| Sunday, October 23, 2005
Define yourself |
| A guy who I have never met, but whose blog I read religiously, recently included in his a series of lists that I found curious enough to decide to respond to his suggestion that visitors to his site do the same. So, here I go: Ten defining songs: "Closer to Fine" by the Indigo Girls "How Soon is Now" by the Smiths "Circumspect Penelope" by Look Blue Go Purple "Straight Lines" by Suzanne Vega "Hold Me Now" by the Thompson Twins "For the Love of Big Brother" by the Eurythmics "Air of December" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians "Southern Man" by the Puddle "Love Your Ways" by Salmonella Dub "Halcyon on and on" by Orbital Ten current songs (I guess I have to be honest and pull these directly from iTunes) "Reptile Room" by Pitch Black "Not Many" by Scribe (It sounds sweet on my newly installed car audio) "All I Need" Air "Tinseltown in the Rain" by The Blue Nile "Avalon" by Bryan Ferry "Where are You" by the Nomad "Gascrankinstation" by the Headless Chickens "Eden" by Talk Talk "Useless" by Depche Mode (Kruder and Dorfmeister remix) "Buoy" by David Sylvian 7 Things I want to do before I die: Jump jibe a Sailboard. Buy a small bach to live in. Dance with my partner at my own 'wedding'. Own a two-man catamaran and sail it often. Run a school Write a book Get over my hang-ups 7 Things I can (and do) do: Run a half-marathon in 1:25 Cook a souffle Shoot a rabbit Choreograph aerobics classes Write raw HTML Re-pack a wheel bearing Cut my own hair 7 Things I cannot do: Play a musical instrument Remain angry Mince convincingly Tie a bowline Lie Throw Wear yellow 7 Things that attract me to guys: Confidence Humility Tallness Languor Calm Passion Faraway Eyes 7 Things I say most often: "Hello You" "What do you mean by that?" "You saved me, again" "I'm sorry I'm late, I've got a great excuse this time..." "I hate the phone" "You're beautiful" "No way!" 7 Celebrity crushes: Tom Bailey (of the Thompson Twins) Martin Csokas (when he was the presenter of "TVFM") Rupert Graves (Freddy in "A Room With A View") James Marshall (James in "Twin Peaks") ... I'll have to finish this when I can think of some more. If you've got a journal and some spare time, have a go at this exercise. I found it mighty interesting. |
| Louisa Woods
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| Sunday, October 16, 2005
"Fabulous" re-enters the vernacular |
| So, Tim and I went to see "Fifty Ways of Saying Fabulous" the other day. It was great to see so much that was recognisable in a film made locally. I liked being in Wanaka's "Cinema Paradiso" with Tim and surrounded by parents and kids from school. The film did affect me too. In fact one of the characters was so recognisable to me that I ended up spending most of the next day bawling my eyes out. It was a wonderfully cathartic experience. I even wrote a review! Speaking of recognisable experiences, I'm also currently reading "Ghost Dance" by Douglas Wright and I'm loving the strange foreignness and at the same time the sense of connection I have with this very loved and extraordinarily talented New Zealand dancer. I love the way he described the experience of a Vipassana meditation retreat. I've done one of those too, and while I'm pretty convinced of the validity of the practice of meditation, I still haven't got over the trauma of the experience enough to have been able to sit cross-legged since. Spring has well and truly arrived in Wanaka and the town is experiencing one of its very transient 'quiet' periods that I love so much. How is your life right now? |
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