you don't know about music do ya?

ten songs kd lang didn't sing last night that i hoped she would:
1. shadowlands
2. just keep me movin'
3. walk through the snow barefoot
4. calling all angels
5. i want it all
6. big boned gal
7. the joker
8. cryin'
9. this mind of love
10. the air that i breathe

some girls' mothers are bigger than other girls' mothers

ten things i ate and drank during last night's binge:
1. becks beer
2. flat white
3. roast duck
4. twice cooked pork
5. chinese tea
6. chinese veges
7. tom collins
8. singapore sling
9. rice
10. cosmopolitan

beautiful girl, love your dress

ten people that i'd lost contact with that are back in my life through the magical power of facebook:
1. amanda
2. racheal
3. kirsty
4. chris
5. zoe
6. anthea
7. kathleen
8. dave
9. simon
10. elton

elegant and wasted

top ten ways i waste time at work:
1. transcribe recipies into a database
2. read the metro magazines that the work library subscribes to
3. do code crackers out of my special code cracker book hidden in my in tray
4. do the dom post crossword
5. email people
6. facebook my arse off
7. look at le crueset auctions on trademe
8. talk to people around the office
9. look at pictures on http://www.ffffound.com/ (highly recommended)
10. blog

people who need people are the luckiest people in the world

ten people i'm going to miss from work (in no order...)
1. jardine
2. shoes optional nicky
3. the susan chamberlain experience
4. fishboy
5. a.c. penguin
6. little jess
7. donna
8. mr hensmansman
9. sarah lynn
10. kathrine pantsfield

new york city ain’t for little pussies like you

ten songs with new york in the title:
1. New York State of Mind
2. I Love New York
3. First We Take Manhattan
4. New York, New York
5. New York City Boy
6. Fairytale of new york
7. I guess the lord must be in new york city
8. New york
9. Jamaican in new york
10. Englishman in new york

will life ever be sane again

the ten tube and train stations I used most often in London:
1. tooting broadway
2. tooting junction
3. wimbledon
4. new malden
5. london bridge
6. elephant and castle
7. putney
8. streatham
9. piccadily
10. kings cross

hearts will play tippy tippy tay

my ten favourite types of pasta:
1. orzo
2. spaghetti
3. linguine
4. penne
5. conchiglie
6. orchette
7. ravioli
8. lasagne
9. cannelloni
10. farfalle

like a sinner before the gates of heaven

ten things I’ve learnt from this job:
1. format paint
2. paragraph line spacing
3. tcrs vs cros
4. government is slow. except when it wants to ride roughshod for its own purposes
5. being a manager is different than being a leader
6. some people can’t write very clearly
7. most meetings could be dealt with in one or two emails
8. getting the bus to and from work isn’t that bad
9. i don’t mind getting dressed up properly to go into work
10. kids are more confident these days

i'll be back at echo beach someday

The ten best songs in the FSB Songbook:
1. Boat Out of Hell
2. I'm Bringing Nicky Back
3. Suuuuuuusannnnn, You Don't Have To Put On The Red Tights
4. You're So Vague
5. Four Briefings in One Day
6. She's a Got a Little Anal Cleanliness
7. Jardine, We're Begging Of You Please Don't Talk About Poo
8. My Boots Are High But I'm Marching On
9. His Name Was Parry, He Was Our Fishboy
10. The RON Song

he can’t be held responsible, she fell in love in the first place

Ten random memories from the hostel at varsity:

1. sitting in the tiny phone room talking for hours on end and picking the carpet (no cellphones back then)

2. writing lots of letters and choosing which of the ten pack of kiwiana stamps to use that would fit the person I was writing to (no emails back then)

3. walking home across the courtyard and having the song Heater by the Muttonbirds stuck in my head

4. fish and chips from over the road – and that one always hid under the inner wrapper (no caring about weight gain back then)

5. stealing the plastic balls from the kids play area at georgie pie and keeping them as prized possessions

6. using the hand wringer and drying my laundry in my room to save money (no money back then)

7. sitting in my armchair, making lists for studying

8. smuggling chicken and cheese from the dining hall to make toasties with pete’s special toastie herbs

9. mike’s room that was completely lined with lion red cans – modern fucking art

10. getting the block warden to go into bronwen’s room so I could get back my L7 tape

You’re my first, my last, my everything

Ten best opening lines – and no, I didn’t include any smiths or Morrissey. That is a list on it own
1. Black Steel - Tricky "I got a letter from the government the other day/I opened and read it, it said they were suckers"
2. Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen) – “In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream"
3. First We Take Manhattan (Leonard Cohen) - "They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom/For trying to change the system from within"
4. Gloria (Patti Smith) - "Jesus died for somebody's sins / but not mine"
5. Into My Arms (Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds) - "I don't believe in an interventionist God"
6. Levi Stubbs' Tears (Billy Bragg) "With the money from her accident she bought herself a mobile home"
7. Rebel Rebel (David Bowie) - "Got your mother in a whirl/She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl"
8. Sign O' The Times (Prince) - "In France a skinny man died of a big disease with a little name"
9. Strange Fruit (Billie Holiday) - "Southern trees bear strange fruit/Blood on the leaves and blood at the root"
10. Werewolves Of London (Warren Zevon) - "I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand/Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain"

You’re standing on my neck

my ten favourite cartoon characters of all time:
1. jessica rabbit
2. stewie griffin
3. brian
4. leela
5. bender
6. waylon smithers
7. jane lane
8. daria morgendorfer
9. chucky
10. angelica

stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

my top ten no fail recipies:
1. pizza, home made base
2. oven roasted salmon
3. lemon and basil linguine
4. pumpkin soup & home made bread
5. lemon honey
6. apple crumble
7. lamb meatball with barley and parsley salad
8. borlotti beans with tuna and pasta salad
9. chocolate clusters (dark or white)
10. thai inspired risotto

cos there ain't no thing like a chicken wing

ten things I'm going to do with my $20k windfall:
1. new fence!
2. new guttering!
3. pay off my visa!
4. pay back the $3.5k I borrowed from a mate!
5. new le crueset pots!
6. plans drawn up for renovations!
7. do the renovations!
8. new tiles for my fireplace!
9. rewiring!
10. dishwasher!

I wear my leather jacket like a great big hug

my ten favourite items of clothing:
1. orange suede jacket
2. green floral shirt
3. white bondage print shirt
4. black ricochet pants
5. black and silver stripey shirt
6. black pinstripe jacket
7. long pink coat
8. green mermaid dress
9. fake cheetah fur jacket
10. my old comfy blue jeans

everyday i love you less and less

ten favourite apps on facebook:
1. status update (dunno if it's an app, but it's my plaything)
2. vampire-ness
3. dogbook
4. chinese horoscope
5. photos
6. music grid
7. addicted to flight of the conchords
8. cyanide and happiness
9. iLike Music
10. magnetic words

from your head down to your toes

Ten uniforms at the uniform party I went to last weekend:
1. air hostess
2. nurse
3. french maid
4. nun
5. boy scout
6. naughty schoolboy
7. cowgirl
8. pilot
9. marine
10. rugby player

I want to dive into your oceans, is it raining with you

Ten Maori phrases you should try to incorporate into your daily language:

1. ko wai to ingoa? / what’s your name?
2. ko _______ ahau / my name’s _______
3. kia ora / hi, thanks, I agree
4. ka rawe / that’s choice
5. homai te pakipaki / give them a round of applause
6. et tu / stand up
7. e noho / sit down
8. ka kite apopo / see you tomorrow
9. haere mai ki te kai! / dinner’s ready, come and get it!
10. taihoa / hang on a minute

I'll make it to you if I have to crawl

Ten things I've done since I last blogged 15 months ago:
1. Quit my job
2. Started a new job
3. Looked for another job
4. Fell for a friend's girlfriend
5. Acted like a total dork because of it
6. Lost some "friends" in the process
7. Learned about what friendship really does mean
8. Met someone new and fabulous
9. Learned a lot about adult relationships
10. Found some peace