Wednesday, November 28, 2007
MMF.
Now that i have been confirmed for said music festival, I am actually starting to get a little sexcited. There are some ok bands to associate with! The Gossip, The Black Lips, Andrew W.K. Special Solo Performance, Art Brut, Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Crystal Castles, Dr Dog & Ned Collette Band. I can seen quite the intoxicated weekend ahead of me. despite entering Thursday night and not leaving until Monday.
Monday, November 26, 2007
Melancholic Days.
Oh today has been filled with feelings of despondency. A ridiculous amount of frivolous thoughts just overcame me all at once. GARGH! You know those moments in your life where you feel as if nothing seems to want to go right? I know I know, send the Prozac and beer my way ploise. A psychological confusion really. Along with all this I feel like a insomniac. Making it so very hard to converse, even more than normal. I just want to get back to party mode. I’m over this hibernation like state. APD it almost seems like. I’m sure a return to my old ways isn’t far away. Until then I shall just keep frustrating myself with the pitiable attempts at different things I want to do/the things I say.
Monday Night Survey.
1. Where were you at 3:02 AM this morning?
oh i had just turned the t.v. off from memory.
2. Who came up with your most frequently used nick name?
i'm not sure.
3. What song are you listening to right now?
Elliott Smith - St. Ides Heaven.
4. What color is your cell phone?
black and silver.
5. Do you click on pop-ups?
i do not get pop ups.
6. Where does your best friend live?
i do not prioritise my friends. but the majority of them live in melbourne or geelong.
7. What was the first thing you thought this morning?
oh dear. it is far too early.
8.??
yes.
9. What did you do last night?
video gaming. how incredibly pathetic of me.
10. Where'd you sleep last night?
my bed.
11. Does the future scare you?
not at all.
12. What's the last thing you had to eat?
some crazy chicken in pastry thing.
13. Who is the last person of the opposite sex that you hugged?
no idea really. weekend fun?
14. What was the last movie you watched?
shallow hal.
15. What/who do you dislike at the moment?
work.
16. What food are you craving?
none. i am so very full right now.
17. What did you dream last night?
oh a friend featured in it. after analysis of said dream i have decided i need to stop dreaming.
18. What's the last tv show you watched?
a current affair.
19. Name a person on your Top Friends who is most like you.
oh i have noooo idea. i'm unique, that is not necessarily a good thing.
20. Do you always lock your room door?
no. never.
21. Why are you best friends with your best friend?
*best friends. because they are decent & kind people
22. Do you like someone?
meh.
23.How many piercings/tattoos do you have?
3 piercings, 7 tattoos.
24. Where's your favorite place to be?
germany. *le sigh*.
25. Who's someone you haven't seen in a while and miss?
quite a few people actually. i have been lazy.
26. What was the last text you sent?
something about giving a friend a lift.
27. Do you care what people think about you?
not at all.
28. Have you ever done something to make trouble?
no. i'm usually the victim of trouble.
29. Where do you wish you were right now?
bed.
30. What is your font color on AIM/MSN?
black.
31. Where do you live?
lara.
32. Have you ever beat someone up?
oh no. why would i do that.
33. Do you like the person who posted this last?
oh she is ok.
34. Do you know their birthday?
no.
35. if you could go back and change something would you?
never.
36. What words do you say a lot?
oh dear, oh and said.
37. When did you last dress up?
not sure.
39. Do you like mustard?
hot english?
40. What do you tell yourself when times get hard?
hi tait.
41. Would you ever sky dive?
i'd love too.
42. What color is your pillowcase?
rainbow.
43. When did you last see your mom?
she is there.
44. Who was the last person you saw?
the shazz.
45. Do you enjoy giving hugs?
oh yeah. i'm mr. affection himself.
46. Name your friend you care about most?
again, i do not prioritise.
47. Did you ever think to yourself and wonder if you're really real?
i am not pinocchio (spelling?).
48.??
yes.
49. Does it annoy you when someone says they'll call but dont?
not at all. i figure they're busy.
50. Are you a jealous person?
no.
oh i had just turned the t.v. off from memory.
2. Who came up with your most frequently used nick name?
i'm not sure.
3. What song are you listening to right now?
Elliott Smith - St. Ides Heaven.
4. What color is your cell phone?
black and silver.
5. Do you click on pop-ups?
i do not get pop ups.
6. Where does your best friend live?
i do not prioritise my friends. but the majority of them live in melbourne or geelong.
7. What was the first thing you thought this morning?
oh dear. it is far too early.
8.??
yes.
9. What did you do last night?
video gaming. how incredibly pathetic of me.
10. Where'd you sleep last night?
my bed.
11. Does the future scare you?
not at all.
12. What's the last thing you had to eat?
some crazy chicken in pastry thing.
13. Who is the last person of the opposite sex that you hugged?
no idea really. weekend fun?
14. What was the last movie you watched?
shallow hal.
15. What/who do you dislike at the moment?
work.
16. What food are you craving?
none. i am so very full right now.
17. What did you dream last night?
oh a friend featured in it. after analysis of said dream i have decided i need to stop dreaming.
18. What's the last tv show you watched?
a current affair.
19. Name a person on your Top Friends who is most like you.
oh i have noooo idea. i'm unique, that is not necessarily a good thing.
20. Do you always lock your room door?
no. never.
21. Why are you best friends with your best friend?
*best friends. because they are decent & kind people
22. Do you like someone?
meh.
23.How many piercings/tattoos do you have?
3 piercings, 7 tattoos.
24. Where's your favorite place to be?
germany. *le sigh*.
25. Who's someone you haven't seen in a while and miss?
quite a few people actually. i have been lazy.
26. What was the last text you sent?
something about giving a friend a lift.
27. Do you care what people think about you?
not at all.
28. Have you ever done something to make trouble?
no. i'm usually the victim of trouble.
29. Where do you wish you were right now?
bed.
30. What is your font color on AIM/MSN?
black.
31. Where do you live?
lara.
32. Have you ever beat someone up?
oh no. why would i do that.
33. Do you like the person who posted this last?
oh she is ok.
34. Do you know their birthday?
no.
35. if you could go back and change something would you?
never.
36. What words do you say a lot?
oh dear, oh and said.
37. When did you last dress up?
not sure.
39. Do you like mustard?
hot english?
40. What do you tell yourself when times get hard?
hi tait.
41. Would you ever sky dive?
i'd love too.
42. What color is your pillowcase?
rainbow.
43. When did you last see your mom?
she is there.
44. Who was the last person you saw?
the shazz.
45. Do you enjoy giving hugs?
oh yeah. i'm mr. affection himself.
46. Name your friend you care about most?
again, i do not prioritise.
47. Did you ever think to yourself and wonder if you're really real?
i am not pinocchio (spelling?).
48.??
yes.
49. Does it annoy you when someone says they'll call but dont?
not at all. i figure they're busy.
50. Are you a jealous person?
no.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Friday Afternoon Survey.
1) If I were a doll, the accessories packaged with me would be?
oh i'm sure i'd come with lots of "goodies". instruments & alcohol being the main two.
2.) I have an irrational fear of:
of judicious fears?
3.) What type of food do you eat at your grandparents house?
oh we use to eat boiled eggs. they were tremendous.
4.) What weight were you when you were born?
well, i'm not sure unfortunately.
5.) What would you do if you were stranded on an island with the person you hate most?
i'd hope some kind of truce could be made. maybe swim to another island?
6.) What would you do if you found out you had been cheated on?
oh, well i'm not in a relationship currently. but i suppose i'd want to be on my own for a while?
7.) Do you stalk anyone on MySpace?:
oh yeah. they should definitely change it to "mystalk".
8.) I find the thought of childbirth:
graphic.
9.) Next door to my house is:
one side: a empty block. the other: strange strange strange family.
10.) My favorite shopping mall is:
i'm not really a shopping mall kind of lad.
11.) My preferred style of jeans are:
black.
12.) Who is your #1?
santa.
13.) Know how to cook?
microwave.
14.) I am annoyed with:
my lazy ways.
15.) What is the worst way you were dumped?
i'm not sure i have ever actually been dumped.
16.) What child-related smell do you like the most?
child-related smell? oh dear. what a kitsch question. i'm going to say the smell of new toys?
17.) What sea creature scares you?
i am not at all a fan of sharks.
18.) What color hair do most of the people you are around have?
there isn't any real universal colour.
19.) What object have you broken most recently?
a pantry door.
20.) What was the last thing to make you cry?
a movie. it was one of those inspiring moments.
21.) What are the stems on wine glasses for?
oh, i'm not really sure. to make them visually appealing? no idea.
22.) My favorite shoes are:
i don't have a favourite pair.
23.) Can you use chopsticks?
no i can not.
24.) Do you prefer beaches or forests?
a forest.
25.) What serial killer do you find most disturbing?
pedro lópez.
26.) Who knows a secret or two about you?
very few.
27.) Have you ever burned yourself?
a couple of times. nothing that caused major permanent injury.
28.) Who is probably talking a load of crap about you right now?
no idea really.
29.) Do you believe in things that last forever?
should i?
30.) What are you listening to?
Elliott Smith - Memory Lane.
31.) What do you smell like?
deodorant and cologne of some kind.
32.) Who do you love?
the familiar.
33.) Does anyone regularly tell you they love you?
romy.
34.) What's most confusing to you?
interpretation of what people say as apposed to what they are actually saying.
35.) Do you have any bad habits?
not really.
36.) Have you ever wanted to be a teacher?
the thought of primary school teaching did cross my mind once.
37.) What is one thing you've learned about life?
you make it what it is.
38.) What's your favorite color?
purple.
39.) Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?
no i have not.
40.) What does your dad call you?
pommie calls me tait.
41.) What are you looking forward to?
the arrival of my sufjan stevens tickets.
42.) How are you today?
oh i was a bit ill earlier today. self-inflicted. however, i'm fine now.
oh i'm sure i'd come with lots of "goodies". instruments & alcohol being the main two.
2.) I have an irrational fear of:
of judicious fears?
3.) What type of food do you eat at your grandparents house?
oh we use to eat boiled eggs. they were tremendous.
4.) What weight were you when you were born?
well, i'm not sure unfortunately.
5.) What would you do if you were stranded on an island with the person you hate most?
i'd hope some kind of truce could be made. maybe swim to another island?
6.) What would you do if you found out you had been cheated on?
oh, well i'm not in a relationship currently. but i suppose i'd want to be on my own for a while?
7.) Do you stalk anyone on MySpace?:
oh yeah. they should definitely change it to "mystalk".
8.) I find the thought of childbirth:
graphic.
9.) Next door to my house is:
one side: a empty block. the other: strange strange strange family.
10.) My favorite shopping mall is:
i'm not really a shopping mall kind of lad.
11.) My preferred style of jeans are:
black.
12.) Who is your #1?
santa.
13.) Know how to cook?
microwave.
14.) I am annoyed with:
my lazy ways.
15.) What is the worst way you were dumped?
i'm not sure i have ever actually been dumped.
16.) What child-related smell do you like the most?
child-related smell? oh dear. what a kitsch question. i'm going to say the smell of new toys?
17.) What sea creature scares you?
i am not at all a fan of sharks.
18.) What color hair do most of the people you are around have?
there isn't any real universal colour.
19.) What object have you broken most recently?
a pantry door.
20.) What was the last thing to make you cry?
a movie. it was one of those inspiring moments.
21.) What are the stems on wine glasses for?
oh, i'm not really sure. to make them visually appealing? no idea.
22.) My favorite shoes are:
i don't have a favourite pair.
23.) Can you use chopsticks?
no i can not.
24.) Do you prefer beaches or forests?
a forest.
25.) What serial killer do you find most disturbing?
pedro lópez.
26.) Who knows a secret or two about you?
very few.
27.) Have you ever burned yourself?
a couple of times. nothing that caused major permanent injury.
28.) Who is probably talking a load of crap about you right now?
no idea really.
29.) Do you believe in things that last forever?
should i?
30.) What are you listening to?
Elliott Smith - Memory Lane.
31.) What do you smell like?
deodorant and cologne of some kind.
32.) Who do you love?
the familiar.
33.) Does anyone regularly tell you they love you?
romy.
34.) What's most confusing to you?
interpretation of what people say as apposed to what they are actually saying.
35.) Do you have any bad habits?
not really.
36.) Have you ever wanted to be a teacher?
the thought of primary school teaching did cross my mind once.
37.) What is one thing you've learned about life?
you make it what it is.
38.) What's your favorite color?
purple.
39.) Have you ever been stuck in an elevator?
no i have not.
40.) What does your dad call you?
pommie calls me tait.
41.) What are you looking forward to?
the arrival of my sufjan stevens tickets.
42.) How are you today?
oh i was a bit ill earlier today. self-inflicted. however, i'm fine now.
Nights Out.
After quite the consumption of pints and shots last night, I persuaded my chauffer into adding a stop to our homeward adventures. McDonalds of all places. However it wasn’t the restaurant of choice that was blog worthy. No, it was the bystanders that decided that my reciprocated disapproving finger gesture was justification for a fight. Coming into said restaurant whilst I was ordering and notifying me of their intentions the moment that I walk out of the door. Wondering how I could outsmart these intoxicated stereotypical Geelong-ins; I came out of the restaurant with a massive bag full of double beef and bacon burgers as a offering of harmony and peace. As they reached for said bag I repeated the finger gesture I had previously shown them and took off towards the car with my burgers, suggesting a immediate departure to the chauffer. Getting away safely the out of control young men marched away in search of another victim.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Mine (Brand).
oh, so do i realise my taste in womens fashion is beyond terrible. but i really like this designer.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Alzheimer's Love.
When her husband of 55 years began seeing another woman, former US Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O'Connor did not begin high-profile divorce proceedings or condemn his infidelity.
Indeed, it was O'Connor herself who recently went public with the news that her husband John, 77, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, had struck up a relationship with a woman patient at a care facility in Arizona.
"Mom was thrilled that dad was relaxed and happy and comfortable living here, and wasn't complaining," one of the O'Connors' three sons, Scott, said on television.
Before meeting his new romantic interest, who also suffers from Alzheimer's disease, John O'Connor was depressed and had talked of suicide, his son said.
Sandra Day O'Connor left her seat on the Supreme Court last year to look after her husband, who has suffered from Alzheimer's disease for 17 years.
The former judge chose to reveal her husband's "infidelity" to raise awareness of a lesser-known side of the degenerative brain disease, but did not comment publicly about the new woman in the life of her long-time partner.
Experts say it is not uncommon for Alzheimer's patients, who suffer memory loss and tend to live for the moment, to embark on new romantic relationships.
"I can't quantify how often this type of situation occurs, but it will continue to occur in greater number as the years go by, and particularly with baby boomers coming into long-term care settings," Rubin Dessel, head of memory care services at the Hebrew Home care facility in New York, told AFP.
Peter Reed, director of programs at the Alzheimer's Association, agreed that it was difficult to estimate how common the phenomenon was, but explained how it might come about.
"Alzheimer's is a progressive disease that affects the memory. Sufferers can forget familiar people, and live in the moment," he said.
"But people with dementia still need social connections, still need to interact and have meaningful relationships," he added.
Relationships between Alzheimer sufferers can take the form of an almost child-like romance where the couple simply holds hands.
But sexual relations are not unheard of.
"Sex? People certainly develop new relationships and they can take a variety of different forms," said Reed.
"They are not children despite having a memory problem," he said.
"While hand-holding is one demonstration of caring and camaraderie and intimacy, it may well extend to something more physical," said Dessel.
To families, watching a father or mother, husband or wife begin a new life with a new person, even as they have difficulty remembering their children and spouse, can be hurtful.
"If the marital relationship was a happy one, this can be extraordinarily hurtful and the family can react with sadness and pain," said Dessel.
But, she said, an Alzheimer patient who embarks on a new relationship is not truly cheating on their marriage.
"These relationships are not based on adultery or betrayal. Alzheimer's patients lose so much of their past and very often have no memory or recall of anything of their lives, apart from their day-to-day experience.
"They live in the moment without the luxury of their past lives," Dessel said.
She praised O'Connor's reaction to her husband's new object of affection.
"I applaud her. I believe that her support is noble and selfless. She is really looking to support the health of her husband and is concerned only at this point with his happiness and well-being," said Dessel.
"You have to be like Justice O'Connor. You have to be selfless."
Indeed, it was O'Connor herself who recently went public with the news that her husband John, 77, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, had struck up a relationship with a woman patient at a care facility in Arizona.
"Mom was thrilled that dad was relaxed and happy and comfortable living here, and wasn't complaining," one of the O'Connors' three sons, Scott, said on television.
Before meeting his new romantic interest, who also suffers from Alzheimer's disease, John O'Connor was depressed and had talked of suicide, his son said.
Sandra Day O'Connor left her seat on the Supreme Court last year to look after her husband, who has suffered from Alzheimer's disease for 17 years.
The former judge chose to reveal her husband's "infidelity" to raise awareness of a lesser-known side of the degenerative brain disease, but did not comment publicly about the new woman in the life of her long-time partner.
Experts say it is not uncommon for Alzheimer's patients, who suffer memory loss and tend to live for the moment, to embark on new romantic relationships.
"I can't quantify how often this type of situation occurs, but it will continue to occur in greater number as the years go by, and particularly with baby boomers coming into long-term care settings," Rubin Dessel, head of memory care services at the Hebrew Home care facility in New York, told AFP.
Peter Reed, director of programs at the Alzheimer's Association, agreed that it was difficult to estimate how common the phenomenon was, but explained how it might come about.
"Alzheimer's is a progressive disease that affects the memory. Sufferers can forget familiar people, and live in the moment," he said.
"But people with dementia still need social connections, still need to interact and have meaningful relationships," he added.
Relationships between Alzheimer sufferers can take the form of an almost child-like romance where the couple simply holds hands.
But sexual relations are not unheard of.
"Sex? People certainly develop new relationships and they can take a variety of different forms," said Reed.
"They are not children despite having a memory problem," he said.
"While hand-holding is one demonstration of caring and camaraderie and intimacy, it may well extend to something more physical," said Dessel.
To families, watching a father or mother, husband or wife begin a new life with a new person, even as they have difficulty remembering their children and spouse, can be hurtful.
"If the marital relationship was a happy one, this can be extraordinarily hurtful and the family can react with sadness and pain," said Dessel.
But, she said, an Alzheimer patient who embarks on a new relationship is not truly cheating on their marriage.
"These relationships are not based on adultery or betrayal. Alzheimer's patients lose so much of their past and very often have no memory or recall of anything of their lives, apart from their day-to-day experience.
"They live in the moment without the luxury of their past lives," Dessel said.
She praised O'Connor's reaction to her husband's new object of affection.
"I applaud her. I believe that her support is noble and selfless. She is really looking to support the health of her husband and is concerned only at this point with his happiness and well-being," said Dessel.
"You have to be like Justice O'Connor. You have to be selfless."
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