Midnight Youth

Michelle, Amy and I went to another music at the zoo concert on Friday and it was actually really fun as we were only 3 of about 30 people over the age of 18 so we put on our youth caps and bopped along with the kids in their uniform miniskirt, singlet and sneakers.

The lead guitarist was really funny as I would be pretty safe in saying he was off his face on a combo of drugs and alcohol so was effectively gyrating at the young girls who were very supportive of said motion and screamed in delight everytime he came over.

The singer made the most of his Simon says crowd and had them doing everything from the standard clapping and mexican waves to the more unusual animal impressions.

And some of the crowd proved pretty entertaining with one very intoxicated goth who had extreme difficulty staying upright on her bondage style creepers.

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My three favourite M's

Music, Movies and Men.

1. Music
I can't even imagine a day without music I have loved the invention of the itunes store as now I can buy a little bit of everything I love rather than waiting to buy the whole shebang. My fav music pretty much all falls in the alternative category but lately I have been trying out new genres and thanks to my two muso friends Nivin and Greg I don't even have to do the research as they do it for me check out their blogs if you need a bit of fresh inspiration. Plus I have found a fellow boogie in your apartment buddy who lives directly opposite me who we have bad dance move dance offs its hillarious - albeit encouraging my uncoordinatedness.
Nivin in the crates
I woke up in the desert

2. Movies
I hope that even with the recession and the move to pirating and home theatre that the big screen continues as I just love heading out to see a new movie with a bunch of strangers in a giant room. There is something about the smell of popcorn, the naughtiness of putting your feet on the seats in front, the banding together of everyone against the talker, the random snorting laughs, the glow of the exit signs and the crappy choctop that keep me wanting more. Plus for me this is the ultimate escapism as generally it involves all 3 of my fav M's simultaneuosly.

3. Men
Last but by no means least men. I realise I often talk about my passion for all things ladies but I also have a passion for the lads as well. I love men even though I swear sometimes they were put on earth to drive me batty. I love that they have to use things properly so little things like squeezing the toothpaste tube from the top drive them insane. I love that they like to say the second down description minimum for everything such as its not just a screw driver but a phillips and if they are really showing off they will break down the classification even further. I love the way they get attached to things like a shirt that they will cherish till it has disintegrated, I love how they walk with their hands palms back arms loose. Now I could go on and on but in short men are fantastic and I think we often forget to cherish the differences between the sexes.

2010 I declared the year of men and the year of love so although I don't write about my dating escapades on my blog I can assure you I will be having alot of fun out there and if you are lucky I might blog some of the funnier experiences from time to time.

Spotted

My friends who were watching the good morning show at home just texted me to say they had spotted my photo as it turns out mine was one of the ones the Real Duathlon is using to showcase their series. If I find a link to the TV clip I will post later - semi embarrassing as don't look much worse than this point in the race.

me on the homepage

Bug invasion

Its humbling sometimes to be reminded that humans really have no control over their environment. Our office is currently being traversed by ants and if you dare to look up in the kitchen we have a ceiling covered in moths. What will be next a tree in the bathroom.

lets go back to the 10

Sometimes I get really grumpy at how horrible people can be to each other and wish we could keep up the effort of trying to live by the 10 commandments even if not a christian 7 of them are pretty good rules to abide by.

my version of the 7 below

4 Cherish sundays as the day of rest and a special day
5 Honor your father and your mother
6 Don't murder
7 Don't commit adultery
8 Don't steal.
9 Don't lie
10 Don't be greedy or jealous

Our building was broken into on the weekend for the second successful time (I say successful as many unsuccessful attempts have happened as well), the ripple effect of this when you think about it is great. I would fork out 50% of my pay so everyone in the community can have the basics of shelter, food, education etc... but it doesn't seem to help as people always want more and can never seem to accept happiness with what they have.

Valentines Day

I love days that make us create magic and that are slightly more special than the rest. I also don't get bogged down in expectation so generally these days are alot of fun. This Valentines I wanted to celebrate the great thing that is sisterhood. We got a group of six ladies together and went to watch the very formulaic (but really who wants a romance that's unpredictable) movie "Valentines Day" had some bubbly and of course ice cream and thoroughly enjoyed the night out.

I have to say I was impressed by the amount of men in the sold out theatre we decided they had to be there for two reasons either they were gay so as such soppy romantics like us girls or they were expecting some lurrving back home in the bedroom for having gone :) it was truely a grand effort as this movie was factor 10 for everything cute and mushy.

I also loved seeing Shirley MacLaine back on the big screen as she is such a siren.

Valentines day trailer

Real Women Duathlon

As part of my change to a healthy lifestyle, pushing myself exercise wise was a big goal and this Sunday I entered my first duathlon. I was super nervous and basically didn't sleep the night before but it turned out everything was fine on the day and apart from having a very heavy and slow bike I actually made a pretty good time and albeit slow I am noticing a small improvement in time from race to race.

My final time was 1:03:31. (fastest was 36:55mins) I was 217th out of 476 competitors.

Anyway this post is more for me than anything as I am really proud of myself, 5 years ago I never would have thought I could do this.

Yellow Chocolate

Yellow is one of Marker (my workplaces) clients and every year they set a challenge to create something using all contacts from their directory service so the 2009 challenge was to create a chocolate that tasted of yellow.

They had a lot to live up to as NZ already has two favourite yellow chocs, pineapple lumps and perky nanas.

My verdict - as it does not actually have any cocoa in it, it is more of a sweet than chocolate. I love the packaging design as it is bright and fun and advert is very quirky, reminds me of The Beatles yellow submarine or the cartoons I grew up with, munch bunch, rainbow bright, care bears and so on. The smell is extremely sweet and tropical fruity. The taste is white chocolate with some undescribable flavour.

It was fun for something different but as I am little miss allergy and the fake colours and flavours caused me to have a slight reaction, plus the after taste has that sickly stuck in your throat thing, I am unlikely to try it again.

oh and for the weight watchers out there the whole bar is 6.5 points so not as high as some traditional bars.

Read the full story and watch the ad on Yellow Chocolates official site.

Woman, woman, woman

Had a bit of a celebration of all things ladies last night. Bubbly, Fashion, Goodie bags and musicals.

Saw the movie nine at a Max charity event. I didn't think the movie was anything to rave about as could quite happily have skipped all the parts between the songs.

The songs themselves and the ladies singing them were fabulous though and worth the effort. It does drag so better to see early evening - I could hear quite a few sleepers and snorers behind me. Also am developing a bit of a love for Penelope Cruz as loved her in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and her part in this film was also magnetic.

Best part I came away with three free scarves and lots of other treats.

pull a grey hair end up with three more

You know the old wives tale that if you pull out your grey hairs three more will grow in their place. Well I am sure the same goes for emails as for every one that I clear and respond to another 3 magically appear.

I think I will declare myself a luddite and go and live in the country.

Lud·dite

n.

1. Any of a group of British workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.

2. One who opposes technical or technological change.

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[After Ned Ludd, an English laborer who was supposed to have destroyed weaving machinery around 1779.]

courtesy of The free dictionary

A soulful education

Went to see one of my all-time favourite musicians of the moment last night and she didn't disappoint. Sometimes I love being a gal and celebrating the magic and difference only us chicks have. Her name is Joanna Newsom and she is a magician on the harp and her voice is incredible. She is now in my top 10 for talent live along with Sarah Mclachlan and PJ Harvey. So nice to also enjoy music based on melody and simplicity. Check her out on itunes if nothing else you are likely to have heard her song sprout and the bean as it was on an advert recently.

gooey caramel cake - yummy

Happy Birthday Calvin - thanks to Calvins dad for making the most gooey, sweet and scrumptious cake.

Latin Fiesta for Auckland Aniversary

Spent a fun Sunday night dancing salsa and meringue down in Auckland's Viaduct at the first Latin American Carnival fiesta. Only had my iphone so the pics are not the best. I think the boys enjoyed all the G-String clad ladies in their feathers the most.