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axver

Life, music, and not quite everything.

Oct 05, 2006 23:41

Well, I guess I'll write a bit of an update about life ( Read more... )

university, u2, rugby, friends, monopoly, music, orphaned land, spock's beard

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cat_incarnate October 5 2006, 20:25:43 UTC

One of my favorite bumper stickers I once used in an opening paragraph to a story: Welcome to Shit Creek...sorry, we're out of paddles. Actually found it and bought it for the writing teacher who didn't think it actually existed.

I'm out of touch with the music world. What's U2 been up to?

axver October 6 2006, 00:26:53 UTC

Haha, that's great. Actually, New Zealand almost has a Shit Creek; I remember once reading about a river with a Maori name that translates to something along the lines of "a river a dog shitted in".

U2 - or at least some record company executive - has decided to release another unnecessary, pointless, needless Best Of compilation.

cat_incarnate October 6 2006, 23:08:41 UTC

HA!! Is there a sign you can stand by and have your picture made?

Ah. I fail to see why it's such a big deal. U2 can do what they want.

axver October 6 2006, 23:28:38 UTC

Haha, probably not. I can't think of any Maori place names where the English translation is noted on the sign. Another funny one is Te Urewera National Park, which apparently means "the burnt penis".

Well, it's just that we already have two Best Ofs that cover this material, so it's a rather unnecessary release and some perceive it as a cashgrab. I just see it as a really bad commercial move.

cat_incarnate October 17 2006, 00:08:32 UTC

Ha! I want to know the backstory on that one.

Ahhh. They aren't like donating the money to charity or antything?

cabaiste84 October 7 2006, 08:42:04 UTC

I think it might be Waipukarau (sp?) in the North Island you're thinking of there...I think.

axver October 7 2006, 14:09:32 UTC

Nope, definitely not Waipukurau. It was a river in the South Island, Westland somewhere I think.

Wikipedia has this to say about Waipukurau's meaning: "The town is close to the site of a Māori pa, from which it gets its name. The pa was situated on the towns main hill named Pukekaihau. The name is said to mean water of pukerau, pukerau being a type of fungus."

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