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