In Case I Don't Make It.

So with a quota of 120GB I'd never thought it would happen - but it did. And so I am capped, and with three people vulturing over this bony fleshless carcass otherwise known as my home wi-fi, being on the computer is nigh unbearable. But after a good day of driving and spelunking across some unfamiliar territory in Melbourne, I guess I feel well enough to blog about something.

Long readers (if there are any) of this blog will probably know that life hasn't changed much. And it kind of goes without saying too. Since my last post, perhaps the most life affecting change is my internet speed retardation. Though how often is it that I'm able to just sit here and talk about what's going on in my life?

I'm starting to read the last Harry Potter book after somewhat effective convincing from a friend(s) who berated me for watching the movies first before reading the book. Even though I still hold I put up quite a fair argument :(. I mean, historically speaking, movies based on a tale have done damage to the worth of the book via - not cutting the same standard that the book made. This generally causes a a disdain of sorts for the book doesn't it. So why not avoid this disdain and watch the movie first? Wouldn't this have the opposite effect and make the book appear in such a greater light?

To be perfectly honest though, I never understood the whole "the movie was shit in comparison to the book" argument. For me, the movie has always evoked such different senses of consciousness and awareness in me, compared to the book that is. You're always using your imagination when you're reading books, but when you're watching the movie, you're there for the spoon fed interpretation through visuals and audio and atmosphere. Sure there's some overlap, but as far as I'm concerned, the sensations gathered from the two different mediums are incomparable. Perhaps it might be a bit cynical of me, but I'm a believer of people (un)willing to accept that they're lying to themselves. The amount of effort spent reading a book compared to the two hours spent on a movie is significant. After such invested effort, who really wants to say that the movie was better? If you're going to invest a lot of time in a project, it's a bit bold to say that your project was shit and a waste. I'm quite certain people are lying to themselves.

Anyway, an update on the books I'm reading at the moment, more for me to keep track of than anything.

J.K. Rowling - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Michael Chrichton - Jurassic Park. (Actually, I can say that this is a lot better than the film, because the film bored me).
Albert Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus.
Friedrich Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra.
Charles Darwin - Hosts of Living Forms.
Jean Paul Sartre - The Imaginary.

I never understood how people are able to sit and read a book from start to finish. Needless to say, I do admire their discipline. So long as we're on the topic.

Television I'm starting to watch.
Game of Thrones.
Boardwalk Empire.
Mad Men.
Breaking Bad.
Penn and Teller - Bullshit!

Anime I'm watching.
Honey and Clover.
Cowboy Bebop.
Samurai Champloo (again).

Television I'm looking forward to.
The Big Bang Theory (:D)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD)

Miscellaneous things I'm looking forward to.
My first turntable.
Possible trip to Korea at the end of the year.
Leaving year 12 (but not Melbourne).
Dinner.
Watch the Throne on vinyl.
Going to Prahran again.


Thanks to my new 'Diggin' Melbourne' map guide (www.digginmelbourne.wordpress.com), I now know the locations of 51 record stores around the city and I am keen to peruse a lot of them. :). The first fruits of my excavating are A Tribe Called Quests "People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm" album on vinyl and Phillipe Rochard's Music Machine LP :). I plan to let this collection grow over the coming months, I'm pretty fucking stoked. University of Melbourne Open Day was fun, dwarfed by the activities of the rest of the day though.

My philosophical mock thesis/essay/series of aphorisms on whatever it was about will continue in the coming posts.

I'll upload some photos soon as well, for this text is probably dull as batshit.

Until then guys.

Stay gold <3.