I wish I could eat the salt off of your lost faded lips.

01 October 2010 @ 11:55 am

You've got to catch an early plane and it's no surprise I'm standing still. Another minute more is all I need, I'll never have enough.

I am not an acrobat, I cannot peform these tricks for you. Losing all my balance, falling from a wire made for you.

This be the journal of Jacky, a 21 year old pharmacy student from Brisbane, Australia. I like many things including: Paris, Miss Dior Cherie, science, Lomography, pokemon, 12" vinyl, vintage fashion, first person shooters, macarons, Ksubi, indie rock, Penguin Classics, French cinema, art house films, music festivals, lead singers, live music, street press, graphic novels, web comics, science fiction and movies with excellent soundtracks.

Music: Air, Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, Beirut, Belle and Sebastian, Bloc Party, Bon Iver, Broken Social Scene, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, Death Cab For Cutie, Fleet Foxes, Flight of the Conchords, Foals, The Go! Team, Grizzly Bear, Hercules and Love Affair, Hot Chip, Interpol, Joy Division, Klaxons, LCD Soundsystem, Little Red, M83, Maxïmo Park, Patrick Wolf, Phoenix, Röyksopp, The Temper Trap, Vampire Weekend and Whitley.

Movies:(500) Days of Summer, A Clockwork Orange, A Very Long Engagement, Almost Famous, Amelie, American Beauty, American History X, The Black Balloon, Brick, Control, The Darjeeling Limited, The Dark Knight, The Dreamers, Elizabetown, Equilibrium, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, The Graduate, In Bruges, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Life Aquatic, Little Miss Sunshine, Lolita, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Paris Je'Taime, Penelope, The Prestige, Requiem For A Dream, The Royal Tennenbaums, Serenity, Shakespeare in Love, Sleepy Hollow, Vicky Christina Barcelona, The Virgin Suicides and Watchmen.

TV Shows: Arrested Development, Black Books, Bones, Chuck, Dexter, Firefly, Flight of the Conchords, The IT Crowd, Pushing Daisies, Red Dwarf, Six Feet Under and Skins.

Books: The Handmaid's Tale, The Bride Stripped Bare, The Time Traveller's Wife, The Life of Pi, The Dreamers, Lolita, A Clockwork Orange and Franny and Zooey.

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Emotional State:

relaxed

Listening/Watching: Watching Firefly

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13 October 2009 @ 10:29 pm

You took a white orchid and turned it blue.

Oh, yes another post this evening. I have been up to quite a bit lately so the need for more than one update is quite necessary. I don't know about anyone else but am I the only one with a tonne of friends who seem to have a birthday in October? Since I've been back in Brisbane I've already been to two birthday parties but have been invited to more and this week I'll be celebrating my mum's birthday as well as Eden's. The first birthday party was in honour of my lovely friend Mo and we went out in the city for a night of drinking etc. We started the night off at this lovely restaurant and cocktail bar called Garuva's and the jazz band that was playing there played a cover of High and Dry by Radiohead and when they finished playing I cheered so hard that they were like "yay there is a Radiohead fan in the crowd."

The second birthday party was for my lovely friend Kenny who I also work with at EB Games. We went to this amazing Japanese all you can eat BBQ buffet. I tried ox tongue, manta ray, beef liver and raw fish and I loved every minute of it. I've been ranting about it to everyone I see because I was in awe of how awesome that restaurant was.

So In terms of work I got to attend a work function recently for EB where we got to play around with the new Wii Fit Plus. There was free food and drinks which is always a plus. Also I've started a second job at the pharmacy where I recently completed my placement for my course. I'm looking forward to earning quite a bit of money over the holidays.

Lately I've been enjoying the company of my new geek friends from uni. They are the ones I've met through Friday Night Magic (I don't know if I've already spoken about this). Basically I just love playing Magic and dining with them. I love making friends with geeks. Basically my all-time favourite guys.

Listening/Watching: It

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27 September 2009 @ 10:34 pm

(500) Days of Summer

Because it was deserving of its own review.

( Spoilers ahead. )

Emotional State:

tired

Listening/Watching: Pushing Daisies

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26 September 2009 @ 09:14 am

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All I have to say is...

Parklife motherfucker!

Sorry for the course language. I'm just so excited.

Emotional State:

hyper

Listening/Watching: Air - Kelly Watch the Stars | Powered by Last.fm

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25 December 2008 @ 08:32 pm

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Just wanted to quickly wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I hope the day has brought everyone peace and joy. And that everyone put on a few kilos and got mega wasted.

I have to work tomorrow so I'll save my proper posts for tomorrow. Including a recount of Nevereverland which was definately one of the best nights of the year (apart from the night I met Felix).

I love every single one of you.

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27 November 2008 @ 06:32 pm

It was your hair that lit the fuse, a golden brown halo like sunlight peering through trees.

I'm tired and my feet are sore. Which means I've been working! And now I finally found the time for a little bit of an update. I got back from my little holiday on Tuesday. I didn't really go on a holiday, I just went back to my mum's house in Kingscliff for a few days.

Last week on Thursday was my first shift. It went really well and I love working with my fellow employees at EB Games. The in store music is amazing: MGMT, The Ting Tings, The Killers, Kings of Leon and the Presets. Felix picked me up after work and we went back to my place. We discovered this cute little Thai restaurant at the end of my street which makes amazing food. I think we will make it a regular hang out.

On Friday Xander drove me to Kingscliff. A few days before Eden's mum called me on the phone to tell me about his sister's formal arrivals and she invited me to it. Eden picked me up from my mum's place and we drove to the venue. We took a wrong turn and accidentally went where the formal cars were arriving so we had to drive through all these people with the cameras out. It was embarrassing. Eden's sister Abby arrived with all her other friends in a strech Humma (is that how it's spelt, I'm not from the ghetto) and she looked amazing. I couldn't get over the amount of girls in that grade that look like models. After the arrivals I went and had some icecream in Coolangatta with Eden and he talked to me about his issues. He basically just said that he doesn't want me to distance myself from him and he wants to hear from me etc. It was actually a good conversation.

On Saturday I went to the beach with Simon. The weather was amazing for the whole time I was there. I got a slight tan which can't be helped no matter how much sun screen I use. The water was very refreshing and afterwards we went to the juice bar and indulged in some mango. That night I went out into town with Eden and a bunch of friends and met up with even more when I was in there. It was a really good night, except when it was home time it took forever for a taxi to come and so we just sat in the gutter until sunrise.

The rest of my time there was pretty relaxed. On Monday I went to the gym with Simon. I'm aiming to get really fit for Sydney. On Tuesday Xander and Felix picked me up so I got to Felix how amazing Kingscliff is and he also got to meet my mother.

Recently I've been enjoying the film versions of The Dreamers and Lolita. Lolita is definately one of my favourite movies and I really want to read the book. Yesterday I went and saw Quantum of Solace. And I've also been watching Six Feet Under on DVD.

Emotional State:

lethargic

Listening/Watching: Halo - Bloc Party

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