twilight on a chapter II

so just got over a major hurdle, faced a fear and came through thoroughly invigorated!
fucking excellent day!!

think i might hit the town tonight. haven't been out for a while and feel like being surrounded by sweaty, hairy men on the dance floor.


Something good - Utah Saints, an oldie but a goodie

twilight on a chapter

feels like a new chapter may be starting for me... seems like i'm moving on and finding a space within myself to let another in.....cautiously optimistic

what a glorious long weekend...

might have been just a tad too hot for my liking on saturday but when the cold change came it was delicious. good times with good people, and a lot of fun was had.
went and saw Milk sunday, Sean Penn is amazing in this roll!

i've come accross a new band that i'm loving at the moment. The Script -We Cry

just had a great evening...

dinner and a movie with a beautiful friend, went and saw Doubt. This is such an incredible film. Well written and the performances are superb.

been fascinated with this flower...have no idea what it is but to me it is beautiful and my favourite colour, snapped this piccie on my way home the other nite.

ooooh the anticipation

tomorrow 3am australian time the inaguration begins....would love to be up to watch it live....maybe if i go to bed now (unlikely) or just go to work tomorrow sleep deprived. why? i know i can watch the repeats but for such an incredible event i'd like to watch it while it happens.

i'm very taken with this man and i have much hope in regards to his policy directions. idealism aside and with a wry eye on the safeguards imposed it will be interesting to see what his government does, how they go about acheiving goals, and what those beliefs and actions will mean for the world.

American politics, like it or not, has enormous impact on life throughout the world and i for one am very interested in the changes (good or bad) to come.

classy icon II

man i love the internet....found some stuff by one of my faves... i haven't heard before

boy - why go faithless remix



sash (featuring boy) run



the boy and dolly

georgeous

in praise of pete and one of the most reworked dance tracks i've heard "you spin me round"

the image police = pet bugbear

....what makes you think it's ok to tell me how i should look?



"your need to trim your beard"

"you need to cut your nails"

"why are you wearing that"

"you listen to Pink..that's a little girly isn't it"

just a couple of the less offensive little nuggets thrown at me this week.....

....fuck it's the 21st century and i thought by now evolution would have progresed human beings far enough to realize that boxing people into your own worldview and insisting that they change themselves to fit it is so incredibly boring and offensive.

just had a week of being in quite a conservative environment with people who espouse liberal ideaology while at the same time actively engaging in homophobic behaviour.

now i love paradox as much as the next person, and in fact this has been a lifetime obsession for me, so i'm always entertained when it appears. my entertainment wears a little thin though when infantilism and homophobia combine to the point where people i work with feel it's ok to admonish me in public like an errant child.

1. i am not your child

2. everyone has a right to their opinion

3. belittling people is not ok

4. homophobia in the workplace is illegal

the unfortunate thing....when i confronted the main offender...she didn't understand what i was talking about and was offended that i would think she of all people was homophobic...."i have gay friends" she tells me. the reality of someone having gay friends and yet acting homophobically towards people was completely lost on her, rather in her mind the one cancelled out the other.

the paradox of belief and action....love it!!

classy icon pete with a bowie fav



true faith - new order

who am i kidding??

not myself that's for sure. I deleted my online dating site profile. i gave it a good try but i'm not going to find what i'm looking for online. just didn't seem to fit.


so i was thinking about all the goings on in the Gaza Strip and finding a sense of apathy has taken residence in me.

The conflict is terrible and the killings so senseless. ideologically i can understand. But emotionally i just don't get it.

This conflict has been going on for so long now with so many dead and seemingly remains at an impassable deadlock.

who belongs: who owns: who controls: identity grounded in place: economic: political: religious: dogmatic: faith?

The more i thought the more i realized that entropic apathy sparked by frustration had taken hold. And i couldn't help but wonder: what is to gain and who gains by keeping conflict in this region?....obvious answers come to mind, but i'm at a loss. the all-pervasive quest to conflict is the winner in this arena, and my sense is that the worst is yet to come.


to me it seems the appointment of blame is redundant. i'm trying to look at the situation in and of itself. and all i can think is that it is such a waste of time, money, and most importantly human life; but i don't live there and from my safe outsider vantage point it's very easy to be jaded.


while thinking about all this i was reminded of a song by the Hooters - "all you zombies" and thought it was fitting for my sense of confusion and dread

for the love of tina

when i was a kid i loved YTT and i had the biggest crush on tina arena!! early warning signs me thinks hehe
anyway i've had this song stuck in my head for days.... Sorrento moon



and it was bugging me so much i had to go and buy a CD. couldn't find the one i wanted so i got a greatest hits album...
and i gotta say i still love it!! i was also reintroduced to this little gem "now i can dance" keep an eye out for Charo in the clip

welcome to 2009

even though my new years was quiet, restricted as i was from partying due to illness i am still optimistic in regards to the year. The myth that whatever you are doing on new years is how you will be spending your coming year, touch wood, is just that: a myth.

i don't do resolutions - they always seem like empty words and i've already initiated actions to put empty words in motion...looking for a change this year - not sure how that will look but that's part of the fun and adventure.

found this little nugget
of information while searching for images for this post and it cracked me up! if only it was true, sigh...hehe


but seriously, uni will start soon and i will once agin be tansforming myself so hopefully some personal growth will occur this year. It is now 1 year since i broke up with my ex and while a lot has changed, i feel like i'm only just getting started.

happy new year!!!

seal crazy