this rekindled my hope for love and mankind June 10, 2008

http://www.nygirlofmydreams.com/

monday 9th June 10, 2008

argh for upcoming exams…even though i only have one, i still have to study my arse off…i guess it doesn’t help that I’m writing this while i supposed to be studying but hey at least I’m giving myself a break from the last three days where I’ve done nothing but clean up after ‘little messages’ my new puppy has left me, sleep in the lounge room on the couch to make sure he doesn’t leave any more, and make sure mum gets some sleep while she’s come down with my cold. [oops]. but that wasn’t my fault! she drank out of my sprite bottle while we were waiting for my appointment at box hill.

I’ve just spent the last maybe hour or so listening to coldplay’s new album on their myspace, because they’ve put it up in their song list before the album is officially released, well before it’s released in Australia. anyway, I’m positive it’s not out yet, but equally as positive that I’m going to buy the first chance i get [which is probably Thursday]. it is quite a good album., i think it’s better than their last, X & Y, but only because their sound has evolved far beyond what i heard in ‘Speed of Sound’. now before i get into my own little review of their new album, let me just say that i am in no way a music expert, i am just saying what i think of their new stuff, and this is entirely my own opinion and if you disagree, then that’s okay. but back to what i was saying, i love the title track ‘Viva La Vida’ just because it just sounds really awesome. i am listening to it as i am writing this.

but enough of coldplay. here is some very awesome songs i am listening to in my itunes favs

1. The Mystery Jets – Young Love

2. Laura Marling – Ghosts, Romantic Love

3. Vampire Weekend – A-Punk, Bryn, Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa

4. The Wombats – Let’s Dance To Joy Division [ i am seeing the wombats live in august..HOW AWESOME]

5. Emma Russak – Sweet Smog Children

6. Isosceles – Watertight

7. The Zombies – I’ll Call You Mine

8. Madonna feat Justin Timberlake/Timbaland – 4 Minutes [yes yes i know, but it's catchy]

9. Coldplay – Cemetaries Of London, Viva La Vida, Death and All Of His Friends, Life In Technicolor

10. The Whitest Boy – Golden Cage

11. Baby – PNAU

a lot of variety but hey I LOVE MUSIC

xx peace out

btw some FFFFound stuff that i found [no pun intended] [disclaimer - none of these images are mine, they are collected from various sites using the bookmarking site FFFFOUND]

PNAU June 10, 2008

i don’t know about you…but when i saw the clip for PNAU’s song ‘Baby’, i thought it was an ad for just jeans or west-co or something…still love it, it’s so bloody catchy

xx peace out

Thursdays May 1, 2008

got back from my class in the city about two hours ago. ate some fish and chips. downloaded last.fm again, and decided to start listening to a band called ‘Elbow’ check ‘em out. they are ultra british. ULTRA

i have started sending ‘quotes of the day’ to one of my mates via sms/mms depending on what i find. it’s quite fun actually. todays was  – “He was the lion in the Bishop of Oxford’s story – always liable to rush out from behind some bush and devour someone when he was least expected” page 129, The Way Of All Flesh by Samuel Butler. i just picked up a random book from the city library that i thought looked interesting, opened it up to the middle and picked the first awesome sentence i could.

i manage to find awesome pictures via a site called FFFFOUND.com it is quite fun to trawl throughout the random pictures, pity there isn’t a search function as far as i know, but it’s still good to waste a few hours on every now and then. it’s mostly examples taken [well...found] from other sites, of good design, good photos and just general illustrations and such. par example:

and this ;

and this;

i’m gonna keep going for a while to demonstrate the vast diversity and quantity of images on this site;

i could keep going, but i won’t because i want to let you find out for yourself what it’s like.

now off i got to try and fix my relationship, and do some art homework…[i don't know if you know, but did Picasso create sculptures? i'm not sure...]

xx peace out

March 31, 2008

see more funny graphs

and finally i found that song off the bonds ad in australia. not the mash-up one, but the other one. from the kaleidoscope ad. you know the one.

Peace Out

March 29, 2008

how good would it be to have some of this? i wish they sold it in australia ;

any who, onto other things. this week I’m off to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival to see Frank Woodley’s solo show, ‘Possessed’ which has been hailed by critics as pretty darn good. I honestly can’t wait for it. there is also a chance i may be seeing Stephen K Amos aswell, he is a comic genius, British, but a comic genius none-the-less. I’ll let you know how it goes.

time for some more news though. It’s now been two months since me and my boyfriend started dating. we see each other about 4/5 times a week depending on work and school. it’s actually quite fantastic to know that if i have a problem, i can go and talk to him, and that both him and i know that if we get shitty with each other, we can just walk off, do something else, come back to each other after a while and it’ll be all good in the land of retarded dogs [seriously my dog is a freak. it a cross between a kelpie and a chihuahua.] But i couldn’t ask for more. for once, i am happy at school. i am happy at home. i am generally happy elsewhere unless it’s that time of the month.

ARGH. time to be gross? yes. i had a blood test the other week, to test for allergens and things of that nature, and apparently my allergen reactions stats are the highest my doctor has ever seen in his 30 odd years of practicing medicine. do you know what this means? it means possible weekly injections to keep reactions down, and to stop my skin inflammation and breathing problems. now, in the long run, that’s fantastic for my health, but right now, i hate needle.s the possibility that i have to give them to myself once a week? SCARY.

apart from that, everything is fine and dandy, quite like sour candy. though apparently this kid doesn’t like the stuff;

Foundations – Kate Nash February 17, 2008

I Found Out – The Pigeon Detectives February 17, 2008

Dear Citizens of America,

In view of your failure to elect a competent President and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.

Her Sovereign Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths and other territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy), as from Monday next.

Your new prime minister, Gordon Brown, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect:

1. You should look up “revocation” in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up “aluminium,” and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

2. The letter ‘U’ will be reinstated in words such as ‘colour’, ‘favour’ and ‘neighbour.’ Likewise, you will learn to spell ‘doughnut’ without skipping half the letters, and the suffix “ize” will be replaced by the suffix “ise.”

3. You will learn that the suffix ‘burgh’ is pronounced ‘burra’; you may elect to spell Pittsburgh as ‘Pittsberg’ if you find you simply can’t cope with correct pronunciation.

4. Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up “vocabulary”). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as “like” and “you know” is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

5. There is no such thing as “US English.” We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter ‘u’ and the elimination of “-ize.”

6. You will relearn your original national anthem, “God Save The Queen”,

but only after fully carrying out Task #1 (see above).

7. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday. November 2nd will

be a new national holiday, but to be celebrated only in England. It will be called “Come-Uppance Day.”

8. You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you’re not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you’re not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you’re not grown up enough to handle a gun.

9. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you German cars, you will understand what we mean.

11. All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric immediately and without the benefit of conversion tables… Both roundabouts and metrification will help you understand the British sense of humour.

12. The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling “gasoline”) – roughly $8/US per gallon. Get used to it.

13. You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call french fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called “crisps.” Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with malt vinegar.

14. Waiters and waitresses will be trained to be more aggressive with customers.

15. The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as “beer,” and European brews of known and accepted provenance will be referred to as “Lager.” American brands will be referred to as “Near-Frozen Gnat’s Urine,” so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

16. Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors as English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in “Four Weddings and a Funeral” was an experience akin to having one’s ear removed with a cheese grater.

17. You will cease playing American “football.” There is only one kind of proper football; you call it “soccer”. Those of you brave enough, in time, will be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American “football”, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full kevlar body armour like a

bunch of Jessies – English slang for “Big Girls Blouse”).

18. Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the “World Series” for a game which is not played outside of America. Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your borders, your error is understandable and forgiven.

19. You must tell us who killed JFK. It’s been driving us mad.

20. An internal revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty’s Government will be with you shortly to ensure the acquisition of all monies due, backdated to 1776.

Thank you for your co-operation.

From the Brits to the Americans.

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[BTW most people attributed this letter as written by John Cleese. it was not infact written by him. look here to find out http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/revocation.asp]

STILL INCREDIBLY FUNNY THOUGH [love number 9]

Regards, Agent 99

FOR BLAIR February 12, 2008

source – http://www.redbubble.com/people/clemformation/clothing/133704-13-unfair-hairplay

finally, a new post February 8, 2008

how is life? boring. year 12 isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be actually. but it is fun trying to decipher my teacher’s notes in History. otherwise than that, i already have a 500 word thing for Literature, and a SAC for Psychology. not nearly as much fun as it sounds.

but the weirdest thing is that, yes, i have a boyfriend, but so many people seem surprised at it. why is that? do i just not look like the typical girl who has one? or am i not that close to people as i thought i was? even the majority of my friends were surprised. i got a little annoyed at that, but then i got over it, because he’s a really nice guy and takes me to the cricket for free [but that's not the reason I'm with him lol, it's a perk of the relationship]

i’m still trying to get my head around Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. i don’t really find it that riveting at all. maybe once i read enough of it, i’ll be okay, but right now, it’s kinda boring me. and the chapters are really short, so the plot seems like it’s kinda all over the place. can anyone help me with that?

That is all for now, You can all go and play on the Freeway [sorry, MECS joke]

just for you -