iTunes Gone Random #1

I've decided that for now on, I'm just gonna put my iTunes on shuffle and then post the first ten songs that come up, instead of wasting time trying to pick one song to talk about. Unless it's really worth mentioning. So here is the first  playlist for iTunes Gone Random!

1. Best Coast - Happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYnmfIq-0Oc
2. Wham - Wake me up before you go-go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A
3. The Weepies - Nobody knows me at all
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBzA76QGgz8
4. Katy Perry - Wish you the worst
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeMPtJOYBVU
5. Young Love - Close your eyes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVgiG5EUTuY
6. City and Colour - Sometimes (I wish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iOrvktsLGk
7. The Strokes - The end has no end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sQoX12zo-A
8. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Just like honey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EgB__YratE
9. Jenny and Johnny - Scissors Runner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVnVBkAdXw
10. Matt and Kim - Block after block
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbn3_pV8slk

Short Story

Sorry again for lack of updates. Been preoccupied with my Information Management course at RMIT thats taken over my life now. Anyway here is a short story I wrote for my creative writing class back at VU. Enjoy!

Imogen sat for what seemed hours in the bath transfixed on the pregnancy test before her.  It was of course only 5 minutes.  It was the second test she had taken and there was no denying the result.  Coupled with the missed period and the slight dull ache in her breasts, she couldn’t fool herself any longer. 

“I’m only 18” she exclaimed a little louder than she wanted to.  Her family was sitting downstairs, oblivious to the catastrophe she was dealing with.  She cringed as she remembered saying to Grant:  

I’m 18 you know, I am a woman, I can do anything now.

It suited her to be 18 at that time but now it dawned on her that she was only 18.  Regret of what she had said took over her mind. That test result had changed her maturity status in a flash.  He was a doctor and in the heat of the moment, he asked her when she had her last period. She didn’t comprehend the timing of the question and that he became momentarily clinical.  She thought that she had given him the right information, obviously she was wrong.

Imogen collected herself, removed all her clothes and jumped into the shower as she tried to scrub and cleanse her problems away until she was red raw all over her body. She felt dirty and unclean. She had committed a sin and now the sin was growing inside of her. ‘How could I be so stupid? I’ve just being accepted into Melbourne Uni to do law, I was school captain, an A student, I had so many friends’ she rambled in her head. Before she was confident about her future and now her hands are now gripping on the showerhead for dear life, confused that the nausea in her stomach was either due to the pregnancy or the fear of her predicament. 

In a moment of clarity Imogen remembered an article she read in Dolly.  “Shit” she thought, “I still read Dolly, I am such a kid”.  The article informed you about how to tell your parents of your pregnancy, what your options were, who you could turn to for support.   Imogen began to sob silently while water streamed down her face.  This was not a typical scenario, getting pregnant to your same aged boyfriend.  No the boy was not a boy at all, but a man and her father’s closest friend as well.  

Grant Jackson or more to the point Dr. Grant Jackson was a young colleague of her father and although was 7 years older than her, was still devilishly handsome and charming and she admired his intellect. Imogen was not only his friend daughter but his regular babysitter. Whenever he and his wife went out she would babysit his four year old daughter Sophie who definitely took after some of her father’s looks and personality, and then he would drive her back home where they would converse with each other. It was during those 30 minute rides home where their clandestine relationship began to develop and he made her fell more like a woman than a little girl.

Imogen lay down on her bed and thought about what she was going to do about her unexpected surprise. She didn’t know why she had fallen for Grant’s charm but she knew deep inside her that there was a rebel that needed to be unleashed and thus destroying her perfect, goody two-shoes image. During those six years of high school she was every teacher’s and parents dream student. Constant straight A’s, social justice captain, had a lot of friends and not a single detention on her reports. The other kids saw her as a bit of a snob because she used to look down on them. She would never imagine doing the wrong thing. But that night when Grant pulled over onto the side of the road may have been considered wrong if she didn’t listen to her heart. Even though Grant had a beautiful and lovely wife it didn’t stop her from choosing to take their relationship to the next level.

Reminiscing that night brought tears to her eyes as she reluctantly let them pour down her face knowing that she would need to make a decision of her unborn child’s fate: to abort or not to abort. Killing the unborn would have been the last thing that she wanted to do. But now it feels like she has no other choice. One thing’s for certain was that she was going to have great difficulty telling her parents that they were going to have a grand child

‘Imogen’ her mother called from downstairs ‘Dinner’s ready’. This woke her up from her daydream. Noticing the black stains on her pillow case she quickly wiped away her mascara tears, practised putting on her best smile to hide her pain and made her way downstairs. She saw her parents sitting at the dinner table, smiling at their daughter. Her father, like Grant, was also a doctor while her mother worked as a senior lecturer so to them it was no surprise that Imogen wouldn’t turn out as a screw-up. Unfortunately. Their happiness was enough to make her sick with guilt but she ignored it and joined them at the dinner table. They were having roast beef with mash potato and salad. Imogen started to eat her food hoping it will diminish her remorse.

‘How was uni love’ her father asked her ‘Learn anything new at law school? Imogen replied ‘Yeah we learned about family law’ letting the word ‘family roll off her tongue in disgust. She couldn’t forget that day when they saw her high enter score that even the sound of popping champagne was hard to ignore. Knowing that she couldn’t drink any alcohol she poured herself a glass of water. Her mother swallowed down a piece of lettuce. ‘Honey’ she started ‘Now that you have finished VCE, we can finally go on that trip to America like you always wanted’. This nearly made her choke on her water. Since the start of year 12 Imogen made a deal with her parents that if she passed VCE with flying colours her parents would take her to her dream holiday to America which was a place that she had always wanted to go.  ‘Awesome’ she said smiling widely at her mother ‘ I can’t wait’.     

New Dress

A few weeks ago I bought a dress from Victoria's Secret online at a really cheep price, thanks to America having summer. Looks so amazing! can't wait to wear it.

Chill-on Ice Lounge

Sorry for the lack of updates again. Been so busy with uni that I don't have a lot of time.

A few weeks ago, my friend Matt and I checked out the Chill-on Ice Lounge in the city (Russell St). Been wanting to go for a while. It was amazing. The whole room was covered in more than 30 tonnes of ice at -10 degrees. I felt like I was back in New York in the cold, snowy winter. There were these beautiful ice sculptures of different creatures. Even the glasses were made of ice, making my lips numb every time. It was such a great and wonderful experience. Unfortunately I wasn't allowed to take any photos of the place but before we went in they gave us a buzzer that goes off after 30 minutes. Once it does, you have to leave the ice lounge and if you manage to stay in the ice-covered bar for the whole 30 minutes, you go into the chill on Hall of Fame on their Facebook. And yes it happened to us.

Video of the week: How to Trick People Into Thinking You're Good-Looking.

Found this upload on a Twitter account. It's by 24 year old Jenna Mourey from Massachusetts who makes these videos on Youtube. She also has a pretty awesome blog http://www.stoollala.com/ with alll these cool videos and pictures. Definitely one you should check out. 

Anyway here's the video. This is directed to women only so sorry to the guys about to watch this. Enjoy!!!!

Quote of The Day

(I was watching Californication the other day and this grabbed my attention)

 

"Its like getting homework everyday for the rest of your life" - Hank Moody on being a writer

Take a Break, Tara (May 2010)

Hi there. So sorry for the lack of updates lately. I'm back at uni now so I'll be concentrating more on assignments, however I'm gonna try and add more to LiviAvenue once a week if I can. In the meantime, here is a script that I wrote for a performance subject last year. Enjoy!!

By the way, saw No Strings Attached on Tuesday. Hilarious!!! Definitely worth watching.

TAKE A BREAK, TARA

By Olivia Vocale

Characters:

Tara – 20 year old female

Robert – 20 year old male

Daisy – 16 year old female

Guy 1 – Guy with Daisy in the library

Guy 2 – Guy with Daisy at the party

Set in a library. There is a desk front centre stage with a chair in front and a chair on the side. There are many text books on the desk. A shelf of books is behind the desk upstage. Main character Tara is behind the front desk, her face in the books, concentrating on her work. Her friend Robert enters from the right of the stage and stands behind her.

Robert: Hey is this seat taken? 

 

Tara: (without looking up) Yeah take it.

Robert goes to take the chair she’s sitting on. She jumps in surprise

Tara: What the hell are you doing?

Robert: You told me to take it (smiles)

Tara hits Robert playfully whilst giggling. She goes back to work as Robert sits on the other chair on the right

Robert: Thought I’d find you here

Tara: Yeah when I’m not at home or at work I’m pretty much here. Welcome to my life.

Robert: So when are you gonna take a break? I thought we could check out that new sushi place across the road.

Tara: Soon, I just need to finish off this assignment. It’s like a monkey on my back. I’m stressing about it.

Robert: No surprises there (raises his eyebrows)

Tara: Hey, Marketing isn’t an easy course you know! You don’t understand the pressure I’m under

Robert: Of course I understand. I have a lot of work to do for my course and I’m managing alright. It’s called time management.

Tara: Easy for you to say, you’re smart. You don’t even have to try. You don’t know what it is like to get a bad mark when you think you have done you’re best.

Robert: Tara, get a grip, you are not failing and hibernating and paranoia does not help the situation. You have to have balance and I feel like we could get some balance happening at the sushi shop eh?

Tara: Shut up I’m losing concentration. What kind of sushi do they have?

Moaning sounds are heard. Both Tara and Robert look over to where the noise is coming from.

Tara: Great, just what I need right now.

Robert: It’s coming from behind that shelf. Let’s check it out.

Robert gets up from his chair and tip toes over to the shelf

Tara: Don’t make a scene.

Robert: I’m just gonna tell them to be quiet

Goes to the shelf, looks behind it and is shocked at by what he sees. A woman’s squeal is heard from behind the shelf

Robert: Oh my God I’m so sorry

Looks away from what he’s seeing

Daisy: Robert you perv, get out of here

Tara’s lifts her head up her eyes widened. She recognizes that voice.

Robert: Hey it’s a library. Its public domain.

Tara: Daisy, is that you?

Pause.

Daisy pops her head around the shelf. She straightens her top. Her eyes widened as she sees Tara looking back at her

Daisy: Oh shit sis. I forgot you live here (she says sarcastically)

Mouths ‘I’ll be right back’ to the person behind the shelf flirtatiously. Walks over to the desk like she’s on the catwalk. Robert follows her and then goes and sits back down in his chair.

Tara: (disgusted) Really, out of all the places to hook up you decide to do it here. At a library. I mean for God’s sake there are children around.

Daisy: Well, I was looking for you but then I got distracted…Got enough books there Belle?

Tara: Belle? Who’s Belle?

Robert: (suddenly gets it) Oh, as in Belle from Beauty and the Beast. In that movie she always has her nose stuck in a book just like you. Hey wait a minute, does that mean I’m the beast!

Tara: Belle was busy reading romance novels and daydreaming and she didn’t even go to uni. She didn’t have to worry about three exams and a major assignment due at the end of the semester.

Daisy: Blah blah blah . Oh but you’re still going to our cousin Marks 18^th? Which is tonight?

Pause

Tara comes to the realization

Tara: Oh fuck. I completely forgot.

Daisy: Not so loud you’re in a library, there’s children (teasing)

Robert: Hey I can come to that with you; we can do sushi some other time

Robert looks to Tara hopefully

Robert: Man, you need help, how can you forget a person’s 18^th ? Your own cousin

Tara: Well, I am snowed under, that’s what I have been trying to tell you. Uni work is running my life. It’s all I’ve been thinking about. There isn’t any room in my head to be thinking about anyone’s birthday, let alone a family member. Shit I feel bad now.

Robert: True but its an 18^th. That’s a big deal. A milestone

Tara: I get it Rob. 

 

Daisy: So I’ll just tell mum and dad that you not coming then.

Tara: (wringing her hands) No, no I’m definitely coming. I think its time I paid my social life a little visit. I won’t have a drink and then I’ll get up real early and get back here and finish and it will be ok.

Daisy: Oh for fuck’s sake. You might as well stay here. If you are going to come, let your hair down. You need a break sis. You’ll feel better about studying if you’ve had some fun.

 

Daisy struts to the left of the stage.

Robert: See, listen to your sister. Listen to me, listen to somebody!

Tara: I can’t study now. I have my sister’s making out noises in my head not to mention the visuals and now I am thinking about what I am going to wear tonight.

Robert: (mockingly) Ok that’s a start; transferring your stress to your wardrobe, good one Tara. Just relax, I will personally bring you back here tomorrow, promise. (a puppy dog look on his face)

Tara relents and starts to soften her expression

Tara: Alright, I could use a break from this now.

They both get out of their chairs.

Black out for 5 mins

Lights come back on. Setting is at a party. Tara and Robert are leaning against the bar both have drinks in their hand. The bar is upstage left and they are watching people dancing. Robert is cool and relaxed and Tara has a ventriloquist smile on her face trying to relax.

Tara: I’m really glad I came now, if only my body would listen to me

Robert: You’ll be right, just have another drink and your any thoughts of competitor analysis will disappear.

Tara: Hey Robert at least you’re dream came true, they’re serving sushi

Robert: Awesome, got the sushi and got the girl!

Tara: (laughs heartily) this is worth the break

Pause.

Daisy comes from the right of the stage with a guy holding hands. Tara and Robert are looking in surprise.

Robert: Hey that wasn’t the same guy she was with in the library

Tara: Yep, that’s my sister. She is definitely going to live longer than me

BLACKOUT