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220401 » bubble skirts and tube
socks
listening to | assorted mp3's
(radiohead - creep (acoustic) at the moment)
feeling | *meh*
writing this entry from | aboard a
train from sydney to newcastle
3pm
it has been raining since i got into sydney. oh
wait, there is some sunlight breaking through the
clouds. nup, gone again.
it's also bloody freezing! *brrrr* *puts on a
jacket* i completely understand why so much of my
family is moving up north now.
i spent about 2.5 hours watching mtv and rolling
stone's top 100 pop songs of all time today. talk
about taking me back to my childhood. pop used to
be so fun, not like the shite that is produced
today. i've had it up to here with britney spears
clones and boy bands. bring back foreigner, the
pretenders, cindy lauper, michael jackson (before
he became known for molesting young children),
elton john (when he wore funky glasses), wham,
depeche mode and the beatles.
i do think the unoriginality of current popular
music is magnified by the fact that it is
happening now and we are surrounded by it. in ten
years time we will probably look back and laugh
at britney spears and the likes. we will hear
'hit me baby one more time' and be like 'wow! i
remember when that song came out!' i can bet you
that we won't hate limp bizdick anywhere near as
much in 10 years time as we do now. most of the
crap on the radio today will be pushed to the
back of the public's music collections and
disappear into obscurity. no doubt a few will
live on to define our decade. it may seem
frightening to think our collective selves will
be associated with the spice girls and the
backstreet boys, but every era in time brings
with it some kind of embarrassment. i'm just
wondering if one day down the track strapless and
one shoulder tops will induce the same magnitude
of shame as bubble skirts and tube socks.
train
trips are boooooooring. i get really impatient on
train trips. they were worse before i had my
laptop. three hours on a train between newcastle
to sydney used to be almost too much to bear. at
least i had a discman to block out the noise of
screaming children and loud teenagers. the trip
always seems to go so much quicker when i am
focused on something else. for instance, writing
this journal entry... which may be why it seems
i'm prattling. i'm trying to take as long as i
can to write this such that i don't get bored.
another good point about the laptop is i don't
have to carry around a bunch of cd's. i have 1000
songs right here to choose from. :D
god there are some weird types on the train. at
the moment i am watching a bunch of old people
being immature. one old guy is holding a door
shut so that his friends can't get through to get
off the train. there are also a bunch of drunk
middle aged women being very loud. they are
annoyed that the train isn't stopping at the
station closest to the bowlo they want to go to.
they asked the security guy if he would get mad
if they pushed the emergency stop button when
their station comes up. he told them they had
better not as he will have to fine them. they
then tried to bribe him with free alcohol. the
scariest part is that these women are teachers.
that's right, somebody's children are in their
hands everyday that they go to school.
frightening.
hmmm. now i have run out of things to talk about.
i think i shall go figure out another way to put
up my cd list. oh, i helped nick reoranise his
cd's the other night. you see, he keeps them in
alphabetical and then chronological order. after
he has a number of new cd's he goes and
rearranges them all over again. i just could not
be bothered organising my cd's like that. i find
the cd i am looking for eventually. i mean, i
keep a list of all my cd's, but that is for
insurance purposes. i swear. hehe.
listening to | darren hanlon \
early days
feeling | like i really don't want to be at uni
at 9am tomorrow morning
8.30pm
well i'm finally home. doesn't even feel as
though i have been away. how sad. :(
i could tell i was in newcastle once i got here.
knights jerseys everywhere! apparently they
played today and won. they are on top of the
ladder. woohoo. hmmm.
i'm hoping that now i am home that damned new
shaggy song 'it wasn't me' will stop following
me. everywhere nick and i went in cairns it was
playing. it was so irritating! i swear i know all
the words to that song now. even on the flight
home after i had to turn off my laptop, the first
song to come on the inflight radio was that one.
argh!
well, i have updated my cd list and have put it
up on this website. i changed the format such
that it will be easier for me to update in the
future. check it out here.
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