Monthly Archives: June 2007

watch out tokyo & american cities

cause i’m coming to visit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! booked flights yesterday to LA via tokyo (how EXCITED am i about tokyo???!!!!!!!!???????????!!!!!) and will be roaming around the united states from mid september to mid october. haven’t made any internal flight arrangements yet so … Continue reading

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australia is really ohio

bizarre map that maps various countries’ GDPs to usa states. according to this, california would be the 8th largest country in the world – if it were a country. wow. didn’t realise that. the article says australia has the 16th … Continue reading

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excitement in melbourne this morning

there was a shooting in melbourne this morning (the age, abc, cnn/AP, ny times). this is a big thing in australia. a big thing in melbourne. the latest seems to be the guy with a gun is a bad guy … Continue reading

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ual to au

united has some good deals to au for our winter. from LA (one way … since WHEN have american airlines been quoting one way instead of r/t) 12Jun – 23Jul $753 24Jul – 1Aug $603 1Sep – 21Sep (this is … Continue reading

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flight of the conchords on hbo

about 4 years ago i saw these guys at the melbourne comedy festival and now they have a tv show on hbo! they were funny then. flight of the conchords are a new zealand group that sings funny songs. not … Continue reading

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more on bjork’s crochet

have been checking out the bjork podcasts and there’s one that talks a little bit about the crochet stuff she’s wearing on the cover. check it out on youtube (kinda crappy quality) to see the entire outfit. amazing. there’s also … Continue reading

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helen lempriere sculpture award

about an hour away from melb is werribee. werribee is the brunt of many jokes because it’s very suburban and it’s where melbourne’s sewage plant is. but it’s also the home of the werribee mansion and the open range zoo … Continue reading

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