she just smiled and gave me a vegemite sandwich

ten famous kiwis:

1. rachel hunter (model, rod stewart's ex wife, star of the stacey's mom video and dancer with the stars)
2. lucy lawless (XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS!)
3. peter jackson (director of all the lord of the rings films)
4. cliff curtis (rabbit from trauma)
5. russel crowe (gladiator)
6. sam neill (the cardinal from th etudors, jurassic park)
7. anna paquin (sookie from true blood)
8. phil keoghan (from amazing race)
9. brett & jermaine (flight of the conchords)
10. melanie lynskey (rose from two and a half men)

risin' up, back on the street

my love for survivor is boundless. my ten favourite players are:

1. yul
2. parvati
3. courtenay
4. richard hatch
5. amy (omg amy!)
6. sugar
7. boston rob
8. ethan
9. ozzy (first time, not all stars)
10. stephenie

what i need is a good defence

ten things i am illegally downloading from uTorrent without guilt because my tiny useless country does not show them on tv:

1. torchwood
2. carnivale
3. californication
4. the wire
5. oz
6. the shield
7. supernatural
8. deadwood
9. sons of anarchy
10. jersey shore

i am the last of the famous international playboys

ten bigwigs i schmoozed at last night's flash matariki ball i went to for work:

1. my CE
2. the ex chair of the waitangi tribunal
3. his mad as a meataxe wife
4. the ex-deputy chair of the waitangi tribunal and current high court judge
5. the maori language commissioner
6. the MP for Waiariki
7. the ex principal maori advisor for dpmc
8. one of the partners from chapman tripp
9. the CE of ngai tahu runanga
10. the maori development officer for creative new zealand arts council

i'm never gonna stop the rain by complaining

to commemorate the sixteenth day in a row of thunderstorms in wellington, my ten favourite rain songs:

1. fire and rain (james taylor)
2. purple rain (prince)
3. I can't stand the rain (tina turner)
4. why does it always rain on me (travis)
5. let it rain (amanda marshall)
6. november rain (guns and roses)
7. only happy when it rains (garbage)
8. a hard rain's gonna fall (bob dylan)
9. no rain (blind melon)
10. it's raining men (the weather girls)

i'm wicked and i'm lazy

ten things i committed to myself i'd do this morning at 3am during a bout of insomnia that i have actually done:

1. get up and out early this morning
2. buy gorrilla filla and steel wool
3. use said gorrilla filla and steel wool to block up the mouse's hole FOR GOOD
4. and fill up the other hole in the spare room
5. clean up the laundry
6. move old wood from the back out to the front so that i can get a bin and get rid of it
7. laundry
8. cook something delicious for dinner
9. vaccuuming
10. press play for 30 minutes

walking back to happiness

ten places i can walk to from my house:

1. work
2. the vet
3. the best coffee in wellington at people's
4. the farmers market on sunday mornings
5. the only dog exercise area in wellington
6. oriental parade
7. s&m, my favourite bar
8. embassy, paramount and the empire, my favourite movie theatres
9. my mechanic
10. the mediterranean warehouse, moshims, moore wilsons...

i like the lady newsreader more than the reviews of the day

ten actresses i love, but that i forget how much i love them, until i see them in something, and then i remember how much i love them, and i yell at the screen how much i love them and other people look at me funny:

1. janeane garofalo
2. bebe neuwirth
3. tammy lynn michaels
4. rosie perez
5. lucy liu
6. joanna lumley
7. daniela nardini
8. davina mcall
9. jacqueline pearce
10. simone lahbib

didn't i make you feel like you were the only one?

ten reasons why crystal, not lee, should've won:

1. come to my window
2. me and bobby mcgee
3. black velvet
4. you can't always get what you want
5. midnight train to georgia
6. people get ready
7. give me one reason
8. hand in pocket
9. maybe i'm amazed
10. whatever the final song that she sang was that would've got released if she had won...

aotearoa, rugged individual glisten like a pearl

ten new zealand things i just don't get (to be fair and equal)

1. why we're obsessed with rugby and think we're good at it. we last won the rugby world cup in 1987, and basically only 5 other countries play it well.
2. john key
3. why we're always ashamed about being good at stuff
4. how come you can get married to someone the same sex as you but you still can't adopt kids
5. why broadband is so ridiculously expensive compared to other countries
6. auckland
7. eating kina
8. marmite
9. tomato sauce on EVERYTHING
10. ugg boots

all my life, watching america

ten american things i don't get:

1. cheese in a can
2. sarah palin
3. decent healthcare only for the rich
4. american football
5. the desperate urge to be on reality tv
6. the jersey shore
7. treating the indigenous culture with disdain for the most part
8. fear of non-english speaking countries
9. why hardly anyone has a passport
10. letterman

misty water colour memories of the way we were

ten things i enjoyed doing at the time but i'm kinda glad i never have to do them again:

1. law school
2. working till 2am to finish my really awesome submissions
3. going to dance parties that finished when the sun came up
4. snorting coke off marble table tops in flash flats in london
5. crazy one night stands
6. drinking with the goal of throwing up to make it onto the spew chart
7. maths
8. working at the ihc home
9. living off $150 per week
10. going to the gym twice a day

what made us think that we were wise and we'd never compromise

ten people i saw today at mikey's funeral that i haven't seen since varsity:

1. booney
2. pete
3. cath
4. gemma
5. boyd
6. bird
7. jason
8. kirsty
9. sally
10. nick

we learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school

my ten favourite high school movies:

1. heathers
2. mean girls
3. carrie
4. jawbreaker
5. grease
6. pretty in pink
7. say anything
8. dazed and confused
9. american graffitti
10. the breakfast club

to all the girls i've loved before

an update on ten of my exes:

1. I.C- married three weeks ago (to a woman, yay!)
2. A.J.L - still in barcelona (7 years now)
3. G.S - married last year (to a rich boy from a good family)
4. D.B - dating a 23 year old
5. L.E - happily married to a good friend of mine (which makes me happy)
6. S.G - nearly 40 and still no kids (despite it all)
7. S.H - still not made partner (bwahahahaha)
8. D.G - still an unhappy alcoholic
9. K.F - born again christian
10. A.H - fallen off the face of the earth

everyone i know goes away in the end

ten people i've known who have died:

1. mikey (motorcycle crash in gabon, two days ago)
2. michael (took his own life, two weeks ago)
3. colin (50 years of alcohol abuse, 11 months ago)
4. tony (car crash, 2006)
5. simon (HIV complications, 2005)
6. martin (throat cancer, 2003)
7. mike (private plane crash, 2000)
8. campbell (took his own life, 1997)
9. dave (caving accident, 1995)
10. chrissy (complications from disability, 1993)

i heard you on my wireless back in '52

ten new crystal clear channels i get with my new uhf aerial. it's been 34 years in the making:

1. tv1
2. tv2
3. tv3
4. c4
5. c4two
6. maori tv
7. prime
8. tv7
9. parliament tv!
10. national radio!

there's no doubt i'm gonna be sex offensive to you

ten ridiculous things i have spent money on recently/ am looking at splashing out on in an attempt to ignore how increasingly depressed my work is making me / michael's death / the impending first anniversary of my father's death / my nan going down hill fast:

1. huge big LCD tv to replace the old tv i've had forever and only gets two channels
2. brand spanking new UHF aerial to replace the bunny ears i've have for 15 years
3. many pointless wii games that involve killign things in increasingly violent yet creative ways
4. a HD decoder thingee that i can plug my hard drive into that plays AVI files (and heaps more) on the new telly
5. a new transmitter so icanplay the ipod in the car without having to muck around with the connection every kilometre or so
6. th limited edition debbie harry chucks that are GOLD LEOPARD PRINT with blondie on the insole
7. a kitchenaide mixer in PURPLE
8. a second house in motueka
9. a big canvas tent for xmas / new years
10. more boots

i like bread and butter, and i like toast and jam

ten things i bought to nom from the pak n save during my 48 hour work trip to rotorua:

1. roast chicken
2. salad
3. salad dressing
4. vogels
5. yoghurt
6. blackcurrant juice
7. berries
8. olives
9. crackers
10. brie

LA is a great big freeway

ten places i drove through (and back) today to get to my meeting:

1. napier
2. keteketerau
3. bay view
4. whirinaki
5. tangoio
6. tutira
7. kahika
8. putorino
9. kotemaori
10. raupunga

i'd rather be cool than be loved

ten female bass players:

1. Kim Deal (from the Pixies)
2. Melissa Auf der Maur (formerly of Hole)
3. Kim Gordon (from Sonic Youth)
4. Tina Weymouth (founding member of Talking Heads)
5. Jennifer Finch (from L7)
6. Leslie Hardy (formerly of Hole)
7. Zia McCabe (from The Dandy Warhols)
8. Johnette Napolitano (from Concrete Blonde)
9. Micki Steele (from The Bangles)
10. D'arcy Wretzky (formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins)

dreaming is free

ten women that i pretend i look like in my mind:

1. jennifer tilly
2. karen (hank's wife) from californication
3. tura satana
4. madonna, circa like a prayer
5. elizabeth taylor, circa cat on a hot tin roof
6. detective olivia benson
7. joan from mad men
8. kat von d
9. rose mcgowan
10. jennifer beals

say it ain't so, i will not go

ten reasons i'm going to try and stick this job out even though people are leaving and those of us remaining feel like we're under siege:

1. i want to move to nelson, i should wait until i get a job there
2. it's the bullshit politics i hate, not the actual job itself
3. there would be office politics wherever i go
4. there are days when i can leave at 5
5. i get to have days out of the office on the road by myself which makes me happy
6. i still like some of the people that remain
7. i think i can handle the big boss
8. my team loves me
9. i get paid really well
10. really well

i hear the same old talk talk talk

ten most memorable moments from henry rollins at the paramount last night:

1. attempting to be less cynical
2. cat stevens
3. sons of anarchy
4. appearing as a guest judge on rupaul's drag race
5. the reasons for sara and todd palin doing it
6. 'over the top' face
7. learning to appreciate airport security pat downs
8. biologic on the tree
9. barack hussein obama
10. your ass

i want your ugly, i want your disease

ten things about michael:

1. he was the quickest, wittiest and sharpest of us all
2. he was the only one brave enough to tell me that my eyeliner was all wrong
3. he had gorgeous cheekbones
4. he explained to me the difference between emporio and georgio when i was very young
5. he made perfect gin and tonics
6. he taught me how to vogue
7. he loved the pet shop boys remix of liza minnelli doing sondheim's 'losing my mind'
8. he always gave me a cigarette, even when he was broke and i was well off
9. he loved his friends and his cat
10. his wake is tomorrow

love don't play any games with me anymore

my ten favourite reasons jerry gave for dumping his girlfriends:


1. For refusing to taste his pie at the coffee shop ("The Pie").
2. For eating her peas one at a time ("The Engagement").
3. Because she had "man hands" ("The Bizarro Jerry").
4. Because she had once dated Newman, who had ended the relationship ("The Big Salad").
5. Because she wouldn't give him a massage ("The Masseuse").
6. Because she wouldn't let him play with her collection of antique toys ("The Merv Griffin Show")
7. Because he kept spitting out the mutton she cooked for him and hiding it in her napkins. ("The Wink")
8. Because she acted in the same manner as him: "I can't be with somebody like me! I hate myself!". ("The Invitations")
9. Because he admitted to changing the size 32 to size 31 of all his jeans because he "doesn't want to be a 32." ("The Sponge")
10. Because she liked a commercial that he hated ("The Phone Message")

sometimes you bend, sometimes you stand

ten favourite non-blogging / social media websites:

1. www.afterellen.com
2. www.gaynz.com
3. www.ffffound.com
4. www.trademe.co.nz
5. www.wikipedia.com
6. www.sweetboots.com
7. www.jumptheshark.com
8. www.televisionwithoutpity.com
9. www.imdb.com
10. www.radionz.co.nz

you're my favourite waste of time

ten wii games that i waste both my time and money on in an attempt to recapture my lost youth:

1. house of the dead: overkill
2. band hero
3. guitar hero 5
4. acdc rockband
5. the simpsons
6. beatles rockband
7. scarface
8. indiana jones
9. lego rockband
10. mario kart racing

i spend half my life in airports doing crosswords and attempting to sleep

ten reasons that spending the day in the rotorua office makes life okay again:

1. we go to yamamoto for lunch and i gorge myself on fresh sashimi
2. i get 32 airpoints
3. the staff always make me feel really good
4. one of the staff members in particular always gives me really good insightful advice about what i should do with my life
5. i am temporarily removed from the insanity of the wellington office
6. the water tastes better up here
7. i get better perspective from a distance
8. free magazines to take home from the koru lounge!
9. the administrator loads up my hard drive with new movies
10. no pointless huis sucking my will to live

wasted days and wasted nights

ten guitar hero games that if they brought out i'd probably have to quit my day job:

1. Guitar Hero: The Smiths
2. Guitar Hero: Legends of Chick Rock
3. Guitar Hero: The Who
4. Guitar Hero: The Rolling Stones
5. Guitar Hero: The Pixies
6. Guitar Hero: Melissa Etheridge
7. Guitar Hero: Kiwi Classics
8. Guitar Hero: Glee
9. Guitar Hero: Flying Nun
10. Guitar Hero: The Ramones

36-24-36, give me lots of pretty chicks

ten chicks i like, but my missuss just doesn't get. a companion piece:

1. detective olivia benson
2. drew barrymore
3. ellen degeneres
4. oprah
5. kat von d
6. jillian michaels
7. rachel maddow
8. sam ronson
9. tracy chapman
10. nigella

she's got girls, girls all over the world

ten chicks my girl likes, but that i just don't get:

1. tabatha coffey
2. kate walsh
3. marie osmond. MARIE OSMOND!
4. callie from grey's anatomy
5. the chick from bones
6. the other chick from bones
7. lily allen
8. baby spice
9. the blonde chick with the big bug eyes from america's next top model
10. me

before they put a record out, before they went gold

ten best live acts I’ve seen:
1. pixies
2. violent femmes
3. rolling stones
4. pulp
5. fleetwood mac
6. melissa etheridge
7. kd lang
8. portishead
9. leonard cohen
10. pearl jam

she holds the hand that holds her down

ten good things about my father:

1. he was born in belfast
2. he was a catholic and a staunch irish republican
3. i learnt how to deal with people from him.
4. he was incredibly practical and could build and fix things really well
5. he taught my sister how to drive (but not me) and that's why she's a much better driver than i am
6. he liked guinness
7. if he was interetsed in something, he got REALLY interested in it, but usually only for a really short time
8. he liked to read big blockbuster novels (like james clavell) over and over again
9. his favourite food was chicken vindaloo
10. he would've been 66 today

working for yourself sometimes ain't all that it's cracked up to be

ten domestic airports i've been to in the past year:

1. whangarei
2. bay of islands
3. auckland
4. hamilton
5. tauranga
6. rotorua
7. napier
8. gisborne
9. nelson
10. christchurch

i know a girl who reminds me of cher

The ten cookbooks I use most often:
1. Amrita Vegetarian
2. Madhur Jaffrey’s Curry Bible
3. Nigel Slater: Real Cooking
4. Edmonds Cook Book
5. Digby Law’s Pickles and Preserves
6. The Black Dog Cafe Cookbook
7. Scent of the Monsoon Winds
8. Country Women’s Institute Cookbook
9. Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries
10. The New World Encyclopedia of Cooking

i'm a drama queen if that's your thing, baby

my last ten status updates on facebook:

1. has cleaned out her laundry. whilst i cannot yet confirm that the process has gotten rid of the mouse infestation, i can confirm that the process has made me lose my lunch.
2. burgers pasta pizza curry fries toast noodles. Sigh.
3. iz in yr internetz, dwnloadin yr stuffz fr free.
4. had steak and coffee for breakfast. nothing else. just steak and coffee.
5. 4 days off and i'm not even a christian. how do you like them apples, Jebus?
6. it's 11.15pm. i have just finished work. kids - let this be a warning. i was once young, with hopes and dreams like you have.
7. no more facebook for me for a bit.
8. is communing with her bad self
9. went to the pixies last night. it was like being 18 again, except with a lot more white people in their mid thirties.
10. my girl would leave me for tabatha in a heartbeat. fine with me, means detective benson and i can stop with all the sneaking around.

i just got me a brand new box of matches, yeah

my ten favourite pairs of boots:

1. my brown high heeled cowboy boots with woven toes that were hand made in italy ad i can wear everywhere.
2. my blood red vintage cowboy boots with fantastic detailing and perfectly balanced heels that i picked up in some fabulous second hand shop in melbourne which had hundreds of cowboy boots to choose from, and i nearly wet myself in excitement
3. my vintage 90s new rock boots with skull buckles that i found online brand new which were last made in spain in 1994
4. my black new rock boots with silver flames that while aren't as awesome as the new rock boots with red flames, are subtle enough to be worn to work. sort of.
5. my old school new rock boots without any extraneous detailing which i've had to have reheeled twice and new zips put in, but that i can't bearto part with because i've worn them in perfectly
6. my custom docs that are shiny silver leather with long black pieces of ribbon instead of laces that need to wrap around my legs so they look like a corset and have black beads on them
7. my zebra print docs that are hairy like zebras and people want to touch all the time
8. my vintage 80s stiletto boots that have leopard print lining, but can only be worn when i am being ferried between location to location because whilst they are fabulous, they cripple my feet.
9. my high top black leather chucks, with two straps of velcro at the highest point, that make me officially down with the kids.
10. my bright orange vinyl go go boots that come to just below my knee that go with nothing, and therefore go with everything.

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. pink and black swirly skirt
4. green bullseye skirt
5. white stripey country road shirt
6. olive green top with the bondage chicks on it
7. cherry red leather jacket
8. little black dress
9. leopard print jacket
10. dead wreckoning t-shrt

i hate everything about you

ten things that PISS ME OFF right now:

1. i had to get a plane at 7.30am to work out of the rotorua office
2. i have had to deal with IDIOTS IN BUREAUCRACY in the wellington office over the phone - if it would've been a normal day i would've walked over and kicked them with my steel caps
3. i had dry and disgusting pasta for dinner, and i always love pasta
4. i have NO CIGARETTES
5. i have literally just finished working and it's 11pm
6. i have ten board papers to review by Thursday
7. i will have to rewrite many of them as my team, whilst i love them very much and acknowledge they are brilliant in the field, are SEMI-ILLITERATE
8. the tea in this hotel room is HORRIBLE
9. i have forgotten to pack my pjs
10. I AM SOBER

superfreak! superfreak!

ten things i freak out about:

1. other people making my bed
2. other people doing my laundry
3. my internet not working
4. my dogs limping randomly
5. crying women
6. my car not going
7. my garden
8. ex girlfriends
9. thinking about my nan
10. the mouse i can never get rid of

Take a picture so I can look at you from the inside as well

My ten favorite Japanese dishes
1. salmon nigri
2. endame beans
3. California rolls
4. tuna rolls
5. teriyaki salmon
6. daikon
7. miso soup
8. salmon skin rolls
9. tempura prawns
10. sashimi

try to catch the deluge in a paper cup

ten quiz questions from me and boston's quiz last night at s&m's:

1. what are the only three ingredients in traditional pesto?
2. is the waimakariri river in the north or south island?
3. who were the last 5 nz prime ministers?
4. which film won the best picture oscar this year?
5. what flavour is the liqueur amaretto?
6. what song has the first line "there is freedom within, there is freedom without"?
7. what's the name of the character ellen degeneres voices in finding nemo?
8. how many states in the USA don't have the death penalty?
9. what percentage of peanut butter actually has to be peanuts?
10. what was the last musical to win the best picture oscar?

this is thriller night

ten awesome things about the kiwi film "boy" that i just saw this evening:

1. it's directed by taika waititi, the same guy who directed eagle vs shark (you should see that too)
2. it's set in the beautiful waihau bay (out whanau apanui way)
3. it's funny
4. it's sad
5. it's real
6. the kid actors are quite fantastic
7. it takes you back to 1984 - popsicles, stubbies and flip flops
8. it won an award at the sundance festival
9. never has so much been conveyed by the words 'chur bro'
10. the thriller haka at the end just needs to be seen to be believed

plays the guitar just like he's ringing a bell

my ten favourite songs on guitar hero / band hero / rockband (i love it all):

1. Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
2. long way to the top if you wanna rock 'n roll
3. ruby
4. honky tonk woman
5. love story
6. take a picture
7. happy together
8. so what
9. bad reputation
10. sex on fire

the best thing you've ever done for me is to help me take my life less seriously

ten fabulous things about my long weekend in nelson:

1. it was a long weekend
2. it was in nelson
3. i had a day out with my mum for her birthday
4. i touched my little sister's baby bump for the first time
5. i saw alice in wonderland in 3d with my mum
6. i watched 4 movies on my laptop (cos i couldn't sleep)
7. i sat in the sun and talked with my sis
8. i had really good pad thai
9. mum's tomatoes and mint and potatoes and rosemary smelt incredible
10. i got some camping stuff for cheap

i've been careless with a delicate man

ten fantastic tv shows i'd never see without the awesome power of illegal downloading and unlimited broadband:

1. office (us)
2. californication
3. nip / tuck
4. nighty night
5. peep show
6. spaced
7. inbetweeners
8. skins
9. spaced
10. the thick of it

i've had it up to here

the ten best things about being a femme are:

1. You know the difference between a latte, cappuccino, cafe au lait and a macchiato. And if you don't, you know how to fake it.
2. Nobody expects you to change a tire.
3. You only wear polyester when you mean to.
4. At any given instant, you can recite who was a lesbian since the dawn of history.
5. You are, hands down, your nieces' favorite aunty.
6. You can tell your sexual compatibility with a potential partner by the way she holds her drink.
7. You've always got an opinion, and don't mind sharing it.
8. You know how to "air kiss".
9. You know which wine to bring.
10. You never hold a grudge for longer than a decade.

work sucks, i know

my ten favourite supporting characters on the US version of the Office:

1. Jan
2. Meredith
3. Stanley
4. Creed
5. Kelly
6. Kevin
7. Angela
8. Oscar
9. Daryl
10. Phyllis

wish i had a girlfriend as cool as kim deal

ten songs the pixies played last night:

1. Gigantic
2. wave of mutilation (TWICE!)
3. Where is My Mind?
4. Hey
5. La la love you
6. I bleed
7. Monkey Gone to Heaven
8. Debaser
9. Here Comes Your Man
10. There Goes My Gun

can’t get the stink off, it’s been hanging round for days

my ten favourite cheeses:
1. Parmigiano Reggiano
2. Roquefort
3. Gruyère
4. roncal
5. Mozzarela di Bufala
6. Taleggio
7. Feta
8. Provolone
9. Strzelecki Blue
10. Stilton

just one day out of life

This day eight years ago I got on the plane to Koh Samui and had the best two weeks of my life. If I close my eyes I can still remember how things felt. The top ten sensory experiences I have held on to are:

1. view of all the palm trees as I flew into Koh Samui
2. stepping out of the airconditioned Bangkok international airport at midnight into humidity so intense it felt like it'd been slapped with a hot wet blanket
3. the taste of ice cold fresh coconut juice on the beach
4. smoky whole lobster that had been barbecued wrapped in banana leaves
5. hearing the lounge band perform "you say it best" every night as the sunset
6. cold singha beer and scalding hot tom yum from two loungers pushed together outside the villa
7. the way an elephant's skin feels when you hold your palm to it
8. the way the Gulf of Thailand feels on your naked body
9. the feel of hot sand betwen my toes when i stepped out of a tiny boat onto a tiny island where there were only two people
10. watching a storm roll in from the distance as I sat on the beach

can't see straight like i got one eye

wellington turned on a pearler today, and so did my ipod. these are the ten perfect songs that came on shuffle as i walked home in the sun:

1. bring it all back - s club 7
2. morning train - sheena easton
3. champagne supernova - oasis
4. stand up - scribe
5. world shut your mouth - julian cope
6. the magnificent seven - the clash
7. renaissance - m people
8. once in a lifetime - talking heads
9. when you say nothing at all - ronan keating
10. down on the corner - ccr

i'll settle for one day to believe in you

ten lies I tell myself:
1. I was hungry, I needed the extra half sandwich.
2. I don't look fat in these pants.
3. I can stop whenever I want.
4. Next time, things will be different
5. I’m over her.
6. I don't need anyone.
7. I'll look for a new job next week.
8. This is the year I’ll start some post-graduate study.
9. I asked for it.
10. No one will ever know

art for arts sake, art for arts sake

ten most glorious album covers:
1. country life – roxy music
2. trout mask replica – captain beefheart
3. nevermind – nirvana
4. abbey road – beatles
5. sticky fingers – rolling stones
6. lovesexy – prince
7. bat out of hell – meatloaf
8. dirty deeds done dirt cheap – acdc
9. parallel lines – blondie
10. houses of the holy – led zep

Dominion Road is bending under its own weight

Ten things I hate about Auckland
1. people drive like cunts
2. the coffee is, generally, shite
3. people think they’re superior because they live here
4. everything is really far apart
5. it takes ages to get anywhere
6. when you do get there, it’s bloody expensive
7. restaurant quality is like russian roulette
8. there are too many people and they are all disinterested in you
9. there are too many shopping malls – and shopping in them is the norm
10. you can’t go out and get crappily drunk as it’s a $60 taxi ride back home