Seeking-
likeminded woman or man (as opposed to boy); intelligent (science nerd would be perfect); feminist & atheist (agnostics considered). Must have compatible music taste & love of mix cds & driving on warm afternoons & rainy days. Age: 20-30; emotional maturity >12 years old required. Must not be excessively jealous, or have any mental issues. Also useful: good kisser, likes my friends, dresses well, not a mummy’s boy.
I’m getting a tad stressed for the first time this semester, I guess it’s about time too… last week of classes. So, that means it’s a good time to blog. Instead of a full essay on any one topic, I’m going to give you summarized thoughts.
- I think it’s time to get rid of my shitty break-up hair. Not that it’s the slightest bit purple anymore.
- I’ve never felt a need to “come out” as liking girls. In fact I think it’s a really primitive idea (why don’t straight people come out, too?). But it recently occurred to me that if I got a girlfriend, I wouldn’t want my aunts and uncles to know that I like girls for the first time, by being introduced to my her.
- Facebook puts me in contact with so many people I shouldn’t be in any form of contact with. I just don’t quite have the balls (and lack of curiosity) to remove all the people I don’t need to know anymore.
- I read something last week that said not having facebook was like a social faux pas nowadays, and that to rebel against it was rude. Interesting thought. Not rude, you just have to expect to not get invited to things, I think.
- I feel embarrassed for people that are unnecessary snobs. It doesn’t make you seem cooler, or elitist, it makes you seem bitter and insecure. There is a lot more behind that sentence that can be explained here.
- It really shits me that most people do not understand what “feminism” is, what the word means, what the movement stands for (no, that is not aimed at you, Mr Fisher, you just got me thinking).
- I cannot bear to even consider that men and women will never be equally treated.
- I have no intention of denying that men and women are different physically, or have different mental tendencies. But there is no valid reason why they require any different treatment, or one requires being treated superiorly, ever.
- It’s a really really lame cop out to say that “society’s attitudes won’t change”. They have and they will. It’s people that say that, that slow the social change down.
- The key thing that I don’t like about Cosmo is that it perpetuates sex myths. It gives women unrealistic expectations about sex. Not all women have a g-spot, and not all women climax from intercourse (~10% do). It’s socially fucking irresponsible.
- Then again, how can we expect modern day women to really fight for their equal rights when leading women’s magazine are full of articles on how to please men, with no regard for female pleasure (How to achieve deeper penetration, anyone? It won’t hurt, promise!).
I’ve got so much to change that it hardly matters…
It’s kind of a sad day when I can consider joining a gym, but I canceled my donation to Australian Conservation Foundation a few weeks ago.
I’ve had this in my head since Andy and Clare quoted it the other week….
Brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar, brilliant sugar. Turn over.
I’m writing a very annoying paper. It’s interesting – it’s about the Chixulub (LOVE that word!) crater on the Yucatan Peninsula. Well, it’s hypothesized to have caused the extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, but recent findings in the geology suggest it is about 300, 000 years too early to be the cause of the extinctions. I just have to fit it into a ridiculous amount of space.
Anyway, procrastination seemed a good a reason as any to blog… so have a mix tape.
Wifey – Medicine
Saw these guys support The Brunettes last week, they remind me a little of Okkervil River, with a bit of Decemberists. I also like how the lead singers accent shows through his singing.
Jenny Wilson – Summertime: The Roughest Time
Ok, so this was on my last mix… its just such unadultered pure pop. Swedish pop!
The Jezabels – Hurt Me
I’ve wanted this song for so long, and it was everything I remembered it to be. Thankyou, Miles!
Andrew Bird – Oh No
I can’t believe I am missing him in January.
The Decemberists – O New England
Oh, Decemberists, how could you do this to me, and play The Metro, the night before I get back from your country of origin? I randomly acquired this song, and I like it.
Phoenix – Lisztomania
I can’t go past the lyrics “So sentimental. Not sentimental, no! Romantic? Not discussing it.” Some people say the punctuation is different, but that’s how it goes in my head.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?nmthziwmyrj
- http://www.myspace.com/wifeycares
- http://www.myspace.com/jezabelsband
- http://www.myspace.com/wearephoenix
- http://www.myspace.com/andrewbird
- http://www.myspace.com/thedecemberists
- http://jennywilson.net/
P.S. Laneway 2010 Festival announcement tomorrow!
Gigs…
It seems like a good idea to keep a record of all the bands I have seen… I’m sure I’m missing some. At least that way I have a record of where all my money has gone. Sadly I can’t do the same with dresses.
2006
- Cut Copy
- Franz Ferdinand
- Even
- Belle and Sebastian
- The Ides
- The Art Therapists
- Ben Folds with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
- The Valentinos
- Dappled Cities Fly
- Violent Soho
- Faker
- The Grates
- The Cat Empire
2007
- Old Man River x 2
- Teenagers In Tokyo
- Laura Imbruliga
- Belles Will Ring x 3
- Dappled Cities Fly x 3
- Only Son
- Regina Spektor
- Operator Please
- Wolf and Cub
- Kaiser Chiefs
- The Ruby Suns
- The Shins
- Mist and Sea
- The Paper Scissors
- Patrick Wolf
- Emily Barker
- Jose Gonzalez
2008
- Andrew Bird
- My Brightest Diamond x 2
- Sufjan Stevens x 2
- Joanna Newsom
- Spoon
- Arcade Fire
- Manchester Orchestra
- Okkervil River
- Stars
- Broken Social Scene
- Feist
- Little Red x 2
- Architecture In Helsinki
- Even
- Like …Alaska
- An Horse x 2
- The New Pornographers x 2
- Charge Group
- Emiliana Torrini
- Baseball
- The Mountain Goats
2009
- Bridezilla
- Firekites x 2
- Stars
- Red Riders
- The Temper Trap
- Franz Ferdinand
- Youth Group
- Death Cab For Cutie
- Little Scout x 2
- Philadelphia Grand Jury x 2
- The Jezabels x 6
- John Steel Singers
- Sparkadia
- Cloud Cult
- The Holidays
- Red Sun Band
- Dapppled Cities x 2
- Belles Will Ring x 2
- The Lucksmiths
- Okkervil River
- Jed Kurzel
- Gareth Liddiard
- Deep Sea Arcade
- Holly Throsby x2
- Sarah Blasko
- New Buffalo
- The Middle East
- Firekites
- Jack Ladder x 2
- Leader Cheetah
- Caitlin Park
- Deerhunter
- Naked On The Vague
- Songs
- Midnight Juggernauts
- Decoder Ring
- Kyu
- Bluejuice
- Cassette Kids x 2
- Yves Klein Blue
- Ben Folds x 2
- Oh Mercy
- The Small Hours
- Wifey
- The Brunettes
- Dragging Pianos
- Jonathan Boulet
- The Middle East
Cummingtonite with Barry
Cummingtonite (mineral)
Cummingtonite is a metamorphic amphibole, typically signified by its ferromagnesian composition.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Color is a dark grayish or greenish-brown and dark green.
- Luster is silky to vitreous.
- Transparency: Crystals are translucent to opaque.
- Crystal System is monoclinic; 2/m.
- Crystal Habits include fibrous, lamellar and radiating aggregates of cummingtonite and occasionally pyrrhotite”.[1] Twinning is common and is either simple or lamellar.
- Cleavage: is good in two directions at 56 and 124 degree angles.
- Fracture is splintery.
- Hardness is 5 – 6.
- Specific Gravity is approximately 3.1 – 3.6 (average to slightly above average).
- Streak is white.
- Other Characteristics: Non-pleochroic.
- Associated Minerals are hematite, hornblende, actinolite and anthophyllite garnets, biotite and quartz.
- Notable Occurrences include Cummington (hence the name), Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Homestake gold mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota and La Paz County, Arizona, USA; Scotland; South Africa and Sweden.
- Best Field Indicators are crystal habit, fracture, cleavage, color, density and hardness.
It’s hard to say without touching it myself, but it looks quite schistose. There is also a Cummingtonite Series (in which cummingtonite is the middle member) which includes grunerite.
Cummingtonite was first described in 1824 for an occurrence near Cummington, Massachusetts.
(60x magnification)[2]
Look at those garnets![3]
Anddd the version of ‘Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ I keep telling people about. Let’s be honest here, it doesn’t compare to Barry, but it’s certainly different.
The Barry love was triggered by Ingrid finding a cd of his in her house. We still aren’t sure where it camer from, but we have a feeling it was Miles 
. In my efforts to do homework today I came across this. I think his dancing is way sexy. I love how he stares at the camera, and his facial expressions… all of it.
Also, I can’t help noticing it only has 1000 odd views. Mean while Poker’s Gay is up there around 6000 something. Oh Barry.
[1] Cummingtonite Schist. Science, Optics & You. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/intelplay/gallery/pages/darkfield/cummingtonite.html
[2] Cummingtonite Schist. Science, Optics & You. http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/intelplay/gallery/pages/darkfield/cummingtonite.html
(I thought it could be a huge mistake searching “cummingtonite” in google images, however it proved quite clean. Barry was more scary, really.)
[3] Amythest Galleries: Mineral Gallery. http://www.galleries.com/minerals/silicate/cummingt/cummingt.jpg
(Don’t eat my face for Chicago referencing.)
Well, loving is as loving does, and I’d say we should know…
I can’t sleep, and I’m fairly sure that this is the kind of blog I will wake up to tomorrow and want to delete. It’s weird I can’t sleep, because things are pretty much freaking super right now. Anyway, these are some things I’ve been thinking about, but not at all in an actually keeping me awake kind of way. Though when they are written down they become a lot more interlinked.
- I’m going to try and stop stereotyping people. First impressions are not always right. You can’t hate someone you don’t know, it’s just not fair. However, if they wrong you and you know them well, then it’s absolutely ok to hate them.
- It’s become pretty clear to me over the past few years that I’ve developed some pretty strong ideas about what friends do and do not do, and I find it pretty god damn hard to forgive when someone seriously compromises that.
- I also learnt that just because you have a privately viewed facebook, it does not make you immune when posting on other peoples walls, and maybe you should be careful what you say about work, despite how harmless you personally deem your words. Even though hopefully the actual outcome will improve things.
- However, I also decided that I’m not going to worry all that much about not saying things on facebook… if I want to say something then fuck it, everyone can hear it. I’m not generally an excessively bitchy person, certainly not where it’s uncalled for. Anyway, why worry about facebook itself, I mean… anyone who is an even vaguely decent facebook stalker could read this blog.
- I’ve been thinking a lot about friendship groups and them stagnating. Is it inevitable? I love my various different current groups of friends… but now I get paranoid every time I hear someone talk behind someone’s back.
- I love that you will never ever have any idea how many times I cheated.
- I think the idea of exchange appeals to people so much more when they are single.
- Calgary or Seattle?
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The boys and the girls watch each other eat, but they really wanna watch each other sleep.
Oh Regina Spektor, how could you write a song called ‘Us’?
I loved 500 Days Of Summer. It reminded me a lot of High Fidelity, the same sort of bittersweetness, and break up story, and indie music references.
So, guess what? This is officially the longest I’ve been out of a relationship of some description in over four years. It is also the first time any kind of social networking website has listed my relationship status as ‘single’ and the first time I’ve openly listed my bisexuality. I never had any of these things listed because I felt it was no ones business, but now I want people to know.
The thought occurred to me today, what is it about me that turns otherwise seemingly lovely boys, into spiteful monsters?
Fieldwork was fun, but so intense. I’m really looking forward to two weeks in Broken Hill next July. Geological charades! South Australian goon!
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Prance around in the nude when I’m talking to you, so shutup.
This is so not a geology blog, but…
There is a considerable and still growing body of scientific literature that suggests that geologists are in fact the world’s first alcohol-based life form. Owing to a crucial imbalance in blood electrolyte levels (possibly caused by overexposure to bad rock puns) most find it necessary to imbibe vast quantities of alcoholic beverages at every opportunity. If you ever encounter a geologist who is sober after 6pm, this person is an imposter: possibly an alien; probably a geophysicist or engineer, marine geographer or hydrologist etc. Alcoholism is an acceptable, even socially beneficial, disease for an active geologist.
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Geologist
It’s funny, because it’s true.
Anyway, I have to get up in about 6 hours, and I still have to repack my bag. Sigh. I also really want to upload photos to facebook, but it doesn’t want to let me. Five full days of geology jokes, quizzes, mapping and booze awaits me.
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She gets all the highlights wrapped in pearls.
Pretty sure I’m massively disadvantaged in geology as a girl. Stupid male dominated discipline and their stupid mapping/orientation conventions.
Edit: Lecturer confirmed girls suck at this aspect of geology.
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You told me you can’t match your clothes. Remember that?
In spite of the last week, I’ve had a really excellent weekend.
I have amazing friends. I’ve been thinking that a lot for the past few weeks. Never in my life had I had so many cool people that I’m quite close to. Even though it means not getting enough sleep like ever, and lacking quite a bit of ‘me’ time, but it’s great.
Friday night was a “barbeque” that involved no barbequeing, but rather lots of vegan/veggie foods and curry. It consisted of mostly people I didn’t know, but the ones I did know are rad, and everyone there were cool progressive/indie/greenie kids. So everyone got along nicely. And ZOMG awesome huge comfortable beanbag.
I’ve often wondered how you can have a crush on someone you hardly know. Then I often think that is half the appeal.
Saturday was super productive for uni, then off to Jumping Lambcastle Party. I can’t believe how fun the jumping castle was, though it was inevitable it would turn into people just running into each other and wrestling. In a bit of pain now, partly because of the effort required to jump, and then being bashed around a lot.
Bad things: beer and any other drink, smoking pot when you’ve drunk a lot, tequila shots.
Our video went down really well, it was hilarious, and I can’t wait to see it again, plus more bloopers!
I thought I remembered everything about the night, but I clearly did not. Andy filled me in that I told him “I really don’t want to have sex tonight. Can you make sure I don’t sleep with anyone?”.
Today was also cool, had morning tea in the park to give Jillian her 21st present. Then met some of last nights party for ‘breakfast’ at about 2pm. Nice cafe! Then we went back to Andy’s for some cleaning and to talk more people into coming tonight…
Ben Folds request show! Emaline Emaline Emaline!
