the fish

as promised

2009-06-01T13:24:02Z

HEY MATT

Eric Hutchinson - Ok, it's alright with me
Eric Hutchinson - Food Chain
Animal Collective - My Girls
Sebadoh - Beauty of the Ride
Girl Talk - Too Deep
Girl Talk - Give and Go
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Ratatat - Wildcat
Beirut - A Sunday Smile
Beirut - Scenic World (Version)
Beck - Last Fair Deal Gone Down

This really was better 4 drinks in.

P.S hey everyone I'm moving out in a week. housewarming date is tbc, but theme is 'i've made a huge mistake'. start thinking about costumes?!?!

pragmatical @ 2009-05-14T20:25:00

2009-05-14T11:21:18Z

SO! I bought myself a nice little mac book yesterday. As it happens, I like to save money and buy things for myself. So I plan on doing it more often. Next stop, hooded leather jacket. Or a faux fur coat.

I had a birthday! 21 big ones. Drinking in America/ the hiring of cars to follow.

Not going to Splendor in the Grass, totally uninterested in lineup. Pretty much every band apart from the Flaming Lips has been here in the last 6 months, so most people going will be diehards or just going for 'the festival'. Fluro, anyone? So that saved me $400.

Looking forward to the following things:
- Jenny's party tomorrow
- Deerhunter
- Sydney road trip
- not having to work on Sunday
- Uni semester ending
- next pay cheque

Saw Star Trek, it really was something else. That's pretty much it I think.

Writer's Block: Morning Decisions

2009-01-11T14:03:40Z

The eternal breakfast dilemma: Sweet or savory?

View 500 Answers

savoury.

Writer's Block: Ten for the Tenth

2008-11-11T04:06:05Z

Some people spend their whole lives preparing the answer to this question: What albums are on your personal all-time Top 10 list?

View 501 Answers

Pavement - Slanted & Enchanted
Joanna Newsom - Ys
Wilco - Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
New Pornographers - Electric Version
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Broken Social Scene - Broken Social Scene
Elliott Smith - XO
Sufjan Stevens - (Come on feel the) Illinoise
Ride - Nowhere

DIFFICULT.

new year, new job, new problems.

2008-01-11T04:07:18Z

happy new year and all that jazz.

i went to see sufjan stevens last night, he was pretty good. he did some sweet hula hooping. and played my two favourite songs as the encore.

on wednesday i got offered a job at hmv. i said SWEET, and went in on thursday morning to pick up my contract and fill in forms and stuff, and i saw i was rostered on for big day out day, i told the lady that i couldn't work that day, and she was massively unimpressed. i can see it from her point of view, that i'm new, so what right do i have to be demanding days off? but also, this is the very first time i've seen the roster, the shift is in 9 days so she hardly can say she doesn't have time to reschedule it, and i paid $130 for my BDO ticket 3 months ago. so she said she'd see what she could do to get someone to cover it. who knows what that means.

to make everything better though, i recieved my jury duty summons in the mail this morning, and now i have to ring them and tell them that :(

maybe this job is not meant for me.

water is ace

2007-11-06T02:46:30Z

guess who discovered how to resize pictures in paint today? it's me. so check out my new icon/s. love it.

only one more essay, and one more exam to go, then this semester is over, and i get to start worrying about summer semester woo woo!! i didn't realise that the buses to uni didn't start until after 8 on a staurday, so to get to my 8 o'clock exam i had to do a fair bit of running, across the green brigde, then my exam people didn't open the doors until quarter past 8 anyway. BOO.

i babysat for oscar last night, we played cars, and lego and when we called nanna wendy, as he calls my mum, he told her that the lego fell over because silly amy was there. which was fairly true.

hope everyone is going well with exams! i know you all will be, you're a bunch of smart kids.

pragmatical @ 2007-10-29T14:21:00

2007-10-29T04:47:42Z

hey ladies etc. just to keep the trend with other peoples journals, uni sucks, i'm swamped, and sharpening my procrastination skills. saw the klaxons on saturday night, that was awesome, and went to laura's halloween party on friday w/ hannah and sarah, so good times all round. we were supposed to go in costume, but cos we went out afters i just made green cupcakes instead. very well recieved. then on sunday i went to nambour for a brass band contest, where we came second, which was pretty awesome, considering we came last there last year. this week holds more assignments, but by saturday it'll all be over but for one test in three weeks, then it's just french over summer semester to catch up for only doing 3 subjects this semester.
24 days until Muse
12 days until The Killers
upwards of $200 until i get afford a daft punk ticket off ebay
-1 since the arias which should be despised for giving operator please anything other than punch in the face, and loved for awarding Gotye best male artist.
and i think that brings it up to date.

I'm $4 poorer, 1 bandanna richer and I still don't look like a pirate
yarrrrrr, tis a sad day.

So, an E-flat, a G-flat, and a B-flat walk into a bar.
And the bartender says,
"I'm sorry, we don't serve minors."
That struck a chord.
Careful with those puns, you'll get in treble.
But they're key to my humour.
And very noteworthy.

pragmatical @ 2007-10-17T18:35:00

2007-10-17T08:40:04Z

Things that made me laugh today:
From bash.org
WindMage1: my cat already had kittens a month ago
WindMage1: we took her in to get fixed, and they're like "We can't... she's pregnant"
WindMage1: and I said "That bitch said she was on the pill!"
WindMage1: and then there was very awkward silence in the vet's office

In my mums Grassroots magazine:
in the pet section, there is someone wanting a good for for it's pet guinea fowl, which was disabled legs, and can't walk of fly. It doesn't like to be left alone, and enjoys sitting in it's owners lap, watching television, and also being carried on walks outside. Oh. My God.

in other news, atonement is a really good book, the movie is also great, i'm tired, i just ate a banana, and i miss matt and kethy. srsly, come back to brisbane already.

trippin' part 1

2007-09-20T23:23:26Z

so changi airport is the place to be. how do i love thee? let me count the ways:
- free internet
- cheap coffee (go aussie dollar) (shame the coffee was horrible)
- free foot massage machines
- travelators!!!!!
- thats pretty much it. next stop? LDN. I'M COMING, LILY!

pragmatical @ 2007-09-05T19:45:00

2007-09-05T09:52:06Z

today i:
- had a filling (BOO)
- took my dads car into repairs
- bought stranger than fiction on dvd finally
- watched it
- made quiche, pastry and all FROM SCRATCH
- caught up in all my uni reading
- finally put daft punk's discovery on my sweetPod
- missed some friend
- spoke to mums in england
- got real excited about megan coming home in 10 days
- got real excited about me going in 15 days

oh so prouctive. when i get back from england, i want to have a bbq/dinner and see all ma friends who i haven't seen in one million years. i'm talking to YOU, guiltyschu and lifeuncommon.

also, it just occured ot me that most lj peeps probably don't know i'm now doing a BA at UQ, majoring in contemporary music studies. it's the best. srsly.

pragmatical @ 2007-08-26T00:28:00

2007-08-25T14:29:15Z

Who knew I still had one of these?

I miss Kathy.

getting a head start

2006-12-19T14:25:11Z

OK. so here is an early list for new years resolutions.

1) listen to more pavement. too much is never enough.
2) don't get crushes on married people.
3) keeps at least one plant you buy alive for 6 months.
4) don't pretent people are paul banks just so you can tolerate their company more. except if they are actually paul banks.
5) spend less money on alcohol.
6) get a new jorb.
7) ENJOY UNI.
8) don't read sad fanfic about elves and humans who love each other then end up pondering death until the early hours of the morning.
9) don't hate on the sisters, not matter their crime. *sings* we ain't leavin' no sisters behind, they might end up in beenleigh. */sings*
10) tell people to fuck off when they hate on the cat empire.

cool. so how is everyone?

pragmatical @ 2006-12-15T01:41:00

2006-12-14T15:57:26Z

Open iTunes or Windows Media Player to answer the following. Go to your library.

How many songs?
3851 songs / 10.9 days / 20.10 GB

Sort by song title:
first:'84 Pontiac Dream - Boards of Canada
last: Zuton Fever - The Zutons

Sort by time:
first: (0:09) Horn Intro - Modest Mouse
last: (30:07) This Dust Makes That Mud - Liars

Sort by album:
first: !!! - !!!
last: Ys - Joanna Newsom

Top Five Most Played Songs:
1. Nails for Breakfast, Tacs for Snacks - Panic! at the Disco.
2. Lover, You Should've Coime Over - Jeff Buckley
3. She Wants To Move - N.E.R.D.
4. Legendary - Lou Barlow
5. Raised By Wolves - Midnight Juggernauts

First song that comes up on Shuffle:
2-1 - Brian Eno

Find "sex", how many songs come up?
43

Find "death", How many songs come up?
17

Find "love", How many songs come up?
203

yeah

2006-11-02T14:44:30Z

He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
Douglas Adams

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Douglas Adams

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
Douglas Adams

It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.
Douglas Adams

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.
Douglas Adams

Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813 - 1855)

I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling, I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.
Mitch Hedberg

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're going and hook up with them later.
Mitch Hedberg, Mitch All Together

I like rice. Rice is great if you're hungry and want 2000 of something.
Mitch Hedberg

Chew before you swallow.
George W. Bush, On TV, about his passing out eating a pretzel

Cocaine is God's way of telling you you are making too much money.
Robin Williams

pragmatical @ 2006-10-02T01:21:00

2006-10-01T15:22:07Z

http://pragmatical.livejournal.com/4125.html#cutid1

lol at the first comment thread.

pragmatical @ 2006-09-26T23:32:00

2006-09-26T13:32:25Z

funniest thing i have seen today: a clip on youtube of the lead singer from panic! at the disco being bottled in the head at the reading (pronounced redding) festival in england. it completely knocks him out. hilarious. even better is the guy next to the camera cracking up and saying, that is too good, too good.

pragmatical @ 2006-09-19T14:28:00

2006-09-19T04:27:26Z

pragmatical @ 2006-09-06T16:22:00

2006-09-06T06:23:46Z

The Arctic Monkeys: Three average joes, and one displaced porn producer

pragmatical @ 2006-08-09T16:09:00

2006-08-09T06:10:16Z

Matt says:
how good are kid's quiz shows?
Matt says:
I know ALL the answers

pragmatical @ 2006-08-06T01:07:00

2006-08-05T15:08:32Z

the grates + arctic monkeys + dancing at the depot + driving home still a little drunk = sweet-ass night.

photos to follow.

pragmatical @ 2006-08-05T00:42:00

2006-08-04T14:44:35Z

in other news, i have GOT to stop updating after 11pm at night. perhaps even after midnight. and definetely not when i'm drunk. cos i really do tend to talk more shit then. like now, for instance. though i'm not drunk, just...its after 11pm. and midnight.

WHO LOVES BLACK BOOKS??

me.

pragmatical @ 2006-08-05T00:25:00

2006-08-04T14:41:38Z

doot de dooo.

whats to say....

splendour was...tender. haven;t used that one before. what an amazing few days. excellent music, excellent company. highlights: mogwai, scissor sisters, matisyahu, and one very special highlight - the presets. they were my favourite but mostly cos i caught the cat ears that they were wearing during the gig when they threw them into the audience. i put them on whenever i hear a presets song now. me and megan are going to make a presets cover band, and call ourselves the resets. i'll be kym, and she can be julian, cos she does the julian dance moves so well.

speaking of julian....the strokes. wowee. but i'm getting ahead of myself.

uni is a bitch.

um, jason mraz was on tuesday night. he was really really great. to be honest, i wasn't expecting to get a whole lot out of the gig. but it was fantastic. i didn;t know many of his songs, but he was cute, had a great stage presence, an amazing voice, and he just put on a great show. whether or not you think his songs have alot of musical merit is u to you, but i think he's clever, and it was a great night. and at the end, i got one of his guitar picks. asking roadies nicely for stuff gets you stuff quicker than standing there looking hopeful.

then last nite, she said etc. the strokes. cool. real real cool. i seem to be just about the only person in the entertainment centre who didn't touch julian, but that really doesn't matter, because they were just that good. we were real worried that our tickets would be in the second half, but we were in the first half, and ended up getting really good spots so i hada great view for the gig, and oh man. i want to get a budgie, and call it albert hammong jr jr. just...every person in that band is just so cool. from nick with his yellow guitar to nikolai with his hair that is almost as bad as shan's. that was one of the best gigs i've ever been to. seriously. maybe i'm just in awe from the fact that i saw one of my long time favourite bands. room on fire was probly the first good cd i ever bought. it was...wow. cool. so very cool.

and tomorrow can only bring bigger and better things. work, then (drum roll) ARCTIC MONKEYS!!! woo! and the grates supporting!!! so excited. going to be rocking.

and to keep the party going, august has dragged up another treat - We Are Scientists are playing at The Zoo on the 30th. OMFG *DIES*

seriously? best. month. ever.

so how are all of you?

pragmatical @ 2006-05-30T13:43:00

2006-05-30T03:45:43Z

its official. youtube has stolen my soul. with its amazing range in of music clips.

if your an interpol fan, go there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGv69ehzEBc

now, who wnats to open an Interpol Burger with me??

pragmatical @ 2006-04-28T13:35:00

2006-04-28T03:59:49Z

my friends, i come to you today with a tale of great woe. unfortunately, the following tale has not been exaggerated at all.

My dear friend Hannah used to live in Melbourne, and she moved to brisbane, around the end of her grade 9. not long before she moved, a guy called Jethro who was in her grade and went to school with her, romantically pursued her. he was a bit weird, so she said no.

now, most of you will know of an australian musician called nick cave

poor hannah, being the young girl she was, didn;t know that Nick cave had a son. a son named jethro .

now, almost 2 years on, Jethro is still a little weird Nick Cave: We were in a cab and I was sitting in between both of them and I hadn't seen him in a long time, Jethro, I hadn't been to Australia and we were just sitting there and Luke's on one side and Jethro is on the other side. And Jethro says, he's just quiet for a bit and then he goes: "I don't believe in God". Then I go: "I don't care, fuck with, one way or the other". And then Luke goes: "I do, my whole family does", type of thing like this. And then Luke goes: "well, do you believe in the devil" and Jethro goes: "yeah, and he lives inside of me", he says. And Luke goes: "well, I do believe in God" and Jethro kind of looks at both of us with sort of disdain and goes: "Goddies", like this, you know. So, they're kind of poles apart in that respect (lacht), but quite, quite sweet. but he is also a model. a hot model

As she has loving and caring friends, they have launched an appeal to make sure this never happens again. i am lead to believe t-shirts and badges will be availablein the following design, so please,

pragmatical @ 2006-04-21T14:20:00

2006-04-21T04:15:38Z

I'M GOING TO SEE THE MOTHER FUCKING ARCTIC MONKEYS!!1

IN YOUR FACE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO GO BUT DIDN'T GET TICKETS OR WON'T BE 18 BY THEN!!!!!!!