Skins

I was on a nine o'clock bus with a triple shot flat white this morning. My bus driver decides to be a wanker and makes it difficult for me to pull out ID to prove that I should still get a cheap fare. Then instead of going through to Island Bay he gets caught up in a daze and takes the bus to Newtown.

Last nights Summer party was choice - would chat about it but am currently in a grossed out state of mind, even though I am still buzzing on good vibes with a headache and guts that need throwing up.

The best way to eat ice cream is with a friend who wears a fluffy brown hat. It is basically the only way to eat ice cream.

All at a fast pace

If you tilt your head lightly against the window of a viabrating bus, it feels like the way your eyes shift when you are on ecstasy.

Seeing life with your veil pulled off is creepily comforting. It is an unusal and rare feeling that I try to grasp and hold on to for as long as I can, almost like deja vu. However when I am looking through the veil I dont feel as though the world is staring at me. In a sense it holds its own comfort and conformity - I dont want to like it, but I do.

Love/Sex/Death/Passion/Fear/Obession

Quite possibly already this months most used catch phrase from a movie trailer of a film that I havent even seen yet.

Friday night, the eighth of August 2008 and I say fuck you to the Olymics. 08/08/08 was the celebration of Mark and Josh's twenty first birthday. Three bands played and once again flat thirteen was over flowing with sexy faces.

I speak in maths. I spoke in sentences that are paragraphs long...

Another new drug related experience for me and it has been the best so far. Words were thrown around and money was thrown out. The amount of cash that went towards alcohol and drugs was the best idea that everyone had.

"Memories are the best! There are times from that night that I cant stop playing over, they are the times that I can only remember so I asume they are the best times, the ones that will probably always stick with me. Everytime I look at the photo of me and Josh I get the best feeling and the best trigger of amazing thoughts. I am so happy! I am so happy with him! Ahhh I'm such a girl... Friday night I was totally in the present, I forgot what the future and past was. I was living in the moment, for the moment and it was quite possibly the most surreal feeling I have felt, because it is so rare with me and I am still trying to hold on to it..."

Saturday night was Olwyn's nineteenth and a fantastic time to mellow out with friends was watching episodes of The Mighty Boosh, playing pool hopelessly and eating greasy, delicious food. We did a Sunday brunch at Sweet Mother's Kitchen the next day and keeping it small was a pleasure.

What I am not going to do

I will not be adding images to my blog on the film Teeth and I will also not be writing a blog about the film Patti Smith: Dream of Life.

Teeth

Va-gi-na den-ta-ta

It is the syllables that do it for me. Vagina dentata, is the ancient myth of females having two sets of teeth. To state the obvious, one in the mouth and the other 'down there'.

Director Mitchell Lichtenstein bought to life this myth in the film Teeth in no better way than a black comedy-horror. People have been saying that it is like the Scream of our time, although I argue in the sense that our leading lady Dawn, isnt intentionally chomping down on dicks and brutally ending her predators lives the first couple of fucks.

There are more than enough interesting scenes to have you laughing in disgust. Naked boys with cut off cocks, one raped by a crab, the other goes blue and even a piercing. But dont worry, I certainly havent ruined the film because there is so much more to surprise you and bits and pieces to create more of a story line then just 'going all the way' for the last time.

Males may cringe in horror, but isnt that the point? I think you just have to see it to be classed as a cool kid and keep up with all the news things, if you're that way socially inclined.

Gonzo: The Life and Work of D Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson: believed to be an absolute genius, icon, idol, boozer and cokehead of the lunatic type who loves guns. Hunter feels completely surreal; a man who plans his funeral and fuck-off huge monument years before he actually blasts off his head, must truely be a self indulgent prick and any man who has his head stuck up his ass so far, yet rambles on about the scene as anyone would, while being so well recieved, can be a friend of mine.

People have argued but I feel as though Alex Gibney did a fantastic job at portraying Hunter in a documentary format. I was always fully amused by what people had to say about Hunter, the archival footage was magic and I dont think that anyone was trying to hide any side of Hunter. All was revealed and revealed well.

Johnny Depp appropriatly narrated the documentary and I have discovered that he actually paid for Hunter's over the top funeral in early 2005.

I support this documentary far too much. I would like to say that it is the best documentary that I have seen so far in my life due to its style and awesome transitions. I think that every journalist-in-the-making should take in the life and work of Dr Hunter S. Thompson, even though there is a smidget of hype.

Be Kind Rewind

Michel Gondry's latest film is Be Kind Rewind and I have to admit that the selection on Gondry's films that I have seen are slowly but surely spiriling downward. Eternal Sunshine Of A Spotless Mind was a masterpiece, The Sciene Of Sleep was adorable but ended with an unfinished ending that really crawled beneath my skin and
Be Kind Rewind gets a two out of five star rating.

I attended the film with Olwyn and I went with good intentsions and vibes. Dinner beforehand was excellent and the wine was delicious, but what really kicked it off was scoring Zoe a free ticket to the film, but the film was all hype.

Be Kind Rewind consists of horribly cliche characters who play out a completely z-worthly storyline. Jack Black's character finally made it clear to me that I am certainly not a fan of him as an actor and Gondry's lack of unique quirkiness made me rather disappointed.

The film was a let down, all hyped up with very few laughs, but as a whole a complete waste of $14.50! However I do think that the film is worth checking out on DVD, especially on Tuesdays when it will cost you only $2.50 to hire it out at Island Bay's video store.