i had all this witty stuff to write...

yesterday i had thoughts swirling around and around in my head, because the only person I got to speak to was the lady who took my dole form... and now I can't remember any of the topics I was going to post about. They were news-worthy, I promise you that.

hmm. an update i suppose.

The very sexy and no longer contained (dont ask me what that means, i'm pulling lines from alladin) TANK is back from her adventures studying in Holland, and visiting Columbia. I am very jealous but it is nice to have her back. And she is happy to be back. She might move into my house, I said she could as long as she is nice to my fish.

This is a time of coming and going for a lot of people. It's just strange...

**'Cornholio' went to Sydney to study to be a negotiator. mmm, negotiation.
**'Len is going to Ballarat to study loads of Artsy things.
**Pip* is going to a place far far away where she can learn to surf and learn to play the blues baby.
**Tank came back from 6 months study exchange in Holland, with a trip to Columbia thrown in for good measure.
**My cousin Erin moved to Cairns to house-sit for 12 months (what a good house-sitting catch)
**I am negotiating (mmm, negotiation) also going up to Brisneyland at the end of the year, where the weather is *HOT* and the pineapples a-plenty.
**Fi Mc-Shack-Shack is coming to visit us! woohoo! and she'll be here in time for fringe and all!!

I just got a call from one of the agencies I went to about some work regarding a job they'd spoken to me about 2 weeks ago or so. It's with an IT company doing their accounts *yawn* but at the moment I'm pretty willing to do whatever, because I want to get out of debt and haul my ass to a warmer climate. This IS unless something monumental happens.

insert 'aside' here: I've had this thing in the back of my head for ages that keeps saying 'something monumental is going to happen'. I still don't know what that thing is. It really bugs me, but I'll just leave it simmering away until I go 'oh, so THIS is the monumental thing'....

Anyway, for those who are 'in the know' I rang lady re: the job I've been waiting to hear about yesterday... she said she was asked to put recruiting on hold for a short period...

more soon.
xJ

"she's just so sweet so fine, so polite too..."

Next Saturday 14th February is Three D Radio's Top 100+1. Starts at 8am and goes through to around 8pm. I'll be broadcasting between about 12:45-3pm entertaining the local guests. We try and get as many of the local guys in as possible. Usually at least one person from every act can make it which is cool.

The Top 100+1 is compiled from our Top 20+1 which is broadcast every Saturday throughout the year. They are the most played albums by Three D announcers, it isn't a public vote of such, it's really put together by the lot of us. More than 50% of the chart this year is local. Last year 8 out of the top 10 were local artists or local compilations.

Lawnmower Music: Sunday 2-4pm: Three D Radio 93.7FM: Adelaide Metro Area
Artist: Song Title

The Renevators: Whistle Stop
Bobby Hughes Combination: McArthurs Break
Plaid: Get what you gave
Black Box Recorder: England Made Me
Goodshirt: Sophie (now i must put a footnote in here that this song is a fucking perfect song. There is nothing wrong with it, it's a perfect pop love song. woohoo to NZ's Goodshirt!!)
The Lovemakers: Captain Wierd Eye
LOVE SONG DEDICATION: Goyte: Loath to refuse
Hello Minnesota!: Handclaps (are the new black)
Deadstar: Valentines Day
Scared Wierd Little Guys: South Australia
Moldy Peaches: Anyone else but you
Lambchop: Somethings going on
Fatboy Slim: Weapon of Choice
Trey: Take Time Out
Sia: The Church of What's Happening Now
Team Plastique: Bitch Daddy
Peaches: I U She
MC 900 FT Jesus: Falling Elevators
Home for the Def: Blue Ice
Area 7: Can't be happy
Tripod: Cuckold
Trio Electrico: Ego Poem
Manu Chao: Promiscuity
Ash: World Domination
Chicks on Speed: Sell-out
Average: Hammer (live)
Jan Jelnek avec the Exposures: a Wasteland
Love Corporation: Give me some love (Andy Weatherall Remix)
Comatone: Fat my suck one
Federico Aubele: Despertar

By the way, fate hates me! I got a phonecall today forcing me to cross paths with someone I'm trying to stay away from. Bah!

Woohoo! the ever sexy TANK popped in to see me at radio. now we can really have some fun.
xJ

Little Birdy's "Relapse" is still the best love song...

perhaps not the best *ever* but still has exact replication on what I have been feeling of late.

I am about to chuck something away, very soon. It will be hard, but I will have to just do it.
Alternatively i have to try and change the way I think, and I don't think I can do that, so the former will have to take hold.

hmm.

so lethargic again.
bah!
xJ

darned heat...

well actually, i LOVE the heat... you can read Hels post on how it's the new black on dramaqueen...

I, however, disagree with Hels and agree with Hello Minnesota that in fact HANDCLAPS (uh-huh) are the new black...

i just got a *very* interesting text message.... i predicted a few years on this particular topic.... perhaps I wasn't so far off after all.

anyway, my point about the heat was to remind me to put in something about my skin.
Now I am very fortunate with my skin you know... I have my parents to thank I suppose. They never had any trouble with acne and neither did I... but recently I couldn't afford to buy some body scrub... so I started showering using soap. Big mistake. Well at least with the type of soap I bought... I mean it smells totally amazing, but it's drying my skin to buggery. Yuk!

Should have bought some 'Dove' soap products, they've never let me down before!

bah humbug!

I just listened to Plaids' "Spokes" album again. It's very nice indeed. Go and get it.

Oh, another thing... on my list of things to do this year I put 'read more about politics'... and I know it's an election year and all, and I pray we don't have to stare at Johnny Howard for much longer when he's stuffing up sentences and saying stupid crap... but I think I changed my mind. I'd rather be naive about it I think. There are plenty of other things I'd like to read instead of it...

Here's my list of stuff i know is sitting on my shelf...
Naked Empire: Terry Goodkind (next book in Sword of Truth series)
Stupid White Men: Michael Moore
Audrey Hepburn bio that i've gotten 1/4 way thru and left for ages

stuff and things,
xJ aka BetaGirl

an email i'm writing to a mate at the mo'...

and thought I'd share... it's how my head is working at the moment...

"i've been thinking, and it's been sitting in the back of my mind for some time... that if/when I do my road trip up the East Coast later in the year... perhaps I'll stop in BrisneyLand for a time.

See I had opportunity to go and work there with a lady that published childrens books that I met one year at the Aust Book Fair, but my dickhead ex-bf whined and bitched and 'how could i consider doing such a thing?'... how? well because it would have made me happy.

Now she's not publishing these books anymore because the Publishing Market is a real bitch... and it's hard to get your stuff distributed even though these books were amazing... however she could still probably help me get work. Besides the Temp Agency I work for is pretty much international... I mean I actually am pretty sick of working in Admin, but what else am I going to do? I can't get paid for radio, it just wouldn't work for me."

Anyhoo, that's not the entire e-mail but it's bits of it... so yeh, I'm thinking:

1) get myself out of debt for gods sake!
2) after my birthday, take 8 - 12 weeks to drive up to BrisneyLand via Melb, Syd
3) move there (at least for a while) and see how I like it
4) if I hate it I can always go somewhere else
5) if i miss everyone the airfares are cheap a lot of the time
6) i could join 4ZZZ to replace my community radio fetish


i have been talking to Maine about his Music Event. Sounds like the bands are a pain the preverbial.

All the bands I've ever worked on my mini-events in Adelaide have been lovely, even to the point that they have completely donated their time to help a club pay their APRA fees, when our original intention was to just split the cash between bands that played on each day.

I pity you dear, only because they should be greatful you are putting in the work for them, and get off their high-horses about not being super-mega-rock-stars... besides if they constantly behave like that they aren't going to get anywhere... don't they understand that? wierdos!!

Shit, i laughed when I heard a certain BDO band member was having a bitch because he had to pay for his drugs at a particular after party... well whoop-dee-doo! has it not occured to him that he probably has a hella amount more cash than anyone else in this city, and if he wants to have a drug habit, it's going to cost him?! Sheesh! Rock stars! Who'd have 'em? Bring me a comedian any day!

Anyhoo.... one of these days I'll get around to telling you about the Peaches gig in it's entirety... but there will be a severe 'adult content' warning on that post!

xJ aka BetaGirl

god! some people!

hmm, that's a whole 'nother story (the subject heading i mean!!)
Ever wonder why some people don't have a sarcasm detector in their brain?
I do. I often wonder.

I often wonder if I should keep my mouth shut all together... would make for interesting radio I suppose. Because frankly, if I don't keep my mouth shut, I get myself into trouble... constantly.
But only with one person generally. Why? Oh Why?

My 'therapist' is very wise indeed though...
and very sexy... *waving*

Do I continue from Friday... hmm... oh yes... I suppose I do...

Saturday I went to see Cat for her birfday. Helen and I were feeling somewhat worse for wear but for different reasons. Bumped into my 'therapist' having lunch, and later returned home to vegetate on the couch. Woke myself up with a Sugar Free Red Bull... and actually it worked a treat. I haven't had one of those in a while...

Axel was kind enough to remind me of the New Pollutants/Red Monika show at Rhino.... so we trudged to Exeter before hand for some beers, then on to the fun and frivolity of a TNP/RM show.

Tanya + Kylie were scared and went home *i kid*... however it probably was the first time in ages they had seen me in my natural habitat, so it doesn't surprise me!

Anyway, everyone was there, it was hella fun. i got very drunk.
A few of my friends were feeling sad, i hope they feel better now.

I would like to insert a few words about Team Plastique here...
1) lovely
2) fun
3) precious
4) splendaro *clap, clap*
5) "i can't believe it's not the gold coast!"
6) they're all sexy
7) they like tea
8) i realised i wear a lot of black being after around them
9) crude
10) laff-riot!

They make me want to move to Brisbane more! I need some colour in my life.

So perhaps I will...
more on that later...

Being undecisive, broke and random SUCKS dicks!
xJ

MTV makes me want to smoke crack...

the new pollutants have a new song and it is very sexy... I give it an 8 out of 10...

Lawnmower Music: Sundays 2-4pm: 93.7FM three d radio
(can't be arsed with the album info today, if you want more info... email me or post a comment...)
The Renevators: Whistle Stop (Instrumental)
Doris Day: Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps
Sonic Youth: Little Trouble Girl
Remy Zero: Prophecy
Pavement: Easily Fooled
Goodshirt: Sophie
LOVE SONG DEDICATION: Engelbert Humperdink: Quando Quando Quando
LOVE SONG DEDICATION 2: Karma County: This is not the real world
LOVE SONG DEDICATION 3: Ohio Express: Yummy Yummy Yummy
They Might Be Giants: Particle Man
Gotye: Out of my mind
Bobby Hughes Combination: Nattergalen
Thievery Corporation: Indra
Lovage: Strangers on a Train
Sens Unik: Les Portes du Temps
Hello Minnesota!: Handclaps (are the new black)
Ladytron: Cracked LCD
Aimee Mann: That's just what you are
Peaches: I'm the kinda
Team Plastique: Song Rabbit
Machine Gun Fellatio: Mojo Pumping
Comatone: Scrubber
Ebony Williams: The Beat Goes On
Indoor: Last night a DJ saved my life
Royal Crown Revue: Datin with no dough
Sex Hurricane 1975: Dirty Sex
Home for the Def: Without Titties
Buck 65: Wicked + Wierd (Jacknife Lee Remix)


Oh, not only am I known as DooLeigh... I am now also known as BetaGirl... hehe.

Did I mention at the Big Day Out you could text msg this number and your message would appear on the Big Screen under the video footage of the main stages? Well... you could...
So what did I send...??
"Wakka wakka wakka"
and
"I went to the big day out and all i got was this lousy text message..."
because that's how classy I am!

{to be continued}

xJ

how to go to the Big Day Out for less than 90cents...

keep an open mind people....

so, find out what volunteer positions are available for these kinds of events! If you haven't volunteered for a music festival before, think twice before throwing yourself in the deep end.

Considering I've run my own mini festivals in the past ("Reverberation" at Inzone a few years back over Australia Day, as well as three d's 21st birthday) and been a part of MBA/Fuse the last two years... I know that it's not easy work. If you think you're going to not be tired and will have the ability to function the following day... think again!

My good friend Michelle had the opportunity to do a bit of paid work co-ordinating volunteers and the 'crowd care' area of the big day out... so she threw some information my way. I managed to get a morning shift so could enjoy some of the bands from about 5pm. I arrived at 9:20am, lined up to get my workers pass for nearly an hour, started crowd care when the gates opened about 10:30am. Our jobs basically to be the eyes and ears on the ground, give information, report any wierd stuff/dangers etc.

We were provided with lunch, and water and softdrinks when we needed them throughout the day... and were given a BDO t-shirt and CD as thanks, as well as entry to the rest of the event.

Yeh, so I walked around for about 4 1/2 hours I guess, spending two hours in the middle at the Crowd Care tent providing stuff like ear plugs, water and chupa chups.

I spent 90 cents on a hot cinnamon donut...!!

I saw Peaches, Aphex Twin/Luke Vibert (disappointing), Flaming Lips (fun and balloon filled), Basement Jaxx (loud and full of people), and of course some of Metallica, some of the Strokes... some of the Dandy Warhols, some of Muse, The Darkness (good) and some of most things really.

There was not too much trouble that I saw...

What kind of shits me though is how messy the place gets so quickly... I mean you think about during an event such as the Royal Show where there are large volumes of people at the showgrounds... probably about half the amount of a Big Day Out on a daily basis I guess throughout the Royal Show... but why the *FuCK* do people think it's okay to throw their drink containers, iceblock wrappers, and BDO paraphanalia everywhere? It kind of discusted me (and it did at the Falls as well) that people couldn't walk 5 steps and put something in the bin. There is nothing more fowl than trying to find a place to sit on some grass, and having to move food wrappers or empty cans or whatever to sit there, and then wondering if there is still some of the food and/or drink where you are about to sit anyway...

FridayFive.Org
You have just won one million dollars:
1. Who do you call first?
Nic! "so about that trip to amsterdam...??"

2. What is the first thing you buy for yourself?
a bottle of white sambuca...

3. What is the first thing you buy for someone else?
tickets to europe for my closest 15-20 mates...

4. Do you give any away? If yes, to whom?
The Otherway Centre where my friend Terri works...

5. Do you invest any? If so, how?
more than likely in rental properties...


REWIND...
Thursday I picked up the kids from Team Plastique from the airport, they were supporting Peaches that night... I showed them the Central Markets where we bought a shite-load of tea from the TBar.

Then we trouped into three d for their interview on Eco Noise, and back to Benjamin's. I left them to their devices whilst going to do paperwork and such for my temp jobs, and went to the BDO meeting as well.

When I returned to the city at 9pm to Enigma... I only managed to catch the last 3 songs of the TP set... which I was very angry about, but I really enjoyed it. They did strange things with fake money and hundreds and thousands... if they are in your city, costume it up and get on down and have a rawkus time!!

Bit by Bats were good as always... Benjamin called them the Adelaide Chapter of the Strokes... whilst I agree and disagree... I still think they're good. But I think the Strokes are average now that their most recent album sounds pretty much like the last one... I can't believe Buck65 (go back through his Love Letters section on the site) put it on his top 10 albums of last year... but yeh, that's opinion, so who am I to judge such a handsome man?

Peaches was INCREDIBLE! If you didn't see her, you missed out on...

{to be continued}

stuff i've been listening to today...

Indie Pop sounding gear:
the Lovemakers: Self titled - kind of reminds me of Shotz hels!

Electronica / Experimental:
Comatone: one into one out
Plaid: Spokes
Psychonauts: Songs for Creatures

Pledge to visit Iceland if the Government stops whaling

stuff and things,
xJ

miao miao miao miao

My life has been rated:
See what your rating is!

Aww, I wanted to be R Rated like Morgan. Bummer!

Buck65 is such a skinny white man! but we love him anyway...

hmm. more soon.
xJ

back to reality...

...the reality is, there's no point worrying about it at all... I mean, hell, it will sort itself out eventually...

i'm becoming less and less concerned about opening 'dialogues'. After all, we're all adults here, and if someone can't talk to you when you ask them a question, then give them a couple years and try again!

I neglected to mention that at Saturdays party I felt rather old. Don't ask me why, because there were a few *much* older people around than me... but I don't know. I'm gaining a whole bunch of friends that are in the 19-22 bracket... now that I'm 25 1/4 I am starting to feel old.

I think I just can't believe it's nearly February! Where did January go?

I'm still in love with Buck65...

Check out some Aussie gear like 'Ubin' and 'The Bird'... Ben Walsh is coming to the Fringe to do some music shows in the Garden of Unearthly Delights. He's the percussionist with the Bird. Definately check him out.

xJ

i am spiralling...

out of control...

seriously!

not even aimee mann is settling me down at the moment, and that's saying something.

if you love someone, set them free? what a fucking joke!
did someone really think it was *THAT* easy? if they did they need a new brain.

That's Just What You Are: Aimee Mann
In our endeavor we are never seeing eye to eye
No guts to sever so forever may we wave goodbye
And you're always telling me that it's my turn to move
When I wonder what could make the needle jump the groove

I won't fall for the oldest trick in the book
So don't sit there and think you're off of the hook
By saying there is no use changing 'cause

That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
By suggesting that a change might be a thing to try
Like it would kill you just to try and be a nicer guy

It's not like you would lose some critical piece
If somehow you moved point "A" to point "B"
Maintaining there is no point changing 'cause

That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Now I could talk to you 'til I'm blue in the face
But we still would arrive at the very same place
With you running around and me out of the race

So maybe you're right nobody can take
Something older than time and hope you could make
It better, that would be a mistake

So take it just so far
'Cause that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are

Acting steady always ready to defend your fears
What's the matter with the truth, did I offend your ears
You're like a sleepwalking man, it's a danger to wake you
Even when it is apparent where your actions will take you

That's just what you are
And that's just what you are
That's just what you are
That's just what you are
ENDE


Just when I get ready to put my foot down, someone starts to care again!!
Just when I'm ready to work hard, settle myself down for a bit but flock off travelling at the end of the year...

I don't know what I want out of life anymore, not that I think I ever have...
I hold on to so many things, take things very personally... I'm sure it's a bad quality to have. I mean, I suppose it says that you care but shit, sometimes I wish I just forgot what was said, and stopped dreading what is yet to be said.


Ray: Aimee Mann
Ray, as of today
I can't say things will ever be the same
And that could be a shame

'Cause though I think I know
Another lonely exile when I see one
And you appear to be one
Still...

I'm playing it down 'cause I could really be found
If you've got it to spare
I'm playing it cool but it's terribly cruel
'Cause I ought to be there

And Ray, what can I say
You don't know me and it's just wishful thinking
To keep myself from sinking

And hence, no evidence
To support any theory I have handy
That you could understand me
And so...

I'm playing it down 'cause I could really be found
If you've got it to spare
I'm playing it cool but it's terribly cruel
'Cause I ought to be there

('Cause you're as bad off as me)

And Ray, can we repay
Ourselves for days that we've
lost through indecision
With one of recognition

If so, then here I go
'Cause some things you know
And some you just believe in
And hope it comes out even

I'm playing it down 'cause I could really be found
If you've got it to spare
I'm playing it cool but it's terribly cruel

'Cause I ought to be there
I ought to be there
I ought to be there
ENDE

I didn't sleep last night... for more reasons than the physical ones... I play and replay conversations over in my head, play ones that haven't even occured yet... and keep my head spinning so I can't sleep.

...except I forgot I had chamomile tea downstairs, should have drunk some.

I don't know how to explain any of this without going too much into my consciousness... my private life... and I know I know I know I've projected so much of it already on here, but I don't want to project some of these things. Because I honestly think I'm going slowly insane. And if I can't calm my head down soon I'm really going to do some damage to myself.

"maybe everything is all for nothing, still you'd better keep it to yourself
cos god knows it's not safe with anybody else" It's not safe: Aimee Mann

xJ

absence makes the heart grow fonder...

FridayFive.org (on a sunday again)

At this moment, what is your favorite...
1. ...song?
Aimee Mann: Ray or Richard Easton: I was at the Party

2. ...food?
Samosas

3. ...tv show?
neighbours? i've been watching more docos recently than 'shows'

4. ...scent?
kitchen smells... fresh food... sweat

5. ...quote?
"don't be afraid of grief or sadness it can be fruitful..."
"television is the opium of the masses"


Lawnmower Music: 93.7fm Adelaide Metro Area: Sunday 2-4pm
Artist: Track: Album: Year: Country

The Renevators: Whistle Stop: Instrumental Extensions: 2003: Australia
Radio Active: Confidence: Bmmnm Vol 1 Breakbox: 2003: USA
Ubin Featuring Vassy: RedRoom: Evolutionary Vibes compilation: 2003: Australia
Richard Easton: I was at the party: Darkan: 2003: Australia (Perth)
Aimee Mann: Ray: I'm with Stupid: 1995: USA
Liam Gerner: This is all we can do: Brother: 2003: Australia (Adelaide)
Lou Reed: Satellite of Love: Transformer: 1972: UK
Bidston Moss: Yabbie Pie: A nice lie down...: 2001: Australia (Melbourne)
Lovage: Lifeboat: Music to make love to your old lady by: 2001: USA
Billie Holiday: My man: Jazz me blues compilation: (compilation put out 1996): USA
Team Plastique: Song Rabbit: Suck: 2003: Australia (Brisneyland)
Underworld: Kittens: Human Traffic soundtrack: 1999: UK
Clint Mansell (ex-Pop Will Eat Itself!!): 2piR: 1999: UK
Hello Minnesota!: Forget Boy: (Demo EP): 2003: Australia (Adelaide)
Lucy Beegle: I like lollies (but i don't like you): and another thing...: 1999: Australia
Indoor: Last night a DJ saved my life: More platinum disco compilation: 2003
LOVE SONG DEDICATION: The Captain + Tenille: Love will Keep us together: Love will keep us together: 1974: USA
The Manhattan Transfer: Sing you Sinners: Swing: 1997: USA
Paper Tiger: What would you do?: by the way...: 2003: Australia (Adelaide)
Lisa Miller: Hang my head (live): Hang my head EP: 1997: Australia
Music vs Physics: Retribution Realisation: _Underscore: 2003: Australia (Melbourne)
The New Pollutants: Blast the World into Space: Urban Professional Nightmares: 2003: Australia (Adelaide)
Mugison: I'm on Fire: Lonely Mountain: 2003: Iceland
The Muppets: Can you picture that?: The Muppet Movie: 1979
Patsy Cline: I fall to pieces: Greatest Hits
Elton John: The Bitch is Back: The very best of...
Everly Brothers: Bye Bye Love: That'll be the day soundtrack
Carole King: So far away: Tapestry
David Bowie: Fashion: Changes Two: 1981
Home for the Def Big Band: Safety Officer: Not Valid if Mutilated: 2001: Australia (Adelaide)
The Blow Monkeys: You Don't Own Me: Dirty Dancing soundtrack

bye byes.
xJ

lack of fundage...

...means lack of me setting the puter up at home and having internet...

so yes, i come to radio early today to blog, to read the 25 odd emails that have bulked up in my mailbox... including one that tells me I've won large amounts of money in a sweepstakes... and whilst it *would* be handy to have all that money, i think that I'll just leave it sitting there, ignore what could have been, and keep going for job interviews. Sounds a bit random and shoddy to me!

And speaking of which, yesterday (Saturday) I had another phone call about a job in the city. Which would be uber-perfect for a number of reasons... I could ride everyday, I could bus if it rains, I can still do my food shopping at the central markets... and other things I haven't thought about til right now like the fact that CITRUS BLU would be across the road! F*CK YEH! Well watch me spend all my money on chili coffee!

ooh, now I *really* want the job!! how fickle am i?!

Perhaps I should go in reverse here...
Friday after having more interviews and spending 3 or so hours doing mundane tasks at the Fringe Office that needed doing... I trundled home, got myself a Pizza (norty) and tried to decide what I was going to do... you know a 'do i keep up appearances' question... I spoke to Michelle and she happened to be going to the location I was thinking of going... so Morgan, Michelle, Benjamin and I put on our glad rags, and headed to the Prince Albert for some acoustic-y goodness. Which meant I also got to see Heidi + Warwick, Spoz, Stuckey, Heath, Mike, Alicia, yada yada yada...

Following this it was on to the Grace Emily to go on a boy hunt. How fun! We were hunting a particular boy, but we found him, so that was good.

Discussing reincarnation, having my head blown off by a friend for trying to make a point (christ!! don't ask!), talking about the new film Lost in Translation (which I haven't seen yet but am told that I will like), and then running off for a therapy session.

And to my therapist, you rock my unexciting, non-descript world darling.

Headed into the Exeter later on but all the bands were rapped up, so all I could do was say hi to Denni and Annie and head home.

Total alcohol consumption was something like 3 beers, a shot of white sambuca, and a shot of Absinth. Absinth be *nasty*.

Saturday during the day one of my little cousins had her christening, so went to that and back to her parents after for heaps of food. Tasty indeed, got to catch up with my other cousins and stuff... yeh always good.

Later last night went down to Benjamin's for his house-mates going away party (call it an excuse for a party, but it was a fare-thee-well)... I intended to stay for short amounts of time then go celebrate Luke's birthday with him in town, but I joined myself at the hip to some people I knew and ended up having a not bad time. Hung out with Fin and some of his people that I hadn't met before, Mark, Zoe, Liz... and after dropping some of them home and returning, saw Annie and Sara... Matty B was also there with his missus, Tys, blah blah blah. People I like anyway.

It was just one of those things yet again where I felt out of place, because though I know some of these people quite well, there were large amounts of people that obviously had no idea who I was (though some of them recognised me by my radio voice which is kind of cool) and I really *really* dispise girls who give you funny looks because they don't know you, or you're talking to some guy they want to or something. Get OVER IT!

I mean shit! I've got no false vision of how I look. I don't look bad, but I'm not a flawless beauty either, in no way, shape or form. Do people find people that they don't know threatening? And for what reason?

It just really once again prooves to me that I'm a fringe-dweller, and I really do know some awesome people, but bringing them all together is always a hard thing, even though I think once everyone got to know everyone, it would be one big happy family... sort of thing.

Hell I don't know what I'm saying anymore, I really am quite tired.

Radio set-list coming your way soon.
xJ

"oola walla hicky...

come on ya wanna lay me... pass the punch munchacho?" (at least it's something wierd like that... that's how I've always quoted it, cos even if it's not correct, it's fucking funny!)

most quotable movie *ever* i think. Wayne's World... GO you big red fire engine!!

"If he were an icecream flavour, he'd be praline, and dick."

well I met some of my fellow bloggers last night which was very cool indeed...
you can read some of them here, here oh and here... but that LAST nutter I've known for years, so does that count?

oh wow, they're playing "if you leave" on
the radio... by Orchestral Manouvers in the Dark... awww....
"if you leave, dont leave now, please dont take your heart away..."
"i touch you once, i touch you twice, i wont let go at any price, i need you now like i needed you then, you always said, we'll still be friends..."
"if you leave, dont look back, i will run the other way..."

wicked.

"hey mr donut-head-man, who's trying to kill you? i dont know but they better not!"

erm, last night at Jive I saw Hello Minnesota, *10# and the Ramonettes rock out Holly Brats birthday...

it's official, I'm broke! However optimistic that my job interviews both went well and that I'll have some kind of temp work very soon...

yes, yes i will.
another interview tomorrow.
bring me work, bring it now. well perhaps not next thursday or friday because i have BDO things to do... bands to chauffer 'round, volunteering to do, things like that... much more fun than working.
xxJ

Fringey goodness....

things I'm going to see at the Fringe, if you want to see any of them too let me know soon. I'm going to be buying tickets as soon as there's any spare money lying around...

12 Angry Men: Scott Theatre: March 5-7, 9-11, 13-14
Daniel Kitson: Nova Cinema: 4-14 March
Lee Mack: Nova Cinema: 24 Feb-14 March
I Spied - True Confessions of an ex-ASIO spy: FringeHub: 22 Feb-13 March
GUD: Nova Cinema: 9-13 March
Tripod in LADY ROBOTS: Union Hall (Fringe Hub): 21-28 Feb, 2-6 March
Berlin Cabaret: Weimar Room: 20 Feb-14 March

Locals you should check out:
Craig Egan's Summer of ROCK tour: Rhino Room: 2-13 March
Good Times with Mark Trenwith + Jarrod Fitch: FAD: 29 Feb-6 March
Mixed Grill with Trav Nash + Average (the band): Belgian Beer Cafe: 20 Feb-13 March
Pete Monaghan in Stupid, but Lucky: Belgian Beer Cafe: 20 Feb-14 March
Scott (John)+ Big Al's Big Night: Beligian Beer Cafe: 25 Feb-13 March

In fact, I want to see the whole kit and kaboodle, but if people want to let me know ASAP if they want to go to anything... then we'll organise some group outings. Lovely.
xJ

am i the queen, or am I the QUEEN?

yesterday I spent the AM sending off resumes to nice temp agencies asking for work...

one rang me late yesterday and the other this morning...

so i have TWO interviews (count them *two*) with the possiblity of several jobs, mainly accounts receivable/debt collection ones, but if they are temp assignments I don't care. I need Fringe money damn it, and I need it now!

I also need money to eat and pay bills... yes that *would* help.

rock and rule,
xJ

feelin' hot hot hot...

...i am listening to Team Plastique from Brisneyland as Mr Speed decided they were 3D interview-worthy and asked me to sort it... so I'm sorting it.... and they are 3D worthy indeed. A little bit crunchy in parts, but nothing like a chocolate milkshake... and there is lots of nudity and tight clothing on their artwork so bring it on I say.

They will be here to play with Peaches on the 29th Jan and also the following day on the Lilypad stage at the BDO... so check them out, yar?

I hate looking for work again, I mean the interviews don't phase me, but the whole process of it shits me... sending in applications, waiting... blah blah.

Can someone just put a job in my lap please?
Come on, I work hard, I've got bulk-ace admin skills and I need work immediately.

Shortly I'll give a list of what stuff I want to see at the Fringe Fest...

xJ

oh, also...

having a personal circus for your celebrating non-smoking picnic is VERY cool...
it's actually motivated me to pick up the juggling balls again... actually mine are square... anyhoo...

i've decided i have to get some full time work again if I'm to organise my trip up the East Coast later in the year... AND if I'm to have a good Fringe Festival too!!

I think the most interesting people I've ever met have always been ones I've passed for small amounts of time, and then maybe vaguely kept in touch with... for example...

Phil: was here last fringe and was just the most awesome, caring and sometimes paranoid person i'd ever met (ref: phil being concerned that all 25 people I'd brought to his final show had had a good evening... me going 'dont be silly' and him saying 'oh, now you're mad at me'... hehe) but you know we've kept in touch... lately it's been more and more sporadic but I guess that happens eventually... I haven't seen him for 2 years, but hopefully he's due back in my home town soon so I can have a good catch up and cook him dinner.

karen + muffin: these rockin rollin girls from brassy made my day as well... when i interviewed them we all got the giggles, at their show i jumped around like i had a day to live... then went to chat to them after the gig, probably had them look at me strangely whilst stretching and doing yoga poses in their dressing room, gave them cuddles and gathered signatures for other people that didn't have the nerve (go trav!) and sent them on their way... i hope they are well. they were such cool chicks, no matter WHAT ANYONE on JJJ has to say about them. you fucking assholes JJJ!

buck65: was here in December... I interviewed him on 3d and went along to his show which was a big inspiration... i had left my writing books at home so much in the 6 months prior, now I take them everywhere... he had some interesting things to say... thought Platypus' didn't exist... things like that... he made my day. he also liked one of my favourite words codswallop. i know that's trivial, but i thought it was funny.

alan: i met alan on the bus the other day.... we had like a speed-conversation... if that makes sense... we just talked a mile a minute and i learnt so much about him in the 20 or so minutes i talked to him... it was really wierd, but i also thought that it's such a cool thing being able to just converse with someone you don't know... even if at high-speed... he also made my day.

more soon...
"in the essence of life
there is such death
and the grains of sand on the beach
represent all that we are..."
Copyright to me ya buggers! (Julie Faye F)

xxJ

a hoi-hoi and a soi-soi of course...

Today is my 365th day of not smoking.... WOOHOO!
*MASSIVE BOW FROM ME*

Ok, so I've decided to add a little more info to my set lists.... in particular, album names, where the bands are from etc etc...

Lawnmower Music: Sundays 2-4pm: 93.7FM three d radio: Adelaide Metro Area
Artist: Track Title: Album: Year: Country

The Renevators: Whitstle Stop: Instrumental Extensions: 2003: Australia
Goyte: Out of My Mind: Boardface: 2004: Australia (Melbourne)
Buck65 *be still my beating heart*: Protest: Talkin' Honky Blues: 2003: Canada
Music vs Physics: Post Op Alley Drop: Underscore: 2003: Australia (Melbourne)
Phat Albert: What it is: Rudiments Lesson Won: 1999: Australia (Adelaide)
Superfluid: Lodoss: Evolutionary Vibes compilation, The Summer of our Discotheque: 2003: Australia
LOVE SONG DEDICATION: Bob Marley + the Wailers: Is this Love?: Legend: 1984 (Island Records)
Lionel Hampton: Hamp's Boogie Woogie: Swingsation (compilation 1998): recorded Oct 16 1944 in LA
Buena Vista Social Club: Macusa: (single): 1997: Cuba
The Specials: Ghost Town (extended version): Limited Edition 12" from the 3d vault...: 1981: UK
G Love + Special Sauce *swoon*: Kicken' Back: The Falls Festival Compilation: 2003: USA
Handsome Boy Modelling School: The Truth: So... How's Your Girl?: 1999: USA
Mugison: One Day She'll Park the Car: Lonely Mountain: 2003: Iceland
Electralane: Take the Bit Between your Teeth: The Power Out: 2004: UK
Anjali: 7x8: (EP): 2003: UK
Huggybear: Fuck Your Heart: Weaponary Listens to Love: 1994: UK
Barcode: Lust: Killing the Boy: 2003: Australia (Adelaide)
Snap! Crakk!: Neon Lights: (Independant Demo): 2003: Australia (Adelaide)
The Cat Empire: The Crowd: Homebke 7 compilation: 2003: Australia (Sydney)
Grover Washington Jnr: Moonstreams: Feels so Good: 1975: USA
Luke Vibert: Liptones: Yoseph: 2003: UK
Her Space Holiday: Key Stroke: Indietronica compilation: 2003
XTC: Science Friction: Waxworks Singles 1977-1982: UK
Baggsmen: Close to Me: DMA Compilation: 2003: Australia (Cure Cover)
Billie Holiday: Lady Sings the Blues: Carnegie Hall Live: November 1956: USA


FridayFive.Org
1. What does it say in the signature line of your emails?
"Television is the Opium of the Masses"

2. Did you have a senior quote in your high school yearbook? What was it? If you haven't graduated yet, what would you like your quote to be?
I dont know what it was... but it should have been "if life is crust, and bread is immortal... what happens when you burn the toast?"

3. If you had vanity plates on your car, what would they read? If you already have them, what do they say?
they WOULD say "Jet X"

4. Have you received any gifts with messages engraved upon them? What did the inscription say?
nah, no-one loves me that much...

5. What would you like your epitaph to be?
that is a really wierd question to ask... perhaps 'see ya when i'm lookin at ya'... but hell, i'll be dead... will i really care?

bye byes.
xJ

whether or not...

i should publicly post this i don't really know, but sod it!

yesterday after all my slackness, worrying and other descriptive words, i hauled my ass to the doctors... 8:30 in the morning mind you, but at least it made me get out of bed...

several things are bothering me, one is the fact that I've been getting headaches on and off for about a week, however I think that is possibly my back being out of place or something... I'm patiently waiting for my masseuse to return to town to give me a good rub down.... mmmm massage...

secondly, i'm so lethargic all the time some days it's excrutiatingly hard to get out of bed... then when I do get out of bed, I feel like half my brains missing or something... in a total haze all day, and I don't like it.

thirdly, there has been a lump giving me grief in my chest... it was there a while ago and used to flare up at particular hormonal times of the month... however it's been *way* more noticable recently... so the Doc sent me off to get an UltraSound just to be sure, because she said it didn't feel right... luckily I actually could get in to the Radiologist (or whatever they are) yesterday as well, so killed two birds with one stone, and got the results immediately. Concensus is: no problem. Thank god.

With all the "sickness"... some days are better than others of course... yesterday I felt better after getting the news that all was well with the lump that I actually managed to do productive things like cleaning and food shopping.

I also had a blood test to see if I have a deficiancy in something, perhaps diabetes, or some in balance somewhere... first blood test ever! and it didn't hurt one bit!!

I am still looking for more and/or different work at the moment... I really am getting frustrated with my job, but also trying to keep really up to date with the projects I have, and trying to motivate my bosses communication skills as well.

I start as a volunteer with the Fringe Festival tomorrow. The launch of the Official Program is tomorrow, and stuff. WOOHOO!

Get yourself a program, and buy tickets to the OPENING show of PHIL NICHOL's... I'm gonna sell it out baby!! Actually I'll probably organise to buy tickets as a group or something... but yeh, let me know if you're interested.

Watched a Doco on Woody Allen last night on the ABC. not bad.

This is the end of the ramblin'....
xJ

*grumble*

my back is sore...
my neck is sore...
my head is sore...
my brain feels like absolute mush...
i would rather sleep than go to work... that's how I feel...

so I have finally made that doctors appointment I promised to make such a long time ago... now I am scared out of my mind as to what they might find. It's not normal for me to feel like this, definately not.

I'm jeapordising everything by feeling like this though... work, volunteer stuff, my apparent motivation to get buff... and to be more creative, to be able to write more often... for which I have been spilling on to paper all over the house pretty well... I haven't cleaned properly in the longest time. There's paper everywhere, perhaps it's a sign... what sort of sign, I do not know...

at least I got paid today...

my heart left in a purple room somewhere...

So I watched Pi as well as Jay + Silent Bob Strike Back over the weekend... and the newest film by one of my fave directors PT Anderson 'Punch-Drunk Love'...
I can't explain them all now due to lack of brain power, but my god... watch Punch Drunk Love, its amazing...

holy snorkel batman...

i really DO know that I find my work nullifying...

nul·li·fy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nl-f)tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies
To make null; invalidate.
To counteract the force or effectiveness of.

all in all, i like being in charge of an office, but when you get little to no direction from your superiors it makes it very hard.

hmph.

xJ

okay, okay, let's get serious...

hmm... things I have noticed, somewhere, somehow in my last 48 hours of possibly having a migrane headache... which is terribly odd because I don't get migranes...

1) the show "Teachers" on ABC is uber-cool...

2) the Steve Irwin thing, whilst kind of odd, and perhaps un-called for and irresponsible or whatever... was something that was AGAIN blown out of preportion on commercial teevee... refer the footage he gave to A Current Affair... now I hate current affairs shows because ultimately they destroy lives... but i wanted to watch this in my vague headach-ey state... and he did take precautions... anyway. whatever. it's steve irwin. he is a nutter. but he's passionate and an entertainer too. so, hmm, stuff and things. I'd be curious to see what the people that were in the Australia Zoo audience thought of it. They were there after all!

3) i'm almost starting to think, though I love Adelaide and am an ambassador of how cool it is... that I might want to get out for a bit...

got sent a new CD by 'Gotye' called Boardface... it's not bad at all. Due for release in February, but I'll give it a burl on my show, let me know what you think... I like it.

i think more of you should answer the VOX POP... sharon and adam are going to be mad with you if you don't!! you'll have to scroll back about a week...

xJ

sex, drugs and rock and roll...

ok, ok, so about being an emotional wreck... i think it's because I watch too much daytime teevee now. I can't get by without a good dose of Dawsons Creek (where Jen's Grandma has just found out she has breast cancer)...
as well as the occasional episode of Oprah, or tele movies like Gideon...

maybe it's the impending return of an old friend...

maybe it's wondering if another friend really is okay... and not having the opportunity to talk to them outside a work environment is kind of killing me... softly... with his song...

love is a many splintered thing...

recently, i've seen/heard a few things about people wanting to get married... Pippa and I agree that either (or perhaps both) of us would marry Robbie Williams. Because he's hot. And he's less of a prude than I thought...

stuff and things...
xJ

i stayed home?

what's wrong with me?
apart from the fact I just realised in the last 24 hours that I probably am an emotional wreck for varying reasons...
I had invitations to go places, however not having the car as well as not being arsed, not wanting to spend too much money... even though I went and spent up charge-plenty in the city as well... norty... well I needed new pillows and a throw rug didn't I? and a new kettle... I'm sick of burning myself!!

LAWNMOWER MUSIC: 93.7FM: Sundays at 2pm
The Renovators: Whistle Stop (instrumental)
Hello Minnesota: The Litany (of things that weren't much fun)
G Love + Special Sauce: Kickin' Back
Tricky: Singin the blues
Music Vs Physics: Post Op Alley Drop
Basement Jaxx: Hot + Cold
Huggy Bear: Her Jazz
Soundgarden: Big Dumb Sex
Matt Small: My Love is Gone (LOVE SONG DEDICATION)
Midnight Oil: The Dead Heart
Tripod: Science Facts are Useful
The Specials: Hey little rich girl
Handsome Boy Modelling School: The Projects
Breakdown: First of All (Crazy Penis Remix)
The High Llamas: High on the Chalk
Electrelane: Teach the Sailor to Pray
Luke Vibert: Freak Time Baby
Kid 606: PowerBookFiend (i say: "mmm crunchy")
The Creatures: Attack of the Supervixens
The Mess Hall: Lock + Load
(yeh, look, this is up til 3:20 or so, now I'm bored with it)

FridayFive.Org
What one thing are you most looking forward to . . .

1. ...today?
potato + leek soup when I get home...

2. ...over the next week?
getting paid!

3. ...this year?
Adelaide Fringe Festival

4. ...over the next five years?
travelling...

5. ...for the rest of your life?
growing as a person, and finding someone to love...
>>

ahh love... so foreign...
xJ

"shovel that coal let's roll..."

Baby Got Going: Liz Phair. What a cranking song...

we are playing some love song dedications again because we can't get enough... there are some RUDE ones coming out... none of this class that Mr Speed brought to the show by bringing 60's love-songs in... no...

DJ Tongue the Anchovy picked "Come in my mouth" by Earl Wilson. All class man, all class!

New Years Eve... well y'know New Years Eve is New Years Eve isn't it. I had a pretty fun night, but I wouldn't say it's the best night of the year for me... I don't know if I could actually label the best night of the year to you though...
Halloween was a laugh-riot... wearing wigs and costumes out is always a treat...

Anyhoo, went to Ernie and Eva's around 6pm and helped with cooking and taste testing the punch... drinking my sparkling red with Eva... well frankly I couldn't have been in the same room with her and NOT drunk any, bit of tradition now really...
on to the train at 10:50ish into the city to meet Pippa and her friend to go up to Rhino. Made it there with 10 minutes before 'countdown'...
kids smoking on the train, kids f*cking on the train, kids vomiting on the train... what WERE they thinking.... little shits.

the Rhino "Mansion" included the regular room upstairs, as well as the second bar downstairs with DJ's playing...
plus a third room that Charlie and Mick had organised for their mates... Nic-o bartended in the third room and poured me a nasty shot of I think Tequila and Kahlua... danger, will robinson, danger...
did a few laps of rundle... picked up chocolate, visited Tr!p and Speed, and returned to Rhino Mirth... afterwards was lucky enough to hitch a ride down to Craig + Frehd's for recovery and another countdown... hehe. got home at 6:45am... not bad for someone who doesn't take chemicals.

drank way too much alcohol, but it must have been spaced out enough for me to not be too drunk...

"breathe you deep as you seep into my life..."

"all the pain has gone away
and all the words i'd love to say
fall so easily to the page
and slip on the glaze...

all the rules are thrown away
and all the games we love to play
kissed the lips of which we're made
in my masquerade..."

love sucks.
loving someone who doesn't know you love them sucks.
loving someone who lives far away sucks.
loving someone who lives so close sucks.
xJ

ok so...

monumental lapse of concentration... so many things swirling in my head...

erm, Saturday nights New Pollutants gig was superb as usual... I really really like the new-er tracks benjo...

nice schtuff indeedy.

(relating to one person only footnote: see dear, in this case you cannot put THE in front of the 'band' name because it just doesn't work...)

Saturday during the day I made more lentil, chick pea and lima bean soup... made choc chip honey cookies (with added extra maple syrup) and for the first time Caramalised Onion muffins. Now seriously, these muffins KICK! (recipe coming soon)

What makes a good album?
Comments please!
Had you listened to me and Mr Speed rambling on Sunday you would have heard our conversation regarding this...
I think that a good album has to have at least an ANTHEM and a CIRCUS track...
Speed says something to do with Ballads as well... look I don't think a Ballad is necessary, though if a ballad/anthem is combined, then they get uber-points...

The Clouds album PENNY CENTURY is one which has a song called Anthem anyway, but in reality, it ABSOLUTELY IS an anthem in itself... they don't have a circus track.

May I say Circus Track can refer to German Beer Drinking Sounding song as well... something that sounds carnival-ish... you know...??
>>end topic...

I HATE the way commercial stations talk over the beginning or end of tracks when forward or back announcing. What snuuh is that?

Sharon and Adam's VOX POP
when saying (for example) 'THIS winter' are you referring to the winter just gone... or the winter to come...

I think (and Adam thinks) THIS winter refers to the winter (of our discontent) yet to come... as in "THIS WINTER at a cinema near you..."

another example: you can't really say 'this monday' and refer to yesterday... you would simply say 'yesterday' or 'this monday just gone' - you have to add something to the end of the sentence to have it make sense... and appear in the correct tense.

So between me and Adam we think Shaggy Shaz is delusional (hehe, sorry dahl) but what do YOU, the splendaro reader of this fine blog, think?
>>end topic

stuff and things.

the fringe program will be out on January 20. How exciting!

Hi Nate *waving*

xJ

i have this paranoia...

or simply feeling if you will, that something monumental will happen this new years eve.

Generally new years eve is poo. Last year I drove to 4 (count them, FOUR) parties because I'd said I'd drop in on them all. One was like an American Teen Movie and I lasted 15 minutes... amusing, but horrifying! Was I getting too old for all this codswallop?

Have I simply never been the "generic house party" type?

One time (at band camp) I went to a keg party... the keg was, of course, stolen... I lasted 20 minutes at that party... went down to the Imax instead to watch a doco on fishies.

hmm...

Friday Five on a Sunday...

1. What was your biggest accomplishment this year?
Quitting smoking. I rock!

2. What was your biggest disappointment?
erm, the job I started in January I had to quit by September for many moral reasons. That REALLY disappointed me. Big corporations not paying attention to the little people yet again.

3. What do you hope the new year brings?
buff-julie!

4. Will you be making any New Year's resolutions? If yes, what will they be?
I dont like the new years resolution thing... it's never worked. so snuuh. maybe I should make it January 18 each year...!

5. What are your plans for New Year's Eve?
Up to Ernie and Eva's for a BBQ/dinner/open slather... hehe. then on to the place of mirth, the Rhino Room to see Beat Smugglers and Red Monika and my favourite bartender... and favourite club staff!

more when i start programming the show...

xJ

you're still on the lilypad...

cool!! isn't it funny you forget how much you like crunchy Ruby remixed tracks! Go Kid606!!

No, not Ruby's Grace... Ruby... Trip-Hop Artiste extraordinaire...

MERRY CHRISBO everyBUNNY...!! I hope you all had splendid days...

Today has been fun, ate loads of snacks and chatted to my rellies about stuff and things... mainly what's going on in the next year with everyone else...

listening to my Brassy interview... re-listened to most of the Buck65 one yesterday when at radio... man, it really WAS cool. So hard to remember all of it when you're gobsmacked over the man!

hmm, spent Xmas Eve alone playing more Spyro the extraordinarily Greek Dragon and listening to records. I'm sure I annoyed the neighbours by singing Patsy Cline and the Dirty Dancing Soundtrack at the top of my lungs... but honestly I didn't care...

where did you get that funk?

I keep crying... just to myself... I'm such a romantic wuss. I mean I suppose there is nothing wrong with that, and I'm quite happy to admit it... but it's very strange, because I don't really understand why I've been doing it...

hehe. this brassy interview kicks... maybe i'll post the interview...

xJ

ok, so this really is getting silly...

3 posts in one day... can you tell I'm bored?

Well after bouncing around everyone elses blog's and doing a bit of accounting work and such... there is STILL no answer on the job front... i guess that means the decision is hard or something? oh dear god, let it be me!

so anyhoo, in the same vein of the "best of" post I did earlier... here are some things I'd like to achieve in 2004...

1. stop drinking so much soft-drink... i'm sure i said that last year, but I gave up smoking instead. (which, i might add, was 11 months ago... so on January 18 2004 it will be 12 months... i should throw some kind of party!)
2. find a job that actually satisfies me, mentally and financially. I'm not talking about being uber-rich, but I'm talking about having enough cash to support more fully the things I want to. It really shit me I couldn't do the non-material xmas thing this year. I suppose I could have entirely abstained from doing ANYTHING for anyone for xmas... but that's plain rude.
3. Read books on politics... I find a lot of what I see on the news and from other sources very confusing. I'd like to read some history... particularly Australian and American, but also some of the smaller countries that are not quite so 'western' and conventional as we are. That interests me immensley.
4. Buy more local CD's... there are always good ones...
5. Start a bicycle revolution!
6. Learn how to make paper.
7. Go on a big phat aussie roadtrip.
8. make that 'live on lawnmower' compilation i've been meaning to... that reminds me, gotta dub off the buck65 schtuff...
9. find me a decent man... one that can kiss properly (ugh, don't ask, what a nightmare!), doesn't have too much emotional baggage, and will let me just hug them and kiss them and love them... that's all i actually want... to hug and kiss and love someone, is that too much? (am i on the way to this? hmm...)
10. do some more voice-overs... maybe even get paid for it for once...

i think i should post this list up in various places in my house to motivate me...

I can't think of anything I want to learn to cook, but I'm sure there is something...

Anyhoo, Merry Ho-Ho to everyone reading, and remember laughter is the best medicine...
xJ
ps. cool recipe site: www.recipegoldmine.com

Which Cure song am I?

[Jumping Someone Else's Train]It's the Latest Wave That You've been
Craving for - the Old Ideal was Getting such a
Bore.

The worst compliment is imatation. You strive to
stand out and be recognized for your abstract
personality. A snobby attitude, and a sarcastic
tongue weeds out the people you dont think are
worthy of your time.


What Cure Song Are You?
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I don't even KNOW that Cure song... am I too old school Cure fan or what's going on here? that's a conspiracy!

hmph. and bah humbug...
xJ

the silly season cometh...

you know i have very little to write...

some things already today have completely thrown me...

merry birthday to Nic-o for tomorrow... be good now won't you??

i slept some ridiculous kind of time like 14-16 hours yesterday... I even asked to change my working day to Tuesday instead because of it...

still haven't heard about the job. Perhaps today...

*fingers and toes crossed*

xJ

"rodeo clowns yeh yeh yeh

get me up when i'm down yeh yeh..."

so Morgan likes G Love too which is super bulk ace and we even went to the same gig. Go small town Adelaide once again... but hell, people who don't know who they are need to be woken up-ski...

www.g-love.com

Friday night:
went off to Craig + Frehd's house for the start of the comedy kids kinda part-ay... dropped off some potato salad and samosas, had a beer, and dropped the car back home.

Caught the bus back into town, went to Eros to snack on some tasty Greek food with my bosses and co-workers...

Dragged a basket of tasty bikkies, scones and samosas I'd slaved away to make to my friends up at the Rhino Room... they all grinned and said 'yum' and gave me cuddles... some said 'i dont deserve this'... others jumped and said 'yippee, thanks man'...

again i intended to stay 15 minutes... and about 2 1/2 hours later left...

thought i'd do a lap of the Austral to check if any of our students were still hanging on there... they weren't but I found Heidi and Warwick and Spoz and Stuckey and Sean et al... because it was August Falls Xmas part-ay... I had no idea... oops. Can't keep up. Too much to do!

And no you CANT HAVE MY HAT DAMNNIT SPOZ!

We did venture past Happy J's before they were nice enough to drop me back at the Comedy Kids party... had a great chat with some people I hadn't caught up with in a bit...

eta in bed.... 3:45am

Saturday:
Went shopping in the city for my folks... man, i really don't understand all this bollocks. I was actually going to get something like an adopt a dolphin or something for them, but I don't have much PHYSICAL cash at the moment (go store credit) so I had to purchase something material, as opposed to what I intended...

getting out of the carpark was a nightmare... I haven't driven my car for a good 6 weeks, so I'm really really paranoid about driving now... I'm even more paranoid about the buses than I am when I'm on the bike now! ridiculous!
stupid BITCHES roaring down the wrong side of the carpark to get out in their BMW's... I mean how ridiculously dangerous... anyhoo, now I remember why I stopped driving so much.... all in all I like driving, but more when you're going on a road trip or something... long distances when it's actually necessary. I just needed to drive to get the pressies home... but it SUCKED! I hate it.

MORE BIKES, LESS CARS! How many times do I have to say it? REVOLUTION BABY!

so anyhoo, nicki and i went and ate soup til she got picked up... played some Spyro the (very Greek) Dragon as well on PSX.... later Pippa also came to eat soup, gave me biscuits and we shared a muffin... then went to Jive to see No Through Road, Brillig and Hello Minnesota! It was bulk-ace fun.

Spent a little while down in Supermild afterwards where we saw Michelle and Morgan...

back to worldsend to wave at Aliese and her cousin from overseas and say 'toorah' to them all...

eta back in bed.... 4am...

hmm. i gots to stop having such late nights running around like a monkey and start being constructive...

bah to that. I spent Thursday night and Friday morning cooking xmas presents, I have been PRETTY constructive!!

xxJ

Friday 5...

1. List your five favorite beverages.
Pineapple drink, sparkling red, coopers pales, white sambuca, bickfords lime cordial

2. List your five favorite websites.
i'm gonna put the sexiests websites i know of...
www.buck65.com
thenewpollutants.net
Battlecat
StayHuman.Org
i dont know!

3. List your five favorite snack foods.
toast
kiwi fruit (with the skin ON of course)
bbq rice snacks


4. List your five favorite board and/or card games.
Greed
Scrabble
Backgammon
Chess
any ole card game

5. List your five favorite computer and/or game system games.
Final Fantasy 10
Grand Theft Auto
The Sims
Pharohs
Bubble Bobble!

sweaty goodness...

well you know i think the interview went fairly well. there were some evil questions about stress management, because there is sometimes large groups of people working in a confined space there etc etc.... but i HATE those questions... because each situation is different.

I have dealt with conflict resolution, but I hate those questions. Until they asked stuff like that it was a breeze.

because I am impressive... no longer contained... and always duplicated.... (genie of the la-amp... right here, right from the lamp...)

GO ALADDIN!

fuuh! now i need a big fat beer. hey i can go make beer bread and drink the rest of the beer in the process. yes i reckon that's an idea.

gots to go.

xJ

highlights of 2003...

yeh well i've been thinking about this a bit... actually lots...

gigs...
brassy!
buck65!
g love + special sauce with the beautiful girls!
spearhead!
the bird!
loads of new pollutants gigs...!
the herd!
the cat empire!
curse ov dialect!
ruby's grace!
brillig's album launch on halloween!

interviews...
brassy!
buck65!
richard easton!
home for the def, aviator lane, steven strazeele, new pollutants...

fests...
FUSE!

comedy...
dave williams
dave callan
lehmo
justin hamilton
arj barker
adam hills
kim hope
bev killick
craig egan, trav nash, jarrod fitch, big al, mark trenwith, fin k... all the regular-regulars... they all rule!

movies...
bowling for columbine
charlies angels: full throttle

exhibitions...
yasmin subunco @ flightpath
me + brians band fotos @ rhino
nick hardings fotos @ flightpath
leunig @ sa museum

the LAST lawnmower music (including a cast of THOUSANDS) will be on Sunday 28th December on 93.7FM between 2 + 4pm... tune in, turn it up!

xJ

to blog or not to blog...

so yesterday, we cooked soups and pigged out. I had originally intended to also cook dinner, however it IS the silly season and some kids had other things to do...

Judy came over to show off her HUGE belly to me! Her baby was kicking and squirming... it's so wierd to feel that happen.

Documentaries on the "October Manifesto" were made... and video explanations on the noise-fest card structure... and the ever popular 'word of the day' explanations as well... tres funny.

So big hello's to everyone that did come by... Ellie, Greg, Aliese, Tom, Melinda, Nicki, Pippa, Judy, Cuchulain + Len.

I think I can safely tell everyone now that the interview I have is for the Knee High Puppeteers working as the Arts Administrator... wish me luck!! Tomorrow afternoon cross your fingers, toes, eyes, arms and legs for me!!

I will write my post on our giggle filled commentary of the apparent 'wedding of the decade' later...
nah stuff it i'll write it now!!

So whilst nursing full stomachs, playing with Judy's stomach and having catch-up chats, Nicki, Judy and I subjected ourselves to the wedding of the Bachelorette (Trista) to a 'cast-member' (Ryan).

I only saw one episode of this show earlier in the year. These shows always confuses me but anyhoo... here are a list of things we'd like to point out... (so I'm a bitch, so shoot me!)

the MOTHER OF THE BRIDE carried cauliflower down the isle...
the PINK (too much pink) chairs didn't even meld colours properly...
and they didn't have enough guests to fill the chairs...
the poor 'runner-up' guy who was IN LOVE WITH TRISTA was made to be roaming "host" of the wedding... the poor guy...
HIS grandmother wore RED against the PINK... bad move...
they seemed to have mic'd up half the audience but I don't understand why...
and the most DISCUSTING thing of all... the wedding of the decade (yeh, whatever) cost 3.7 MILLION dollars!! IN FACT, nearly 3.8 million!!

Okay, now call me an 'activist' (go on, i dare ya) or a humanitarian... now I can see all their arguements in justifying spending this much on a teevee show... HOWEVER.... *huff n puff*

THEY COULD HAVE HELPED SOME THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES BUILD UP FARMING METHODS, SHELTER + CLEAN WATER SOURCES with that money...

they COULD have made a documentary on THAT and be seen as something more reputable than a schtupid teevee show of a woman who talks like a barbie-chipmunk... marrying a guy who couldn't brush his hair properly...

i'm sure they are very nice people, and I'm sure they're really in love with each other and such... and good for them, but hell a 3.8 million dollar wedding?? I think it's a bit excessive!!

they COULD have spent the money on their local homeless people or something... I mean it's the time for giving is it not?? don't give them 3.8 million dollars worth of PINK!!

They could argue til their blue in the face with me about the fact that we need entertainment, and that they made 10 times that amount of money in advertising... yeh, well good on ya, but you STILL didn't donate a large amount of money to charity did you? no! so BAH HUMBUG to you, and you're little dog too!!

call me rough, call me mean. I don't care, but it SHIT me to TEARS...

and the ceremony was ridiculous... what the heck was pouring coloured sand into a jar supposed to be? never EVER seen that... and I've been to a lot of weddings....!!

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...
i think it's time I started writing some letters...

xJ

sleep is again foreign....

damn me for not having camomile tea in the house!... i feel like i slept no more than half hour at a time last night... i have to work out how to extrude the heat from upstairs better! hmm??

why are my male friends so DIFFICULT? (no, don't answer that, please!!)

the first COOKING DAY tomorrow. hurrah!!

I got an interview for the job I applied for... I just hope that I get it now. It's exactly what I'm looking for, and it will solve my depleating money problem...

*hugs* for nic-o...

xJ

you know you want MORE?

FRIDAY FIVE.ORG

1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?Erm, I live in Australia dude...

2. What is your ideal holiday celebration? How, where, with whom would you celebrate to make things perfect?Friends and picnic rugs and booze and snacky cakes all round...

3. Do you do have any holiday traditions?
my folks still drive around looking for xmas tree lights on xmas eve... and this is about the first year i said to mum, 'dont worry about and advent calendar...

4. Do you do anything to help the needy?
I've done pole-sitting a few times for Mission SA who work with local homeless people. I always donate clothing items and such that are still useful to appropriate charaties... food and such at xmas... and I'm going to be buying the big issue more often too. I like that idea...

5. What one gift would you like for yourself?
Um, I don't think I can mention that here for fear of incriminating myself...

TODAYS PLAY LIST: Lawnmower Music 93.7FM: Sundays at 2pm...
Buck65: Exes
MKB: Heatman
Basement Jaxx: Do your thing
Downsyde: El Questro
Bobby Hughes Combination: McArthurs Break
Bonobo: Something for Windy
Zero 7: Distractions (Buggz in the Attic Mix) TODAYS LOVE SONG DEDICATION
Thievery Corporation: Richest Man in Babylon (Acoustic)
The New Pollutants: The Muse
Hello Minnesota! Forget Boy
Suede: Attitude
Blondie: Hanging on the Telephone
Stereo Total: Les Chansons D'o
Entropic: Simple Terms
Spoon: Take a walk
Mint Chicks: Licking Letters
Bit by Bats: Sir! Beat Sir
Tall T and the Touchers: Touching the President
The Flaming Lips: Do you realize? (TPS MIX)
Billie Holiday: I only have eyes for you (der, that could have been the Love Song Dedication!)
The 5, 6, 7, 8's: Woo Hoo
(man, these new speakers are making my ears bleed)
Home for the def: If you know what I mean
Hip Mo' Toast Big Band: Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
The Cat Empire: The Crowd
Music Vs Physics: Phantasmagori
Kid606: Andy warhol is dead but we still have hope
Triosk meets Jan Jelinek: Vibes/Pulse
Emmylou Harris: Red Dirt Girl
Buck65: Tired Out

Interesting:
A Bit of Back Talk

"Talking while you walk may be bad news for your back.
According to back health experts, the body naturally exhales when feet touch the ground to protect the back from impact. However, walking and talking at the same time interrupts this pattern, which could open the door to injury, especially in people with back problems. If you walk with a partner, talk over stretches instead."

Oh, Did I mention I applied for Big Brother... I Don't think I did... but well, yeh I did... I'm curious to see how far I'd get... so it's probably more a social experiment for me than them!! ha!

wierd, wacky, wild.
xJ

can i relive the past few days please...??

oh lordy (pick a bale of cotton)...
if i really could do a rewind and slow the whole last few days to a dull roar instead of such a swooping mesh of chaos, i truly would...

to kick off Thursday my lovely chauffer pippa took me to radio where I met Buck65 (aka Rich) for the live interview... I think we ended up speaking for near on half an hour or something... which is probably much longer than any regular live interview... but he was so interesting neither myself or jules or paul wanted to stop it... so what can you do? *shrug*

Pippa taught Benjamin how to play backgammon and chatted to Rich's manager and waited patiently for us to stop yabbering... thanks pipski! xxx

I gave Rich a Depth Charge 3 CD (our new compilation), said 'see ya when i'm lookin' at ya' and sent him on his way... a few hours later went up to Enigma to get excited... and I swear I nearly started running around the venue before ANYONE was even on stage... I knew we were in for something special... MKB were bulk-ace as always and was truly impressed with my first viewing of Music Vs Physics... but when Rich took the stage... the whole room had their mouths open... some shook their butts, some stared in awe, other people smiled to themselves... my 'emoticons' were somewhere in between... thinking my head was going to explode, wondering why I was so lucky, thinking the sounds were so precious, and that it was a good thing because the man himself is so precious as well... he offered for people to touch his hair, told us he didn't condition, did one of his tracks unaccompanied more like a spoken word piece than a track, threw glitter in the air, and did some awesome scratching...

I can't explain it. I want to see it again. Pip, Seb and I had a group hug afterwards and talked to many people, mooched around til we all got kicked out...

you can read about Buck65 and view his sexy website at www.buck65.com

eta in bed... 2:30ish...

Friday I went down to Flightpath Architects on Hindley Street to view a new exhibition of Photographs by Nick Harding. They were very pleasant indeed. I love photographs... Oh, I picked up some of mine on Thursday and the pic of Brassy "making radio" with me worked a treat! When I get webhosting sorted I'll post the pictures properly!

So anyhoo, I'm sure the exhibition will be up for a little bit so go check it out!

Afterwards, 10 of us trundled down to the Vietnam Palace on Gouger Street and pigged out! We are very naughty! I hadn't been there before but it was darned tasty, and a great menu of both Vego and non-vego schtuff.

After eating, drinking, being merry and having trouble finding Karens car... Tansy and I made it to Rhino with the masses for an unadvertised DOWNSYDE show... I've been hanging out to see these guys for ages, they are truly excellent.

eta in bed... at least 3am...

moral of the story... being nocturnal can be handy when shows dont start til 1:30am!

xxJ

ring, ring, here's the thing...

that's right... here's the thing... poor Guy Sebastian, our newly dubbed Australian Idol, yesterday returned to Adelaide only to deal with people getting heat exhaustion and one guy ending up critically ill in hospital...

HAD THE EVENT ORGANISERS THOUGHT this thing through... perhaps somewhere like the Torrens Parade Grounds, or behind the Botanic Gardens in the Parklands may have been a better spot... somewhere with GRASS and TREES!! and additional shelter... what about Elder Park (next to the Festival Theatre)??

I mean heck, I remember being in a Beastie Boys moshpit once being 2 or 3 people from the front, but after 2 or 3 songs, needing to get out (and this was at an indoor venue as well) because of not being able to breathe.... I can't imagine what being stuffed into Rundle Mall would have been like...

I had walked down the mall around 2:30 to do some banking and such for work, thinking there weren't as many people as I thought... but seeing the pics in the Advertiser (that's the story, not the pics) let me know what happened in the next hour and a half I guess! madness...

Just sent my first e-mail to Sunrise... they do good work... much better than the today show... ever since Steve 'whatshisname' did those terrorism ads, i can't look at him...

xJ

on the street where I work...

always makes me grin or cringe as appropriate... yes i'm talking about the apparent 'evil' strip of Hindley Street... honestly, i've walked around Adelaide on my own when I was 15 in the middle of the night to get to radio when we were on Franklin Street... I really have no idea what people are on about...

so this morning, my local tattoo artist who has a shop down a bit from my work said: "let this lovely lady with her bike past... if she'd let me tattoo her butt, i'd do it for free!"

to which i giggled (on the inside)... i find it highly amusing because he tries to talk/say something to me at least once a week... he obviously figures I work in the street... but I never talk back. Because I'm evil and mean!

me looking scary courtesy of one of the many evil late- night fotos taken by Spoz with his Digital Camera on drunken Adelaide adventures...


oh the hilarity!

anyhoo, as I have mentioned more times than once, I have been riding everywhere. MORE BIKES, LESS CARS!
even in 37 degree heat... and whilst this isn't advisable for everyone... I still did it. I just didn't push myself. So bravo to me... however my arms are starting to look brown where the rest of me is kinda white and pasty. so that's quite funny really. lucky i'm really the only one who sees me naked... for now anyway.

ahh, the blackeyed susans on three d... they're so pretty... *swoon*

made toast, talked to Eva on the phone about the state of affairs in the world, and went to bed last night... very exciting indeed I know!! Saving energy for tonight and tomorrow most likely...

xJ

yesterdays e-mail vent...

so to my friends in this wide brown land we call australia, yesterday i sent an email saying 'does anyone else feel like writing to channel 10 and telling them they are crap for playing MORE re-runs of seinfeld?'

here's some answers:

KBP: "Also the same episodes of the Simpsons over and over and over again, there are 14 years of them and yet we only see the same episodes over and over again. Sign me up. Though what would we replace it with????"
(that's a good question Pech, but like previously mentioned, I'd rather watch a documentary or what about MONTY PYTHONS flying Circus? that'd be cool!)

Dan: "i reserve my right to not watch television. at all. okay, occasional videos."

Alex: "Hmmm... i kinda like seinfeld... used to like it more than i do now... now i'm rather over it, but that's coz i've seen them all.

And as for letter writing... i *really* don't think it'd have any particular
effect on their programming. I mean, really, who are we to say what we
should watch? We are not the program directors, we are obviously not
qualified, we're definitely not on the payroll, so who are we to think we
have any say in things?

Besides, if they play half the crap that they do, such as say trashy-US
daytime soaps, then i think all hope is lost."

Mishy: "it's non ratings season they don't give a toss."

Seany: "Lol, I like Seinfeld Julie!"
(no, a traitor in our midst!)

Paul: "well I hate channel 10
in fact I hate 7,9 & 10 and get shitty reception of 2
so SBS is GOD"
(yes he's right, SBS should be God... 'cept when you can watch ABC they share the throne!)

Mark: "Count me in!!! i hate fucking seinfeld too!!!.............except for the soup nazi episode, or the episodes with the gay portaricans!"

Benji: "i never watched seinfeld in it's "day".... so i'm glad they are putting it back on!!!!"

Tanya: "Yes, I'll be in on that. Its insulting that they think we'll just sit there and watch whatever they put in front of us.
I would like to boycott tv altogether except that I am addicted and must enjoy wasting my time.."

Spoz: "I'm guessing they get 'em REAL cheap.. so, they show 'em ALL the TIME..

it's like Channel 10's bargain bin consists of - SEINDFELD, EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND, THE SIMPSONS, LAW AND ORDER (all the millions of different versions), and all that endless repeated JAMIE OLIVER crap...

I mean.. c'mon.. gives us SOMETHING good to watch besides reality tv..
I'm sick to death of reality tv.. "

(I WILL NOT HAVE SPOZ SAY SOMETHING NASTY ABOUT JAMIE OLIVER...!! though i admit there is a flood of his stuff on the market, i like him... because I too will become a master chef one day... i'm building his sort of passion for food, which kind of scares me.)

There will be a cooking day soon kids! Promise!!

Man, I'm going to SUFFER on the way home riding the bike... it's already getting hot... it wasn't so bad riding in, but still took me about 10 minutes more than usual... even though I cruised uber-quickly through the parklands this AM.... so much fun.

MORE BIKES! less freakin' cars!

xJ

i would just like to say...

i forgot how much I hated writing job applications...!!

many smooches to helen for her wise words of wisdom...

MKB! are so ace man!

forgot to mention I rode my bike again today... there is a thing called 'spend less money julie' going on in my head at the moment... so I'm being uber-cautious...

Sucks that the world relies so much on money.... boo ya sux!!

I hope you had a splendaro time in Bris-Vegas Benjamin and Tyson...

xJ

ok ok, so i've been rather quiet of late...

i haven't really been near a computer much... and/or i haven't been able to think of anything to say...

I think it's the on again/off again heat, but it also concerns me that there are other people in my family with diabetes... it hadn't occured to me til I was explaining my symptoms to a close friend, that it could actually be that...

my brain feels kind of twisted all the time recently, i get really vague and I'm kind of thirsty... my skin seems worse than normal and needs extra fluid... now I know I'm exercising more etc, but I've also been eating much better now that I've got my pastel yellow and green kitchen (go aussie go go go?)...

so anyway, this week I think I should just get a blood test to be sure... If I'm diabetic at least I'll know what it is... but I'll have to give up so many things I like...

like the brownies I made last night and distributed to the Sundy Side Up kids at the Exeter.... for Sam's Birthday!! hurray!... all to a roaring standing ovation and flowers and confetti being thrown at me for doing such a good job... i'm kidding, but I had people I didn't know complimenting me, and you can't complain about that.
Go my mrs fields cookie books and my mods! i love modifying recipes... generally i make them loads more chocolatty than they really are supposed to be... is that bad?? (see if you don't come down on a Sunday, not only do you miss out on some good art, you may also miss out on my cooking!)

there's no use stressing til I know though... should make that phone-call now... *shudder*

Friday I collected more bits and pieces from my folks house that I've had in storage there for way too long, including stuff like books and school stuff from when I was younger, it's so funny reading all the stuff you scrawl over the front of your school books ten years later! I came back, had an uber-quick costume change and Bec picked me up so we could go catch up with some old *insert old crappy work name here* people before the xmas sillyness really kicked in... at the Earl of Leister.... nice pub. wierd beer prices though.

Anyhoo.... got a lift into the East End Exchange to watch a film by Ashley Starkey about the Total Solar Eclipse that went through parts of SA in 2002. He said initially the film was going to be a scientific piece, but it ended up becoming more about the people that saw it, and their reactions to it. The video was about an hour, and he hopes to get it on to ABC or SBS so keep you eyes out for it. It was pretty cool, very funny in parts, and also very informative... I've already made a slight pact with some of the kids to try and get to Cairns in 2012 for the next Total one in Australia!! anyone??

After that I was meant to go see High Stakes and Lazaros Dog at the Austral... but I had to pay my regular Friday night visit to the Rhino Room... talked to Mick about putting more plants in behind the bar... the next addition (from me anyway) will be a chili plant or two... I'm not sure what cocktails require chilis.... but I'm sure we could find one!! Caught up with Nic and met another friend of his and got chatting for 2 1/2 hours or something... Kieran said "10 minutes hey?" when I was on my way out... so I say "just shoot me"...

oh yeh! on the topic of bad teevee... they could put re-runs of "just shoot me" on... i would have no objection to that!! or as Spoz suggested... Herman's Head... why seinfeld...?? WHY CHANNEL 10 WHY, YOU BASTARDS? Generally you are the best of the 3 commercial stations (7, 9, 10) but HOLY BEEJEESUS MAN!! NO MORE SEINFELD, NO MORE SEINFELD!! Put something educational on or something... a craft show? a cooking show? nature documentaries? but SEINFELD IS BOOOOOOOOOOOORING BORING BORING BORING BORING! I have seen every episode enough times thankyou... they were hella funny the first time round, I admit... second time i still got a giggle out, but now you've gone too far... I haven't been watching them at all... in fact if I accidentally switch on to it... i swear at the teevee and turn it off again! Snuuh fuuh and snuuh to you!

bring back Secret Life early or something... please!! you could re-run that?!

snuuh and a muuh snuuh comeon un snuuh?

talking gibberish to drunk people is highly amusing by the way...

only 3 days til the buck65 show. i'm so excited, and i just can't hide it...!!

love to michelle, nicki, guillaume, leah, sacha, rob, sam, and fin who's on his way to Tassie on wednesday for a month... what WILL we do without you??

xxJ

my mind being a dictionary of ideas....

TODAYS PLAY LIST: Lawnmower Music 93.7FM: Sundays 2-4pm: Adelaide Metro Area

Kronos Quartet: Miniskirt
StereoTotal: Cosmonaute
Mr Scruff: Giffin (Amalgamation of Sound Mix)
Buck 65: 463
Ciccone Youth: Two cool rock chicks listening to NEU!
Basement Jaxx: Right here's the spot
Ruby's Grace: Walking Over Sea (LOVE SONG DEDICATION)
Steven Strazeele: Much too much (Live to air)
Steven Strazeele: Quicker Today (Live to Air)
The Cat Empire: Nothing
Zero 7: Distractions
Steven Strazeele: Let me be (Live to Air)
Cinema Recorded Music Library: Head Spin
Music vs Physics: Sold her sounds to science
Luscious Jackson: Daughters of the Kaos
G Love and Special Sauce with Jack Johnson: Rodeo Clowns
Bonobo: Flutter
Panjabi MC: Mundian Breaks
Liam Gerner: Waiting
Billie Holiday: I got a right to sing the blues
Siouxsie and the Banshees: Spellbound
Kid 606: If I had a happy place this would be it
The New Pollutants: blast the world into space

schweet...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAM!!

Saturday 13th December at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, George Street, THEBARTON: 8:30pm: Free! Steven Strazeele CD LAUNCH!!

xJ

think before you drink...

courtesy of ECO NOISE on three d radio 93.7FM today...

their guest from the Conservation Council talking about the river murray and water conservation...

ONE LITRE of ORANGE JUICE (processed and bottled etc) costs 700L of water!!

so get yourself a processor and buy a bag of oranges instead. I know it's more time consuming but hell, with figures like that, how do you ignore it??!

www.ccsa.asn.au - Conservation Council of SA
www.csiro.au - CSIRO

xJ

a nerd by any other name...

my site is more evil than HELENS but probably cos i've written WHORE many times... hehe.

last night i saw Dave Williams shaking his butt at Rhino... and yes i know he's a comedian, but he's well versed in butt-shaking as well... he also tattooed my arm with "dave" (that looked like PAVE) in a loveheart... aww.

Nicki, Dan and I saw Tansy at the Ex and met her friend Jess... caught up with Jodi from FUSE which was good to be in non-FUSE capacity having a chat instead of working for once!!

Too much beer... I feel so snuuh today, but I don't think it's just the beer...
that's paranoiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... mmmmmmmmm....

Yesterday during the day all I did was walk down to the shopping centre and back with arms full of boring things like cleaning products and toilet paper... only to find the mop head i just bought that "fits all 4 post mop types" doesn't bloody well fit... the crack-whore liars! And did other boring things like update my resume and do all the dishes that had been piling up from having the girls over and making soup and stuff and things... oh and of course slotted Jerry in and listened to my Henry Mancini and Elton John records whilst cleaning!!

Only one week til the Buck65 interview.... WOOHOO! Don't forget 5:30, December 11th on 93.7FM... *swoon*

xJ

lentil soup, and letting a man rub you down...

sounds interesting I know... but really it just meant I cooked up some tasty red lentil and tomato soup yesterday and then Tom came over and gave me a massage! I will post the soup recipe when I've got it nearby...

If you're in Adelaide and you ever need a massage, Tom's your man! (Let me know, I'll get you the number) I slept so well afterwards, and he pretty much fixed up my "broken hip" problem too... 'cept i'm sure I'll screw it up again when I next go for a ride!!

Yesterdays Jerry topic was something to do with sleeping with your mother...!! honestly, where DO they find these people??... I could suggest somewhere, and I think you know where I would say...!!

...and Oprah was about stepping into someone elses shoes for a time to see what it's like... eg. the story of an obese woman, the story of a family where the two parents are two different types of dwarves, subsequently they have 3 regular sized children and one half of the pair of twins is a dwarf as well... interesting look at geneology...!! apparently because the parents aren't the same type of dwarf, the chances were about 50% as to whether the children would be dwarfs themselves...

why don't they make an Aussie daytime show that's decent... I mean, Bert Newton's a legend, but it's such a different vein to Oprah or Jerry... I heard the Jerry producers were in Australia recently looking for wierd stories.

I didn't really watch both these programs in their entirety, more background noise for lunch time cos I spent most of the day doing my regular house pottering/cooking fest for a monday. My day also consisted of walking to the funnest place in the WORLD (add sarcasm and stir) my local dole office!!

BUT hopefully for not much longer, I have found a job in the paper that fits in with my other job pretty perfectly, and it's soooooooooooo up my alley... i wont say what it is yet in case I don't even get an interview... but I'm very excited, it's come at the right time!!

Stuff and things...
the girls are coming over tonight for a 'root and snort' night (i kid, it's what i said to guillaume when he invited me to a gig that's on tonight!!)... no actually it's a eat and chat gathering with maybe a little Amelie on DVD thrown in...

but they'll be NO SOUP FOR YOU!!

Is anyone else sick of the repeats of Seinfeld??!

xJ