2005-08-01 - 5:42 p.m.

Music and ownership of complaints.

Unrelated, but together. I'm just crazy like that.

Music:
The last artist on my mp3 files: Yanni. Yeah, man, I'm too cool for the prenoms.
The first artist on my mp3 files: A+. How in the FUCK did I get that on there? I do not understand.
Unfortunately there are a lot of guilty pleasures there.
(Evidenced by: Daft Punk (WHAT? WHY?) Marilyn Manson (YOU ARE TRITE AND YOUR LYRICS ARE DULL!) Linkin Park (from about two years ago, so I think I'm safe with that one, but all the same - ARRRRGH!) I need good music on there. )

Ownership:
I don't think I really need to go into this too much; you'll get it, believe me.
Okay, so, as an Australian, I get very annoyed hearing anyone whinge about 80degree temperatures. Because 80F=27C. That's very very low. When you get to 95F (35C) you are permitted to say, "Oh, it's hot today. Anyway, at the movies last week.." When you get to 99F, and ONLY when you get to 99F (approx 37C), may you complain. But don't expect pity. I don't give pity until you're at the 110-ish region. I, as a winter lover, will never be heard to complain in cold weather. However I'm going to start feeling it, and shivering, at 60F. Which, I'm pretty sure, a lot of Norwgians wouldn't describe as being very cold. So of course I'm not about to tell you 80F isn't hot, if that's hot to you! But you have to understand that Australia and South Africa have like, exclusive rights to complaining about hot weather. People living in Texas are extended this courtesy occasionally. But that's about it. Even when it's up to 105F, we don't care. You don't live here, so we don't care.

See, that's come across as being incredibly arrogant and such, when it was meant to be funny. I think. I don't know. Um. The point is that certain countries take ownership of complaining about certain things. For example if you live in Australia YOU DO NOT COMPLAIN ABOUT BARS. You complain about politicians and the police and the weather and public transportation. All other countries are allowed to complain about these things (particularly the British, as we like them very much), but Australia owns heat. You hear? Heat is pwned. It is a challenge to every Australian's identity when a Swede complains about heat.