Have ya ever?

went to a thing with some people and came away with a particular opinion on someone. i thought they were really nice and sweet and i was happy i'd met them. then someone i trust told me what they thought about new-person and it was at odds with my thoughts. now i am confused. later i figured that seeing as i would probably never see them again, i should retain my own view on them because it doesn't really matter and i would rather a good memory over having to question what happened. this is rather ambiguous... ohwells

rarararararrrr

I'm all about you. You're all about me. We're all about eachother

I want that.

I was really afraid I may have ruined things againnnnn but so far, no. Not so much a reflection on me as it is on them though I think. We shall see we shall indeed see. There seems like there is a lot ahead but I want to sort through it.

Oh and why don't you like love songs? If that is what they're writing about it's in their life. Be happy for them and learn from them. You can do whatever you want with information once you have it in order to further yourself inside.

Thanks Peter, Bjorn & John

Alien Like You

Oh Being Erica, how I love you. Making a show in order to get across life lessons by having the main character learn from her mistakes in therapy? Straight to the point and brilliant. I watched the season 2 final this morning and this song still makes me happy. There's also a longer version by the Pigott brothers which is possibly better just as a song. Apparently there's a third season and Kai is in it again, sahhh exciting!

it's horrible

4 minutes in and you're already judging

based on their name

based on their clothes

based on whatever irrelevant thing

you deem relevant

Skinky!!!

I decided, early this morning, that I would do things as soon as they come to mind, or as soon as possible. I have discovered that waiting often leaves me disappointed over and over again. I should clarify that this usually applies to little things rather than great decisions that will probably affect my life to a certain extent. Probably means that I should have written this hours ago but whatever, I'll ease myself into it or something. I think I will do a trial for a week and see if it makes me.... happier or more efficient or productive. It was actually the fact that I had put off getting out of bed for about half an hour and had just convinced myself it was time to get up when my brother went into the bathroom that I decided I waste too much time waiting. This scenario occurs every single morning and every single night. So either I act, or build myself an ensuite.

This also means I will soon get a tumblr account because it looks like a lot of fun annnnnd I can leave the serious, long, gender article stuff here and be frivolous and/or fleetingly insightful there.

Hey so I'm sitting infront of the open fire and a skink came in with the firewood. Holding tiny lizards is such an amazing experience, to feel their bodies holding out for freedom. Then my dog tried to hunt it... poor baby.

grade five

My best friend Grace once told me what had been told to her by her father. That the reason you get wisdom teeth is because you have fallen in love. Grace's parents both got theirs when they met eachother.

It's just too sweet to dismiss.

I generally dislike to dwell on the past or consider it at all

This may explain why I don't seem to learn from my mistakes.

Anyway the other day I was thinking about myspace of all things and I remembered one of the good things to come about from that time in my life. I had a friend who I found on Tim Minchin's page I believe. Joni Armandary was his name and he was a musical comedian, much like Tim and apparently they were friends. From the start we posted lengthy comments about our interests and life and how things were going and what was troubling us. He was the sort of person I wanted to be. Passionate and independant and seemingly mature. I felt so close to him and I think it was because he was so far away and that there was no risk. I could easily pull out if need be, which I doubted would ever happen. Sure, we drifted in the end but that was just due to neglect like so many relationship failings are.

The Groundfloor

Don't agree with everything.


Keep it simple as long as you can, I don't wanna grow up just yet. I have only just begun the reign of terror on everyone. I see you look angrily in my direction, awkwardly silent. It's written across your face, everything you want to say.. I must admit to you though, I need to re-write, story of my life, each page blends into the next, a realisation attacks..

I'm guessing that this is my fate, but acceptance is greatly outweighed by the few lonely seconds I own as I prepare to face this alone.

I saw you yesterday, you passed me in the street. So close that I could feel you radiate. I finally found the words but now I've lost my voice. If only you could read all of my thoughts. Tell me why I'm the odd one out, and I'm the only one who isn't having fun. Why am I? Alone in the crowd and I'm the only one whose nightmare has begun. I watched you walk away, I then lost sight of you, just like the hundred thousand times before..

thankingyougoodbye

All lyrics by The Groundfloor; A Realisation, The Diary, Alone in the crowd.

brief and for the marks

This contains references to articles people won't read. Gender studies, yay!


Boyd’s highlight of the links that can be made between child pornography vs. paedophilia and the difference between virtual and real violence in terms of whether the latter of both situations can have a “positive cathartic effect” is excellent. If the public can easily reject the idea that child porn may prevent ‘actual’ abuse then how can many try to play down the idea that it could be the same with virtual and real violence.


Blame is often placed on the victim of the assault as they are deemed to be too emotionally involved in the game. Although by devaluing this sort of attachment that online gamers feel towards their avatars, Wolfendale argues that you could therefore question the attachment people feel towards their pets or their ideals. Some feel that their avatar is an even more accurate representation or expression of themselves so I think that an attack on an avatar has potential for serious psychological damage to the controller.


On my own personal train of thought, why haven’t the advancements in women’s rights gone hand in hand with the advancements in technology? A whole new world has been created with old world sexism and the young generation seem obsessed. If they spend their time in a place where violence towards women is either okay or encouraged, I find it hard to accept that even a little bit of that won’t carry through into their “real” lives.


Hey Jordan!!

I larrrve Swifty lololololol

This is what got me through year 12 exams. It's surpising that I got into uni, even withhhh special consideration. The way I do things now (things being a very broad term....) is heavily influenced by Matthew Brian Brown. Watchy watchy watch watch

scaping the land.

Yet again, musical illiteracy!
I saw facialbooklet status updates about Ronnie James Dio's death but could only tell that he was a musician (because of the people who were updating), nothing more.
Last night I couldn't sleep so I switched on the j's and on The Racket Andrew Haug was doing a tribute to Dio with interviews with him and people who worked with him or were influenced by his music. While listening to many of his songs I felt particularly moved by Catch the Rainbow from when he was part of Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore. It reminded me of the bush in winter when there is snow right at the top of the mountains that not many venture to but which dad always took my brother and I to when we were younger.

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Catch the rainbow part 1- Live 1977

space, place and moby

i wanted to talk about what i learnt today but instead made an exciting discovery when i chose moby as my background music for the afternoon.

i bought the cassette a while ago from an op shop but only played suzie quattro and the violent femmes when i got home and moby was to wait for a later date. so this afternoon i listened to the majority of it happily until i sat on the heater vent and took out the sleeve which to my delight contained an essay by moby!! reading it i discovered this is a thing he does for his records, but with me not being a regular mody-cd-buyer i was not aware. he talked about how he put the record together and that he had to choose 18 out of 150 songs, also mentioning that he has written about 3,000 unreleased songs which i find astonishing, possibly because i've never been able to write poetry and i'm not really musically gifted (performance-wise let alone composition). he also talked about his beliefs and how they've changed and why; the reasons that caused him to rethink the way he views life and what is important to him and how others beliefs affect him. it was such an interesting and honest insight and seemed so human even on paper. i felt he was genuinely sharing what he has come to realise with me because he actually wants me to know. as i finished reading, the tape stopped and i felt better for it all.

what i learnt today was that the spacial turn is about space and place as being socially constructed, where it is no longer seen as an inert container in which action takes place. this was in relation to the queering of public space which i am finding very interesting although at some points i still get confused. it's difficult to give new meanings to words you are so comfortable using in the way you originally learnt to use them. discussing which spaces are policed made me so aware of how heteronormative educational institutions (especially primary and secondary) and families are. one person in tute mentioned that a woman had told her children that homosexuals existed, just that they weren't some of them. both this and silencing and ignoring non-heterosexual possibilities is just as bad as condemning their existence.

HEYILOVEYOU i mean what?

yeahhh there are those people.
Even when you just see their name you shiver.
I used to try and forget them by slapping myself everytime I thought of them. Psychology gave me the idea of creating an aversion through pain haha it didn't work....
Now that I have the opportunity I'm considering fighting, only the potential of shame and embarrassment hold me back as per usual.
I worry about throwing all my passion into everything I do, hence why I don't. I worry that because other people don't always do the same they'll think what fool... what fool should put themselves out like that. Not caring, holding back, so fashionable these days.
I want to start but I think I may need help. To surround myself with others so we can all go on personal journeys together.

S.S.M

This is what I wore on saturday, in some attempt to dress for the occasion that was writing and finishing my philosophy essay. I'm fairly sure I wrote one additional word for the essay and spent the majority of the day figuring out what was to occur in the evening/plaiting my hair. Yes. Productive.

Then on sunday I saw my auntie and she gave me clothes! Of most excitement is the jumper she knitted in the late 80s and never wore (crazy woman, she missed out). New favourite peice.

There is also this amazing looking guy in my philosophy course and he was in the lecture today. If I had to pretend I knew his heritage I'd say he is Iranian, Jewish, maybe Irish and a direct decendant of Jesus. He has the craziest mane of black curls and a beard to match. He also knows how to dress well. I just feel so happy when I see him because he looks so interesting and it makes me want to know him.

Diego the milkman

I thought recently that I had perhaps lost someone but now I'm not so sure. Something clearly went wrong and I don't (consciously) know what it was and maybe never will if I handle conversations badly. The way you talk about things can have such a major effect on outcomes.

At what point am I meant to say that this is useless and it'll always be the same? The conflict of personalities continues and I begin to think it'd be easier to just drift away, sidestep out of this friendship and make time for a new one or more. I told someone today I kept being disappointed by some people. Maybe this is one or maybe it was just weird from the start.

The title was supposed to be completely irrelevant but I have just been reminded of that feeling you get when you drink milk.... and it seems weird. Not the actual milk but the fact that you're drinking it. This happened to my girlfriend and she's kindly offered some milk-related facts which were supposed to be reflections on her experience:
"the movie MILK was really good. it was about this gay man standing up for his rights as a gay man... i guess you need milk for your bones to be able to stand up."
I think that could be filed under fact.
"Cliff fadiman said that Cheese is milk's leap toward immortality. If thats so then adding chocolate to the milk just makes it an immortal king."
So could that one. Oh and she's clearly been doing her research:
"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose" - Woody Allen
Bless her sweet heart!

6th ringo

Kristoffsen came with me and held my hand which I really did need. I now know nose peircings hurt even less than blood tests.

Muter was fairly indifferent to the point where she seemed okay

Dafur said 'ohhh dear, you've got one in your nose now too'

Marie thought it to be 'so cool'

Rabe was exactly the same as Dafur. Runs in the family?

If I had a good camera I'd put up photos. Perhaps I will update this one day.

FECK THE LINE

Saturday May 1, 2010.

The Groovin' of the Moo

vampireweekendspoontegan&sarabritishindiadanieljohns

Perrrrrrfection in a day. Spent with the best people to the best music and the prettiest sights in human form.

Moustache guy: I love your haircut!!

Me: Thanks man, I love your moustache. I'd grow one if I could.

Moustache guy: Are you serious? That's awesome, thankyou.

Moustache guys friend: Woahhh cos some chick before was bagging him about it. You're the hero of the day!

maracas!!!!