We retired the metrognome.tk site (rather abruptly) in March 2005. I don't really want to go into details... suffice to say that we had our reasons for doing it.

A lot has changed since these metrognome days, but we still like to look back at this history and remember all the things we got up to and the good times we had. That's why i've decided to make the site available again here.

Myrmician, Giiviak and I now share a new blog which can be found at http://www.forwardslashspit.com

Take care,
Damos

You may or may not have recieved an email from me about an Australian film called "The Illustrated Family Doctor" that has recently hit cinemas. It looks bizarre/interesting. It has got mixed reviews. On hearing about it I searched for reviews about it. I happened to come across a site which had free tickets up for grabs: all you had to do was describe in twenty five words or less why you wanted to see the film. I gave it a go and said somehting along the lines of "Im sick of all the bullshit on the screen lately, I want somehting different...", and in the mail today I recieved my complimentary free admit two tickets. W00t. Something for basically nothing. Now all I need is a date-o o_O LOL! *Sings/dances along to Outkast - Spread*

So off I go to pick up my sister from work, as I do most nights, but this night was like no other...! fuck Im such a meladramatic fuck. Hahaaa. So I pull up to the designated assigned agreed meeting spot. I see two "skanks" run past, one chasing the other. I think nothing of it really. This IS Northbridge. I turn to see my sister coming up the street. Next thing I know one of the skanks [the one being chased] has opened the door to the passenger side and is trying to get in. I go into OMG WTF BBQ mode and yell "Get the FUCK out of the car!!", give her a big shove out of the car and try to close the door. The bitch hangs on to the door and tries to get back in. So I floored it. I hella speed off with her hanging onto the door, but due to my rapid acceleration she looses her grip, the car door gets some momentum and closes itself. At this point I could have sped off in the opposite direction, but I had to pick up my sister so I hella swerve and do a U-turn of sorts onto the other side of the road, ending up on the footpath and back facing the skanks. I give them a "your fucked" look and speed off down the footpath towards my sister, come up next to her work, tell her to hurry up and get in, and we are off.. Fuck you should have seen the look on peoples faces.

My sister was hella suprised to say the least. She informs me that a bunch of skanks were being pretty rowdy in the area and at one stage two of them [one of whom I had the pleasure of meeting lol] started fighting ala the onse who got chased and tried to get into my car got bashed the shit out of. We both lost it laughing. My sister goes on to say how she saw me pull up but then saw events unfold and thought it could not have been me.. shes never seen me drive like that haha.. Hell I havent seen me drive like that. But drastic actions call for drastic measures and all that..

Although not as exciting, I had another run in on the way into Northbridge. Because I know the roads pretty well I turned onto the freeway at a pretty good entry speed, and on the inside of me was this fat 180sx.. Although it had the superior inside line, local knowledge prevailed and I proceeded to pass it around the corner. The guy in the 180sx takes one look at me in the echo and must have gone "wtf mate.. an echo passing me?!? NO WAY!!", kicks down to second and fucking guns it up the straight.. Man I lost it laughing *Oh what a night do do do do do..*

They get four seasons in one day. We didnt even get one season in one season. This summer wasnt even summer enough to call itself summer. Hang your head in shame you pathetic season you. Wait a minute. If summer wasnt really that great a summer. Does that mean we had more than one season in one season? *furrows brow and takes on pondering poses and accompanying gestures* o_O Regardless.. and irregardless for good measure, this summer didnt feel like summer. True there was visits to the beach but nowhere as many as back in the day yeh that was back in the day yeh you were cool and something something but that was back in the day that was back in the day *head bangs* ffs people its already march! Where did my super lazy always by the beach perving on the chix0r summer go? Meh. I look forward to the cooler weather anyway now. Being cold and having to wear multiple layers to keep warm. Rain. Lots of rain. Multiple layers. More rain and more layers. Its all about the layers...

Too much rpg/d&d is a good thing? Well, at least its funny.. *goes back to playing WoW*

At work, because we are working in a [supposedly] confined space, we have to wear a gas meter to ensure we dont die. Theres no risk where we are working, but precautionary~ness prevails.. safety ararara~ o_O Faaark I just want to play WoW [only just got it installed/downloaded updates last night]. Anyway, so we got bored and we were putting the gas meter infront of the car exhaust and stuff like that to set off the alarm on it [it vibrates and flashes yay!] as it measures carbon monoxide levels and oxygen depletion and all that.. aaanyway I felt a fart coming on so I let it rip over the gas meter and shit man it went crazy!!! Higher CO levels than the car exhaust.. haha the alarm went on for ages! LMAO!!! Toxic indeed. And I didnt even have lentils for dinner last night.. *ponders*

Ive got to order some plants so have dropped by the office.. its so hot and sticky and I feel so braindead.. see what happens. And by that I mean, yes, Im leaving work early hahaaa... sliat!

And by the way, its been awesome hanging out with you lot lately. I miss the days where you could just do that day in/day out... Somebody hurry the fuck up and win Lotto!! POW POW..!!!

How many inductions does it take to change a lightbulb? You want to know how many? Really, punk!? One to obtain the skills and knowledge to use the ladder. Another to know that you have turn the light off and to learn to isolate and lock off the power source. Another to... learn that tHERES JUST TOO MANY FUCKING INDUCTIONS!! OMFG FFS LETS HAVE A BBQ!! But seriously people, safety is no laughing matter. Thats why when we got upto the slide with the warning "some people may find the following images disturbing" I got curious [yes I am disturbed], and on viewing a guy wrapped around a plug of some sort due to his lanyard getting caught due to the lack of following of the safety protocol arara~ and on another person saying "that must have hurt" I burst out laughing and could only follow that comment up with a hella sarcastic "really??" *insert fits of laughing here* Faaark it was so funny. Although noone else really thought it was funny.. but come on people?? *wipes tear* Maybe I should have said "is that a fact?" Irregardless, your a fool, f00l. Goodbye.

Two strawberry milkshakes in two days. What is with the sweetness maaaan??!?!??!!1!!?1 Two diffrent places. Two diffrent people serving me. Yet the milkshake remains to be so sickly sweet I want to set of capsicum grenades. They would bend over to grab something and *BANG* the next thing you know there is mucus dripping form their raw bloody nasal passages, their throat has been burnt bloody, their lips are blood fucking raw they look inverted and their eyes so blood bloodshot they cry blood fucking tears. fUCK ILL GUT YOU AND SHOV SPOON FULLS OV SUGER INTO YOUR APPENDIX AND WATCH IT BLOW!!!!

I feel much better now...

Running with my current taste in films, currently, presently, just hours ago I went to see Garden State and Dirty Pretty Things. Movie double and all that. I dont mind a good love story now and then, especially one that isnt a glazed over version of reality. All the harsh realities hidden under the bed, or in the closet, or into one of those vacuum suck-all-the-air-out-to-conserve-space sealed bags and then thrown under the bed or in the closet. Life is whacked. I like to see that. That is my status quo for films.

There is a reasonably fine line [say 0.5mm or something] for these films to try not to cross. From trying to portray reality. Real characters. Real lives. To being just annoyingly tragic. I think this is difficult also when you do not delve into the real tragic either. If you just want to make a film about semi- everyday life it is hard to seem plausible. Whereas if you were to make a film about life from the gutter you would believe it. You most likely have not been in the gutter, so how are you to know otherwise? Also, a harsher reality is more real than just reality is it not, as we are more profoundly affected by the extremes [and associated emotions] than normaility, no?

Garden State was most enjoyable. Good performance by Zach Braff [guy from Scrubs oh and he directed it also - a good attempt] and a really enjoyable performance by Natalie Portman. Their characters both have issues. Regardless, actually maybe as a result/effect of this [?] they find each other, themselves to some extent, and love. Hoorah. The lyrics from Deathcab for Cutie - President of What "Nothing hurts, like nothing at all" describes the theme of this movie quite well.

Intermission. Mission: Obtain more chips. No Kiddin. Contain your derision.

Dirty Pretty Things was pretty intense. Although I was not in the mood for a more depressing movie. It was good. Being an illegal alien in a foreign country is tough as fuck. Being exploited is not fun. Having to sell your kidneys to get a fake passport/identity is even less fun. Desperation. Survival. But. In the end everyone gets what they deserve and even in this living hell love can be found. Audrey Tautou [Amelie] was gorgeous. But Chiwetel Ejiofor made the film.

*insert profound quote about love triumphing through hardship here*

Finally, you know, its okay to laugh during a movie. Its okay to cry during a film. But when I get angry, what do I do? Frustration is a difficult emotion to vocalise. I should try out some different combinations and see what sticks. What sticks with cinema audiences that is. Slowly begin introducing constipated like noises and held back biting down on tongue subtle grunt like sounds into the scene. Who the fuck wrote the book on cinema etiquette anyway? There must be a book. Fucking fuck fuck. I swore a fuckload today. Must have been that sweet as fuck thickshake. Fuck.

Chisa started a revolution with her post on the infamous "i love egg" song. Wiggle jiggle yellow middle indeed. I believe I have found something EVEN MORE annoying yet totally addictive at the same time!!! I give you "fopje flauw mopje!!". Those crazy Dutch and their fart humour... must be all the lentils??

Although, us Aussies are just as funny. What with our crazy lingo and stuff. Kairnt!

Yeh theres too much food about.. Hell theres obesity epidemics [an obesity EPIDEMIC maaaan!! like the polio epidemic.. except with food. Our kids will be telling their grandkids about it "Yeh it was tough with all the pie and satay and lentils arara~"] in half the world [while the rest starve]... Aaaanyway I digress [as usual] [stfu]. And yeh there is the whole web/net/information overload thing. But im not talgging about that. Well sort of. But not really. Im talking about multimedia maaan. Audio. Visual. And Audi-Visual. And even Visual-Audio....

Just as the tides rise and fall and predator-prey numbers rise and fall as either/or increase/decrease so do my moods regarding music/film. At times I cannot get enough of all the new/old music/video there is out there and then sometimes I just feel overwhelmed: that there is too much out there to take in. So I shut myself off and not bother listening to/watching anything. But then I think to myself of all the things Im missing out on and think "hot doag I beeter jump back on that bandwagon quicksmart" ... ... o_O ...or something. Cyclic cycles of cyclicle~ness. As the years go by surely there is an exponential increase in the diversity and sheer number of different styles of everythign available, and it seems that to take even a small fraction of this overall diversity in such a mission, and any more is almost impossible. Hell, just trying to incorporate friends's's and their friends favourites into your own takes so much time not to mention ones own delvings into the new/old/and/or/different. Its hardcore I tells you. So what am I/we/us/you supposed to do? Nothing I guess. Hell im not even complaining, because how can you. You cant complain about there being too much of the good [questionable.. quality not quantity right?]can you? Or CAN you? No serious, these are not fucking hypothetical questions you hooligan!!! [haha he said hooligan]

Whatver the case/cases/boxes/crates/shipping containers may be, I just wanted to take this oppurtunity to have a cry about it and at the same time revel in the joyous~ness of it all. OMG WTF PARADOX you say? Well I guess thats just how it is. Now let me make you a CD and dont ask me if Ive listened to that album you burnt for me a few weeks back. Its in/on my todo folder/list...

Dont mess with us. Why? Because we will gut you. End of story.. *ahem* I mean b000st!!

Just a quick post. I got of the phone with my mate Clint a little while ago. His girlfriend, Tanya, gave birth to their son about 2 hours ago - 8lbs, 51cm. Both mother and baby are doing fine. Daddy's a wreck by the sounds of it! :P

Congratulations guys! Words aren't enough to express how happy i am for the both of you. I'm looking forward to seeing the three of you continue to grow together. Clint, bro, soak that shit up man - just show all the pride in the goddamn world! You deserve this happiness! ;)

Welcome to the world, Phoenix Tyler Rowles. I'm certain you'll enjoy your stay.

dj