All of these films are must see films. Well, that's what I think anyway.
10 - Wall - E
9 - The Black Balloon
8 - Funny Games
7 - Hunger
6 - Paranoid Park
5 - Burn After Reading
4 - The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
3 - Men's Group
2 - Iron Man
1 - The Dark Knight
jej
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Top Ten Albums - 2008
The end of the year is upon us. Time to make lists :)
10 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
9 - Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir
8 - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
7 - The Melvins - Nude With Boots
6 - Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
5 - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazaris Dig
4 - Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
3 - The Presets - Apocalypso
2 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
1 - Augie March - Watch Me Disappear
jej
10 - Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
9 - Squarepusher - Just A Souvenir
8 - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
7 - The Melvins - Nude With Boots
6 - Empire of the Sun - Walking On A Dream
5 - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazaris Dig
4 - Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
3 - The Presets - Apocalypso
2 - Fleet Foxes - Fleet Foxes
1 - Augie March - Watch Me Disappear
jej
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Dark Chocolate Reign
Many comics spoken of.....
...and have you seen the Wolverine trailer yet???? Gives me chills. This is going to be super.
jej
...and have you seen the Wolverine trailer yet???? Gives me chills. This is going to be super.
jej
AOTW - School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
Another prize from the super awesome RTR FM, this album is great. Ben Curtis of Secret Machines has gone on to form School of Seven Bells. He's taken that similar early 90s emoish sound that SM had, taken out the rockier side of things, and added a Sigur Rosish electronic sound. It's really sweet. Some great female vocal harmonies mixed with that nice, chill, upliftingish electronic stuff. Very cool throughout. Here's Connjur:
jej
jej
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Moofies - Australia
Okay, before I rant, let me just say what I liked about this movie. Hugh Jackman is freaking hot, and Brandon Walters is the cutest kid in the universe. The landscape is beautiful. I think Tourism Australia will be happy with this one. It's basically an American country and western tale set in beautiful Oz. It's also cool to see a whole lot of Oz talent, even if they are doing nothing much. Jack Thompson is in this. His character = a drunk. David Whenham = a bad guy. Nicole Kidman = a gangly freak who used to be attractive and is now quite scary. But I'm jumping ahead.
Now......
Imagine a film in set in pre WW2 Germany. The skies are a bright blue, the grass is luscious green, and everything is louder and brighter than life. All the characters are completely 1-dimensional. Bad old Nazi man comes and does bad things. He tries to take the cute Jewish boy away. Never fear, cute Jewish boy, because white skeleton woman with big fake lips and spunky cowboy will come and save the day. 3 hours later Nazi man will be killed by magical Jewish grandfather. THE END! You know why you'll never see magic and fantasy in a film about Nazi Germany? BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY INSENSITIVE AND OFFENSIVE!!!!
Australia is a simple tale about a British woman who falls in love with an Australian hero and a cute Aboriginal child in the harsh outback. The bad men want to take her land and her boy from her, but she won't let them. This 'stolen generation' plot point is focussed on in another flawed, but still much better film than this one, Rabbit-Proof Fence. I'm not going to ruin any major plot points for you here, but magic is thrown into the mix. The cute kid has magical powers that save his life. Mixing all this fantasy and magic in with a serious issue like reconciliation completely disrespects it. Baz even goes to the trouble of ending the film with a caption stating that the government said sorry to the stolen generation this year, but mixing this with magic takes any good intentions he had and pisses them away.
It is easy to just sit back and watch this junk without considering any of this. I mean, it went for 3 hours and I sat through them all attentively. It's not my kind of movie anyway, but this odd reverse racism, poorly executed idea of equality and recognition has been extremely poorly handled. It's a shame that the world will be much more likely to see Australia than one of the many quality Australian dramas that are released this year.
jej
Now......
Imagine a film in set in pre WW2 Germany. The skies are a bright blue, the grass is luscious green, and everything is louder and brighter than life. All the characters are completely 1-dimensional. Bad old Nazi man comes and does bad things. He tries to take the cute Jewish boy away. Never fear, cute Jewish boy, because white skeleton woman with big fake lips and spunky cowboy will come and save the day. 3 hours later Nazi man will be killed by magical Jewish grandfather. THE END! You know why you'll never see magic and fantasy in a film about Nazi Germany? BECAUSE IT'S COMPLETELY INSENSITIVE AND OFFENSIVE!!!!
Australia is a simple tale about a British woman who falls in love with an Australian hero and a cute Aboriginal child in the harsh outback. The bad men want to take her land and her boy from her, but she won't let them. This 'stolen generation' plot point is focussed on in another flawed, but still much better film than this one, Rabbit-Proof Fence. I'm not going to ruin any major plot points for you here, but magic is thrown into the mix. The cute kid has magical powers that save his life. Mixing all this fantasy and magic in with a serious issue like reconciliation completely disrespects it. Baz even goes to the trouble of ending the film with a caption stating that the government said sorry to the stolen generation this year, but mixing this with magic takes any good intentions he had and pisses them away.
It is easy to just sit back and watch this junk without considering any of this. I mean, it went for 3 hours and I sat through them all attentively. It's not my kind of movie anyway, but this odd reverse racism, poorly executed idea of equality and recognition has been extremely poorly handled. It's a shame that the world will be much more likely to see Australia than one of the many quality Australian dramas that are released this year.
jej
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
2nd Tuesday Book Club - Xmas Edition
After some good Xmas eating, we spoke about this month's two chosen books.
This month's first book was Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks. It was a little clinical, but some of the stories in it were pretty incredible. People who constantly hear loud music playing, people who have perfect pitch, just lots of different stories from Sacks patients about sound and how little we understand about our own senses.
The second book was the great Watchmen by Alan Moore. I've been trying to get Noelene to read this for months, so it was cool that she read it for the book club. Moore is a genius. He uses storytelling techniques that are specific to the comic book format. There is a whole lot of intertextual stuff going on, and captions from a comic within the comic relating to speech and scenes that are taking place. There are also many different readings and motifs that can be drawn from the book. As much as I'm looking forward to seeing the film version, I think a lot will be lost just because a film can't always do what a comic book can, and vice versa. Next month's book is Wuthering Heights.- jej
This month's first book was Musicophilia by Oliver Sacks. It was a little clinical, but some of the stories in it were pretty incredible. People who constantly hear loud music playing, people who have perfect pitch, just lots of different stories from Sacks patients about sound and how little we understand about our own senses.
The second book was the great Watchmen by Alan Moore. I've been trying to get Noelene to read this for months, so it was cool that she read it for the book club. Moore is a genius. He uses storytelling techniques that are specific to the comic book format. There is a whole lot of intertextual stuff going on, and captions from a comic within the comic relating to speech and scenes that are taking place. There are also many different readings and motifs that can be drawn from the book. As much as I'm looking forward to seeing the film version, I think a lot will be lost just because a film can't always do what a comic book can, and vice versa. Next month's book is Wuthering Heights.- jej
Monday, December 08, 2008
Another Bloody Accident
Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you my wife and I - The Accident Magnets!
Earlier this year, some of you may recall we were involved in a car accident that was not our fault. We were stationary, waiting for a car infront to turn, when a truck hit us from behind and wrote off our car. Luckily, no one was seriously injured.
Yesterday we were on our way to a lovely BBQ when the car infront of us decided to change lanes into traffic. She realised this mistake and swerved back into our lane, then lost control and did a bit of a spin into the barrier on the side of the freeway. We slowed to a stop, luckily not hitting her. Also gratefully, the guy behind us wasn't too close or going to fast either, but he did end up nudging our rear bumper and making a nice dent. More fun with insurance and police reports and blah, blah, blah. I'm just glad we didn't have one of those assholes who love to drive 2cm behind us. If that was the case things would have been much worse.
Everyone involved was actually pretty cool about the whole thing. Just as my faith in humanity was being restored, some jerk in a sooped up ute decides that he doesn't want to slowly go past this car accident in the left lane. He beeps his horn and hoons past us, half in the left lane and half in the right, where we are standing near our cars trying to sort this mess out. Ah, thanks jerk. You have reminded me that there are too many morons on the road. I actually don't think that poorly of society as a whole. Sometimes I do, but I mostly keep an optomistic attitude. I'm continually meeting people who don't suck, so surely everything isn't all that bad. People just suck when they get behind the wheel of a car.
I would seriously love if the government decided that none of us could drive cars and we all had to take public transport and taxis everywhere. That is something that would make me extremely happy. Damn traffic.
Now I live another day to see more bad driving around me. WOOT!
jej
Earlier this year, some of you may recall we were involved in a car accident that was not our fault. We were stationary, waiting for a car infront to turn, when a truck hit us from behind and wrote off our car. Luckily, no one was seriously injured.
Yesterday we were on our way to a lovely BBQ when the car infront of us decided to change lanes into traffic. She realised this mistake and swerved back into our lane, then lost control and did a bit of a spin into the barrier on the side of the freeway. We slowed to a stop, luckily not hitting her. Also gratefully, the guy behind us wasn't too close or going to fast either, but he did end up nudging our rear bumper and making a nice dent. More fun with insurance and police reports and blah, blah, blah. I'm just glad we didn't have one of those assholes who love to drive 2cm behind us. If that was the case things would have been much worse.
Everyone involved was actually pretty cool about the whole thing. Just as my faith in humanity was being restored, some jerk in a sooped up ute decides that he doesn't want to slowly go past this car accident in the left lane. He beeps his horn and hoons past us, half in the left lane and half in the right, where we are standing near our cars trying to sort this mess out. Ah, thanks jerk. You have reminded me that there are too many morons on the road. I actually don't think that poorly of society as a whole. Sometimes I do, but I mostly keep an optomistic attitude. I'm continually meeting people who don't suck, so surely everything isn't all that bad. People just suck when they get behind the wheel of a car.
I would seriously love if the government decided that none of us could drive cars and we all had to take public transport and taxis everywhere. That is something that would make me extremely happy. Damn traffic.
Now I live another day to see more bad driving around me. WOOT!
jej
AOTW - Antony, Walkmen, The Cure
3 weeks to catch up on. Here they are:
Antony and the Johnsons - Another World is just a 5 track EP, but it's a really good EP. It doesn't sound all that different from their/his last full length, but who cares. You'll either totally like this voice, or it'll completely annoy you. I don't think there's any inbetween.
The Walkmen - You and Me was a CD I won from the super RTR. You may remember this track from them:
That track is not on this album, and neither is that sound really. Instead, they have this kind of casual thing going on. It's still good, but it doesn't grab me. I listened to the whole thing about 3 times on repeat the other day, almost without realising it because the whole thing kind of has one sound. I enjoyed it, but it's not amazing me. Maybe it will after a few more intent listens.
Please, please don't go to the link above.
The Cure have released their 13th album. I've been with them up until now, but I hate to say that this album was so dull for me. There are a couple of stronger tracks, like this one:
...but some of the other tracks just sounds like B-sides. They're still Cure B-sides, so they don't suck or anything, but they just seem to be trying to do inbetween days kind of songs when it's not working. I hate to be one of those fans that likes it when bands stay the same, but the darker sound has worked for these guys for so long, especially recently. I don't know why they don't stick with it. If the whole album sounded like the first track (above) I would probably really like it. Maybe if I listen to this a few more times it'll grow on me, but singing "I won't try to bring you down about my suicide" in a light, fluffy, cheeky kind of voice is just plain irritating. This album was a total bummer, and not in that cool, gothy way, but in that 'man, one of my favourite bands is starting to suck after so many years of not sucking'. Oh well.
jej
Antony and the Johnsons - Another World is just a 5 track EP, but it's a really good EP. It doesn't sound all that different from their/his last full length, but who cares. You'll either totally like this voice, or it'll completely annoy you. I don't think there's any inbetween.
The Walkmen - You and Me was a CD I won from the super RTR. You may remember this track from them:
That track is not on this album, and neither is that sound really. Instead, they have this kind of casual thing going on. It's still good, but it doesn't grab me. I listened to the whole thing about 3 times on repeat the other day, almost without realising it because the whole thing kind of has one sound. I enjoyed it, but it's not amazing me. Maybe it will after a few more intent listens.
Please, please don't go to the link above.
The Cure have released their 13th album. I've been with them up until now, but I hate to say that this album was so dull for me. There are a couple of stronger tracks, like this one:
...but some of the other tracks just sounds like B-sides. They're still Cure B-sides, so they don't suck or anything, but they just seem to be trying to do inbetween days kind of songs when it's not working. I hate to be one of those fans that likes it when bands stay the same, but the darker sound has worked for these guys for so long, especially recently. I don't know why they don't stick with it. If the whole album sounded like the first track (above) I would probably really like it. Maybe if I listen to this a few more times it'll grow on me, but singing "I won't try to bring you down about my suicide" in a light, fluffy, cheeky kind of voice is just plain irritating. This album was a total bummer, and not in that cool, gothy way, but in that 'man, one of my favourite bands is starting to suck after so many years of not sucking'. Oh well.
jej
Moofies - Bond, Mongol, Get Smart, Miss Pettigrew, Happening, Men's Group
I haven't posted moofie stuff in a while. I'm planning on doing a monster post, where I wrote briefly about every 2008 released film I saw this year. Until then, here's a few I've seen recently:
Quantum of Solace was a good, straight forward action movie. I really enjoyed it. Casino Royale was better dramatically and all that, but I thought the action in this one was top notch. The chase sequences (a large chunk of the film) were sweeeet. One moment that wierded me out was when Bond was probably the most Bond. A redhaired hotty gets sent to take Bond home. He totally puts the moves on her and bangs her. Why is this strange for Bond? Well, I thought this was the all new, all broody Bond. What's broody about having a one night stand with a hot chick? Not much really. The bad guy wasn't all that scary or interesting, but he kind of had that lame, weedy 80s action bad guy thing going for him. It wasn't masterful film making, but it kept me entertained.
Mongol was everything I hoped it would be. The first in a proposed trilogy about Genghis Khan, this is a film that is set in another time, in another language, with customs that are pretty foriegn to me, but I cared about the characters. I think if a film can make me care about the characters in that kind of context then it's doing well. I don't know how historically accurate it is, but it makes for a good story.
Get Smart couldn't have been more dissappointing. The cast is generally funny. The original Get Smart was generally funny. A remake wasn't a terrible idea. The casting was pretty spot on even. It was just a shitty movie. I laughed a couple of times at people hurting themselves and that kind of thing, but mostly it was embarrasingly not funny. Cringy even. Also, I'm tired of Hiro. Remember when you thought Hiro was a cool, likeable guy? I did too. Now he's just irritating. I wonder if that's what happened to Earl from Family Matters. "I'd like to smack that kid"
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day was a nice little movie made for nice old ladies or whatever, but it totally worked on me. I knew what was going to happen in the end, it was all very trite, but it was trite done well. If I can sit through a film with a title like that without dying then it's either a good film or I'm a 40 year old woman trapped in the body of a 29 year old man.
The Happening seems Shyamalan doing a strange breed of comedy. I mean, come on. I found it really hard to believe that he didn't have his tongue somewhere near the area of his cheek when he was making this. It had such an odd feel to it. Of course, a film about killer trees made by Shyamalan is going to suck hard, but it had this strange tone to it. There were jokes that fell flat and really poorly executed "moody" scenes. I just think Shyamalan is joking. I have to think that, because if I was forced to believe that he was deadly serious then my head would explode. I think my head might explode if I sit through another one of his films. Mermaids that live under swimming pools, killer trees. What's your next film going to be about, M? A monkey with a human brain that runs for president? Bloody direct a film that someone else writes already.
We went to see a fundraising screening of Men's Group. Fremantle has a community project called the FreMANshed where people can go and use the tools and the space to make and fix things. Men can bond there and all that, and they hold classes there for computing and that sort of thing. It seems like a really great idea. The film? Soooo good. The camera work early on really bugged me. I just didn't see the point in shaking the camera around so much. Other than that, this was a perfect film. Every performance was like watching real people in real life. It's just about a group of guys who meet together at a psychologists place once a week and talk. That's it. It's totally moving though. Depressing, but it also has that kind of ray of hope, and in a realistic way aswell. Not in an overbearing, lame ass way. Best performances I've seen all year.
That's it for now. I'm finally going to go and see Australia this week and I'm a little scared. I'll tell you all about it.
jej
Quantum of Solace was a good, straight forward action movie. I really enjoyed it. Casino Royale was better dramatically and all that, but I thought the action in this one was top notch. The chase sequences (a large chunk of the film) were sweeeet. One moment that wierded me out was when Bond was probably the most Bond. A redhaired hotty gets sent to take Bond home. He totally puts the moves on her and bangs her. Why is this strange for Bond? Well, I thought this was the all new, all broody Bond. What's broody about having a one night stand with a hot chick? Not much really. The bad guy wasn't all that scary or interesting, but he kind of had that lame, weedy 80s action bad guy thing going for him. It wasn't masterful film making, but it kept me entertained.
Mongol was everything I hoped it would be. The first in a proposed trilogy about Genghis Khan, this is a film that is set in another time, in another language, with customs that are pretty foriegn to me, but I cared about the characters. I think if a film can make me care about the characters in that kind of context then it's doing well. I don't know how historically accurate it is, but it makes for a good story.
Get Smart couldn't have been more dissappointing. The cast is generally funny. The original Get Smart was generally funny. A remake wasn't a terrible idea. The casting was pretty spot on even. It was just a shitty movie. I laughed a couple of times at people hurting themselves and that kind of thing, but mostly it was embarrasingly not funny. Cringy even. Also, I'm tired of Hiro. Remember when you thought Hiro was a cool, likeable guy? I did too. Now he's just irritating. I wonder if that's what happened to Earl from Family Matters. "I'd like to smack that kid"
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day was a nice little movie made for nice old ladies or whatever, but it totally worked on me. I knew what was going to happen in the end, it was all very trite, but it was trite done well. If I can sit through a film with a title like that without dying then it's either a good film or I'm a 40 year old woman trapped in the body of a 29 year old man.
The Happening seems Shyamalan doing a strange breed of comedy. I mean, come on. I found it really hard to believe that he didn't have his tongue somewhere near the area of his cheek when he was making this. It had such an odd feel to it. Of course, a film about killer trees made by Shyamalan is going to suck hard, but it had this strange tone to it. There were jokes that fell flat and really poorly executed "moody" scenes. I just think Shyamalan is joking. I have to think that, because if I was forced to believe that he was deadly serious then my head would explode. I think my head might explode if I sit through another one of his films. Mermaids that live under swimming pools, killer trees. What's your next film going to be about, M? A monkey with a human brain that runs for president? Bloody direct a film that someone else writes already.
We went to see a fundraising screening of Men's Group. Fremantle has a community project called the FreMANshed where people can go and use the tools and the space to make and fix things. Men can bond there and all that, and they hold classes there for computing and that sort of thing. It seems like a really great idea. The film? Soooo good. The camera work early on really bugged me. I just didn't see the point in shaking the camera around so much. Other than that, this was a perfect film. Every performance was like watching real people in real life. It's just about a group of guys who meet together at a psychologists place once a week and talk. That's it. It's totally moving though. Depressing, but it also has that kind of ray of hope, and in a realistic way aswell. Not in an overbearing, lame ass way. Best performances I've seen all year.
That's it for now. I'm finally going to go and see Australia this week and I'm a little scared. I'll tell you all about it.
jej
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Monday, December 01, 2008
Save The Net
You may have heard that the government wants to implement a new internet filter to stop naughty things being downloaded and uploaded in Australia. Anyone who has used the internet for more than 5 minutes knows that all this is going to do is slow doewn our connection speeds and not work properly. Filters are not the solution.
Anyway, GetUp wants your electronic signature on their petition to stop this from happening:
CLICK HERE AND SAVE THE NET!!! THIS IS NOT SPAM!
I've been signing some of the GetUp petitions for a while now, but I don't feel comfortable pushing some of the stuff I sign on to you, my loyal readers :P This time, however, I feel like the internet is something that directly relates to anyone reading this.
Now I'm just waiting for someone (GetUp?? I know I should get off my butt myself, but I'm not going to) to protest against this 'pay raise for teachers whose students get good marks' business. I find it incredibly insulting and bound for failure. Teaching students well has a lot more do with how well they feel and how capable they are as a person, rather than some mark. Not all students are capable of getting high marks. They're people, not business propositions. I might be the best teacher in the world and my students might be on a D average. I think I deserve a pay rise just as much as some teacher who gives all their students A grades. BAH!
Anyway, rant over.
jej
Anyway, GetUp wants your electronic signature on their petition to stop this from happening:
CLICK HERE AND SAVE THE NET!!! THIS IS NOT SPAM!
I've been signing some of the GetUp petitions for a while now, but I don't feel comfortable pushing some of the stuff I sign on to you, my loyal readers :P This time, however, I feel like the internet is something that directly relates to anyone reading this.
Now I'm just waiting for someone (GetUp?? I know I should get off my butt myself, but I'm not going to) to protest against this 'pay raise for teachers whose students get good marks' business. I find it incredibly insulting and bound for failure. Teaching students well has a lot more do with how well they feel and how capable they are as a person, rather than some mark. Not all students are capable of getting high marks. They're people, not business propositions. I might be the best teacher in the world and my students might be on a D average. I think I deserve a pay rise just as much as some teacher who gives all their students A grades. BAH!
Anyway, rant over.
jej
Summer Telly
90210 ahs finally made it's way back to Aussie telly, but I never stopped watching them thanks to the internet. I don't know why I find this crap relaxing to watch, I just do.
Another trashy show, which promises to be super fun, is Gossip Girl. Josh Schwartz, of The O.C. is exec producer. It also has "gossip" in the title. Its finally made it's way to channel 9 this week, and I'm looking forward to it.
ABC1 has been screening a great series called The Howard Years. They've interviewed John Howard and a bunch of other pollies who worked with him, including Bush and Blair. It's not exactly hard hitting stuff. Howard is not bashed with questions that make him uncomfortable, but at the same time it doesn't feel like a Liberal campaign show or something either. Peter Reith's mistakes were all over it last night. It's funny watching him lie through his teeth. Some people are good at lying. He isn't one of them. Anyway, there's only one episode left. It's been an entertaining way to remember recent political history.
I've also been watching the new Batman series The Brave and the Bold, Spectacular Spider-man and Wolverine and the X-Men. All three are great examples of how good animated series can be. After sitting through hours and hours and years of badly animated Marvel toons it's nice to finally have some stuff that's nicer to look at and well written.
That's it.
jej
Another trashy show, which promises to be super fun, is Gossip Girl. Josh Schwartz, of The O.C. is exec producer. It also has "gossip" in the title. Its finally made it's way to channel 9 this week, and I'm looking forward to it.
ABC1 has been screening a great series called The Howard Years. They've interviewed John Howard and a bunch of other pollies who worked with him, including Bush and Blair. It's not exactly hard hitting stuff. Howard is not bashed with questions that make him uncomfortable, but at the same time it doesn't feel like a Liberal campaign show or something either. Peter Reith's mistakes were all over it last night. It's funny watching him lie through his teeth. Some people are good at lying. He isn't one of them. Anyway, there's only one episode left. It's been an entertaining way to remember recent political history.
I've also been watching the new Batman series The Brave and the Bold, Spectacular Spider-man and Wolverine and the X-Men. All three are great examples of how good animated series can be. After sitting through hours and hours and years of badly animated Marvel toons it's nice to finally have some stuff that's nicer to look at and well written.
That's it.
jej
Summer is upon us
Uni exams are all over, finally. I've got a bit of an exam confession to make. You know how the exam co-ordinators stress that you should leave your phone off and in your bag? I always leave mine on silent and in my pocket. I just hate the stress and tension that exam co-ordinators seem to create. I'm sure they're doing a great job and all, but it seems unnecessary. An example, before my education exam started the co-ordinator told everyone the "rules". The exam took place one of the larger lecture theatres. There are a few kids who came to uni straight out of high school doing this, but they're all at least second year uni students. The rest of us are adults. The exam hasn't started yet, but the room is full of students, waiting silently. A woman is drinking a can of Red Bull. I didn't see her drink it, but the co-ordinator spotted her from the front of this large auditorium. She didn't say anything. She just walked up to where this woman had her can and took it from her, for the watching eyes of every student in the room. We're allowed bottles of water, but apparently Red Bull is bad. So yeah, it gives me a strange vibe. It's bad enough I have to come up with some decent essay writing skills in a very limited time; I have to do it with these fascists breathing down my neck. So I keep my phone. I don't look at it or anything, but it makes me feel a little bit more in control. I know it's silly, but whatever helps me work better in an exam is good for me.
So now I'm on holidays.
I've spent a large chunk of time over the last 4 days watching the cricket, and it was pretty awesome to see this crazy catch by Ponting:
Cricket is one of those things that make me realise that summer is upon us. It's the end of the year and the TV will be on more often than it is at any other time of the year. I love how you can just leave the cricket on while you're doing something else. What other game can you follow for over 4 days?
Another summertime reminder is sunburn. I generally only get a little sunburn early on in summer and that's enough to remind me that it's time to put on the sunscreen. This years' sunburn is far from a little. I helped a mate dismantle a skate ramp the other day. I remembered to "slip" and "slap", but I forgot to "slop" on some sunscreen. My arms are now a little red, but the back of my neck is peeling. It's peeling to reveal more red skin that will probably also peel. It's pretty gross, folks.
So anyway, summer is upon us. It's also the start of December so I have all my bandwidth back :D
So now I'm on holidays.
I've spent a large chunk of time over the last 4 days watching the cricket, and it was pretty awesome to see this crazy catch by Ponting:
Cricket is one of those things that make me realise that summer is upon us. It's the end of the year and the TV will be on more often than it is at any other time of the year. I love how you can just leave the cricket on while you're doing something else. What other game can you follow for over 4 days?
Another summertime reminder is sunburn. I generally only get a little sunburn early on in summer and that's enough to remind me that it's time to put on the sunscreen. This years' sunburn is far from a little. I helped a mate dismantle a skate ramp the other day. I remembered to "slip" and "slap", but I forgot to "slop" on some sunscreen. My arms are now a little red, but the back of my neck is peeling. It's peeling to reveal more red skin that will probably also peel. It's pretty gross, folks.
So anyway, summer is upon us. It's also the start of December so I have all my bandwidth back :D
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