Wednesday, September 30, 2009

i love police 10/7

severely intoxicated man who has just been pulled out of a bush:
just listen to me for a minute yeah
policeman:
alright then
drunk man:
you're gonna fucking hit me man? fucking hit me?
bewildered policeman:
why would i wanna hit you?
confused drunk man:
just, just listen to me for a minute, i've been feeding my cat for a year and a half.. and it couldn't make a difference. could it? i've gotta feed my cat.

- pause in the conversation-

policeman:
alright we're gonna take you back to the station.

- at the station -

drunk man:
oh. i've pissed myself.
policeman:
you pissed yourself?
genuinely remorseful drunk man:
i've pissed myself, oh i'm sorry i've pissed myself

- 5 minutes later -

angry drunk man:
you're a fucking idiot
policeman:
that's enough now.

woooo

english: A-, A, A
sociology: A
linguistics: A
anthropology: A-
law: C+

Spot the odd one out. I DARE YOU.

My friends got married in the weekend and went to Samoa for their honeymoon. I'm pretty sure they lost all their belongings they took there but they've arrived back in Auckland safely, which is a mind-blowing relief. Honestly, everytime I see a news update about it I just start tearing up. (Which isn't saying much because I tear up over almost anything on TV/Movies, hrm).

The sociology tutorial this week centred around the debate of science vs religion. It got pretty heated, but there were no fanatics/fundamentalists in our group so things didn't go as exciting as i'd have hoped. We discussed the attributes of people who are extremes at both ends of the spectrum, but I think I said it pretty succinctly when I noted that an ignorant indoctrinated theist can be just as bad as an ignorant closed-minded atheist. An asshole is an asshole.

My respect for our tutor began diminishing when she recommended that we watch the documentary "Zeitgeist". Yeah okay, that shit was interesting in 2007.. but it's called a conspiracy theory film for a reason. Seriously.. most of the content is completely fallacious, and backed by laughably moronic reasoning. I did take this doco pretty seriously when it first came out, as do a lot of people when they watch it for the first time.. but thankfully I saw sense.

Me: Can you bring my heels to town tomorrow?
Tony: I'm not carrying your heels around all day.
Me: Why not? If you are secure enough in your masculinity, shit like that shouldn't bother you.
Tony: ..Do you consider me very masculine? (he was drinking a massive chocolate smoothie with extra maple syrup at the time)
Me: Fair enough. I'll get them another day.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

big day out

Oh, the irony imbued in the title. I havn't left the house (let alone my room) this entire day.

Big Day Out 2010 is looking to be a festival of recycled acts -

muse - 2004, 2007
powderfinger - 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2005
lily allen - 2007
eskimo joe - 2002, 2005, 2007
grinspoon - 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008
the mars volta - 2004, 2006
dizzee rascal - 2008
karnivool - 2008
peaches - 2002, 2004, 2007
kasabian - 2007
midnight juggernauts - 2008
rise against - 2005
magic dirt - 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

Also, Bowie has definitely been ruled out as a performer. BDO staff asks that we do not blame them for it, and in fact we must blame ourselves for the fuckton of rumours we have been spreading on the internet through our blogs and such. I mean, we couldn't help it if we didn't want a subpar lineup.. but whatever, i'm happy about seeing Muse for the third time.

So at my doctor's advice, i'm being prematurely weaned off my prescription for benzodiazepines. It's taken me a long time to acknowledge that they weren't working, and that they were in fact making me regress to the point that I pretty much feel isolated from everyone I know. Moving on..

wtf?! moment of the week -

How the heck did the New Moon film get these bands on their soundtrack? Shit. Way to degrade yourselves, guys. I mean seriously.. these are even bands that Pitchfork endorses and approves of.

1. Death Cab For Cutie – Meet Me On The Equinox
2. Band Of Skulls – Friends
3. Thom Yorke- Hearing Damage
4. Lykke Li – Possibility
5. The Killers - A White Demon Love Song
6. Anya Marina – Satellite Heart
7. Muse - I Belong To You (remix)
8. Bon Iver and St. Vincent – Rosyln
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong
10. Hurricane Bells – Monsters
11. Sea Wolf – The Violet Hour
12. Ok Go- Shooting The Moon
13. Grizzly Bear - Slow Life
14. Editors – No Sound But The Wind
15. Alexandre Desplat – New Moon (The Meadow)

Monday, September 28, 2009

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

good progress

fourth day wagging in a row - this does not bode well for exams. i did actually make it to uni yesterday because i had five classes, but went home after my first because i was so fatigued.

"dark was the night" compilation is amazing.

season 5 premiere of how i met your mother was absolutely hilarious - neil patrick harris is a legend, fantastic job hosting the emmy's too. fuck, i am boring today.

most insightful line of 500 days of summer - "just cos some cute girl likes the same bizarro crap that you do, that doesn't make her your soulmate tom."

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

very pleased

muse 'officially' confirmed for big day out 2010

OH MY GOD inglourious basterds boys..

i can't get enough of them.








HUGO STIGLITZ deow neow.

wagged uni again. how am i possibly expecting to pass this semester?

Sunday, September 20, 2009

ahh

summer: all we do is argue.
tom: that is BULLSHIT!

summer: they used to call me anal girl
tom: -spits out drink-
summer: ..i was very neat and organised

tom: we talked about bananafish for like 20 minutes, we are so compatible

tom's boss: lately your work performance has been.. a little off
tom: i'm not following
tom's boss: okay, um, here's something that you wrote last week - roses are red, violets are blue.. fuck you whore

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

what the fuck

-phone rings, i pick it up-

esther: hello?
other person: *silence*
esther: ..hello?
other person: ah, ah..
esther: hello? who are you after?
other person: ah.. nihao?
esther: sorry.. i think you've got the wrong number
other person: nihao? -unintelligble words/chinese-
esther: no you've got the wrong number!
other person: oh..oh..no, ah. nihao? nihao?
esther: what the fuck

-i hang up-

i realise now that i should've been all, 'ENGLISH MOTHERFUCKER! DO YOU SPEAK IT!' a la pulp fiction.

things are looking up

grades thus far:

sociology: A
english: A-, A

grades pending:

linguistics
anthropology
law (
uh oh..)

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

wow

you know what i really love

chronic insomnia

i really really love it

Monday, September 14, 2009

that's a bingo!







christoph waltz and melanie laurent made this movie.

paris je t'aime


I listened to your texts, your singing, your hopes, your desires, your music. You listened to mine. My Italian, my German, a bit of Russian. I gave you a walkman. You gave me a pillow. And one day, you kissed me. Time went by, time flew and everything seemed so easy, so simple, so free, so new, so unique. We went to the movies, we went dancing, we went shopping, we laughed, you cried, we swam, we smoked, we shaved, you screamed.

initiative comes to thems that wait

so, this morning i woke up on time, had a shower, got dressed, ate breakfast. put all my books in my bag for uni and grabbed the keys to go to my car. halfway down the stairs, i abruptly changed my mind and decided to stay home. i can't even say what happened, maybe my lack of motivation has become so intrinsic that truanting uni has just become a reflex.

i'm still wavering between sprinting out to the car or staying put...i'm pretty sure this could somehow equate to a strange metaphor for my life.

after uni finished yesterday, i decided to have a nap in albert part. it was so sunny and nice. felt content for the first time in ages.

exogenesis: symphony, pt. 3: redemption is so beautiful, and fastly becoming one of my favourite tracks on the resistance.

let's start over again
why can't we start it over again

Thursday, September 3, 2009

whyyyy

must i get in these moods? i'm going to become a hermit. it appears i am destined to spiral into a cycle of perpetual masochism..seriously, i go whole days without talking to anyone because i can't bear the thought of human company which leads to wallowing and going catatonic with loneliness, but then when i am with people i'm still just desperately.. lonely. so i end up by myself again, but i'm still not happy about it.

i am now positive this is the main reason why i have called it quits on every relationship before you can say jack robinson!

who the fuck is jack robinson?