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Van Helen

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About Me

My failures are mostly to do with haircuts, mathematics and driving. If that weren't enough, I also like Helloween. I'm a... Helloweenie. MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

FOR: Scrabble, chai, driving at dusk, long black socks, Diet Coke, Bob + Lollie + lollipops + Red Bull, blackcurrant tea on Jemma's balcony, Tina's with Tanya, ripper crust in odd places, VHS/Cassette technology, Wild Turkey, quirky advertising, the News, linguistics, aesthetics, having fun, losing sleep, bullshit nostalgia and perpetuating stereotypes.AGAINST: Kyle, Jackie O.

Music:

Punk, metal, Aus hip-hop, the kind of hardcore that doesn't come with its own deep treatment conditioner.

Movies:

Anything quirky and... kinda shit, in the best possible way. Specifically Troma films, Aussie films, foreign films, and films about stonily silent Japanese rock bands who fight zombies like they were feeble Crip Niggaz and harbour samurai swords in the neck of their guitars.

Television:

Before there was Iron Chef, there were Buns of Steel. Way before, like at six in the morning.

Books:

John Birmingham, Andrew McGahan, Irvine Welsh... Posh Spice.

My Blog

MEGADETH, and the intrinsic Detroit Rock City therein.

Remember that movie, guys? The one where a gang of bong-breathed adolescents and ex-Jungle 2 Jungle cast members embark on a cross-country odyssey to see their favourite band, thus creating a cinasplo...
Posted by Van Helen on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:31:00 PST

Bah Frippery Humbug

I never thought I'd say this, but... I'm sick of Judas Priest.Since my car's heart beats in breakdowns all too frequently these days, the kindly old fool who calls himself my father has lent me the us...
Posted by Van Helen on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:00:00 PST

Sydney, with sordid picture bits.

So. Mikel went to Japan. Tommy went to England. Jordan's in Eastern Europe somewhere. Geoff and Rat went FUCKING everywhere. And me? I went to Sydney. It sounded good at the time. That bust...
Posted by Van Helen on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 06:48:00 PST

Just kickin' back

... on a Tuesday night with a glass o' red and the remote set squarely for the 7:30 Report. Mum? Dad? If you're out there, I have BECOME YOU.
Posted by Van Helen on Tue, 13 Mar 2007 02:33:00 PST

We did it, sorta.

We finally broke into the pink house! I guess the triumph of it all is diminished ever so slightly by the fact that we'd heard someone else had done it first, and the door was wide open and someone ha...
Posted by Van Helen on Sat, 22 Jul 2006 01:44:00 PST

Not Pisschrist, but still ok

So. Last night after very little deliberation we decided to 'infiltrate' the Pink House across from the hospital. Kier, Bob and Andrew scaled the wire-mesh fence in pitch black, three deft little cive...
Posted by Van Helen on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:48:00 PST

Pisschrist

Was fucking excellent. I think my glands are swollen with enthusiasm. If only I didn't have to 'swear' to say their name, I'd write home and tell me mum about it. Shazam!
Posted by Van Helen on Sat, 18 Mar 2006 05:04:00 PST

Tertiary trauma

Look, I realise that I'm doing a pointless, fluffy, kick-me-in-the-dole-queue type degree, but I don't find that ANY justification for spending an entire tutorial discussing the ins and slutty outs of...
Posted by Van Helen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Better than grandma's wooden spoon.

Please excuse me. I just have to boast about this fucking great casserole I made with balls of apricots and nutmet. I like to call it Ape Nuts, and I made the mixture in an ELECTRIC WOK. Those of you ...
Posted by Van Helen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I'm so emo, I piss tears.

Sometimes when I'm bored, I like to distract myself by doing nothing. But then that's my solution to everything.
Posted by Van Helen on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST