| New Zealand Wine, Russian movies, The Dark Knight |
[23 Jul 2008|11:16pm] |
Somewhere one our way from Queesntown to Christchurch
So I finally opened my AMAZING new favorite Pinot Noir, Oyster Bay from NZ
I was very pleased with the majority of wines I tasted in NZ and brought almost $650 worth back home with me
I even tried Oyster Bays' chardonnay which I usually can't stand, and it was fairly good
I went to work yesterday at 8 am
Only to be told because we're cutting hours
And had too many people working that day I could "go home if I wanted to"
However, I can't argue with my manager and was pushed into a corner
A phonecall WOULD have been nice since I woke up and walked to work
In the cold and slight rain....
So I've had alot of free time since I don't go back untill friday
I WAS going to clean...however I had a late night with my russians and friends from work
We went to OB for a bit, then went to a russian market, got some beer (1 beer is about 12% alcohol..wtf)
Got a movie and watched it at my house.
Of course out of the 10 people over last night only Niyaz could figure it out however I gathered
about 40% of what was happening and it actually helped me in hearing people talk
and understanding the language more
They eventually left
And didn't wake up until 2 pm
I went to Sugar Cafe which is my favorite cafe I can walk to with free wi-fi
Until 10 when it turns into a dance club and a ton of super tan girls
wearing barely anything stumble in with a beer in one hand and a cigarette in the other
I met some guy visiting from Colombia
His english was very good and I took him to this colombian resturant
We talked about movies and politics, what colombia is like and he had recently
been to Paraguay, so he told me about it and said I should really go soon
He was super nice and tonight was his last night in the city
So we saw the Dark Knight (I am SO blown away)
Never have I been in a theatre where you could hear a pin drop in every scene
Or has an audience given a movie a standing fucking ovation
Which, however, was def. deserved.
Of course I came home and read everything on IMDB
One of my favorite threads;
"Theory that Ledger isn't dead, and faked his death for the next movie
So it will be even bigger and more hype when B3 comes out
And you see The Joker in the previews"
He died. Get over it.
However if it does happen, Ledger should def. get a Jesus Award.
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[21 Jul 2008|08:06pm] |
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Daron doing the Haka, a maori war chant
Im still not quite there on the whole time change
I usually get home from work around 3 everyday this week
Then sleep
Wake up around 7 and eat then shower and back to sleep
Last night my russian buddies wanted to take me out to dinner
I almost fell asleep in the middle of dinner
Ive decided that after school I'm for sure doing Peace Corps
I have another meeting with the director of Photography on thursday
She did Peace Corps after college and even though alot has changed in the past
Twenty years she said she'll give me some packets and this number to call
I think it would be a good experience and unless I get knocked up or married
In the next two years I don't think I'll have any ties to keep me in the US
To be honest I really dislike living here
From my past five years of going around the world
I tend to dislike comming back home more and more
Not just because of the feeling that a vacation is "over", but I just feel
I don't need to waste time here any longer than i need to
My friend isa joked around saying
"after school, we all...we take you to russia...you take pictures. you like. you stay"
It was pretty silly
This entry was basically an excuse to not unpack and clean my apartment
But it's 7 and I still have so much to finish before work tomorrow
UGhhhhhbgrhvjdklsl
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| jet-fucking-laggedddd |
[18 Jul 2008|06:30pm] |
Australia was amazing
New Zealand was gorgeoooussss
I had the most amazing time there and took over 3,000 photos...
Can't wait to upload all of those.. and they're in RAW too.. fuck
I cuddled a koala
I held a baby croc
I pet a ton of kangaroos
I swam and snorkled in the great barrier reefs
I played in the rainforest
I met silly tribal people and aboriginals
And I'm still on NZ time
I wrote everyday so I'll scan my entries in so I dont have to re-write them here
more photos soon <3
Time to pack to go back to San Francisco
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| FTPA Electrocast #30 |
[18 Jul 2008|09:40am] |
here is Electrocast #30 (right click, save as)
Proxy- Dance In Dark
Little Boots- Stuck on Repeat (Fake Blood remix)
The Ting Tings- That's Not My Name (Tom Neville Remix)
Ladyhawke- Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy remix)
Autokratz- Stay The Same
Fake Blood- Mars
M.I.A.- Bucky Done Gun (Billion Dollar DJs remix)
Black Ghosts- Any Way You Choose To Give It (Boy 8-Bit version)
Crystal Castles- Vanished
Sifl & Olly- Fake Blood
for any of you in/around New Orleans, come by our night:
FTPA (indie rock, electro, disco-punk, industrial, alternative dance music)
Saturday nights @
Whirling Dervish
1135 Decatur St. New Orleans
no cover, and cheap drinks served by Bingo's "Mr. The Turk", Matt Vaughan
10pm-5am
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