the lover is losing

It is time again for a cliché. Like Christmas advertisements in September, the yearly ritual of graduating from high school is well underway. My life is ruled by triple-lettered acronyms. I eat, sleep and shower all in order to keep myself awake. People tell me they have been through this before, and that I too will emerge mostly intact if not mostly unscathed. Yes I am grateful. Yet however well-meaning they intend to be, these kind remarks are lost on me. For I very much doubt that the burning pang of trousers set alight, nor the searing pinch of a papercut between the webs of fingers, can be alleviated by others telling us that they too have suffered this. That is all very well, I say. But I am only concerned with the present, and I would much rather have a shot of caffeine than any sympathy. If I could physically inject knowledge into my brain, I would. I’d line up for it the way people lined up for Michael Jackson. You would too. A dose of the Haber process please. 20ml of the paradox of Hamlet. 5 grams daily of simple harmonic motion.

I went outside the other weekend. That is, to some other place non-related to study. A place other than school, other than tutoring. It was a shopping centre, to be exact. There was a wondrous buzz of activity, of nonchalance, of un-burden. I could have broken down and wept at the continuance of life without me. How miraculous and at the same time, how heart-rending it was! Alas, if it were not for the HSC, the universe would turn into an almighty stranger.

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COLOUR!!! WHEE!!!!

I am feeling VERY HYPER right now... (note the caps)

These Damien Hirst artworks are the ULTIMATE MANIFESTATION OF WHAT I FEEL!!! (Yes, the same Damien Hirst who put a shark in formaldehyde, painted the horns and hoofs of a calf with real 18K gold and preserved it in formaldehyde for good measure and created that skull totally encrusted in diamonds... so shiny... check out the Wikipedia link above if you haven't seen his artworks which sell for a squillion dollars a pop)

And I've just discovered the power of colour!

~ Hurley Who?

PS. No illicit drugs were used/abused in the making of this post

HAPPY MILESTONE, EIGHTH STREET!

Ok, well my timing was off so I couldn't get the 100th post, but all the same:

CONGRATULATIONS ALL EIGHTH STREETERS!

We've reached the 100 post milestone!! (FYI this post is the 102nd)

Keep up all the good work!!


~Hurley Who?

PS. Happy Mothers' Day! What did we all do for our lovely mothers? I had a very nice breakfast at a little, quaint cafe.

The ebay song

in accordance with no name's comment below..



Her cules

so in keeping with the uh.. sudden influx of music video clips:



i've never been more proud of my asian roots


- no name -

a light and shade soundscape of whimsy

TV On the Radio - Halfway House



Bob Evans - Someone So Much (Aussie talent :D)



Band of Horses - Ode to LRC



&c.l.

vita, spiritus et amor

So after all that weighty discussing, we thought we might lighten things up. These are just a few of the many definitions of my favourite noun:

Life
(n.) The system of animal nature; animals in general, or considered collectively. (n.) The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions; -- used of all animal and vegetable organisms. (n.) The potential principle, or force, by which the organs of animals and plants are started and continued in the performance of their several and cooperative functions; the vital force, whether regarded as physical or spiritual. (n.) The living or actual form, person, thing, or state; as, a picture or a description from the life. (n.) That which imparts or excites spirit or vigor; that upon which enjoyment or success depends; as, he was the life of the company, or of the enterprise. (n.) Something dear to one as one's existence; a darling; -- used as a term of endearment. (n.) Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life. (n.) Figuratively: The potential or animating principle, also, the period of duration, of anything that is conceived of as resembling a natural organism in structure or functions; as, the life of a state, a machine, or a book; authority is the life of government. (n.) Enjoyment in the right use of the powers; especially, a spiritual existence; happiness in the favor of God; heavenly felicity. (n.) Animation; spirit; vivacity; vigor; energy. (n.) An essential constituent of life, esp. the blood. (n.) A person; a living being, usually a human being; as, many lives were sacrificed. (n.) A history of the acts and events of a life; a biography; as, Johnson wrote the life of Milton. (n.) A certain way or manner of living with respect to conditions, circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.; hence, human affairs; also, lives, considered collectively, as a distinct class or type; as, low life; a good or evil life; the life of Indians, or of miners.

So here's some music to live to:

It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry Glasvegas, Glasvegas



New Romantic, Alas I Cannot Swim, Laura Marling



Gifted, The Spirit of Apollo, N.A.S.A ft Kanye West, Lykke Li, Santogold



2008, Hello Saferide



A Bad Dream (live), Under The Iron Sea, Keane



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