i abhor the word:
R A N D O M
it makes me so full of hate i want to burn live snails.
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
master attain cultivate
my heart's like a kick drum! (the avett brothers)i think thinks all the time, make up stories in my thinks, stories to console my soul when the knots around love and music and the meaninglessness of it all cause and justify too many loose threads of i-don't-care-rebellion-procrastination-is-my-epitaph-going-to-say-liz-who-understood-primary-mathematics-but-slept-the-seasons-without-someone-else's-skin-and-tense-touch-and-never-gave-love?
my latest, most aware think was this: why are there small windscreen wipers on some headlights?
my favourite part of the weekend: poking sea anenomes. the tendrils tensed around my finger like clenching suction muscles...
Thursday, May 20, 2010
a skill used frequently
there's a type of tiredness indescribable. it's not exhaustion. it's not emotional. not physical. is it giving up? is it hot eyeballs, cold fingertips?
huck finn says: 'Everything was dead quiet, and it looked late and smelt late. You know what i mean - i don't know the words to put it in.'
my skin is so hungry and i can't get warm. i'm blood chilled reptilia.
huck finn says: 'Everything was dead quiet, and it looked late and smelt late. You know what i mean - i don't know the words to put it in.'
my skin is so hungry and i can't get warm. i'm blood chilled reptilia.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
cnidaria
a jellyfish chooses a mate, the male releases sperm from the stomach into the water, which enter the female and fertilize the egg so that the process of a fertilized egg leaving the organism and developing on the outside of the body begins...
differentiation of the primitive
(solitude cannot be confused with loneliness).
'i'm ordinary. but you don't think i'm ordinary and that's why
you
love me.'
'i'm ordinary. but you don't think i'm ordinary and that's why
you
love me.'
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
white trashed
please, use this correctly
please
please
please, i ask you
use this correctly
use me correctly
glass bottles
only
use this correctly
please
glass bottles only
use correctly
empty
me
regularly and correctly
empty glass bottles
only
use me incorrectly
please
please
please, i ask you
please...
please
please
please, i ask you
use this correctly
use me correctly
glass bottles
only
use this correctly
please
glass bottles only
use correctly
empty
me
regularly and correctly
empty glass bottles
only
use me incorrectly
please
please
please, i ask you
please...
Sunday, May 16, 2010
holes in pigeons
Backpacharacters
Backpacharacters is a side-pocket size guide to five types of travellers and the indisputable traits that make them part of the tourist species we affectionately know as the ‘Backpacker’.
For those familiar with tramping the land carrying half your body weight, sleeping with cockroaches and eating oats for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you’re certain to have shared a six dorm bunk with a Backpacharacter. They are individuals belonging to a distinct flock of travellers who eat, dress, speak and photo-take as one. Here is an introduction to these types so you may become familiar with arguably the most interesting tourist attraction on offer
.
The Boardshort Bachelor
Sex: Bloke
Age: classic 18-35 bracket with the bulk of them in their 20’s
Stays: at the acclaimed party hostels. They book accommodation offering all the essentials: beer parties, beer bongs, beer Olympics, foam parties and pool side bars. They spend days at a time nursing hangovers til three pm after nights of debauchery and drink special indulgence.
Dress: a bare tanned chest and knee-length, offensively colourful, surf branded boardies worn just above the bum crack so that white strip of tan line shows. Shaved head or scruffy unwashed knots. Thongs. Dark sunglasses. A beaded surfy style necklace.
Likes: Wet T-shirt Babes, toga parties, porn, Utes, jaga bombs, fights, meat, tools, swear words, sport.
Drink: beer or beam.
Quote: ‘F***en c***ts…’
Photographs: their mates’ bare white arses, their own shit in the toilet, their mates throwing up, them and their mates holding pints of beer and wearing Hawaiian leis.
Tattoo: a massive tribal style tat on the shoulder and/or the Southern Cross on the calf.
Places of interest: the beach, the bar or wherever Contiki bus drops them off.
Backpacharacters is a side-pocket size guide to five types of travellers and the indisputable traits that make them part of the tourist species we affectionately know as the ‘Backpacker’.
For those familiar with tramping the land carrying half your body weight, sleeping with cockroaches and eating oats for breakfast, lunch and dinner, you’re certain to have shared a six dorm bunk with a Backpacharacter. They are individuals belonging to a distinct flock of travellers who eat, dress, speak and photo-take as one. Here is an introduction to these types so you may become familiar with arguably the most interesting tourist attraction on offer
.
The Boardshort Bachelor
Sex: Bloke
Age: classic 18-35 bracket with the bulk of them in their 20’s
Stays: at the acclaimed party hostels. They book accommodation offering all the essentials: beer parties, beer bongs, beer Olympics, foam parties and pool side bars. They spend days at a time nursing hangovers til three pm after nights of debauchery and drink special indulgence.
Dress: a bare tanned chest and knee-length, offensively colourful, surf branded boardies worn just above the bum crack so that white strip of tan line shows. Shaved head or scruffy unwashed knots. Thongs. Dark sunglasses. A beaded surfy style necklace.
Likes: Wet T-shirt Babes, toga parties, porn, Utes, jaga bombs, fights, meat, tools, swear words, sport.
Drink: beer or beam.
Quote: ‘F***en c***ts…’
Photographs: their mates’ bare white arses, their own shit in the toilet, their mates throwing up, them and their mates holding pints of beer and wearing Hawaiian leis.
Tattoo: a massive tribal style tat on the shoulder and/or the Southern Cross on the calf.
Places of interest: the beach, the bar or wherever Contiki bus drops them off.
type 2
The Wet T-shirt Babe
Sex: bimbo
Age: teenage or wannabe teenage
Stays: where the Boardshort Bachelors stay
Dress: bikini, tiny denim skirt or shorts, cowboy hat. A tan.
Likes: Boardshort Bachelors, tanning, comparing tans, spray tans, fake tans, real tans, wet t-shirt competitions, attention, white pants, calling each other ‘babe’, shopping, painting their toe nails.
Drink: goon and juice.
Quote: ‘Oh my god!’ I can’t believe I did that! I was like, sooo drunk.’
Photographs: party shots, group party shots and says, ‘That is so going on Facebook,’ more party shots and says, ‘That’s a profile pic!’ party shots holding the camera high up to get a flattering angle, the bikini shot with coastal look out background, party shots pouting or sticking out pierced tongue.
Tattoo: Swirly scrag tag on lower back or a (highly original) butterfly on the hip.
Places of interest: the beach, the bar, reflective surfaces or wherever Contiki bus drops them off.
Sex: bimbo
Age: teenage or wannabe teenage
Stays: where the Boardshort Bachelors stay
Dress: bikini, tiny denim skirt or shorts, cowboy hat. A tan.
Likes: Boardshort Bachelors, tanning, comparing tans, spray tans, fake tans, real tans, wet t-shirt competitions, attention, white pants, calling each other ‘babe’, shopping, painting their toe nails.
Drink: goon and juice.
Quote: ‘Oh my god!’ I can’t believe I did that! I was like, sooo drunk.’
Photographs: party shots, group party shots and says, ‘That is so going on Facebook,’ more party shots and says, ‘That’s a profile pic!’ party shots holding the camera high up to get a flattering angle, the bikini shot with coastal look out background, party shots pouting or sticking out pierced tongue.
Tattoo: Swirly scrag tag on lower back or a (highly original) butterfly on the hip.
Places of interest: the beach, the bar, reflective surfaces or wherever Contiki bus drops them off.
third
The Wannabe Risk Taking Adventurer
Sex: man or woman
Age: approaching 30…or 40
Stays: budget, budget hostels. Bunking with the plebeians on a bedbug ridden foam mattress is an adventure in itself and a far cry from the comfort of their crisp white sheeted king size bed.
Dress: will alter look to appear slightly bohemian and adventurous, leaving the pressed pastel-striped business shirt behind. Sports a shark tooth necklace, neglects hair, piles on wristbands and anklets, experiments with wrap around pants and a pierced nose or eyebrow.
Likes: (wants to like) adrenaline, sky diving, bungy jumping, scuba, kayaking, paragliding, bobsled rides with the Latvian bobsled team, their new found appreciation and admiration of ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. Talking about the pivotal moment they realised they’d never ‘lived’ and needed to get in touch with their impulsive side.
Drink: Singha in Thailand, Guinness in Ireland, Brahma in Brazil, Corona in Mexico etc.
Quote: ‘I live for the moment,’ or ‘Yes!’ or ‘This beats a day in the office.’
Photographs: documents everything with digital camera in video and stills. Will purchase overpriced photos of themselves and their terrified face mid bungy jump. Also keeps a comprehensive travel journal, ticket stubs, brochures, currency, sugar packets etc just to prove they’ve been/seen places.
Tattoo: an impulsive symbolic tattoo as reminder of their intrepid journey on a body part easily hidden so ‘work’ don’t see it and just in case they regret it in a few months.
Places of interest: high mountains, fast rivers, deep seas, rough roads, untouched plains, thin air, comfortable chairs.
Sex: man or woman
Age: approaching 30…or 40
Stays: budget, budget hostels. Bunking with the plebeians on a bedbug ridden foam mattress is an adventure in itself and a far cry from the comfort of their crisp white sheeted king size bed.
Dress: will alter look to appear slightly bohemian and adventurous, leaving the pressed pastel-striped business shirt behind. Sports a shark tooth necklace, neglects hair, piles on wristbands and anklets, experiments with wrap around pants and a pierced nose or eyebrow.
Likes: (wants to like) adrenaline, sky diving, bungy jumping, scuba, kayaking, paragliding, bobsled rides with the Latvian bobsled team, their new found appreciation and admiration of ‘nature’ and ‘culture’. Talking about the pivotal moment they realised they’d never ‘lived’ and needed to get in touch with their impulsive side.
Drink: Singha in Thailand, Guinness in Ireland, Brahma in Brazil, Corona in Mexico etc.
Quote: ‘I live for the moment,’ or ‘Yes!’ or ‘This beats a day in the office.’
Photographs: documents everything with digital camera in video and stills. Will purchase overpriced photos of themselves and their terrified face mid bungy jump. Also keeps a comprehensive travel journal, ticket stubs, brochures, currency, sugar packets etc just to prove they’ve been/seen places.
Tattoo: an impulsive symbolic tattoo as reminder of their intrepid journey on a body part easily hidden so ‘work’ don’t see it and just in case they regret it in a few months.
Places of interest: high mountains, fast rivers, deep seas, rough roads, untouched plains, thin air, comfortable chairs.
lost in four
The Lost Soul
Sex: loner
Age: 20something-ish
Stays: hostels on the edge of town. A tent. Somewhere…anywhere…
Dress: earthy colours, pretty much the same thing every day, perhaps a touch of tie-dye.
Likes: incense, spirituality, enlightenment, drugs, deep conversation, experimentation, discussing their current writing project, telling you about their past which is often painful, telling you about their harrowing year of suicide attempts and torturous break-ups, running away, finding themselves, karma, meaningfulness, star gazing.
Drink: a warming shot, a spliff.
Quote: ‘It’s not meant to be.’ or ‘It’s meant to be.’
Photographs: nil, they don’t own a camera. They are there to ‘experience’.
Tattoo: the name of their dead friend/relative/rock star in Latin so only they know what it says. Strategically concealed to evoke mystery and an impassioned conversation if a glimpse is stolen.
Places of interest: dreams, hammocks and walking tracks.
Sex: loner
Age: 20something-ish
Stays: hostels on the edge of town. A tent. Somewhere…anywhere…
Dress: earthy colours, pretty much the same thing every day, perhaps a touch of tie-dye.
Likes: incense, spirituality, enlightenment, drugs, deep conversation, experimentation, discussing their current writing project, telling you about their past which is often painful, telling you about their harrowing year of suicide attempts and torturous break-ups, running away, finding themselves, karma, meaningfulness, star gazing.
Drink: a warming shot, a spliff.
Quote: ‘It’s not meant to be.’ or ‘It’s meant to be.’
Photographs: nil, they don’t own a camera. They are there to ‘experience’.
Tattoo: the name of their dead friend/relative/rock star in Latin so only they know what it says. Strategically concealed to evoke mystery and an impassioned conversation if a glimpse is stolen.
Places of interest: dreams, hammocks and walking tracks.
and fifth...
The Over-Prepared Tourist.
Sex: m or f (although sometimes hard to tell due to mosquito net hats etc)
Age: parents/grandparents
Stays: eco lodging with composting toilets or a simple 4 bed dorm. Will often befriend and then pester receptionist for information regarding tourist attractions and day trips. Usually the eldest traveller in a dorm of young revellers. Asleep by 9pm.
Dress: a fixed slick of sunscreen, sunglasses attached to a chain, a hat (wide brimmed or peaked with a neck flap), kaki pants with three length alternatives (long, three quarter, short), shorts tan (white thigh), long sleeved light-weight shirt, t-shirt tan, sensible walking shoes, sensible beach sandals (worn with socks for evening alternative), sensible hiking boots, backpack with fabric souvenir badges, divers watch.
Likes: hand sanitiser, maps, detailed itineraries, lonely planet books, insect repellent, disposable ponchos, first aid kits, binoculars, waterproof camera bags, Nalgene water bottles, 60+ sunscreen, mini torches, sewing kits, chapsticks, organising their day the night before, a good nights sleep.
Drink: bottled water or some kind of drink from a sachet of powder mixed with bottled water.
Quote:
Photographs: mostly ‘things’ rather than people like plant life, wildlife, views and signs or them next to the sign.
Tattoo: their children or grandchildren have tattoos they don’t know about.
Places of interest: coral reefs, rain forests, mountain summits, historical landmarks, botanic gardens, whale watching boats, penguin parade, ferries, good quality sleeping bags.
Sex: m or f (although sometimes hard to tell due to mosquito net hats etc)
Age: parents/grandparents
Stays: eco lodging with composting toilets or a simple 4 bed dorm. Will often befriend and then pester receptionist for information regarding tourist attractions and day trips. Usually the eldest traveller in a dorm of young revellers. Asleep by 9pm.
Dress: a fixed slick of sunscreen, sunglasses attached to a chain, a hat (wide brimmed or peaked with a neck flap), kaki pants with three length alternatives (long, three quarter, short), shorts tan (white thigh), long sleeved light-weight shirt, t-shirt tan, sensible walking shoes, sensible beach sandals (worn with socks for evening alternative), sensible hiking boots, backpack with fabric souvenir badges, divers watch.
Likes: hand sanitiser, maps, detailed itineraries, lonely planet books, insect repellent, disposable ponchos, first aid kits, binoculars, waterproof camera bags, Nalgene water bottles, 60+ sunscreen, mini torches, sewing kits, chapsticks, organising their day the night before, a good nights sleep.
Drink: bottled water or some kind of drink from a sachet of powder mixed with bottled water.
Quote:
Photographs: mostly ‘things’ rather than people like plant life, wildlife, views and signs or them next to the sign.
Tattoo: their children or grandchildren have tattoos they don’t know about.
Places of interest: coral reefs, rain forests, mountain summits, historical landmarks, botanic gardens, whale watching boats, penguin parade, ferries, good quality sleeping bags.
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