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[Oct. 29th, 2009|01:45 pm] |
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| |  defeated | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Only if you run' - Julian Plenti | ] |
*hacks up phlegm*
Why do you hate me so, body?
Oh, I can do worse!
*gets blood nose*
Gee, thanks.
I'm not done yet!
*hacks up bloody phlegm*
Great. I love you too.
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| Dreams Can Come True |
[May. 31st, 2009|12:02 am] |
| [ | Tags | | | dreams | ] |
| [ | mood |
| |  hopeful | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Nicole (Instrumental)' - Gravenhurst | ] |
In part of my dream last night I opened my wallet and saw I had a Spotlight VIP card.
Today I went to Spotlight to get some more felt for toy making. While there, I joined their VIP club because my mum suggested I should.
Now, I just hope the part where I find a bunch of comics at the bottom of a paper recycling bin comes true. |
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| "It's alive! Alive, I tell you!" |
[May. 30th, 2009|12:30 am] |
A chunk of my week was spent making soft toys. Being my first attempt at making them, things didn’t go quite as planned.
Body parts, that I needed, were accidently cut and ripped off the templates. Body parts were pulled off finished toys. (Okay, so it was one arm on one toy – he had to see the doctor, which was me.) Pants were sown onto the wrong side of a body. Bodies were sown together before I realised I hadn’t finished putting things on them. Heads were stuffed before I realised I forgot to put the eyes on. Clothing didn’t line up properly. Muscles in my arms I don’t normally use were used preparing stuffing, and they didn’t like it. Stuffing didn’t want to stay in bodies. (The specialist, my mum, dealt with that.) Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
Actually, that was basically all the issues I had. And despite them, it was fun making the toys, and I plan to make more. Plus, I’m still learning, and I’m sure it’ll get easier as I go.
( Now, without further ado, my babies. ) |
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| We make our own luck. |
[Apr. 23rd, 2009|04:18 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | comping, movies | ] |
| [ | mood |
| | happy | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Hallelujah' - Rufus Wainwright | ] |
As I flipped through the letters I came across a few for me. One of which had the distinct outline of a movie double pass showing through its envelope.
"I'll bet it's tickets to the movie my friends and I have planned to see this afternoon!" I thought to myself. And lo and behold it was.
Annoyingly though, tickets of the nature that you win are not valid on cinema discount days. And not having all that much money, my friends and I had decided to go see this film on the discount day. I couldn't bail on my friends, so I decided I would attempt to use the pass, and if it didn't work I'd just pay for the film and give the pass to someone else afterwards.
I had to pay. Afterwards I gave the pass to my parents. For a small fee of $10. And considering seeing the movie cost me $8 - PROFIT! |
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| This Week in Thought |
[Apr. 20th, 2009|11:41 pm] |
Take 2
JIMMY TWO HATS AND THAT GUY FROM THE MIGHTY BOOSH
Over the weekend I attended a goth club being run by friends. I didn’t want to take a jumper, so I wore two T-shirts in an attempt to stop myself from freezing to death. From my friend I received a belt to help me blend in more. I didn’t want to take my other belt off though, in case it went missing or something, so I just wore the new one over the top. Every time I thought about how I was wearing two of these items, I thought of Chris G’s Jimmy Two Hats, and then that guy from The Mighty Boosh. The one that wears lots of hats. Then, after leaving the club and arriving at another friend’s place I was told I should place my bowler on top of his, to keep it safe. Sadly, neither of us put on this double hat.
THE MIGHTY BOOSH
As well as repeatedly thinking of that guy from The Mighty Boosh, it just kept coming up. My friends invented a drink based on it. My friend has a really cool Mighty Boosh T-shirt. One of the songs from the show was played at the club. And it reminded me – I haven’t actually finished watching it. There are a few episodes in the second series I missed and I missed the start of one in the third. I’d better go watch them.
WALKING AT NIGHT
I love the crispness to the air at night. As long as I’m with friends, I enjoy the creepy shadows around. I don’t like walking through the city and seeing people start fights though.
COCKROACHES
They’re pretty gross and I don’t really like them. There was a rather large one at my friends’ place the other night. Their cat was trying to catch it and you could hear it scuttling across the floor. Eventually it was captured and devoured – more disgusting than just the original cockroach. I didn’t go near the cat for awhile.
GARLFIELD MINUS GARFIELD
I don’t really read newspapers, so I don’t really read newspaper comic strips. When I do come across a paper, I’ll usually read Garfield if it’s in there. I came across a webcomic where Garfield has been removed from his own strips over the weekend, and I must say, I prefer the result.
ALCOHOL
I fail at drinking it. Took me three hours to drink 250mL. Not really a bad thing though, considering that that one drink cost me $10.
COSTUMES
One friend is having a head hunting night and one was having a superhero party but that now seems to have warped into a 90s party. I’ll still be going as a superhero though. There’s also the Melbourne Zombie Shuffle, which I wanted to do this year. Normally I don’t put much effort into costumes, but I’m gonna go all out for these ones. |
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| The Interruption |
[Apr. 18th, 2009|12:33 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Broken' - Robert Downey Jr | ] |
We sit around, happily talking and joking and laughing. A melodious tune interrupts us.
One of our number turns to look at the source of the music, a phone. "Just a minute," he says and puts it up to his ear.
There is a moment of silence, then he places it down.
"Whoops, that was my alarm." |
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| John the Submariner |
[Apr. 14th, 2009|12:12 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | sad | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Stella Was A Diver And She Was Always Down' - Interpol | ] |
John was a submariner during World War II which always amused us because he was well over 6 foot. He lived a few doors down from me, and I would often see him strolling from the shops wearing his beret and I’d always get a hello. Once he even brought over a letter that had been intended for me but had ended up at his house.
He moved away a few years ago to somewhere more manageable. I missed having him around.
Then today someone appeared at our door asking if we knew whether John had been buried or cremated. Apparently he died in February. He'd been happy in his new home, but had fallen and broken his hip. He didn't recover.
Rest in peace, John. |
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| This Week in Thought |
[Apr. 13th, 2009|12:41 pm] |
So, I spent Friday reading THE NATHAN COSBY BLOG featuring Nate Cosby by Nathan Cosby. In it he had ‘This Week in Thought' posts.
“I’m trying to do more blogposts.
So every Monday/Tuesday, I'll post the top seven things I thought about over the past weekend (as you know, weekends are a time to reflect while eating chicken and watching old movies).
This may seem boring...but you're reading my blog. You're SUPPOSED to be bored.”
While I don’t agree about the chicken, I thought this was an interesting idea, so without further ado, here’s what I thought about over the weekend.
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MINI MARVELS
Mini Marvels was the first Marvel comic I ever read and has always been a favourite. Reading it always brings a big smile to my face. I’m disappointed Marvel has chosen to discontinue it, but at least I’ll have Chris G’s G-Man to read soon. Only 37 more days!
APRIL MOVIES
There are roughly nine films on my list of films to see in April (I say roughly because their release dates are always changing), and so far the only movie I’ve seen is one that wasn’t even on my list – Dragonball Evolution. I’m seeing The Boat That Rocked with a friend tomorrow though, and I won tickets to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas next weekend.
CHOCOLATE
I’ve basically eaten all of the small chocolates I received for Easter. My lunch yesterday was just chocolate. I’m thinking I’ll use the bigger chocolates as cinema snack food. Popcorn at the movies is just too expensive these days.
AGE
People are always thinking I’m about 17. A friend’s brother actually said to him the other day that it was strange because I “acted like a 20 year old even though I’m only 17”. I’d thought this may just be because I’m always hanging around with an actual 17 year old. Yesterday, however, I went to the museum and the woman at the ticket desk asked if I was a child. I’m pretty sure the cut off for children is about 15, so I really must actually look young. A good thing though. Except on the rare occasions I buy alcohol I don’t usually get carded. Hm…
IPOD
I don’t think I’d even used it this year. It had gotten to the stage where I had more music on my computer than I had space on my iPod, and I couldn’t be bothered shifting through to find the music I wanted on it, so once the batteries died I just left it sitting there. That was just ridiculous though, so I actually did something about it over the weekend.
SAMURAI SENTAI SHINKENGER
Pretty amusing show. Really makes me want to go rewatch Power Rangers though. I will not give in! Having ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) softpixels bug me constantly about watching Shinkenger is not fun though. I’ll watch it! Eventually. Gosh. :P Also, my Japanese has been in horrible decline lately, so hopefully this will help it to pick up.
SUPERPOWERS
Reading Civil War over the weekend I have decided that there is no way I would ever use my powers to help people. It’s just not worth the effort. I’d elaborate, but that’s also too much effort. |
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| Dear Mr Reckless, |
[Apr. 11th, 2009|10:21 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  annoyed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Comedown' - Lemonsmile | ] |
You may be perfectly happy to risk both your life and the life of your young child by disobeying the the many 'No Entry' signs, jumping the lookout barrier, going down the steep gravelly trail to the unstable cliff edge to take a photo of your daughter in front of the ocean.
I, however, do not really feel like watching you fall to your death. Or hearing tomorrow on the news that you had died.
Sincerely,
Someone who doesn't wish to suffer as a result of your stupidity. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 8th, 2009|06:27 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Life on Mars?' - David Bowie | ] |
Recently I babysat my friend's little brother, who will be turning 5 shortly.
As we sat watching Cartoon Network an ad break came up. First was an advertisement for a new lightsaber toy. "I'm getting that for my birthday." Another toy ad came on. "I'm getting that for my birthday." And another. And you guessed it, "I'm getting that for my birthday."
Then came an ad about a feature on the Cartoon Network website. "I'm getting that for my birthday." I didn't have the heart to tell him that wouldn't be happening. |
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| Happy New Year! |
[Jan. 1st, 2009|02:50 pm] |
Well once again I didn't post as much as I wanted to, so I now present '356 Days of Me', an incredibly, incredibly, rough breakdown of my year.
I spent...
121 days sleeping
31 days watching TV
Of which…
1 day Carnivàle
1 day Dexter
½ a day Black Books
½ a day House
10 days playing video games
Of which…
4½ days Team Fortress 2 (half of that as Pyro)
2 days Half-Life, its sequels and spinoffs
1 day Pokemon games
½ a day Audiosurf
½ a day Bioshock
½ a day Portal
4 days spent in cinemas
( Seeing the following films... )
And that leaves 166 days I’m too lazy to account for. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 18th, 2008|10:15 am] |
| [ | mood |
| | amused | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'If I Didn't Care' - The Inkspots | ] |
I spent a decent chunk of last week playing Bioshock.
Occasionally, while playing, I'd notice that one of the many dead bodies littering the levels would be waving its hand, or jerking its arm, making it look as though it was trying to be a fish.
After awhile I came across a jukebox. I turned it on and began to walk away. Then I noticed a nearby corpse. He was tapping his foot along to the music. |
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| (no subject) |
[Nov. 6th, 2008|05:11 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  surprised | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Stop What You Are Doing' - Portal | ] |
Reluctantly I answered the door. I assumed it would be my sister, too lazy to use her keys. It was not.
It was a guy, standing there expectantly. I waited for him to tell me what he was selling.
"I'm the local milkman". He was selling milk.
After he had gone my brother asked who was at the door. I told him. "The milkman? As if! Who was at the door?" I told him it really was the milkman. He called me crazy. |
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| (no subject) |
[May. 12th, 2008|05:09 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  bored | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Transmission' - Joy Division | ] |
The Rules:
1. Pick 15 of your favourite movies.
2. Go to IMDb and find a quote from each movie.
3. Post them here for everyone to guess.
4. Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie.
5. NO GOOGLING/using IMDb search/other search functions.
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1 –
You've been caught shoplifting, was it fun?
2 – Little Miss Sunshine - Mum
A real loser is someone who's so afraid of not winning he doesn't even try.
3 – The Chumscrubber - Mum
I just thought you should know that, in no way whatsoever, do I blame you for Troy's death.
4 - Hot Fuzz - Alison
Well, I wouldn't argue that it wasn't a no holds barred, adrenaline fuelled thrill ride. But, there is no way you can perpetrate that amount of carnage and mayhem and not incur a considerable amount of paperwork.
5 – Inside Man - Sam/Mum
Pay strict attention to what I say because I choose my words carefully and I never repeat myself.
6 – Juno - Alison
Oh, and she inexplicably mails me a cactus every Valentine's Day. And I'm like, "Thanks a heap coyote ugly. This cactus-gram stings even worse than your abandonment."
7 – Fight Club - awff7
I am Jack's broken heart.
8 – Shaun of the Dead - Sam/Mum
Who died and made you fucking king of the zombies?
9 – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - Alison
a: Jesus. Look up "idiot" in the dictionary. You know what you'll find?
b: A picture of me?
a: No! The definition of the word idiot, which you fucking are!
10 – Thank You For Smoking - Alison
Michael Jordan plays ball. Charles Manson kills people. I talk. Everyone has a talent.
11 – Pan's Labyrinth - Alison
My mother told me to be wary of Fauns.
12 – Team America: World Police - Alison
Let's go, bitch. I've done action films!
13 –
a: Why are you doing this, why are you helping us?
b: I can't become king if someone else already sits on the throne.
14 – MirrorMask - Sam
a: All those kids in there want to run away and join the circus.
b: Great, they can have my life. I want to run away and join real life.
15 –
I know you. You know you. And I know you know that I know you. |
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| 想一想 |
[Apr. 24th, 2008|04:53 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| | disappointed | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow' - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole | ] |
Either we didn't look hard enough last week or someone's trying to mess with us because I found three more flashcards today.
'Australia' and 'because' were near where we got most of the others and 'inside' was in my street, which we didn't find any on last time.
Sadly, as I got them by myself they don't count and we're still tied. |
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| (no subject) |
[Apr. 15th, 2008|10:57 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  accomplished | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'AM180' - Grandaddy | ] |
As I walked down the street with my sister something caught my eye.
It was a small, bright green rectangle. Of course I had to investigate further. I picked it up to find it was a flashcard - Chinese characters one side, pronunciation and English translation on the other. It was pocketed, and we moved on.
Further down the block my sister spotted and snatched up another one. On we went until I spotted a yellow card. And another. And another. And so began a mad dash to see who could get the most. Luckily the road we were on doesn't see much traffic, because we were zigzagging all over the place.
It was a tough competition. We drew in the end. If my sister had been paying more attention though, she could have won. There was a card she practically stepped on as she went to grab another.
And so I'm now the proud owner of ten cards with such useful phrases as 'congrats on being rich', 'one cake' and 'intend a little'. |
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| R.I.P. Tumbling Men |
[Mar. 23rd, 2008|06:05 pm] |
| [ | mood |
| |  pensive | ] |
| [ | music |
| | 'Sleep Song' - Rooney | ] |
Okay, so they weren't really tumbling men. They were a series of little guys spazzing out. Speeding past them on the train though, it looked like they were tumbling. Or at least trying to. And that always made me smile.
I don't know who painted them, or even when they appeared, but for the last few years I'd always look out for them on my trips. The tumblers were just at the point of the ride where I'd been on the train for just a bit too long and was starting to get sick of it. They were a welcome distraction from the stuffy, crowded carriage.
Sadly though, graffiti doesn't last forever. One by one the little men vanished. Some lost a leg or an arm before going, and some just vanished. Eventually there was only one left, who was in pretty good shape, with the exception of a tag across his forehead.
He too was gone when I passed by the other day. Replaced by a colourful, though rather boring piece.
I'll miss him and his brothers. |
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