darragh murray

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Archive for the 'Inner Monologue' Category

You’re on top of the world again!

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

All questions of international diplomacy, crisis and law should be settled by a eurovision-style talent contest.
“You want your independence? You must out-sing me first!”

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Fact#34: The only thing I hate more than genocide is ironing.
Over the past few days, whenever I log into my facebook account or sign into msn messenger, I have noticed the increased number of people with tags attached to their names exclaiming their disbelief that Heath Ledger has passed away.
Well, I have news for these [...]

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Elevator Blues

Monday, January 14th, 2008

For some unknown reason, one of my absolute pet peeves is overhearing somewhat empty conversations in elevators. Monday is the worse, where collegues sit and talk about their rather uninspiring weekends spent doing rather mundane house alterations and wandering the aisles at Bunnings warehouse. Perhaps it is jealousy that these people seem to be leading [...]

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Well, according to the New Zealand Prime Minister.
Sir Edmund is dead! And the New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark had this to say.
“Sir Ed described himself as an average New Zealander with modest abilities. In reality, he was a colossus.”
Hrm, the original meaning of the word Colossus is defined as an ‘exceptionally large statue’, i.e [...]

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Mini-EP, Songwriting, Okkervil River

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007

Well, the 18th of December 2007 is a day to be remembered, at least for myself anyway. It is the day I finished recording what could be described as a miniature EP. You could also describe it as a pretty slickly recorded demo, but I think mini EP seems a better descriptor. For the past [...]

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Nintendo Wii, History Masters

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

You might have noticed that as of late I’ve been posting here a bit more regularly than usual. However the last week has been full of activities that have prevented me from writing – moving house, running training courses, doing tax, and playing Nintendo Wii. I got my hands on a copy of the new [...]

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