I just watched the Curse of the Golden Flower and I am pretty pissed off. The whole chain of events was basically inspired by the Emperor poisoning the Empress, yes? So why do I have no idea WHY he poisoned the Empress?!

Guh.

omfg I leave tomorrow.

Last.fm thinks that "Australian" is a music genre. Why does Last.fm think "Australian" is a music genre? I am enjoying the blast-from-the-past aspect of listening to the music of my teenage years but I would prefer that I get to listen to music from everywhere.

Eesh.

Harry "Breaker" Morant had the most bad-ass last words of all time. I challenge you - all of you - to name someone who did better!

I have the Broken Social Scene station (gawd I love that group! Such bizarrely complex pop!) playing on Jango (Pandora is still blocked in AU >:() and they are suggesting I listen to the Arcade Fire. I tried to like the Arcade Fire. I really did.

But no.

No, Arcade Fire.

No.

...huh, TV on the Radio.

I went for a big long walk yesterday afternoon, prep for china. ~4 hours including thumping up and down sand dunes, pushing through underbrush, etc. Felt really good when I finished. Went to bed early. Soon realised my right hip felt like someone had been bashing it with a hammer. Not sure about going to work today as sitting up still not a great ( Read more... )

I did some grocery shopping today. Proof of my dotage lies in the fact that when I thought about buying snacks for next weekend (when my friends are stopping by for going-away drinks) I bought the following: Water crackers, triple cream brie (it is disgusting and I love it), club cheddar (vintage/sundried tomate/basil pesto) and a wedge of some ( Read more... )

I think the most interesting thing about Achewood is the first strip. You either get it, in which case pretty much every subsequent strip is hilarious (I am in this category) or you don't, in which case it will never elicit so much as a small smirk from you.

I'm not sure I want to watch Dr. Who tonight. I don't know where the rest of the world is in the current series but over here it is part 2 of the weeping angels and part one scared about fourteen kinds of shit out of me. The angels are the most terrifying TV monsters ever!

I drove to Perth today. Couple hundred km each way, with the specific purpose of buying gear for my trip. I walked into the store, wandered about for ten minutes, the clerk asked me if I needed help, I said 'no', wandered around for five more minutes, then left and came home. I fucking hate being me some days. I really have no idea how I'll handle ( Read more... )