys 2
( )Joy Ride
(x)Seven
(x)Oceans Eleven
()Oceans Twelve
( )Idenity

total here: 18

( )Lone Star
( )Predator I
( )Predator II
( )Independence day
( )Cujo
( )A Bronx Tale
( )Darkness Falls
( )Christine
(x)ET
(x)Children of the Corn
( )My boss’s Daughter
(x)Maid in Manhatten
( )Frailty
(x)How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
(x)She's All That
( )Calendar Girls
( )Sideways
(x)Mars Attacks

total here: 6

( )Event Horizon
(x)Ever After
(x)Forrest Gump
( )Big Trouble in Little China
()xmen 1
()xmen 2
(x)Catch me if you can
(x)The Others
(x)Freaky Friday
( )Ring of Fire
(x)The Hot Chick
()Swimfan
( )Miracle
(x)Old School
()Ray
(x)The Notebook
( )K-Pax

total here: 8

(x)Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(x)Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(x)Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(x)A walk to remember
( )Boogeyman
()Hitch
(x)The Fifth Element
(x)Star Wars episode I The Phantom Menace
(x)Star Wars episode II Attack of The Clones
(x)Star Wars episode III Revenge of The Sith
(x)Star Wars episode IIIV A New Hope
(x)Star Wars episode V The Empire Strikes Back
(x)Star Wars episode VI Return of the Jedi
( )Troop Beverly Hills
( )Swimming with Sharks
(x)Air Force One
(x)For Richer or Poorer
( )People under the stairs
( )Blue Velvet
(x)Sound of music
(x)Parent Trap
( ) The Burbs
(x)The Terminator
(x)Empire Records
(x)Meet Joe Black
()Clockwork Orange
( )the Order
(x)Spiderman
()Spiderman 2
() Amelie

total here: 19

(x)Mean Girls
(x)Shrek
(x)Shrek 2
(x)The Incredibles
(x)Collateral
(x)The Fast & The Furious
(x)2 Fast 2 Furious
()Sky Captain Of The World Of Tomorrow
(x)Closer

total here: 8

(x)Titanic
(x)Saved
(x)Bowling For Columbine
()Farenheit 9/11
(x)The Sixth Sense
( )Artificial intelligence (AI)
(x)Love actually
( )Shutter
(x)Ella Enchanted
(x)Princess diaries
(x)Princess diaries 2
( )Constantine
( )Million Dollar Baby
()Envy
()Eurotrip
( )Malibu's Most wanted
()Big Daddy
( )Black Sheep
(x)The Breakfast Club
( ) West side story

total here: 9

( )A Christmas Story
( )spanglish
(x)Pulp Fiction
( )sleepover
( )The Evil Dead
( )Killer Klowns From Outer Space
()The Seed of chucky
()Vanilla Sky
()Nightmare Before Christmas
(1/2)Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
(x)Interview With The Vampire
(x)The Crow
( )Purple Rain
(x)Wayne's World

total here: 4.5

()Wayne's World 2
()21 Grams
()Blow
(x)Edward Scissorhands
(x)Clerks
(x)Beauty and the Beast
( )Guess who
( )monster in-law
()elf
(x)stuart little
()stuart little 2
(x)Chasing Amy
(x)Dogma
(x)Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

total here: 8

(x)Beetlejuice
()The Last Samurai
(x)The Amityville Horror
( )The Aviator
(x)Romeo and Juliet
( )Barbershop
( )Barbershop 2
( )Beauty Shop
(x)legally blonde
(x)legally blonde 2
( )the forgotten
(x)confessions of a teenage drama queen.... ugh, my poor, poor eyes
()the grudge

total here: 6

70 = movie whore...My score: 114.5…hmmm

everybody here is outta sight

Sun, 18 Dec 2005 03:38:30 GMT

Perri
You are idealistic and have a keen intellect and imagination. Philosophical with a gentle, romantic and giving nature your desire is to help others and benefit mankind. You attract many friends and are loved by all for your nurturing and understanding ways. Once a project has been started your determination and focus always ensures that it is completed. You exude peace and contentment and bring this into your environment and associations

Sun, 11 Dec 2005 07:53:46 GMT

hellooo

it's 6.03pm on sunday the 11th of december, and i just arrived home from meredith music festival 64 minutes ago.

oh it was lovely...

sitting on gumtrees sharing crepes with Alex while watching cut copy strut their stuff, discovering Will Shaff (mmm) and okkervil river, watching the sunset go down over the countryside with city city city playing in the background, not showering for three days, finding a friend who happened to work on the bar (free cocktails all weekend, ahyess), being 4 metres away from sons and daughters as they give one of the best sets i (and lily, and everyone else there) have everrrrr seen, dancing the fcuk out of wolfmother with Fraser till we (literally, but not till we found a nice soft patch of grass) dropped, seeing Will Shaff (mmm) and okkervil river, falling asleep to the avalanches, getting a tan!, getting free key rings (woo!), being told i had "gorgeous [insert generic characteristic]" x 10000 by men who obviously didn't realised my 'i am overage, let me in' armband wasn't my own, good ice cream, better nachos, best crepes, having all the artists walk around/eat/dance/chat with the rest of us lowly souls (including will shaff and the pretty lead from the vasco era offering to help look for my lost bankcard)...

that's all i can think of at the moment.

highlights:

cut copy - i don't know what it is about those boys, but they make me happy
okkervil river - like bright eyes with his balls dropped
the kills - ohyesss. so, so good. they're so good.
sons and daughters - ahyesss, tres tres glad to have had that experience. time to be jealous is now.
wolfmother - soooo soo good live! so good. their set at midnight on satdy, so the complete wastedness of everyone by then good have had something to do with our appreciation of their stuff. but whatever, i'll tell you after the next two times i'm to see them this summer.
airbourne - ahahaha, rock on.

aces.

patiently, i look

Sat, 03 Dec 2005 05:36:35 GMT

PERRI
P	is for	Progressive
E	is for	Ebullient
R	is for	Rich
R	is for	Rare
I	is for	Innocent

What Does Your Name Mean?

Summer Is Grand

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 04:27:30 GMT

This Weather:

I love the sound of rain.

I love the smell of rain. Especially when it comes in December. The air here is sticky. I couldn’t sleep last night, too hot, too uncomfortable. Until the thunderstorm came, then I slept and it was good. The sun has not appeared today. Probably needed a rest after yesterday’s fine performance. What a way to bring in a Melbourne summer, 34 one day, thunderstorms the next.

To The Lighthouse:
I’ve nearly finished reading the bronze horseman for the second time. It’s taken me longer this time, I guess because if I know a sad or slow bit is coming up, I take a break, watch that 70s show or something. There is so much to read on the holidays, and I’ve been brushing up on my Serbian grammar. So many cases - accusative, genitive, vocative, locative... I barely know what these words mean in English. No wonder I dropped German.

A Boy Like Me:

I saw HP & the Goblet of Fire yesterday. actually, i think every australian that i have come across since then saw it yesterday. Oh lordy! strike that - oh Jarvis! I'm with sophie when i say that the three or so seconds that he was on the screen were the best three or so seconds of my life. or my morning, at least. the silver! how good was the silver!? i didn't think voldemort looked much like david bowie, but i thought of you anyway.

Wind In The Wires:
I watched One Perfect Day last night. I hadn't seen it since it was first released, and it made me cry just as much. maybe more so, because i'm sure that when i first saw it, i didn't keep rewinding the ending so i could listen to the song and cry all over again. Out of all the films from all the film-making countries, that is the one that makes me want to be an actor the most. I love crying. Someone once said they thought that was why I enjoy acting so much.

Ay, Dan Spielman, Balhatchet, mmm. I give you my hand, the fingers unfold.

The Gypsy King:

For those of you who were in the southern hemisphere yesterday (and before you laugh, that now includes many of my sophies, tahnees, rosas, vis, uyens and amys, soon jaffa - have i missed anyone? are there more than 3 of us left in melbourne?), you will know that it was HOT. summer hot. sweltering perfect-for-gelati hot. And so when an (actually not so) old friend contacted me, told me he'd like to catch up over ice cream, how was i to refuse? i cannot wait till we all can drive, it makes it all so much more simple. I was nervous, it's one of those friendships where we've always kept in touch, an instant message here, an sms there, but we'd actually only ever met up on our own once before, and that was awkward as a giant pineapple in the exam room to say the most. But ay, we has such a lovely afternoon! We both got three-flavour cups, and took a nice long walk around brunswick street, eating our pear sorbet, apricot gelato and hazelnut ice cream. But never fear, it wasn't as if i was eating crème brulee ice cream. My darling has nothing to worry about.

Epilogue:

I've had four straight days off work. I've read, been to the cinema, watched a sufficient amount of films, eaten delicious dumplings*, enjoyed the sun, enjoyed the rain, had scrumptious ice cream, slept, made sisterly bonds**, caught up with an old friend, discovered some new music***...

Next week i go to Meredith. And for those of you who are not yet sweating jealousy into your gumboots, have a good look at the line up, and have a long, hard think about what you were doing back in August, when the tickets sold faster than you could say "falls will sell out quite fast, i do predict, my dear Watson".

Summer is grand.

*a_nymphs_chair</span> nikki, you'll be so proud when you find out what i have discovered - ps. can we go to shanghai soon?
**Heartbroken, again! (Gaby)
***Soph, among others, i finally got my hands on Love is a Number

note: i'm not sure why the fonts on this thing have been so...whatever they are being. please just excuse them

chuh!

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:43:18 GMT

I am 21% Emo.

Okay... so I'm not emo at all.. I am probably not even goth, because goths are just messed up emo kids... I am probably a metal head... or into boy bands...

Take the
Emo Test
@ FualiDotCom

that's good, right.

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:32:03 GMT

nothing interesting to say. so i don't, i can't think of anything, so i give a brief smile. it's normal, isn't it? yes. until i laugh and show interest in the others. oops. don't let it slip, don't talk about it, certainly don't park out the front. I read all of the pages and there is still no answer, only all that was before I know must soon come after.
that is the only way it can be
so I stand in the sun, and I breathe with my lungs, trying to spare me the weight of the truth.
you've spent your whole life sweating in an endless fever. and now you are laying in a bathtub full of freezing water.
wishing you were a ghost.

and i had another sentence here, but it was not nice, so i deleted it. i'm nice

the transformation of the child

Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:24:23 GMT

oh i love it when they start out..

he now:
1. has glasses. looks slightly like harry potter.
2. calls me emo or bono when he wants to insult me.
3. reads (and reads and reads and loves and makes comments on) NME.
4. is always listening to the libs, or razorlight, or something to that effect.
5. knows the names of band members from reputable bands (points them out, makes comments about them)
6. loves manic street prechers

how many times did i accidently leave a cd in his room, hoping that he'd come to his senses. and now it's happened.
hallelujah!

God love iPods.

On a night like this...

Sat, 19 Nov 2005 01:46:56 GMT

I'm finished.
I'm done.
Done with year 11, done with psychology and environmental science, done with english, done with math, done with history, done with school, baby.
Summer is a-comming and i'm jumping on the big hay-covered wagon (apologies to certain EURO-residing about-to-experience-a-cold-frosty-winter acquaintances).

And oh do I have so many plans. I had to write a list last night, it was a good one too. I bet you all wish you could do as much during the summer as I am going to do. I just bet you do!

I’ve also compiled the following list, which exists because at least if all else fails – if it rains every day of the holidays, if I break my arm, if all my friends decide to go to ‘Nam, if my boyfriend decides to break it off in favour of pursuing his celibacy-for-slash dream, if ALL else fails – this will still be there:
The 94 acts that I (Perri, of Melbourne, Australia) am seeing (i.e. already have the shiny little tickets stored in the 3^rd shoe box in which I store my CDs) this summer:

Franz Ferdinand

Kings of Leon
The White Stripes
Iggy & the Stooges
The Dandy Warhols
The Shins
Sons And Daughters

The Kills
Hoodoo Gurus
The Cat Empire
Mudvayne

Mylo
The Zutons
The Mars Volta
Wolfmother x 3
Ozomatli
Ugly Duckling
Cut Copy x 2
Hilltop Hoods
The Presets
Magic Dirt
Wolf & Cub
The Go! Team
The Subways
Sarah Blasko x 2
Rolling Blackouts
The Beautiful Girls
Kelley Stoltz
End of Fashion x 2
Little Birdy
The White Buffalo
The Mess Hall x 2
Evermore
Mia Dyson
Dallas Crane

Blackalicious
British India
Flaherty Corsano Duo
Cog
Pete Murray (eww)
Eric Bibb
Soul Wax
AFI

2 Many DJs
Sleater-Kinney
Okkervil River
The Nextmen
Airbourne x 2
Dappled Cities Fly
Youth Group x 2
Architecture In Helsinki
The Magic Numbers
The Living End
Ash Grunwald
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
Billy Childish and The Buff Medways

Shihad
Katalyst & RuCL
Offcutts
Clare Bowditch and The Feeding Set
Vitalic
You Am I
The Grates x 3
The Vasco Era
Lior
Matt Walker and Ashley Davies x 2
67 Special
TZU
Gerling
Bit By Bats
Dei Hamo
King Marong and Safara
City City City
Peeping Tom
The Greenhorns

Dan Sultan and Scott Wilson
Faker x 2
Rob Sawyer
True Live
The Avalanches DJ Show
Beasts Of Bourbon
Sonicanimation
Johnny Idem
Eddie Current Suppression Ring
J-Live
Common
Edan
Jean Grae
M.I.A
DJ Ajax
DJ Jason Midro
MU
Caged Baby
Fast Crew

Of course I won’t be seeing all of them. Some that are festival acts will be on at the same time, some I will be sleeping through, and some I will go well out of my way to avoid (Pete Murray, anyone?). But it’s a very nice, comprehensive list. See what I mean when I said it would be ok if my boyfriend breaks it off to pursue his hair-metal gay fantasy?

we find solace in melody…

i got bit

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 08:35:02 GMT

tagathon it seems

9 songs i'm into right now (or somethng to that effect):
1. the mess we're in - pj harvey and thom yorke
2. mind's eye - wolfmother
3. guns of brixton - nouvelle vague
4. london scene? - twisted charm
5. me and the bees - the softies
6. shut up & kiss me - pony up
7. landmark - the field mice
8. coast to coast - elliott smith
9. *secret song* - *secretly embarrassing artiste*

3 things that have been distracting me from doing other stuff:
1. one tree hill. did i mention i've been hooked? did i mention i haven't begun to study for my enviro exam yet? i cannot. i do not have time, not when someone handed me 25 episodes in a neat little package of a show i'd never watched and told me to be careful with how i used it. uhuuuua. addictive. tahnee has her dawson's creek and everyone else has their OC, so i figure i'm allowed this.
2. tiredness. it has engulfed me this week.
3. being in...i don't know what we're calling it, much like? whatever it is. it's partly consuming and completely amazing. being able to feel this way and have it be reciprocal is very good, and i wish it upon everyone

4 things you want to do before the year end:
1. throw the pasty winter shade
2. see sophie
3. be happy with my study scores
4. not break up

i tag: anyone who wants to be the one

my life is brilliant.
my feeling's pure.
i saw the one.
of that i'm sure.
he smiled at me across the room
he was with another one.
but i won't lose sleep on that,
cause i've got a plan.

Now's your moment, floating in a blue lagoon

Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:19:39 GMT

It’s a much less fucked up week.

I just came out of my peer support leader 2006 interview. Pchang! Talk about being put on the spot. But I think I did okay. We shall see soon enough, at any rate.
I’m listening to The Circle of Life from the start of the lion king. Mmmm. I often wish I was a pride-land animal.

Things that I have learned out today:
+ Mr A really is a dick. Of course I already knew this so it isn’t learned, but he’s managed to reiterated it. PLEASE STICK TO THE STUDY DESIGN ON EXAMS!!

+ atmosphere___ is much better at English than she let on. High distinction in the state competition, my friend. Add that to the geography comp you topped the school in earlier this year. Earned your place at Mac.rob much?

+ Setting one’s alarm for 1 hour earlier will not ensure an hour extra of study and time to wash one’s hair. It merely makes one hit snooze, lose sleep and get up too late.
+ Rosa makes good salads.

It’s lunch time now so I best get going, seeing how speech night rehearsals have cruelly taken away half of it.

3 free periods today. Again.

I love you, by the way. Did you know that?

Thu, 03 Nov 2005 10:35:31 GMT

it's so fucked up.

London scene?

Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:45:52 GMT

So my first shift at Barkly's was good. It was with two, good looking, very made up, very blonde girls who go to St Helena ("sennalina, yeah?"). They were nice and helpful. The work is soo easy, and i thought i had it good at McD. It’s basically “Hello” escort to table “Any drinks to start?” bring out bread rolls “How did you enjoy your meal this evening?” clear dishes.

But I sound like I’m not earning my $16/h ($21 on Sundays J). The chefs are verrry rude and apparently unforgiving of “fuck ups” as I was told about 37 times, and carrying one hot, heavy plate is difficult, let alone the 3 I’m supposed to “be a natural at in no time”.

Ashe arrived home yesterday. Her plane from London got in at 4am. What a joyous start. So she’s back in one of the lounge rooms, and has already made a considerable dent in our salad stock (I swear, that girl gobbles more than if nikki and sophie morphed together into some giant icy pole stick sized eating apparatus). she says she’ll be moving out within a week…but I believe that was the intent of her last 2 year stay. So we’ll see. If she doesn’t, there is lots lovely clothing to be borrowed. She brought me some v cool present-s. Chloe perfume from NY, a tote bag from the Tate Britain and some gooood vinyls from France.

This has got to be the most lackluster/self-indulgent post, so for those of you who read it, I commend you for your efforts.

I’m outtie.

nightclub voyeur cliche

Tue, 25 Oct 2005 11:39:45 GMT

I got a new job today!
a brand shiny new one.

here:
circa 1900

it looks a little more shiny in person, i think.

first impressions of earth

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:08:05 GMT

After this morning's events (a flashing of The Handmaid's Tale, and later, a flashing of some nice old man's privates - ahh, the city), i felt it best to come home and treat myself. Three chocolate mousse cupcakes and 6 episodes of Sex & The City later, i sat down to read Cynthia Lennon's memoir and listen to Sgt Pepper's. It's flowery, dreamy style perfectly suits my current history assignment (American Social Movements of the 1960s: The Hippies). I look at this picture:

and i can't help but wonder, was i born too late?
Not that i'm necessarily saying that i want to lie around naked all day, with nothing better to do than look for the cheapest LSD dealer. But i can't help but get a nice butterfly-y summer free feeling when my mind is in the midst of all those flowers, "love" and "peace". It's fun to romanticise about, anyway. My mother saw the Beatles when she was 14. Not that they're totally representative of what i'm talking about. But she was quite the 60s flower child.
I like this picture too:
do i look like her?

And finally, that iconic image published a month after John Lennon's December 1980 death has been ranked the top magazine cover of the last 40 years by a panel of magazine editors, artists and designers. Ok, so this was in mX over a week ago, i don't update all that often...

And while that's all well and good, others on the list include images from the September 11 attacks, the Vietnam War and of Katiti Kironde II, the first black woman on the cover of a national women's magazine. But which cover should come a big fat second?

A pregnant Demi Moore.

I ask you...

it just don't move me, it's not the kind of thing that i like. na na na na naaaa

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:51:43 GMT

i don't wanna live like common people, i don't wanna do as common people do.

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 09:11:16 GMT

mr allan and i have almost identical ipods.
well actually that is a lie. my ipod far exceeds his in musical superiority. my ipod has about 3 times as many artists. mr allan's ipod doesn't have the libertines or pulp. but he does have a whollllllle lot of good music. a whole lot. tres weird. i could only see about 5 artists that he has that i do not (nine inch nails being one clear one).

how whack.

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 11:08:30 GMT

yes, i feel the need for two posts within 15 minutes.
because, ladies and gentlemen, i have just bothered to check out the line up for BIG DAY OUT 2006.

holy fuck.

and i never swear.
of course i'd read the age article, i'd heard the rumours, i knew of franz and the stooges' appearance, but like, c'mon!
Franz Ferdinand; Kings Of Leon; Iggy & The Stooges; The White Stripes ...et cetera.

JarvGasms - "only in your underwear"

Thu, 06 Oct 2005 10:44:39 GMT

yet another half-assed post.
i'm discovering alll these new ljs. Chryssie (emo), Kimmie (fabulous dress maker), imo-gen (hard g - like gum).
of course i never doubted for a second that these people would have ljss. but it is fun to make new discoveries.

speaking of...nothing to do with that at all, i watched Out Of Africa this afternoon. ha...aha. robert redford looked in 1985 much like he does in 2005; i believe he can be found somewhere between a cowboy and carmilla parker bowles. and meryl streep's accent. my my, if that is what the danes are supposed to sound like, i don't envy you much soph-ie.

have been listening to a lot of sonic youth lately.
no further comment.

you could have it so much better with Perri

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 11:18:28 GMT

When I woke up tonight I said ii-iiiiii’m gonna make somebody love me. That doesn’t make any sense at all. Who wakes up at night?

Kath & Kim is on. I’ve seen it beforeeee. Memories of Blairgowrie with Sophie. Those were the days.
Speaking of days, 28 of them til my unit 4 exams start. Woot! But no one cares, perri. Stop talking to yourself, perri.

Things I learned today:
1. Mr Allan wore a dress.. in front of people. Waah?
2.

Conclusion: Alex takes a lot of naps.

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 14:58:43 GMT

happy 18th birthday hilary
we've known each other for a couple of years now, it's been such a beautiful friendship.
if there's a better friend out there, i'm yet to meet her ('cept maybe Sophie).
I love you!

Fiction (reprise)

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:33:21 GMT

Because it gave me shivers to hear Brad's tale...

We went out to a gig the night before and got home at like 12am,

and realised the door was open. Most of the night we were all paranoid that there was someone in the house that was going to axe us...

Like axed, like blood, like axe murderer axed

it was Jack, Tim, Marko and I and we all went to the gig, at about 7, came home at 12 and the door was open. it was so weird, because we were so happy coming back, skipping down the road back to the house.

Jack was way in front, so when the three of us got to the gate all we could see was jack standing motionless in front of the open door, and the pitch black

One of the most terrifying moments of my life

It was so scary. Jack has gone up a whole new level in my respect. Because all we could see was him standing there in front of the door, for what seemed like ages. And we were trying to convince ourselves, the three of us, to do something, go up to him, call the police, something, but we were shaking. And he just walks straight in. It was crazy.

So i have a habit of over dramatasing things when i write them. But i actually didn’t that time; i didn’t even manage to tell you how scary it was. We were all so scared for the rest of the night.

We went in after jack because we realised we couldn’t leave him alone. Went in and bashed every door and looked everywhere. I was walking around with the guitar ready to smash over someone’s head...and the slightest noise and we jumped, completely paranoid. The funniest thing was, well funny now, none of us wanted to go to the toilet...because there’s a skylight above it. and Tim said he might be in there...

so we went in pairs.

There's Too Much Love

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:38:26 GMT

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 03:42:34 GMT

ps. screcan ti rodjandan, matija.