Right now like tight blacks and post christmas reactions. I need deodorant like I need hot cup of coffee. Have written my to do list and am pleased to say you are up top. Things to do include free space on my hard drive, clean room and then comes the make new years resolutions. I agree with goals and lists, for me it is numero uno way to bring forth action drive the mechanical workings of intention manifestation. Played some golf yesterday and now feel confident about driving as previous golf games I would hit the ball way left or way right, never straight. I got to thinking it was more about feeling the shot, feeling confident and sure than about technique. Technique messes with my natural inclinations, if it doesn't first feeeel right than hand position, bending knees will have little effect for me anyway. Alot of these blogged statements come from previous insights due to conversation.
The other night while at cafe scoozi with friends we came up with a new game. The game is titles "Fingers of Fury". All you need really is a bottle cap and 2+ people. Here is how we created it, you use 1 hand, you place the bottle cap upside down so it rests on the flat surface insides showing. you designate a finger then use it to flip the bottle cap, you need to flip the bottle cap at least 3 times in a row, if you do not you have to put that finger away and only get to use your other fingers. After you miss a flip eg, the cap falls face down, it is the next persons shot. if you get 10 flips in a row you get to bring a finger back. It is the person with the most fingers left who wins. We also made up some mooooves one such move called the "Goldie Hawn" this is where u flip the bottle cap backwards so as to land it on the back of your hand. So yep go forth spread the word like marjorine on rye bread.
Saw Narnia AGAIN for the second time last night, was ok i guess for what it was. "Aslan is on the move", i found Aslan to be amusing as he was a lion. Why was the white witch not also an animal? was she human or what? The white witch should have been a polar bear or sumthing. Also the second time around i found susan, the oldest of the girls to be really annoying and kind of a downer as did Sara the first time we saw it i think. The audience laughed at the most unfunny bits. Aslan. The movie did however give me an appetite..... for lion.
Happy holidays.
Currently making my fav songs for December 2005 cd, so far here are the contenders pre "didn't make the cut" I will need to get rid off a few of these to fit onto a cd-r.
1. Elefant - Annie (3:14)
2. Maximo Park - I Want You To Stay (3:44)
3. Zoot Woman - Information first (3:42)
4. Interpol - Leif Erikson (4:02)
5. Subways - With You (3:01)
6. Clor - Love & Pain (3:48)
7. Arctic Monkeys - A Certain Romance (5:24)
8. british sea power - remember me (3:36)
9. Cheap Trick - Surrender (4:16)
10. Editors - Munich (3:46)
11. Korn - Politics (3:16)
12. Chromeo - Needy Girl (4:17)
13. The Colour - Open Up the Boulevards (2:40)
14. Playgroup - Behind The Wheel (DJ-Kicks Electroclash Radio Mix) (5:24)
15. The Colour - Mirror Ball (2:37)
16. The Cribs - Another Number (2:53)
17. The Futureheads - Man Ray (2:19)
18. The Hives - Here We Go Again (2:12)
19. The Kooks - Too Much Of Nothing (4:04)
20. The Libertines - Death On The Stairs (3:24)
21. The Motors - Airport (4:26)
22. The Rakes - Terror! (2:59)
23. The Rapture [Indie Rock] - Killing (3:37)
24. The Roots - The Seed (2.0) (4:27)
25. The Strokes - Heart In A Cage (3:30)
26. Turbonegro - Turbonegro Must Be Destroyed (3:10)
So next step is to work out how many I need to cut and then put them in a good order via swapping around in winamp listening to end of songs then picking songs which flow into the next one and or continue the mood, change it up.
Just finished reading a really good article from
StevePavlina.comRead it its very good, this is the way I try to see things:
Click here to read full articleHere's some excerpts from the article:
Are you normal?
I’m certainly not normal. I was born blond-haired, blue-eyed, and colorblind. So not only do I look different — I also see differently than “normal” people. To make matters worse, I’m left-handed… just a cesspool of recessive genes. Over time my lack of normalcy only grew worse when I started noticing other differences and making choices of my own.
Eventually I realized that “normal” was only a concept in my own mind. In fact, my “normal” wasn’t the same as someone else’s normal. Even my “normal” was unique. And in fact it was just a way of limiting myself, a concept rooted in fear to begin with.
Yet what do most people do with this uniqueness? They try to forget it. They cling to the pack, thinking that need to be like everyone else. They strive for normalcy, to be similar to everyone else.
Throw out dumb labels
“Normal” isn’t a label worthy of your pursuit. It’s worthless. Perhaps you’re worried that if you’re too different, you’ll be ostracized. That’s true. You will be ostracized by other fear-driven normality seekers, but their acceptance is basically worthless anyway. On the bright side, when they kick you out, the ever-growing high awareness community will welcome you with open arms. Plus it’s a lot of fun to go back and tease the normality seekers afterwards.
The irony is that by pursuing your own uniqueness, you’re likely to feel a lot more normal. You’ll be able to connect with people from your own inner strength instead of your fear. You will own yourself, knowing who you are and who you’re meant to be. The judgements of others, whether positive or negative, won’t knock you off course.
A strong connection to other people lies within you already. Your connection to your higher self is your connection to others, one that is always on and simply needs to be noticed. This connection is very different than third-dimensional connections based on ego and attachment. At this level you connect with others through their higher selves too. And this often has the effect of waking them up. Plus it’s a lot of fun to connect with people this way. It’s how people should connect. You simply bypass people’s fears and labels and talk to them as free spirits.
High awareness people do this very naturally. Labels and titles are irrelevant. Two high awareness people can meet for the first time, and inside of a few minutes, they’re discussing things like mission, purpose, and the meaning of life. It makes no difference if one person is wearing a suit and the other is wearing ripped jeans and a t-shirt. They’ll barely even notice. Communication is high on content because such people speak as if talking directly to each other’s souls.
On the other hand, when two low awareness people meet, communication is shallow and timid. Each person feels out the other instead of communicating their true selves. They aren’t even in touch with their true selves because they identify with their egos. Egoic communication is competitive and fearful. People play silly games with each other in a vain attempt to protect themselves from potential rejection.
I get alot from Steve Pavlina's articles, often he talks, discusses, breaks down, analyses principles and things which I have thought about before and agree with but never really gone into detail analysing the logical reasons behind the principle etc.
I subscribe to his blog via an rss feed, here is the feed address if you want to subscribe.. i get so much from it all the time, yep do it:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/feed/
Hitchhiker: You heard of this thing, the 8-Minute Abs?
Ted: Yeah, sure, 8-Minute Abs. Yeah, the excercise video.
Hitchhiker: Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water. Listen to this: 7... Minute... Abs.
Ted: Right. Yes. OK, alright. I see where you're going.
Hitchhiker: Think about it. You walk into a video store, you see 8-Minute Abs sittin' there, there's 7-Minute Abs right beside it. Which one are you gonna pick, man?
Ted: I would go for the 7.
Hitchhiker: Bingo, man, bingo. 7-Minute Abs. And we guarantee just as good a workout as the 8-minute folk.
Ted: You guarantee it? That's - how do you do that?
Hitchhiker: If you're not happy with the first 7 minutes, we're gonna send you the extra minute free. You see? That's it. That's our motto. That's where we're comin' from. That's from "A" to "B".
Ted: That's right. That's - that's good. That's good. Unless, of course, somebody comes up with 6-Minute Abs. Then you're in trouble, huh?
[Hitchhiker convulses]
Hitchhiker: No! No, no, not 6! I said 7. Nobody's comin' up with 6. Who works out in 6 minutes? You won't even get your heart goin, not even a mouse on a wheel.
Ted: That - good point.
Hitchhiker: 7's the key number here. Think about it. 7-Elevens. 7 doors. 7, man, that's the number. 7 chipmunks twirlin' on a branch, eatin' lots of sunflowers on my uncle's ranch. You know that old children's tale from the sea. It's like you're dreamin' about Gorgonzola cheese when it's clearly Brie time, baby. Step into my office.
Ted: Why?
Hitchhiker: 'Cause you're fuckin' fired!
Tonight I made an image for the homepage of my website entitled "Merry Christmas Doosh-bag" a little Seasons Greeting from me to you. By the way, you have some crumbs on your upper lip.
I also changed my website favicon, not sure if its obvious or not but I made it to look like a nipple.
Nothing knocks me on my ass like a really fresh pair of kicks. I have always liked shoes from the moment I had any real say in my sneakers my first pair being a pair of white aerosports. The most important article of an ensemble if you will is the shoes. Other important ensemble makers are the belt, tie (if appropriate) and pants.
Today while flicking through issue 7 of
Sneaker Freaker I fell deeply, madly in love. My eyes locked, jaw dropped, heart palputations set in. What is this perfect creation that lays before my mortal eyes in the form of a sneaker.
Perfection thine name is ADIDAS ZX 700
Pics (I want yellow/grey colourway (not pictured)):
Where's my snare? I have no snare in my headphones.
Does anybody know how to make dolls?
Ive had this idea for ages of making my friends into dolls cartoonish in feel. The problem is I don't even know where to start. Would love to add sound clips of the things they say most often. Dress them in there signature outfits. Damn i really really want to do this.. What materials could i mould dolls out of? How would I create the threads, how would i get voice into the doll?
Any ideas or suggestions about this would be greatly appreciated.
Just chatting with a pal on msn he suggested wooden dolls and painting on clothes, good idea.. how would i shape it? i don't know how to widdle.
I have probably burped over 200 times in the last 2 hours. Ive got that gas thing where your stomach feels all acidic and cramped, burping helps however the gut feeling is still there. I put this gasiness down to a few factors:
1. McDonalds - Medium Double Cheeseburger meal + M&M's McFlurry
2. Holding in burps and farts due to being around Sara
3. Australias Pizza House, House Special + Garlic Damper
4. Chocolate Milkshake with Banana
5. Holding in burps and farts due to being around Sara
Often driving back home on a Sunday from a weekend with Sara I do the rankest most disgusting farts and burps aplenty due to holding in a day and a half's gas. Which reminds me of that South Park episode where everyone was spontaneously combusting and Randy theorises its due to people holding in there farts around there partners. I love South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, that over the top intelligent silliness which does not take itself seriously hits the mark for me, can't get enough of it.
I got a total of 4 mags this weekend - ALL GOOD ones too. I got NME Best of 2005 UK import, Sneaker Frkr, Monster Children and this other one which came with Monster Children. These mags are great all written well and full of exciting pictures, designs, great writing and content.
Watched 24 hour party people and Deck Dogz on weekend. Liked 24 hour party people which is about the Manchester music scene late 70's early 80's focusing on bands like sex pistols, joy division, new order, the happy mondays as told by Tony Wilson. I like Tony's character in this, intelligent, passionate, honest and direct. Deck Dogz... hmmm ok i was meaning to hire this for a long while as it was an australian mainstream skate film with "featuring Tony Hawk" on the cover as if Tony Hawk epitomises skateboarding culture. Its always fun watching a mainstream skateboard movie as an insider into the culture (well insider circa 99 - 2002). I did notice the use of stunt doubles as the actors did not have the push off that comes with riding a board for more than 6 months, they were kinda doing short and frequent push offs that you might see a 10 yr old doing when he's first learning to ride and balance. The over the top Australian accent and occer phrases such as "dick head" were annoying as I thought no, no, skaters are more clued up than the average yobo country stereotype male. But all in all it didnt do too bad in showing the enthusiasm and dedication a skater has. The clothes were "fairly" on par for the time it was made (not the Deck dogz branded tshirts) and the tricks were relevant.
I still have gas and have developed the hiccups due to constant gas exhalation if that is even a word.
1. The phrase "touch base"
2. Black lensed sunglasses with white frames
3. U2, Dave Matthews Band, The White Stripes
4. Wearing polo tops "colar up"
Awkward Conversation Starters
http://worldoflongmire.com/oddsnends/converstart/Incontinence
The other day I was looking through my wheelchair accessible telescope when I got that warm feeling in my shorts again, i had pissed my pants.
I just read a funny quote from my quotes of the day feed:
Theodore Sturgeon
"Ninety percent of everything is crap."
I went to see "Appleseed" (anime) tonight at the palace nova, it was pretty good. Not being a high authority in the ways of anime I dont think I can give a good review of it as my review would probably be basic and uninformed. During the movie I was thinking about what I would say about it, my review. Then I pictured myself reviewing the movie (saying my impressions, based on just watching the movie) telling my opinion to someone who was really into anime and who knew what made one anime better than another, someone who knew the history, the classics, the creators, the distributors, the style, the way it was created. I thought well If i give a review I'm going to sound like a person who looks at graffiti, tags, street art and sees disgusting mess and a "cost to taxpayers". Im not saying that I am that person, only that I don't consider myself to be an authority on anime. Ive seen a few animes, been to avcon, own "Paranoia Agent" a few Naruto eps, Chromati Hightschool, akira, ghost in the shell, neon genesis evangelion, bubblegum crisis and a few other quirky numbers which dont come to mind at the present moment. I guess what Im saying is that I don't have a natural enthusiasm/attraction/don't get it or whatever it is that attracts a lot of people to anime. Not knowing what it is that makes people loooove anime is driving me insane. Is it an attraction to something along the lines of sci-fi? Something intelligent but vastly different to modern day life (talking about sci-fi themed animes).. a dissasociation and escape from the harsh reality of day to day existence if you will. I am in no way bagging these animes, I like it and enjoy it but at the same time Im not crazy fan boy about it and I really think I am missing out. I think I am this way about a lot of stuff, If i don't get it, don't understand the topic at hand I will not speak up as to not show my obvious ignorance. Seeing things too often from another's perspective, or percieved perspective is a problem for me i think as it leaves me unclear of my own thoughts, informed or non informed, whatever the case.
I downloaded a podcast by Ricky Gervais (the boss in the Office). Played it at work today, was pretty funny. Ricky seems smart and has an infectious hearty laugh. I want to get into detail about what was good about it but nothing, no words come to mind. I wish I was the kind of person who was good at noticing the details of something, some event, some incident. When I try to explain things I give my overall impression/feeling on such things which is often based on intuition and interest in the matter at hand. Some people can go on and on describing details, telling vivid stories, what happened, what they thought of what happened etc, I wish I was better at this. I think im more of an overall type of person, my overall impression was this. Blah blah blah i think blah blah, well this is because this which is because this blah.. But this being the case I love it when people can and do explain things and details, it mesmerizes me. In the same sense as you look up to someone, pay attention to someone who possesses something, some quality or skill that you lack and admire.
Well, time she's up.. we'll delve into this more next week. A quote from something about mary. I love that movie. At one stage I would watch it over and over and over and never get sick. I love Ben Stiller in all his awkward yet well intentioned glory. That psychologist dude in it, that actor i love.. his deadpan delivery is great.
This guys blog is rad, thanks to Keith for telling me about it. I am copying and pasting this blog entry below because it is great and funny and I totally agree with what this dude is saying.
An Open Letter To The Guy I Saw Walking Out Of Albertson's At Approximately 11:45 Last Night:By Rob
Dear Guy I Saw Walking Out Of Albertson's At Approximately 11:45 Last Night,
You, sir, are a douche.
Look how fucking proud of yourself you are, with your tucked in shirt, and your shiny brown homo shoes, and your side-parted hair. Look at the big smile on your face. Look how good you feel about that utterly generic six dollar bouquet of store-bought red roses you're holding, that you just purchased 15 minutes before Valentine's Day, at Albertson's. Yeah, wear that smug smile with pride, bucko. You're a fucking winner.
What a great boyfriend you are. Congratulations, you fucking dicksponge, you put the same amount of effort into showing your love for someone as you do when you buy a fucking bottle of laundry detergent. What a lucky girl she is, to have someone like you. Although to be fair, she must be a fucking shitbag too. How tragically insecure do you have to be to accept such a meaningless gesture as a token of affection? How utterly fucking desperate are you to cling on to anything that you can dress up to look even remotely like love? How pathetic do you have to be to even allow your significant other to even consider for a moment that it might be even remotely acceptable to show up with a cheap fucking last-minute cliche and look you in the eyes and tell you it means something?
If you need a fucking greeting card company to tell you when to have a special day with the person you care about, and when that "specialness" is reduced to cheap mass-produced bullshit, and if that actually makes you feel good on any level whatsoever, you might as well wrap your head in the plastic Rite-Aid bag your heartfelt gift arrived in and fucking end it all.
You might as well buy your girlfriend a toilet plunger for Valentine's Day. It's the same amount of thought and effort involved, it's just a different aisle at the supermarket. Actually, there might even be more thought in a toilet plunger, because at least every other fucking turd doesn't get his girlfriend one at the last minute and think it makes him a good boyfriend. At least she might actually get some use out of a toilet plunger, after she gets dysentery and spends all night pissing rusty water from the cheap fucking heart-shaped box of shit chocolates you gave her.
The point I'm making, Guy Who I Saw Walking Out Of Albertson's At Approximately 11:45 Last Night, is that Valentine's Day is bullshit and you're a fucking turd for thinking that following some cliched societal obligation qualifies as caring. And no, I'm not bitter because I'm lonely on Valentine's Day, like most people. I do have someone to spend it with, and you know what we're going to do? We're going to go to the diner and make fun of people like you, like we always do, and then we're going to sit on my couch like we do every monday and watch "24" and drink cheap wine. And you know what? It's going to be pretty fucking rad. And you and your miserable, insecure girlfriend can have a fantastically hollow evening together at some douchey restaurant while you attempt to force romance and feign contentness and hope that the ten dollar stuffed bear you bought her is enough to convince her you aren't banging your secretary. And you can rest assured that if I ever get a girl flowers, it won't be on Valentine's Day. And they won't be from fucking Albertson's.
Sincerely,
Rob
His blog =
http://www.demonbaby.com/blog
I usually avoid these "what blah blah are you" quizes like the bubonic plague but this one was kinda ok i thought. Happy with the results too, Kips my favourite.
You are Kip Dynamite and you love technology.
Which Napoleon Dynamite character are you?
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I want to start up a new anonymous blog, a now holds barred down and dirty vent fest where I can post anonymously on whatever it is that comes to mind. Alot of times I want to write really personal/depressing/adult related content and I just can't do it in this blog because I'd be paranoid someone I know will read it.
Lately Ive been adopting the philosophy of "Just do it". This means that if you want to do something, if you have work to do that you are being too slack about, if you have always been wanting to do something but get weighed down with thoughts of what if, I know i could make it better if i only...etc you ignore all these factors and just do it. Simple as that. Just do it works like this, when you decide to just do it, the thing you want to do gets done because action is the key.
Hmm wat else wat else wat else...the other day a friend told me he thought i was "switched on" but I act/play dumb, instead of smart. This is in the context of my work situation. I guess I agree with this, the thing is I don't really know how to act "smart" and if i did, would i want to. Acting like a smart person really has no appeal to me apart from maybe being seen as smarter at work perhaps. Besides people who a lot of people would label as smart I think are really dumb because they think they are always right and often underestimate the importance of relationships, interests and fun. That to me is most important, my interests and having a wide group of friends I can muck around with and learn from. Everyone approaches life differently and by hanging out with lots of people you can take things, attitudes, ideas from them and incorporate them into you life, or even just get a better understanding of why people think and do things.
Another thing which I have been thinking about recently is being influenced by people. I tend to be strongly infuenced by people around me and unconsciously I think I act like them and accentuate the similarities of whoever Im with. However a lot of the time because of this people get a wrong perception of me, they think oh i thought you were like me in this respect so you should therefore believe/act/think what I do etc. I need to learn how to be my own person and stop being so damn mirrored in my actions. For example I was getting a haircut the other day in the city and was talking to the hairdresser and she asked me where I usually go when Im out on the town. Instantly I knew from observation/feeling/intuition that she was the sort of girl who would be put off by the place I usually go to when out in town (Shotz). So i hesitantly say, oh when im in the city I usually go to uhh shotz, cos thats where my friends go i add. I knew she would think that place was scummy etc and so I tailored my delivery to that. This is so shit, I need to stop doing this. Who cares what some hairdresser thinks of where I go, but no I tailor myself to what I think she is like so theres a better connection. I have so many of these rules in my head which are so holding me back, one such rule is that if someone is older than me (respect your elders) I need to let them lead conversations, not be louder than them because this may make them feel unimportant or something i dunno. This is so crap, another useless belief which needs to be challenged and changed. Beliefs are huge.
Oh oh oh oh yeah another thing haha.. The other day I noticed that my sometimes monotone/whiny delivery is a result of upbringing. How I came to this conclusion was I was talking with mum and dad and decided to try something. First off I told them something I was heaps excited about, I said it with passion and enthusiasm, the response.. did they match my enthusiasm? no they did not, the response was actually minimal something along the lines of oh yeah. I then went on to tell them something in a really whiny, almost negative tone and they responded by showing interest, well why is this or something they said. I went on to say something again like this and it got a better reaction also. Whoah I said outloud, i just figured something out. What is it mum says? I didnt tell them but I realised that alot of my outlook on life which sometimes tends to be pessimistic could actually be the result of conditioning in terms of response and attention. Now this is huuuuge, holy shit.. so how I am now is just a result of what gets me the most attention. This got me thinking, man I really need to reasses this.
Another thing while its coming to me. I was sitting down on a bench in the city passing the time, while I waste time before my haircut and was noticing / observing people. First I was looking around and trying to guage who I think I would like to talk to / would have an interest in. I noticed that a lot of the people I was thinking were nice/would want to talk too were either smiling or had no expression on there face. The grumpy people I didnt feel would be interested i thought. In the end I guess that comes down to fearing rejection as in you go to talk to someone, show an interest in a grumpy person and they are not interested/shut you down. This made me think I need to smile more, so will appear more approachable by others. The other thing was lately because Im getting older I am observing parents and children. I see the children and see there facial expressions and almost all the time they are exactly the same as there parents. I looked around at parent child combo's and a lot of the time.. same facial expressions.. sad, happy, excited. I really want to have fun, happy, excitable, energetic kids when I am a father.. holy shit.. father damn that sounds scary. So I am always on the lookout when I see happy/kool/uninhibited kids how there parents are. Alot of the time and Is the case with me, parents dont realise how much of an influence they have over shaping their childs outlook on life.
That is all.
The Strokes new album "First Impressions of Earth" has been leaked on the net and can be downloaded from bittorrent sites, I found it on
www.flextorrent.comIts goooood, so far the songs which stand out to me as real good are track 1 "You only live once", track 3 "heart in a cage" and "Electricityspace".. neeed to listen to it more and so do you!
First of all I found a really good program today called "Album Cover Art Downloader". Recently my friend got me onto the winamp plugin called Toaster which pops up on the screen the track name and album art if the album art is in the folder. Anyway this plugin is real cool however I do not have many album arts in each folder so I was thinking how good it would be if there was a program that downloaded album art for you. I searched for it in google and what do you know I found a program that does just this. What you do is select a folder where you keep your mp3's and it scans it and retrieves the album art off of the internet. I am doing it right this moment but because its taking a while because of my 35gig's of mp3's on my computer. If you want this here are the links below:
Album Cover Art Downloader websiteDirect Download Link to Installer:
Toaster Plugin for WinampIn the music area of my life I have been really liking "Chromeo" I was searching in my last fm neighbours and would always notice "Chromeo" so the other day I acquired the album and its pretty damn cool. It sorta melds a few sytles such as disco, 80's, pop, hip hop and funk. Its pretty chilled but at the same time not boring. Actually here is a better discription of them below, take from Download.com
The break-dancing revival starts here, with Montreal's new electro-pop purveyors Chromeo (Pee Thug and Dave 1). Stepping into the burgeoning electro-clash movement with their disco, funk, and glitchy beats, these vigorous, chrome-plated tracks dip into the territory of vintage Prince, evoking memories of head spins and body popping.
If you want a taste of Chromeo, download "Needy Girl" and if you like this song you should like Chromeo.
Here are some links to download Chromeo songs:
Needy Girl Me and My ManDestination Overdrive (DFA Remix)In other music related babble I am still really liking Test Icicles, I am addicted and am not sick of them at all which is rare for me. Also I really like the new Madonna album its really dancy/disco good. Fav song at the moment on the new Madonna cd is "Sorry". Check it out.
