Saturday, October 29, 2005


One more pic of Queenstown. :-)

Hey guys! Audioslave's the soundtrack now, 'Like A Stone' on the national rock station. Hehe, stones and rocks... Oh don't read this, just look at the picture. Much more eloquent than I ever could be.

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Tuesday, October 25, 2005


A view of Glenorchy below Paradise, ahh so pretty; we stopped at this exact place too. :-D

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Musings, an oh-too-often-used-word...

So, I'm sitting here in my room at night, listening to Franz Ferdinand and thinking about English today. I have the best English teacher ever made!!! He's tall (always good) and nice and manages to be considerate in his talks with everyone: he loves language, he's smart, and he's funny. *coughs* Hmmmmm... next subject.
And what a next subject: Paradise. It's a spot in the central South Island of New Zealand where they did all the shooting for Lothlorien, Rohan and Gondor in The Lord of the Rings and it's beautiful almost beyond words. You must've all seen the film; it was as gorgeous, if not more, and so empty. We only saw a few trampers and jetboats up the Dart River when we were there. I've gotta post pictures - look up. In future piccies will be there, I promise. :-)
So, I've been blog-browsing, and no Dad they're not all druggies raving on about drugs and being waaaaaaay too explicit, *shakes head* Oh nonono, there are tons of good ones. Try The Center of the Center or Cogitatus Extrarius and then tell me there's no thought. I had a great poetry site too, but it's vanished into lost-link land along with that picture-making one with butterflies and arty words... If they're important fate will bring them back. :-) And no, I don't fanatically believe that: it's just a nice thought. ^ - ^
My 'n' is sticking! Silly keyboard. Unblessed with pleasing properties like that of certain curly-haired people, no matter how alarming their father may be. (Nothing to do with my English teacher.) Ah, I don't think I'll elaborate. On to something else. Mum's stolen the phone line, so it looks like this will have to sit in cyberspace for just a while longer.
*nostalgic squirm* I had to get up in assembly today. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be - ooh! I got an Excellence on my speech! Nobody out there will know what a big deal that is, but... I'm happy. :-D
Bloggers are a fantastic breed. So thoughtful, so varied and almost all of them love 'Life Is Beautiful'. That just says so much (contradiction with the 'varied' thing or not). So many views from so many different minds, all sitting out there like gardens planted, just waiting for someone to pass by. The Media Studies probe last term asked if any in the class were bloggers: I was too shy to raise my hand but he actually seemed quite enthusiastic. Now, if only comments were worth more than a perfunctory link to some spy-ware-filled site... Think how much we could learn!!! Ah, it's a day for English for me. I had an assessment due so was working all through Art and Maths (with the permission of one teacher, the reluctant supervision of the other) to get it on Mr Wallace's desk by 3:30. 4 credits for next year! 12905 completed! And damn 'Lukien' came back to me!!! (I had a hell of a time trying to remember that character's name, it's been so long since I finished the book. The Eyes of God by John Marco, by the way: it's good, deep and rich and guilty like the darkest chocolate. Just the hint of passionfruit too, just for a kick. :-) Oh, make that marbled chocolate, but without the sickly taste that comes with it. Or add a glass of chardonnay, something light and fresh. Even better, just eat dark chocolate to the sound of The Nutcracker Ballet and you'll have how I felt while reading that book. Or how I remember feeling. Or how I'm feeling now, remembering. I want sparkling grape juice. (No alcohol, oh no, not for me, poor little 16-year-old that I am. I was just guessing about the chardonnay.) ^ - ^)
10:00! And my bed is buried beneath piles of revision folders, half-finished Art sculptures and discarded uniform... *sigh* Franz Ferdinand is off, time for some James Reyne: old country, farmhand-in-a-white-singlet kinda stuff. Hammerhead is the most popular, or The Fall of Rome, but I like Way Out West. I used to call it the Eeyore song when I was little because it reminded me of a donkey standing in the trees beside a dusty road, and it's still got a bit of that magic now to erase the melancholy drawl of "Valium..." from my Franz-ified head.
Away from the computer to make some space. Wish everybody happiness. :-) G'night!

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Friday, October 21, 2005

yay for john reyne! ^ - ^ + fated love quiz

Content love
You will have a Content love. Not
boring, but without fights and problems. You
will just... be in love. Simple as that. As a
person, you're not the one who laughs highest
or most often, nor the one in the dark corner
crying. You are the one who sits watching
everyone else, often with a little smile
playing on your lips. To you, life is good and
you will get what you wish for. You will fall
for someone who is himself, and lets you be
you.

Please rate aaaaand... eat chocolate bars?
*cough*rate*cough* ^^




What Love are you Fated for? ~AWESOME anime pics!~
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Mademoiselle Petra aka what do I study next year?

So, Year 11 syllabus (this past year for me):

- English
- Maths
- Art
- History
- Latin
- Science

Good? ^ - ^ I know how much each of those things mean to me; but now, for next year...

- English
- Practical Art
- History
- Media Studies
- Art History
- either Math or Biology.

I'm leaning towards dropping Math, because I'm pretty good at both of them and Maths is the one I enjoy least. The thing is, will there be consequences? Level 2 Maths credits aren't needed to get into University, and not for admission into any of the courses (Fine Art, History, Spanish, Art History, Journalism) that I really want to attend: so should I drop it?
Will anyone notice that it's missing? Bio would just be so much more interesting... and knowing your fill about bacteria is a little bit more practical than how to find the area of a sector in radians (bcause degrees just won't do it).
Oh, and Latin is definitely going. :-) I'm passing, but there's no desire to continue: I've learned all the basics for a language, and Spanish beckons at Uni!


So, self-indulgence, all my school worries out there on the net... *shakes head* It's raining in Dunedin, the drops drifting like moths into my window. Oh! I got a High Distinction in English!!! *happy dance* ^ - ^ Yeah! 74 out of 80, and half the ones I got wrong were spelling questions (which I thought I was good at, lol). Top 1% in the country! *sigh*
Makes me feel special. :-D Now must come tops in exams! Which probably means I should be studying... *grins* Oh, and I'm an Expressionist. handwriting analysis There's no spam with sign-up :-)

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Monday, October 17, 2005


Franz Ferdinand

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random staccato

Meekles! Yep, computer troubles are over (not that anyone knew) and we have internet again. Too much stuff to do, exams, revision must revise ahh crap I hate exams... *shakes* But blogging is therapeutic. ^ - ^ One of the tips on studyit.org.nz on coping with exams is 'avoid people who make you nervous'. Well, that's me. So, if the others have any sense they'll avoid me, and I'll be all alone on exam day!!! LOL hmmm am even getting nervous about that, maybe should just chill... *deep breath* I did learn something from the school exams (that's pre-NCEA, kind of a starter) : bring food. Yummy food. Chocolate. And a stress ball. Maybe even Franz Ferdinand! (On CD/mp3 :-) Mmm yep that would help; and I wouldn't be able to make others nervous either, so they'd do better. I love FF, lol: 'specially the chorus in Walk Away, The Fallen and Do You Want To. Those guys are great.

"I love the sound of you walking away, you walking away"

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Tuesday, October 04, 2005

Farmland + music of the long white cloud

There's something strangely relaxing about holidays spent in a tiny house, surrounded by fields, hearing only dogs barking, the distant roar of airplanes, sheep moving, grasses rustling, and the ever-present chorus of birds. And the radio, currently playing something by the Exies which is just a bit too loud. I have the house to myself, midday sunlight streaming in through the open door beside me... the drawn curtains move slightly in the wind; clouds fill the blue sky like far-away mist, stripped of any distinct edges.
QED - financial advice that works. Not an ad, but an example of just why the radio station is being changed. ^ - ^
1. To the D4, 'What I Want'. Pretty brainless, but mercifully short and at least without mention of vampires, death, isolation... no, wait. "I could be dead, I could be richer. I-I don't know what I want: maybe it's you, maybe it's somebody new."
2. On to Elemeno P, typical Kiwi: bouncy, un-sophisticated and frustratingly catchy.
3. Hmmm... something interesting. But un-named. That's not helpful! -bangs head against desk-
4. LOL, now a classic. Crowded House, lead by Neil Finn. What can you say about these guys? "Fall At Your Feet" is one of those songs that so many Kiwis grew up with - it's familiar to us, like grandad. You may never comprehend how brilliant or famous or influential he was, but you don't need to because you love him anyway.
5. -next song begins- Eww. I was hoping NZ hadn't caught that senseless noise / repetitive lyrics / stage whisper / screaming with bad voice / totally basic rhythm disease... but alas, this is proof. Consider yourselves lucky you can't hear it.
6. Now, to something quieter: synth, drums, fuzzy electronics - must be the Phoenix Foundation. I hadn't actually listened to anything of these guys' before this holiday because KiwiFM doesn't broadcast down in Dunedin, but now I have, I can see the appeal. It stands out like a saxaphone solo in the middle of a drum bar (which, incidentally, just happened). 'Hitchcock', that one was called.
7. The next, singer/songwriter, single male voice and subdued back-up; 'I Won't Walk Away' by ?Mozelee? He's got a good voice. I like it.
8. To 'Stars Without Their Make-Up' which is played at least twice a day, every day... "I do like stars without their make-up: I know it doesn't look right, I know I shouldn't but I do." Gentle vocals, keyboards, soft drums, undeniably memorable; the work of Flying Nun prodigy Dave Yetton. He's going on my list of CDs to buy (which currently includes Audioslave's 'Out of Exile' and the cheapest Lenny Kravitz 'Greatest Hits' I can find :-)
9. Other mentionable Kiwi bands are Opshop - melodic and thoughtful pop - and Shihad, antithesis of gentle, rockers to the core and probably capable of starting their own religion. ^ - ^ Or maybe I exaggerate. And there's Rhombus, another group that's infiltrated colleges everywhere: pacific tinges, dub, hip-hop, bass, beats, guitars, and a lot of other instruments I lack the ability to pick out. "Feeling that, healing that, rocking that..." Well, it grows on you. Oh, Pluto!!! Try 'Long White Cross', it's brilliant. And another classic, 'Not Given Lightly' by Chris Knox of Flying Nun once again. There, has your head exploded yet? Goodshirt!



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