happenings and a book rec.
Feb. 25th, 2003 09:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nigeltdeSeveral momentous happenings in the past couple of days.
I started uni. I live the campus life now, baby. Actually, Adelaide Uni is a gorgeous place with some really intelligent people and not the stagant pit of creative death I was afraid it would be. Although, I've yet to start *real* lectures. But the prelims have been interesting. I have one more class tomorrow, Linguistics, which I have to wake up really early for :-(
According to my mother I really need some new clothes. So I walk into Verandah Music and browse through the t-shirts and lo and behold! An Einstuerzende Neubauten T-shirt! And the coolest thing is it's just a large red print of the little mannie logo on the front, with no band name or whatever, which I generally find a little tasteless. And it was cheap. So yaaaay!
But in the search for other clothes I have discovered that almost every single clothing store in the Adelaide CBD is a piece of crap. Everything is just so boring. And expensive, damn. Between clothes (of which I've only bought a total of two tops and a skirt), textbooks and other expenses, that goddamn, seemed so essential at the time, I reckon I've spent over $200 in the past two days on, just, stuff.
And can anyone explain to me the current fashion of pink and brown? Because that I *really* do not get. Two ugly colours together just makes one uberugly garment.
Why is everyone so fanatical about denim all of a sudden? I'm reading a book atm that sums up my feelings on denim perfectly.
One of the most successful impositions of voluntary conformism in the history of the world. Curiously enough, the primary attribute of this particular piece of clothing is meant to be a rejection of conformity in the name of individualism.
The book is The Doubter's Compainion by John Ralston Saul. It's brilliant and very funny. It's a dictionary of terms we take for granted and misuse from a political and philosophical POV. Example:
Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical format.
Hee! I'm loving it, even if I don't agree 100% of the time. He can be really bitchy about much lauded historical figures and intellectuals. An interesting examination of language and highly recommended.
I've stolen a really cool thing from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lydia_petze
Nigeland.
If I ran a country my country would be a nice place, until I got too lazy to administer it and keep up with international affairs.
The best news of the week is the fact that the Dirty Three are playing the Gov on Thursday. Woohooo! I am stoked, they were brilliant last year. Unfortunately, none of my friends and family share my excellent taste, so I will again be going solo. The big question is, I just spent $30 on the ticket, can I afford the new album too? Hmmm.
And y'all are gonna hate me for saying this but excruciating as the Grammys were last night, N'Sync were hot. (Yes, Lydia, I am one of those *cough* people ;-D). And Lance was the hottest. Thankyou and goodnight.
I started uni. I live the campus life now, baby. Actually, Adelaide Uni is a gorgeous place with some really intelligent people and not the stagant pit of creative death I was afraid it would be. Although, I've yet to start *real* lectures. But the prelims have been interesting. I have one more class tomorrow, Linguistics, which I have to wake up really early for :-(
According to my mother I really need some new clothes. So I walk into Verandah Music and browse through the t-shirts and lo and behold! An Einstuerzende Neubauten T-shirt! And the coolest thing is it's just a large red print of the little mannie logo on the front, with no band name or whatever, which I generally find a little tasteless. And it was cheap. So yaaaay!
But in the search for other clothes I have discovered that almost every single clothing store in the Adelaide CBD is a piece of crap. Everything is just so boring. And expensive, damn. Between clothes (of which I've only bought a total of two tops and a skirt), textbooks and other expenses, that goddamn, seemed so essential at the time, I reckon I've spent over $200 in the past two days on, just, stuff.
And can anyone explain to me the current fashion of pink and brown? Because that I *really* do not get. Two ugly colours together just makes one uberugly garment.
Why is everyone so fanatical about denim all of a sudden? I'm reading a book atm that sums up my feelings on denim perfectly.
One of the most successful impositions of voluntary conformism in the history of the world. Curiously enough, the primary attribute of this particular piece of clothing is meant to be a rejection of conformity in the name of individualism.
The book is The Doubter's Compainion by John Ralston Saul. It's brilliant and very funny. It's a dictionary of terms we take for granted and misuse from a political and philosophical POV. Example:
Dictionary: Opinion presented as truth in alphabetical format.
Hee! I'm loving it, even if I don't agree 100% of the time. He can be really bitchy about much lauded historical figures and intellectuals. An interesting examination of language and highly recommended.
I've stolen a really cool thing from
lydia_petzeNigeland.
If I ran a country my country would be a nice place, until I got too lazy to administer it and keep up with international affairs.
The best news of the week is the fact that the Dirty Three are playing the Gov on Thursday. Woohooo! I am stoked, they were brilliant last year. Unfortunately, none of my friends and family share my excellent taste, so I will again be going solo. The big question is, I just spent $30 on the ticket, can I afford the new album too? Hmmm.
And y'all are gonna hate me for saying this but excruciating as the Grammys were last night, N'Sync were hot. (Yes, Lydia, I am one of those *cough* people ;-D). And Lance was the hottest. Thankyou and goodnight.
