splendour in the grass

two words ... SNOW PATROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Snow Patrol, and I used to be really obsessive, I must have listened to their albums 50 times over

Who else?

The Grates!

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE! ... I sorta wish he had brought along his Postal Service buddy too though.

Augie March!

The Avalanches!

Youth Group!

Wolfmother!

SCISSOR SISTERS! I love these guys SO much "... if music is the victim, then so am I"

THE PRESETS! I've seen these guys perform live so many times, but it never tires :)

... and many more i'm less excited about, but still thrilled to see.

So, who is coming? Open invitation :)

it's getting to be a bit too much ...

Should I quit TAFE?

Pros:

More time for uni assignments and volunteer tv/film stuff

I don't have to do seven assignments ON TOP of my uni work, come weeks 13 & 14.

The work is fairly general, and it's hard to pay attention in class. i.e.: I don't care how we write learning objectives.

Cons:

The money, which won't be refunded. However, I'm going to ring the admin office up, ask if I can keep the credit points from the subjects I've completed, and perhaps do the same course in 2 years, without having to repeat those subjects.

I usually like to finish what I start.

I won't have a qualification in Business Management by the time I graduate and start looking for a job!

bad movie day

Yesterday was fun, and relaxing. I swear, this holidays, I've just been spending time with my friends and letting work slowly accumulate. I saw all my high school friends, and we spent the day at Laura's, eating, watching bad movies, and more eating!

We kicked the event off with House of Wax, just to see Paris Hilton die gruesomely. And, oh my gosh, gratuitous violence! I hate mutilation of all kinds, and when she sticks her fingers through the grate ... AAAAHHHH!



Incredibly, the only smart thing that was said throughout the entire movie was said by Paris, sarcastically commenting "Oh yeah, let's follow the smell", when Elisha Cuthbert's character decides to investigate it's source.

The characters were so stupid. They would always break and enter, and go into creepy, abandoned places.

They should have played up the good twin/evil twin bit, and made it into a plot twist. It was so b-grade (but still enough to scare me and Leana), and it was extremely amusing to see the director and producers talk the movie up in the special features.



Next up, we watched Gigli, and it took us about five minutes of the opening sequence for us to start fast-forwarding. Gosh, the dialogue and plot was horrible. It also looked like someone had stuck an old mop on Al Pacino's head. And yes, we did see the famed turkey line, and there was a collective cringe around the room! Ew, that was really bad.

I consumed an awful amount of food as well. I'm ashamed, very ashamed.

1 pizza slice

3 glasses of fruit juice

3 watermelon Extra lollies

2 chicken nuggets

2 glasses of water

3 triple choc temptation cookies

2 macadamia cookies

chicken salad

tuna pasta

popcorn

apero crisps

And next time on Bad Movie Day...Guy Ritchie's Swept Away! I hope this one has special features, I would like to see the fumbling justifications from the crew and cast.

and the holidays bring ... more procrastination!

I've started playing Kingdom Hearts (PS2) again. Anna has already called me a nerd.

Plus, to add to the procrastination, i've discovered the blog of Karen Cheng. And i'm ashamed to admit it, but her life makes me want to get married and have kids and have that Kmart catalogue lifestyle she has. Beautiful cute-as-a-button eurasian babies with blue eyes! Although I've always had a penchant for Asian boys, so I may have to settle for good ol' brown eyes.

Ok, now i'm starting to scare myself.

Sigur Ros @ the Enmore

Truly amazing.

No words. No, actually where do I start? The vocals was absolutely beautiful, although he looked like he about to cry with every note.

We were right up the centre, front, just behind the people leaning against the barriers, and we got an incredibly good view. Check out Soph's photos.

I could not believe that the show went on for two hours, although my feet started to feel it after a while. It was over so quickly! (That's how you know it was good)

Sam souvenired a guitar pick from the stage, which i'm insanely jealous about. I'm sitting here, typing in my Sigur Ros t-shirt ...

Insert contented sigh here.

DJs

Just offered me my old job. And I had to turn them down. In effect, i'm turning $$$ down.

I could almost cry.

Why did I turn them down? Uni, tafe, tv producing, film post-producing (with the possibility of some reshoot, so it may turn into production management, which I'm trying to avoid at all costs because there just isn't enough time when semester kicks in again) Sigh.

Ross Noble @ the Enmore

"It's a bit like catching a bus to WrongTown, getting out, looking around, and going 'oooh, that's not right'"

That's Ross Noble's comedy in a sentence. He was lovely though, and very engaging for the two hour one-man show. Some highlights:

Laden-down ladies

Wollongong

The menu board at Red Rooster

Hippos that get attacked by javelins

Alex Lloyd and horses

Bono!

Ross Noble censored by the ABC on Spicks and Specks

The woman in the audience who worked at a bondage and discipline house

100th post!

Ok, so I finished my crazy assignment week to be hit with our first TV shoot for 'News Review' (TVS) on Sunday!

One thing that i'm disappointed about is that for our episode on RU486, we don't have the pro-life perspective (as yet! Saturday could bring some hope). It seems like i've contacted a LOT of Christian groups, and although they have been polite, wonderful and helpful:
(a)They are usually busy on a Sunday.
(b)It's way too short notice.

And another thing, for my uni production subject, Film & Video Production, I was allocated the crew role of clapper loader/focus puller for the Election shoot! I'm one of those people who are just naturally clumsy, and I would kill myself if as clapper loader (person who loads the film into the camera) I suddenly went 'whoops, sorry I just exposed the film to light!'. Not to mention everyone would be on the brink of killing me themselves. So, i'm a little apprehensive.

But for the Maltese Falcon shoot I got Production Manager/1st AD, which i'm ecstatic about, as it was my first preference!

Happy 100th post!

slightly overworked

I collapsed on set yesterday.

I had a fever the night before, which I guess was brought on by having just a little bit too much on my plate recently. This week it's been 8 assigments in 8 days (Uni & TAFE), and also we're shooting the pilot for the TV show next week.

So, I was directing a short scene for a Film & Video Drama assignment, and I was working out camera movements. And from this point on, I rely on what Stef says happened, cause it's a bit of a blank for me.

Apparently, I suddenly turned really white, and I was looking at Stef, but in such a way that it seemed as though I couldn't see her. She asked whether I needed to take a break, I said yes, and walked out of the room. Once out of the room, I was stumbling like I was drunk, and Stef was helping to support me. She opened the door to the female toilets, my eyes glazed over, and then I collapsed.

Here you can insert a FADE TO BLACK.

Now, I remember opening my eyes to see Stef, but she wasn't very clear. There were little bright spots dancing in front of my eyes. She called the others to come help, and Oyvind gave me some water. The water helped incredibly.

Then, it was back to directing my scene! My actors were incredibly nice about it, as were all of my crew Stef, Oyvind and Arki.

And I went home and rested, doped up on Panadol, and i'm feeling better, although still not very clear-headed. But yes, I still feel like a moron. Sorry guys.