Musings again...december 29

Hello everyone... (peers around curiously...)

Well, I've had another extraordinarily exhausting day, which consisted primarily of some lazy reposing in the sun and messing about on a friend's jetski. :) Ha ha. I'm slightly browner than when I woke up this morning, and my fitness is deteriorating rapidly. Eh bien, You win some, you lose some.

Tomorrow is work (puke) and then the cinema (perhaps). Can anyone offer a recommendation? Everything that's out at the moment is supposed to be good, yet I don't know if there's really anything I want to see. Atonement has Keira Knightley, but apart from that, it sounds a bit too mumsy for my liking. I did start reading Northern Lights in my youth as a natural progression from Harry Potter, but it never really resonated. Thus the idea of watching The Golden Compass is again not entirely thrilling. Enchanted is definitely not my cup of tea, The Darjeeling Limited has received very mixed reports (but I do have the queasy thought that if Owen Wilson attempted suicide before shooting, it must've been bad.) No Country For Old Men is meant to be terrific, but a dark movie about a terrifying serial killer doesn't exactly make for a pleasant night out at the cinema. Maybe I should just reject the rest of the family, plonk at home and watch the Little Miss Sunshine and Fawlty Towers DVDs that fell under the tree last Tuesday.

There also remains the lingering problem of university fees. A second job or even deferral is looking likely. It seems awfully unfair that whilst 99.75 is damned good and lovely, it still doesn't get you anywhere in the way of bursaries. I think I'm going to have to pretend I am of indigenous descent, otherwise our family may be bankrupt by this time next year.

Parov Stelar's "On My Way Now" is currently on high rotation on my forty-gig brick of an iPod. Everybody vote for it on the Triple J Hottest 100....

Speaking of the Hottest 100...we can vote on January 1. At the moment, my top 10 is looking something like this:

1) Silverchair - Straight Lines
2) Feist - 1234
3) JBT - Good Excuse
4) Parov Stelar - On My Way Now
5) Justice - D.A.N.C.E
6) Dizzee Rascal & Lily Allen - Wanna Be
7) Josh Pyke - Forever Song
8) Calvin Harris - Acceptable In The 80s
9) Midnight Juggernauts - Road To Recovery
10) Soko - I'll Kill Her

but it is prone to change. Unfortunately, I have to choose from a list. Why on earth did they shortlist six Missy Higgins songs, but miss out the best one of the lot... Where I Stood?? Are Sneaky Sound System not indie enough, or were their songs released last year? I'm thinking it's a combination of the two. Gotye's Hearts A Mess remix is also not listed....oh well, I suppose the original was something like number eight last year. :(

I probably won't vote for Straight Lines either, simply because it already has the title in the bag and I might as well vote for something else rather than let Silverchair blitz it.

Anyway, I'm hoping for a damned good list because the Hottest 100 CD is one thing I consider a must-buy annually.

Comment (if you're there) with your own top 10.

;) peace, love, blood, sugar, sex, magic.

me