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HELLO FANS. I thought I might share some of the stuff I've been doing for the YourGigs.com.au website, my glorious 9-5 job.

Most of what I do is boring stuff, uploading gig info like dates etc. But I also get to do a little bit of writing. It's pretty easy to tell which of the news stories are mine. I either have fun writing about bands I love, or have fun writing fake!nice things about bands I hate.

Beck launches Videotheque with rare goodies for fans 15 July 2009

Weezer cover MGMT, Lady Gaga 14 July 2009

Dinosaur Jr recall new CD for being "too loud" 13 July 2009

Ground control to Major Tom: fans encouraged to create own 'Space Oddity' 10 July 2009

Noel Gallagher wants to join your band 9 July 2009

A New Moon Rising for Wolfmother 6 July 2009

Chris Brown banned from attending awards ceremony 1 July 2009

Bag Raiders sign to Modular 30 June 2009

Bloc Party play intimate show at the MCA 29 June 2009

Beth Ditto, fashion designer? 24 June 2009

Red Riders go retro 23 June 2009

Yves Klein Blue get Ragged & Ecstatic 22 June 2009

A shiny Ruby for your telly? 17 June 2009

Our team also write little 25 word previews about upcoming tours which you can see around the place. We delight in using puns, metaphors, and basically as many cheesy references to a lyric or song title that we can fit in.

eg. one I did for Children Collide: "They left on a 'Farewell Rocketship' to the US of A, but never fear, Children Collide will return to Oz this September with their highly anticipated 'Chosen Armies' tour."

or Britney: "The Circus is coming to town - Britney Spears will bring her hugely successful tour to Australia for the very first time this November."

But those are nothing compared to the one I wrote for Wolfmother. I'm QUITE pleased with it:

"Wolfmother have laid a Cosmic Egg and are cooking up rock omelettes across the nation this September."

Yes, I love my job.

Pat and I made our first video together under the business title "Bad Grammar Productions." We're hoping to make a lot more music videos in the future. You know, like ones that will only get shown on Rage at 3am. Brilliance!

It was for the Josh Pyke competition where you make a clip for his song 'You Don't Scare Me' and it could become the ACTUAL REAL CLIP WHAT PEOPLE SEE ON THE TELLY SCREEN. Plus you also receive a cheeky $2500 and signed copies of all Josh's records. Pretty sweeeeeet deal, huh?

Didn't win but we had a lot of fun making it anyway. We had some ideas about what we wanted to do beforehand, mostly on the style (sepia, silent movie-esque with titles) but then most of the storyline we made up as we went along. I'm surprised we could even cut something together, to be honest! The main story idea that we ACTUALLY planned was the engagement, because there are bells in the song that really sound like wedding bells. We shot so much amazing stuff though, there were a lot more fantastical scenarios but the song wasn't long enough. Aw.

Anyway, here is our ~*masterpiece*~ ! Prepare for the lols.

( but you don't, no you don't scare me )

Oh, by the way - the reason I even blogged today was because I've been stuck home with TONSILLITIS.

I've had a sore throat for over a week now and was hoping to god it wouldn't turn into Old Swiney. I went to work yesterday but felt like death, then this morning I actually couldn't get out of bed. My throat was completely swollen and raw, I couldn't swallow and my head was all woozy. Hadn't been to the doctor in like two years, but it was definitely time for a visit. I went to the uni doctor, whatsup bulk billing. (I also finally made an appointment to get that bloody cervical cancer vaccination too.)

He was all, "say ahhhhhhhhh" and I was like, "ah-" and he went, "you have tonsillitis." Winner. But I'm on antibiotics now so should feel better in a few days.

On a completely unrelated note, I spent some of my new found wealth the other day on bras. Yes, I went bra shopping. It was so satisfying. I was walking past myers on my way home from work and saw they had like a 30% off sale, HELLO.

I used to loathe bra shopping, I think because I had to go with mum and it was really embarrassing. I would only ever choose the plainest things possible because I thought lace and stuff was too girly. Shopping by yourself is a completely different experience though, no pressure, totally enjoyable.

Took me a while to find anything I liked because I'm still very picky (and of course, the stuff I liked wasn't marked down.) Can I just say though, Elle MacPherson knows how to make effing bras AMIRITE LADIES? So pretty! And really comfortable.

Anyway. Bras! I have them! I am pleased. Glad I shared?

hey you guys! hey! remember me?

I haven't blogged properly in ages because I've been super busy with "real life." why, you ask? because I GOT A FULL TIME JOB, MOTHERLICKERS! yes! all my wildest dreams have come true and stuff.

remember how I applied for a job at ninemsn at the start of the year? well I kept in contact with the dudes because they were all really lovely. I ended up sending them press releases for rice is nice and even organised an interview between them and talons. then I guess one of their staff had to leave rather abruptly, because I got an email asking if I was still looking for full time work (answer: YES OH GOD YES.) that was on friday. on monday, I had an "interview." on wednesday I started work. no joke.

and I love love love it so much. I'm sure the novelty will wear off eventually, but at the moment I really enjoy getting up early, catching the bus and going to work like a nine-to-fiver. I feel like a normal person. I mean, I paid RENT this week! without any help from my parents. do you know how good that feels? finally, I will be able to completely support myself financially. I won't have to feel guilty that my parents are subsidising me with money they don't have.

I can save up for pretty clothes and get a haircut and buy an effing mac book pro. I don't have to worry about debt anymore so the world is my oyster. I'm really, really pleased.

aside from work it's been the usual really; gigs, shindigs etc. been trying to spend as much time with angus as I can because he is the sweetest dude alive. oh and pat and I are making a video for the josh pyke competition. I don't think we'll win, but I'm really proud of ours so far. we made it like silent movie style, with a damsel in distress and stuff. it's rad.

I HAVE started back-blogging for may and june, but who knows if I'll ever finish? does anyone even care? maybe you've all deserted me!

STEP ONE
Put jumper on heater. Wait.

STEP TWO
Now, wear jumper. Enjoy warmth.

STEP THREE
Repeat.

ARGH. Today sucked balls. I stayed up til 3am this morning writing my goddamn essay, then got up at 6am to try and finish it. I didn't. I was supposed to get into uni by 8.30am to combine my polaroid page with my group's pages, ready to present to the class. I didn't.
(In the end I was glad I didn't get to uni earlier though because my teacher was an HOUR late for class and we had to sit around and wait for her. It was lame. I could have had an extra hour sleep!)

After our presentation for New Media, I was supposed to go to my Australian History and Politics class. I didn't. I found a quiet computer lab instead so I could actually finish mein essay ONCE AND FOR ALL. I did! But it is possibly the worst essay I have ever, EVER written. I'm actually concerned I might fail because I'm not sure I really answered the question properly... oh well. It's done. Took me three computers and two computer labs to get a printer that actually worked though, god UTS frustrates me sometimes.

 To celebrate this shitty stressful day I bought a motherlicking HAT. I'd eyed it off last week but didn't get paid til yesterday, so... yeah. Anyway, HAT!







Note my "about to die" expression in the second photo. 3 hours sleep, baby. (Bonus Clementine in background of third pic.)

When I got home this afternoon I had a sandwich and a nap. So life's not all that bad, really. Plus, LOOK AT THE HAT.

monday
+must finish new media assignment... due on wednesday, but if I spend time on it tomorrow there will be less time for other assignments.
+...zzzzzzzzzz

tuesday
+finish new media assignment
+write 3000 words of bullshit about multiculturalism or something for australian history + politics class.
+spod rehearsal
+write the 3000 words that I should have written earlier

wednesday
+DEATH DOOM FAILURE
+need to be at uni by like 8 or 8.30am to finish to combine my new media work with the rest of my group's work
+hand in australian history + politics essay
+BUY A HAT. because I saw a cool hat the other day and I'm gonna go back and get it bitchesss
+get home and animate like crazy

thursday
+ANIMATE ANIMATE OH GOD ANIMATE SOMETHING
+BUFFALO BUFFALO BUFFALO
+AAAAAAAAAAGH

friday
+hand in animation
+cry tears of relief
+go to work til 8.30pm
+then to the hopetoun for leader cheetah maybe?!
+beer!
+sleep!

I can safely say that twilight is the absolute worst movie I have ever seen.

I seriously don't get it. there was no chemistry between any of the characters... the plot was completely convoluted and didn't make a shred of sense. and the dialogue... oh the dialogue. could it have been any more mundane? plus kristen stewart's acting was SO FLAT. dear lord.

I didn't enjoy the book either, but the film makes the book seem like a fucking masterpiece.

how do films like this possibly get made? it's not fair.

damn you twilight. damn you.

rember march and april?

yeah, me too.

TOLD YOU I WOULD CATCH UP!

Here is a bit of news, seeing as I STILL haven't uploaded those epic blogs I promised. (Look, there is a VIDEO of me pushing Jordy Lane down Cleveland St in a trolley so it's WORTH THE WAIT.)

The news is this: the lovely Patrick Delohery of Sydney's The Statics and I have started a record label/ production company. It's still in 'da works' so I won't yet reveal our name and etc. But it's gonna be well good. We'll be super indie and shit, putting out local records PLUS making film clips to boot. Why? Well, we are multi-talented folk with a lot of free time (unemployment) on our hands. That's why.

Also, with drunken triumph, Pat was somehow able to coerce (read: seduce) the wonderful We Say Bamboulee to be our first victims customers. We will hopefully be making a film clip for them in the near future. Exciting? Yes. STAY TUNED.

hey, remember golden plains?

me too.

http://bellathedork.livejournal.com/78592.html#cutid1

better late than never, I always say.

I'm getting a haircut tomorrow, thank god. I will be able to stop drawing my hair like this:




I know I promised blogs. I've finished March and April, but I'm waiting for some photos (and a video) that will make April 74.3% more entertaining.

oh wow, I havent done a proper "series of events" blog since MARCH. I actually found a draft on my computer that is my life from march to april so I'm going to finish writing it tomorrow and then upload it... it's more for my own reference than anything else, so I can look back at the end of the year and go "OH YEAH WE DID THAT THING." so anyway, epic blogs tomorrow! (if you can read my friend only entries of course.)

in other news, how is it possibly MAY already? whut.

dear 'buffalo country',

alright animation, I don't like you (well I kinda like you) and you don't like me. but it's crunch time. the rushes (is that the correct term with animation vs film?) are DUE TOMORROW and so far we have only managed to draw two USELESS FRAMES. we must do better than that, animation. we must wipe the smug grin off our avant-garde-loving teacher's face. WE MUST BE THE BEST, CHUCK OUT THE REST ETC.

everytime we feel the need for a break, it's just time for ANOTHER CUP OF COFFEE. animation, let's rock!



EDIT:
some progress, like. obviously the finished thing will not be blue. and it will not be shit.

( youtube ahoy! )

why do people join forums just to argue/ insult whatever everyone else is discussing?

here's a thought: FUCK OFF.

sometimes I forget I'm not in a john hughes film.

on a whim I grab various items of clothing and start cutting wildly but with purpose, a pencil clenched between my teeth and a sketchpad in my free hand. I sketch, cut, rip, make stitches here and there, and occasionally, refer to the plethora of fashion magazines strewn across my bed.

after about twenty minutes in a flurry of artistic expressionism, my initial enthusiasm wanes. I then realise that I don't ACTUALLY know how to sew, my room is covered in large scraps of useless material and I'm down two perfectly good dresses.

UNTIL. today, I actually made a skirt. I think? it's a bit short and puckers a bit at the back but I MADE IT. (and hey, it's no worse than the ugly clothes I usually wear!)

EDIT:

alright, due to popular demand (?) it's a motherflippin' picspam y'all!

and now you can see that the skirt is in fact, very simple, and most of what I wrote above was an amusing narrative for your collective amusement/s.

( BEHOLD! )

SO THERE YOU GO. incidentally, I may wear that exact outift to essential festival tomorrow... so if you see me wandering around, tell me how cool I am to make such a rad skirt with like, my bare hands and some thread and most of all, desperation. yeah? awesome.

holy shit you guys.

look, I'm generally a very happy person, promise! it's just that I'm using the ~*power of the internetz*~ to vent all my current frustrations and it's making me seem like totes depressed n stuff.

good things are happening too. here's some now:

1) I have more than $20 in my bank account, because:
2) I worked at popfrenzy rekkidz today and got PAID sweet dollars + cds
3) I'm also "working" for rice is nice records and TOTALLY have an official email address now (go on send me something bella@riceisnice.net YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO)
4) I don't get paid for this work but I DO get sweet lovin' from my "boss" julia motherflippin wilson who is the greatest human being on the planet.
5) centrelink have not yet repossessed everything I own. zing?
6) I'm meeting new people and making friends! yesss! socialising! not emo!

I do have a lot of crap on my mind at the moment though. most of it is un....blog...able so I have been forced to acquire a diary and scratch depressing prose onto its chalky white pages in trickles of my own blood. but I'm not an emo.
actually, you know what - it's not a problem anymore, I had a panic attack for three days and now I am well and truly over it. you can't always get what you want. I believe there is a song about that too.

aside from that I'm really behind with my animation for uni. it took me a year to make the straight arrows vid. I now have about 5 weeks to start and finish something ten zillion times more detailed AND I'M GETTING MARKED ON IT. big trouble?

red light panic terror
error ERROR

wooooow. everything on this journal is so negative at the moment. promise I will blog about something happy soon.