the bends down under

so after talking to the fam i went back to my cafe with britt to do some poli sci studying
ew

however, walked in and what do you know
fake plastic trees is playing
and they're currently playing all of the bends
i love this place

nothing like radiohead to make foreign policy bearable

question: if you had to summarize what it is to be an american with one piece of music/one song, what would you choose and why?

(ok, they just switched to the shins before bulletproof came on ... oh well, its still quality)

its ok!

its ok
its ok
you don’t have to run and hide away

its ok
its ok
you know i love you anyway

it’s ok
it’s ok

this is my chance, this is my life,
this is my hope in an alleyway
this is my chance, this is my voice
there may be no more tomorrow
this my plea
this is my need
and my time of standing free
this is my step
this is my day
and the world is never the same

its ok
its ok
you know i love you anyway

its ok
its ok
you dont have to run and hide away

its ok
its ok
its ok
its ok
oh its ok!


man, im in like the best mood of my life, and i dont know why
in my cafe, listening to PJ tear up "its ok" from the live in NY concert, and its all i can do to keep from jumping up on the table and sing along at the top of my lungs

its just exultant and makes me so so happy =)

miss you all

broome baby

ps

oh yeah, this is hilarious.
last night while trish and i were walking back home from work, all giddy with the wads of cash we were holding, we heard these two deep, obviously male, voices ahead of us (it was dark, couldnt really see at first)
then we see this one guy, all regular, and this preposterously tall leggy blonde walking next to him (just with an awkwardly masculine facial structure)
so yeah, whatever, then the blone is all "hey girls" in this outragously high girly voice (after we'd already heard him/her/whatever talking in the normal male register), and so not gonna lie, i was amused, but you know, whatever, so we were just like "hi" kept walking
then, after they passed us, the blonde called back something, and i heard "hey, you're gorgeous", then 'thighs' and 'huge', so i was like, "dude, what did she just say?" and trish was like "uh, i think 'hey you're gorgeous, your thighs and a**s are huge, but you're gorgeous'"
so i was like .. um, ok ... and we walked in silence for about 15 seconds, then i was like "dude, were we just heckled by a *drag queen*??!" ... "um .. yeah?"
then both of us pretty much collapsed at the same time laughing, it took us all the way back to port lodge to control ourselves.

i have a feeling you wont really get it without me doing the voices, but trust me, it was absolutely hilarious. the sheer absurdity of it all and whatnot. hee hee.

oh australia.
too fun

wheeeee!

ok, so (as i made clear yesterday i hope) ive been having a GLORIOUS time and life is good.
first off i got paid, so the stress of wondering if im really just doing slave labor is lifted. plus my boss doesnt seem to care for figuring out exact figures, and thus rounds up like its his job.
im going to get so spoiled so fast its not even funny.

in other news, i discovered the salvation army/good sams/st vincent depauls of frematle. all in this little mall thing right next together with an amazingly cheap and delicious smelling chinese place. ah! its like im back in south bend.
plus i got two shirts and a skirt [score]
AND (as a present to the house) the first two lethal weapons (its apalling how many people havent seen them) which will be amazing to watch with some of the guys for their first time.
AND (this is what is making me so so so happy right now actually) this LP of igor stravinski directing the NY philharmonic in the firebird suite and the rite of spring [SCORE]

all for five bucks!

i love life.

plus those midterms i thought i was going to take the morning after i get back from broome are in fact the NEXT monday, so i dont even have to worry about that right now, and can focus on my history/theatre and cinema presentations. whee!

PLUS i discovered that while my cafe let me down and blocked skype, they have NOT discovered limewire yet, and thus i spent two hours doing research and downloads tons and tons of music. =D

ummmm ... oh yes, and holy week is going to be a hit, im looking forward to all the services at the bascilica downtown. my friend biz and i are tentatively planning on hitting up the cemetary (to do research for our history project)on good friday. i know, slightly wierd, but apropos to a point, plus im slightly obsessed with cemetaries in general (one of my favorite places at ND), so that should be cool. then at some point we're going to go on a tour of the fremantle prison at night (supposed to be hyper creepy), they still have the original gallows up and everything. except for some random maintenance, its pretty much exactly as it was when they got rid of the last convicts. some people say complete with blood and everything, but i kinda doubt it.

ok, this is short, but catherine made a pointed comment about the length of my posts anyways, so i guess its ok (ha)
plus i have work to do.

aight, love you all. happy birthday to fiona, hope she heard me yesterday.
and heres a public apology to boodles, who apparently thought i didnt like to talk about things loudly.
silly.