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yarni_k @ 2008-10-31T10:09:00

2008-10-30T23:31:47Z

apparently all weeping willow trees in australia are female. they are also all clones of the same tree.

random update

2008-02-21T03:41:46Z

today was interesting enough that i decided to post pictures of it.

firstly while i was at work some asshole stole the seat from darcy's bike. i have a feeling he's gonna kill me, i already owe him $30. if i see the douche who stole it i'm gonna push them off their bike. they're probably local. so anyway i had to ride the bike home standing up on the pedals and almost fell off quite a few times.

then i nearly chopped the tip of my thumb off cutting onions and we didnt have any tissues and one of our british backpackers was hogging the bathroom. a delivery guy came to drop off a package and i asked if he had any tissues in his van. he didnt but he did have THIS KICKASS PROTECTIVE SUIT which he got down at a job in kurnell apparently. so yeah he gave it to me to wrap around my thumb. pretty sweet huh?

...yeah cant be givin away mah secret identity.

yarni_k @ 2007-10-22T12:43:00

2007-10-22T02:47:36Z

whoa english is over for good. this is seriously amazing. i guess i'm happy that it introduced me to aldous huxley, the second most kickass fictional author in my very biased opinion.

hannyway to celebrate here is a thingymagigamabob:

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

yarni_k @ 2007-10-03T11:24:00

2007-10-03T01:28:33Z

mehhh i dont know how i feel at the moment so here's a picture for your time

yarni_k @ 2007-08-31T09:27:00

2007-08-31T00:08:23Z

i love these sexy bitches.

seriously they are awesome.

also this guy. i wish he was my dad.

yeah ABC pride 4eva.

anyway congratulations to everyone for finishing trials. they werent THAT bad hey?

ps. perfect family y/n?

haha i love photoshop

EDIT: oh shit i almost forgot that bryan has to be my sister.

ok fixed.

this will haunt me in my dreams

2007-07-28T03:24:52Z

i have a maths tutor. she is coming over with her mum. i made them soybean and brown rice salad.

yarni_k @ 2007-07-04T16:45:00

2007-07-04T06:55:07Z

whatthefuck? that's about 225g of beef for those of us who have graduated to the metric system.

yarni_k @ 2007-05-26T15:04:00

2007-05-26T05:10:14Z

i havent posted for so long.

because nothing is happening.

and nothing will come of nothing :P

wut?

awesomeness

2007-04-23T09:01:13Z

Intro
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PM ..................

Intro 2
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someone teach me to read music! i feel like such a loser learning from tabs.

seoul tomorrow.

darren hayes=comedian?

2007-04-12T00:16:01Z

the chaser was really really funny last night so for anyone who missed it, catch it on friday at like 11. seriously you wont be disappointed. those guys are RIDICULOUS. and shameless. but awesome.

this is not a paid advertisement as much as it sounds like one of those spam emails you get.

what lovely weather we've been having lately

2007-04-09T03:32:04Z

oh god jjj is pissing me off so much these days. i need a new station to listen to. anyone have any suggestions? there's only so much newsradio i can take while i'm waiting.

pfft in love with silverchair much?

and seriously, did they really need to replace john safran and father bob with that total douche they have on now? his whole pretending-ironically-to-be-right-wing thing is laaaaaaammme (almost as lame as typing lame like that)

i should have severed ties when they started whoring out lily allen.

so in conclusion i poo poo on jjj.

on the other hand i dont poo poo on this guy. he is awesome.

http://www.demonbaby.com/blog/2004/04/first-annual-myspace-stupid-haircut.html

ps. it's ok jjj, you're still better than MMM, nova and todayFM put together.

CARMEN

2007-04-03T07:16:47Z

a limerick inspired by CARMEN:

once there was a girl called CARMEN
who developed the hots for a barmen.
They went out one night
had a massive fight
then she had five kids called CARMEN

NB: her kids were called CARMEN, CARMEN, CARMEN, CARMEN AND CARMEN.

apparently veronica mars is gonna be cancelled after the fourth season. Wow, i'll bet CARMEN is pretty pissed. Yeah CARMEN sure loves that show what with all her VM icons.

also how funny was it that time when CARMEN and zer both turned up to mufti day in the same minnie mouse dress. I felt stupid because i insisted that MM wore pink. i guess i was thinking of daffy duck's girlfriend. but anyway it was all good because CARMEN and zer set me straight. well mainly zer but that's besides the point.

you know what else is funny? if you repeat a word enough times it stops making sense. Take the example of CARMEN. i'd say that i've typed CARMEN out quite a few times in the past few minutes and i actually had doubts about if i was spelling it right. So i typed CARMEN into google and sure enough it was spelt C-A-R-M-E-N rather than carmin which was what my crazy mind told me was the right spelling.

Now if this isnt the most CARMENish page on the net then i dont know what is.

- the CARMEN electra fanpage?
- www.CARMENsandiego.com?
- CARMEN of america? (as in men who sell cars)
- one of those crazy websites where people with the same name congregate and talk about how cool their name is (like "homagourd how awesome is the name CARMEN?" "yeah totally, i thank my lucky stars everyday that my mummy and daddy called me CARMEN instead of some dodgy name like carmine" "we should meet up for tea and biscuits" "yay!" etc)

book club meeting the second

2007-03-24T02:36:34Z

noam chomsky-understanding power: i read this book over about 3 days because it was pretty absorbing. it's really easy to read due to it's form which is like questions and answers because it's basically edited transcripts of discussions with him. okay i really dont understand how he knew so much about all this random stuff that people would ask. like statistics and dates etc off the top of his head. The part about education was interesting too. but a lot of it doesnt really apply outside of the US in that it was a criticism of their power systems.

ok why is jjj playing that stupid jane fonda song? it's terrible.

the impossible quiz

2007-03-19T06:32:21Z

The Impossible Quiz - Lite by =Splapp-me-do on deviant ART

*dies* seriously me and darcy have spent 3 hours on it! think you can get past #78? that's where we gave up.

book review coming soon :)

books are cool and that.

2007-03-16T03:48:58Z

because i dont think i or anyone else read enough these days i'm starting my own book club. with one member. that being me. but in happier news, my f-list gets to hear about it. because i cant have book club meetings with myself.

over the last two weeks i've read:

History of AIDS, emergance and origin of a modern pandemic by Mirko D. Grmek - Apparently this is the pivotal must read book on AIDS. Very interesting combining epidemiology, virology, history, human rights. Yup clearly the perfect mix of topics for me. for serious. i hate fiction. But yeah not a book for people who dont like acronyms because there are about a bazillion and one on each page.

The coming plague, newly emerging diseases in a world out of balance by Laurie Garrett - Ok do i see a pattern here? Omg i learnt so many new words from this book like typonym and retrovirus and the difference between epidemic/pandemic/endemic. Even if you're not interested in disease it's worth reading the chapters on 'thirdworldization', nature and homo sapiens and searching for solutions. It's really interesting how it talks about the interactions between disease, urbanisation, war, pollution etc.

Conscientious objections, stirring up trouble about language, technology and education by Neil Postman - A little old considering it's about pop culture but still really relevant and easy to read. It's basically a collection of essays and speeches about random stuff. I did learn a lot about sociology from it thoguh. It made me feel stupid because i cant explain my opinions properly. Yeah, it's one of those makes-you-feel-inferior books but once you've read it you can make other people feel stupid with your newfound ways of thinking! yay.

god i cant belive how much independent learning i do. it's disgusting. very unaustralian.

yarni_k @ 2007-03-05T20:51:00

2007-03-05T10:05:26Z

damn i wish i had some sort of crazy adventure to recount but unfortunately my life is pretty boring at the moment. so in light of the current situation i bring come bearing (old) photos.

i love the psychadelic swirl here. i was so far back that this was the biggest my camera could make them.

three guesses what band this is. it's pretty obvious i think.

ok so finally i get my own personalised maths exam question and i screw it up.

thats four pairs. FOUR pairs! not two! somehow i read it as four socks which are pairs. I only hope melissa had better luck with her personalised question. although it was superannuation.

"all salads with that sir?"

2007-02-08T07:04:39Z

ohhhhh i'm glad that chapter has closed in my life.

yarni_k @ 2007-01-27T09:19:00

2007-01-26T22:35:13Z

all in all much better than last years countdown although there was far too much of:
-the grates
-lily allen
-aussie indie pop solo artists like josh pyke, darren hanlon, bob evans, sarah blasko sorry guys but in hell they play these people on repeat. FOR INFINITY. ben folds not included in this list because he is at least inventive and did an awesome cover of such great heights.

yay augie march-beautiful song.

i'm very happy that gotye got number 8 and relieved that the whistling song didnt win. okgo proved that you can break the top 15 just because you have a cool video clip. yes the clip is great but their music is a load of crap.

1 Augie March One Crowded Hour
2 Eskimo Joe Black Fingernails, Red Wine
3 Hilltop Hoods The Hard Road
4 Killers When You Were Young
5 Scissor Sisters I Don't Feel Like Dancing
6 Gnarls Barkley Crazy
7 Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
8 Gotye Hearts A Mess
9 Muse Starlight
10 Grates 19-20-20
11 Little Birdy Come On Come On
12 John Butler Trio Funky Tonight
13 My Chemical Romance Welcome To The Black Parade
14 OK GO Here It Goes Again
15 Lily Allen Smile
16 Peter Bjorn & John Young Folks
17 Grates Science Is Golden
18 Muse Supermassive Black Hole
19 Lupe Fiasco Kick Push
20 Regina Spektor Fidelity
21 Youth Group Forever Young
22 Tool Vicarious
23 Hilltop Hoods Clown Prince
24 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Gold Lion
25 Placebo Meds
26 Camille Ta Douleur
27 Strokes You Only Live Once
28 Saboteurs Steady As She Goes
29 Tool The Pot
30 Arctic Monkeys When The Sun Goes Down
31 Killers Bones
32 Butterfly Effect Gone
33 Cops Call Me Anytime
34 Red Hot Chili Peppers Dani California
35 Lily Allen LDN
36 Bob Evans Nowhere Without You
37 Bob Evans Don't You Think It's Time
38 Josh Pyke Memories & Dust
39 Butterfly Effect A Slow Descent
40 Basement Jaxx Take Me Back To Your House
41 Hilltop Hoods What A Great Night!
42 Grates Inside Outside
43 Angus & Julia Stone Paper Aeroplane
44 Lady Sovereign Love Me Or Hate Me
45 Karnivool Roquefort
46 AFI Miss Murder
47 Pony Up! The Truth About Cats & Dogs (Is That They Die)
48 Regina Spektor On The Radio
49 Arctic Monkeys Fake Tales Of San Francisco
50 Strokes Heart In A Cage
51 Something For Kate Cigarettes And Suitcases
52 Herd Unpredictable
53 Living End Wake Up
54 Eagles Of Death Metal I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)
55 Wolfmother Woman (MSTRKRFT Remix)
56 Hilltop Hoods Stopping All Stations
57 Josh Pyke Private Education
58 Sarah Blasko Always On This Line
59 Placebo Song To Say Goodbye
60 Hot Chip Over And Over
61 Foo Fighters Everlong (Acoustic Live)
62 Justice Vs Simian We Are Your Friends
63 TV On The Radio Wolf Like Me
64 Something With Numbers Apple Of The Eye
65 Bloc Party The Prayer
66 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Phenomena
67 AFI Love Like Winter
68 Darren Hanlon Happiness Is A Chemical
69 Beck Nausea
70 Ben Folds Such Great Heights (Like A Version)
71 Grates Lies Are Much More Fun
72 Jet Put Your Money Where Mouth Is
73 Matisyahu King Without A Crown
74 Snow Patrol Hands Open
75 Ben Kweller Sundress
76 Jet Rip It Up
77 Hilltop Hoods Recapturing The Vibe
78 Placebo Infra-Red
79 Sarah Blasko Explain
80 Wolfmother Love Train
81 Gnarls Barkley Gone Daddy Gone
82 Freestylers/Pendulum Painkiller
83 Butterfingers Get Up Outta The Dirt
84 Thom Yorke Black Swan
85 Infadels Love Like Semtex
86 Kanye West Touch The Sky
87 Ben Harper Better Way
88 Pendulum Tarantula
89 Arctic Monkeys Mardy Bum
90 Jurassic 5 Work It Out (Feat. Dave Matthews Band)
91 Panic! At The Disco The Only Difference Between Martyrdom & Suicide
92 Lily Allen Alfie
93 Lily Allen Everything's Just Wonderful
94 Gotye Learnalilgivnanlovin
95 Eskimo Joe New York
96 Red Riders Slide In Next To Me
97 Pearl Jam Worldwide Suicide
98 Gossip Standing In The Way Of Control
99 Audioslave Original Fire
100 Blue King Brown Come And Check Your Head

yarni_k @ 2007-01-23T14:19:00

2007-01-23T03:30:02Z

chas licciardello was found not guilty today on charges of offensive behaviour.

yeah as if that wasnt obviously going to happen.

because ABC legal kick ass.

andrew hansen annoys me with his smugness.

pictures!!! and boring stuff.

2007-01-15T07:19:02Z

hope you all had a great xmas/hannukah/whatever and new years. i've already broken my new years resolution as per usual. anyways my traditional caring about tennis for two or three weeks per year started today so yay for that. i hate it how whenever i get slightly into anything it turns into this full blown obsession where i try to get really good at/learn everything about it. but i dunno maybe this year i will get tennis lessons. i've wanted to for a while now. and since my lengthy love affair with soccer (5 years) is over i guess theres room for something for my mum to pump money into until i get sick of it. but anywayyy remember back in the day (last year) where i said novak djokovich would make it big? probably not but he was ranked like 80 or so and now he's 14 so yeah take that bitches!

http://yarni-k.livejournal.com/4802.html <- yeah this was the post. alright i didnt predict anything exactly but you know i was thinking that.

speaking of bitches...well not really but these are some pretty good looking girls. except that they're not girls. whatever: tokio hotel, guys.

ok i had to post these. (its jake gyllenhaal if you cant tell)

oh how i wish we had SNL in australia. that skit looks pretty funny. damn you SBS! damn you to hell!

yarni_k @ 2006-12-04T13:50:00

2006-12-04T03:50:23Z

http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/top100.htm

this list is really dodgy. shame on you australia, shame on you! like wtf how does NOT ONE michael jackson album make it into the top 100? if anthony callea can be #32 mj should be there. i dont care if he's crazy and weird looking. thriller anyone? pffft pink floyd. and i never noticed how dorky chas licciardello (sp?) was. i guess camilla really wasnt lying when she said she saw him at burwood westfield in a flannie and builder shorts. i cant wait for the kerry o'brian bit of her interview with chris.

and of course on a regular trashy note: barry hall officially endorses bayswiss for all you afl nuts out there. okay not really but he was there today. which means he likes it better than...ummm subway. i doubt theres anywhere else you can eat at fox when the markets arent on. so. yeah. and paul roos quite likes gosh coffee. he's there all the time. so now you too can eat and drink like the "stars".

go kevin rudd! go you good thing! yannow if the vote is tied 44:44 then they draw the leader out of a hat. seriously thats what happens.

yarni_k @ 2006-11-25T17:10:00

2006-11-25T07:10:36Z

i love you bryanboy you little hottie

who needs photo credits when there's free publicity involved?

also fyi: aLLocation! LL!

yarni_k @ 2006-11-14T15:33:00

2006-11-14T05:33:18Z

oh yes U2 were awesome. kanye should have been but he got a bad reception and there was something wrong with the mic/speakers for him. poor guy, i cant believe brisbane booed him. anyway it was all very preachy but i guess if the only way people can get their message across is through a band then so be it. i hope a portion of the proceeds went to charity though. everything was so overpriced they (bands, venue, promoters, advertisers etc) could totally afford it.

on a lighter note the mexican wave was excellent. 4 times round the stadium. and methinks U2 like green day + the killers.

obligatory evidence/breach of intellectual property laws:

yeah shuttup i know i'm not movie director material

yup been there, done that, bought the tshirt (forreal)

i discovered this in one of my sister's old cosmopolitan magazines from around 2001/2002. if only you got rid of the nollsy you might've got away with it. but seriously wtf?!

and as a bit of a trashy endnote - the fangirls loooooooose at life-their idol is deaded.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,20754563-5000660,00.html

yarni_k @ 2006-11-09T13:42:00

2006-11-09T03:42:28Z

Team Britney.

http://www.kevinfederline.com/ <- for quality music and that.

aww they were so perfect for each other in a really trashy sorta way. i love how this is bigger news than the election in most circles. what election? i hear you say. exactly.

AFI IN 9 DAYS!!

pfft

2006-10-28T05:07:06Z

ok so as far as i can tell my myspace profile has been deleted. i got some email about violating this or that rule. ah well i dont really care but for anyone wondering what the deal is with that...thats the deal.

actually i think it was cos of that comment on whitey's thingy about half my family's religion + money. whateverrr its true.