fluxuscity

it's the weekend, after such a long and eventful week. i have spent considerable time dying my hair in several colours, and it makes me feel oh so much better - though blonde chops against dark beard stubble is just plain weird.
i have a party to attend this evening, and another which i haven't made my mind up to attend or not.
i have...
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ahhh, red wine is the arbiter of all ills, no you're right, judgement made!
Did i ever mention that i love shitty 80's music? in particular, supertramp, the cars, duran duran, nik kershaw, aha? red wine makes me come home and listen to them all, loudly.

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today was my first day back at work. wednesday is a good day to start the week -...
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Wednesday, beautiful sultry Wednesday; cicada's only chirrup once at 19 degrees, and they never stopped - apparently they have no union and are made to work around the clock.

Another work-free day. i could get used to this, the life of the independantly wealthy i suppose. But tomorrow i will have to admit that i'm not, and back to work i go.

But today, oh...
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we sat in the flickering light; the short afro bobbed up and down with laughter in front of me, and from the corner of my eye i suddenly realised that she wasn't looking at the screen, she was looking at me looking at the screen.
The smile on my face suddenly seemed goofy and affected under her gaze, her surrepticious gaze, that even now she...
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I saw Sideways last night. It was disappointing - heavy handed sentimentalism, overly long, in need of a script doctor, yet not entirely unaffecting. The overall melancholy tone was well pitched and the acting pretty strong.
There's a scene where two characters talk about why they like wine - jesus, I was groaning out loud, it was so unsubtle, I almost expected flashcards across the...
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I rode in the sunshine all the way up the hill and at the top, found myself in fog, condensing on my gooseflesh arms. The ocean was hidden behind a silver wall - somewhere down there was the airport and the peninsula that I know is full of houses, but not today.

Contrary to the date, the day I'm talking about it Saturday 6 Feb....
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can i get a pirate straight up? thank you.

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so, the weekend from hell, kinda, of sorts. My girlfriend and i decided to take a trip to Splitsville. We've been together a very, very long time. We went through university together, moved towns together, got drunk and fucked friends together. Now we're breaking up together.
In the best possible way; amicably, friendly, sad and...
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breaking up is hard to do

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On the up side, I just got offered a job art directing a feature film, starting in about 6 months. Yahhh - blissful distraction.

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on the downside, i haven't touched the third draft in a very long time.

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pirates take no prisoners

there must be other ways to make money, other than work, that, y'know, don't come with the risk of jail time.

anyone with suggestions, please post them. I'll try them, believe me. anything. at all.

at least the pirate still makes me giggle.

So i take all day to lose the hangover, and at 3pm we all agree that i will go to the party, but i won't drink.
Around 4pm, there's speculation that i'm really feeling okay, and that maybe i could just take a 6-pack, y'know, just take it easy.

So, at 5pm we all jump on the motorbike and proceed to the bottlestore. Grab a...
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Being one of those extraordinary folk who don't suffer hangovers (or fools), this crushing pain in my head and down my spine can't be one. So i probably have rabies or something.
That'll teach me for being up all night, constantly switching from beer to red wine to vanilla vodka - and then back again.

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Resident spider is gone! I squinted into the tub...
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We had an earthquake this morning, measuring 6.8 on the sphincter scale, followed by 9 little ones. We had eight medium shakes a few days ago.
We're on the same fault that caused the Tsunami in other places, so already beachfront property is available to rent at new low low prices!

I hate living in a house that will likely slide down a hill, but...
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