Ahh it's excellent to see the other returning to his supreme blogging goodness. Now I finally have some motivation to do my own post. So what can you expect this time around? The latest update to the Joaquin rate list, finally!! I know it's been a long time coming and the number of updates is now enormous (14), but all the picks deserve it.
I haven't been up to a hell of a lot really, just watching more World Cup soccer and that's about it.
Oh oh oh!!!! Saw the final episode of Six Feet Under and it was AWESOME. The last 20 mins of that episode HAS to be the finest television moment in history. It was so good that I had to download it so I can watch it whenever I damn well please.
The latest series of 24 has started here and it is just bloody insane!!! I think they need to kill off Jack Bauer, it's the only way they can make the next series seem interesting. It's off to a grand start, but I am missing my dose of Elisha Cuthbert.
Anyway, as promised here is the latest update to the patented Joaquin rate list. You can find it here:
http://dropc.blogspot.com/2004/12/great-fun-to-be-around-you.html
Have a nice day folks!
Monday, June 26, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Shoot This...
Well as the other has alredy led you to believe, yes, its true, we are done with our exams, and fuck it feels good to be done with that shite!!! Its been the most screwed up last few weeks of my life. I know, youre thinking that I've probably had a worse time back in 2003 and 2004, but I have to say, at least there was not so much anxiouty or pain involved. When one doesn't care, it doesn't matter as much, but this time it felt like a shard of salt stabbed into my heart, and as the salt desolves releases the agony of futility... When it seems like everything is futile, thats when you know you've hit rock bottom...
There are a lot of things that I got up to in the last few months, that I am not proud of. To those involved, no I havn't forgotten what it ment, but I have to disassociate myself from the life that I had chosen, as it screwed up the life that I hold so dear. Someone once asked me what my life was worth, an answer that is not easily quantified, but ambiguity has become cristalized, and now I can give him an answer. There are things in my life that mean more than I do to myself, and for that I will pour every last drop of blood and sweat, and thats what my life is worth. Its not my life thats worth anything, its everything and everyone interconnected that is worth anything, invaluable, the world worth is not sufficient when weighting their value. Blinded by the curtains of my own mind, tripping into the abyss...
So for now, I will head on forward and try and rectify the prison of solitude which i have grafted for myself... Till tommo, ciao...
There are a lot of things that I got up to in the last few months, that I am not proud of. To those involved, no I havn't forgotten what it ment, but I have to disassociate myself from the life that I had chosen, as it screwed up the life that I hold so dear. Someone once asked me what my life was worth, an answer that is not easily quantified, but ambiguity has become cristalized, and now I can give him an answer. There are things in my life that mean more than I do to myself, and for that I will pour every last drop of blood and sweat, and thats what my life is worth. Its not my life thats worth anything, its everything and everyone interconnected that is worth anything, invaluable, the world worth is not sufficient when weighting their value. Blinded by the curtains of my own mind, tripping into the abyss...
So for now, I will head on forward and try and rectify the prison of solitude which i have grafted for myself... Till tommo, ciao...
Friday, June 16, 2006
Every boy's the same, since I've been the 7th grade...
I apologise for the lack of updates lately, but as I have mentioned, I have had exams and have been studying furiously for them. Anyway, I'm on holidays now, so you can expect a good flurry of posts over the next 32 or so days while I attempt to clear my massive backlog of blog notes. I don't care about anything anymore, there are no obligations so I can just procrastinate to my heart's content...and watch a crap load of world cup soccer while I'm at it.
The other should be done with his stuff soon and has promised an update as soon as he is done. I hate to say it, but it must be said. Fernando Alonso is too good. Too good the point of not being human. I think he may in actual fact be Satan. It makes perfect sense! How can a car with slow straight line speed be caning everyone by so much?! If it was the car, Fisichella would be doing well too, but obviously it's the driver, and Alonso must be assassinated for all intents purposes. I'm not that worried yet though, I think Schumacher still has a good chance. I'm hoping that Raikkonen joins Ferrari next season, then he and Macher will destroy ALL who oppose them.
For any of those who have to use epoxy resin for super glue, don't inhale the stuff or get it on your hands. I had to try and fix an earring with that stuff today and now I just feel nauseous, it's truly terrible stuff I tell you. You know it can't be good for you when you have to mix two different compounds out of the packet in order to use the final product!
I should be able to graduate from one of my degrees this year! I'm going to be so happy when I do, cause I can just throw it at people to make myself feel better.
I'm on cloud #9! Justin King's CD is going to be out in August and I'm going to be one of the first in line to buy it dammit! Ditto for Kaki King whose new CD should also be out soon. Speaking of guitars, I'm looking into buying 3 acoustics in the near future. Just any cheap Steel string as well as a classical nylon string guitar. But the third guitar I want is probably a Martinez Roundback, which is a straight knock off of the Ovation synthetics. They look wicked and play like a dream (and Kaki King uses the Ovation...but I can't afford those).
I have to renew my hatred of wikipedia! It's such a damn good site, but it's incredibly addictive. Once you go and look something up for your own interest, you'll find another 10 things which relate to that which also interest you and so it continues until you can't breathe anymore!! It's a very good time wasting tactic, I throughly enjoy it. It's funny, because you always end up in a completely different academic field to that of which you started.
One of my favourite shows of all time is back on tv, finally!! Mile High!! Yes, that trashy Brit Dramady about the staff of a small budget airline. It's as good as ever, I love it so much. It typifies British tv for me.
You know what's strange? Sometimes when I'm wide awake, I have these crazy Butterfly Effect-esque moments where I start dreaming while I'm awake. Well not entirely, it's not day dreaming. But I keep re-living dreams I had in my youth about places which bear an eerie resemblance to places I've been since I've attended university. It's really pretty disturbing really because I know I'm awake and dreaming, but it's like I'm in two streams of consciousness and I have to try hard to bring myself back.
I hate centrelink. For our international readers, you can liken it to Australia's version of social security. If you've ever had to deal with them, you know they're almost as inept as the Department of Immigration. We went in there the other day and we alerted them to our presence. 4 hours later they finally saw us. Apparently they didn't register us on the computer when we arrived so all these new people kept getting ahead of us. Needless to say, I was very pissed off indeed. That wait was seriously a messed up ordeal. It really makes you question yourself, it was akin to being on the last immunity challenge on survivor where it's all about stamina, after 39 days of living in a remote place, to see what you're made of. I almost went insane, asking myself the craziest questions. I do think I'm now capable of killing people, I just know it. How scary is that? Haha, a 4 hour wait has changed me as a person, how grand is that?
Anyway, I shall update the Joaquin rate list for my next entry because my backlog is HUGEEE. Have a nice day folks!
The other should be done with his stuff soon and has promised an update as soon as he is done. I hate to say it, but it must be said. Fernando Alonso is too good. Too good the point of not being human. I think he may in actual fact be Satan. It makes perfect sense! How can a car with slow straight line speed be caning everyone by so much?! If it was the car, Fisichella would be doing well too, but obviously it's the driver, and Alonso must be assassinated for all intents purposes. I'm not that worried yet though, I think Schumacher still has a good chance. I'm hoping that Raikkonen joins Ferrari next season, then he and Macher will destroy ALL who oppose them.
For any of those who have to use epoxy resin for super glue, don't inhale the stuff or get it on your hands. I had to try and fix an earring with that stuff today and now I just feel nauseous, it's truly terrible stuff I tell you. You know it can't be good for you when you have to mix two different compounds out of the packet in order to use the final product!
I should be able to graduate from one of my degrees this year! I'm going to be so happy when I do, cause I can just throw it at people to make myself feel better.
I'm on cloud #9! Justin King's CD is going to be out in August and I'm going to be one of the first in line to buy it dammit! Ditto for Kaki King whose new CD should also be out soon. Speaking of guitars, I'm looking into buying 3 acoustics in the near future. Just any cheap Steel string as well as a classical nylon string guitar. But the third guitar I want is probably a Martinez Roundback, which is a straight knock off of the Ovation synthetics. They look wicked and play like a dream (and Kaki King uses the Ovation...but I can't afford those).
I have to renew my hatred of wikipedia! It's such a damn good site, but it's incredibly addictive. Once you go and look something up for your own interest, you'll find another 10 things which relate to that which also interest you and so it continues until you can't breathe anymore!! It's a very good time wasting tactic, I throughly enjoy it. It's funny, because you always end up in a completely different academic field to that of which you started.
One of my favourite shows of all time is back on tv, finally!! Mile High!! Yes, that trashy Brit Dramady about the staff of a small budget airline. It's as good as ever, I love it so much. It typifies British tv for me.
You know what's strange? Sometimes when I'm wide awake, I have these crazy Butterfly Effect-esque moments where I start dreaming while I'm awake. Well not entirely, it's not day dreaming. But I keep re-living dreams I had in my youth about places which bear an eerie resemblance to places I've been since I've attended university. It's really pretty disturbing really because I know I'm awake and dreaming, but it's like I'm in two streams of consciousness and I have to try hard to bring myself back.
I hate centrelink. For our international readers, you can liken it to Australia's version of social security. If you've ever had to deal with them, you know they're almost as inept as the Department of Immigration. We went in there the other day and we alerted them to our presence. 4 hours later they finally saw us. Apparently they didn't register us on the computer when we arrived so all these new people kept getting ahead of us. Needless to say, I was very pissed off indeed. That wait was seriously a messed up ordeal. It really makes you question yourself, it was akin to being on the last immunity challenge on survivor where it's all about stamina, after 39 days of living in a remote place, to see what you're made of. I almost went insane, asking myself the craziest questions. I do think I'm now capable of killing people, I just know it. How scary is that? Haha, a 4 hour wait has changed me as a person, how grand is that?
Anyway, I shall update the Joaquin rate list for my next entry because my backlog is HUGEEE. Have a nice day folks!
Saturday, May 27, 2006
Just Move It Up Two Frets
It has been an absolute madhouse with assessment, hence the lack of posts from me. The other is and has been sick, hence the lack of posts from him.
Only two pieces of assessment to go before exams, then I can sit pretty and you can expect more posts!
Besides work I really have not been doing much. Just tv and some Warcraft 3 Exansion (which is almost finished). I look forward to being a little more productive in my down time. That and catching up on more sleep, definitely.
Music wise I haven't been up to much, just working on some theory and key signatures at the moment. Haven't really worked on any techniques at the moment, and as such my playing level has suffered somewhat. I used a pick last night for the first time in ages and I was having some issues playing a harmonised descending lick (the bit at the end of Trivium's solo for Dying In Your Arms), and it's not even hard! Speaking of Trivium, what an utterly shit band. Their record label (Roadrunner) makes them out to be the next Metallica, but they sound like a god awful power metal band from the 80's. Heafy says he plays 8 hours a day to be as good as he is...however I hardly play anymore and I completely own him, and I have a feeling that the other guitarist is 10 times better than Heafy, so I don't know what the hell they're going on about. HOWEVER, the breakdown and solo for that song is pure genius. The lick before the solo starts and the triads in the final measure are devious and it is a crapload of fun to play!
I must also give props to Justin King. Imagine a virutoso player in the style of John Mayer. He utilises the rarely used Dsus4 (I THINK) tuning of DADGAD. He has perfect pitch and his multi fingered tapped harmonies are the stuff dreams are made of. In fact I have resolved to buy an acoustic in the holidays and try to learn one of his songs which I'm sure will be no easy feat. I need to buy his bloody EP...or better yet, release the damn record already Mister King!!!
I feared for the future of Australian music, but last night I heard some acceptable entries from The Casanovas - Born To Run and The Butterfly Effect - A Slow Descent and I am not so worried anymore.
Wow, this is turning into a biggish post, which I am grateful for! There hasn't been a decent post here in a long while (which is my fault, I know).
You want to know who my favourite guitarists are? Eric Johnson, Slash, Marty Friedman, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Kaki King and Justin King.
Eric Johnson is just a freak, and is truly one of the greatest guitarists in the history of the world. His phrasing is brilliant, and when you couple that with his technical skill, it's just pure bliss.
Slash is just a legend. He has this uncanny ability to mix feeling and blues into balls out rock, and for that he needs to be commended. He also has wicked ways of utilising his Dunlop Crybaby just for some extra oomph when it's needed.
Marty Friedman. What a damn genius. Who else could go from being a shredder in perhaps the most technically accomplished band of modern times, to being in one of the best metal bands of all time and then becoming a new age artist? Just freakish improvisation and a perfect ear for melody from this guy. I also love his use of Eastern tones/intervals in his music, and his style of playing has let me open my mind up to more music.
Rodrigo y Gabriela. Let me set the scene. 2 Mexican thrash metal guitarists move to Ireland and play acoustic jazz/flamenco/metal fusion. There you go, ABSOLUTE FREAKS. Rodrigo is the point man, with the rapid licks and devious phrases. However, I feel that with a fair bit of practice, I could be his equal as he is full of advanced techniques. However, Gabriela scares me. With that sexy Mexican accent and her EVIL EVIL EVIL staccato triplet strums and right hand techniques, she makes me look like a bloody emo punk rocker in comparison. I want to buy their new CD and see these two live.
Kaki King - 'Nuff said.
Justin King - I've already explained!
Ahh, so many great guitarists out there making awesome music. Makes me wonder why the music scene lately is so dull. But it'll pick up, just wait for the other and I (and that's a guarantee)! Have a nice day folks.
Only two pieces of assessment to go before exams, then I can sit pretty and you can expect more posts!
Besides work I really have not been doing much. Just tv and some Warcraft 3 Exansion (which is almost finished). I look forward to being a little more productive in my down time. That and catching up on more sleep, definitely.
Music wise I haven't been up to much, just working on some theory and key signatures at the moment. Haven't really worked on any techniques at the moment, and as such my playing level has suffered somewhat. I used a pick last night for the first time in ages and I was having some issues playing a harmonised descending lick (the bit at the end of Trivium's solo for Dying In Your Arms), and it's not even hard! Speaking of Trivium, what an utterly shit band. Their record label (Roadrunner) makes them out to be the next Metallica, but they sound like a god awful power metal band from the 80's. Heafy says he plays 8 hours a day to be as good as he is...however I hardly play anymore and I completely own him, and I have a feeling that the other guitarist is 10 times better than Heafy, so I don't know what the hell they're going on about. HOWEVER, the breakdown and solo for that song is pure genius. The lick before the solo starts and the triads in the final measure are devious and it is a crapload of fun to play!
I must also give props to Justin King. Imagine a virutoso player in the style of John Mayer. He utilises the rarely used Dsus4 (I THINK) tuning of DADGAD. He has perfect pitch and his multi fingered tapped harmonies are the stuff dreams are made of. In fact I have resolved to buy an acoustic in the holidays and try to learn one of his songs which I'm sure will be no easy feat. I need to buy his bloody EP...or better yet, release the damn record already Mister King!!!
I feared for the future of Australian music, but last night I heard some acceptable entries from The Casanovas - Born To Run and The Butterfly Effect - A Slow Descent and I am not so worried anymore.
Wow, this is turning into a biggish post, which I am grateful for! There hasn't been a decent post here in a long while (which is my fault, I know).
You want to know who my favourite guitarists are? Eric Johnson, Slash, Marty Friedman, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Kaki King and Justin King.
Eric Johnson is just a freak, and is truly one of the greatest guitarists in the history of the world. His phrasing is brilliant, and when you couple that with his technical skill, it's just pure bliss.
Slash is just a legend. He has this uncanny ability to mix feeling and blues into balls out rock, and for that he needs to be commended. He also has wicked ways of utilising his Dunlop Crybaby just for some extra oomph when it's needed.
Marty Friedman. What a damn genius. Who else could go from being a shredder in perhaps the most technically accomplished band of modern times, to being in one of the best metal bands of all time and then becoming a new age artist? Just freakish improvisation and a perfect ear for melody from this guy. I also love his use of Eastern tones/intervals in his music, and his style of playing has let me open my mind up to more music.
Rodrigo y Gabriela. Let me set the scene. 2 Mexican thrash metal guitarists move to Ireland and play acoustic jazz/flamenco/metal fusion. There you go, ABSOLUTE FREAKS. Rodrigo is the point man, with the rapid licks and devious phrases. However, I feel that with a fair bit of practice, I could be his equal as he is full of advanced techniques. However, Gabriela scares me. With that sexy Mexican accent and her EVIL EVIL EVIL staccato triplet strums and right hand techniques, she makes me look like a bloody emo punk rocker in comparison. I want to buy their new CD and see these two live.
Kaki King - 'Nuff said.
Justin King - I've already explained!
Ahh, so many great guitarists out there making awesome music. Makes me wonder why the music scene lately is so dull. But it'll pick up, just wait for the other and I (and that's a guarantee)! Have a nice day folks.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Curvature
The work has been absolutely insane lately. Let me break it down for you. On Thursday I stayed up till 7am finishing something. Then I slept for 3 hours, until I woke up to hand it in. Then I came home and slept until 7:30pm, classy.
At the end of this week I will receive a take home exam. The week after I have a 2k word academic report due. That same week I have a speech to give to class (that one is all written up at least). The week after that I have a journal to hand in. Then two exams in a short space of time, hooray! There's just way too much assessment at university I tell you.
After some return to near-normalcy you can expect some better posts! Have a nice day folks.
At the end of this week I will receive a take home exam. The week after I have a 2k word academic report due. That same week I have a speech to give to class (that one is all written up at least). The week after that I have a journal to hand in. Then two exams in a short space of time, hooray! There's just way too much assessment at university I tell you.
After some return to near-normalcy you can expect some better posts! Have a nice day folks.
Friday, May 05, 2006
It Was Like That After I Got Here, I Swear
I apologise profusely for the lack of updates but it has been assessment madness south central at uni. I've had 1.5 pieces of assessment due for the last 2 weeks and it will continue till the end of semester. The last 4 days have been crazy, with post 5am sleep times and working a good 7 hours a day on essays and the like. However the heavy stuff is behind me so you can get used to some of the good stuff coming your way soon.
My external HD is almost full and I'm running out of DVD's, so I think I'm going to buy a 300 gig External and throw absolutely EVERYTHING I have on there so I can rest easy (and not have to syphon through all my damned burned DVD's for movies). It SHOULD last me a while, considering my old one was a paltry 80 gig and it lasted a respectable amount of time. I might have to buy a USB 2.0 controller, because my DVD burner on the old comp is only a 1.1 so it takes a good 45 mins to burn a DVD which is not cool!
I suspect the other may be dead, as I have not talked to him in a loooooong time! Hopefully the other shall blog soon. The last essay I handed in I think was a little dodgy, but let's see how that goes...Anyway, you know how it's been with my life, so there's really not much more to add. Have a nice day folks!
My external HD is almost full and I'm running out of DVD's, so I think I'm going to buy a 300 gig External and throw absolutely EVERYTHING I have on there so I can rest easy (and not have to syphon through all my damned burned DVD's for movies). It SHOULD last me a while, considering my old one was a paltry 80 gig and it lasted a respectable amount of time. I might have to buy a USB 2.0 controller, because my DVD burner on the old comp is only a 1.1 so it takes a good 45 mins to burn a DVD which is not cool!
I suspect the other may be dead, as I have not talked to him in a loooooong time! Hopefully the other shall blog soon. The last essay I handed in I think was a little dodgy, but let's see how that goes...Anyway, you know how it's been with my life, so there's really not much more to add. Have a nice day folks!
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