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Moi.
Basics.
Name: Andrea J
D.O.B: 04.02.91
Age: 22 years old
Nationality: Australian
Heritage: Chilean
A Life Worth Living.
Musac.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
12:08 AM
=[ I just remembered I had a dream about alex a few hours ago. I miss him so much...things still haven't really sunk in for me even though it happened 5 months and two days ago. The dream was so upsetting. We were at some sort of dingy party and he got electrocuted because he was helping some stupid little girl and then my phone wouldn't work, none of them would and we finally made it to emergency and they took him in and then I had to wait and the dream sort of just ended there =[
I miss him. So much still reminds me of him. There's so much music on my ipod that is distinctly him, mostly because I only downloaded them because he liked those bands =[
hehe...I remember for one party he was supposed to come to, I asked him for all his fav bands and downloaded them just so he would like what I played that night. He never showed up :( and he was supposed to do the hamster dance with me too! We never got round to that =[
even Tim Minchin makes me a little sad and reminds me of him, one time he came over we had run out of black book episodes to watch and dvd's so I played him some Tim Minchin and he loved it XD
Through glass by stone sour is impossible.
Even stupid things....like a few weeks ago I did the playlist for the radio and I found a song that has recently hit the charts by some girl called Alexandra Burke. COME ON. There is just so much always reminding me of him. I put it on the playlist, even though I didn't like it...he wouldn't have either, but it was my tiny tribute to him =]
I have the biggest urge to watch Romeo and Juliet (baz lurman) right now. I just came across 'I'm kissing you' from the soundtrack on my itunes. Beautiful movie =] I love this interpretation, I've watched a few different versions but this has been my fav depiction so far ^.^
I also feel like reading the rest of interview with a vampire...*le sigh* I need to do a lecture online and then go to sleep.
BLAH bio is so full on now that I'm actually doing it.
You gandered at my ward Joanna. You gandered. YES sir, you gandered!
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If you've known me for long enough than you probably had to endure me singing the songs from sweeney todd nonstop for awhile there. hehe..I used to love this movie. I think I killed it =[ and to be honest I could get by just on the soundtrack.
I like musicals ^.^ not all of them though...Hair was quite odd but I'm thinking of rewatching it later.
This is odd for me, I don't really like watching movies. The only reason I'm watching this is because I can skip to my fav songs XD
I'm eating a dry mandarin. It's quite depressing. I think im going to make tacos later.
I'm sleepy.
I should finish studying for bio ARGH so much to do. err and email a few people.
Any acoustic acts that want to do a free a gig for like 10 mins in october??
I'm really very upset at the moment but I don't entirely know why *sigh* I'm going crazy =[
Anyway I thought I would blog to clear my head and just talk about the somewhat eventful weekend.
Friday arvo was nice, Tim organised to go see inception and we ended up with a decent sized group, in order of appearance: Tim, ryan, warren, Tilbrook, Alyssa, Michelle, Peter, Stephanie, Jamie, 2 of Jamies friends + Kate. Some of them had Nando's and eventually we went and saw the movie. As i said b4 I wasn't interested in seeing this and even less because of all the hype. Possibly the last movie I had high hopes for also starred leonardo decaprio, Shutter Island. I was so excited to see it and it was the HUGEST let down. That'll teach me to look forward to things =.=
Anyway I saw a few youtube reviews for this and the common opinion was that it was this years best film out so far and that it was fantastic/amazing/[insert synonyms here]. So naturally, I was skeptical. Ehh, I'd have to say it wasn't mind blowing or amazing like a lot of people made it out to be, but at the very least it wasn't a complete waste of my time like most other films I've seen since...well dating Tim. It kept me interested..but mostly I was staying vigilant, I had to snap myself back into the movie a few times. A lot of the reviews said it was really complicated so I didn't want to miss anything that may have been crucial...but well, it wasn't a mind fuck at all. There were some kool effects but if you have seen even a snippet of the trailer then you have probably already seen all the kool parts of it anyway. One thing I did think was lacking was more creativity in the dream worlds. There were moments before they went into the main dream where they could have done so many amazing things but they just played around with the physics of things. LAME.
As for best movie of the year, well possibly. There has been a hell of a lot of SHIT out this year from hollywood BUT I must say, I LOVED How to Train a Dragon and would choose that over this any day. That movie left me feeling content and I would totally watch it again. Inception, I'd watch maybe once more, just on Blue Ray because I noticed today that the add for it on Tim's tv looked WAY better than the entire movie did at the cinema. As a whole, it didn't do anything for me, it didn't cover any uncharted territory (which I know is hard to do but in a film like this, where there is no laughter, no fuzzy feeling at the end or even epic action scenes, that really is all it could possibly offer) or even impart some sort of profound message. Conclusion: not worth the money.
THE best part of the movie was at the end when the movie abruptly finished and the ENTIRE cinema (which was completely filled btw) sighed out of frustration in unison...and then burst out laughing because everyone had the same reaction.
Anywho, then we all went to Lucky Star..or Blue star..iunno what it's called, the cafe Nat works at. That was kind of awkward. The table divided into my friends and Tim's friends and just did not mix but ehhh oh well. The tables weren't suited to such a large group anyway. Peter took me home and we talked for ages ^.^
SATURDAY I was dead, I had gone to bed at almost 6am and then had to get up and wash my costume for dancing. Then peter drove me to Lillies place for practice which was meant to start at 4.30 but of course people didn't show up till like 6 and then spent forever doing makeup and then we ate oh and there was singstar and eventually practice for like 10 minutes *sigh* Got to Petersham RSl at around 10pm and performed at 11.30. It was actually our best performance so far XD No one stuffed up and it turned out great XD
Fun times. I really like that we've had so many performances over the last couple of weeks. They're so much fun and our dance group is really nice and everyone is good to be around XD Plus I like these events because afterwards we get to just dance to normal latino music which b4 I joined the group usually only happened once a year at the Chilean festival. It's the bomb plus we all dance together <3 I've never had anyone my own age to dance this kind of music to haha...It really is rare to find these kinds of people, I feel really lucky. Plus I haven't had any other plans the last couple of weekends so it has worked out perfectly XD
If you've ever wondered wtf kind of dancing it is I do, here is a clip from that night from one of our dances. This style is called Gaita:
hehe =]
You know what else is good, most of these events cost like $25-$30 to get in and because we're performing we get in free XD hazza!
oh yer, headscarf, so sexy =.=
So we danced the night away, mum was there for the first time. As usual she was nasty the entire time, I don't know why she even bothered to come. My aunty came too XD
SO Sunday..lol i had gone to bed around 4am and woke up at 5.30pm. The latest I've gotten up in ages but it was worth it. I spent the rest of the arvo studying for bio and then mum brought over Abraham and my gran and they stayed the night. It was the first time I had seen them in ages...ehh
TODAY: I totally spaced on the Park's dinner thing. THE REASON: because I didn't RSVP! and I thought why bother going to get food. I get a call at 6.10 saying where are you and I was all chilled and told her I was studying and she spazzed lol. So i called Tim and luckily he got the car and drove us there, for the last like 2 minutes of the meetings and then got the free food which was decent. I felt so rude ARGH she could have told me she RSVP'd for me...or told me it was on, the only reason I vaguely knew was because she handed me a letter on Thursday which I didn't even really read. Then Bronko asked us to come but he said it was just dinner. So i thought, why waste resources.
Then went back to Tims and then back here. I feel better...except now I'm going to get bored and I'm capped and I spent all day doing bio...ugh I suppose I should finish the notes for this section and then go to bed. I need to get up early for another LOUD! Tribe related meeting in the morning.
ugh..im bored of bio! and I've rewatched Big Bang Theory so many times that I've picked up all the inaccuracies...and they're really bugging me. Things like: -Sheldon giving penny a coy flirty smile in the pilot when talking about his board. HE DOESN'T LIKE HUMAN CONTACT why on earth would he attempt to flirt. -The Sheldon knock. He doesn't always have it and it certainly wasn't something they ran with from the begining. -Sheldon and Leonard make a discovery that already exists (I remember studying it in chemistry in year 12) -In the pilot Leonard invites penny over for indian food that they already bought and although Shledon does protest this invitation he doesn't even mention the fact that they wouldn't have enough food. Then in the episode walowits gets a gf Sheldon makes sharing/splitting food a MASSIVE deal. -Sheldon is okay with throwing away a brand new roasted chicken to cover for Leonard's retarded lie about checking the mail. Something he wouldn't stand for in other eps BUT what's even more out of character is that he then thinks about picking it out of the trash! AS IF a germaphobe would even consider that. -The nurse that works the sperm bank in the pilot is the same nurse in the ER at the end of season 1 -Penny reuses one of her tops (yet has something new on in every other episode)
YES i know...too much *sigh* But there are no good shows and youtube gets boring and at the moment I'm capped. Oh and Making it in America was pretty lame, it's about these two trendy new yorkers who want to start a jeans label.
Masterchef junior looks like it will be fun..not that I ever watched masterchef..cooking shows annoy me. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO JUDGE FOOD IF I CAN'T TASTE IT
The internet is a wonderful thing. Today it's awesome because I got my uni books. Vooks which my daddy ordered for me while he was in Singapore. I didn't have the money and his sending it to me always gets spent on other stupid things like rent. SO he ordered them directly. YAY
I'm excited lol...mostly because I haven't bought any textbooks for uni at all because apart from being expensive I have a mini nursing library in my house from all of my mums and auntys books plus the ones my aunty gets for free since she teaches at UWS. She's on some program where they get given the textbooks for free and they have to review them. So I'm happy.
Any way I should really go shower, INCEPTION tonight. I'm really not all that pumped. I'm sort of going begrudgingly because everyone's so excited about it and all the reviews have built it up. I sort of expect it to fail now. That being said, I'm also worried I won't get it and Tim will get the chance to make fun of me for that and hold it over my head and say that's the only reason I didn't like it. *sigh*
argh I don't know if I have a lecture on tomorrow...how annoying. Maybe I can call in the morning?
Soooo today was mostly based around LOUD! Tribe. From the moment I woke up (because I woke up to an hour long call from the coordinator social worker lady) up until about 10ish. ugh. I went to the Park's office and did stuff and then opening up the drop in at 4ish and then hosting the meeting which was kind of exhausting because I feel like a dog that's trying to chase it's tail.
ARGH my earing keeps falling out =.=
Then b4 i leave tim's place his mum notices the colour of my hair for the first time in 13 months LOL...i kind of feel like I let her down =[
Any way on a much liter note. Here is some anti-christian comedy XD I was starting to get over it because there's only so many jokes you can make about priests and little kids BUT finally something I hadn't really thought about. Mind you it's not hilarious.
This is actually part 6. At the beginning he's talking about orthodox jews, the catholic stuff starts at around 50 seconds:
hehe
what is she going to do make you a cup of tea to death!?
BAH bye, I'm off to search for a new show to watch. I'm about to try How to make it in America (nice intro so far).
SO I just finished reading doro's latest blog post. It spurred me into writting my own. Except..i sorta forget what I had to say =[
Other than tim has some wierd ideas about what is 'cute' but I suppose that's implied since he's going out with me. Anywho.
Back to doro's blog, it was about who should make the first move in starting a new fling/relationship thing. Naturally, I think it's fine for either sex to do it.
BUT so far, I've been to..hmm..I was going to say cowardly BUT that's not true. I've never liked anyone enough to make the first move. People are lame in general. I've had crushes but I always know they come and go. There were two incidents though where the crushes didn't go, so I ended up telling the person how I felt. Although I guess I still did take the easy way out by saying. Hey I like you. And leaving it at that and hoping for a reciprocal reaction. Ahhh but alas, my feelings were not shared, and in retrospect. IM SO FUCKING GLAD.
Mostly I just accept or deny offers. That makes me sound like I have a lot...NOT TRUE. But yer..I've never liked anyone enough to do the whole proper chasing. You know, like those guys who don't give up.
so watevs. It doesn't matter to me much at the moment coz I have Tim so i don't need to bother with this whole initiating a relationship crap and flirting and all those stupid things that I'm not skilled in.
The saturday performance was at the Marconi Club and was celebrating Colombia's Independence day. All of these are from Sebastian's camera:
yes our costumes are that sexy =.=
AND ashcroft:
Michelle jumped onto the roof of her car...my BAD idea. the roof sunk in with the ease of crushing a coke can. SCARY luckily it sprung right back...leaving a tiny dent.
Fuck I love Brazilian music. Marissa just put up the lyrics to this song on her fb stat. It's probably one of the most well known:
This is also really well known. It's also generally associated with elevator music...iunno who the fuck put the two together. Bossa Nova from the 60's it's also been covered in english and is called The girl from Ipanema. Here it is in Brazilian Portuguese:
I need to go there one day. NEED TO. I think once I start working and saving for my first real holiday that I pay for myself entirely, I will go to Brazil and tavel around the rest of South America. I've only been to Chile and La Isla de Pascue qhich is technically owned by Chile anyway. Er I think it's called Easter Island in english. You know the one with the moáis...errr?? Big statue heads, like DumbDumb from Night at the Museum =]
On another musical note, I first heard of this group through mica. I love their style and they did an amazing cover of Lady Gaga's Telephone. It sounds NOTHING like it, which is why it's so awesome XD
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So awesome.
Oh and i thought this was pretty kool too. It's a remix of the Double rainbow video. To be honest..i didn't find it all that funny and I think it's great that someone can enjoy something so much. Sure, he was stonned or is just generally drug fucked but that doesn't mean that his experience was any less intense or justified. Anywho autotune timeee:
Looking back over this week, it feels like it lasted for ages but it went fairly quickly. I started uni, and much to my dismay I actually sort of enjoyed it. I kept ontop of things, did the mini assessments ahead of time, took notes, read the textbook and all the related materials. I felt good =]
I also spent time with Tim just hanging at my place which we've never really done. This week he came over twice. In one week. CRAZY. I really like setting up the projector in my room XD mostly because the biggest tv in my house is only about the size of my monitor but shit quality =[ We watched The Spiderwick chronicles and Stardust. Both fantasy, they were both pretty crappy, but I stayed engaged in the whole movie for once so I guess that's okay. It just reminded me too much of stupid movies like the Chronicles of Narnia, or the new Alice in Wonderland or Where the wild things are. I guess that sort of fantasy, where the kids fall into their own little make up world annoy me. I never played like that when I was a kid and I find it even less interesting now. The Spiderwhich Chronicles was especially lacking in any profound depth or even a 'heart warming" message. Lame.
My weekend was pretty awesome too ^.^ Friday I went to uni (what a waste of time and money =.=) then met up with stef afterwards and we went to the drive in movie place in Blacktown. It was the first time I ever went and it was pretty kool. They tell you what radio station to tune into and you listen to the movie through your car stereo. We saw Knight & Day which was shite BUT we made fun of it the entire way through so that made it fun. I still don't get why it was called Knight & Day. The main guys last name was Knight...but what was the DAY part about =S After that was 'Date Movie' which was actually funny, and worrying at the same time. haha...the whole premise of the movie is that the couple is in a rut and never have time or the energy to enjoy each other. Then I went to oxford street with my aunty with the intention of going to Hellfire BUT I left my wallet in stefs car =.= and couldn't get into the Gaff without id gahhh We were pretty bummed and in the process of trying to find a toilet b4 we headed back home we got to talking to this guy who was soooo nice and he told us he could get me into Stonewall. And he did XD So we stayed the rest of the night there.It was fun watching my aunty dance on stage with the drag queens haha
Saturday: well I got home at 6am n then had to get up early to alter my leggings for the performs. FUCK it was tedious but I got it done 30mins b4 I had to be there and Tim drove me there. We danced at the Marconi Club for Colombia's 200 year celebration of Independence. It was fun XD We actually got to practice b4 hand for once. I love performing it's so stressful in between dances but it's so worth it =] Stayed up until 4am talking lol
Sunday: Had to get up early again to go perform in Ashcroft. Tim, my wonderful, amazing, kind, generous boyfriend woke up early and drove me <3 haha...he's holding this over my head forever *sigh* This performance was good, much more relaxed and because we had performed the night b4 the dances were still very fresh and the costume changes were smoother. Plus we had performed there b4 and it made me feel more at ease. Then we all went to Wonkee to eat XD
I am sooooo dead. I also have some uni stuf i should do. But there's just no point, I'll fall asleep. So Im dying my hair instead.
I really like performing, it brings our dance group closer together. Freaking out and stressing over the same thing unites us lol Plus it's hellafun. We have another performance this weekend and then another on august 15th ^.^ Some of the costumes are incredibly hideous and embarrassing but ehhhhh what the hay.
Sadly I didn't take any good pics, there's a bunch on Sebastian's camera though XD
We're missing Kimberly (aka dora the explorer) and Lilly
btw when i write hola on msn. I'm not being gangster (i have trouble not spelling it 'gangsta'), I believe the spelling for that would be holla. I am saying hello in spanish= hola (it has a silent h and the a is pronounced differently)
zomg pointless. ANYWAY.
I hate to admit it (damn cliches) but I actually had a good time my first day back at uni. I think half of why I was so worried was having to see Jimmel. We ended exams on quite bad terms last year (issues over going to Shellharbour).
TIM JUST SAID: "No i didn't boil a hamster, I'm not that cool or angry"
hehe i love him. BACK TO MY STORY.
Luckily?? Jimmel got over it and we moved on. He's like the only person I talk to there *sigh* at least he's funny. It was hard trying to concentrate but ehh I'll get back into the swing of it soon..hopefully.
Anyway when I got home from uni Tim showed up with FOOD to make nachos together AND movies. He's so awesome.
Note: It's good to remind people why they love you.
What made it even more fun ...coz you know, we always eat and watch tv together. Was that it was at my place AND he set up my projector IN MY ROOM. Pretty nice set up =]
he makes me happy.
I should really be in bed. I have to get up early for uni tomorrow BUT NO.
Todayyyy I did dancing related things. I found my jazz shoes and white leggins (ick) and "lace" (read: table doily scarf from supre)(ICK). All thanks to the amazing and wonderful Michelle ♥ Then we met up with stef and ..hung out in my driveway until they left to go watch a movie haha
THEN I ACTUALLY STUDIED. And it paid off, I did the online quiz and got 100% I felt good. It's been ages since I study...like YEARS. Not since maybe year 10.
I feel good. SO tomorrow, more study, then thursday I need to practice my dance routines and get them spot on. I think we're performing at marconi club on sat and then somewhere in the city? on Sunday.
Hello ^.^ I'm going to try to get this all out b4 mum gets home from work so I have to be quick.
errrr there's a few things. I'll start with the basics.
Saturday: I was supposed to buy ink for my printed but didn't. I woke up and made food for mum so when she woke up I had just finished and she was in a good mood for the rest of the day HAZZA. Then in the arvo I went to Kurts place to hang out. He was babysitting his 2nd cousins. A little boy who was watching Yo GabbaGabba and a one year old girl. I always forget at what age things are supposed to start happening but I thought the one year old was doing great, she was already walking and crawling XD Any who, finally a baby who didn't cry at the sight of me =] She kind of got attached super quick hehe she even cried when I left the room to get something. I felt loved...and claustrophobic.
Babies creep me out, but she was kool, still...I forgot how much work little kids are. That you have to keep playing with them and giving them attention. Then reading them stories b4 they go to bed. It's totally full on. DISLIKE.
Then we called up Joel and went for a drive. Finally saw Holland House heeeee =] Eventually ended up back at Kurts watching science experiments and then things in slow motion.
This is still my favourite by far, I've had it on my ipod for a few years now.
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and this was just kool. I wish we could see things like this everyday. So much detail. So much more beautiful.
OH OH and one more. This was just crazy:
Fucking insane. I love it.
Errr and some of the science experiments were kool, BUT let's skip to an orchestrated mentos and diet coke thingomabob. WATCH TILL THE END. They start using sprinklers:
NOW. science experiments:
eheheh
Now on a somewhat related note. Japan Trend Shop. I haven't had a chance to go through everything but these two caught my eye: It looks like something that whitens your teeth right? WRONG It's a Beauty Voice Trainer. I WANT IT. lol...supposedly it teaches you how to sing well in just FIVE minutes a day....lol
HOW AWESOME IS THAT. It sits in your bath, makes it into a fountain AND lights up. HELLSYER.
except...i find baths absolutely disgusting unless you've showered first. Even then, my bathroom isn't a nice enough place that would make me wanna lie in a body of water for an extended period of time.
STILL..a nice idea.
Anywho..tell me if you find anything else that's kool on that site.
Another brief thing I need to mention. SALT. We ran out of salt like 2 weeks ago and have been using the tiny shakers u have on the table. Then like 2 days ago we went shopping and bought some. I put it away. The next day we went to cook. and MAGIC. There were FOUR bottles of Salt....it was really wierd. Oh and a BAG of salt.... it creeped us out. It's just me and mum in our house, no one else has visited. We both checked that tiny little cupboard. THERE WAS NO SALT. How odd.
Also: The Asian Hypothesis. I was with michelle one night that she slept over and I made her come outside with me and she was wearing knitted socks and didn't wanna put real shoes on so I gave her my thongs. She decided to wear both the socks and the thongs hehe and we left. I noticed she was walking like an asian person and promptly made fun of her ^.^. Then I realised. ASIAN PEOPLE SHUFFLE WHEN THEY WALK BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THEIR THONGS ON WHILE WEARING SOCKS. I felt enlightened =]
One more thing. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! It's an alright show. ARGH tims here =[ I'll finish later. BYEBYE x
SO i was having a bit of a meltdown and was really upset over having to start uni on Monday and feeling stressed out with LOUD! Tribe cause they're not picking up the slack and I feel bad just leaving them like that. Then there's dancing, I haven't even learnt the new ending yet and I thought we had two more weeks (it's next sat ugh) and my ankle's still sore which makes it hard to dance properly =[
Plus I still need to buy jaz shoes, white tights, my textbooks and ink. Then try to stay on top of being LOUD! convenor, the dancing routines, studying and also maybe see Tim somewhere in among all those things =[
Uni itself makes me feel like SHIT because I hate it there. It's so far away and I don't like anyone, and I can't get my brain to switch on and focus and get interested. I used to like this stuff so much =[ Now I don't even want to be a nurse, but I feel trapped, I have to because it's not like I have a job, or will get anything that pays decent without finishing uni.
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AND TIM'S NOT EVEN HERE TO HELP ME SNAP OUT OF IT.
fucksake. I'm even listening to screamo. yer it's that bad.
BUT...well, it'll work itself out. Everything always does. I felt a bit better after I made a list of all the things I have to do and organised train timetables and when I'm going to get things done. Plus it's just one more year and I'm finished.....argh and then I actually have to get a proper nursing job. That scares me even more =.=
Any way...ENOUGH.
We had dance practice today because Marrissa's going to Melbourne on Sat or something. So we got our costumes figured out and practiced a bit. BLAH i felt so unco. We danced on the street lol XD it was fun, we had audiences from all angles haha
Despite dancing making me feel a little stressed I still had fun. It was good to do something I like...except, it was a little bittersweet because I couldn't dance properly FUCKING ANKLE.
lol lilly thought I looked like Chillindrina from El Chavo Del 8. Great mexican show, I use to love it when I was younger:
hehe ♥ So they drew the freckles on me
XD
lol...
My arvo was so shit...then I felt worse when I realised that I was doing convenor work for LOUD! on a fucking Friday night. Alone. At home. =.= *sigh*
not that I didn't have a better option...I just wasn't bothered spending the money going to luna park and bowling.
SORRY that this is a ranty post, but they make me feel better and normally this would be something that goes off into my private blog but fuckit.
I kinda don't think i could provide anything of substance but that kind of goes against the point of this whole exercise doesn't it? I mean, if it's meant to capture what everyone does, whether they're artistic and creative or not, then it shouldn't matter. I don't know I'll think about it...It's not like mine would get put into the final product anyway...hmm
I really like the idea.
And here is an example:
It never explains in the video why he's in hospital. It does in the underbar aka tittybar:
This video, poem and backing track was created on my 180th day in isolation. I wrote, recorded and edited it in my hospital room on my laptop.
For a total of 6 months between Dec 2009 and June 2010, I had been living in a hospital room, isolated because of a case of Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis that I picked up travelling overseas. This video allows you to join me, in my hospital room, for my 180th Day.
I started Youtubing from inside hospital as "The Fully Sick Rapper" as a way to give a few mates a laugh, and keep myself busy, but it fast became a way for me to keep myself distracted from the health issues I have been facing, share my experience with the world, bounce positive energy off people going through similar circumstances, and escape the four walls of my quarantined room.
This video was made 3 days before I was told that I was cleared to go home, and when I made it, I was unsure of when (if ever) I was going to be able to go home again.
I feel like I've been bombarded with Katy Perry in the last few weeks, even more so since she released her California Gurls video clip (it's pretty cute). Youtube won't let me embed the clip =[
I keep hearing it because: -the kids at the radio seem to have a thing for her, we had at least 5 of her songs playing in one show once =.= -Phill De Franco usually ends up mentioning her every other show -Warren was playing it at his bday -I keep seeing covers/spoofs of it on youtube
SO I decided to jump on the bandwagon and force you all to become hyper-aware of the loverly Mizz Perry.
The first two pics are from her latest video clip, btw I read a really interesting article analyzing this track and the clip on www.thevine.com.au, here it is. It makes links between this song and a bunch of other artists and a general trend that lots of topofthecharts songs have been following lately.
I don't know where this is from but wow. Although she looks really stretched out =S maybe it's the photo?
This is...cute? Iunno, I'm tired of seeing heaps of people (read: Dita Von Tease) copy Betty Page and the burlesque shows of that era. I've watched some of Betty Page's shows...they're not sexy, they look clumsy and retarded. She smiles too much, it's disturbing.
I like this, I found it on her myspace, she actually looks nice here...except there's something I find unattractive about her in general (always). Sure she has a killer body..but there's just something missing for me.
VIDEO TIME:
If you've been following me for ages you might remember me posting a link to the The Mario Kart Love Song by some asian boy with a string moustache ♥ I love that song. Anywho, he realsed another super mario song that has the same backing music as California Gurls
Mushroom kingdom Gurls:
hehe =]
Then there is an actual cover, by some chick in the Gold Coast, she has a kool voice
I first saw it because phill de franco fav'd it. There's a bunch of other covers but I'm really not bothered seeing them.
THEN I saw this last night, it's a parody. I like this, because that's what I actually think of when I think of California Girls...lol
I was getting bored today...and was too lazy to do anything real so I started tagging photos in my comp. I love that idea =] It's just like on facebook...except I would have preferred the mac version of tagging...i 4get how it works but it's integrated with your facebook so that if it has been tagged on facebook, the tags get saved on the files in your computer as well.
So since that was getting tedious (I've been doing it since I got this computer so I try to keep it up to date, it's just hard when I have more than 10GB worth of photos, and not just thousands of random pics like Tim has saved on his harddrive, they're of people and the places I've been) I started saving the pics I have been tagged in on facebook. I hadn't done it in awhile and there were a lot of new pics I needed to save. I love my folder system.
Basically, it breaks down into -Andrea (luvos & baby pics) -Clothes (things I find pretty and save) -Concerts (further subdivided by concert once you open it) -D.A (I save all the pics I favourite) -Dancing (divided into pics I take during class, our performances and our parties) -Excursions (originally started out as photos from excursions in highschool, and just became my highschool folder, hmm I should change the name of the folder. Basically inside are pics from sports carnivals, swimming carnivals, retreats, excursions and graduation stuff) -Hair (I stock up on pics of hair I like incase I need to show a hairdresser) -Hanging (photos taken at sleepovers or just from hanging at someones house) -Iphone photos (mum has an iphone) -Karina (this file ended up storing folders of pics from chilean festivals + a few random pics of Karina..my only Chilean friend lol) -LOUD! Tribe (our events and photoshoots) -Outings (this is a big folder, separated into: city, clubbing, parra, livo, stockies, scouts, beach, rockclimbing, bowling, ice skating, easter show & other folders that don't fit those categories) -Overseas & holidays -Parties (Brithdays, new years, halloween, xmas, easter, formals + random parties) -Phone (some of the pics that end up on my private blog) -Quickcam (pics I've taken on webcam) -Random (very small, there's like 6 photos in there, mostly of fluffy animals) -Skypemsn (screenshots of skype calls & msn drawings with kurt) -Tim's pics (crap he saves) -Veronica (pics of my mum) -Zdrool (pics of hot people)
It's so useful =]
SO here are a few new pics: Saddly, I took NO good pics on the girls night *sigh* And very few at Ale & Ariel's bday:
Oh and this was from Tuesday, we went and had a picnic at the Botanical Gardens and then watched Toy Story 3 and then ate at star Bar:
That's Marissa in the pink jumper, she's my dance instructor and Michelle's uni friend. Next is the ever loverly Michelle, we've been friends since year 8, lol I can't believe I used to confuse her with Vanessa Komlos back then haha. Then there's stef, we've known each other since a yr 8? science experiment but we didn't really become friends until year 10 ^.^ Next is Jairo, I don't know him very well yet, he just joined our dance group, he's Colombian and has a kool accent XD And well next is me and Tim ...if your reading this I'd like to hope you already know who we are =P
FunFun.
Errr and next are a few photos that I had forgotten about. I took these on Tim's webcam while he was helping set up for his Gran's 70th Surprise bday haha...
lol...Tim reckons I look like him here =S I dunno...mum said the same thing, what do you think?
Oh and these I took a different day...can't remember when:
Heylo =] I attempted to blog earlier and just put up a whole bunch of links to cute animal vids but I took too long and by the time I was ready youtube was fucking up and wouldn't let me embed anything. SO I'll skip to a journal-y type blog post instead.
hmm I don't know how to structure this. The part I care about (or have reflected on) is about last night, but it has been a busy few days so maybe I'll go in order.
Thursday: I already posted that day but Tim came over that night around 9pm because I had texted him saying I was hungry (i really just expected his usual reply back of something like "then eat.")...he actually came over and brought me food. It was possibly the sweetest thing he has ever done for me =] All out of guilt mind you, but hey, I'll take what I can get.
Friday: Watched Sex & the City 2 with Aly and Kate at stockies in wetheril park. It was okay, probably should have just streamed it like I did the first movie..lol MY GOD it was soooo long. Almost 3 hours and nothing ever really happens until the end and even then it's not that exciting, it was all very predictable. Mostly, it just felt like the movie was about showcasing as many designer outfits as possible. It was getting ridiculous though, like 3 changes of clothes on one camel ride =.= Plus Samantha has always been such an annoying bitch of a girlfriend. She's a selfish spoilt, high maintenance little bitch who naggs all day, demands she gets her way and usually ends up cheating on her partner. Plus shes ugly. Oh and it was disconcerting watching such OLD people on screen..and watching them have sex..ugh.
It's terrible that we live in a culture that doesn't appreciate old people and that aging is almost taboo. It's too late for me in some regards. I appreciate their contribution to society but that still doesn't mean I want to see people with wrinkles and grandchildren on the big screen having sex.
On the plus side, nobody else was in the cinema with us so we talked as loudly as we wanted and had an audio commentary going through the whole film. This made it much more enjoyable, especially since Tim doesn't let me talk through movies haha
Then Aly drove us back to her place and we got picked up by Michelle's mum who drove us to Cooks Hill. Then met up with Doro, Jess & Tim who were all already there. This was meant to be a girls night but it was the last time I was going to get to spend with Tim before he went to the snow. Then, thanks to Doro asking how long we had been together we realised it was our 13 month anniversary lol...eh oh well. It kinda feels like they don't matter at all anymore now that we've reached one year, not that we ever did anything b4 but at least I was more conscious of it. So we ate, we played pool AND sang Karaoke lol. I forgot that Fridays they have a Karaoke comp so we entered hoping we might win the $100 and have more money to spend on Alco for later. We didn't win =[ BUT technically we don't know that because we left b4 they drew the prize.
Walked home, got angry at Tim. We worked it out...mostly because I think Tim doesn't purposefully hurt my feelings. He's just an inconsiderate ass...lol but he's learning =] and I didn't want to be angry at him while he was away at the snow. He left. I drank with the girls, then doro and jess left. Kate dropped dead pretty early and me aly n mitch stayed up talking =]
It was fun ^.^ 2nd sleepover with the girls in a week. Sadly Stef couldn't make this one =[ but at least she was there on Tuesday night. I'm glad I've gotten to see them a lot more lately, it really felt like we were drifting apart...turns out they were all just busy with uni LOL..such responsible girls. Sucks I'm starting uni again now that they're all free, my uni timetable sucks. Same thing happened over summer. I was doing my pracs and uni classes the entire time they were on break. Then they start back again and I get 4 months off =.=
Saturday: I had a nap coz I didn't get much sleep and Tim and Jamie came over. It was like a dream lol...I don't even remember looking at them. I vaguely remember an upside down kiss but for all I know that could have been Jamie HAHA I don't even know why they came :S I'm glad my dog's so familiar with my friends that he doesn't even bark or give them trouble to get into my house without me letting anyone in =.=
Later on mum finally dropped me off at Kurt's an hour late obviously but ehhh it was probably for the better, I hate being at partys early and I wouldn't have wanted to be at the one last night from the beginning. Not that it was bad or boring (despite what the Futterleib brothers said) but I didn't know anyone else. It was Ale and Ariel's bday. I didn't come to realise that they had turned 17 until the end of the party which felt a little wierd, I thought they were older. It was dress up, possibly the best effort on costumes I've ever seen for a backyard birthday. All slutty of course but they had the bodies for it (which is probably why I thought they were all a lot older...that and their actual sluttyness, not just looking the part but fucking in bathrooms, closets and bedrooms).
I brought the leftover alko from my place the night b4 and drank all night with Kurt. THEY HAD A SLURPY MACHINE..which was apparently alcoholic but I couldn't taste anything. I really don't know if I just didn't drink that much or my tolerance has gone up but I didn't even get slightly tipsy. It's odd, same thing at my place. I know I drank all night, but it didn't even touch me. I didn't even need to break the seal, both nights. I DON'T KNOW WHY. I'm starting to wonder if it's a safety thing my brain does. I've never been able to get drunk around the girls no matter how much I drink, mostly because I feel like I have to be in control. I don't know how to explain last nights party seeing as I didn't need to keep anyone safe or anything but yeh hmmm.
Anyway the party. It was a little bit surreal. It was a latino dominated party, seeing as the teenage latino community of Fairfield is made up of people who speak like lads and act like eshays it was fun to listen to snippets of conversations. I find it so crazy that all these kids were born here, in Fairfield, the same place I was born and grew up in but they all have a different accent to me, a very marked and distinct way of speaking, thinking, dancing and acting. It's fascinating, it's like stepping into a documentary on the subcultures of Sydney's West lol. I loved it. "It's like watching youtube but in real life"
Hmm some of my fav differences:
-Gabba. It's a dance style, I like it, it's easy to do as well, it's like a shit version of shuffling. -Dance Offs. I know you see it in movies and it doesn't seem that different, BUT it is for me considering the large number of 'good dancers', I may need to rephrase that and change it to confident dancers. I also saw it at the Bring It On Festival dance party I helped run. It's crazy. I LOVE IT.
-Promiscuity. I know this happens in all walks of life, but it's still a strange concept to me, I know I'm no saint either but there's a difference between kissing a random and giving a complete stranger a gobby in my friends closet and then hooking up with another guy later that night. It wierds me out.
-Vernacular. Sikk kunt. Ur a fukn funny kunt. He's skucks. Or just using "and shit" as an adjective/filler word. For example "he's so hot and shit", "I got the jackie and shit"
-Coppas coppas punch em in the face, coppas coppas...but ur still a coppa and ur gayyyy: This group of people really seem to dislike the police. I've never had any dealings with them so I'm neutral. I stick to the idea that they are people who are good and honest and are trying to keep the peace in our community. Except... all the stories I hear about people who deal with the police seem to end with some sort of police brutality, layers of unnecessary red tape and jaded angry corrupt power hungry men. I just don't know what to believe, the kids who "vilify" the police have usual done something wrong, you know...like having stolen something, or tagged something or kniffed someone, so they're not exactly unbiased. Apart from everyone usually bursting into fits of rage when someone mentions the PIGS or they hear a siren in the background, they're also so very very comfortable talking about so and so being in juvi, or someones charges being dropped or something CRAZY. That's so not a normal part of my life but for them it is =S
-Aggression. Not that I saw any last night, but the guys always seem ready for a fight. I don't understand that. Generally at parties I've always been lucky enough to have just left b4 the gatecrashers came and started headbutting people or trying to rape underage girls. Never seeing violence makes me wonder if it's all just paranoia and talk and that boys like to dream about bashing people...WHY IS THAT?? Although I was listening to a recount of a fight that sounded so ridiculous.
It took place in juvi ...*sigh* They have both just arrived at juvi and are settling into their rooms. Don't forget to imagine that they are speaking like lads here and it has been rephrased so as to be understood by people who are unfamiliar with their dialect. Boy1: *Stares at boy2* Boy2: *avoids the stares of boy1* 5 minutes go by Boy2: *looks up at boy1 and meets his gaze* Boy1: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!? Boy2: What do you mean what am I looking at, you've been staring at me this whole time! Boy1: *bashes boy2*
WTF!! How retarded is that. A fight over being accused of looking at someone. LOOKING. It's not even like he was checking out someones girl. That would have been slightly more understandable, sorta..but this!?? People are messed up.
Drugs: All people do drugs in some form. Every subculture has a different view on them obviously but in this setting, well, they're very normal and there seems to be a larger scale of acceptance of what I call "scary" drugs like ice or crack or pills. It's not like I saw anyone doing these drugs there, and this crowd in particular didn't seem like they were into that BUT there were a few exceptions. It's scary.
So apart from being excited at seeing how other types of people party and live their lives I had fun just catching up with Kurt and meeting a few new people. Then we walked home with Ryan(kurt's brother) and Kurt. The 30 minute walk turned out to be an hour long but it wasn't a big deal, I figured as much when kurt told me haha. Except..it probably wasn't the best idea with a sprained ankle. I can walk fine now except that going down stairs or up anything really steep really hurts. But yer...walking home..and having danced at the party too...not the smartest of ideas. The swelling has gone right back up and now the side of my foot and around my ankle is all bruised. Plus I have open blisters on both feet now from having walked lol. It's kind of a lot more sore now but whatever it will heal.
So once we got to Kurt's we kept walking and went to the park down the road and hung out with Ryan and some guy...I 4get his name, I think it was one of Ethan's friends. Ryan is fascinating. I love it when he raps haha he's really really good and he has this kool accent when he does it. Ryan's life would make a brilliant movie/doco lol
Eventually we went back to kurts and watched The Road to El Dorado. It's such a good film, it has some very adult themes in it which is odd thinking that that I was probably 10 when I watched it. I need to watch it again properly. Plus the music is great and the forest and Inca village is so beautiful. I got home early in the morning coz i was starving and I needed my puffer which I forgot to bring *facepalm*
On another completely unrelated note. I feel a little bit ashamed that I really like a lot of the songs that have been on the radio lately. LOL... -We Speak No Americano by Yolanda Be Cool & DCup -OMG (feat will.i.am) by Usher -Break Your Heart by Taio Cruz -My First Kiss (feat Ke$ha0- by 3OH!3 -Ridin Solo by Jason Derulo argh dear god. I even like the way Can't be Tamed by Miley Cyrus sounds -Opposite of Adults by Chiddy Bang -In my head by Jason Derulo -I like that by Richard Vission Static Revenger and Luciana
It's not like I love them..but I'm getting used to them and can sing along to most of whats on the radio these days *hangs head in shame* I think it's from being on radio now, we decide what we play technically, but we can only choose from radio friendly stuff..so yer.
Anywho, Tim got to the snow today with Jamie, Uly and Tim's family. They hit the slopes tomorrow. Hope they have fun, Tim has been looking forward to it since last year. So....what to do this week =S lol We'll see =]
I did some personality test, here are the results:
The Big Five is currently the most accepted personality model in the scientific community. The Big Five emerged from the work of multiple independent scientists/researchers starting in the 1950s who using different techniques obtained similar results. Those results were that there are five distinct personality traits/dimensions. Here are your results on each dimension:
Extroversion results were moderately low which suggests you are reclusive, quiet, unassertive, and private.
Orderliness results were medium which suggests you are moderately organized, structured, and self controlled while still remaining flexible, varied, and fun.
Emotional Stability results were moderately low which suggests you are worrying, insecure, emotional, and anxious.
Accommodation results were moderately high which suggests you are, at times, overly kind natured, trusting, and helpful at the expense of your own individual development (martyr complex).
Inquisitiveness results were low which suggests you are overly small minded, traditional, and conventional at the expense too often of intellectual curiousity, possibility, and progress.
I think that's fairly spot on. Or technically, that is how I percieve myself since I was the one answering the questions and it was pretty easy to tell what the end result would be depending on what I clicked.
Im so tiredddd but I wanted to post anyway, my regular posting has died =[
I'm supposed to be at the 3 on 3 Hoops Comp at the PYCC right now but I sprained my ankle yesterday. poop.
I was running late for radio and Tim's mum was waiting for us to get into the car. Tim and I were rushing to the car and he opened the door for me so i stepped back...and slipped and fell into the gutter *sigh*. I don't exactly know what position my foot rolled into, I just remember hearing a very loud crack and freaking out that it was broken but forcing myself to move it, and I could so I got into the car. It hurt but...ehhh watevs. Did the radio show, went nandos, then went back to Tims and by then my ankle had swollen up BUT no bruising which is a good sign. I look kinda stupid coz I have to limp to make sure I don't put any weight onto that foot coz sometimes if I step a certain way it KILLS. Went doc today but she reckons it's just sprained. If it still hurts in a week I need to go back.
Mum wants me to get scans done because when she broke her ankle a few years ago the same doctor thought it was just sprained. She finally got some xrays done and nothing showed up but then she insisted it still hurt so she got some scans done and a few hairline fractures showed up. Turns out she had continued to break more of the tiny bones there during those two weeks that the doc had thought her foot was fine =.= People tend to not take us seriously because we don't like making a fuss over pain like this and keep calm. Whatever, it's probably just still sore, shit thing is I definitely won't be going to dancing this week =[ That's like the most fun I have all week =[
I believe I am uncapped now so I'm going to try to upload all the pics I have stored up.
Yay it worked, i'll try and put them up here in the order they've happened:
One of our dance classes =]
This is in Kiama:
if you go out to the woods today....
This isn't even half of the people who were at Tim's place for his gran's 70th:
WARREN XD It was his bday:
I noticed everyone's (Tim & Stef) very paranoid about looking like a tourist...I don't get that. If I want to take a photo of the harbour bridge I WILL. It's not the first time I've been around people with that attitude...I don't get it, I'm not inconveniencing anyone by taking it..except maybe slowing whoever is walking with me down. I try to be considerate and don't take pics where people might step into them and freak out and move for me. ANYWAY NeenerNeener:
It was a fun day XD Kinda busy, I had to go to a meeting in Fairfield Forum for an upcoming LOUD! Tribe event, then picnic in the Botanical Gardens. Getting there was half the fun because there were hundreds of tourists walking around in national costume or with banners. Some of them even had music instruments. It was all very exciting XD so Tim asked them why they were there for me XD THANK YOU. Turns out it was some international convention of the Lions...club? Some massive "charity" where it's members go on cruises and meet once a year...ahem. Anyway it was a really nice day, chilly but the sun was out so it was just right. Then me stef and tim met up with the rest of the picnic goers who were mostly Michelle/Marissa & peter's uni friends + seb and Jairo from dancing ^.^ WATERMELLON and loverly guitar playing. Twas grand. Then we made the long and arduous journey to Event Cinemas on George street lol, but we were rushing so it was kinda tiring, although got a quick overview of the Botanical Gardens ^.^ I had never been before. I definitely want to go back =]
Toy STory 3 was meh...not bad, just lame-ish just like the other 2. THEN we went to Star Bar ^.^ Then back to Tims with Michelle and stef for a bit. Back home to mine and the girls slept over. Stayed up talking for hours. As it should be =D The next day I had to quickly put together the rest of the script because somebody didn't finish it =.= and while talking to the girls somehow managed to finish folding all the zines lol. It was great, just like last week, haha making them while talking to them makes me work faster or something, I didn't even realise until i picked up the last sheet of paper.
And then Michelle left, I sprained my ankle and went to do the radio show. And fast forward some and we're back to the present.
On a completely different note. I need to learn how to style my hair properly =[ This is what I'm aiming for:
*drools* That is PERFECTION.
LOOK AT THAT. she looks so stunning, there is so much movement and life in her hair. I'm going to say it's the hair. Take that away and she moves from about a 10 to a 6 for me.
GORGEOUS
I WANT.
I've been reading, and it says u do it with a curling iron...I have one, I just don't know how to use it well. =[ THIS is what happened the last time I tried.
FAIL I look like a retarded Goldilocks with Victorian doll curls =.=
*sigh*
I was thinking maybe I should try hot rollers ...or just those rollers that you leave in. But I'm not bothered buying a set and seeing that they fail just as much.
So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language.
Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so.
Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]
Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease
Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'
Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.
Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.
Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.
Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.
*To be continued
To Do.
Here's a list of some of the things I would like to do or accomplish or places I want to visit in my lifetime =]
* I have already been there, done that or started to read that but would like to do it again or complete the task
-- The task is completed and I don't feel the need to do a repeat