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Randomness...(aka Riss is too lazy to post a proper entry)
Yay for John Mayer for his Grammy win! But he didn’t play the 2nd verse! What was up with that?! It has the line in it.
I just realised I have 6 different versions of Your Body is a Wonderland on my computer. I know it’s stupid and slightly (okay, absolutely) obsessive but I love this song, especially the re-worked versions on Any Given Thursday.
If you haven’t already, do yourself a favour and watch the music video. He is all that and then some ;) *** Beth and Ben’s wedding invitation came today. They’re the first of my group of school friends to get married, it’s all so exciting and kinda scary at the same time. We all can’t believe that it’s so soon, I guess because the rest of us are far from ready to settle down. Me getting married? Ha, I so cannot picture that happening anytime soon. I still remember the night they officially started ‘going out’. Year 11, Nat and Sim’s 16th birthday cruise. Broken tables, food fights, people passing out in bathrooms, people vomiting over the side of the boat, people falling down stairs….ah, a very memorable night indeed, ending with Nat and Sim loosing the bond for the boat after all the damage. Good times. But I digress...Bring on May 17th. *** My friends and I are improving at trivia. Last week we came 3rd and last night we tied 2nd. Woo! I swear mobile phones are such a handy cheating tool, heh. We scored a $50 voucher for the Northies Bistro and a couple bottles of wine, so we’re all set for dinner before trivia next week.
Each week teams are given a theme to base their team name around with the most popular wining a prize, this week the theme was pick-up lines so you can just imagine how dirty they all were. Andrew got so excited when he heard the theme cause it meant our team could use his trademark line “Can I smell your vagina? No. Oh, it must be your feet”. (Personally I don’t find that amusing at all, but the guys think it’s hilarious. He’s actually used the line before, striking out all 7 times he’s tried it so that just says it all). The team that won had one of the tamer ones but had the whole bar in hysterics: “I’m on the rag, can you put it up the shitter?” *** I started my new job on Monday. I’ve been given a nice variety of responsibilities from the usual report writing and direct marketing efforts, to playing with their website, intranet and helping the product designers with their range plans. It’s quite interesting if you ask me, especially because brand management and E-commerce have always been something I’ve been interested in.
However I’m not liking this waking up early thing. I miss sleeping in and being a bum. I need to move my alarm clock across my room and out of reach because I hit snooze too many times and end up running late.
Counting Crows tomorrow night! WOOHOO!!! I am so excited. Eeeee!! (Don't worry Xtn, I will behave myself and not embarrass you)
Ear Candy: 'Lovesong' -- Amiel
Early morning ramblings...
I guess there's Eleanor Rigby's all around us...
People a little different, a little strange or unique...
People who are sort of outcasts...
But not really...
People who just kinda fade into the background...
People who you never really notice
Until it's too late...
But then again, there's also a little bit of Eleanor Rigby in all of us...
Because there's always times when you feel a little out of it
That is, unless you're super popular...
But then again, those people sometimes feel so hollow inside...
Wearing a mask that's been forced upon us...
And there's always times when you feel lonely...
And there's always times when you feel left out...
And there's always times when you feel sorry for yourself...
Times when you feel sad, or discouraged...
Feel like I'm fading away...
Times when you feel alone...
When you feel like nobody understands...
And it's not like they don't try to understand...
But sometimes they try a little too hard...
And even though their intentions are good...
It just makes you feel worse...
And it makes you feel less understood...
There's an upside to all this though...
A small silver lining to the dark cloud that's been hovering ominously over me for a while...
There are times when you're really, really low...
And I'm down so low...
If I cheered up,
I'd still be depressed...
But then again, those times should give you a little hope…
One of the many things I've done is a sine wave thing...
(yes, a sinusoidal wave like in Physics or Maths)
It's supposed to be the moods you're in...
And how high or how low you're feeling...
And it's a curve that goes up and down...
Sort of in regular intervals...
Anyways, different people have different curves...
Some people have ones that climb really high but then sink really low...
Some people have pretty stagnant ones that don't really go too far up or too far down...
The calm people...
The speed is different too...
Some people have gentle, rolling curves...
Some people have pitching, tossing waves...
Seasickness...well sort of...
And I guess I'm "blessed" with a roller-coaster ride...
That takes me up to the highest of heights...
And sinks me down to the deepest of depths...
But hey, things can't be that bad...
And when I think about it, things have been looking up for me lately :)
And yeah, I got a new job. Time to take those baby steps into the 'real' world I guess.
Ear Candy: 'Everywhere' -- Michelle Branch
A Time for Dancing
One of the things on my ‘2003 list’ is to get my Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Advanced Ballet Certificate. I was supposed to have gone for this exam when I was 16, but I injured my right ankle and knee pretty badly a month before my exam and wasn’t allowed to dance on it for a while which completely stuffed everything up. After that I just got really lazy and then found excuse, after excuse not to do the exam.
So now, almost 5 years after putting it off, I’ve decided to go for it. I feel like a grandma since most people who do it are way younger. It’s kind of difficult to explain to people who aren’t in the know with the ballet world what it means, but the RAD has a ballet syllabus much like the school system. You have the ‘grades’- Pre-primary, Primary and then grades 1 through to 8, and then you have the ‘majors’ – Intermediate Foundation, Intermediate, Advanced Foundation, Advanced 1, Advanced 2 (there is actually one more, Solo Seal, but only those who are freaking fantastic at ballet do this, us normal people stop at Advanced).
I’ve done all the of exams but the Advanced 2 exam and I really, really want it. I just want this final sense of accomplishment for something I’ve spent the majority of my life doing.
After working for 7 hours and being on my feet the whole day, the last thing I want to do is drag my tired ass to dancing, but it’s what I’ve been doing every day for the last couple of weeks (and the weeks to come). 2 hours of ballet, followed by 2 hours of jazz or funk. My body is in so much agony at the moment as I get back into the swing of things, but despite waking up every morning and not being able to move without wincing in pain, the blisters on my toes, and the constant criticism and yelling from my ballet teacher about my imperfections, I am getting a morbid kick out of it.
It’s nice to have something to work towards, but I hope that I don’t get lazy and just give up.
Smoochies
"C'mon, let's go peek!”
"That's sick"
"I am shocked. I am truly dismayed and disappointed that I didn't think of it first!"
"We shouldn't be watching this”
"But it's so sweet”
"I need a shower"
"We're awful people, just awful. We're spying on our friends"
“Do you think their mouths are getting sore from all that kissing?”
I virtually had to drag the lot of them away from the window so that the two lovebirds could have some privacy. Talk about voyeurism. After the little peep show the rest of us got into a conversation about kissing.
All of them seemed to think that a kiss itself is the most powerful thing to experience. Whilst I agreed that loosing yourself in a kiss is always nice, I was the only one who thought that the moment before a kiss is more powerful.
You know, the feeling when your heart beats a little faster and your body feels a little hotter.
The exact moment your eyes lock and your breaths become in tune with one another, rhythmic and pulsating.
The very millisecond you decide to tilt your head to one side to receive the lips moving towards yours.
The precise moment you close your eyes and feel their breath on your face, their lips almost touching yours, I think that is far more breathtaking.
I am such a sap.
Ear Candy: 'Lover Lay Down' -- John Mayer (Dave Matthews Band cover)
Right Kind of Phrase....continued....
 The opening acts for Jason were okay, Chris Brockman was sweet and his songs were quite nice, but Luke Pitman needs to get his ego checked. His “I’m the man” attitude totally put me off. We didn’t really pay much attention to his set because the heat, coupled with his boring music, was lulling half of us to sleep.
At about 9:45, Jason rocked up on stage with his band members Toca, on the bongo drums, and Ian, on double bass. Most fans know that Jason always wears a hat of some description when he performs, but explained that now he got a hair cut, ‘to pick up hot 7th grade chicks', ‘Arlington’ (his cap) was now too big without the hair. I guess you had to be there to find this funny.
Jason talks. A lot. I think he spent half the show talking and cracking jokes, and the other half singing. At one point during the show he asked if anyone was celebrating something, to which a guy in the audience claimed it was his birthday. After much banter about song requests for the birthday guy, Jason got the guy up on stage to play the Didgeridoo…well, not a real Didgeridoo, more like the random birthday guy covering his mouth and making a noise. It was freaking hilarious because he just kept on going for couple of minutes with Jason and Toca initially looking stumped at what to do, but they started humming along in parts, breaking into 0% Interest at the end. Very cool.
 I don’t really remember the set list because the night went for so long, but it included You and I Both, Common Pleasure, Unfold, On Love in Sadness, I’ll do Anything, 0% Interest, Right Kind of Phrase, Curbside Prophet, The Remedy, At Last/Sleep all Day, So Unusual, uhh…some others that I can’t remember and also the song Dream Life of Rand McNally, which completely cracks me up every time I hear it. Oh, and he played a funky version of No Aphrodisiac by the Whitlams which many of us were surprised about since we didn’t expect him to know the song.
There was a lot of stuff on sale, t-shirts and two CD’s- his debut studio release ‘Waiting for My Rocket to Come’ and ‘Live and Java Joes’. It was cute how he was pimping his music, ‘buy the t-shirt cause if your friend has the CD you can always borrow it and you know, maybe copy it. I’m totally down with all that shit ‘cause I never buy CD’s anymore’. Hee, Yay! for advocating music piracy. I already have 'Waiting for My Rocket' which I had to order from Borders last year cause no other store knew wtf I was going on about when I asked around for it, so I bought myself a copy of 'Live at Java Joes' which has the kick ass songs Bright Eyes and After an Afternoon on it.
 The Brass Monkey is such a craphouse venue, a very poor man’s version of The Basement. I reckon the owners don't know what air conditioning is, and the two electric fans they had going didn’t really do much. I don’t think Jason and the band were impressed at all with the heat and the crappy lighting, but given the circumstances they still managed to give us an amazing show and left me, and the other boardies I was with, completely smitten by Jason.
I am glad that the show was really good cause after harassing Denise to come along, it would have been kinda embrassing if the show had sucked.
Ooo, I just found out that Counting Crows and John Mayer are touring TOGETHER in America later this year! Good Lord, that would be a fricking awesome concert. I think I would faint from excitement if I saw that, hehe.
Ear Candy: ' The Remedy (I Won't Worry)' -- Jason Mraz
Right Kind of Phrase
Jason Mraz is so my boyfriend! Mwhahaha. He takes the attraction to guys with guitars to a whole 'nother level.
*blissful sigh*
I just got home from seeing him play at The Brass Monkey, and after 3 hours of wonderful ear (and eye) candy, I can safely say that it was the best $10 I've ever spent!!!!
You know, and I can't believe I'm actually going to say this as it seems sacriligeious to all things holy in Riss' music world, but Jason completely shats all over John Mayer. And everyone knows how much I *heart* John Mayer.
Jason's voice is just amazing and you can't help but go gaga (for lack of a better word) over it. Sexy to the nth power indeed.
Need sleep. Pictures and more stories to come...
Ear Candy: A recording of the gig on my MD
Schmeh
Valentine’s Day is so overrated if you ask me. I don’t see why people should buy someone something because they feel obligated to do it. I see the beauty in sharing your feelings with the one you care about not because you expect something in return, but because the feeling is sincere and really there.
Nevertheless, red roses are pretty and those teddy bears with the hearts are so adorable.
I am such a hypocrite.
Ear Candy: ' I'd Rather Be in Love ' -- Michelle Branch
(I cannot help it, couldn't stop it if I tried...Oh dear, getting kinda mushy but this is my fave song of hers)
Awww
Beep beep. Beep beep
I notice an SMS from my uncle which is odd since he never messages me.
Before you do anything this morning check your email
Erm, okay.
So I log into my account, wondering wtf is going on and then I see an email with the heading 'Surprise'.
Larissa,
Since we won't be here for your birthday we decided to give you your present early. It would have been better timing to give it to you the day we fly out, but we had to tell you about it this morning before you buy them for yourself.
What did they get me?
TWO TICKETS TO SEE DAVID GRAY!!!
*jumps up and down like a little girl*
My parents and I had dinner with them last night during which my mum was bitching about how much money I had been wasting on concert tickets lately. Yeah, whatever. Just to annoy my mum I told them that I was planning on spending more cause two more concerts had been announced that I wanted to see ('What? More?! You listen to music loud enough in your room, surely that's good enough'), so I guess my aunt and uncle must have gotten the idea from that. Tee hee.
What a nice way to start the week.
Ear Candy: 'All for You' -- Sister Hazel
And all that jazz
I dragged Jill along with me to watch Chicago today and the movie rocked our socks! I found it much more entertaining than Moulin Rouge, and that’s saying something considering I saw Moulin Rouge five times in the cinemas and have watched it numerous times on DVD at home. (It has Ewan McGregor in it singing, what’s not to like?!)
I think I liked Chicago more because it wasn’t trying too hard to be creative. Moulin Rouge was too busy being ‘artsy’ which distracted from the movie, but Chicago has the same level of glitz and glamour but presented in a much tidier and enjoyable package. The cast was fabulous and Ms. Zellweger deserved that Golden Globe for her portrayal of Roxie Hart and her desire to see her name up in lights. But dude, she needs to get herself to the closest McDonalds for a large Big Mac meal cause she was looking all kinds of skinny.
Random observation- you could tell that Catherine Zeta-Jones was a trained dancer by the way she carried herself in the dance numbers, particularly that last one. Even though Renee can dance she doesn’t have that same stage presence or technique about her that Catherine does. And keep an eye out for the spiffy Cell Block Tango, my favourite routine in the whole movie.
Rambling on empty
I can't seem to string much together at the moment because I feel as though my brain is trying to push itself out of my skull through my eyeballs I have a migrane, so these disjointed comments must do for now. *** Shannon got me a guitar pick from Tom at the Jimmy Eat World concert the other night. Yay, although I don’t know what I’m going to do with it since I don’t play the guitar or anything. Oh well, nice little piece of Jimmy memorabilia for me.
I’ve mentioned it before, but if your musical tastes are somewhat similar to mine (or if you just like listening to funky guitar tunes), you must check out Jason Mraz when he hits town next week. He has the same freakish guitar skills as John Mayer, but his voice is much sexier and his songs are less pop inclined. He’s playing at the Hopetun in Surry Hills on Monday, opening for Beth Orton on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Metro, and then heading down to the Brass Monkey in Cronulla on Thursday night. *** Excuse me while I go into teeny bopper mode…
Ahhh, I was just over at Project Nookie reading the spoilers and OMFG! Bring on episode 16 of Dawson’s Creek season 6! We finally get the Pacey and Joey hour!! After joking around about this for 2 years we finally get it, hell yeah! And then the rest of the P/J goodness in the remaining episodes!!! I guess what I'm saying is, I'm not going to look at you and think of everything that happened. I'm just going to think of everything that could. Aww, almost as good as the She's the kind of pretty that givs you butterflies line. Mwhahaha, D/Jers take your daisies and shove it. Hee.
And OMG! Episode 13 of the new season of Alias!!
And woo, I got another board to moderate at FF. I didn’t know Fan Forum had over 84,000 members now. Wow.
*ahem* *** “Good evening. I’m from < insert company name here > market research, and I was wondering if I could speak to someone over 18?”
Telemarketers always seem to call at the most inappropriate times. I never want to buy anything, participate in any surveys/promotions or whatever else they want to pimp, so it’s always handy that I sound like a 14 old when I’m on the phone. (Although I think I should get my mum to say the message on our answering machine cause some people have been known to just crack up after hearing my message. Pfft.)
“Sorry my parents aren’t home at the moment and I’m not 18, so I can’t help you there”
Works every time. *** “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune is in want of a wife”
BBC’s Pride and Prejudice = Best Mini-Series EVER.
I’ve watched it so many times I practically know it by heart. My dad hates, absolutely hates it when I watch it (“Oh come on. You can’t be watching it AGAIN?!?”) but I pop it in the vcr from time to time just to piss him off. Actually, I don’t think there is a male on the planet who could sit through the entire 6 hours of it without complaining. I only just found out tonight that you can buy it on DVD. I know what I’ll be buying tomorrow. Now my dad can’t use the "you can’t watch it too much or else you’ll stretch the tape" excuse now.
Ear Candy: 'Settling' -- Tara MacLean
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