M-Town

M-Town, also known as Melbourne.

I shall be venturing to M-Town tonight and I am very excited to do so! Catching the red eye flight which shall be interesting, not sure if I will sleep or not. Not such a good sleeper in public places or where there is any movement or noise so the plane is not somewhere where I tend to nap. But flying with Qantas, so inflight movies, bevies and food shall be coming my way!
So very excited to explore Melbourne and to see old friends; and to get away from this random perth weather.
I have saved up enough money so that I can blow it all on food, clothes, alcohol and other substances so I am basically set for the next 9 days. Also going to do my christmas shopping while in Melbs I figure its killing two birds with one stone. I know if I dont do my x-mas shopping in M-Town I will get back to Perth and struggle with our limited amount of shops and ranges of clothing (compared to M-town)

pictures. 15-11-09

Lupe Fiasco

'I love the lord

But sometimes its like that I love me more,

I love the peace

And I love the war.

I love the seas

And I love the shore

No love for no beach

Baby, thats loyal.'

pictures. 13-11-2009

the best.

lets not waste a minute more

Life is so hectic for me at the moment, I feel as if I'm skimming over everything at high speed not taking in any particular moment; taking moments for granted. I guess it is because the year is wrapping up now and the people around me are gearing into preperations for 2010. Today I did have a moment of relaxation before work, I walked across to the park where I sit on my lunch breaks and rolled a smoke. A man had obviously decided to use a small space in Fremantle's cultured atmosphere to create a painting on canvas. His painting was full of sweeping blue's, whites; all mixed together in straight yet blurry lines. He had used thickener to create depth and movement in the painting. As I sat watching him paint I became more interested in watching the people walking past and seeing who actually stopped to have a look and to create their own perspective on this busy piece of artwork. I felt as though the people who actually stopped for one moment to look at the painting were alot different to those who simply didn't seem to have the time, or just didn't notice. Even though some people may have been on their way to their own respective appointments and meetings there was a definite split between the groups who would stop and watch the paint hit the canvas ; to those who would merely walk on by; oblivious. It was strange to see people missing out on such a nice little moment I felt like stopping them and getting them to focus their attention on the painting. Now thinking back on it I want to make a mental note to myself to always try and keep in touch with what is going on around me so that I don't miss small moments in my everyday life. I have been so busy that I have forgotten to just stop and take a deep breathe in and exhale all my stresses and to remember that there is bigger and better things in the world and it isn't always worth it for me to become consumed in this western society. After watching the man paint, and watching the people watching the man paint I realised that I had been sitting on the bench for too long and was consequently late to work; so up I got and off to work I went. Straight back into the fast flow of life.

compliments

We sit and we sigh
And nothing gets done
So right, so clued-up
We just get old

And all the while
Been torn asunder

Nicotine
And bacteria

What are we coming to
What are we gonna do

Jay Z

Shawn Corey Carter (Born 4-12-1970), better known by his stage name Jay Z is a highly successful and original hip hop artist and businessman. Jay Z has been reported to having a net worth of over $150 Million.

According to his mother, Gloria Carter, a young Jay Z would wake his siblings up in the middle of the night as he banged our drum patterns on the kitchen table. It is easy to see that Jay Z has been passionate about his music since he was a young boy; growing up in the notorious Brooklyn, New York.

With a long list of studio albums, Jay Z has learnt to mould his sense of being into his music and to express it to many of his appreciative audiances.

• Reasonable Doubt (1996)
• In My Lifetime, Vol 1 (1997)
• Vol 2, Hard Knock Life (1998)
• Vol 3, Hard Times of S. Carter (1999)
• The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)
• The Blueprint (2001)
• The Blueprint 2 The Gift and The Curse (2002)
• The Black Album (2003)
• Kingdom Come (2006)
• American Gangster (2007)
• The Blueprint 3 (2009)

Some new words from the Macquarie Dictionary

Article taken from The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/national/some-new-words-from-the-macquarie-dictionary-20091027-hhwa.html

Bestie: 1. (noun) A best friend. 2. (phrase) To form a close relationship with.

Car crash TV: (noun) A television program that is simultaneously absorbing and repulsive for the viewer.

Ecocentrism: (noun) A philosophy based on the idea that the ecosphere is more central to life than any particular organism, and that human activity, whether it is community or individual activity, must base its morality on this recognition.

Eco house: (noun) A house designed to be environmentally friendly, as by being efficient in the use of energy and minimising any damaging impact on natural surroundings.

Ecolabel: (noun) A label for goods or services which gives standardised information with regard to claims for environmental friendliness, thus assisting consumers to make choices based on environmental consideration.

Helicopter parenting: (noun) A style of child rearing in which parents are excessively attentive to and involved in the lives of their children (from the notion that the parents are always hovering overhead).

Mouth grills: (noun) A cosmetic dental device worn over the teeth, usually made from a precious metal or ornamented as jewellery. Also mouth grillz.

Ninja loan: (noun) A loan made with no consideration of the ability of the borrower to repay (an acronym formed from No Income, No Job, No Assets).

Saviour sibling: (noun) A child selected in embryo for genetic characteristics which can be of benefit to an existing brother or sister with an illness, especially for potentially curative stem cells to be used in medical treatments.

Skinny jeans: (plural noun) Tight-fitting jeans, usually made of stretch denim, with a small leg opening.

Random Pic's I took over the weekend

24-10-09

Got home at 3am, had a wonderful night out with friends. Up at 8 to get my dog washed clean by the mobile dog washer, I had planned in my head to go back to bed after that for a few more hours sleep but it hasnt turned out that way.

Today going into the city for dance rehersals for pride '09. I am completely shitting myself about it I have never done choreography before so its a whole new thing and the fact that im going to be performing infront of a fairly large croud of, to say the least, fairly artistic talentled people, is giving me butterflies just thinking about it.

Working tonight which means more dance but its free styling so its alot less stressful!!

Shop Layout Ideas

Brainstorming Ideas:

Fridge with door open for an accessories cabinet, inside would have down lights so that it was lit up and little posts to hang necklaces, earrings.

Fridge door would be open and on the open/inside part of the fridge door have shelving and boxes attatched to put scarves and larger accessories in.

Or could use fridge door as a sunglasses stand.

Soap holders on inside of fridge for holding accessories.

Driving Home

I was driving home from the city today and was bored so decided to take a few photos...just because I can.

Valerian Forte

'An unusual feature of valerian is that the essential oil of valerian root is a cat attractant similar to catnip. The active compound in valerian for this is actinidine. Cat attractants might mimic the odor of cat urine which is caused by 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol (MMB). Anecdotes state that valerian is also attractive to rats, so much so that it had been used to bait traps. Some versions of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin have him using valerian, as well as his pipes, to attract the rats'.

So by me taking this means that not only will I get a good nights sleep i'm hopefully going to be attractive to cats and rats.

H2O

Top Deck

IGA

Just need to have a little whinge about the IGA closest to my house.
Im not sure about anyone else who is an IGA customer, but I for one, thought that the whole thing with IGA's is that they are open 7 days a week and have longer trading hours than the bigger food chains (Woolworths, Coles etc).
But no.
Apparently the IGA closest to my house isn't too keen on the whole extended trading so it closes at 5.30 most days. What is that all about?
The closest IGA that is open till 8pm, is 4 suburbs away from where I live which is rather annoying, especially when i'm just wanting to grab a quick bite for dinner and on route I have to pass Mc Donalds, KFC, Chicken Treat, Hungry Jacks, Curry in a Hurry...and many more, which then means that I make the hasty decision just to grab some fast food because its a whole lot easier and closer; rather than having a healthy home cooked meal. This situation is now contributing to the fatty mass that is developing around my hips and buttocks.

mixtape

Here are a few songs from my younger days that I still enjoy turning up on the old stereo.

• Please - Pete Murray
• Bartender (Feat Akon) - T-Pain
• 1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
• Love Stoned - Justin Timberlake
• Logan to Government Centre - Brand New
• Okay I Believe you, But my tommy gun doesn't - Brand New.
• Tatou - Brand New
• Signs - Snoop Dogg
• Jailbreak - Thin Lizzy
• How I go - Yellowcard
• Wait - Ying Yang Twins
• Til Kingdom Come - Coldplay
• What goes around comes around - Justin Timberlake
• Spitfire - The Prodigy
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Small mentions...
Brand New are one of my favourite bands! They are quite hardcore emo and their lyrics are filled with depressive negative messages which isnt really my thing but this band is just fucking sexy. 'im sinking like a stone in the sea, im burning like a bridge for your body'. Yellowcard are a band that I kind of just stumbled across in my highschool years, they had already made themselves in the music industry and had been around for a while when I discovered them. I really enjoyed the music and thought it was sweet that the lead singer often did duo's with his girlfriend, their voices go so well together in the music. The prodigy was introduced to me by my dad and I have never looked back!

fern gully

The Last Rainforest - 1992
Great movie from my childhood.

14-10-09

So it has been one whole month since I turned 20 and im really feeling my age today.
Maybe something to do with the lack of sleep and my current lack of sanity.