Tuesday, August 05, 2008
The thing about going on record.
I am just heroically bad at writing at any length, with any haste. I find it difficult enough writing songs, but most snapshots of one's headspace in any given time and place are just that. A snapshot. If a song doesn't line up with any ideal, mood or occasion, its "snapshot" status justifies any incongruence.
Greeting cards, on the other hand...
When I write messages on greeting cards for friends, invariably I find staring back at me the Everest of a task that is trying to not immortalise any instance of sticking my size ten-and-a-bit into my occasionally size 15 broadcaster, along with what I actually meant to convey. I agonise over word choice. Tone. Potential double entendres. If there are aspirations included, I hope to every conceivable superbeing that I don't cock it up. Put politely, I find it all quite difficult.
Writing messages for family, though, that Everest seems more like Olympus Mons.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
always wear your seatbelt.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
it ain't always gold, but surely you can do better than a basket...
They say I have trust issues. And you know what? They're right.
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Monday, December 03, 2007
I spent about 12 hours in transit, from check-in to KLIA carpark.
There. Updated.
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
all these social networking sites, you know which ones, are a pretty great means of communication (if you've got half-decent broadband, that is). From the usual aural/visual stuff, to the virtual gifts.
Great stuff, but they typically have my patience for about 2 minutes. I can't really be bothered.
And do I have to choose my Top Friends?
Posted at 10:01 pm by mick
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Wednesday, October 10, 2007
It is two-and-a-half-o'clock and I've just found Top Gear Season Ten. Tonight, insomnia is my friend.
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Thursday, October 04, 2007
what i watch to waste time.
Posted at 10:15 pm by mick
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Can't wait to confirm the purchase of my new ride.
In other news, I'll be withdrawing from my course of study at NZSM. I've planned to continue my unfinished progress with the diploma I did last year.
Posted at 11:41 pm by mick
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Tuesday, May 15, 2007
No real deviation from my usual Monday, save for the much appreciated, well-wishing text messages from 3 different countries, and scanning a drum instructional book to my mom's PC laptop because I haven't yet found a scanner driver for the fruit.
That said PC decided minutes ago to do a celebratory crash and send all 60-odd PDFs (which took a minute and a bit to scan each) down some binary abyss.
.... really, what can I say about Microsoft reliability that hasn't been said already?
Anyway.
There's always going to be that step up into twenty-one-ness and beyond. There will be that bit greater an expectation of responsibility. And probably, just probably, an inkling of a feeling that I've grown up. I will achieve more. I will be a better person. I will... whatever. But by the end of the week I will most probably be stressing over the same things that drove me nearly nuts last week.
This is part of the reason why I no longer want to celebrate my own birthdays. It near as makes no difference, apart from being another biological clock mile-marker. Somehow everyone else's birthdays just seem more special.
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