Kids and their Curiosity.

14 days till Hawaii/California.

Forgot what day it was now, but went 'shopping' with Lenny and Shirley the other day last week, and during this time while Lenny and I were sitting down waiting for Shirley to come back, a random kid (from NZ) came up to us and kept eyeballing the glowstick necklace we won from Galaxy World. He literally was standing 1m in front of us and just staring at it. We exchange our greetings and told him if he wanted it, he had to ask his dad first, so he did, and grabbed it from us.

Later when Shirley came back, she ate some of her Starburst lollies in its bright yellow packaging, and the kid comes back and asks "What's that yellow thing?" (pointing to the Starburst packet). We told him it was lollies and, at the expense of sounding like pedo's, asked if he wanted some. His dad immediately said no, because he was coming off a bit greedy. We then hurried off... :\

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Last Friday we also managed to drag Gloria all the way out to the west, Jasmine's house to be exact, and go bike riding with us. LOL. Quite a bad experience for her I guess, because it was blistering hot, and on the way back from the shops her bike chain came out of its place and Lenny and I were too far ahead to notice her little mishap. Lucky Jasmine was there to walk with her back.

Prior to that, Jasmine made some carbonara which was tasty so thanks!



Only thing missing is ET.

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Christian, Jeaneline and Lenny came over last Sunday just out of boredom. Since it was promised a while ago, Jeaneline baked a cake and brought it over. We played Wii (which was hilarious) and Xbox, and a bit of basketball, and also took Brownie for a walk to the nearby park.



The cake is NOT a lie.




Headbands? On a guy dog? Really?

That was also tasty. Lenny also ate some of Brownie's Schmacko's as seen below:

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Caught up with the Jellz0r yesterday. Sang K for a couple hours, managed to get scores of 100 even when we weren't singing some of the verses to some songs. Then just walked around. Went to Market City and sat at the food court so I could get my 'souvenir' from China. Man, was I in for a surprise or what.





But yeah, thanks for that. lol. I walked around the Market City food court wearing them and got some weird looks thrown my way, but oh well. All for kicks.

kthxbye

PS. Joobs get well soon. Pleasekthx.

My Top 8 Album Covers

I'm bored so this is just something I feel like blogging about. I'm aware I don't have the usual top album cover veterans like Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon, or Nirvana's 'Nevermind' album, while they are iconic, I've chosen mine based on other aspects (described) interpreted by me. So if the meaning behind an album cover is wrong, carefactor = zero.
8. Thousand Foot Krutch - The Art of Breaking

Just as the album title says, and in the cover, the girl's reaching into an unknown reality. The Art of Breaking ? Conformity? Bad Habits? Burdens? Tension? ... Faces?

Its ambiguous and I RIKE it.







7. E for Explosion - Reinventing the Heartbeat

Up here for colour scheme and pure amazingness. Similar to my number one spot, but doesn't quite get there.









6. Eudora - The Silent Years

Melodic punk act Eudora with this. Who even knows why shes wearing a gas mask, but I like it anyway (I'm just being lazy, I tried to look it up but can't find anything).









5. Mae - Singularity

Everything that exists out there gives us a reason to question - there's so much more for us to learn and understand. I suppose that's where this band got the 'Singularity' reference from. Even if it does look like a scribble, what it means to anyone could be however they see it in relation to their own lives. Corruption? Heartbreak? Uncontrollable-ness? Rebellion? ... g0t rage?

Singularity simplicity.


4. The Fold - This Too Shall Pass

The album name is a phrase associated with some story about a ring (no, not LOTR -.-), so that's where the band got their album name from. This cover, I had trouble choosing between this, and Anberlin's 'New Surrender' cover. Both atmospheric in a sense, and Anberlin's title seems more meaningful and easier to dissect, but just the tone of colours in this captured my attention more. It has a hint of bland, but not enough to make this album seem like a bore-fest.


3. The Starting Line - Direction

I'm an instant fan of the picture alone, and having it rotated 90 degrees to coincide with the album title? Semi-genius. Awesome bright yellow arrow too, just to make it less subtle.

But seriously, I love it, its refreshing to see something (orientation) different done to an untouched picture.

Awesome album too.


2. Brand New - Deja Entendu

Never would I have guessed where this came from. Much like how Déjà Vu translates to 'already seen', Déjà Entendu means 'already heard'. And its a take on modern rock. Same stuff being juiced out eh? Whatever, if a floating baby in water can get famous, then a floating astronaut gets my vote.






1. Mae - Destination: Beautiful

Mae gets another spot in my list, this time number 1! The colours, the name of the album, the text, the music, the bird silhouettes, I love it all.

Well, OLD Mae is what I love, not this 'Singularity' trash (still, good cover). Their music is perfect for springtime, and its just where I'd wanna be sometimes aye.





Honourable Mentions:
Anberlin - New Surrender
UnderOath - Define the Great Line/Lost in the Sound of Separation

kthxbye

I wish you would step back from that ledge my friend...

So last week (tuesday) I went to the Drive-In Cinemas with Lenny, Jeaneline and Laurence to watch Bedtime Stories and Wall-E. We came in our pjs cos we thought it'd be cool, even with all the blankets and pillows that Jeaneline brought along (and pizza).

Anyway, we got a pretty good spot, it was mine and Jeanelines first time there so we didn't know how everything worked. Initially we were in the lot/lane with the speakers that hang over your window or something, everything was good until we realised we were parked too far from it, and the speakers were as good as teather-balls. So Lenny adjusted his car.. until Jeaneline spotted the lot/lane that had the sound that supposedly 'plugs' into your car. So we ditched the "flintstones" style speakers and drove over to that one.. only to find out it was just a cord with an end that plugged into absolutely nothing, so we drove back over to the flintstones speakers. By this time, the family behind us must've been wondering "wtf are these kids doing?". We were all over the place. :D

Shoddy drawing, but oh well!
Black dots = poles where the speakers are.


Eventually, Lenny decided we weren't gonna move anymore no matter what, because Laurence was coming anyway (was still driving there). Movie started and 2 of us sat in the back of Lenny's boot (albiet a bit uncomfortable if facing forward), and 2 in Laurence's stationwagon. Bedtime stories was ok. Better than Rob Schnieder's 'Big Stan' failure, and everyone but Laurence fell asleep during Wall-E since we've all seen it.

The movie finished around 12, then headed to 2 different Maccas to use their toilet, but they were both closed, and Jeaneline was busting. LOL. Eventually just went to Laurence's house and chilled there for an hour or so until 2.30ish.

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Apart from that, got called into work a few times. Bought my Canon IXUS 90IS. Ate at some Spanish restaurant in the city for mums bday, bummed at Jeanelines house on Sunday, where we unsuccesfully watched Finding Nemo, so we made a mango smoothie... which turned out okay. Then filmed around the house 'MTV Cribs' style.



Yeah, thats a pretty big cloud.

Anyway, also went to drive-in movies again last night with Jasmine, Lenny, and Jeaneline. We saw Yes Man and Four Holidays. Yes Man was better than I expected. I just hope Jim Carrey sticks with his comedic side. Before and during the intermission, we played taboo. I think its safe to say that I owned (minus Jismine who knew all 10000 of the words anyway).

kthxbye

Time to embrace the aircon.

HAWAII+CALI.