Holy shit you guys! I'm going to partake in the makings of something epic, something to be remembered for years to come! I have just registered in the Cosgame 2012 Melbourne attempt at a world record. The challenge? Only the largest gathering of video game cosplayers! HELLS YEAH!

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I can once more return to having a semi-normal life for at least a little while - omg YAY! Interpret: I finished marking assignments :D Oh dear lord it nearly killed me. But whinge I shall not, for it is done! Well, my part is done at least, I can handball the rest of the resubs and crap to someone else because I'm on sick leave bitches!

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So I'm a sheep. So sue me. It's a nice break from the marking...that I should be doing and sort of haven't been doing much of O.o Yoinked this from skylar0grace

You can learn a lot about someone by the music they listen to. Hit shuffle on your iPod or mp3 player and write down the first 20 songs. No cheating or skipping songs that are shameful. That is the fun!

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With heads bowed against the rain, Matthew and I plunged into the city to enjoy a nice dinner before the Gotye concert last night. Turns out, half of Melbourne had the same idea. We couldn't find anywhere at Fed Square that had any tables left, and with time ticking away and hungry stomachs we ended up at the place right next door to the carpark we ( Read more... )

Hoorah! It would seem I have been graced by the hand of luck, for while LJ has been experiencing ill fate I have been granted an extension :D

So, I was just an iddy bit worried that I wasn't going to make the deadline for smallfandomfest  because I still had a ways to go, and have had very little time to work on it. And then the DDos attack hit and I was silently ( Read more... )

I love this. SO so much. Gotye's newest single from his new album, Making Mirrors (to be released August 19th). Everything by Gotye is wonderful, but this is just so sombre and gorgeous and bitter and lovely. Fairly certain this is my new favourite song.

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I was watching 'Frankie and Johnny' on tv and Debussy's Clair de Lune is a feature throughout. This horrendously tugged at my heart strings, hurtling me back to my childhood, to memories long gone and suddenly I'm helpless to stop the tears. It reminded me of my dad; he used to listen to a lot of classical music. He would buy piano  sheet music for ( Read more... )