Well, perhaps not Ok, to begin with…’s, but mine. And I am the music nut, and I’m posting them on Ok, to begin with…, therefore, it’s our list.
Admittedly, my favorite albums of the year would number well over 20. So instead, I whittled it down, excluded weird fucked up shit that only I like (or have listened to) amongst our small fraternity and decided on a condensed list that I know at least 2 other people here really liked as well.
Posted in Music, Tom Dougherty.
– 2010/02/22
The silence is deafening. Not a hum of an engine, creak of a pipe, or whisper breaks the eerie quiet. Lights dim slowly, monotonously, and then brighten as the little remaining power tries in vain to illuminate the straight corridors and empty rooms. A pipe swings lazily from the ceiling. The air is stagnant, frozen in a timeless slumber, waiting to be awakened. There is total silence.
A lifeless ship, spinning slowly through the vastness of space. But not alone.
Posted in Drew McMahon, Fiction.
– 2010/01/05
Secrets are not fun when you absolutely MUST keep them inside yourself. Surround yourself with your favourite trustworthy friends and taking some time to enjoy great company and tasty cocktails. Naturally, the evening will gradually become more perfect, and ever so gradually you will begin to burst with anticipation at that incredible secret piece of news. So much so, that it hurts to say anything at all, for fear that it will spill out of you before you notice your error… and the world ends.
Trust me. I know. It nearly happened to me – a lot.
Posted in Family, Sarah van Aalst.
– 2009/11/26
It is interesting how a thought, an idea, or a comment can fundamentally change everything you think about something or someone.
It can be the smallest thing, or a huge career-changing statement. But one day you can think one thing about someone, something, or an issue, and it all suddenly changes.
Posted in Art, Music, Opinion, Tom Dougherty.
– 2009/11/18
People are excited. Every day is warmer than the last and the sun stays out longer and brighter, everyone is revelling in it. Girls are making their presence known and keeping their temperatures down by sporting the tiniest of shorts and spaghetti string tops, bright colours are everywhere. Every guy has dug out last years shorts and thongs to help keep himself cool.
Everybody goes on about how beautiful the days are, and how wonderful the weather is. Everybody is looking forward to the next hot day on the calendar, and one dip in the mercury is greeted with moans and complaints. I’m guilty of it myself, even though I know that the moment it gets above 30 degree’s I will suffer and suffer until it’s cold again, my blood is too thick for this weather. Summer. It must be amazing…
Posted in David van Aalst, Nature, Opinion.
– 2009/11/03
I would like to question the most basic assumptions instilled by corporate mentality, the individual standards, their sociological and psychological implications and their reasons for existence.
Watching the business people walking through Melbourne or any capital city, how does one know they work in a corporate environment? For a man it may be a nice suit, a black bag and shoes, a short hair cut and a clean shaven face. For a lady it may be the presence of a dark coloured skirt with a contrasting blouse, tan stockings, a sleek hair-do (pony tail or bob, we’re not over generalising here), pointy flat shoes or heels (there are many ways to look the part) and a debonair handbag.
I don’t wear high heels or own a nice handbag. That stereotypical category does not apply to me, I hear you say. There are many ways to skin a cat. Continued…
Posted in Jennifer Hewlett, Opinion.
– 2009/10/30
Is it impossible to fathom that you could be psychic? That you could know the future, and influence the past? Through all of our achievements, from Prometheus stealing fire from the gods, to a single apple sparking theoretical science and forward-thinking civilisation, the idea that we can bend and break time has recurred through all of us. When we discovered Earth was round, when we attributed thunder and lightning to weather instead of gods, when we argued for evolution over creation, even when critical thinking became the norm, we still pondered the meaning of that inexorable and indefinable dimension: time.
Posted in Drew McMahon, Nature, Opinion, Science.
– 2009/10/24
It’s time to break the silence! Regrettably we have been a bit quiet here at Ok, to begin with… I hope you will all understand how busy life can sometimes be, and how the days just seem to mesh into one big blur. There have been vacations and numerous other excuses for our laziness – so I’d like to share something with you. This is one of my few attempts at fiction, a style of writing that has been interesting me more and more in recent times. Enjoy. :)
Posted in Fiction, Sarah van Aalst.
– 2009/10/21
Nice t-shirt.
If I spend more than half a moment staring at your chest, trying to figure out what the hell those three lines of text spell out, I’ll look like a weirdo. You’ll look at me like a creep and shuffle away whispering to your friends about me, and it’s made even worse when I need to turn around to look at your back to see the punchline. Your t-shirt is stupid, it doesn’t need to be, it can change a life.
‘Fat Guys Are Harder To Kidnap’ is a terrible shirt. If you think that shirt is funny enough that you bought it and you’re wearing it, I’m not going out of my way to talk to you, you’re an idiot. Unless the person who reads it is Jeremy Clarkson, and it gives him a brand new outlook on life.
Posted in Art, David van Aalst.
– 2009/10/09
I’ve stumbled upon a theory.
This theory is dependent on whether you like, or appreciate, Star Trek (in any of its forms – see ‘The Theory’). This theory (hence known as ‘The Theory’) may or may not sway your opinion on the matter, but I feel it is worth at least a random, inconsequential blog post to parley (another awesome ‘cinematographique’ to put into question) .
Star Trek is an enlightening, intelligent, satirical and inspiring visual stimulus – IF you digest it as it is meant, and as it is delivered by the people involved. Now I am fully aware of the many other blogs, forum posts, magazine articles, full magazines, documentaries, newspaper clippings, and PHD papers that make basically the same point. What I am about to reveal is the way that YOU can come to appreciate Star Trek.
Posted in Drew McMahon, Film, Guides, Opinion, Review, Science.
– 2009/10/04
