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February 1st, 2010
08:13 pm - the warmth in your eyes swept me into your arms
So I took my film SLR down to the coast when we went to BDO. The photos turned out real well. I am quite pleased.
( image heavy, but lovely (if I do say so myself) )
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/cool.gif) calm
Current Music: Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds
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January 19th, 2010
04:49 pm - win
I GOT MY LICENCE.
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January 1st, 2010
04:16 am - baby, it's over, we both know, let's go forward
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
Visit the place I wish to maybe work in someday. Saw Okkervil River live. Throw up in class. Quite a few things really.
( here we go again, 2009 meme )
I'm quietly confident that 2010 will be good. I'm resolving to be happier.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/thoughtful.gif) contemplative
Current Music: Pixie Lott - Turn It Up
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December 30th, 2009
05:29 am
nineteen. i haven't started to fully reflect on the year. i start to, and then i just get distracted by music or focus too much on one aspect of the year. my eighteenth was fun.
in any case, i'm another year older. i'm not wiser. if anything, i'm more oblivious than i've ever been, and thinking over it, it's not a good thing.
spoke to the girl around midnight our time, 2pm hers. she's confusing but i can't help myself. i know i might just get hurt, but well, she is lovely. and starting the day off with talking to her? it's pretty great.
i think it's going to be a good day.
p.s. i really need to clean the house...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/happy.gif) chipper
Current Music: Tegan & Sara - Nineteen
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December 1st, 2009
02:17 am - please, remember me fondly
girl is confusing, but makes me smile. always makes me smile.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/confused.gif) confused
Current Music: Iron & Wine - The Trapeze Swinger
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October 29th, 2009
12:48 am
not doing a good job of keeping up with these conscious decisions I've made.
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October 9th, 2009
07:59 pm - and it was your heart on the line
Tax return? Lodged.
Debit card application? Accepted.
Assignments? Ignored.
Spider solitaire? Won.
BDO tickets? Bought.
Taylor Swift tickets? Getting there.
Hmm.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/blank.gif) apathetic
Current Music: Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man
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02:12 am - you walk and talk like you're some new sensation
I just can't turn my mind off. Sigh. I have work in 9 hours. I should go to bed, but I'm trawling fandomsecrets instead. My life rocks.
Also got BDO tickets this morning. Not as excited as I thought I would be.
EDIT.
I just spent the last half hour drafting a screenplay instead of going to bed.
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September 16th, 2009
04:24 am - Writer's Block: Stuck with stardom
Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, and/or Demi Lovato.
Question: will you marry me?
Kidding.
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August 15th, 2009
01:36 am - Writer's Block: This One's on Me
1. Yes. Earlier in the year, a stranger bought me a drink. Now, he's one of my best friends & he's still buying me drinks.
2. Not that I recall, no.
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August 5th, 2009
11:59 pm - you're not worthy, you don't deserve me
I'm feeling weird at the moment. Just got to keep things in check, I guess. Chances are, I'm getting sick too! Boo!
My tutor for Screenwriting was wearing a face mask in class today. I thought she was paranoid, but then she told us she was pregnant, so I took it back. She seems a bit weird, but she spoke a bit about making sure screenwriting is what you want to do, and she said that everyone has their own unique voice that can come out in their writing (it just has to be tapped into). I respected her for that.
My lecturer for Music in the Digital Age is also really funny. He's like this balding 40yr old man, who's really passionate about music, but really sarcastic about popular music today. It's awesome. He really knows his stuff though.
My lecturers/tutors for this semesters classes don't seem too bad so far; I haven't stepped on any of their toes, but the semester is young. I'm not looking forward to assessment, but we'll see.
I've been seeing my two best friends heaps since I got home. It's been pretty amazing. But I don't think I'm gonna see them for a while, because friends is one of my top priorities, and theirs is study. Oh well. I'll grab some sleep... or study with them.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/balloon.gif) weird
Current Music: Demi Lovato - Everything You're Not
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July 9th, 2009
03:54 am - tell me, do you feel the way I feel? 'cause nothing else is real
I'm finally going to do that meme that Ashy gave me to do ages ago. I'm too lazy to find the actual thing, but it's a list of 5 things I love that start with T. Ashleigh gave me this one because it was meant to be easy (I mean, there's the obvious one), but... it really isn't. I'm at a struggle, but here goes. Here are things that I've loved or will love for a long time.
1) Taylor Swift
Okay, let's not get me too started on the Swift because well... that could take me days. In short, I really love her. I love the personality she exudes from her public persona, I love her songs, I love the fact that she writes her own songs, I love the fact that her lyrics are relatable. Not to mention, I think she's beautiful. Sure, I may have payed her out in the past but I take it all back. She is amazing. She writes such effortless songs; they flow through me, with such imagery that I can't help but love it. Plus, I love that she's so driven with her goals - so much so that I can't help but want to support her. Sure, she seems a bit crazy and obsessive but that makes her seem normal. I love her album, Fearless. I remember last month, I bought it for Hodge's birthday and we listened to it in the car, in a parking lot. It was perfect, just sitting there, listening to her, singing at the top of our lungs. Her music is unafraid, and so were we as we sang along like dorks, making up actions. Last night, I was listening to "Fearless" (my favourite Taylor Swift song) trying to get to sleep, and I just felt so homesick, I couldn't get to sleep for two hours. I miss home. I very closely associate TSwift with Home, car rides, rain, and hanging out with friends (especially Hodge and Katherine, not to mention all the times I put her on the jukebox). Random anecdote demonstrating that I can bring Taylor Swift up in many a conversation.
( the rest, with photos and bonuses (i.e. I cheated and went over 5) )
There Ashy, I finally did it!
Edit: I totally forgot T-Shirts!
Current Location: Sugarland, TX
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: George Strait - Run
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June 30th, 2009
04:53 am - 1. Houston, TX: baby run, cut a path through the blue skies
So I'm in Houston, Texas. Well, I'm in Sugarland, Texas, but that's right next to Houston. It is hot, hot, hot. Over the weekend, I've been listening to "Run" (George Strait cover) - Taylor Swift, "Here We Go Again" - Demi Lovato, & "T-Shirt Weather" - The Lucksmiths.
"Run" - Taylor Swift
If I'm honest, I didn't like it at first. I watched the video on youtube and it was... unremarkable, I guess. There was nothing exciting about it. She sang and looked pretty, and I dunno rea;;y haha. I enjoy when she sings and looks pretty but I felt like it needed more. The other day, it came on when I was listening to my iPod ('cause I downloaded a rip from the vid), and I was blown away. I know that her voice can be a bit touch & go - sometimes it's really good, sometimes it's a bit pitchy and... not so good. In other words, I know not to expect too much. However, with this song, she knocked me off my feet. It's much lower than her own songs, and I'm not used to hearing her voice so low, and she should sing like this more often. "Run" is much more understated than say, "You Belong With Me" or "Love Story". You almost don't expect it to get stuck in your head. Today alone, I must've listened to it 10 times, at least. Also, I'm in Texas so it kinda just fits. If there's a plane or a bus leaving Dallas / I hope you're on it. Oh, and I saw a Chevy today! Take a truck, take a Chevy / Baby, just come back. Not only does she nail it, but I feel like it fits this leg of my trip, in a couple of ways. Emotional attachment to songs is oftentimes hard to explain but don't you know I miss you bad. In any case, I love her. This seals the deal for me. I'm in Texas, I may be running or needing someone in a rush, and I love the Swift. (and yes, I've heard the original, and I like it too.)
"Here We Go Again" - Demi Lovato
I resisted the call of these Disney kids for a while. There was a moment of weakness involving Miley Cyrus (and that moment is called "7 Things"). I evaded Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez for as long as possible. I knew they existed and that was that. When I was at LAX, I saw the People mag's special on them, and I flicked through it, looking at pictures. They're kinda cute. Okay, they're a lot cute, but I feel so pervy. They're 16 going on 17. My first love, TSwift, is 19. Okay, I don't feel too pervy. Anyway, back to the point. I resisted and resisted, then gave in when I saw their video for One and the Same and witnessed their ...*clears throat* closeness. They seem umm very close. Anyway, I could rant about this for ages. Point is, I clued in on them then, and downloaded a whole much of music. Mainly DLovato's, and "Here We Go Again" is a stand-out track for me. Someone on youtube says it sounds like Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas" and it kinda does, but DLovato does it better, I reckon. She does it with more feeling, oomph. Now in terms of where I'm at and my headspace... for one, she's from Dallas, Texas - hello physical link. Given, she doesn't live there at the moment, but roots people, roots. Also, I kinda feel that oh here we go again thing with someone I am close to and love very much. I feel like I get yanked around sometimes and that's not cool. I'm not even in the same country and I feel like I'm not welcome at the moment - here we go again. So how did you get here under my skin? Oh well. I'll get over it. Demi looks hot in the clip, even though Selena is my favourite out of the two, and Taylor is my fave all up. The TaylorSwift&SelenaGomez&DemiLovato&MileyCyrus friendship fascinates me. It should be rifled with competition, but it doesn't seem that way at all. I reckon any other teenage girls, and it would be, even just a little.
"T-Shirt Weather" - The Lucksmiths
This one's for the heat. This one's for the distance. And this one's for the fun, newness, excitement. I've got the least to say about this one, because it doesn't need much explanation. It's hot as hell here. It's sunny too. It's t-shirt weather. All this sunshine's making me dizzy / Went outside, all my clothes dried / And if I'm babbling, please forgive me. Also, I think being away from everyone is getting to me a little, because I'm not used to it. Oh, and not being able to spend any time by myself, which I'm really used to in Brisbane because I can walk places if I want to get away. I don't rely on someone to drive me back home but it's too hot to walk here, I don't know where anything is, buses are unreliable, and Houston doesn't have trains. In other words, I miss Brisbane and friends. Cause I'm out in the sunshine / While my friends' at home asleep (given the time difference).
Don't get me wrong, I'm liking it here, but there's so much I am used to back home, and so much that is new here. I think these three songs capture the feelings of my first week away the most out of the music I've been listening to; feelings of coming home & running; missing people; of tiredness over the same things happening even in a different place; heat; distance; enjoyment; Texas; and Texan heat. Also, they're very good songs to listen to while staring outside the car window while driving around this flat city.
and if I'm babbling, please forgive me
Current Location: Sugarland, TX
Current Mood: contemplative
Current Music: Iron & Wine - Belated Promise Ring
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May 31st, 2009
03:13 pm - you know I want to ask you to dance right there
I'm at uni, on a Sunday. With 4 hours sleep. I've been here since about 10:30am, "studying". Well... kind of. Hodge drove me in, we studied for an hour (and by "studied" I mean that she studied, and I was on msn to Emma, and finishing an article that has taken me almost two days to read on Moulin Rouge!). Then we went and got pizza and coffee. Or I got coffee, and Hodge got Sprite.
Then she left. Leaving me. Without a lift. Hello, bus!
I'm lugging around a laptop and several books, and 3 notebooks. I didn't need to bring 3. I don't know why I did. I'm silly. Sigh.
I did do some research on musicals in a book that I didn't want to borrow.
There are a surprising number of people here today. Hmm. The library closes in 2 hours. I should probably do something vaguely productive. Maybe. I don't really want to. Though the looming assignments cause me to have freak outs every so often. That's heaps fun. Not.
I leave in a little over 2 weeks. 2 weeks on Friday, so about 19 days. That is soon. I'm gonna be finished uni in 12 days. That is awesome and freaky because of the 4 assignments I have to do in that time. AARGH. Why don't I do them instead of stressing about them in real life, and LJ, and facebook, and whatever else? Because I'm Mary and I have horrible time management skills. Oh well, I leave soon.
The place that I'm sitting has no reception. Awesome. Wait, now it does. It can't make its mind.
Current Location: SS&H Library, UQ
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sweat.gif) thirsty
Current Music: Taylor Swift - Fearless
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May 15th, 2009
03:51 am - Writer's Block: Word for Word
I'm going to go with around 1628 songs.
Kidding.
I know a lot of the cheesy pop songs from the 90s off by heart (and some from the 00s too), such as Britney's old stuff, "You Raise Me Up" by Westlife, Backstreet Boys, "Love Story" by Taylor Swift, "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis, "We Belong Together" by Mariah Carey, several Sugababes songs, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something, and most of the Spice Girls stuff. Oh, and a lot of drunken singalongs, like "Wonderwall".
To redeem my street cred, I also know:
Okkervil River: "Unless It's Kicks", "A Stone", "For Real", "Black", "Westfall", "A Girl In Port", "No Key, No Plan"
Iron & Wine: "Love and Some Verses", "My Lady's House", "Such Great Heights"
Death Cab for Cutie: "A Lack of Color", "The Sound of Settling", "The New Year", "Title and Registration"
Bon Iver: "Skinny Love", "For Emma", "Blood Bank" (most of his songs are really hard to hear, let alone remember)
The Pipettes: "Because It's Not Love (But It's Still a Feeling)", "Pull Shapes"
The National: "So Far Around the Bend", "About Today", "It Never Happened"
Belle & Sebastian: "She's Losing It", "Get Me Away From Here, I'm Dying", "Piazza, New York Catcher"
Bloc Party: "This Modern Love", "I Still Remember"
Crowded House: "Fall at Your Feet", "Don't Dream It's Over"
INXS: "Don't Change"
The Beatles: several songs
etc.
Ahhh that's all I can be bothered thinking about haha. This is a bit of a boring post.
I don't know why I haven't gone to sleep and I'm sort of freaking out about assignments. Oh noes.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/yawn.gif) tired
Current Music: Bon Iver - Blindsided
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May 6th, 2009
03:03 am - down by okkervil river, slow, silent, thick, and black
We left late so we missed The Middle East, the support act. That was okay though, as we were there for Okkervil River, first and foremost. They did not disappoint.
I’m a hugely indecisive person. There is no denying that. That’s why it was a big deal for me to finally settle on a favourite band. Favourite anythings stump me, but there is something about Okkervil River that is withstanding, that sticks around. Often, things I like come and go, but for the past couple years, the River has held a place is in my heart and my CD player. I think it’s because Will Sheff’s (guitar, vocals) songs don’t get old. I get something from it each time I listen to a song, an album. I first heard Black, Westfall, and For Real in 2004, and despite initially being creeped out (because I was young and I didn’t get the concept of characters in songs, I seriously thought the singer was the narrator), it intrigued me.
We stepped into The Zoo after getting stamped and I got a little star struck when I saw Travis Nelsen (drums) sound checking his drum kit. We ran into a few people we knew, and I was jumping up and down with barely contained excitement.
( and it continues on and on; it's pretty long )
Current Mood: impressed
Current Music: Okkervil River - Starry Stairs
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May 4th, 2009
04:29 am - Mary goes to Okkervil River
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Still hyped up from seeing Okkervil River tonight :D Or last night even, haha. It was so good. More than good. It was fuckin' fantastic. Took some photos too! AND WE MET THEM. Sweetness.
Is getting late, will post more later on or somewhat. I want to curl up in a little happy ball, fully content with life at the moment, in bed and sleep, sleep, sleep.
So psyched, but so tired haha. I'm going to be like this for the next week.
Current Mood: content
Current Music: Clare Bowditch - Fall At Your Feet
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April 28th, 2009
02:19 am - Writer's Block: Musical Affliction
Lately, I've been addicted to Crowded House's Fall At Your Feet after hearing it one night at the uni bar. I always get the chorus stuck in my head. I love it's simplicity. It's a beautiful song. I also love Clare Bowditch's cover since well, I love Clare Bowditch. Lovely!
I'm really close tonight
And I feel like I'm moving inside her
Lying in the dark
I think that I'm beginning to know her
Let it go
I'll be there when you call
Whenever I fall at your feet
And you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I touch your slow turning pain
You're hiding from me now
There's something in the way that you're talking
The words don't sound right
But I hear them all moving inside you
Go, I'll be waiting when you call
Whenever I fall at your feet
And you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I touch your slow turning pain
The finger of blame has turned upon itself
And I'm more than willing to offer myself
Do you want my presence or need my help
Who knows where that might lead
I fall at your feet
And you let your tears rain down on me
Whenever I fall
I was thinking that it would be my wedding song, despite the fact that it could be read as a sad break-up song. I however, in my optimism, feel like it's a beautiful song that reiterates the fact that the main character will always be there for you, even when you're crying, even when it hurts. My favourite verse is The finger of blame has turned upon itself... (bold above). I think it's a sad, but also optimistic.
Current Mood: calm
Current Music: Crowded House - Fall At Your Feet
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April 12th, 2009
11:08 pm - don't change for you, don't change a thing for me
I'm addicted to INXS's Don't Change and mini M&Ms at the moment. Don't Change is on repeat (iTunes says I've listened to it 19 times so far), and my mini M&Ms tube is almost empty.
I was at uni bar last Wednesday, and I was drunk and celebrating the beginning of holidays. I was hanging out with a nice group of people. After a year of uni, I finally feel like I've fallen into the groove of a group. It's still a bit all over the place and random, but there's a core group and I'm enjoying it for the most part. I've made some new friends in the past few weeks that joined us in our celebration (or rather my celebration, since everyone else still had uni). So, we've taken over some couches, and we're playing some pool. Some days I win, most days I lose. Katherine and I head over to the bar with a new friend of ours to get some drinks. Don't Change comes on, and I remembered how much I love it. We start dancing to it. Now I'm making up for lost time by listening to it on repeat. Plus, there are new feelings for this new friend. New friend buys a jug of beer for me to steal, and things are good.
So these things considered, I'm out of my rut. Mostly.
I don't really care about the people who were creating problems for me previously. They can do whatever the fuck they want. I just care about the people I love. I just care about the people that I have so much fun with. I just care about the people who take me as I am, who know me, who love me for it.
Had a fight with a friend though. And it's messing with my mood. I had a discerning moment where I felt that I didn't give a damn that our friendship could potentially be over. That worries me a bit, but on the flip side, I kinda don't care at the moment. She didn't care to think of me in a time where, had it been me, I would have turned to her. It is a serious deal-breaker. She's changed. I'm angry and hurt, but honestly, for the most part? I'm apathetic about it.
Also, 3 weeks until Okkervil River! I'm hella excited.
P.S. By the time I posted this entry, iTunes said 25.
Current Mood: complacent
Current Music: INXS - Don't Change
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January 19th, 2009
08:18 am - there's gonna come a time when the scene'll seem less sunny
Ah. My sleeping pattern is still completely out of whack. This is not good. It's past 8am and I've chosen now to sort out my timetable for this coming semester. I've chosen my majors, which is a plus.
But, the Australian Open starts today. This is very good, although Sharapova is not playing the AO this year because of injuries. She may be a bit on the loud side, but she's still my favourite player. This year, I'll be rooting for Ana Ivanovic and the Australian girls, of course.
I've been watching Just Shoot Me! and Newsradio. The former is more laugh-out-loud funny, while the latter is sort of not but it's still enjoyable. I love them both.
I think I might try and go to sleep now, or go for a bicycle ride. Either way.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/growf/pengies/sad.gif) melancholy
Current Music: The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
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