jun 9 2014 ∞
jun 9 2014 +
  • sewing: make bags for everyone who asked for them/ promised I'd make bags for; makes bags to sell; screen print bags; host a stall in a market to sell things
  • go swimming: find a pool in sydney, get a 10 or 20 pass for it, go swimming at least twice a week
  • printmaking: design a print for lino, carve the lino, print it; design a screen print for bags, sew and print it
  • zines: make the europe zine; make the other zine (tabletops)
  • more serious online presence for art: upload works to cargo collective; network better
  • start waking up before 10am
  • largescale works: create an ink piece on a2 paper
  • short film event: create one or two 'draft' line ups (1.5 to 2 hours total or five-ish films - will have intervals)
feb 5 2014 ∞
feb 5 2014 +

it was on environmental philosophy...

  • Sex and Death
  • Believing what we cannot prove
  • Why explanations lie
  • Message in the Bottle
  • Idealized, inaccurate but successful
  • Seeing the Forest for the trees
  • But is it progress?
  • How the Tail Wags the Dog (_one of my fave titles_)
  • Bad Marriage and Quick Divorce (_another fave_)
  • The Shallow and the Deep
  • Selling Out on Nature
  • ... Fellow Travellers or Bitter Enemies?
jun 22 2013 ∞
jun 22 2013 +
  • list of ten / listoften.tumblr.com (fantastic concept. must check it out)
  • virtually anonymous / virtuallyanonymous.tumblr.com (ditto)
  • creating civilizations / creatingcivilizations.tumblr.com (ditto)
  • christ-like attributes / christlikeattributes.tumblr.com
  • plot summary / plotsummary.tumblr.com
  • yama-bato / yama-bato.tumblr.com
  • csengecsato / csengecsato.tumblr.com
jun 19 2013 ∞
jul 21 2013 +
  • referring to myself in the first-person
  • reminding the reader about what I said before in the form of being hella repetitive
  • using weird analogies
  • the 'anything goes, just back it up' kind of premise but 'some things go more than others, so just back it up very very well'
may 26 2013 ∞
may 26 2013 +
  • 2cm margins in red pen
  • cans of pencils and tissue boxes on each desk
  • mini chalkboards
  • ants in the apple a-a-a
  • no hat, no play
  • handball/ handball courts
  • footsies
  • taking the hem down on your school uniform
  • name badges for excursions
  • weekly library sessions
  • lunch orders
  • school banking
  • rough cutting
  • classroom pets
  • mamee noodles/LCM bars/leSnak
  • money in envelopes with your name and class
  • permission slips
  • liddle lunch / big lunch
may 9 2013 ∞
jul 30 2013 +

books in progress are at the bottom of the list (p.s. change of style finally)

  • Saving Francesca (Melina Marchetta)
  • Norwegian Wood (Haruki Murakami)
    • Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
    • A Discourse on Inequality (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
    • Le petit prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
    • Pride and Promiscuity (Arielle Eckstut)
    • Anil's Ghost (Michael Ondaatje)
    • Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
    • Species of Spaces (Georges Perec)
    • The Purity Myth (Jessica Valenti)
may 1 2013 ∞
jun 28 2013 +
  • something related to environment, however not scientific - the relationship between society and the environment, environmental philosophy, activism, policy writing???
  • politics - speech writer, policy-writer, -adivsor, etc
  • editor for humanities journals and books
  • museum curator, researcher, collections officer, archivist, education officer
  • uni lecturer/academic
  • high school teacher of ancient history (seems like the most 'solid' option as there is a set sequence of steps one can take to become a teacher)
  • dietitian/nutritionist - very interested but not qualified at all
feb 28 2013 ∞
mar 13 2013 +
  • Eowyn
  • Katara
feb 6 2013 ∞
feb 6 2013 +
  • spontaneous dinner outings with family
  • spontaneous art gallery visits with friends (i.e. usually on wednesday nights, and we're in the city, and it's like, hey let's go to the agnsw at night because going at night is da bezt)
  • spontaneous holidays/roadtrips
  • spontaneous lunches/coffee breaks with friends
oct 20 2012 ∞
oct 21 2012 +
  • chaos - eg. a messy restaurant table, a messy desk, etc.
  • architecture
  • sculptures
  • windows
  • stark shadows/shading
  • furniture
sep 28 2012 ∞
sep 28 2012 +
  • make lists
  • wake up earlier
  • listen to music
  • eat fruit
  • drink water
  • light candles
  • meditate
  • breathe
  • look outside the window
  • go in the sun
  • draw something
  • tidy bedroom
  • paint nails
  • moisturise
  • go for a walk/ pace
  • stretch limbs
  • sit up straight
  • look at architecture drawings
  • draw architecture
sep 12 2012 ∞
may 21 2013 +
  • Purity Ring, Shrines
  • Grizzly Bear, Shields
  • Holy Other, Held
  • Ryan Hemsworth, Last Words EP
  • Selva Oscura, Refracticides
  • Lana Del Rey, Born to Die
  • Clams Casino, Instrumental Mixtape 2
  • DropxLife, Furthur
  • Grimes, Visions
  • HEALTH, Max Payne 3
  • Lapalux, When You're Gone
  • The xx, coexist
  • Perfume Genius, Put Your Back In 2 It
sep 9 2012 ∞
sep 21 2012 +
  • Purity Ring
  • Seekae
  • BadBadNotGood
  • Shlohmo
  • Evenings
  • Balam Acab
  • King Krule/Zoo Kid
  • Philip Glass, Glassworks
  • Youth Lagoon
  • Brian Eno, Music for Airports
  • Burial, Untrue

for sad feels

  • jj, Kills
  • How to Dress Well
  • Grizzly Bear
  • Burial
aug 26 2012 ∞
feb 6 2013 +
  • hat for summer
  • shoes for summer
dec 13 2011 ∞
dec 13 2011 +
  • Flynn Rider/Eugene (Tangled)
  • Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
  • Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast)
  • all the Toy Story characters
  • Dug (Up)
apr 30 2011 ∞
may 21 2011 +
  • The Simpsons
  • Six Feet Under
  • The Pacific
  • Sherlock
  • Freaks and Geeks
apr 4 2011 ∞
apr 4 2011 +
  • spontaneous/ hands-on/ play it by ear
  • clothes-wise - don't assume, abstract
jun 13 2014 ∞
jun 13 2014 +
  • open spaces/ clarity
  • central communal spaces
  • warmth atmosphere
  • natural light
  • good flow of light and air
apr 15 2014 ∞
apr 15 2014 +
  • to regulate and boost energy levels
  • for the fresh air
  • for a stronger heart
  • for a stronger body
  • alone time/ to think
  • for clearer thoughts
  • because my endo, psych and haemotologist say so
    • to regulate hormones/ thyroid
    • to regulate mood
    • for healthy blood
  • to regulate/control/'normalise' periods
  • to take out stress
  • to divide time (i.e. between afternoon and evening)
  • for the beautiful setting sun
  • to get to know my neighbourhood
  • because it's more enriching than sitting at the computer
  • to increase self-confidence
jul 6 2013 ∞
aug 23 2013 +
  • sew your bag
  • sew your denim skirt
  • cut and hem jumper
  • ebay sell things
  • GET A JOB
  • start running again
  • fitness fridays @ hurstville/ gym on fridays
  • powerhouse every thursday
  • read The Museum Time Machine
  • read two other books :-)
    • The Namesake?
    • Utopia
    • skim Orientalism
  • socialise at least once a week
  • get acupuncture
  • do more painting/art (everyday pls)
  • tidy up downloads folder
  • tidy up computer documents/folders/files/etc/etce/tce/tc/etc/etc
jun 20 2013 ∞
jun 30 2013 +
  • knowing/ thinking/ ”feeling” someone is staring at you
  • i know there is a camera under that black dome, I just don’t know which way it’s looking.
  • should i make my instagram private?
  • omnipresent camera/lightning flash
  • seeing the back of someone’s smart phone and knowing/ thinking/ ”feeling” they are aiming it in your direction
may 31 2013 ∞
may 31 2013 +
  • synthesising facts/information about things that are relevant or interesting to me
  • being comfortable when meeting new people
  • experimenting with food/cooking
  • controlling my body language
  • listening/observing
  • expressing my ideas through words; writing essays
  • drawing straight lines
  • I have nice handwriting.
  • making connections/ analogies
may 16 2013 ∞
jun 23 2013 +
  • The Shipping News
  • The Namesake
  • Maestro
  • Disgrace
  • W;t
  • In the Skin of a Lion
may 2 2013 ∞
may 2 2013 +

in order of importance

  • child sponsorship (already bought - $600 p.a.)
  • move to Melbourne (min $3.5-4k)
  • Europe for 1-2 months ($7k)
  • running shoes ($150 - this went into this http://listography.com/nein/wishlist/bef... list but I checked today and they're a lot more than I thought they were)
  • casual fitness classes??? rockclimbing and swimming ($~30 per week)
  • iphone (<$800)
  • kindle/e-reader (for uni) $100-200)
  • gym membership/some kind of fitness class ($100 per month)
feb 13 2013 ∞
feb 28 2013 +

in some kind of order of preference/importance/priority (so I'll probably end up doing the top four)

edit 26/11: I * the ones that I ended up choosing

Semester 1

  • PHIL2640 Environmental Philosophy
  • *ANHS3601 The Mediterranean World and Civil War
  • *ANHS2601 Ancient Imperialism
  • *ARIN2600 Technocultures
  • HSTY2640 Twentieth-Century China
  • *HSTY2670 New York, New York

Semester 2

  • *PHIL2644 Critical Theory: From Marx to Foucault
  • *HSTY2623 China's Traumas, 1937-1971
  • HSTY2688 Enlightenment Journeys
  • MDST2616 Medieval Historians and Historiography- (not available in 2013)
nov 21 2012 ∞
nov 26 2012 +
  • ⊂◉‿◉つ
  • ✌.ʕʘ‿ʘʔ.✌
  • (●⌒∇⌒●)
  • ヾ(●⌒∇⌒●)ノ
  • (〃^∇^)ノ
  • (^⊆^)
  • (⌒_⌒)
  • ( ̄ー ̄)
  • (⌒o⌒)
  • (●⌒∇⌒●)
  • \(●~▽~●)
  • ヾ(●⌒∇⌒●)ノ
  • O(≧▽≦)O
  • \(○^ω^○)/
  • (ミ ̄ー ̄ミ)
  • ヘ( ̄▽ ̄*)ノ
  • ヾ( ~▽~)ツ ♪
  • ヽ(´▽`)ノ
  • ヾ(〃^∇^)ノ
  • ヽ( ´ ∇ ` )ノ
  • ヾ(@⌒▽⌒@)ノ
oct 1 2012 ∞
oct 1 2012 +
  • clean room/desk
  • organise computer
  • organise unit notes
  • make lists concerning uni
  • find readings
  • apply for jobs
sep 15 2012 ∞
sep 15 2012 +
  • San Francisco
    • first day, parade of bicycles
    • drenching #1: getting drenched riding bikes across the Golden Gate Bridge (it was very fogging - we were basically riding through a cloud)
    • crepe from a street cart
  • Vancouver
    • smelling the air after getting out of the airport: "smells like nature"
    • the mountains over the skyline
    • Main Street, maple syrup
    • waiting outside the Biltmore Cabaret for tickets to Japandroids
    • missing out on tickets but having a good night anyway. Yaletown Brewery, the whole street turning into a pedestrian street, the goose lady, having an hour-long nap on the hostel room floor
aug 9 2012 ∞
sep 27 2012 +
  • blueberries
  • strawberries
  • pineapples
  • peaches
  • mangos
  • navel oranges
  • navel oranges
  • navel oranges
  • raspberries
  • pears
  • seedless grapes
  • cherries
mar 15 2011 ∞
mar 15 2011 +
  • donald judd
  • anish kapoor
  • sol lewitt
  • andy goldsworthy
  • james turrell
  • jenny holzer
  • hans haacke
  • joseph beuys
  • tony oursler
  • ryoji ikeda
may 5 2014 ∞
may 8 2014 +
feb 3 2014 ∞
feb 4 2014 +
  • to wake up fresh
  • to wake up early
  • for 8 good hours
  • because you deserve it!
  • to dream better
  • to restore your brain/body
  • for good skin
  • for energy
jul 7 2013 ∞
jul 7 2013 +
  • grow out a bit
  • bleach
  • keep bleaching
  • (when i stop bleaching and roots get too unbearable or hair gets too brittle) shave
  • keep short
jun 21 2013 ∞
jun 21 2013 +
  • linguistics
  • art history
  • French (I wish I had studied better)
  • Latin (I wish I had studied better and continued)
  • German
  • Australian history
    • Australian urban history
  • Asian history
  • Greek history
jun 9 2013 ∞
jun 13 2013 +
  • can't brush teeth standing in one place
  • can't talk on the phone without pacing
may 17 2013 ∞
may 17 2013 +
  • Mitchell Library
  • The High Line
  • 40.916756,-73.746334
  • Cockatoo Island (+ the ferry ride there and back)
may 8 2013 ∞
aug 17 2013 +

order of importance

  • running shoes ($70?? LOL NOPE - THIS WILL COST ME A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY http://listography.com/nein/wishlist/thi...)
  • swimmers- ($30 - my swimmers still fit and are in good condition!)
  • art supplies- oil paints, brushes, paper? ($40-$60???)
  • piercing $30
  • cotton t shirts
feb 13 2013 ∞
feb 28 2013 +

also things I like/I'd like to do with my own creative/artistic projects

  • textures
  • colour
  • proportion (minimalism, constructivism)
  • negative space
  • shadows (Rodchenko)
  • Lichtenstein's various Mirrors
  • movement/motion in motionless media
dec 6 2012 ∞
dec 6 2012 +

5:30AM

THINGS I HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TO AID SLEEPING

  • keep my laptop on my desk rather than use it on the laptop table which I can drag near my bed
  • use my bed just for sleeping, don't get into bed until I intend to sleep
  • relaxation techniques - incense/candles/meditation/gentle stretches before going to bed
  • earlier showers
  • fully shut the blinds
  • change the position of the bed/sleep on the other side
  • get new sheets
  • don't drink too much water or tea
  • have the fan on (with timer)

THINGS I COULD START DOING

  • handwrite a to-do list right before turni...
oct 16 2012 ∞
oct 16 2012 +
  • mixtape
  • draw Portland Union Bank stairs from photo
  • draw more with pencil
  • draw faces
  • digital collages
  • glitter paint nails
sep 5 2012 ∞
sep 9 2012 +
  • "dreaming of black windows black-tinted like a hearse" - How to Dress Well, Waking up to live sometimes seems worse (cover of I wish by R Kelly)
  • "I think about you daily, daily, daily" - How to Dress Well, Suicide Dream 1
  • "what now what now what now what now what" - Grizzly Bear, Colorado
  • "I don't want no scrub, a scrub is a guy that can't get no love from me. hanging out the passenger side of his best friend's ride, tryin' to holla at me." - TLC, No Scrubs
  • ""I need someone to look into my eyes and tell me, 'Girl, you know, you've got to watch your health." - Grimes, Oblivion
aug 31 2012 ∞
jul 3 2013 +
  • Shannyn Sossamon
  • Brittany Murphy in Uptown Girls
aug 26 2012 ∞
aug 26 2012 +
  • 2013/09 - SNAKEHIPS, BBNG, FREDDY GIBBS (Oxford Arts Factory)
  • 2013/08 - JAPANDROIDS, Manning Bar
  • 2013/08 - FISHING (The Guppies), Beach Rd Hotel, Sydney
  • 2013/07 - SEQUENCE FESTIVAL #2 (Wooshie, Mannheim ROcket, Hyperborea, Angel Eyes, Nakagin, Scissor Lock, Oscar Key Sung, True North, naps, ANTI-KIRKIS, Guerre, Thomas William, Friendships, Electric Sea Spider), The Gasometer, Melbourne
  • 2013/07 - GALAPAGOOSE, ACCA, Melbourne
  • 2013/07 - SAD CLUB #2 / NAMINE (Golden Blonde), The Red Rattler, Sydney
  • 2013/07 - TOKIMONSTA (Thomas William, Elizabeth Rose), The Basement
  • 2013/03 - SPACEWALK (Lucian Blomkamp, bkind2me, mgkrp), Loop Bar, Melbourne
  • 2013/02 - HOW TO DRESS WELL, OAF
  • 2013/02 - LANEWAY (Perfume Genius, Real Estate, Alpine, Nite Jewel, Holy Other, Sh...
jan 15 2012 ∞
oct 28 2013 +
  • : Fellowship of the Ring
    • beginning sequence with Cate Blanchett/Galadriel explaining the rings of power + Isildur acquiring the One Ring
    • Arwen and Frodo on horseback being chased by the Wraiths
    • Legolas, Gimli and Boromir arriving at Rivendell for the Council of Elrond
    • basically all of Moria since it's the first real test for the Fellowship and the first loss/the Fellowship begins to break ...
    • the Bridge of Khazad-dum, Gandalf falling: "fly, you fools" + immediately after Gandalf falls, the slo-mo and the arrows flying everywhere ...
    • the Fellowship minus Gandalf on the other side of Moria recuperating from the loss of Gandalf
    • Boromir getting shot, Boromir dying - "my...
apr 27 2011 ∞
apr 27 2011 +