After a week and a half with Reason 3.0 at my disposal, I've pretty much completed a song. I don't have a microphone yet, so assume that melodic, treble sound to be a voice .. one day.
Here it is!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Sunday, March 12, 2006
New Developments
I'd just like to make a note of some of the new things that are happening these days, for the sole purpose of having a record of when they happened:
1. My second job (or rather, my first job working with kids) begins again in earnest this week! Fucking FANTASTIC! Now that I have two jobs I can stop being so poor.
2. Once again, I dyed my hair.
3. After much procrastination, I finally "acquired" and installed a music sequencing program, in this case, I got Propellerhead Reason 3.0. God only knows why I was so lazy to get into it, as creating music is for me one of the most satisfying feelings in life. Who knows, if I make a song that I can confidently believe is not bad, I may post it. But not yet. Haha.
4. A friend of mine has moved into my house for 3 weeks, breaking up the monotony of living here by myself. I just wish he'd stop flashing his arse! :|
5. Not that I'm particularly interested in sport, but last night Australia was playing South Africa in the final of the 5-game one-day series. Australia batted first, getting a World Record of 434 runs in 50 overs - a phenomenal score that beats the old record of 398. There was surely no chance that South Africa would get even close. But lo and behold, they start smashing balls all over the place, and got to 435 with one ball left in the game! This is unheard of!!! We held the world record for a total of ONE innings! I don't really care much about sport but that is by far the most exciting game of cricket I've ever seen.
6. Finally, my isp (iinet) has upgraded my connection to "up to 24,000kbps" with 20gb of downloads. That, plus the cost of the line rental (the 'bundled' deal) only sets me back $83 a month. Not bad at all.
1. My second job (or rather, my first job working with kids) begins again in earnest this week! Fucking FANTASTIC! Now that I have two jobs I can stop being so poor.
2. Once again, I dyed my hair.
3. After much procrastination, I finally "acquired" and installed a music sequencing program, in this case, I got Propellerhead Reason 3.0. God only knows why I was so lazy to get into it, as creating music is for me one of the most satisfying feelings in life. Who knows, if I make a song that I can confidently believe is not bad, I may post it. But not yet. Haha.
4. A friend of mine has moved into my house for 3 weeks, breaking up the monotony of living here by myself. I just wish he'd stop flashing his arse! :|
5. Not that I'm particularly interested in sport, but last night Australia was playing South Africa in the final of the 5-game one-day series. Australia batted first, getting a World Record of 434 runs in 50 overs - a phenomenal score that beats the old record of 398. There was surely no chance that South Africa would get even close. But lo and behold, they start smashing balls all over the place, and got to 435 with one ball left in the game! This is unheard of!!! We held the world record for a total of ONE innings! I don't really care much about sport but that is by far the most exciting game of cricket I've ever seen.
6. Finally, my isp (iinet) has upgraded my connection to "up to 24,000kbps" with 20gb of downloads. That, plus the cost of the line rental (the 'bundled' deal) only sets me back $83 a month. Not bad at all.
Friday, March 10, 2006
Just another reason not to be a Muslim...
What the hell is going on here?
Cutting their heads to show their faith or something? Seriously, I'm all for freedom of religion but anyone who does that is just fucking stupid.
Cutting their heads to show their faith or something? Seriously, I'm all for freedom of religion but anyone who does that is just fucking stupid.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
New trend in girls' clothes
What is with this annoying trend these days for girls to wear short shorts and BIG SUNGLASSES that make them look like blowflies?
According to a friend of mine, it began further north, in Queensland or something, and then has spread everywhere. There are two big problems with this stupid trend:
1. Shorts, despite tightly gripping the buttocks and looking quite nice on girls with an ass smaller than two oversized watermelons fighting in a pair of pants, make it exceptionally difficult to take ninjashots.
2. Those stupid glasses are so old fashioned and they make girls look like flies. Have you ever thought that maybe they are wearing such big glasses to cover up their ugly faces? While they're all wearing sunglasses, you can hardly see the condition of their skin or the juxtapositioning of their features. Oh! What a handy disguise! Thank god there's yet another way to cover up your ugly mug! Why not try eating better or not getting absolutely maggots drunk every night and your skin on your face might look a bit nicer.
It might be alright if only a few girls were wearing the same outfit - it's just that lately it's gotten to plague proportions to the extent that I can't tell the difference between one girl and another except by the colours they have chosen.
It's amazing, actually. I'll try and get a photo of it one day.
According to a friend of mine, it began further north, in Queensland or something, and then has spread everywhere. There are two big problems with this stupid trend:
1. Shorts, despite tightly gripping the buttocks and looking quite nice on girls with an ass smaller than two oversized watermelons fighting in a pair of pants, make it exceptionally difficult to take ninjashots.
2. Those stupid glasses are so old fashioned and they make girls look like flies. Have you ever thought that maybe they are wearing such big glasses to cover up their ugly faces? While they're all wearing sunglasses, you can hardly see the condition of their skin or the juxtapositioning of their features. Oh! What a handy disguise! Thank god there's yet another way to cover up your ugly mug! Why not try eating better or not getting absolutely maggots drunk every night and your skin on your face might look a bit nicer.
It might be alright if only a few girls were wearing the same outfit - it's just that lately it's gotten to plague proportions to the extent that I can't tell the difference between one girl and another except by the colours they have chosen.
It's amazing, actually. I'll try and get a photo of it one day.
Parking in town...
... is a fucking joke!! $8 for 4 hours. How are people supposed to go to work in town when it is so ludicrously overpriced? I mean, it's not really THAT much compared with Sydney or other places, but to go to work every day and pay $8 when you're only working for 4 hours is super annoying.
The answer: public transport. As much as I hate it (the derros, the small seats etc.), the $2.60 return trip shits all over the inconvenience of having to find a park, then pay $8 + petrol expenses for it.
So here's a big GET STUFFED to the assholes who make it so prohibitively expensive.
The answer: public transport. As much as I hate it (the derros, the small seats etc.), the $2.60 return trip shits all over the inconvenience of having to find a park, then pay $8 + petrol expenses for it.
So here's a big GET STUFFED to the assholes who make it so prohibitively expensive.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Why do FM104.7 listeners love fireworks SO much?
I went to Canberra's yearly fireworks show, 'Skyfire' tonight. Sponsored, like its equivalents in other cities (well, Adelaide at least) by FM 104.7, that simple "appeal-to-the-lowest-common-denominator-yet-everybody's-favourite" radio station. Ok, i'll listen to it a bit and watch their fireworks. Hey, it's free, and who doesn't love fireworks?
(pathetically, that was the only photo I got)
Ok, it was cool anyway. Afterwards on the drive back into the city, 104.7 was having all these 'post-skyfire' interviews. "What did you think?" they would ask people. The weird thing was that people were actually saying that it was 'very emotional', and "when that song came on and the fireworks went off, I had tears in my eyes!"
What the hell is with that? It was fireworks. I don't get how they make you cry. Someone explain this to me please.
(pathetically, that was the only photo I got)
Ok, it was cool anyway. Afterwards on the drive back into the city, 104.7 was having all these 'post-skyfire' interviews. "What did you think?" they would ask people. The weird thing was that people were actually saying that it was 'very emotional', and "when that song came on and the fireworks went off, I had tears in my eyes!"
What the hell is with that? It was fireworks. I don't get how they make you cry. Someone explain this to me please.
New Look
As you can see I have changed the template of my blog. I was just beginning to feel that the dark background wasn't adequately reflective of how i'm feeling at the moment! Hopefully the brighter background will rekindle my spirit of blog-posting, which has as its innate requirement a life that is sufficiently exciting to write about.
Basically, this is an easy way for me to 'start afresh' and who knows... maybe THIS time something will come good out of it!
Meanwhile, here's a picture with a small thumbnail.
"meow!!"
Basically, this is an easy way for me to 'start afresh' and who knows... maybe THIS time something will come good out of it!
Meanwhile, here's a picture with a small thumbnail.
"meow!!"
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