Yet another meme stolen from wottie .

1. pick an artist
2. answer the questions using only their lyrics


MY LIFE ACCORDING TO... Death Cab for Cutie

WHO:

are you?
I remember when the days were long
and the nights when the living room was on the lawn.

do you love?
I once knew a girl in the years of my youth
with eyes like the summer, all beauty and truth


WHAT:

do you hope to achieve?
If I could open my arms
and span the length of the isle of Manhattan
I'd bring it to where you are

scares you?
And it came to me then,
That every plan is a tiny prayer to father time.

makes your blood boil?
It was one hundred degrees
as we sat beneath the willow tree

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT:

sex?
I've got a hunger twisting my stomach into knots
But my tongue was tied off.

a crush?
I'll sit and wonder of every love that could've been.
I only thought of something charming to say.

high school?
Then looking upwards
I strain my eyes and try
To tell the difference between shooting stars and satellites.

SAY SOMETHING TO:

the prime minister:
Alone on a train aimless in wonder
An outdated map crumbled in my pocket
But I didn't care where I was going
'Cause they're all different names for the same place.

someone who's hurt you:
I cannot pretend that I felt any regret
Cause each broken heart will eventually mend
As the blood runs red down the needle and thread
Someday you will be loved

your best friend:
If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks,
I'll follow you into the dark

anyone reading this:
"Do they collide?"
I ask and you smile.
With my feet on the dash
The world doesn't matter.

... post here and I'll let you know!  Also, post this on your own blog/lj/myspace and spread the herpes love.

... because I may be teaching your kids in the future *insert flickering halo here*.  I got an email from UAC today telling me that I've been accepted into a postgraduate secondary teaching course at UTS.  At first, I was freaking out about having to attend class at a building best described as an oversized airconditioning unit but upon rationalising things (as I do) I figured if I was inside it, I wouldn't have to actually look at it.  Anyway, I'll be specialising in English because it's the most fun to teach and because it's the only subject I took in my undergraduate studies that they actually teach at high school (quite frankly, I think it'd be fun to mess up kids' heads with philosophy).  Of course, all this means that I can defer paying full fare for anything for another year, avoid getting a real job for another year, and add to my already bloated HECS debt.  Happy days!

Comment and I'll give you a letter, then you have to list ten people/places/things you love that begin with that letter, afterwards post it on your journal and fill out letters of your own.

wottie gave me 'A.'

1.  All stops trains - because nobody else likes them.  No, I don't  feel compelled to be different, I just enjoy actually having a seat (or 2 or 3) on the train.
2. Autumn - I find there's just something wonderfully poetic about leaves drifting amongst warm winds =)
3. Aston Martins - they're British, they're handmade, and they are insanely fast.  Mmmmm... DB9
4. Amanda Tapping - because Stargate totally rocks!  Oh, and she has a pretty nice rack too ;-)
5. Atheism - because it's fun starting shit with evangelists.
6. Alternative music - let's face it, the majority of the music that's played on commercial radio these days is totally shit.  Bring on Death Cab and the Kooks.
7. Anachronisms - I sometimes think I was born in the wrong century because I enjoy a lot of things that are completely outdated.  For example: fountain pens, letter writing, actually using grammar...
8. Allusions - T.S. Eliot uses a lot of them.  I worship like T.S. Eliot.  Therefore, allusions must be good.
9. Ampersands - (the '&' symbol, in case you didn't know) because they're just plenty of fun to write and because the word 'ampersand' is pretty cool too.
10. Alan Alphabetical order - I'm totally anal about having things in alphabetical order.  The last person to take a dvd from my shelf and not return it to it's correct place was never heard from again.

Other things I'd like to mention:

• Probably won't be doing a great deal of sleeping next weekend.  Big Day Out on Friday, teaching and two parties on Saturday, and playing tour guide for an interstate friend Sunday.  Sleep is for the weak!
• Big Day Out is going to be freaking awesome.
• I'm deliberately being mean to Alistair in my second playthrough of Dragon Age because he dumped me the first time.  I'd exile his sorry ass from my party but the other characters suck major ass.
• I've been enlisted as a short term intensive English tutor for a GAMSAT candidate.  Very excited about this.
• I still can't believe the monastery I tutor at schedules their staff meetings for Sunday mornings.

I'm sure all of you have heard about the massive earthquake that hit Haiti and the immense death and destruction that ensued. I found out from mesmerising  (who found out from colls ) about a way I could put my skills towards helping out.  Pinched from Colls' LJ:

help_haiti is offering up auctions. As a creator of fannish delights, you can offer up your services for bid. Bidders offer payment to a charity of their choice. No money changing hands, this isn't a scam or one of those things that take your money for administrative costs. Remember, we're scifi fans awesome LJ-ers and too smart for that.

While everyone else is offering up fanfic, I thought I'd go with something I've actually had experience writing, namely poetry and topical rants.  So, help out an awesome cause and bid on my totally awesome writing skills (cos I are gots fully sik English, brah) here.  And don't forget to contribute your own awesomeness and let people know about this!