Happy New Years!

Thought it'd be wise to get in early and wish you all a Happy New Years!

I, like many others, have compiled a huge list of resolutions, such as:

1. Get a job.
2. Get good grades.
3. Lose weight (but I've come to realise that's everyones resolution).
4. Have more fun as I feel 2008 could have been better.
5. Be more confident.
6. Say 'yes' to everything/more things.
7. Meet KoL when they come to Australia...come on, I've liked them for four or so years, I sorta deserve it!

There's a few others ofcourse.
Anyway, have a happy, fun and safe new years!xx

Dear 'Christmas Decoration Thief'

Dear Christmas Decoration Thief,
Why on earth did you steal a bunch of $2 Candy Cane's from my front lawn?
Gosh, I wasn't aware the economy was that bad.

Please return them in their rightful place.



2008 is almost gone.....good things will come in 2009.

Just for the sake of blogging...

I'm really bored tonight, nothing to do.
I'm currently listening to Bloc Party and Klaxons...nothing to exciting to write.

Photos, since I've posted none in awhile.







I'll leave you with this - I'm pretty much addicted to Wii Fit.
Also, I can't wait until New Years.

Christmas was great!

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and got amazing gifts!

I woke up at about 8am then watches TV until about 9am. We (family and I) opened our presents. After, we headed off to my nans for Christmas lunch with my mums side of the family. We went back home at about 4pm, then went to see my Dad's side of the family...which ended up being a very funny occasion.

I received a Wii Fit, DVDs, a limited edition Johnny Cash guitar, loads of cash, Sanity vouchers, makeup, Hoyts vouchers, more money, jewellery, HK mugs, chocolates, socks, underwear, slippers, lollies, Kings of Leon tickets (it was part of my Christmas present) etc.

I ended up going to sleep at about 9am and ended up sleeping until 1pm. When I wokeup, I realised my nose stud fell out during my sleep and the hole closed up. Oh well, I'm over it.

Today I wokeup and played Wii Fit. Its so much fun, however according to the game, I have a BMI of 14.5, which I'm pretty sure isn't accurate.....I'm thinking its more in the 16-17 range.

I still haven't touched my Media homework.....

MGMT, DECEMBER 11TH, FESTIVAL HALL (MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA)

So, in previous blogs, I mentioned I was attending the Melbourne MGMT show on the 11th of December and was kind of worried due to the negative reviews regarding their live shows. Well, turns out I was worrying over nothing - it was simply amazing and I couldn't have asked for a better show!

MGMT setlist:
*=My personal favoirtes.

OF MOONS, BIRDS AND MONSTERS*
FUTURE REFLECTIONS*
4TH DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION*
PIECES OF WHAT
WEEKEND WARS
THE YOUTH
TIME TO PRETEND
METANOIA
ELECTRIC FEEL
THE HANDSHAKE*
>>>ENCORE<<<
KIDS

I'm pretty sure the setlist is accurate. I wrote it down at 3am Friday morning, so it was pretty fresh in my mind so to speak.

TAME IMPALA:
These Perth psychedelic-rock boys were amazing and did a great performance, even though most people weren't watching them/listening to them. They could only squeeze about 5 songs into their set, due to the long jams they did inbetween songs and all. Being a spectator from the side of the stage (due to being underage, I was unable to buy General Admission tickets), I thought their positioning on stage wasn't the greatest. However, amazing performance once again, a band to keep your eye on.
7.5/10

LUKE STEELE:
Following Tame Impala, Luke Steele (Sleepy Jackson/one-half of Empire of the Sun) took to the stage with an acoustic guitar in hand and some pre-programmed beats. I really thought he did a wonderful performance, however he didn't receive an amazing response from the audience. Prehaps they thought he'd perform an Empire of the Sun tune or two and Nick Littlemore would magically appear? Maybe the crowd just wanted MGMT? Who knows.
8/10

MGMT:
The band of the night, MGMT (pronounced 'em-gee-em-tea' or 'management' or even 'mig-mnt' for all you tools) took to the stage at around 10.05ish. They opened up with 'Of Moons, Birds and Monsters', my favorite song on 'Oracular Spectacular' after a little artistic jam session. 'Weekend Wars' was an obvious crowd winner, as was 'Time to Pretend' and 'Electric Feel'. I personally felt a little embarassed (not sure if thats the right term) when the crowd began singing the tune to 'Time to Pretend' (they later did it to 'Kids'). The band then closed with 'The Handshake' (another personal favorite of mine), before comming back onstage for an encore, performing 'Kids.'

Here is a list of things I really liked about MGMT's performance:
-Andrew's amazement at the fact there were so many people there to see them and the fact it was a sold out crowd. ("Wow, there’s people over there and people over there...and over there...”).

-How short-looking they are!
-The crowd. Aside from a few people, the crowd was amazing. Not many fangirls, teenyboppers or muzzas. There was some random guy a few rows infront with some crazy and outrages dance moves. Supplied many laughs.

-Andrew sitting on James' (or was it Matt's? Can't recall) shoulders. Human totumn pole.

-The jams. Need I say more.

The things I sort of disliked:
-The people who sat down during Metanoia. Serious mood killer.

-The fact no songs from their previous EP's were played.

-The girls who came down just to dance to 'Kids'.

Overall, it was amazing!!
I'd love to see them again.
I regret not hanging back to 'try' and meet them (aye, it's worth a shot) or have some sort of fake id. Oh well, always next time!

10/10

PS: The merch sold out before MGMT were even onstage! I ended up buying a bag with some sort of duck/crayon/marshmellow on it. Very cute.

Pointless Blog Alert.

Today, I found out I got 89% for my Fashion exam, 81% for my Multimedia exam (which, as you may recall, I thought I'd fail) and 77% for my English exam. Romeo and Juliet made me get a lower mark than I'd like, but I did fairly well in the Persuassive section. I'm dreading my Maths results, but I'm sure I did well in Art and Psychology.

Tommorrow (as well as Thursday) is Yr 11 Orientation Day. I'm not excited as I'm pretty much done with school...I guess it's 'that' time of the year were you're just over everything and want a break.



Personality Disorder Test.

Disorder Rating

Paranoid High

Schizoid Moderate

Schizotypal Moderate

Antisocial Low

Borderline Moderate

Histrionic Moderate

Narcissistic High

Avoidant High

Dependent High

Obsessive-
Compulsive Moderate