#blogjune Music Meme

1. The album/EP/single I'm currently addicted to:

Red Riders: Drown in Colour. I'm off to see their last ever concert at the Oxford Art Factory on Saturday night too!

2. The last live music concert I went to (date too please):

The Falling Joys at the OAF last Saturday night (10 June 2011).

3. The last album I bought (or downloaded):

The Naked & Famous: Passive Me, Aggressive You

4. The next album I want to buy:

Death Cab for Cutie: Codes and Keys. See video above.

5. The next live music concert I will be going to:

The Middle East at the Metro in Sydney tonight.

6. Most memorable live performance I've attended:

The Cure: Reflections at the Sydney Opera House.

7. I would most like to see live in concert:

Jeff Buckley.

Seven things meme

Seven Things that Scare Me

• Sharks
• Snakes
• City traffic (when I'm riding my bike)
• City traffic (when I'm driving my car)
• Tony Abbott
• Extreme heights
• Speeding

Seven Things I Like

• Plain chocolate
• Music
• Abstract impressionism
• Calligraphy & illumination
• Friends
• Family
• Champagne

Seven Random Facts About Me

• I get on well with most of my ex-partners (let's not try counting them all now
• I worked in London for a while doing intelligence analysis
• I've rafted the Franklin River in Tasmania twice in an individual raft
• I never miss a vampire series on TV
• I now own a Pinarello Prince (bike)
• I painted an Australian coat of arms that was signed by HM The Queen (and dated by the DoE)
• I own rather a lot of shoes (maybe it is a gay thing?)

Seven Things I want to Do Before I Die

• Visit NYC
• Visit Italy
• Return to Sweden & visit Norway
• More painting, calligraphy & photography
• Develop better bike handling skills
• More surfing
• Read more and see more movies and live music

Seven Things I Can Do Well

• Swim
• Run (well, I used to)
• Cook fruit cakes (like Xmas cakes)
• Coach swimmers and triathletes
• Get on with a lot of animals
• Quickly digest and analyse complex data or facts
• Shop

Seven Things I Can’t Do But Wish I Could

• Play a musical instrument
• Fly an aircraft
• Gymnastics
• Ride a track bike
• Juggle
• Graphic design
• Be more tolerant of idiots

Seven Phrases I’m Known to Use

• Okay (& okey dokey)
• Hang on . . .
• For s*** sake!
• What?
• Look . . .
• Hey . . .
• You d*** head

 

Movie meme

Image from the last Deus swap meet, by me.

Today a meme from @katejf.

According to IMBD the top 25 grossing films of 2010 are:

Top 25 Box Office of 2010

(as of December 13, 2010)

1. Toy Story 3 ($415M)
2. Alice in Wonderland ($334.2M)
3. Iron Man 2 ($312.1M)
4. Eclipse ($300.5M) seen (over-rated)
5. Inception ($292.5M) not seen yet, but I will, I um, seem to have um, 'acquired' a copy on my 'puter
6. Deathly Hallows Part 1 ($259.2M)
7. Despicable Me ($250.3.7M)
8. Shrek Forever After ($238.4M)
9. How to Train Your Dragon ($217.6M)
10. The Karate Kid ($176.6M)
11. Clash of the Titans ($163.2M)
12. Grown Ups ($162M)
13. Megamind ($140.6M)
14. The Last Airbender ($131.6M)
15. Shutter Island ($128M)
16. The Other Guys ($119.2M)
17. Salt ($118.3M)
18. Tangled ($117.2M)
19. Jackass 3-D ($116.8M)
20. Valentine’s Day ($110.5M)
21. Robin Hood ($105.3M) seen, on an aircraft (OK but they tried to make the story too historically relevant)
22. The Expendables ($103.1M)
23. Date Night ($98.7M)
24. Due Date ($95.4M)
25. Sex and the City 2 ($95.3M) I would struggle to think of a worse way to waste my time than seeing this

I have seen only two and may only see another couple. How many have you seen?

Of those I have not seen, the ones I want to are: not on this awfullist. And can I just add that after seeing Hugh Jackman's annoying Lipton Ice tea ads that I probably won't ever want to see another movie with him in it. They may well be worse than the whole McOprah "tourism" to MacCafe campaign.

If you want to see the whole list of 228 titles click here

Thanks again Kate.