| This Sunday! |
[Nov. 18th, 2009|01:29 pm] |
This Sunday is my birthday - and it also happens to be the next Church gig at Whammy Bar.
Courtney has agreed to create cake (although I take no responsibility for what form this may take) and Mary has agreed to dance and Erika is going to sing! I am so lucky to have all these talented people in my life and I can't wait. Because of the hours I work during the exam period I've not had much time to devote to organisation. And I’m still sorting out Djs - it seems there is a punk gig clashing which I didn't know about which has caused some issues with the regulars and other tentative line up but I'm sure I'll get it sorted.
Also, most thrillingly, on the day itself Kim and I are going to the Zoo and we're going to feed LEMURS! I am really excessively thrilled by this prospect.
Anyway all welcome! Church details below:
The Church
Sunday 22nd November 2009
9pm to late
Whammy Bar
Downstairs, Saint Kevin's Arcade, 183 K'rd
Free entry!
For anyone interested I'm turning 25. |
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| The Church - Sunday 18th Oct |
[Oct. 10th, 2009|01:08 pm] |
I know I've not updated in ages. And now I am only doing so to spam you all - sorry!
Whammy Bar (in St Kevin's Arcade on K'rd) have started up a new goth night and I am Dj/entertainment herding and, it seems, advertising it. If anyone has time and ability to help out with the graphic design it would be appreciated as I have neither the talent nor the time to make pretty flyers.
Anyway details:
The Church: Whammy Bar Goth Night
Sunday 18th October
9pm - late
FREE entry
Whammy Bar, Saint Kevin's Arcade, 183 K'rd
Morgan (Spiggy) and Richard Griffiths will be the guest Djs and Craig and Nick Freeman are our regulars.
FB event link: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=152146616204&index=1
So far the gigs have been really relaxed and fun and a bit nostalgic. They were on Thursdays but with a name like The Church (nothing to do with me) the Sunday option needs to at least be tried!
It looks like the November gig will be on the day of my birthday. I'm not yet sure how I feel about this but as it is important to me to get keep this going and try and get a regular night (i.e. third Sunday of every month or something) I suppose I'll just have to combine the two events.
Suggestions and comments welcome. I'm keen to know if the Thursday or the Sunday is a better option. If we can get a good regular turn out then there may be the option of moving it to a Friday or a Saturday later next year (but I suspect we would also have to do a cover charge - which would go to the bar).
Proper update to come. |
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| Masquerade Ball |
[Mar. 27th, 2009|03:51 pm] |
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Kim is mean. Dopes anyone want to go to this: http://www.masqueradeball.co.nz/ with me tomorrow night? I already have tickets. Please call or email me ASAP if you are interested. If I can't find one person to go with I will consider selling both tickets. |
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| House! |
[Jan. 14th, 2009|09:03 am] |
Hurrah! We have found the perfect new flat. I am feeling much less stress for obvious reasons. It is at the top of our price range but at least it isn't above it and it has a working fireplace! And a bath and two bedrooms and is on a direct bus route to work etc etc. So that is all very exciting.
Apart from moving house life is continuing on as usual. I DO still read and care about everyone else's lives I just don't post much. I normally don't get the chance from work I'm afraid. I am still happy and alive and all other such things.
Oh and happy New Year everyone! |
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| Cake and Champagne - 9pm this Friday (21st) at our place... |
[Nov. 18th, 2008|05:52 pm] |
I just realised that I put this on facebook but not here:
It is my birthday this weekend. So I'm having a party this Friday from 9pm. Bettie Page (our cat) shall be kindly allowing us to celebrate at our house (email me for the address - denerose at gmail dot com).
I will be baking and providing bubbly and some other booze. Best BYO or come early just in case though.
I am intending to dress up but am not enforcing a theme at this point (as much as I love the excusses people find to dress as they always do). I do encourage you to join me in full formality though. As with every year prior I shall be dusting off the tiara (and probably drinking far too much).
Anyone who knows and likes me is welcome as are partners etc. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 28th, 2008|06:52 pm] |
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I am in Wellington. I am here with my nanna and my two small cousins (10 and 5) and I am SO tired. This has reaffirmed my desire to never breed. That said they are very sweet but I am so glad I can give them back on Thursday. I have learned that travelling with children and tissues go together much like hitch-hiking in space with towels. ANyway, more to follow... I mean it! |
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| (no subject) |
[Jul. 12th, 2008|11:42 pm] |
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I has a Macbook! It is so pretty... even though I'm not a total convert yet (the PC and the Dell laptop are still on hand if any urgent Simcity or Windows file compatibility is required). It is pretty! I do fear that Kim will try to steal it and make me sad though. |
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| (no subject) |
[Jun. 23rd, 2008|11:34 am] |
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Working 70 hour weeks is bad for me... BUT I did just get a promotion! I'm too tired to celebrate right now but I am sure I will be very pleased just as soon as Exams finish. |
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| Re: Couch - free to good home! |
[Apr. 7th, 2008|09:49 am] |
I've bought a new couch. This means that our old one needs a new home. It is old and small but very pretty. I'm picking up the new couch on Sat morning so if anyone wants our old one then you would probably need to pick it up one night this week.
It is a high wingback two-seater in burgundy plush. Think 70s faux Victoriana. I kept meaning to re-stuff the cushions but never got around to it but it doesn't absolutely need that. I think it would be better for someone wanting it in their bedroom rather than as we have it for an actual lounge couch (if we had the room this is what I would do). But that said it has served us well for over a year.
I'm sure you all know how to contact me. |
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| Powerless |
[Apr. 4th, 2008|01:30 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
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We have no power at home. This means that our landline (it is a cordless phone and doesn't work when the base is out) is not working and my cell is about to die :/
It died around 8pm last night. The power company man turned up at 11pm. He went out and flicked a switch in the big central power box thingy. Low there was light and music and phone charging! Then as the power man was getting back in his van it went out again. So half of our block and half of the black over the road is without power... the rest of the flats are fine... all very odd.
Of course either way I have no phone because Kim keeps forgetting to put credit on it for me (he hates me obviously and wants me to be isolated from all contact)... Sorry to those of you I've not replied to. Email is probably the best way to contact me atm. |
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| Graduation |
[Mar. 27th, 2008|12:06 pm] |
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I am going to be a graduation marshal/usher and I get to pick which ceremonies I attend. Is anyone graduation from The University of Auckland during the May graduations? I'm already going to the second Arts graduation to see Catherine... Anyone else? |
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| Overlocker |
[Mar. 20th, 2008|12:56 pm] |
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Does anyone have an overlocker I could borrow next weekend or the weekend after? |
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| Land of the living. |
[Jan. 13th, 2008|01:33 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
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| [ | music |
| | Kim playing Zelda | ] |
I'm afraid I've been very busy and not had much to show for it. Well actually I do have some stuff to show for it but I haven't had much to report on.
Still have lovely boyfriend, great flat, cute cat and interesting job. All very sickeningly twee and happy over here so nothing thrilling or dramatic on any front really. I do apologise for being dull.
Just letting you all know that I am still alive and well. I do generally get to read Lj at work but not always so do forgive if there has been some great upheaval in the last few months of which I should be but am not aware of. |
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| I can has job! |
[Oct. 12th, 2007|10:14 am] |
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Yay. I have just accepted a job at the university examinations office! I got the offer last night, I've thought about it and I'm really excited! It is going to be a big change from my this and that, here and there lifestyle and I can't wait. It is going to be nice to have a set schedule and not to mention a set salary. I'm jumping in the deep end though with Exams (note the capital) starting at the end of the month! Eeeee!
Courtney and Natalie be warned: I will be hunting you down to consume caffeinated beverages with me on a regular basis.
Even better I don't have to change my doctor. The uni doctors' office had just decided to stop treating alumni and now I won't have to go through the hassle of finding a new doctor. I love Dr Mauger she is the only doctor I've ever had who seemed to give a damn AND realise that people have different immune systems.
Yay! |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 30th, 2007|05:46 pm] |
( 20 Years Ago, I... )
Ps: Everyone who has not done this yet really aught. I know I am finding it very interesting to see what things people pick. |
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| World Vegetarian Day |
[Sep. 29th, 2007|11:08 am] |
Auckland Vegetarian Food & Lifestyle Festival
Sunday September 30th 10am to 4pm
Mt Eden War Memorial Hall, 489 Dominion Road, Balmoral
(opposite Potters Park)
$2 entry (free between 10-10.30am)
Celebrate World Vegetarian Day with us. Come to our Festival for fabulous food, free tastings, information, lifestyle products and cooking demos – great for non-vegetarians too!
Come and see cooking demonstrations by vegetarian chefs, including internationally renowned chef Peter Chaplin, and author and 'New Zealand Gardener' food editor Alessandra Zecchini.
Mmmm food.... |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 28th, 2007|09:26 pm] |
While I do actually find the latest little meme very interesting I have to express my happy about something first:
I am getting free super fast internet!! Yay. With an estimate of 10mps... I'm told that is very fast. Yay for Vodafone buying Ihug, yay for central city location practically on top of the exchange. Yay for sexy geek boyfriend. Yay for super fast internet... it hasn't kicked in yet of course but still.... ooooooer!
Now I need to find something to DO with all that internet speed... Other than instantly find out what all of you have been up to of course. |
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| Confidance vs Self Consciousness |
[Sep. 16th, 2007|11:33 am] |
Thank you all for your comments on my last entry. Unfortunately I think my sleepy rambling didn't really get across my concern. While I do think it is odd that confident women are somehow scary to others this isn't something that I am willing to compromise on. My worry is the callousness that I can sometimes display simply out of lack of awareness. In the same way that shy people can be very self obsessed, thinking that everyone is looking at and judging them, I have the opposite where I tend to forget that what I do could mean anything to someone else, such as gestures or who I talk to, unless it is a direct action to them. While not being self conscious is probably a good thing it has its draw backs - at least it does if you still give a damn about other people in any way. I often lack awareness at all of how others might be viewing me which is what leads to misunderstandings.
Also the "fat day" thing which is the perfect example really. I do have days when I don't feel well/happy etc (I am after all lacking a regular level of happy hormone in my head so I probably have them much more often than most) but I just don't tend to project that on to my body. When I have a waah day, where nothing looks or feels right, I will generally try and blame it on outside things such as the heat or the cold or my diet. Also I do retain water on occasion, like any girl, so there are days when I am physically bigger than normal but if I even notice (I would probably have to put on tight gloves or something) I tend to shrug it off and warn my partner that I may have PMS in the next few days. So it isn't that I've not had a "fat day" just that I had never thought of it in that context until it was pointed out to me.
I just never learned to think of my body like that, which I think is good, but at the same time part of that is forgetting about how other people might see me. The body is important as is self presentation. Obviously I care a bit and care enough to have adopted a sub-cultural aesthetic (most of the time). Mannerisms and body language as well as self presentation all affect the way that others see us and communicate things to the world. I tend to forget this at times because I never learned that external awareness in the usual way. I also tend not to think of myself or others in physical terms. I have a few friends who find very fat people almost personally offensive which I simply can't comprehend but I think is probably kind of common. I also think that it is a hint at the way "most people" perceive others (through other bodies) in that our self presentation and display is a social communication. I read a very good article on fat actually and how that body was part of representing and supporting social values. So, anyway, by being fat, a socially unacceptable position, you are somehow rejecting social values and judging people who WORK to stay thin - I think that this is how my confidant attitude becomes perceived as offensive because I am somehow seen to be judging the less confident or putting myself above others. So it is just another way in which I am insensitive to how I'm being perceived and how my way of being or actions may upset others. It is an example, among many, of how I tend to forget that I have any affect or effect on others when I don't mean to - which is just as selfish as a shy person who thinks that everything they do matters to others it is just the other extreme. |
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| (no subject) |
[Sep. 8th, 2007|06:40 pm] |
I didn't have anything to do with organizing this! It is going to be sooooo good. I'm going to arrive late, get all boozy and dance and then go home hours before closing! Yay! |
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| Innominata |
[Sep. 3rd, 2007|02:20 pm] |
Yay! That went well! My final sums have been done and we raised $62 for Auckland Cat Rescue!! And I basically broke even (I didn't make back a few small costs but those I'm happy to pay, venue fees and advertising have been recouped and that is the main thing). And most of all everyone seemed to have a really good time which really is the main thing. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a fantastic night.
It was particularly yay to see the bridal couple and congratulate them even though they must have been exhausted! Thanks for making the effort guys.
Room Noir were, as expected, absolutely beautiful and their music was amazing too :p
I also think my last moment go-go girling was not too bad?? I didn't actually get to SEE or hear much of Vostok Lake what with being back stage struggling in to my costume and hunting for a lost go-go witch! But I did get to bounce around to her Iron Fist cover which I find highly amusing.
Djs did an awesome job and after Catherine and I managed to start the dance floor moving it continued to do so for most of the night. Yay!
My photographer has a horrid horrid flu and couldn't make it which is sad especially as the main part of the costume prize was meant to be framed prints of choice :(
So if anyone has photos PLEASE email them to me at saphron[AT]acerbussonitus[DOT]org so I can put them on the website - even if you think they suck I can get mum to fiddle with them and make their subjects more apparent if you want (she used to be a professional photo retouching lady once upon a time).
So all in all I think the night was a success. Thank you again to everyone involved and everyone who came along, looked gorgeous and most of all had fun! |
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| Tomorrow Night |
[Aug. 31st, 2007|12:05 pm] |
Zanzibar is on the corner of K'rd and Pitt St. Doors are at 9pm...
Annnnnnd I'm coming down with something... I just know something is going to get forgotten :/ |
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| Samantha |
[Aug. 30th, 2007|01:33 pm] |
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Does anyone know if Sam is ok? She's not been replying to emails or phone calls for at least a week. |
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