User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-12-06 17:18
	Subject:	POTD - There's a barbarian in the back of my car
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Well, no, not really. It wasn't a barbarian. It was a Texan, and she was in the driver's seat of my car! But I can't help but sing that song (from Voice of the Beehive) whenever I think about it.

I have only just gotten around to putting these up. They're from Jennimal's camera, because doh, I left the memory card of mine in the stupidest place - the computer. Doh!

( Don't try this at home, kids )

Nah, seriously, she was a good driver. She only set the windscreen wipers off twice. That's about two dozen less times than I did in Sweden. Then again, I drove about 300Km in Sweden, lol.

	User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-12-05 17:44
	Subject:	Dork moment
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Ok, so I've been engrossed in my TT Circus Tour DVD that Helly Bean so greatly brought back from the UK with her.

ZOMG, I am in a photo with the boys!



Ok, so it's a cheat, but squee, there is no denying it was me (I have ticket), and video footage of the song from my own camera :P

	User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-12-05 12:30
	Subject:	POTD
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So been busy working in Cow Town, Central Queensland, for the past week. Going back next week for more - co-worker is calling this weekend the 'eye of the storm'.

So plenty of shots, and hopefully the 'beef capital' of the world will give some idea as to why it's called Cow Town.

These are all along one of the main streets. Co-worker and I thought of about three dozen more 'bull' signs that could have been used on the main businesses.








Staple of every Australian town - the GPO.


Dusk over the Fitzroy River


But the best part of this place, is leaving.

	User:	ng_alexandra_jg
	Date:	2009-12-01 23:02
	Subject:	RP: A Different Direction
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Date: 25th June 2027
Characters: Alexandra Goldstein and Marcellus Lestrange
Location: The Casino of Sidi Al'Nasir
Timeframe: A couple of weeks after leaving Hogwarts
Private/Public: Private
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: I'm sure anything can happen with these two
Summary: Alex meets someone new
Assumptions: A lot of the same ones except AU

( Very Different )

	User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-11-28 12:50
	Subject:	POTD
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So went and celebrated my end of semester last night with the Jenn! There really isn't much to do in this town on a Friday night - not compared to so many other cities, but we had the strange, but unusual sight of the Christmas tree lighting on a hot Spring night in the middle of town, whilst it's still light, lol. Not sure what Texas thought of a stinking hot and lame Christmas tree lighting with bubbles blowing instead of snow in summer like conditions, lmao.

But we made the best of it, walking over from Southbank to the city, and back. Of course, the lame-ass cinemas were only showing New Moon and 2012, which was lulzy.

Came home and then we watched Tormented, which gets lulzier every time I watch it, lulz.

I'm going to let the Jennimal drive my car tomorrow... hee hee!

So POTD is the Christmassy spirit - the lights of the Mall, and the freshly lit Christmas tree outside city hall...

	User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-11-28 08:02
	Subject:	The promised update
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I had promised a full report on Britney's concert.

It was so good, and yet so bad. The interesting thing, which was confirmed by a co-worker who went the night before, was that the audience was really, really strange. I'm sitting here watching Pink's Funhouse tour dvd, and we aren't always a lame audience. I think half the audience was fans, and the other half just curious bystanders who came just for the curiosity factor (i.e. me.) But for a sold out concert, there were a LOT of empty seats. Then there were probably people like me, who paid less than the face value on the ticket from Ebay.

The whole 25 minute countdown clock, pre-concert circus acts and then another ass long wait was frustrating. She came on at 9.35, which is when most acts are about an hour into their set. I'm sure Pearl Jam (playing on the other side of town that night) were well into their set by then. I'll have to check with the suits at work about that one (weird to see the immaculately expensive suited bosses at work being PJ fans).

But I did sit up in the nosebleeds (which is nothing like the nosebleeds at Wembley - seriously - that makes the nosebleeds here seem like they are at sea level) with all those who were mostly curious bystanders. However, the stans behind me were true squealing fans. As soon as I heard the high pitched squealing 'BRITNEY WE LOVE YOU!' I knew I had found the lovechild of the screaming woman who sat behind us at the Cure in 1986. Seriously, that woman had an unforgettably squealy tone, which I rediscovered.

I was surprised by actually how many songs of hers I knew, lol. But the dancers were incredibly active, and some were amazing - walking backwards and then doing a backflip? That was pretty amazing. Britney came out in a Gaga wig, and later put on big glasses. I couldn't help but think she was trying to do the whole Gaga emulation. Of course she mimed all but one song. Those fans who were wetting themselves obviously didn't seem to care.

I really didn't think she was that active enough to warrant miming. Sure, I'd probably be able to put on a pair of super high heels, and skip my way thought Body Attack, and still do as much exercise as her. But even all that aside, it was entertaining.

She only spoke to the audience twice, but it was very disconnected. "Hello Brisbane" and later "thank you very much." Sitting here listening to Pink telling her audience they were all amazing, and beautiful = well that's just nice to hear. The big gaps between songs as she changed costumes was... slowly irritating. The video screens with the old Britney screen caps and the whole Britney S&M video to Marilyn Manson's cover of Sweet Dreams was... strange. I think the stans in the audience didn't care if she was in the room, they squealed as loudly about it as the rest.

As for the circus component... Having seen Take That's Circus at Wembley, then this, well, this was lame. TT had a 50' Elephant, proper tightrope walkers, a million clowns. Brit had a legless woman on a trampoline and a few sad looking clowns (no, there were a few good ones in the pre show, but not awesome).

I was educated on a song that I thought was a Sugarbabes one was actually hers. Weirdest thing of all was the audience disconnection - even down in the pit, hardly anyone was dancing, or throwing their arms in the air... It just was a wholly strange vibe. It was not as saccharine as I thought it might be - all the mothers who brought their 8 year old daughters were in for a surprise - a bit raunchy for them. Then again, from what they see on tv, it might not be too raunchy these days.

The best part of the night, lol, was the toilets. There's been a makeover at the entertainment centre, and the toilets have been refurbed. Hot pink lights, hot pink walls with a bit of lavender. All explained away by the poster of Pink over the door, and the thing about her 11 sold out nights at the centre. There are awesomely huge posters of her in the bathroom, and the lyrics of her songs are etched into the mirrors. It was the coolest toilet I've been in for ages, lmao. If there weren't about 1000 other women waiting, I would have taken a photo, hahaha.

I think if you compare it with other artists, what really struck me was that she came out, she did her show, but she didn't seem to be enjoying herself. She seemed to be just going through the motions. When you watch Pink's funhouse dvd, she looks like she's enjoying herself as she's performing. There's a big difference, and that might be part of it all.

At least the lack of bopping around and standing up by the fellow audience afforded the opportunity for plenty of clear camera shots.

( many photos of the overratedness, lol. )

	User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-11-26 17:12
	Subject:	STRESS
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Stress has hit the fan big time in a major way.

Assignment due in 24 hours. I have 12 more to complete it if I don't sleep. EEP.

Going to the gym to relax and get some of that stress out, if possible.

But wanted to post video I took from last night. You be the judge of what you like or dislike. I've had polar opposite reactions about this Britney concert in the past 2 hours, so I'm staying neutral. yes, I was entertained, no it was nothing like I expected, and well, I don't know what to expect from a genre of music I've not really been a part of.





Right, back to the gym, then back to workies...

	User:	awaywithpixies
	Date:	2009-11-24 18:42
	Subject:	... where angels fear to tread...
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So tomorrow night I am doing something I never thought I'd ever, ever do in all my live long days.

I'm going to a Britney Spears concert.

I only paid $10 for my ticket on ebay, which is cheaper than a movie ticket, so really, it is the cheapest ticket in town. A girl at work paid $150 for hers for tonight's show, so she's miffed at me, lol.

Call me... curious. I'm curious about the fans, I'm curious about this dramatised lip synched show, and anyway, it's certainly a talking point.

So yeah, I'm literally going for shits and giggles, and purely for the entertainment value of the entire crowd. Hey, if I've had to sit through Lady Gaga, then I guess Britney in the same year is no biggie.

Also amused that I'll have been to the Take That Circus Tour, and the Britney Spears Circus Tour all within a period of 5 months, lol.