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help i can't stop looking at shoes and i want to buy them and i can't even afford dinner!











i'm dyingggggg, please someone PLEASE buy these for me. i would settle for just the first ones. JUST THE FIRST ONES! maybe i should start a little paypal thing? maybe people could each donate one dollar until i could buy those first shoes? i have great feet! imagine my feet in them! it would be a gift for the whole world (and especially the foot fetishists that seem to lurk about on public transport in the summer)!!!

think about it, that's all i'm asking.

still on my ronstadt kick, and that there video is bloggable for so many reasons. mainly: when will this be my life? (i'm waiting and waiting, isn't it time for my lap to have something fall into it? girl's getting antsy!) and also: why is she wearing that shawl? and if you had to guess, what year would you date that video with. if you asked me i would say plain old 1970. and if you want to really get into it, that was forty years ago. and if you REALLY want to get into it i could name some other cool shit that happened that year. but i won't. because i know you don't. no one does. and that leads back to my original query. and it gives me the original answer: NEVER.

i'm retreating to my bed now to dream of hunks with sideburns wearing giant collared shirts in large floral patterns that will never ever be mine anywhere other than my dreams. SOB.

the absolute best thing about america is that they don't put fucking lettuce and tomato on every single burger.

WHY DO WE DO THIS? IT RUINS EVERYTHING.

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i need a 'lawyered' icon.

I voted for these :)

Air - Do The Joy
Animal Collective - My Girls
Bat For Lashes - Daniel
Brand New - At The Bottom
Camera Obscura - French Navy
Decoder Ring - Let A Thousand Flowers Bloom
Doves - Winter Hill
Metric - Gimme Sympathy
Royksopp - This Must Be It (Ft. Karin Dreijer Andersson)
Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch

Here are some of the latest drawings in my 10,000 3x5 project:











See all 1400+ drawings on the 10,000 3x5 Flickr page. Most drawings are for sale. If you see something you like, email me. I'll even put it in a dollar store frame for you.

I always intend to read for pleasure, and sometimes I can actually get pleasure from a book. Other times I'm bored out of my skull or just plain irritated that something could be so badly written, edited and/or proofread while I'm not getting paid to do just that. Anyway, I always like to be reading something when I can. Here's what I got through last year -- save a few things too minor to mention -- and as always, an asterisk denotes a re-read.

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So apparently this year I saw 34 gigs, which includes festivals and club events. These were my faves. In reverse order....


10. Metric – Metro Theatre
So I liked 'Fantasies', but I wasn't entirely convinced that Metric would be good live. Perhaps it was this lack of expectation that made it all that more impressive. They were an energetic and tight, and their songs, especially Sick Muse, sounded absolutely solid live. SOLID. I've been listening to heaps of Emily Haines' solo work lately. She reminds me of a more lively and stronger Sarah Blasko.

9. We Love Sounds/Armin van Buuren
So it was We Love Sounds festival, but I was there to see Armin van Buuren and Armin alone. His set was, as usual, absolutely stellar and it was one of those perfect nights where all your mates are together and you won't stop dancing til they kick you out. Since seeing him in 08 (and being totally blown away, again) I have had major girl wood for Armin.

8. The Flaming Lips – Hordern Pavilion
I thought Wayne Coyne inside the bubble would be impressive, but seeing the band emerge from a pulsating vagina at the start of the show to a shower of confetti really took the cake. The Lips are a genuinely interesting band, and one I tend to find so much more interesting live, maybe because they make an effort to really reach every last person in the audience. Also, Wayne Coyne still remains at the very top of my "guys with white hair I'd do" list.

7, Mogwai – The Enmore
One of my favourite live bands ever. I managed to not have ringing ears for three days after this gig (unlike the previous one I saw of theirs), but I did get my socks totally rocked off when they played Satan again. Holy shit, that quiet/LOUD/quiet/LOUD dynamic they have is explosively good.

6. Doves – Metro Theatre
Another live favourite, I love how these guys' electronica background always comes through at their concerts. 'Pounding' REALLY pounds in your chest, and their new material sounds so much more jangly and dynamic on stage. I gave Kingdom of Rust a second chance after this gig, and I liked it :D

5. Pearl Jam + Ben Harper – Sydney Football Stadium
Ahh I know people dissed this gig because of its size, its lack of the 'big' tracks and such, but for me it was awesome - lots of rarer, older tracks, some great guitar showmanship from mike mccready, and some great energy, despite eddie vedder sounding like he was about to cough up his lung, and despite the 40 degree heat.

4. Big Heavy Stuff – Factory Theatre
A reunion gig in all senses of the word. It was so good to not only see the Heavies, who I saw countless times years ago, but to see a lot of old friends and faces in the audience too. Nostalgia factor was high, but the performance was pretty impressive too - not bad for a band who kinda 'broke up' several years ago.

3. Fleet Foxes – Metro Theatre
So I don't think I'd even really slept (Ferry Corsten at Home was the night before this, which was also the night after New Year's Eve) and perhaps that's what made this gig so damn good. The luscious melodies and harmonies were EXACTLY what I needed, and seriously, was their album not one of THE best of the previous year?

2. The Swell Season – Opera House
If there was something that could touch me more than the movie Once, it would be the performance of the soundtrack (and other related musics) by that sweet pair, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. This concert was amazing. "Magical", I believe a friend described it as. It really was... very warm and intimate; funny too, and entertaining. Can't wait to see them again this year!

1. Ferry Corsten + Giuseppe Ottaviani– Hordern Pavilion
Holy shit, this gig took me by surprise. I'd already seen Ferry earlier in the year, so I honestly wasn't expecting much. He kicked some FREAKIN SERIOUS ARSE on this night. Especially the last hour or 90 minutes of his set... he brought out hit after hit, kept the energy high and by the end we were so hyped up and excited that nobody wanted to leave. A-FRICKEN-MAZING!

Ask me any question meme... WITH A TWIST!

Formspring is eeeeeeevil. Therefore, we must use it. Go [HERE], be anonymous, ask questions! If you feel pressure from lack of guidelines, it can be top five of a sexy nature for all I care.

Narcissism!

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Meanwhile, I am inexplicably proud of myself for not running down to lawyer school, as the reading packs were made available today. Eagerness is gross.

wow. such an epic fail.




i really DO NOT recommend richard simmons' 'bringing down the house' workout video.

two new tv shows! what a good way to end one year and start another!

community

the basis of my love, in graphical form.
(i ship them.)

the thick of it

malcolm fucking tucker.
(i ship him with nicola. don't judge.)
(that cap-set was totally made by daygloparker. idk who made the community one. whatever, thanks tumblr.)

oh hey, quickly: top five new* shows of 2009
*new to me!

1. glee
2. ashes to ashes
3. mad men
4. spooks
5. wire in the blood

what up, english telly!