Top Ten Bands Or Artestes in alphabetical order:


Supergrass
Split Enz (Neil Finn, Crowded House...)

11th man would be Nick Drake

Top Albums at the MO:
XO - Elliott Smith
Absent Friends - The Divine Comedy
Figure 8 - Elliott Smith
Everyone is Here - The Finn Brothers

Two of the bastards knocked off, just two to go. Can't wait until I burn or otherwise recycle the myriads of pages and paper surrounding me and my desk. I stranded amisted a sea of material begging to be read and memorised. I dont know how much more I can hold. But ah well..

Next year I shall be in Wellington doing my PhD at Vic. Stress you may leave the room now. And take the headaches with you.

It is amazing what you collect over four years. As the time draws near I am often faced with tough decisions of which pairs of old shoes to retain 'just in case' and which ones to send on their merry way. So far I have four old pairs at the back door. I have another two sitting in my room. I am often too sentimental for my own good. Stock piling memories in their physical forms. I have kept paper bags, random scribblings, and old receipts in the hope of holding memories close to me. I have retained almost every ciggarete packet I have helped consume. Most clothes that I have worn out are on display around my room as proud trophies won through the hard slog of life. I just always feel attached to things and will instinctively keep almost everything I come in close contact with. But I must have a clean out and fresh start. Must say goodbye to our trusty air freshner of at least 4 years, dead tv of past viewing, computer of former use and drink bottles of past consumption.