music choice :: classical

i tell people i listen to "a mix of all musics", but my itunes "top 25" since NZ is:
44% classical
16% buble [semi-ashamedly]
4% reba
36% glad yanni barely missed the cut

OFFICIAL LIST ::

1. Grey Noise, (tv static sound when i need to concentrate)
   
2. Monday Credits (my favorite 30 seconds), I heart Huckabees
   
3. I'd Rather Dance with You, Kings of Convenience
   
4. Somebody Told Me, Killers
   
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 In C Minor Op. 18, Rachmaninov
   
6. Monday Credits, I heart Huckabees
   
7. Andante Sostenuto, Concerto for two pianos, Opus 88a, Max Bruch
   
8. Child Falling Asleep, Robert Schumann
   
9. Quando Corpus/Amen from Stabat Mater, Pergolesi
   
10. Portions of Foxes, Rilo Kiley
    
11. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: Andante, Michel Camilo
    
12. A Child Said, James McCray
    
13. Adagio Ma Non Troppo, Concerto for two pianos, Opus 88a, Max Bruch
    
14. Home, Michael Bublé
    
15. Andante, Op. 83 in B-flat, Johannes Brahms
    
16. Let Go, Frou Frou
    
17. A Foggy Day (In London Town), Michael Bublé
    
18. You Don't Know Me, Michael Bublé
    
19. Bist du bel mir, Bach
    
20. Allegro appassionato, Op. 83 in B-flat, Johannes Brahms
    
21. You Promise Me, In-Grid
    
22. Everytime we say goodbye, Annie Lennox
    
23. Nocturne In D Flat Major, Frédéric Chopin
    
24. Feeling Good, Michael Bublé
    
25. You Lie, Reba McEntire
    

presidential funding

after shooting himself in the food with campaign finance reform, mccain turns to international pizza sales

not news :: "family" pizza
news :: "meatlover"

internet startup :: lockhorns aloud

a friend of mine has begun lockhorns aloud, a droll retelling of each day's lockhorn's comic.

if you can't get enough of their constantly hilarious bickering, you now have one more addictive venue.

explorer :: species introduction

i hope to be remembered
as the man
who introduced wheat thins
to new zealand.

wanted a "healthy" snack for my cold and the supermarket disagreed with my choice of skinny grains.

donation box

airport :: donation box
closest you can spell "sex" with currency symbols

1st and 1st

"Wait a minute, how can a street intersect into itself? I must be at the nexus of the universe!" - Cosmo Kramer

in my cold-induced deliria, i not only found the nexus of the universe, but i had good enough sense to photo it.

toi toi

favorite plant[NZ] :: toi toi [native grass]
* dynamic in wind
* picking is frowned upon, photos ok
* remind me of cirrus clouds

wellington :: reflected

reflection :: from oriental bay
never thought to visit oriental bay at night. glad i did.

dinner :: centerpiece

dinner :: egg plant parmigiana
centerpiece :: milk bottle, rocks, dead flower

announcement :: happy easter

***** MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT *****
happy easter to all
***** END ANNOUNCEMENT *****

i'm taking a digital break for the weekend.... but i'll probably end up eating way too many cadbury eggs at a peep show... you know me...

video week :: style

my personal blog style :: heavily influenced by the straktosphere.

my personal clothing style :: inspired by the disstraktor

backstory :: before i left, i donated my orange shirt to charity in his honor.

video :: two chocolate chip cookies

video week :: my hands

video week :: the box

how i spell

google search :: "hell hath no like woman's scorn"
search result :: the proper spelling of "furry"

cricket

i attended 5 hours of cricket [15% of the game's actual length, no joke]

i watched the runs go from 115 to 250, and the outs go from 1 to 6.

this sounds excited, except the "exciting" bits were the 5 outs.

having attended, i think i'm officially a subject of her majesty the queen of new zealand.

announcement :: video week

next week's theme :: videos
quality :: can only to improve from this
daily video length :: 90 seconds max

all created by generationbob

veggie garden

i met an organic gardener who also keeps chickens. i was surprised that chickens produce an egg per day. but that's a side story.

i'm inspired to garden despite fall's fast approach. thankfully cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower can still survive a NZ march planting.... today at the grocery store, i bought a 9 seedling pack of those veg for $3... this weekend i plow my girlfriend's garden.... there's got to be a better way of saying that, but tobias funke would be proud...

appreciation :: the letter k

eating my ham sandwich, i realized how much i like the letter "k". i feel i'm part of the k counterculture. it's a quirky, oft-forgotten letter... but not the obvious odd-ball choice of "z". it's also the 11th letter in the alphabet and how cool is that!

sign :: punked out

wellington is a punk-er city than i have lived in.
even their construction signs have wide gauge nose rings.
perhaps that will be my next adventure...

comedy :: endorsed

endorsed :: garfield minus garfield
not endorsed :: gb minus gb

teasing

i like being teased.
i like teasing people.
as long as you're not hurting people.
even though there is truth in every joke.

in a theoretical debate, i was told such teasing [particularly mean-edging comments] have no place in a dating relationship. i have never met someone like that before. where do you fall?

please don't tease me with half answers, but give me the straight dope.

non-standard computer graphics car

advertisement :: side of bus
product :: I.T. training class

note :: a non-standard photo of a computer scientist was used

kiwi translation :: biscuit

**** BEGIN UPDATE ****
stole box of girlguide biscuits. ate them in one afternoon. not as filling or sickeningly good as thin mints. but i tried.
**** END UPDATE ****


amerika :: girl scout cookies
kiwi :: guide biscuits

the names :: similar.
the flavor :: not worth comparing.

"plain", "chocolate" and "plain dipped in chocolate" is limiting.
no equivalent for favored "thin mints".

public art :: story

public art :: citywide participation
writer's week :: wellington
proud factor :: ninety-two percent

i submitted a story on a postcard that ended with a predetermined line so that it fit in with the next postcard.

the giant story is on display by waterfront.

my story involves a time traveler who goes back in time to stop himself from time traveling.

health food :: attempt [failure]

i really wanted chocolate cake and ice-cream for breakfast.
instead, i got out my yogurt and strawberries.
both had gone off.
after this entry, it'll be cake and ice-cream.
how decadent my life has become is.