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sebiv
22, hailing from Perth, Australia. My keywords include new media, internet culture, web design, communications, electronic music, new rave
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Oh man I love it.
My second DJ set available to download here (it's 80s-tastic)
The reason I love 80's new wave and electronica so much is because I was a child that grew up playing the Sega Mega Drive, listening to 16 bit MIDIs.
It's such a shame Capitol / Amps attract so many assholes. So we were watching the Teenagers and they were great, a friend gets a stool thrown at him from the balcony above, has to go to hospital.
Then as we are leaving a guy calls me a fucking faggot as we walk past and punches me in the back of the head. Yeah, I was gay bashed (well, gay punched). Luckily my awesome entourage went psycho on him and loosened a few of his front teeth. But I have welt on my head now :-/
Well, there was no way this Capitol wanker was going to wreck such a lovely photo. Meet my photoshop skills you asshole.
Also, shout out to random Livejournal encounters!!! :-)
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oh heeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyy.
It has been a very, very long time since I wrote a meaningful update on livejournal. So much has happened and my life is changing (for the better) in some really far out directions.
Also, you will have to excuse me because I am quite drunk as I write this.
Um so where to begin? Well basically, 2008 was fucking shit. I don't know know if it was the alignment of the solar system or the year was supposed to be a test for me but it was so bad. It was a huge life lesson as well because it truly taught me that you make your own happiness... its not just going to find you again and yes, if you are a good person you deserve happiness but it's still something you must create for yourself.
I read a "horoscope profile" for my birth date which said the year I was 22 would be a "significant event" year. It was totally right. To me 22 seems like such a nice rounded number, but it fucking ain't! I am glad I'm 23 now. Things are already picking up, and it hasn't even hit 2009 yet. Either way I have an exciting feeling 2009 is going to be a shit-awesome year.
To recap, 2008 is the year I spent the first half working a soul crushing job I despised. I also had my heart utterly destroyed by my first love. It really set me back in ways I can't formulate while this drunk. Knowing all of my LJ friends are mostly older than me I'm probably preaching to the choir but when you have your heart broken for the first time it is such a journey to the centre of yourself. Being the soppy way I am, my recovery period was very long.
So what did I do? Simplified... big time. Shortly after my heart was ripped up and shit on, I quit my "career builder" job, and started working in a call centre while I sorted out my priorities. It ended up being one of the best decisions I've made. I'm still working there, obviously... I don't know what it was but the environment gave me the ego boost I needed. It's such a positive setting, I had never worked in a place with this kind of attitude, and it snapped me right out of my shit storm. Something about having an entry level job where your job actually ends at the end of your shift and leaves you with the rest of the day to follow your dream.... of sorts.
The point is I'm being paid more to work in a call centre job than my "career builder" and it was giving me more time to focus on things I actually wanted to do. I've since started DJing... and this is the part where I give a shout out to Black Dan who taught me all the DJ skills I have now (he's actually a great teacher). It's something I always wanted to venture into and even though I'm not really a huge drum and bass fan anymore I still really emjoy mixing.... and I've become an indie electro kid of sorts. I'm now more qualified to judge other DJ's when I'm about and about. Not that I would ever judge anybody... :-D I don't quite think I'm up to "venue" standards yet, but getting there.
The biggest news though is I'm now a full blown columnist. Carrie Bradshaw style. This is a real bizarre story, bare with me. The night of Dannielle's birthday we ended up venturing to The Court, which was a big mistake (or not?). The place was just over run with horrible straight people. Not that I hate straight people but these were the kind of straight people myself and my (straight) friends would normally loathe. Gross jocks and bimbos, basically. The night ended up being shit, and to cut a long story short I got home and created a Facebook group complaining about the number of straight assholes going to The Court. The Facebook group got a lot of attention, including the owner of The Court and the editors of a new gay street press mag starting up in Perth. They asked if I would be interested in writing for them... I did... they liked what I wrote... I now have a monthly column in the magazine. All of this happened in the space of 2 or 3 weeks. It's pretty much... fucking insane.
So if you're in Perth pick up the January issue of WAX Magazine (free street press), out around the 10th of Jan. I'm on page 10. One of my editors showed me the proof tonight... they gave me a full. fucking. A4. page. complete with gigantic photo. I wish, wish, WISH, I could show you a screen capture but I have been sworn to secrecy. You will just have to pick up a copy when it comes out :-)
In other areas of my life I've become a stable single. I'm on the dating scene but not really trying too hard, which seems to be working out quite well. I figure though this part of my life is more attuned to career and / or creativity than building a relationship. After having my heart tread on so bad you don't really put yourself in a position to have it happen again anytime soon. Also, and this is just my ego speaking, I feel I have progressed further as a person than..... you know. But then again I don't really have any recourse to compare. I'll just go with my gut on that one.
To be honest, I'm ecstatic about my column. I'm on pins and needles.
Whereas a year ago I was insecure with myself, at this point in my life I can reflect and review where I am right now and feel confident I'm progressing in a direction I like, and fuck everybody else. This entire post sounds like a whole lot of wankery... I don't think I'm above anyone else, I'm just really happy with how things have turned out, and I think 2009 is going to be a really awesome year. 2008 was stale and crappy, bring on a new one!...
But then again 2010 sounds really futuristic and cool.
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One of my favourite scenes from "Pink Flamingos"
All of these headlines were posted on news.com.au in the last 24 hours.
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I don't really update this thing anymore.
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My current favourite song:
On the train to work today all I had was "just like I like it, she's got nice tits doo doo doo" in my head.
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All the elements to make a great last night out:
- Dress preppy and camp ✓
- Incorrectly start the night by drinking mixed cocktails so you are already messy before you even get started ✓
- Watch trashy overweight girls dance drunkenly with maori guys ✓
- Have a couple of awkward moments with the ex ✓
- Go mental and scream out all the lyrics to Dead or Alive - "You spin me right round" perfectly when it's played ✓
- Get into connections for free (thanks vid) ✓
- Leave with a hot guy ✓
- Get home to find you've lost your phone ✓ (have it back now thank god)
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I'm seriously considering leaving livejournal and moving to Facebook Notes... gasp! It's 2008 and the times they are a changing. Plus it doesn't look like livejournal connects with new facebook anymore.
Eitherway an update. Things are great all round. Its surprising how little you feel you need to blog when there is no drama in your life. The other week I was thinking about how stress free my life is compared to 6 months ago. To summarise, it's a fucking fantastic feeling.
Changing to my new job was like moving from a Nazi death camp to a relaxation day spa.
I finally realised how emotionally and physically trapped I was 6 months ago by that.
For some reason I'm growing an immunity to the cold, and not by putting on weight. Actually I'm losing weight and putting on the right kind of weight (finally).
I've made more new friends in the last 3 months than I did in the whole year before that.
The only stress I could identify was when I get pissed off trying to beat match tracks while learning to mix. Its too hard :-( Apparently I managed to beat match pendulum (!) and some other track last week but it was a total fluke. Don't tell Dan that. He might cane me. He's a very strict teacher. Won't even let me use the C-DJ's yet.
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