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@ 2004-06-07 10:58:00
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Current mood:procrastinatory
Current music:electrelane

x four days (and two exams) away from finishing my degree (finally)
x i got published! well, sort of. just in this sociology journal thingy at kyoto uni. nothing exciting, but there is 70 pages in there with my name on it. and it's pretty and bound and everything. and green! a smaller article i wrote on murakami haruki's underground made it in there too.
x this winter is shaping up to be full of lots of great gigs: cat power (just got my ticket! even though i don't know anyone else going...), sonic youth, the microphones (!) and now belle and sebastian too (edit: and fourtet/manitoba, i almost forgot about that and it's only a few days away!)
x job interview on wednesday
x my hibernation this weekend was only disturbed by going out for seriously the best japanese i have had in melbourne in a really, really long time. at this small restaurant that we had to book months ago. so so good!
x moving house tomorrow!!!


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[info]sensibleshoes
2004-06-06 06:35 pm UTC (link)
Just? Just? A sociology journal from Kyoto Uni doesn't sound like a "just". It sounds like a "wowsuperexcitingimportantstuff!!!!"

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 06:47 pm UTC (link)
hehe, well it's not a *real* journal... kind of hard to explain. it gets distributed to most unis in japan i think, and put in libraries etc, but it's not actually for sale. does that make sense?

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[info]sensibleshoes
2004-06-06 06:50 pm UTC (link)
But it's still proper published writing and that can't be anything but good!

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[info]_generica
2004-06-06 06:54 pm UTC (link)
so is this!
OMG
I R A RITER!!!!!!

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 06:57 pm UTC (link)
bitch!

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 06:57 pm UTC (link)
heh, i guess so
yay!

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[info]sensibleshoes
2004-06-06 06:58 pm UTC (link)
Before I get too excited about it, what is it about?

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 07:06 pm UTC (link)
um
i just put the title into english in my head but it sounds really dumb
"globalisation and nationalism" - it's a comparison of attitudes towards japan amongst young people who have spent time living overseas and those who have never left japan, basically.

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[info]milieux
2004-06-06 06:57 pm UTC (link)
seriously, meri. that's awesome! congratulations. anything to put on resumes and such, i think, is good.
is there any way we will be able to get a copy to read (or stare blankly at, given my japanese skills) ???

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 07:08 pm UTC (link)
heh, thanks.
i should have a copy of it on disk somwhere around here... not sure where though but i can have a look if you want! the murakami one is pretty short and fairly interesting (is it narcissistic of me to say that? hehe), but the other one is very long and probably pretty tedious... heh

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[info]milieux
2004-06-06 10:41 pm UTC (link)
if you get the chance to unearth the disk, do send it my way! (but don't go out of your way, i know you're busy)

no narcissism, in my opinion. murakami = good, so writing about him automatically = good to me. ;)

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 11:04 pm UTC (link)
well, i'm in the process of moving house at the moment so i'm sure it will turn up soon, and i'm on holidays from the end of this week so i'll send it to you then if you like :)

how are the japan preparations going?

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[info]quiala
2004-06-06 07:16 pm UTC (link)
belle and sebastian?!!!
tell me more.

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 07:18 pm UTC (link)
july 24th at the palais! it's up on the rough trade website, no more info other than that yet though... oh plus shows in sydney and brisbane in the few days after melb too.

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[info]quiala
2004-06-06 07:22 pm UTC (link)
that is so good! the list of the awesome bands that are coming out just keeps growing. I heard sigur ros are supposably coming out the other day. i just need to make sure i remember when tickets go on sale for such gigs so i don't miss out.

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 07:54 pm UTC (link)
sigur ros too?! oh wow! i saw them last year and they were totally amazing. i hope that one is true! there are rumours for low as well... this year just gets better and better re bands coming out here... so good!
i know what you mean about forgetting when tickets go on sale though - if it wasn't for brett always buying his at 9am then reminding me, i would have missed a few this year already i think..

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[info]ex_cartwheel355
2004-06-06 07:24 pm UTC (link)
Wow, i didnt even read 70 pages during uni, never mind write...good luck.

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 07:57 pm UTC (link)
haha
well i must admit i didn't do it all on my own...

nice pics from your gig the other night by the way!

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[info]cosmicenergy
2004-06-06 08:17 pm UTC (link)
i missed out on cat power last year and judging by all reports it will be an intersting show, i dont mind if she has a 'nervous'breakdown of sorts as i am sure i will be able to understand.

its ok, i dont think i know anyone going to all of those shows, (exept for microphones) though i will be in attendance, except for sonic youth, but i find this fact amusing/exciting and going to see shows on your own can be quite an art i think.

i think the microphones will be of interest. grainery lane sounds far but colourful and i am wondering how many people the rob roy holds, and whether the pubilc office will be an option. this depends all on the rob roy though.

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 08:30 pm UTC (link)
yeah i missed out on cat power last year as well. so am very very much looking forward to her. even if she does break down.

i have started to get my method of going to shows on my own downpat lately, it's a very precise art... sometimes it's great but other times not so fun. i think cat power could be a good one for that though.
lone show going always seems to make me wish i smoked so i had something to do with my hands though.

i am especially looking forward to the microphones. am thinking of taking a day trip up to ballarat (overnight even?) to make the most of it, because grainery lane definitely sounds like it would be a great place. i have a feeling the rob roy show could end up very packed too, although who knows. that's what i thought one time when i went to see him and there only ended up being about 15 people in the audience. i think seeing as it will be holidays and all, i might end up going to all his shows... heh/

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[info]_generica
2004-06-06 10:01 pm UTC (link)
rob roy holds 250

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[info]cosmicenergy
2004-06-06 10:24 pm UTC (link)
hah! my strategies involve making calculated eye movements and skulking about like i know what i am doing. making very deliberate hand movements and going to the toilet at least twice is also an option.

yes, smoking. luckily i have been indulging in some joint smoking of late, so i have been handling smoking in general better then normal. if one does decide to smoke, it is best to have rollies, as this takes up even more time if the bands take an hour to set up, as they normaly seem to.

i hope that there is a small audience at the rob roy. i find it distressing when the band room gets really packed. i got ticket number 135, so i hope there will not be many more sales. i never know what to expect with these things. i dont even know what his status is as a musician, like how well known he is here. i am guessing not that well known b/c he is playing at the rob roy? but who knows. i know him from the radio and i dont even listen to it that much. how was he when you saw him play? i really dont know what to expect. i bought the live in japan recording and was really floored by it. i had yet to experience a songwriter exploring my current crisis so well. it was an extremely well timed meeting for me and so have been listening to it constantly both recorded electronically and mnemonically, if that makes sense. actually i am going to purchase another recording this afternoon.

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[info]twee
2004-06-06 11:32 pm UTC (link)
deliberate hand movements and toilet trips are definitely on my agenda too. although the one thing i tend to do most lately, and i hate it, is fiddle with my mobile phone. which is stupid because it has no games, i am too poor to send millions of text messages (so most of the time i am just pretending), it looks stupid, and i hate phones. urgh.
do you ever go in for the reading a book method? very defiantly alone. i'm sort of two minds re this one.
rollies would definitely be the best option though. especially because my rolling skills are so bad that it would probably take me the whole hour the band is setting up just to roll a decent one! hah.
one of my main problems with going to gigs alone is that it would be okay if i was drinking, because not only does that give you something to do with yourself it also makes everything seem better (or that's the plan anyway), but if i am going alone then i just end up driving. although i won't have a car after this week so i guess i'll just become an alcoholic...

i hope it's small at the rob roy too, although i don't really like our chances... that reminds me, i have to go and get myself a ticket still though. i really have no idea how well he is known here either, i was surprised when i heard that he will be playing such small venues here (but pleased). i've sort of blown him up in my head though as one of my favourites, so i just assume that he is huge, but i don't think he quite is really. i've been loving him especially lately as well, although i've been hooked for quite a while.
he was amazing when i saw him - i saw two of the other shows on the japan tour (so disappointed that i wasn't at the ones they recorded, now that would be special to own). they were a bit different though, because it wasn't actually a microphones tour - the first night (the one with barely anyone there) was mostly him & calvin johnson & kyle field (little wings) all playing together, officially only calvin & lw but in reality a mix of all of them. the second show was officially calvin & phil, but kyle joined in too. one of those shows that i don't know how to put into words though (without using way too many cliches like "magical"). some of the photos i took are here, seeing as i can't think of any way to describe them that would do justice. he is beautiful though.

and yay for another recording! what one are you going to get? i have been thinking of getting another too, but i haven't been able to make up my mind.

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[info]cosmicenergy
2004-06-07 02:10 am UTC (link)
yes, the phone is one thing i've never done. i notice that alone people do use their phone alot. the eerie glow of the phone just puts me off, and its bad for my decaying eye sight. as is the computer, but im doing overdue assignmnets. so.

gone one step better then the book mthod, and did homework once when i was by myself. i felt quite intimidated because there was hardly anyone in the room. i could hardly see because i was using the light of a shit tealight candle, but didnt want to move out of the corner where there'd be more light so just pretended that i could see well, and kept on writing.

i also have poor rolling skills but am getting better but find it embarassing when i fail as i just spill tobacco everywhere and the cigarette keeps on going out. and i never used to drink even though i caught the train ,but now cannot even if i want to as i have finally gained my 'license' and approval to borrow a family members car.

i will buy mteerie i think, it sounds epic, and thats the one that i wanted to buy in the first place and the first song i heard of microphones came off that album and i said "what is this?! i feel like i am in a glass jar." but everytime i went to missing link it was not there and i asked last time and they claim that it will be coming in soon. but i dont know, they all sound likable. the glow part ii sounds likable. is theer one youd suggest in particular?

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[info]twee
2004-06-07 06:26 am UTC (link)
the phone is just sort of an easy escape, but not a very good one. i'd like to stop using that one actually, but always get stuck thinking of other things to do with myself.
doing homework there is very impressive though!! i've never gone that far. although i guess i can't really add that on to my list of things to do for the next few gigs, seeing as (thank god) it will be HOLIDAYS by then!

they didn't have any microphones at missing link last time i was there (late last week?) i don't think, apart from the live in japan album, but i might be wrong... mt eerie is definitely amazing, i don't actually own it though. if you don't have the glow part ii you should get that though! it's my favourite by far, not that i've heard all that many others, but i am very very attached to that album. then again, if i actually owned mt eerie i might say the same thing, so...

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[info]electronic_arm
2004-06-07 12:34 am UTC (link)
hey meri, which japanese restaurant was it? xo tom

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[info]twee
2004-06-07 12:40 am UTC (link)
heya
it was ocha in kew - i'd never even heard of it before, but it was awesome. some standard dishes, some really interesting mixes of european/japanese food. yum yum.

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[info]myheadphones
2004-06-07 05:33 am UTC (link)
sekrit electrelane twinz!

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[info]twee
2004-06-07 05:46 am UTC (link)
<3 !

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[info]panda_cha_cha
2004-06-07 06:36 am UTC (link)
omg i'm so going to quote you in my next essay...
alrighty now to find a subject that I can quote you in...fuck it I'm sure you'll apply to popular fiction. dig it.

!!!!! I am soooo impressed !!!!!

my favourite new band= meri and the academics! PLAY IT SISTA!

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[info]twee
2004-06-07 06:45 am UTC (link)
hahaha
i can't believe i beat sheila and the radicals off the top spot!

the good thing about quoting things that are in japanese, is that there is no way lecturers can/will check it up, so you can totally make up the quote... haha. erm, not that i would ever do that...
but yes, here is your next reference for pop fic:
Joyce, Meredith. Murakami Haruki's Underground. Kyoto: University of Kyoto, 2003.
hahaha!

speaking of essays how are you going with your last script etc? this exam tomorrow is driving me INSANE. how the fuck am i meant to remember all this stuff!?!?! ickkkkk

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[info]mooseandgoose
2004-06-07 07:25 am UTC (link)
being published! moving house! and a cheese platter of gigs!
i know i trade you the above for one small room and videos and a cask of wine.





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[info]twee
2004-06-07 07:32 am UTC (link)
well the small room, videos & cask of wine doesn't sound so bad either.
i think that despite the above combination that is how i am going to spend most of this winter anyway. except maybe substituting the videos for books, since i won't have a vcr at the new house!

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[info]mooseandgoose
2004-06-07 11:52 pm UTC (link)
winter is the season for reading.
i lived for three months without a television and vcr and no book could ever substitute. not that i am a television addict.

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[info]mooseandgoose
2004-06-07 11:52 pm UTC (link)
winter is the season for reading.
i lived for three months without a television and vcr and no book could ever substitute. not that i am a television addict.

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[info]twee
2004-06-16 01:10 am UTC (link)
after about three days with no electricity and no housemates last week, i made sure i acquired a television on the weekend. i didn't even last a week! i never realised how much i would miss it, it's so strange. and now that i have one i realise how much i don't really want to watch it, because we can't even get any decent programs in tune, but still. i agree with you about the no book substituting thing. it's an entirely different thing, i am coming to realise.

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[info]tweetlebeetle
2004-06-07 08:14 am UTC (link)
That's so fantastic for you! Congratulations. Can I get a bound copy in Tokyo?

Where was the restaurant?

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[info]twee
2004-06-07 08:53 am UTC (link)
thanks jess!
as far as i know the journal hasn't actually made the rounds yet.... and i don't think it will actually be in shops or anything, just in uni libraries etc. so probably no copies in tokyo really... but believe me, it's not a very exciting read anyway! :P

the restaurant was in a little shopping strip in kew, a bit out of the way but definitely worth it. great food!

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[info]grrrlishgrin
2004-06-07 08:53 am UTC (link)
oh, those are all great news, i'm happy for you!

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[info]twee
2004-06-07 08:54 am UTC (link)
thanks :)

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(Anonymous)
2004-06-07 07:05 pm UTC (link)
where did you see the details for the belle and sebastian show? the rough trade site as well as the band site have nothing about them touring australia that i can see.

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[info]twee
2004-06-08 01:29 am UTC (link)
hi anonymous person
yesterday, it was up on the rough trade site
it seems to be gone today
but it's still up on spunk -

"Are Belle and Sebastian touring? Yes,
dates are in JULY and should appear
on this page in the next 24 hours."

must just be waiting to announce it all together or something, or so i hear

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[info]real_atomic
2004-06-08 05:59 am UTC (link)
hello, sorry i wasnt logged in.
im kitty... adrians friend (i think i met you at the lakes launch ages and ages ago?)

i was randomly stalking people on lj when i saw that.
i truly hope they do tour!

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