January 2010
105 posts
“There’s always one guy that looks like Rolf Harris.”
– Rachel, about the biggest loser contestants.
Imparting wisdom
Zac: The only thing I learnt from you is that you can put ice in goon and it waters it down enough that you don't wake up feeling like shit.
Ben: Really, that's the only thing I taught you?
Zac: Yeah, that and drumming is totally sweet.
Ben: Badass
I found myself quoted on the Albion Motorsport... →
“Increased my average cornering speed by 25km/h.” Chris Pollock. Mazda RX7 Series VI
“Please take care of yourself”, was the last thing I said, right before that operator made us disconnected.
Pain Tolerance in Sport →
Links Chrises Like: Pain Tolerance in Sport
“Pain is ever-present in sport. An athlete’s ability to tolerate pain is essential to success. Pain provides valuable information about your body and how it is performing. To maximize its usefulness it is important to understand what kind of pain should be listened to and what type is helpful or safe to work through.”
The Hypocrisy of Invasion Day
One thing that’s always bothered me is people calling Australia Day “Invasion Day”. If feels pointless for a number of reasons; for starters, if Europeans arriving here was so wrong, then the obvious answer to that is for us all to leave. But the people saying this have no intention of leaving, so what is their point exactly? If we shouldn’t have come here and it was so...
dates
It’s amazing sometimes how dates fly by. Time, I guess, as well, but more so the ones you remember, that stand out. I’ve always remembered dates. I got my car on the 5th of March, 2008. Met Charlotte for the first time on the 18th of November, 2009. Sophie and I broke up on the 9th of September, 2007. Things that happen that have repercussions tend to stay with me like that.
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photos are proof we existed
And in this case, proof that I was a massive chubbo. I just found a massive photo storage folder from 2007 - 2008 and goddamn. There’s a lot of interesting stuff in there, but seriously, I was one fat-faced unattractive motherfucker. Looking at those photos, I cannot understand why any girl would have liked me then because even in the good photos, I do NOT look good. Ugh, worst.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-24) →
Radiohead (28)
Passion Pit (22)
Nick Drake (18)
Final Fantasy (18)
The National (7)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
The New Australian
It’s Australia Day tomorrow. In 18 hours or so, people around the country will be cracking beers and celebrating .. something. I’m not sure most people know what, although it seems to be split into two rival camps; one group think that Australia means White Europeans (despite our completely mixed heritage), and the other think that any sort of celebration of Australia is a Racist...
Things Bogans Like: Overseas Day →
The bogan is a beacon of tolerance. It is open to the cultures and traditions from parts of the world it has little understanding of, and enthusiastically embraces them without fear or favour. The bogan just wants to incorporate foreign cultures into the bogan Australian identity, and feels so fulfilled about doing so that it now has a cherished day of celebration for this process. The bogan calls...
I've kind of been reading Perfect Strangers quotes...
Balki Bartokomous: Hi, cousin! I just baked a big batch of bing bong binki binki bakalava.
Larry Appleton: ...Bing bong binki binki bakalava?
Balki Bartokomous: Bingo! Want a big bite, booby?
Larry Appleton: Better not, buddy.
Balki Bartokomous: ...bummer.
Larry Appleton: Bitter, Balki?
Balki Bartokomous: You bet your Bibby Babkas I'm bitter, baby! I busted my butt baking these itty bitty binkis, and believe me, I banked on a bit of basic brotherly bolstering!
Larry Appleton: Balki, buddy, baby!
“It’s like being homeless.. digitally homeless.”
– Dane, on that he has no main computer and is considering a MacBook.
tales from the laundromat
A group of them walked past, obviously tipsy, having a good time, dressed up to the sevens. One returned from the apartment they went into; not quite hipsterorgay material, but enough of each category that you’d ask the question, at least in your head. He paused entering the convenience store, and on his way out, walked over and pointed a cigarette packet at me, his lack of a lighter...
Youtube comment snob →
YouTube Comment Snob is a Firefox extension that filters out undesirable comments from YouTube comment threads. You can choose to have any of the following rules mark a comment for removal:
More than # spelling mistakes: The number of mistakes is customizable, and the extension uses Firefox’s built-in spell checker.
All capital letters
No capital letters
Doesn’t start with a...
what makes a man
this is. this week, when my ‘practise’ alarm went off at 11, i actually did. i sat down and played through most of Save Yourself and for the first time in a long time, actually felt it. i haven’t played properly in so long, because i haven’t felt like that person. i’d run through the music with repetition and no heart. playing it like a robot, thinking about what...
we can make a fortune
me: heather
i want to start a new web site
i might need some help
Carrot: what kind?
me: this concept is amazing
are you ready?
"girls in bikinis drinking tea"
Carrot: ok
me: ive just been searching
there is nothing
we can make a fortune
Carrot: I just came everywhere
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-1-17) →
AFI (99)
The Acorn (78)
Strung Out (62)
Sublime (32)
Acceptance (24)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
gone, forgotten
I took the Punk Alliance site offline tonight, disabled the forums, deleted the myspace. It was time.
For those who didn’t really know me then, I used to run a nationwide music organisation. Founded in 2005, at its peak it consisted of several hundred bands, a handful of venues and about the same number of businesses. Started with the members of four other bands, the name derived from...
“Young men will continue to be knocked down to their deaths on cigarette-stained...”
– Marieke Hardy’s RIP to the Tote. (via memily)
blast
My boss was just about to leave the office to day, and he said ‘its been a blast’.
Me: Yeah, but you like blasts. Him: Yeah, but dont tell anyone .. I don’t want anyone to find out I’m a blast-liker. Me: Yeah, .. but it’s ok, I mean anyone who spends some time getting to know you finds out pretty quickly that you’re a blastard.
He just looked at me for a...
What the hell, really? →
I know this is a few years old now but I just can’t help but to be surprised by the awesome stuff people decide to do! Incredible. Somewhere, someone managed to get this through some sort of board meeting.
Every console ever released .. ever. →
I’ve easily spent an hour browsing the photos of consoles and finding out that I actually owned a surprising amount of them. The funnel effect of spread vs requirements as time has gone on is pretty funny. So many contenders, reduced to three.
The Dunning-Kruger effect →
“ The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ” — Bertrand Russell
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it
