Friday 31 July 2009

Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768)

This man is my hero tonight, as I sit battling ancient history notes in a fluffy dressing gown and silly hat, for several reasons in addition to this shared experience:
  1. The padre of modern archaeology and art history who "showed that it was possible to understand ancient cultures through their artefacts, and introduced order, system and knowledge into archaeology". What about Karl Weber? What ABOUT Karl Weber? He had his moments sure, but lots of the Pompeii stuff under Weber was messy and damaging anyway and JJ was cuter.

  2. Also totally queer.

  3. And Prussian!

You go Johann Joachim Winckelmann.

Sunday 26 July 2009

My god I am a genius!

I just realised why my impulsively short haircut since a few days ago is so awesome - It mimics the shape of my childhood mushroom beret/squishy Rad Rags hat! I'll never have to wear it again! (Unless it's super cold, but still, accessory efficiency is these GFC'n times.)

...Yeah, ceci n'est pas un blog actually. I'm just bemoaning the lack of social networking sites in my life, but also kinda of celebrating them. It's fun- got bored today, so I read a book! Quaint, huh? Nonetheless, absence of Twitter makes my head full of Twitter-sized thoughts that scream around inside it, wings thrashing hopelessly etc etc, and the urge to purge online is occasionally like crippling. Quite a habit to kick. Tumblr patches please? (No, just... no.) Draconian measures are all Bodhi responds to these days though. They've mostly stopped me from hiccupping up random complaints into the ether, like, say, "Shit my PIP is now 10 925 words of repetitive waffle, unformatted quotes and resource lists." But hey, operative word mostly!

So, positive affirmation time: I am going to do so much work tomorrow. So much. I'm going to finish like two major works and do heaps of other stuff, and still have time for yoga and walking and personal hygiene and absorbing the new Sarah Blasko album. I won't be tired despite impending late night and I won't be paralysed by stress. It'll be totally wunderbar, I promise.

To make this entry worth your while, here are some nostalgic action shots circa last last summer. I'm not a summer person at all, but it does feel good to remove all my pairs of socks every now and then, and also one must be actually madly psyched for this summer above everything else in future life, ever. *Alice Cooper growl* "Schooool's been blooown to pieeeces!" Collective chin up my year twelve lovers, happiness is just around the corner. Hey now hey now, hear what I say now, we'll be there for you...

Monday 13 July 2009

Oh L. Cohen,

"The future is already here, and it's always been bleak. The whole place looks like a butcher's shop. Probably always did."

Tuesday 7 July 2009