My mouth is the blackboard

moderate_impact @ 2008-06-14T10:59:00

2008-06-14T00:59:46Z

holy shit! better make a post, it's been over four months!

moderate_impact @ 2008-02-16T09:27:00

2008-02-15T23:28:28Z

so after three weeks in plaster i unveiled my thumb to the bright lides of canberra last night. and i still can barely move it...i don't wanna have to make a doctor's appointment to check that its all ok...how long are dislocated thumbs meant to take to heal properly? anyone?

moderate_impact @ 2008-01-12T14:28:00

2008-01-12T04:34:50Z

christmas was pretty decent, got quite drunk and was all holly and jolly and the like. friends engagement parties and the like also quite decent. for christmas i got the american psycho book from my brother's fiance, so he's chosen well there. finished reading the book, and it god damn rules. my favourite chapter/segment/whatever: 'Confronted by Faggot'. What made that even better was the next chapter/segment/whatever was titled something like 'Murdered Kid at Zoo'. What's not to love?

so i'm currently in the process of packing up all my junk to move to our too hot/too cold nation's capital and all i wanna do is go bowling. so in a bit, im going bowling. but first i gotta go to garden city and trade my new shoes for a smaller pair of the same shoes :( it seems my feet haven't even grown since i last bought a pair of shoes (probably years ago...) how appalling. and completely surprising.

Most Brilliant Thing Ever

2007-11-21T12:30:33Z

moderate_impact @ 2007-11-02T15:17:00

2007-11-02T05:19:51Z

Seeing Death Proof at a Drive-In on Wednesday taught me some new things and reminded of some old things. New thing: drive-ins fucking rule, old thing: Tarantino fucking rules. That's basically it.

moderate_impact @ 2007-10-26T19:41:00

2007-10-26T09:50:24Z

on wednesday night i saw grinderman/nick cave, only did i really? it's like the riddle about a tree falling in the woods. if a craig gets his drink spiked and loses his entire memory, did grinderman really make a sound? i'm guessing so, but it makes ya think...

so anyway, got my money stolen, lost the shirt i was wearing and, luckily, left my phone in the cab, so the cabbie could give me some details when he brought it back for me the next day. seems he had to grab my driver's licence to find out where "home" was, because i was unable to elaborate. shirtless and out of my mind, i payed the cabbie $4.30 of the $35 fare. i have absolutely no memory of anything beyond finishing my second beer (which i had left on the ground next to me while i drank my first) and seeing the very beginning of the show. this was around 8.45pm? and i got home according to parents at 1:30am. somewhere in between i lost all my money, picked up a random assortment of bruises and aches n pains and lost my shirt. so if you saw some shirtless mad hatter staggering about the valley at midnight on wednesday, you'll have to excuse his behaviour...he wasn't quite myself.

moderate_impact @ 2007-08-20T13:51:00

2007-08-20T03:55:36Z

birthday on saturday. bowlin, boozin...planned to see die hard, but time escaped. finishin up at publisher in a few weeks. movin to canberra next year. gamblin in between. the stone keeps a-rollin'.

Dismay

2007-07-15T11:35:49Z

Holy shit! The Boozed have finally made public their video clip for St Boozehound's Day!

http://www.myspace.com/ninethofthenineth

hangovers

2007-07-08T08:13:23Z

i haven't been that drunk in well over a year...holy god damn i'm hungover.

moderate_impact @ 2007-06-16T11:07:00

2007-06-16T01:21:21Z

Why does the phrase "Oh, I'm ok thanks. Just lookin" confuse girls who work in shoe stores so much? I woulda thought the only reasonable reply to that phrase would be something like "Ok", or "Cool", or "No worries", or, if they really want to push it, "No worries, but if you need me, I'll just be over there." What is a totally unacceptable reply as far as I'm concerned is "Ok...so what are you looking for today?" followed by a blank stare.

Girls of shoe/clothing stores everywhere, if I want your help I'll ask. Chances are I'll never ask, cause I'll never want your help. I don't wanna hear about what brand names the kids today like, I don't wanna hear about what shoes your brother wore to his job interview. I want you to fuck off and leave me alone. This is why I hate shopping. Even when they're not talking crap, they perch themselves just over your shoulder waiting for the chance...Pick up a shoe and they just fucking start again...Example:

*Craig picks up shoe*
"ohh yes, that is a nice shoe"
*Craig tries to hide annoyance at annoying bitch* "yeah. it seems ok."
"blah blah blah that's a good price blah blah"
"yeah. it seems a little...big"
*girl rolls eyes* "Shoes come in different sizes"
*Craig does well to conceal rage* "Uh..yeah..I mean..the shoe..is big..bulky..heavy...I don't like this shoe."

So girl grabs other shoes to 'talk me through'. I'm not buying a car, I'm buying a fucking shoe. Well, I guess I'm buying two of them.

This happens at every single fucking store you walk into. I guess that's why online shopping is so popular.

moderate_impact @ 2007-05-02T21:53:00

2007-05-02T11:59:25Z

I'm feelin totally irked this evening. I'm kinda sick of shit. Ahh well. It was a pretty decent day at work I guess. Good progress makin, skill developin, so on, so forth.

I think I might watch Sin City, fuck that "and my mits!" bit rules.

Errant Package

2007-04-26T11:05:10Z

So last week a simple knock at the door brought with it magic and wonder the likes of which have never been seen. It was a Fed Ex package. A Fed Ex package addressed to me. Intrigue. I opened said package and therein lay a quite odd looking DVD, titled 'Joshua's Famous Step by Step Party Dances'. At first I wasn't interested, but the DVD case recommends viewing from ages 1 to 100. As I sit in this age bracket, I decided to look inside. There it was, a shiny CD with 'You Know What You Did' written above a little 'Q'. The design of the 'Q' was something familiar, something...from the past...

Turns out the CD contained a tune recorded by the Queens of the Stone Age for the upcoming album 'Era Vulgaris'. The song, a damn fine song I soon discovered, also features the talents of one Trent Reznor, of NIN fame, fortune etc. It also turns out the song won't actually be appearing on the new album, despite being recorded for it and really, being pretty damn good. So, without further rabbiting on, here's a link to where you can download it:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/his402

Now folks, the boys and girls at QOTSA Land only sent out like 50 of these little packages. One of them arrived at my doorstep. Sorry, but I just had to brag about that.

moderate_impact @ 2007-04-26T16:59:00

2007-04-26T07:08:09Z

Today I reported to my Jobseeker training as directed, as I have now been receiving partial (I DO work a little...)Newstart Allowance (dole) for the past three months. Halfway through the day I got up and left as their computers are junk and refused to load the webpage I needed to fill out my application for some Graduate Recruitment gig. I announced I was going home and walked out. Hard to the very core. Strutting down the road, feeling every bit the manliest of men, I saw the space where I had earlier that day parked my car was just that. A space. It was car park, sans car. Sans MY CAR. A few enquiries failed to turn up anything of note and, thus,it seems the reasonable conclusion that MY CAR GOT STOLEN. I shoulda told the police the items of value in my car were some Creedence tapes, a cassette player and a briefcase. But I didn't.

Fuck life's hard at 8 Mile.

moderate_impact @ 2007-04-07T16:12:00

2007-04-07T06:16:31Z

Thursday night I bowled a PB! 189! Shit yeah! Woo! FUCK! YEAH!

Overreactions aside, nice work me. Rest of the weekend I have spent/will continue to spend drinkin beer, watching football, gambling, getting stoned, swimming, park-cricketing, getting stoned, listening to Eagles of Death Metal - Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer cover). Doo doot dooo de dooooooo.

oh shit, there's also a cover of High Voltage Rock N' Roll on this CD.

moderate_impact @ 2007-03-26T16:59:00

2007-03-26T07:14:28Z

Well in the time since I last made a post here nothin much has happened really. Well, I saw Eagles of Death Metal, which was the first time I had been genuinely drunk in about 8 months, and quite enjoyed it. The Moustache sure does know to rock n' roll. It's hard not to be impressed by the manic nature of his grin as he goes about his business. Clearly loves to rock socks off, and does it well. Disappointed there was no 'Solid Gold' or 'Miss Alissa', but they made up for it I guess by playing a splendid cover of 'Brown Sugar'.

Other than that, the golfing and bowling continues, as does the work at Suncorp Stadium, the work at Interactive Publications (which is getting quite interesting), the gyming, and the online gambling. Other than all that...I watched Amelie for the first time in a very long time last night. It never fails really.

In the last week and a half I've read four manuscripts in full, one of them twice. No doubt there's worse ways to work away. The last one I read, which I didn't actually complete, was outstanding. I really wanna find some time at work this week to see how it ends. Well, it's set (kind of) in World War Two, so I guess I already do kinda know it ends...

Even though there will be no Pixies for me this week, I'm still a little excited...hmmmm...

I guess I can see a photo or two and hear tales of cool

the week in review

2007-03-02T09:51:57Z

went to the beach, went to the gym a bunch, had my first day as an assistant editor at IP, finished watching Oz, bought a bowling ball, named the bowling ball "Julie", 'I.B.S' won both their games of league bowling, played some golf, worked at suncorp stadium, declined the invitation to attend some XXXX Brewery function (held in conjunction with Suncorp Stadium), that's about it really. Grandad was admitted to hospital today and, according to dad, "doesn't look real fit," so I'll have to see how that pans out...

moderate_impact @ 2007-02-18T20:37:00

2007-02-18T10:48:43Z

In times recent I've began my involvement in a bowling league that, with the exception of myself and my teammate, is entirely middle-aged. That's ok I guess, I dunno what else I expected...So, 'I.B.S' kicked their season off with a narrow victory last week and will be hoping to build on this momentum come Tuesday night. In times recent I have also resumed work at Suncorp Stadium, which is good as I get just enough work to make it worthwhile, but not quite enough to make it impact on my Newstart Jobseeker Allowance. So, living at home without rent/food worries, I've been flush enough with funds to buy a bunch of dumb shit, like the Dumbo DVD, beach cricket gear, and a totally awesome framed Blues Brothers Revue poster. Also, in times recent, I have seen Eric Clapton perform live which, while possibly not the life-changing experience it may have been 30 years ago, was certainly a thrill.

Having just completed a day of golfing and just learned my friend's little brother, in my memory an excrutiating 13 year-old brat, has just moved into the college i once inhabited, it has also occurred to me in times recent that I am getting on. Although I may well have cancelled that effect out by yesterday watching, and thoroughly enjoying, my recently purchased Dumbo DVD. I also watched the original (and easily the best) Terminator film, in which Arnie is truly hard to his robotic core.

Jokes

2007-01-28T02:31:50Z

So, as we speak, I'm listening to a podcast of some UK interview with Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell, who recorded the quite decent album 'Ballad of the Broken Seas' together a while back. For some reason they've only just started touring and promoting it, but that's beside the point. The point actually is, this joke Mark tells the lovely Isobel at the end of the interview:

ML: Why did Jesus cross the road?
IC: err...i dunno.
ML: Well...cause the Romans were whipping him...and hitting him with rocks.
IC: aaahahahahaha...is that a real joke?
ML:...yeah, that's it.
IC: aaahhahahahahahahah.

This guy is so much cooler than all of you

2007-01-19T08:28:19Z

http://www.ifilm.com/video/2812952

moderate_impact @ 2007-01-17T14:07:00

2007-01-17T04:11:50Z

Beck - Nausea
Foo Fighters - Marigold (Acoustic Live)
Eagles Of Death Metal - I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)
Isobel Campbell/Mark Lanegan - Ramblin' Man
Red Paintings - Pickles
Saboteurs - Level
Sonic Youth - Incinerate
Wolf And Cub - This Mess
Yo La Tengo - Mr Tough
Panda Band - Musical Chairs

i voted for these songs in JJJ's Hottest 100 countdown for the year that was. Half of these songs I really like, the other half are by bands I like and I think I probably like. Meh, voting gives you a chance of winning...whatever the prize is.

It's stunning that I get to vote for Marigold in 2006 actually, considering it's been one of my favourite Nirvana/Dave Grohl songs for years...

moderate_impact @ 2007-01-15T13:13:00

2007-01-15T03:22:34Z

I have been 'officially' looking to find myself something that will somehow assist in my organisation of some sort of a career for myself someday for 2 days. The last 5 years I've just been hangin out, doin uni sometimes, drinkin others. I officially started 2 days ago. So far I have got myself a reference from the Writing, Editing and Publishing Coordinator at UQ, a meeting with a publisher in Carindale tomorrow with a view to a possible internship, a respectable portfolio of writing (which, to be fair, was not all done in the last 2 days), a pretty decent application package (CV, written thingy addressing standard criteria etc.), and three jobs to apply for. And sometime this week I must also go into Centrelink and formalise my Newstart Allowance, before the weekend brings a return to work as a Supervisor at Suncorp Stadium.

And all this done after a week at the beach.

Oh! I finished Medal of Honor (sic) finally as well. And unlocked some new character who wears a hood as he bowls on Blackmarket Bowling. And scored 169 at actual bowling last night. All the while I have had one song stuck in my head...

What a wonderfuuuul world

2006: A strange, shitty little year

2007-01-05T06:08:18Z

I don't have much to say about 2006 as I lived it; in fact, the less said about the past 12 months the better. I haven't had a great time of it and would rather happy for the year to be over if it wasn't for one indisputable fact: 2006 is, like 2007, just a number on the top of a page. The concerns and dramas that plagued me throughout 2006 did not disappear when December turned into January, just as they did not disappear when February turned into March, or August into September. 2006 forced on me many frustrations, disappiontments and anxieties that I was forced to cope with as best I could. For me, in the main, this meant trying to find enjoyment in things I had previously taken for granted, such as light-hearted morning conversation with a housemate I didn't loathe, and a good movie, book or cd. Bowling became the recreational activity of choice and video games came to occupy an even greater portion of my day. I guess the big positive about the different number on the top of the page provides is a chance to reflect, and a chance to look on the bright side. I am a very different person to what I was 12-18 months ago, I have different motivations, different intentions and different desires. I spend my time doing different things and I have different values. Circumstances, which just so happened to occur with the boundaries set by 2006, have led to these changes and, to be honest, I think things may have turned out for the best. Well, at least I hope they may yet turn out for the best. I think things will. 2006 was a shit of a year, but it's over now and, with a little luck, things will be much brighter in 2007.

moderate_impact @ 2007-01-01T21:21:00

2007-01-01T11:21:19Z

Today...feels pretty much the same as yesterday

The Graduate

2006-12-09T08:14:26Z

Look at those proud parents, ready to direct me to the nearest Centrelink.

err

2006-11-14T23:22:36Z

So this song has been stuck in my head for the last two days and I'm readying myself to go killing.

Or maybe bowling.