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Fernando Vicente

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:47 -0500

Fernando Vicente

Songs that are guaranteed to put me in a good mood, no. 4: Jay...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:43:00 -0500

Songs that are guaranteed to put me in a good mood, no. 4:

Jay Z vs Nena - 99 Luft Problems

Never ever fails to make me laugh!

Zoë Saldaña

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:33:56 -0500

Zoë Saldaña

Hey JB i know you love stickers and all but your sticky residues are making my cds unappealing.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:11:02 -0500

heuteund:

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This. This kills me on the inside.

"The Federal Government has agreed to allow gay couples in the ACT to hold legally binding civil..."

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:37:11 -0500

“The Federal Government has agreed to allow gay couples in the ACT to hold legally binding civil partnership ceremonies.”

- Commonwealth accepts gay ceremonies - ABC News

Fuck yes!

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clembastow: Nancy Adams “Love” (from Disney’s Robin Hood / The...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:24:46 -0500

clembastow:

Nancy Adams “Love” (from Disney’s Robin Hood / The Fantastic Mr Fox)

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Two things about this song:

When I was about seven, I saw Robin Hood and was bewitched. I started drawing pretty “foxy ladies” (as my family called them), inspired by Maid Marian. Specifically, this song - and the moment Robin slips a lotus flower/firefly ring on Marian’s finger - seemed to encapsulate everything I didn’t quite understand about grownup romance but desperately wanted to know.

When I was 26, I put this on a mix-CD for a man I thought I was going to marry. From the age of 16, mix-tapes and later mix-CDs became an art I specialised in; they formed a romantic narrative for a romance that, in most cases, hadn’t happened yet. I kept a stack of bridal magazines under my bed (like porn!) and was convinced that what would make me happy would be to find a man who was as romantic as I was; then I thought I had met one. I had no real reason to believe it wouldn’t work out, until we got engaged and then everything started to plummet downhill. I was told not to talk back, not to raise my voice, to do the dishes, not to accidentally throw out anything that could be recycled. A year of deep sadness culminated in being told I “couldn’t” travel to America without him. I traveled to America without him.

Yesterday, thinking of the special effects makeup course I will do next year (in America), I thought of those foxy ladies and how I should see if I can still draw them; maybe they could form the basis of a character prosthetic. Yesterday, listening to iTunes on Shuffle, songs kept popping up that were infused with the regret of having associations with the various mix-CDs I’d made for men who didn’t deserve them, or just weren’t right for them, but either way, men whose DNA was now intertwined with songs I’d arranged in little stories, just for them.

I will draw those foxy ladies again. I will never make another mix-CD for a man.

Kingdom Of Style

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:08:18 -0500

Kingdom Of Style

thommo: Oh you must see frost nixon if you havent already as well. Its a great film yeah...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:53:38 -0500

thommo:

Oh you must see frost nixon if you havent already as well. Its a great film

yeah i’ve been meaning to for ages… admittedly mostly because i love sam rockwell, but still! haha. i will get on that ASAP. also have to see moon, sadly missed it when it was at the movies!

thommo: Just finished watching. Crazy times alright, but i really loved it! Have district 9 to...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:37:00 -0500

thommo:

Just finished watching.

Crazy times alright, but i really loved it!

Have district 9 to watch while down the coast as well. everyone raves about it

awesome, i really loved it too. haven’t seen district 9 but i hear its pretty rad. let me know how that goes….

thommo: what are some good movies that have been released in the last 6 months that i ahve probably...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:32:25 -0500

thommo:

what are some good movies that have been released in the last 6 months that i ahve probably missed. the last time i went to the movies was in germany to see harry potter the day it was released

comedy - ‘the hangover’, pixar happy fun times - ‘up’ (i LOVED this), tarantino crazy times - ‘inglourious basterds’.

heuteund:indiescribe:craig:litter: Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk...

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:48:11 -0500

heuteund:indiescribe:craig:litter:

Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk to Fuck

YES.

Australia's first legally binding civil partnership ceremony has been held in Canberra.

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:18:24 -0500

Australia's first legally binding civil partnership ceremony has been held in Canberra.:

imjustlikeme:

The Legislative Assembly passed a Greens bill earlier this month allowing gay couples to recognise their relationship with a legal ceremony.

Warren McGaw and Chris Rumble - who have been together for nearly 20 years - celebrated their civil partnership at the Old Parliament House rose gardens this afternoon.

They say they are excited to be the first couple to take advantage of the legislation.

“We thought we’d take this opportunity not only for gay couples Australia wide … but just for human rights,” Mr McGaw said.

heuteund:hartleymanages:disposableoutcome: Nirvana - Bleach...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:54:51 -0500

heuteund:hartleymanages:disposableoutcome:

Nirvana - Bleach [Reissue] - Sub Pop

albertinho: It doesn’t snow in Australia. But it can get...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:58:54 -0500

albertinho:

It doesn’t snow in Australia. But it can get horribly cold. Sucks to be us.

Snows in Canberra sometimes. Also lots in the mountains. They had pretty good snow this year, I believe.

All the same, this comic, lol, etc.

honestground (via yyellowbird)

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:14:43 -0500

honestground (via yyellowbird)

Coma victim actually conscious for 23 years - ABC News

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:08:36 -0500

Coma victim actually conscious for 23 years - ABC News:

A Belgian man thought to have been in a coma for 23 years has told of his “second birth” after doctors realised he was in fact conscious, a German weekly reports.

Medical staff believed Rom Houben had been left in a vegetative state by a serious car accident, but he was simply paralysed and unable to communicate.

The former engineering student and martial arts enthusiast, now 46, told Der Spiegel that he meditated to pass the long years trapped in his own body.

Mr Houben’s true condition was discovered following new tests at the University of Liege, in eastern Belgium, which found that his brain was still functioning.

Using a specially adapted computer to type messages, Mr Houben has been able to describe the ordeal he endured for more than two decades.

“I cried out, but no-one heard me,” he said.

“I will never forget the day they discovered me - it was my second birth.”

Oh my god. I have nightmares about things like this.

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Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:41:38 -0500

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thao: Dear Tegan and everybody, I met a boy from Norway...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:53:55 -0500

thao:

Dear Tegan and everybody,

I met a boy from Norway tonight. We got to talking and I made him write on my hand all the places you should go to live/study/whatever (instead of visiting me :() when you’re over there. He is also on exchange but lives in Stavanger. You probably already know this but y’know, FYI.

Love, Thao.

I would like to add Kirkenes and Oppdal to this list. Also, for tourism/beauty/kicks go on the Hurtigruten.

(via my flickr) Seaweed at sunset.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:51:48 -0500

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Seaweed at sunset.

(via my flickr) So I finally got around to uploading some of the...

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:50:00 -0500

(via my flickr)

So I finally got around to uploading some of the photos I took on my holiday in Norway. Kind of sad that I was there for a month and only took 13 photos that I’m happy sharing, but such is life.

Click through to see this one full size, and the others in my Norway set, if you’re interested. :)