All I can say right now is -
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Oh yeah except for the part where a crowd surfing dickhead fell on me....
Friday, July 28, 2006
Thursday, July 27, 2006
Personality Test Spamage
I'm not entirely sure how accurate this is but how much of a typical Capricorn does this sound?
You are gentle, caring, quiet, dutiful, neat, dependable, modest, unassuming, and humble. You can be counted on to make sure everything is in its place, that people are doing what they’re supposed to be doing and all the supplies have been secured.
You prefer to work behind the scenes, driven by a sense of obligation, often overworked for the benefit of others. You prefer tasks that are highly outlined, organized and practical. You fill your life with meaningful activities and schedule any down time. You enjoy helping any friend in need. You have a strong work ethic and can be critical of sloth, laziness and people who have possessions only through extreme indebtedness. All you’d like in return for all of your hard work is recognition and gratitude, neither of which you receive nearly in proportion to the effort and time you exert.
One of your greatest strengths is supporting family or group activities. Your contribution of cooking, cleaning, fixing or constructing is an expression of your love and loyalty to everyone present, and such labor is truly a pleasure for you to fulfill.
You were a model child. Relatively neat, sweet and conscientious, you were the child that every parent thinks they’re going to have. You may have openly disagreed or rebelled but if so it was short-lived and harmless and you were quick to accept the judgment of your parents along with any punishment they deemed reasonable.
You prefer not to make waves or attract too much individual attention. You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that tried and true established methods should be revised or ignored.
You have a strong appreciation for antiques, traditions and heirlooms. You have a natural appreciation for and connection with your past and the people in your family tree. You find special joy in guarding old family artifacts regardless of their monetary value.
You put a lot of energy into maintaining your home. You keep things tidy, visually appealing and in working condition. You make sure your home is always well stocked with food and supplies. You take better care of your possessions than most types, cleaning, oiling, maintaining things so that they will always be nice, maintain their value, and function when needed. You want things to be sturdy and may replace something which isn’t broken if, after acquiring it, you realize that it’s of the new, shabbier quality.
You may or may not be a pessimist, but your speech is laced with reminders to realistically expect problems to arise. You are aware of the general dangers of living and are conscious of the fact that other people don’t heed your warnings as often as they should. You are also the first to point out to someone who seems surprised that they should’ve known that setbacks would occur
Anyone interested can take the test here.
You are gentle, caring, quiet, dutiful, neat, dependable, modest, unassuming, and humble. You can be counted on to make sure everything is in its place, that people are doing what they’re supposed to be doing and all the supplies have been secured.
You prefer to work behind the scenes, driven by a sense of obligation, often overworked for the benefit of others. You prefer tasks that are highly outlined, organized and practical. You fill your life with meaningful activities and schedule any down time. You enjoy helping any friend in need. You have a strong work ethic and can be critical of sloth, laziness and people who have possessions only through extreme indebtedness. All you’d like in return for all of your hard work is recognition and gratitude, neither of which you receive nearly in proportion to the effort and time you exert.
One of your greatest strengths is supporting family or group activities. Your contribution of cooking, cleaning, fixing or constructing is an expression of your love and loyalty to everyone present, and such labor is truly a pleasure for you to fulfill.
You were a model child. Relatively neat, sweet and conscientious, you were the child that every parent thinks they’re going to have. You may have openly disagreed or rebelled but if so it was short-lived and harmless and you were quick to accept the judgment of your parents along with any punishment they deemed reasonable.
You prefer not to make waves or attract too much individual attention. You go by the book and are suspicious of anyone suggesting that tried and true established methods should be revised or ignored.
You have a strong appreciation for antiques, traditions and heirlooms. You have a natural appreciation for and connection with your past and the people in your family tree. You find special joy in guarding old family artifacts regardless of their monetary value.
You put a lot of energy into maintaining your home. You keep things tidy, visually appealing and in working condition. You make sure your home is always well stocked with food and supplies. You take better care of your possessions than most types, cleaning, oiling, maintaining things so that they will always be nice, maintain their value, and function when needed. You want things to be sturdy and may replace something which isn’t broken if, after acquiring it, you realize that it’s of the new, shabbier quality.
You may or may not be a pessimist, but your speech is laced with reminders to realistically expect problems to arise. You are aware of the general dangers of living and are conscious of the fact that other people don’t heed your warnings as often as they should. You are also the first to point out to someone who seems surprised that they should’ve known that setbacks would occur
Anyone interested can take the test here.
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Down with da kids...sort of...
I've dipped my toe into the murky waters of My Space but haven't really gotten into it as such. (Yes, I know I only have 6 friends!) I know it's supposed to have launched the Artic Monkeys and other hip new acts but I haven't really got around to checking out the music side of it till now.
The snarky gossip newsletter Popbitch last week linked to this new UK based singer on My Space called Mika. (Not NZ's former cabaret style performer Mika, another one) This Mika is a fabulous mix of operatic rock pop stylings in the vein of Rufus Wainwright, Queen, old skool Elton John...etc. In other words, gay! Oh so gay and oh so brilliant. His song Grace Kelly is a musical ray of sunshine in this dark gloomy winter.
Speaking of Teh Gay, another musical act with a handy My Space page is IAMX. I recently obtained a copy of their album (don't ask how) which is great German electro pop. (And that is not an oxymoron!) From the guy behind the Sneaker Pimps, their music is dark sensual electro which is also Fabulous, but less Elton John and more Ghetto (the club).
So anyways Tom, when do I get my pimpage fee?
The snarky gossip newsletter Popbitch last week linked to this new UK based singer on My Space called Mika. (Not NZ's former cabaret style performer Mika, another one) This Mika is a fabulous mix of operatic rock pop stylings in the vein of Rufus Wainwright, Queen, old skool Elton John...etc. In other words, gay! Oh so gay and oh so brilliant. His song Grace Kelly is a musical ray of sunshine in this dark gloomy winter.
Speaking of Teh Gay, another musical act with a handy My Space page is IAMX. I recently obtained a copy of their album (don't ask how) which is great German electro pop. (And that is not an oxymoron!) From the guy behind the Sneaker Pimps, their music is dark sensual electro which is also Fabulous, but less Elton John and more Ghetto (the club).
So anyways Tom, when do I get my pimpage fee?
Monday, July 17, 2006
Time for a joke
A guy walks into a zoo. Inside there's only one animal...a dog....
It was a shitzu.
Tee hee!!
It was a shitzu.
Tee hee!!
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Contemplation...
I think I am a bit naive sometimes. I have a tendancy to give some people more credit than they are due. But I've realised that no matter what I do or say , some folk just won't listen. Oh well, I just don't think I'll bother next time.
Thursday, June 29, 2006
And in other music news
I ♥ Carl Barat!
My Dirty Pretty Things CD arrived yesterday from Amazon. It's absolutely brilliant! I've been listening to it non stop. I loved "Bang Bang You're Dead" when it came out in the UK and all the other songs are just as good. Mr Barat is a musical genius, I tell you. Not to mention he's also pretty easy on the eye.....
Excuse my Mighty Boosh geek out, but on the subject of musical Mr Barratt's, I must share some shocking information I discoved in my internet wanderings. Apparently Noel (yes, that's right, Noel) now has a moustache. Not only that but it's also reported that Julian has shaved his off!!!
Don't believe me? Check this out:
What is the world coming to?
My Dirty Pretty Things CD arrived yesterday from Amazon. It's absolutely brilliant! I've been listening to it non stop. I loved "Bang Bang You're Dead" when it came out in the UK and all the other songs are just as good. Mr Barat is a musical genius, I tell you. Not to mention he's also pretty easy on the eye.....
Excuse my Mighty Boosh geek out, but on the subject of musical Mr Barratt's, I must share some shocking information I discoved in my internet wanderings. Apparently Noel (yes, that's right, Noel) now has a moustache. Not only that but it's also reported that Julian has shaved his off!!!
Don't believe me? Check this out:
What is the world coming to?
Tuesday, June 27, 2006
When The Lights Go Out Part 2: Stranger in the Night
On Friday night, as is becoming the norm here in Auckland, we had a powercut. This time it was limited to about ten houses in our street. Thanks Empower. Anyway after an hour or so with no power, we all decided to head to bed. I was in my room getting ready for bed when I heard my sister saying there was someone outside in our backyard. After establishing that it wasn't any of us, everyone raced outside to confront them. Turns out there was a strange guy outside, not far from my bedroom window, sitting in a bush. My dad asked him what he was doing there, and then told him to leave our property. The guy responded saying he was just eating a burger. As he calmly strode around the deck and left via the other side of the house, my mum started swearing at him (nice one Mum) and everyone came back inside before she aggravated him further. It was all drama for the next hour or so. We shut ourselves indoors and phoned the police in case he hadn't actually left. The police soon turned up and searched our property and the neighbours in case he was still around but by then he must have taken off.
Dad speculated that he may have been here before as he seemed to know his way around our massive deck when he went to leave. Scary stuff!
So the current theories are:
a) he is some kind of peeping tom (ack!)
b) he may have been just a very confused/cheeky stoner
c) he was looking to burgle our house since with the power out it looked like no one was home
The postscript to this story is that while I was at Dominos picking up tea the following night, I spotted a guy come into the shop wearing a distinctive woolen sherpa hat similar to the one our prowler wore. Dum, dum, dum......
Dad speculated that he may have been here before as he seemed to know his way around our massive deck when he went to leave. Scary stuff!
So the current theories are:
a) he is some kind of peeping tom (ack!)
b) he may have been just a very confused/cheeky stoner
c) he was looking to burgle our house since with the power out it looked like no one was home
The postscript to this story is that while I was at Dominos picking up tea the following night, I spotted a guy come into the shop wearing a distinctive woolen sherpa hat similar to the one our prowler wore. Dum, dum, dum......
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Monday, June 12, 2006
When the lights go out...
So we had a power cut today. The power was out in central Auckland for over four hours. After a few hours hanging around work in the dark trying to read magazines we finally got the okay to go home, which was all well and good. But now I am going to be behind in my work after almost getting on top of everything.
Oh joy.
Four hours to bring the power back and they still didn't get it as far as my office. Ridiculous. Everyone is harking back to the dark days of 1998 when the power was out in the CBD for 52 days. Yes that's right, 52 days.
This friggin city....
Oh joy.
Four hours to bring the power back and they still didn't get it as far as my office. Ridiculous. Everyone is harking back to the dark days of 1998 when the power was out in the CBD for 52 days. Yes that's right, 52 days.
This friggin city....
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Employed!
I have a job! Woohoo! It's in TV too. After loads of interviews I finally got a job offer from my first choice this week. I will be working here entering programme promos into the system and suchlike.
I'm starting on Monday so my four week holiday/unemployment will finally be over.
Sweet.....
I'm starting on Monday so my four week holiday/unemployment will finally be over.
Sweet.....
Sunday, May 21, 2006
Gutted
Not only did Radiohead play their long awaited Hammersmith Apollo gig over the weekend that I couldn't go to because I had to come back here, but apparently the Boosh boys were there as well. Damn you Thom Yorke, why must you frustrate me so! Radiohead had better get their arses down to NZ (or at the very least Oz) sometime soon. That's all I'm saying....
In other news, the girls and I, in our efforts to get out and do something different in order to avoid the inertia/boredom that can set in living in Auckland, decided to accompany my parents (yes I know how sad this sounds) to a lovely semi-local chain pub. It was an interesting experience. I'm sure the regular patrons had never seen the likes of us rock on up there. By which I mean (and I am not being vain saying this) we were the hottest women there. So of course we got hit on about 50 million times by the best dregs of men West Auckland can offer. Those of you from the West will know exactly what I mean. You London types, just think of the American road movies with all sorts of redneck/hillbilly types in and you will sort of understand what I mean. My favourite pickup artist of the night was the bloke and his mates who tried to win us with their extremely drunken dancing then tried to talk to us but his speech was so drunken and garbled we couldn't understand a word he was saying.
It was a strange night to say the least, but we now know for sure not to go to the Cock and Bull Lynfield. I will be sticking to Auckland Central from now on.
In other news, the girls and I, in our efforts to get out and do something different in order to avoid the inertia/boredom that can set in living in Auckland, decided to accompany my parents (yes I know how sad this sounds) to a lovely semi-local chain pub. It was an interesting experience. I'm sure the regular patrons had never seen the likes of us rock on up there. By which I mean (and I am not being vain saying this) we were the hottest women there. So of course we got hit on about 50 million times by the best dregs of men West Auckland can offer. Those of you from the West will know exactly what I mean. You London types, just think of the American road movies with all sorts of redneck/hillbilly types in and you will sort of understand what I mean. My favourite pickup artist of the night was the bloke and his mates who tried to win us with their extremely drunken dancing then tried to talk to us but his speech was so drunken and garbled we couldn't understand a word he was saying.
It was a strange night to say the least, but we now know for sure not to go to the Cock and Bull Lynfield. I will be sticking to Auckland Central from now on.
Thursday, May 18, 2006
Teh Gay
While watching Oliver Stone's epic flop Alexander, my younger brother expressed surprise that he flaunted his interest in boys so openly. I then had to explain to my brother the concept of Greek love.... Heh.
Needless to say he was rather taken aback.
Needless to say he was rather taken aback.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Mmm...creamy....
Old Gregg has been at my parents liquor cabinet....
"Captain Cabinets/trapped in cabinets/can he get out/will he get out/course he can"
And if you don't get that, go watch the Mighty Boosh. Now!
"Captain Cabinets/trapped in cabinets/can he get out/will he get out/course he can"
And if you don't get that, go watch the Mighty Boosh. Now!
Monday, May 08, 2006
I've just realised it's exactly two weeks since I arrived back on the fair shores of Aotearoa. Here's a breakdown of just exactly what I've achieved since I got back.
1 job offer (Boring Engineering firm so turned down of course)
1 lot of Wendys
1 pair of Converse sneakers
1 top from the House of G (still no 1 NZ shop in my heart, heh)
2 low key nights out (I forgot how expensive it is to drink in town!)
2 CDs (Whoops)
3 days of window (and actual) shopping
3 meat pies
4 interviews (am getting sick of recruitment agencies)
5 lots of takeaways
6 job applications
7 bus rides
15+ hours of Mighty Boosh viewing (Thanks again Sadie!! Daytime television sucks. And the Boosh rule!!)
24+ hours of movie viewing on Sky (As above. Thank goodness for Sky.)
36 hours of internet surfing
100 million card games on SolSuite 2002
As you can see it's been very productive. Heh.
1 job offer (Boring Engineering firm so turned down of course)
1 lot of Wendys
1 pair of Converse sneakers
1 top from the House of G (still no 1 NZ shop in my heart, heh)
2 low key nights out (I forgot how expensive it is to drink in town!)
2 CDs (Whoops)
3 days of window (and actual) shopping
3 meat pies
4 interviews (am getting sick of recruitment agencies)
5 lots of takeaways
6 job applications
7 bus rides
15+ hours of Mighty Boosh viewing (Thanks again Sadie!! Daytime television sucks. And the Boosh rule!!)
24+ hours of movie viewing on Sky (As above. Thank goodness for Sky.)
36 hours of internet surfing
100 million card games on SolSuite 2002
As you can see it's been very productive. Heh.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Home Again
Yes, as the title shows I'm back on the fair shores of Aotearoa. I said a sad farewell to London and my awesome London peeps on Sunday and after a marathon 23 hour plus flight via Malaysia I arrived back in Auckland safe and sound four days ago.
It's been great to see my family and stuff. I'm still settling back into West Auckland life but it is eery how little seems to have changed in two years. With the exception of my baby brother who has grown almost a foot since I saw him last. I am now offically the midget of the family!
My next step is to find a proper job to keep me busy. Meanwhile I have changed my blog name to more accurately reflect the current content.
I had an absolutely amazing time in London and I will really miss all my friends back there but I suppose it is now time to get myself sorted and be a proper grown up. Well as much as I will ever be. :P
It's been great to see my family and stuff. I'm still settling back into West Auckland life but it is eery how little seems to have changed in two years. With the exception of my baby brother who has grown almost a foot since I saw him last. I am now offically the midget of the family!
My next step is to find a proper job to keep me busy. Meanwhile I have changed my blog name to more accurately reflect the current content.
I had an absolutely amazing time in London and I will really miss all my friends back there but I suppose it is now time to get myself sorted and be a proper grown up. Well as much as I will ever be. :P
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Booshtastic!!
Last night I finally got to go and see The Mighty Boosh Live and in the flesh at the Carling Academy Brixton! It was amazing, the guys are hilarious! I didn't stop laughing the whole time. All the main characters were in the show - Vince & Howard (of course), Naboo, Bollo, The Hitcher, The Moon, Rudy and Old Greeeeeg and they looked fantastic! Noel was gorgeous in his mirror ball suit and Howard gets down to his undies. Excellent. Also Bollo (the ape) really sounds just like Tem Morrison. I even managed to get some pics.
After the show my flatmate Sadie and I went to the offical aftershow party at Plan B just down the road. Robots in Disguise were playing (the Boosh's offical band, well sorta) and the guys were all there. Robots in Disguise played really good electro pop and Sadie and I indulged in some Boosh watching/gawking. After a bit we slowly infiltrate our way behind the VIP rope to get a better look. We ended up sitting in the exact right spot that the Boosh guys had to push past us to leave the VIP area so Sadie and I both managed to cop a feel of Noel's arse as he went past and I got Julian's thigh!! They were lovely.....*sigh* Also Naboo is really tiny, a good four or five inches shorter than me!
We also drunkenly chatted/rambled to Rich Fulcher (Bob Fossill) and Bollo's alter ego, Dave Brown. Sadie even persuaded Rich to sing the hilarious Rapper with a Baby song from his own show, Snuffbox. (Go here to watch it.)
We also took part in a group congo on the dancefloor with Noel somewhere up the front and us at the back with his girlfriend Sue (from Robots in Disguise) holding onto me! (I didnt tell her I touched his arse, probably wouldnt have gone down well)
All and all it was a fantastic night and a great way to spend one of my last nights in London. *sniff*
Here are the photos from the show. Enjoy!
And that's why I dont like cricket!
I am Electro Boy....
Howard in his undies
Aahhh....when you are de Moon...
I'm Old Greeeeeggggg!
After the show my flatmate Sadie and I went to the offical aftershow party at Plan B just down the road. Robots in Disguise were playing (the Boosh's offical band, well sorta) and the guys were all there. Robots in Disguise played really good electro pop and Sadie and I indulged in some Boosh watching/gawking. After a bit we slowly infiltrate our way behind the VIP rope to get a better look. We ended up sitting in the exact right spot that the Boosh guys had to push past us to leave the VIP area so Sadie and I both managed to cop a feel of Noel's arse as he went past and I got Julian's thigh!! They were lovely.....*sigh* Also Naboo is really tiny, a good four or five inches shorter than me!
We also drunkenly chatted/rambled to Rich Fulcher (Bob Fossill) and Bollo's alter ego, Dave Brown. Sadie even persuaded Rich to sing the hilarious Rapper with a Baby song from his own show, Snuffbox. (Go here to watch it.)
We also took part in a group congo on the dancefloor with Noel somewhere up the front and us at the back with his girlfriend Sue (from Robots in Disguise) holding onto me! (I didnt tell her I touched his arse, probably wouldnt have gone down well)
All and all it was a fantastic night and a great way to spend one of my last nights in London. *sniff*
Here are the photos from the show. Enjoy!
And that's why I dont like cricket!
I am Electro Boy....
Howard in his undies
Aahhh....when you are de Moon...
I'm Old Greeeeeggggg!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
James Blunt is the Anti Christ
Last night while watching The OC, I discovered yet another reason to loathe James Blunt. He murders the memory of the beautiful Crowded House original with his cover of "Fall At Your Feet". Evil, evil little man. I also partly blame Josh Schwartz for encouraging him and playing that song on his show about fifty times.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Ziggy Stardust and the Avian Death Flu
The one of the highlights of my weekend was watching the awesome Ziggy Stardust The Movie on BBC4 on Friday. Filmed in 1973, it's touted as being Bowie's final performance as Ziggy Stardust and for a Bowie fan like me, it was brilliant.
I was subsequently struck down with Avian Death Flu on Saturday so pretty much spent the rest of the weekend tucked up in bed/on the couch, apart from Sunday night where I managed to rally myself to cook dinner for a couple of friends with help from my flatmates.
I'm still battling on but hopefully will be feeling better soon. If you dont hear from me in a while, you'll know I've succumbed.
I was subsequently struck down with Avian Death Flu on Saturday so pretty much spent the rest of the weekend tucked up in bed/on the couch, apart from Sunday night where I managed to rally myself to cook dinner for a couple of friends with help from my flatmates.
I'm still battling on but hopefully will be feeling better soon. If you dont hear from me in a while, you'll know I've succumbed.
Monday, April 03, 2006
Party Time
We had our house party on Saturday which what's lots of fun. Everyone (well almost everyone) dressed up and their costumes were fab. Here are a selection of photos from the evening.
The NZ/Canadian contingent.
The Zoffanies
Movie madness
Pimpin'
The NZ/Canadian contingent.
The Zoffanies
Movie madness
Pimpin'
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