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| Placebo tickets |
[Jul. 7th, 2006|06:24 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | thoughtful | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | The Sprawl- Sonic Youth | ] | Got my Placebo tickets today. I caught the train to Mentone at around 10am and the first person I see is that Molko clone that lives on my block. Far out. Then he sees me and we just sort of stared at each other for a while. I mean, how often is it that you bump into a really fucking hot person that just happens to live down your street, when you're both 20 minutes away from home? Not bloody likely.
Anyway, 10 minutes later, the bus comes and 5 minutes after that I'm at Southland. So I practically run to Myer Ticketmaster, trying to push all the old people and mothers with prams out of my way.
Finally, I get to the ticket counter and surprisingly, I'm the only one there apart from this dad who was there with his kid. So they get served before me and fuck, they took fucking ages trying to get tickets for the footy. Bloody hell. Then the computer kinda stuffed up so I had to wait another 5 minutes.
Anyway, finally this slow-arse comes to attend me so I ask for my 'General Admission' tickets for 'Placebo' and he just looked at me like I was speaking Chinese or something. So he asks the other guy working there about it and the other guy, who was more helpful, told him who Placebo were and so he goes 'ah, right, their tickets go on sale today.'
And I'm thinking *no fucking shit, Einstein! Why the fuck am I here then*
So he goes off to check on his computer only to tell me that GA tickets were sold out. I was so surprised. It was only 10:30am which meant they all sold out within an hour basically. So I tell him I want seated tickets and he shows me the seating plan thing and tells me I could get places towards the back. So I did.
It's not the fact that I have seated tickets that shit me the most. It's the fact that there isn't another Melbourne show happening, especially since people from Perth/Adelaide/Tasmania are probably going to make up a third of the audience. |
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| im bored |
[Jun. 14th, 2006|01:54 am] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | impatient | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | French National anthem..I think | ] | Stolen because it looks like fun:
Post your favourite band/singer for each letter:
Antony and the Johnsons B Coco Rosie David Bowie Elbow Foo Fighters Gorillaz H- Interpol Joy Division Kaiser Chiefs Libertines, The Muse Nirvana OMC (hahaha) Placebo Queens of the Stone Age Rufus Wainwright Smiths, The Timo Maas U2 Van She White Stripes X - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Z -
Yeah, yeah, I know this is my second post for the night but I'm so bored. Everyone's gone to sleep and I'm just waiting for the Brazil vs Croatia game to start in 3 hours. I'm really cold but I'm too lazy to walk to the other side of the room to turn on the heater.
IN OTHER NEWS:
-I 'bought' my first ringtone today (yeah, I know, I'm soooo behind) and it actually works which is good unlike last time. So now I have lovely Joy Division (Love Will Tear Us Apart) playing on my phone.
-I have a wedding to go to on Saturday so I'm gonna be pretty busy all week. I've gotta get some boots and a haircut big time. Better not rain coz Im planning on wearing a dress despite the freezing temperature. |
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| World Cup! |
[Jun. 13th, 2006|05:15 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | ecstatic | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Sliver- Nirvana | ] | Yaaaaay! Australia bet Japan last night 3-1! Best game of the Cup so far! Woohoo! Hopefully we can now beat Brazil though I know we proabbly won't. Haha. Still, it'd be nice if we did. |
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| End Of Fashion gig |
[May. 19th, 2006|04:50 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Lounge room at home | ] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | sore | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | virgin radio | ] | Last night I went to see End Of Fashion play at the Corner Hotel with Anne. To be honest, I thought they weren't that good. It seemed like the whole night was just about the lead singer. Fair enough, I know he's the hot one out of the whole band but it was really annoying having to watch his antics while the rest of them basically had their backs to the audience or were hidden in the shadows. They didn't play for long either which was a shame but what was more dissapointing was the fact that they didn't even say goodnight properly. They just dropped their guitars on the floor and walked off stage. Then there were these fucking annoying fangirls behind us who wouldn't stop screaming and one of them spilt her beer all over Anne. Not nice. That band, Cloud Room, from New York were there supporting but they were even worse. They were so boring and all their songs sounded the same. But the support band before them were better, if not, the best act of the night. Van She. Awesome group and a fucking hot bassist! *swoon* Me and Anne were practically hyperventilating just watching his hips. (Not as glorious as Stef's, but still, they were sexy hips). So the night ended at around 12 and we were waiting for my sister to pick us up BUT she only arrived 45 minutes later, reason being: She was watching The Da Vinci Code at the cinemas and forgot. Isn't she caring?
IN OTHER NEWS:
-I think I'm going to quit Film. It's the hardest thing I've ever had to do. Everyone in that class know so much more than me and I jus feel stupid every time I walk into that room. Plus, I have no idea how to work a stupid Mac computer.
-Anne and me have tickets to see Jose Gonzalez in July
-I wanna go see Sonic Youth at The Palace in July too
-My sister's going to Portugal at the end of June for a month and she'll also be spending about a week in Amsterdam so I'm incredibly jealous.
-Woohoo! I can't wait for the World Cup! :D |
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| annoying neighbours |
[Mar. 26th, 2006|01:43 am] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | scared | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Noah's Ark- Coco Rosie | ] | Far out. It's 1:43am and the house behind us is having some sort of party. I can't hear any music except there's a whole bunch of people just shouting and cheering. I think they might be drunk... Grrr, they're so loud. I can't even watch the Antony and the Johnsons/Sigur Ros special on Rage in peace! *shakes fist angrily* |
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| Uni |
[Mar. 1st, 2006|01:08 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | annoyed | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Mum drying her hair in the bathroom | ] | So, I've started going to uni this week and...it's scary! Everyday I get lost in the 100 different buildings and staircases and it's just hell. I know nobody yet so most of my free time is spent sitting on the grassy area, pretending to read when, really, I'm having a perve at everyone behind my sunglasses. *sigh*
My first lesson was German, on Monday, and that is so far my favourite subject. All we did was sit in a circle and sing a song that nobody really knew the meaning of. It was fun and now I know how to say 'I am a foreigner and I don't speak German well.' Haha.
Then yesterday I had my first Film lesson. My God, it's soooo full-on. As soon as I walked into the room, I'm handed a Bolex camera and told to load it with film using only an instruction video that was playing on the big screen for help. I had no idea. And the worst thing is, I get the feeling that everybody in my class know a hell of a lot more about film than I do. And that sucks. Because I've actually been given the opportunity to do something I like and although it's my third day there, I can already see myself falling behind.
Then, this morning was a complete disaster. I woke up at 6:30 on purpose so I can take the 7:30 bus. Anyway, I get to the station and hop on the bus thinking that I'd arrive at uni within the next hour and half. But noooooooo! Traffic started as soon as the bus turned the corner and what was meant to be a 15 minute drive up to the main road turned into, and I'm not joking, it turned into a 2 hour drive. 2 HOURS! I could've walked the distance and I still would've been quicker! So my first lesson started at 9am but by that time I was still stuck on the bus so I told myself there was no point in going to class. Instead, I stayed on until my stop at 10am, got off, caught a tram down to Southland and walked into Sanity where I was hoping I could pre-order Meds for next week.
I walk up to the shop girl, and I felt so sorry for her because she had to wear this T-Shirt advertising Lee Harding's new album haha, and I ask her to look up Meds on her little computer thing. Anyway, 5 minutes later (I'm not very patient am I?) she tells me there's no listings for it and that she can't find it on the site either. *eyeroll* I felt like shaking my fist at her and explaining that I was on their fucking site 12 hours ago and I saw Meds there but because I'm a nice person I just shrugged and told her it was ok. *sigh again*
So in my shitty state, I stomp into Myer which is this huge department store place, and I find myself wandering around the books section. So I pick one up and I realise it's actually a book I have to buy for one of my subjects so I took it and went home feeling a little better.
And yeah, that's been my day so far. I haven't actually read the book yet because I'm in the middle of reading something else..damn, can't even remember the name but it's pretty good! Full of sex and drama. My kind of thing. Haha.
The end. |
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| BIWY Video |
[Feb. 3rd, 2006|10:29 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | proud | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Because I Want You- Placebo | ] | I love this song. The more I hear/watch it, the more it grows on me. I even feel strangely happy for all those people who managed to make it to the shoot. Good on them! Hopefully I'll be able to order it at HMV so I get the DVD with it. I can hardly see a thing with my blurry shitty comp. Plus, I wanna see the stagedive more closely. Haha |
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| AATJ!!! |
[Jan. 20th, 2006|09:39 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | melancholy | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Hope There's Someone- Antony and the Johnsons | ] | Antony and the Johnsons last night were amazing! They played at the same hall where my school used to have their concerts so it was weird to see them on a stage that I had walked on only two months ago. Apparantly it was the last show of his world tour so he was very chatty with the crowd which is always a good thing. 'For Today I Am A Boy' was the highlight for me and also buying an AATJ shirt after the show.
Then, today I had to go to my new uni to kind of check out the place and I'm pretty impressed so hopefully I'll have a good year there this year. |
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| Uni placements |
[Jan. 17th, 2006|01:03 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | relieved | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | La Paga- Juanes | ] | I got into Deakin Uni! I'm going to be doing the Professional/Creative Writing course that would hopefully lead me into journalism. I'm so happy! Heehee.
I've just found out that the new Placebo album's been leaked. Hmmm. No matter what, I'm gonna wait until March to hear it! I'm glad there's a lot of positive feedback considering quite a few people didn't like BIWY and STSG. Anyway, I'm still gonna wait. |
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| Got my L's |
[Jan. 16th, 2006|07:30 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | bored | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | The Crawl- Placebo | ] | Finally got my driving Learner's Permit today. Now all I need is a car. Haha.
IN OTHER NEWS:
-Tomorrow I find out what uni I'm going to and what course I'll be doing this year! Have to remember to wake up early to buy the newspaper. Crappy shop down the road only ever stock about 10 copies a day. |
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| Random story |
[Jan. 13th, 2006|05:56 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | accomplished | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Song To Say Goodbye- Placebo | ] | I just came back from the police station to collect some ID forms and while I was there, this guy walks in and stands next to me near the counter. He looked a bit scruffy and smelt really strongly of cigarettes but my god, he was hot! He had a shaved head a la Stefan style and a fucking good body. So while I'm having a nice little perve out of the corner of my eye, I overhear him talking with a policeman about shit he's been up to. Turns out he's a criminal who stole a few things from the newsagents up the road. Haha.
IN OTHER NEWS:
-I've got a pretty busy week next week.
Tomorrow: My cousin Pedro's 26th birthday party. Just another reason for the whole family to get pissed :D Monday: I go for my Learner's driving test. Hopefully the hot guy from last week isn't working there again because then I won't be able to concentrate. Tuesday: I find out what uni I'm going to and what course I'm doing. Wednesday: I'm off to my friend Anne's place to hang out. She's painted her bedroom and wants me to help move things around. Should be fun. Haven't seen her since November so I can't wait! Thursday: ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS! Going with Anne. She's an angel.
And that's about it so far.
-Last Friday, my great-grandmother in Portugal died so we've all been a bit sad this week. She had pneumonia. Last time I saw her was in '98 and yeah, I miss her.
-I'm in love with Song To Say Goodbye. Reminds me of The Cure, especially the drums and the way it ends. Can't wait for the album.
-Went to the hairdressers yesterday and the woman there did the shittest job. I look exactly the same. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jan. 2nd, 2006|10:46 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | happy | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Pink Water 2- Indochine feat. Brian Molko | ] | I think I must be the slowest Molko fan on earth. I've only heard Pink Water for the first time TODAY. Yeah, I know. *hangs head in shame* So while everybody's already over it, I'm only just starting to become obsessed. I've got the French and English versions and I can't help smiling at the "Can't take you WIZZ me" line. Amusing. *happy sigh*
:)
IN OTHER NEWS:
-Got my Antony ticket! Yayayayayyaya! |
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| 2005 |
[Dec. 30th, 2005|09:18 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | hot | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Megalomania (live)- Muse | ] | Well, 2005 is almost over, thank God. It's been a shit year for me with nothing interesting happening at all. I'm guessing it'll be one of those years that kind of stays blurred in the old memory. I mean, the only thing I've done/acheived was finishing school but my school year was so boring and so not fun like the teachers said it would be. So I can't wait until 2006 starts and my New Year's Resolution is to get a life. Haha. And meet new people. Hopefully I'll meet some interesting people at Uni next year. God, I can't wait. I need to find people who share the same interests as me for fuck's sake; people who don't spend half an hour talking about which fake tan works best for them blablabla. I just DON'T GIVE A SHIT about stuff like that. So yeah, I'm excited for next year.
IN OTHER NEWS:
-It is SO hot today. Apparantly tomorrow is going to be 42 degrees. Waaah. I'm going to die. And the worst thing is, the air-con doesn't work and my mum threw out the fan last summer so we have nothing to keep cool except have a lot of cold showers. Which reminds me, it's probably best if I don't get my Placebo slash fix tomorrow because then I'll be stuck in the shower for hours and I don't think my mum will be too happy. And that's not a nice thing especially on a hot day.
-Because of the heat, I can't really be bothered staying on the computer for ages so I constantly have to find different ways of amusing myself. So this afternoon, I played around with my eyebrows. Haha. I'm thinking of changing their shape (for the new year and all) so I'm letting them grow a bit. So I guess you can say that they're currently 'Under Construction'. Haha.
-Christmas was good. I got: A lot of Emily the Strange gear (tops, bag, pants) CD's (Kaiser Chiefs, Cure, Muse) Clothes/Accessories (Mesh gloves, bracelets, Sonic Youth tee, jackets) Perfume Live 8 DVD Little Britain calendar Money ...and that's about all, I think.
-I need to get my Antony and the Johnsons ticket. But first I have to make sure if Anne's coming with me. I don't know if she's completely made up her mind yet. |
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| (no subject) |
[Dec. 28th, 2005|09:41 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | hot | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Showbiz- Muse | ] | ANNNNIIIE WAN! I know you're reading this! Can't wait for January and Antony and the Johnsons! Thanks for taking an interest and wanting to go with me. I REALLY appreciate it. Have a happy, safe new year and I wish you all the best! :)
And just because I can, this is for you/us.

Haha.
:) |
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| Death to mosquitos |
[Dec. 22nd, 2005|11:22 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | tired | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | whirring computer noise | ] | Nooooooo! I think I have about 2 mosquito bites on my right foot near my ankle. I've tried everything to make them go away like ice, vinegar, mosquito bite spray etc but they're still itchy. The reason I'm making a big deal about this is because it's 11:30pm on the 22nd of December. That means it's exactly 2 days until Christmas Eve where I'll be at my uncle's party AND where there's a good chance that Tiago will be going. But now that I have these mosquito bites on my ankles, that are about the size of kiwifruit, I can't wear my nice heels for Saturday because of the swelling!
:(
And before I hear you say: "Don't worry, mosquito bites will shrink overnight," I should tell you that when I get bitten, the swelling doesn't go down until a week later. Fuckfuckfuck. I think I'm going to have to start moving around with a walking stick. Fuckfuckfuck. *sigh*
IN OTHER NEWS:
-Xav's gone off to the Gold Coast and isn't coming back until mid January which sucks big time. So there'll be no drunken movie marathon nights at his place over the next couple of weekends. Di's also meant to be going to Sydney either today or tomorrow which only leaves me with Jim and school friends. However, school friends are busy working for Christmas (I don't blame them) and Jim scares me now. I still haven't seen him since last year but he's arrived from Holland almost a month ago and he's changed which makes me sad. For example, I was on the phone to Di a few weeks ago and I heard him in the background at her place, so I wanted to talk to him and catch up on what he'd been up to in the past year, and he completely ignored my questions and kept talking over me like a cocky bastard. So when he started talking about all his 'drugs' and shit I was so turned off that my brain shut down and now I don't think I want to see him. I mean, I don't like being in the company of people like that.
-Got a new mobile phone today, early Christmas present, but I haven't connected it because Telstra is a motherfuck. They tell me I need 'ID' to get my phone working. Well, I was calling from the playground park behind my house so I wasn't carrying any ID at the time. Maybe next time I go for my walks, and all the times after that, I should fucking carry along my birth certificate and Medicare card and Driver's/Learners license. Fucking hell. |
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| Christmas! |
[Dec. 20th, 2005|07:31 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | hot | ] | I can't wait until Christmas. Mainly because I think I'll be spending it with Tiago. Remember him? The guy who I used to/still do like and who I haven't seen for years? Well, there's word going around that his family is going to my uncle's house on Christmas Eve and I'll be going there too. Each time I think about it I get all excited/nervous. I mean, I haven't come into contact with this guy since 2002 and SO much has changed since then. He probably still remembers me as the quiet, JaRule-loving 14 year old. Oh God...
Anyway, I really hope he's at my uncle's house on Saturday but chances are he'll be spending it somewhere else with friends or something. Ahh well..
IN OTHER NEWS:
- I'm dreading New Year's Eve. There's no good parties to go to and everybody with whom I want to spend it with have gone interstate like to the Gold Coast :(
- I really need to get a job this summer.
-I also really need to go on a holiday overseas because I hate this hot weather.
-Just read the news on the new Placebo DVD that's apparantly meant to come out next year and I'm feeling all excited again!
-Antony and the Johnsons are touring here next month but I don't think I can go because NO ONE will fucking come with me :( It's the same thing with Sigur Ros who are here in April. Everyone I ask are like, "Errr, who the fuck are they?" Grarr! Gets me so angry because people here don't have a clue about good music. /rant |
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| preferences |
[Dec. 16th, 2005|08:39 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | depressed | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Pipeline/Kill Time- Sonic Youth | ] | I'm so confused/pissed off. Today I entered in my course preferences for different uni's next year and I put music business/promo as my first one. The course sounds like fun although the only problem is that it's pretty far away, like, 1 hour and a half by public transport. Anyway I put it down because I decided that it's something I actually WANT to do. Next thing I know, I have my mum and sister standing behind me and they're telling me off for putting down something that I'm 'not even sure about' according to them. They keep saying shit like "How the hell are you going to find a job later on...That area's full of drug addicts..." So I'm there trying to convince them that this is actually what I want when my mum just goes nuts. So she's yelling her head off and trying to brainwash me into choosing something else while I'm just sitting very quietly infront of the computer when I just suddenly crack. Yep. I just ran out of the house and went for a walk to clear my head because I couldn't take it any more. And that's when I start crying along the busy road. Lucky I had my sunglasses on. I just thought she'd be a little more supportive or something or at least let me make some fucking decisions on my own! And, needless to say, she's put me off the course already. I know I shouldn't let it get to me like that but it does. So now I've just changed all my preferences again and put professional/creative writing first. At least I'm guaranteed to get a good job and it's closer to home so it should make someone happy. |
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| results |
[Dec. 12th, 2005|09:08 am] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | crushed | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | HArd-Fi on XFM Winter Wonderland | ] | I got 77.85 on my ENTER score and I can't decide if that's a good or bad thing. I know I said I wouldn't mind anything in the 70's but I guess I was secretly hoping for something in the 80's. I just hope I'll be able to get into that Arts course next year so I can do German. Otherwise I have no idea what I should do. All the courses I'm thinking about doing need a high ENTER, like in the 90's, so it's impossible for me to choose them. And I can't believe I got a C on my English exam. I'm so pissed off But what shocked me the most was that I got a higher score in International Studies than in Literature. I mean, that's just...wrong. Oh well. I can't be bothered anymore. It's all bullshit. |
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| ENTER score tomorrow |
[Dec. 11th, 2005|08:02 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | calm | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | Resolve- Foo Fighters | ] | I get my ENTER score tomorrow morning on the internet. I just want to get over 70. Then I'll be able to do that journalism course at Uni next year. My exams this year were ok but I don't think I did well enough to be able to get a score in the 80's. Funny thing is, I'm pretty relaxed about it all. Everybody else in the state is stressing and losing sleep over it. I suppose it hasn't really kicked in yet that I've actually left school and that I'm never going to return. Hmm. Well only a few more hours until I find out how well I've worked at school all year.
IN OTHER NEWS:
-VERY excited about all the news on the new Placebo album and shows! Always nice to hear something from the band after months of knowing nothing. I'm even excited for the people over in Germany and the UK who get to see them at various festivals next year :)
-Went to Fitzroy and the city on Friday with some friends. Haha. I took them to Smoke Dreams which is this tattoo/piercing place but they also sell band merchandise, and I think my friends were a bit scared. They usually go to shops like Supre and Kookai so Smoke Dreams was pretty extreme...for them. At one stage, a guy working there with a pink mohawk and about 100 piercings on his face kind of pushed past Silvia and she almost died of shock. Haha. Her face was priceless. :D
-Really need to start doing Christmas shopping. And I need new jeans. And a haircut. And maybe colour it too.
-It's so fucking hot. I hate summer. We live 5 minutes away from the beach, I'm not joking, and I could walk there right now if I want to but I don't because I bet it's packed. There's always too many people in my neighbourhood during summer because of the fucking beach. Don't get me wrong. I occassionaly like walking along the shore but when you have 50 year old perves staring at you and stupid kids bringing their fucking dogs and letting them shit all over the sand then it's not so nice. |
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| Happy Birthday to me! |
[Dec. 1st, 2005|10:30 pm] |
| [ | I'm feeling quite |
| | hot | ] |
| [ | Rocking my house |
| | For Today I Am A Boy- Antony & The Johnsons | ] | Yep, 'tis my 18th b'day today and I've had a pretty good time so far. I woke up at 7 and found a nice box near my bed where I proceeded to open it and find my Antony and the Johnsons CD! Then, I also got 2 more posters for my walls- a SWG cover one and a Pixies one. Tomorrow, I'm off to the city with Shavini (a friend from school) to buy an Emily The Strange dress and matching runners! I had the best birthday cake- a strawberry chocolate sponge one- and then afterwards, as is our tradition, we put up the Christmas tree! Also got phonecalls from friends and far too many relatives who never really paid much attention to me before but now that I'm considered to be an 'adult', they've begun to take a greater interest in me. So yeah, I've basically had a really simple day but it's been good and I'm happy :)
IN OTHER NEWS:
- It's so fucking hot
- Here's a funny story that happened 2 Saturdays ago. I was at my friend, Xav's, house and we were hungry so we decided to order pizza from the crappy little pizza shop a few streets away. Anyway, 15 minutes later, the delivery guy comes, and he was this African who couldn't speak English very well. Xav went to pay the guy and he realised that the African looked a bit shifty and nervous. We all thought he did. So Xav pays and the guy bolts back to his car without saying a word and speeds off. We had no idea what was wrong with him until we open the pizza box and sure enough, there's a slice missing. Hahaha. The delivery guy ate it (we think)!
- I REALLY like this Antony CD. And I had no idea that Rufus Wainright sings on one of the songs so it was a very nice surprise to hear him :) I recommend everyone should go out and get this album. Beautiful stuff. |
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