resuffle..

In an attempt to organise and document my life...

ive moved all my old myspace blogs onto this one.. they have been tagged 'old blogs' and are from 2006-2007

there is a bit of a mix there.. got poems for my friends, pictures and different ramblings.. but if your keen cheak them out.. more to come as i find time..

the joneses??

"Keeping up with the Joneses" is a popular catchphrase in many parts of the English-speaking world. It refers to the desire to be seen as being as good as one's neighbours or contemporaries using the comparative benchmarks of social caste or the accumulation of material goods. To fail to "keep up with the Joneses" is perceived as demonstrating socio-economic or cultural inferiority. Wikipedia

I hate that people feel they need to compete in terms of possessions and material goods.

I hate that people feel they need to buy things for their kids when they don't actually have enough money for them.

I understand parents want to bless their kids but have we lost all creativity resulting in Presents equal Love.

I was chatting to a friend of mine and she was telling me how Christmas, New Years and her daughter's birthday had really taken a toll financially. She was saying she is now broke with no money for the son's birthday (in 3 weeks) and no money for school books when school returns (in 2 weeks). This really saddened me.

The kids had both been given portable DVD players for Christmas along with many other presents and the daughter a mobile phone for her birthday (she is 13).

I know I am not a parent and I probably don't understand what its like, but to spend so much on these events which results in no school books seems so backwards.

I hate that people feel they must buy so crazy over Christmas and it puts them into debt. I hate the way credit cards are given out so freely resulting in thousands in debt. According to an article in The Age, September 21, 2007 (yeah I know its kinda old), 'Credit card debt in Australia has topped $41 billion'. And so much is wasted. In Clive Hamilton's book Affluenza he states Australian households throw out $8 billion of food a year. That is a hell of a lot of food considering some areas of the world are dieing from malnutrition. But that is all another story.

I don't think changing standards of what society believe are necessary items will ever happen. People are greedy and markets are powerful and that cannot be over thrown.

But I do believe education is possible, and if we understand to spend what we have we can hopefully change the psyche of society.

By the way, it's not just the people who don't have much money who can't control it, its people in all wealth brackets who don't know how to budget and as a result overspend.So the theory then goes.. If we learn to budget we can say 'Screw you Joneses, Im in control of who i am' which in my opinion is much better than having the newest Playstation.

again

its been nearly a year.
and im listening to Sigur Ros again.

i love these guys so much..
i love how you can feel the sounds and imagine another place so much better than where i am now..
not that i dont like where i am now.
im sitting here minding my nephews who are playing with nuckles and a babushka doll. i love how the play together, they are so good. they make up stories which are so fun.
before my brother was playing kids songs on his guitar and we were all singing along.. riley and noah were to dance to the music. they were so amazing making little actions up to incy wincy spider and others.
i sometimes forget they are only 3 and 4. such great boys.

im starting to pack for melbourne. but im too lazy, to think what i might need to wear for the next 12 days and cause i have no idea what ill be doing i have to be prepared for camping, clubing and market-ing.
and the damn weather changes all the time..
the obvious thing would be to take lots of stuff. but i hate doing that. and having to cart it around the whole time im there,
i guess that just leaves me to either think or borrow when i get there..

i really want heima// it looks like such a grand dvd..

it will be mine soon/
mwahahahah...


merry boxing day

tobacco.

so sitting here, listening to sigur ros, loving the beauty of Gods creation, hating the sickly way man has screwed up what life should be.
cigarettes:

i mean why? what good is there? i should get this out of the way before is get too into it; i have never smoked and hope never to (apart from a puff here and there).

i hate the adictive nature of it, the way it draws in people and leaves them unable to cope without it.

i observed a lady today at work whos first thoughts were to get a packet of smokes even though she hadnt eaten all day and needed food. i dont understand and i hate the way it has a hold of her. i hate the way it has made her weak and has taken priority in her life. i hate it.

i hate the way it is connected to politics. you cant deny the fact governments get a hell of alot of money from tobacco, but how sad is the world we live in that they use this and take advantage of people.

it is currently law that tobacco companys can not print the strength of tobacco on a packet of cigarettes in a bid to not show some cigarettes a 'weaker' than others and hence healthier. this is a big problem as it not only means the companys dont have to tell you whats in the cigarettes but also the customer doesnt know the strength of the cigarette. new, cheaper smokes have been introduced onto the market yet they dont tell you what strenths they are, so you have people guessing buying cigarettes stronger then they usually buy and hence getting more addicted.
i hate this cycle and i can only pray more kids dont start smoking.

i guess its the same as gambling and alchol. both create addictive non-essential behaviors that are financially and socially detremental.

anyway thats enough of me. if you want to real somthing really interesting.. cheak out an interview here of a man who i admire alot. aaron weiss from mewithoutYou.

lukas john wilson

this about:: luke...

Luke is my mate
he's a pretty awesome guy
when i first met him
i thought we was quite shy

i was wrong and soon found out
the way luke really is
he's a bogan and a nutter
for no reason but because

Luke makes a difference
which i thinks pretty crazy
he's got alot ahead of him
this guy sure aint lazy

gaby schoeman

this about:: gaby...<

i have a friend called gaby
shes different from the rest
if i was to compare her
id say she was one of the best

shes smart and cute and caring
and makes me laugh alot
when i think about it
there aint a thing she aint got.

shes got a great taste in music,
movies and friends
we go on big adventures
when never seem to end.

joanna marie clark

this about:: jo...

i have a friend call jo.
she is really great
i met her in melbourne
and now she is my mate.


last week she came to vist me
we had so much fun
we got my car impounded
but didnt buy a gun.


now shes back in melbourne
playing with her friends
one day ill go and visit her
and we can play again.

sarah jacqueline

this about:: my sarah...

sarah is amazing.
and i love her in every way.
she calms me when im angry
and makes bad things go away.

sarah is real special
she likes to drink my beer
we hang out all the time
and love to have some cheer

everyone knows we are sisters
but some also think we're twins
i hope one day im like her
and i can eat a pin..

brenda ann turner

This is my mum when she was about 19. [my age.]

?my mum is amazing.?

alot of the time i sell her short but she is so beautiful and passionate and not a deaf as she seems.. :D
i guess it wasnt untill a few weeks ago that it really hit me who my mum is..
she is my mum. and i have no idea what i mean completly to her, as i am not a mum. but when i truly think about it i think how could you not be so connected to somthing that grew inside you for 9 months and was created from you. i was once her little baby.
i owe my mum alot.
she was the one who taught me to be independent and always told me i could do anything i wanted to do, she taught me to value family and love God, she raised me to be the person i am.

i love you mum.

playing with fire

so the weekend was grand..

and last night we did fire twirling with gabys stick!!

it was so much funn. i fire twirled!!

here are some of the best pics we took.

mee. behind the back.. [thanks for teaching me luke.]


me again.

sarah. she looks like a fairy..


luke.

so guys once again we managed to have an amazing weekend.. next weekend is gonna go off.. ROUND TWO!

ch-ch- ch-changing.

fun times last night.
gotta love faker, and the grates. we all just cut sick on the grates encore song. the best. the highlight was defiantly the support support band.. soho or whatever they were called. it was like watching the vines as youngens.. made me smile lots, and you gotta love smiling. i was told today at work i had a beautiful smile. that made me smile more.

you know what also makes me happy. the fact i got sent a free limited edition mewithoutYou tee with my cd. i love it to bits.
time to get off this contraption called a computor.
but before i go i just have to say. my friends on the coast are really funny. and i love it.

SATURDAY IS GONNA GO OFF!!
k.x.

annoyances

i truly hate guys who mock other women who dress with hardly any clothes on.
ive been down mooloolaba esplanade many times and had friends laugh about girls quite drunk stumbling down the street probley freezing but still half naked.

this is a big problem and i hate the hypocrisy of it all.
i mean why do girls were close to nothing?
to get the attention and admiration of guys.

so if guys were serious about it and showed love to those girls no matter what they were wearing then maybe some of the women would gain the integrity to wear more.

i truly believe thats the only way things will change.
the guys making the sincere effort.
sure us girls need to continue to love on them and set the example of dressing but it needs a whole wack from the guys side.

im mean if that isnt the case. if they do prefer women to wear close to nothing for them to gaze at..
then dont mock them. leave them alone for you to stare at.

all they want is a bit of love.
thats all we all want.

that is all.. for now..

you are beautiful, but you dont mean a thing to me

well an hour ago i was going to bed,
but im not their yet.
i keep thinking of times i have lied, directly to peoples faces.
like the time someone rang to talk to my mum on the phone and she thought i was her for so long that i didnt have the heart to tell her otherwise and so i went along with it and kept up the act. what i said wasnt true and my mum had to later call up and say to the lady that she actually was talking to me (her daughter) pretending to be her (my mum). how awkward would that be.
i lied and got myself the job i have now. but you all know that story. i lied to people alot and i dont know why. i mean im not as bad as natalie portmans charactor (i have a mind block and cant remember her name) in garden state, how she lies all the time about everything, but i still dont know why i do.
i swear like a man in the navy, and i am constantly reminded by my sister i have a potty mouth.
i need to change.
i am ment to be a mentor, role model and friend to kids who are trying break into the christian life and here i am telling them one thing and saying another.
i need to get a good smack round the head and get my act together..
but will i change? i know with that attitude i wont.
freak. im tired, this is stupid.
kimm

*you are beautiful, but you dont mean a thing to me*

be cool..

loving this kid

and this tiger..

[if the image is too small to read. click it for a bigger version]

silence

so.. im siting here listening to music on myspace cause im ment to be doing my folio for computor based art with all my support material. im trying to find my insipiration for why i made the images i did.

i do this every time i never write down stuff or think about this. i just go ahead and do the final pieces and then have to pretend i did all the experimentation as i went. its yr 12 studio arts all over again. i hate it.. but im listening to good music..

i was listening to josh pyke "middle of the hill" it made me sad. i went and saw him play during my last week in melbourne with mhairi and sarah.. it was so much fun. we sad in a crowded room on the floor drinking beer and chatting with amazing acoustic music playing. a very very fun night. i miss melbourne so much. especially the people..

but anyway ill get over it and finish my assignment. yay for uni..
peace:: kimm