Michelle
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I didn't go to Westfest. I imagine it would have been fun with a group of people, but not really up my alley. My sister is more into heavy rock, not sure if she went either though, the stuff she listens to is probably even heavier than those bands I've just been working on my research. Still a bit burnt out from the intense field season (7 months ) and my research proposal. Now I'm trying to process all my recordings. How have you been Kat? I'm up for a get together anytime
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Arcade Fire were great as usual. Songs from the new album sounded awesome, I admittedly hadn't listened to the new album much before the gig but now I can't stop listening. The masks were interesting, one of the did some guitar bashing . No climbing up on things though like at their last BDO performance. I was happy they played power out but it sounded different with the different drums. The Hives were unexpectedly awesome too. Such good energy and crowd interaction. They really put effort into connecting with the audience (and country specific). Just those two performances made me a very happy customer The layout in Western Springs was pretty good too. A lot less walking and less crowds to get through. Audience was good too, not too rough. I was second row for hives and first for AF, only got two tiny bruises. Some of the security were hard on letting bags in the D barrier though, so I didn't get in there for The Naked and Famous. But I saw other girls in there with bags so later on I just marched in and no problems.
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The same sort of thing happened to me with not listening to Muse and being disappointed in them for not coming. But after watching the latest DVD, which my dad actually wanted to put on, the Muse feelings came back. It was a brilliant concert. I started listening to them again and even looked at tickets left and flights to Sydney I will mostly be at the main stage at BDO this afternoon for The Naked and Famous, The Hives and Arcade Fire. Hopefully other bands in between will be entertaining enough. Would have been great if The Phoenix Foundation were on the main stage too, but oh well.
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Sounds awesome! Rialto in New Market was playing it. I didn't see though until the last (or maybe the only) weekend it was playing and I couldn't go. I enjoyed the dvd though. It made me want to go see them in Sydney. Luckily I didn't go though as I had a bad cold at the time. Yay for BDO tomorrow. Not quite as exciting without Blur, but should still be fun
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Yeah it will be. Maybe they'll have a stage in the stock car pit I'm hoping Blur and Arcade Fire won't be on right after each other so I can get a good spot for each, but it doesn't seem likely. Thanks, I'll look out for that album then. Thanks! I went to the Food Show for my bday. I think there was a bit more food samples than when I last went a few years ago as I got full pretty quickly.
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Ooooh, Big Day Out announcement is out! I think there are enough bands I want to see to justify going
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That truly is That's cool about The Veils! I really need to get their albums, I only have a few songs.
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Yeah true, there comes time when you want change and it's a good idea to keep an eye out for jobs anyway as you never know when something interesting might pop up.
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Want Not sure if I'll have the courage to where it too often though.
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I've been good, thanks Just working away on my PhD project. Yourself? Yeah I went to the US for a sound recording workshop, so made the most of it by also getting involved with a bird monitoring project for some extra experience and a bit of sight seeing including the Grand Canyon. Loved the diversity of bird life over there and seeing the odd mammal and snake The birding culture is cool too. Learned the terms and things that don't really get used here. It's inspired me to become a more involved birder. Despite seeing all the rare birds in my field sites, there are plenty of other birds that are more common that I haven't seen and some that are quite secretive which will take some work to see. It's good fun. Good news. Hopefully the won't leave us hanging too long though. Yeah I bet it was scary. Hope you and everyone else in Welly are all ok.
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Howdy all. Long time since I've been in here, can't believe it. Hope everyone has been well   Go west!   Fingers crossed too. December would not be the greatest time for me to travel to Australia.
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Thanks! I haven't gotten round to watching much Olympics but watching badminton now.
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Awesome. Would be cool being able to watch it on the tele and out the window at the same time
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Cool. Were there lots of people on the street watching?
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Interesting though Hi there. It's been a while since I bought from the U.K shop so I can't really remember, but I don't think it took too long.
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You'd hope it's a heated pool!
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Thanks! Yeah, Dotcom seems to be all over the place. Still seems to be living a good life style despite loosing his mansion
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Yeah I can imagine it would be tiring moving all over the place, but it sure is an amazing experience you'll remember for the rest of your life. That's pretty cool. You'll be able to make your own karaoke! It's pretty epic. I haven't listened to it since the day it was first released though, been quite busy. But yeah, I imagine it could possibly end been cut up and ruined for the olympics I've just submitted my application for the zoo job. My PhD scholarship aplication is in too. Now it's a waiting game... Hope I don't get as anxious as when I was waiting for my thesis mark.
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Oh, I see. Yeah, facebook can make life more awkward sometimes. I've been working on PhD and scholarship applications plus I've just finished a cv and cover letter for a job as a bird keeper at Auckland Zoo. My uni supervisor said I should apply for the job as just a reference to see how they value my skills and how far I get trhough the application process. I don't know though whether to get my cv checked by a careers advisor or not, as I've never had to give a cv for the jobs I've gotten (only given out a cv once and didn't get that job). And if I don't get a scholarship, I'm going to need to look at getting a more permanent job
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Oh, I'm sorry to bring that up. Shows how I haven't been on facebook for so long. That's great you're still best friends though Hi Chris! *waves* We need a waving smile face in here like on Skype. Hey Rich, good to see ya back. Overall, how was the trip? Highlight pics would be cool. That's a shame about the cold weather everywhere, but don't expect warm weather here anytime soon
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That is indeed awesome! Is Oren coming too?
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Aww, cute. Yeah, it is terrible when animals are abandoned like that. I can't understand why ours was abandoned, he is so lovely and cheeky. He started showing up more often trying to get food and was quite thin. He had a collar and tag with phone numbers but no one answered and replied. They must have left in a hurry... Hallensteins have been advertising suits on tv. I'm just guessing they may be reasonably priced. Worth checking out though. for new Muse album on the way.
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Thanks gals! Puppy is very cute I want a puppy, but my kitty probably wouldn't be very happy if I got one. She doesn't even like our new cat, who kinda acts more like a dog sometimes though But he's fun; poor litttle fella was abandoned it seems. Pretty sure he's a maine coon as all his characteristics seem to fit. I've been looking at all the forms and PhD handbook today, and there's a lot of stuff to do just to apply. If I make the deadline for the first round of Massey scholarships, 1st of July, it'll be by the skin of my teeth Sorry to hear that, glad you're better now!
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Hi all. How are we all? I finally got my thesis mark back and had to share the excitement as I've been very anxious about getting it back. It was a good mark! Yay, I'm a good little researcher Past few months have been odd with me not really wanting to go on computers much after spending so much time on them for my thesis, but think I'm getting over that now which is good because I need to fix corrections on the thesis before getting it printed in hard bound. And with not many jobs around that seem right for me, it looks like I will give PhD a go... I want to see The Black Keys and Radiohead. Might have to try get tickets for Birthday and xmas pressies There hasn't been any Muse news for ages which is odd. Doesn't look like we're getting a live dvd from the last tour season
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Thanks! I was getting excited when I was nearly done but then there was also the fear of what to do now. I've got a lab demonstrator position for one day a week and my supervisor said she wants me to demonstrate for some of the papers she runs too. So that gives me a bit of money and experience while we write up papers to publish. There's also various things to volunteer for, like a phd student said I could go out to Browns Island and monitor released rats for him. Went to Coromandel in the weekend, so that was nice to get out of Auck for a bit.