November 30th, 2006 at 10:23 am
Last saturday night, along with twenty-two thousand other folks clad mostly in blue jeans and black t-shirts, I went to see Pearl Jam play at Subiaco Oval. While I wasn't sure exactly what to expect seeing as how the last time I'd liked one of their albums enough to buy it was back in 1998, I have to say I was more than pleasantly surprised.
They belted out an enormous selection from their back-catalogue including most of my favourites, and even a few numbers I really didn't expect to hear like Why Go, Animal, Blood and In Hiding. Of course hearing Eddie Vedder's rendition of Throw Your Arms Around Me was definitely something, as was the bands version of I Got You (by Split Enz) and closing the set with Neil Young's Rockin' In The Free World. I have to say a thankyou to Nathan for asking me to go with him, I'd been a huge fan in my teens but probably wouldn't have gone along without him, and I had a brilliant time.
The day before however, I handed in my final uni assignment. So provided everything goes to plan, I will be out terrorising the public school system as of late January next year. Unfortunately I won't find out my uni marks for some time, let alone where I'll end up teaching, so there's not much point giving it any thought in the meantime, and as action is the enemy of thought, it's probably time to get another job for the next eight weeks or so that I'll be sitting around waiting.
But before I go off entertaining myself with gainful employment, tomorrow I have need to travel to Bunbury to deal with some matters which I can only start to describe as unpleasant in nature.
the choices that you don't get to make
November 19th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
it's early, too early. the last few days bleed into each other as I ride out a wave of caffeine and sugar highs, the backwash leaving a slew of completed assignments, backstage passes, play rehearsals, filming, police, poor nutrition and 1am coffee orders. there's been a combination of poor and non-existant sleep as coffee grinds run coarse through my veins with seven hundred times the reccommended daily intake of various B vitamins which coincidentally occur naturally inside of little blue and silver cans.
foam enclosures immerse my ears in the a blur of wails, riffs and thundering basslines while I formulate new breeds of flavour in my pie hole with rainbow coloured candies. evie let your hair hang down. tap water in popcap bottles, I'll be taking my camera today. thoughts descending into the ever more obtuse. out of candy. out of juice. out of time.
November 9th, 2006 at 9:05 am
Rage Against The Machine does not good bedtime music make.
November 3rd, 2006 at 12:53 am
Kidnapped from , who I've never actually met but is on my friends list for some reason most likely involving
Two Names You Go By
1. Fenris
2. Mr Jolly
Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Australian (Melbourne) – Several generations back from English
2. Australian (Roelands) – Several generations back from English
Two Things That Scare You
1. financial debt
2. cars in motion
Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. coffee
2. riding
Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. black cargo pants
2. hair lackey
Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists
(at the moment)
1. yoko kanno (not yoko ono)
2. the mutton birds
Two Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love)
1. reckless abandon
2. conversation
Two Physical Things that Appeal to You About the Opposite Sex
1. I'm really not going to answer this one
2. No, seriously
Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. to pass all of my units at uni this semseter
2. not to get shafted by my job placement next year
Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. Western Europe
2. Seal Island, off the coast of South Africa
Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Go road racing
2. Find someone nice to break my heart
Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Impending Uni deadlines
2. My feet are cold
Two Stores You Shop At
1. Lloyd Chapman Motorcycles
2. IGA Maylands
Two people you haven't talked to in a while
1. Teresa who I used to work with
2. Almost everyone I graduated high school with
Two cars you owned
1. 1984 VK Commodore
2. That's really the only car I've actually owned.
Two Favorite Sports
1. Road Racing (Superbikes/MotoGP)
2. Rally Driving