I like politics.
But I hate office politics.
Office politics can suck the salt off of my peanuts.
You'd think people would be kind of above that sort of thing here, but hey, I guess there's just some people out there who aren't happy unless they're twisting the knife in (with a smile on their face, of course, and a cheerful, "God bless you!") or gossiping or taking the direct route and saying hurtful stuff to your face.
And people wonder why I tend to avoid going to church!
Or why other people I know (or have heard of) who have been treated in really sh*tty ways by church-run organisations don't bother to go to church.*
You'd kind of think that as Christians we'd know better when it comes to how we treat people, wouldn't you?
Hmm!
*Note: I'm not saying that I'm being treated in a sh*tty way by my work, btw, just that there are some things that are bugging me with it! The people who I know who've had issues with church-related employment have not worked where I currently do, but with other branches of church-related employment.
Tuesday, September 27, 2005
*insert appropriate wild giggles*
*LOL*
THE funniest thing of the day so far just happened!
I was writing to a prize winner to let them know that they'd won the "Good to Go" album by Denver and the Mile High Orchestra and that they'd need to keep an eye out for it in the coming weeks. I'm just ready to send it when I think, May as well read over it to make sure it's all alright...
So I do.
What do I read? Instead of "Orchestra," I've written "Club!"
*falls on the ground laughing*
I can just imagine the scandal if I'd not changed that oh-so-minor slip-up *lol*
Ahhh, I crack me up sometimes *lol*
THE funniest thing of the day so far just happened!
I was writing to a prize winner to let them know that they'd won the "Good to Go" album by Denver and the Mile High Orchestra and that they'd need to keep an eye out for it in the coming weeks. I'm just ready to send it when I think, May as well read over it to make sure it's all alright...
So I do.
What do I read? Instead of "Orchestra," I've written "Club!"
*falls on the ground laughing*
I can just imagine the scandal if I'd not changed that oh-so-minor slip-up *lol*
Ahhh, I crack me up sometimes *lol*
RIP, Don Adams
"Get Smart" actor diesRIP, Don Adams.
You made me laugh with Get Smart. The good old, "Ohh, so it's the old .... trick, eh!" Or, "Would you believe..?" followed by something that sounds like every spy should have waiting around the corner for them but actually isn't there for him, which the enemies would never believe, followed by another, "Would you believe..?" that's slightly less intimidating and so on and so on until all it was was Maxwell Smart, rescued once more by his own stupidity and the smarts of 99.
And who'd forget the credit sequence of Get Smart, where you did the nose-caught-in-lift-door thing.
*teehee* Hilarious!
Thanks for also doing the voice for Inspector Gadget. That was another show I grew up on and totally adored. Once more the bumbling secret agent... But in the best, funniest kind of way.
Thanks for making me laugh, even though I never knew you other than on the TV.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Real estate agent talk
In my hunt for a new home, I've decided that real estate agents are weasels with words. They should stop pretending that "Renovator's delight" doesn't mean that the roof has fallen in over part of the hall way and that the place hasn't been painted in at least 20 years.
Currently looking through some real estate ads, and I think I've figured out what a few terms mean.
...A great open living area, with a sensation of space... means: It does have a sensation of space, yes. But that's only when there's no furniture in the room. Once you get one chair and a coffee table in, the room looks cluttered and you can't get past to go to the kitchen without hurlding the table.
...Cosy wood heater and alarm system... means: Why mention an alarm system? Is it more important than the spa? Why, yes. It's in an area where people will break in to steal the spa. The alarm will be needed. You might want to strap your granny down when in this area, too, just in case people decide to steal her.
...Located at the end of a quiet no-through road... means: This is at the end of a dirt road that's beyond the black stump... or at least 10kms from the main street of the town.
...Old world charm... means: The house is likely to fall over within three months of you moving in to it. This is something that the landlord has noticed and will blame on you. But at least you can admire the pressed-tin work as it collapses around your head at 3am on a windy morning.
...Just a stroll from shops/river/school/etc... means: A bit more than a stroll. You might want to consider taking a packed lunch. Or at least a 2 liter water bottle.
...Immaculate in presentation... means: You won't feel comfortable here. The landlord will be someone who swoops down upon the house to do inspections. They will wear white gloves and run their fingers over every surface, inspecting for dust. One speck found and they will make a face like Alexander Peacock.
...Perfect for families... means: The last people who lived here gave the house a thorough bashing in terms of wear and tear. We've done our best to do it up, but we wouldn't be renting it to young professionals who'd want to host dinner parties. Your children can scribble on the walls to their heart's content here. But you will be charged for cleaning it off...
...Sought-after area... means: Well, it's not really, but it sounds better to say it. We're hoping for a quick rental because we've got a large mortgage to pay off and the debt collectors are threatening to reposess the telly.
Currently looking through some real estate ads, and I think I've figured out what a few terms mean.
...A great open living area, with a sensation of space... means: It does have a sensation of space, yes. But that's only when there's no furniture in the room. Once you get one chair and a coffee table in, the room looks cluttered and you can't get past to go to the kitchen without hurlding the table.
...Cosy wood heater and alarm system... means: Why mention an alarm system? Is it more important than the spa? Why, yes. It's in an area where people will break in to steal the spa. The alarm will be needed. You might want to strap your granny down when in this area, too, just in case people decide to steal her.
...Located at the end of a quiet no-through road... means: This is at the end of a dirt road that's beyond the black stump... or at least 10kms from the main street of the town.
...Old world charm... means: The house is likely to fall over within three months of you moving in to it. This is something that the landlord has noticed and will blame on you. But at least you can admire the pressed-tin work as it collapses around your head at 3am on a windy morning.
...Just a stroll from shops/river/school/etc... means: A bit more than a stroll. You might want to consider taking a packed lunch. Or at least a 2 liter water bottle.
...Immaculate in presentation... means: You won't feel comfortable here. The landlord will be someone who swoops down upon the house to do inspections. They will wear white gloves and run their fingers over every surface, inspecting for dust. One speck found and they will make a face like Alexander Peacock.
...Perfect for families... means: The last people who lived here gave the house a thorough bashing in terms of wear and tear. We've done our best to do it up, but we wouldn't be renting it to young professionals who'd want to host dinner parties. Your children can scribble on the walls to their heart's content here. But you will be charged for cleaning it off...
...Sought-after area... means: Well, it's not really, but it sounds better to say it. We're hoping for a quick rental because we've got a large mortgage to pay off and the debt collectors are threatening to reposess the telly.
Nudey cherub dude!
When I move...
I wanna take the nudey cherub dude in the front garden with me.
And the lion from the back garden...
*innocent look*
But I probably won't.
It might be hard to explain to police, if it came to that, that you took a nudey cherub dude holding a plant thing and a statue of three lion's heads with you when you moved because you thought it was kind of amusing at the time...
;)
I wanna take the nudey cherub dude in the front garden with me.
And the lion from the back garden...
*innocent look*
But I probably won't.
It might be hard to explain to police, if it came to that, that you took a nudey cherub dude holding a plant thing and a statue of three lion's heads with you when you moved because you thought it was kind of amusing at the time...
;)
Swings and roundabouts
Wow...
One of my best friends is starting work here on October 17!!!
Oh my God!
*dances*
This is so awesome :) We're going to probably be sharing a house, provided that we can find one that allows pets, and that will be interesting at least. I've never shared a house before with someone who's not family for a long-term thing. Dorm life doesn't count either *lol* Still, hopefully it'll be good.
And I'm definitely excited.
Nervous, hopeful, excited, all of these other sorts of things, but yeah, over all pretty amazed with what God works out in the end. I mean, just a couple of months ago I was wondering where things were going with life, whether I should buy a house here, what I should do with moving, etc, etc. But now? Well, it's still not really any more certain, but things are lookin' up.
So thanks God :)
You definitely do work in some mysterious ways...
One of my best friends is starting work here on October 17!!!
Oh my God!
*dances*
This is so awesome :) We're going to probably be sharing a house, provided that we can find one that allows pets, and that will be interesting at least. I've never shared a house before with someone who's not family for a long-term thing. Dorm life doesn't count either *lol* Still, hopefully it'll be good.
And I'm definitely excited.
Nervous, hopeful, excited, all of these other sorts of things, but yeah, over all pretty amazed with what God works out in the end. I mean, just a couple of months ago I was wondering where things were going with life, whether I should buy a house here, what I should do with moving, etc, etc. But now? Well, it's still not really any more certain, but things are lookin' up.
So thanks God :)
You definitely do work in some mysterious ways...
Sunday, September 25, 2005
Ouch...
I hate it when you get news that kicks you in the teeth, especially after you've been having a great day.
I mean, I slept in, got up late, had a great shower, made some nice rasin bread toast, took the dog for a walk down the street, bought some really delicious things to cook with, played with the dog from next door, got in and hopped on MSN for a while to check messages and stuff.
One of my friends from kinda way back starts talking to me, I asked why I hadn't seen him around for or heard from him for ages and said, 'Oh my Lord, you're still alive!' His reply was that he mightn't be for much longer. I thought he was joking until he told me his cancer's come back.
:(
I mean, I slept in, got up late, had a great shower, made some nice rasin bread toast, took the dog for a walk down the street, bought some really delicious things to cook with, played with the dog from next door, got in and hopped on MSN for a while to check messages and stuff.
One of my friends from kinda way back starts talking to me, I asked why I hadn't seen him around for or heard from him for ages and said, 'Oh my Lord, you're still alive!' His reply was that he mightn't be for much longer. I thought he was joking until he told me his cancer's come back.
:(
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Ich hab' keine Lust
Hmmmm.Marriage.
One of my friends was saying how his parents think he should settle down, and it's made me think more about marriage (which I'd thought about as I spring cleaned the house today and about how kind of scary it is).
As I've gotten 'older' (at the ripe old age of 22), more and more of my friends have gotten married. Nice for them, of course, and I think I'm happy for them, but at the same time I do tend to think, 'Hey, why not go throw your life under a bus?'
Marriage hasn't ever really been anything on my immediate list of things to do in my life. Never was something I thought about much as a child. Hell, my Barbies and Kens were living in some kind of weird polygamous-sharing-do-whoever thing. I liked weddings and being in them, but they never made my heart flutter at the thought of doing that one day. Fairytale endings were okay, but what happened after the endings?
On the contrary, they kind of made me think, 'Yikes. Isn't it scary to be contracting your life away to someone?' It's a nice thing, I guess, but it also seems like losing a part of yourself.
Maybe I just like my independence too much to want to have someone incorporated into that.
Of course, I'm not ruling it out. It's more of a thing of if it happens, it happens. But it's not my life ambition. I don't feel like I need another person to be validated as a being. If I'm happy with my life, it's all good :)
Mmmm, wheatgrass...
If I have any more chocolate this weekend, I think I'll go into a chocolate coma.
80% cocoa Lindt dark chocolate.
Mmmmmmmm...
*jitters*
Other than that, I am re-arranging my house! And it looks awesome. Going with a more minimalistic feel in a cluttered French provincial kind of way. FINALLY have a spare room that looks not like a chaos room, too. It's a special moment.
Just a bugger the lease expires soon and I must find another house. Drat it.
80% cocoa Lindt dark chocolate.
Mmmmmmmm...
*jitters*
Other than that, I am re-arranging my house! And it looks awesome. Going with a more minimalistic feel in a cluttered French provincial kind of way. FINALLY have a spare room that looks not like a chaos room, too. It's a special moment.
Just a bugger the lease expires soon and I must find another house. Drat it.
Schtiel - Rammstein
Shtil' - veter molchit
Upal beloj chajkoj na dno
Shtil' - nash korabl' zabyt
Odin, v mire skovannom snom
Mezhdu vseh vremen
Bez imen i lic
My uzhe ne zhdem,
Chto prosnetsia briz!
Shtil' - shodim s uma
Zhara pahnet chernoj smoloj
Smert' odnogo lish' nuzhna
I my, my vernemsia domoj!
Ego krov' i plot'
vnov' nasytit nas
A za smert' emu
Mozhet, Bog vozdast!
Chto nas zhdet, more hranit molchan'e
Zhazhda zhit' sushit serdca do dna
Tol'ko zhizn' zdes' nichego ne stoit
Zhizn' drugih, no ne tvoia!
Net, grom ne grianul s nebes
Kogda pili krov' kak zver'e
No nesterpimym stal blesk
Kresta, chto my IUzhnym zovem
I v poslednij mig
Podnialas' volna,
I razdalsia krik:
"Vperedi Zemlia!"
I promise myself I will learn how to pronounce the Russian in this! One day... *shakes fist*
Upal beloj chajkoj na dno
Shtil' - nash korabl' zabyt
Odin, v mire skovannom snom
Mezhdu vseh vremen
Bez imen i lic
My uzhe ne zhdem,
Chto prosnetsia briz!
Shtil' - shodim s uma
Zhara pahnet chernoj smoloj
Smert' odnogo lish' nuzhna
I my, my vernemsia domoj!
Ego krov' i plot'
vnov' nasytit nas
A za smert' emu
Mozhet, Bog vozdast!
Chto nas zhdet, more hranit molchan'e
Zhazhda zhit' sushit serdca do dna
Tol'ko zhizn' zdes' nichego ne stoit
Zhizn' drugih, no ne tvoia!
Net, grom ne grianul s nebes
Kogda pili krov' kak zver'e
No nesterpimym stal blesk
Kresta, chto my IUzhnym zovem
I v poslednij mig
Podnialas' volna,
I razdalsia krik:
"Vperedi Zemlia!"
I promise myself I will learn how to pronounce the Russian in this! One day... *shakes fist*
Friday, September 23, 2005
Commonpoor Bank!
Pfft.
I've been thinking about term deposits lately with the bank, so I've been checking out rates and stuff. Of course you want to get the best interest rate, so it all has to work from there...
The other week I went to the Bendigo Bank, and checked out stuff with them. Then this morning I went to the Commonwealth Bank. I wasn't entirely sure about the Bendigo Bank rates. BUT when I went to the Commonwealth Bank today, I realised that BB is definitely the way to go.
After all, Bendigo Bank is offering over 5% interest per anum/on maturity. Commonwealth Bank is UNDER 2%.
Bollocks to the Commonwealth Bank.
"Don't make me he-bitch man-slap you!" - TJ, Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo
I've been thinking about term deposits lately with the bank, so I've been checking out rates and stuff. Of course you want to get the best interest rate, so it all has to work from there...
The other week I went to the Bendigo Bank, and checked out stuff with them. Then this morning I went to the Commonwealth Bank. I wasn't entirely sure about the Bendigo Bank rates. BUT when I went to the Commonwealth Bank today, I realised that BB is definitely the way to go.
After all, Bendigo Bank is offering over 5% interest per anum/on maturity. Commonwealth Bank is UNDER 2%.
Bollocks to the Commonwealth Bank.
"Don't make me he-bitch man-slap you!" - TJ, Deuce Bigalow, Male Gigolo
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Spring fling? Hmm!
I swear to God I am not hallucinating. I haven't had any coffee, I'm well rested and I don't take any recreational drugs. But I had to wonder when I looked out my window just about five minute's ago and noticed that there seem to be more leaf shoots on the tree outside than there were about three hours ago. I swear there are! Oh well, it'll be nice to have the tree re-foliated *teehee* I was getting bored of looking at the mountain on the other side of the valley and half of the church. Although by the time Summer is finished, I'll probably be ready for the view of the mountains again. Convenient how things work out, isn't it?
One of my friends sent me an MP3 for Benzin and I can't stop listening to it *lol* *sends profuse happy nicenice thoughts to them* Really, really, really excited about Rosenrot now, although it's over a month until it'll be released here. And yeah, there's probably stuff that's downloadable, but I just love having the album, y'know? Like all of the album art, all of that stuff. But it's only worth spending that much money to buy an album if you really like the artist/group/band a lot. And I have a passion for Rammstein... And Til Lindemann is an Adonis of a man.
I bought Jamiroquai's Dynamite recently, and it's not too bad, but it's not great either. Coldplay's X&Y truly is dismal elevator music, so I'm tempted to turn it into a $25 coaster or give it away. Out, out foul spot! Out of my CD collection!
Oh my God
Clip for Rammstein's new single, Benzin.
Oh my God, oh my God, oh my God!
*faints*
This site has the clip for Benzin. Can we say symbolism? Meaning? Utter amazing-ness? Eye-gasm!? Ear-gasm?! Oh, I can't wait for this to be out in stores. Well... the single is meant to be out in Australia on October 7, but as download only or something like that. Well, we'll just have to wait to find out more about that, I suppose.
Appparently, Rosenrot will be out on October 28, although I'm not sure whether that's the release date for Australia, or just in Europe. Still, I will definitely be rushing out to buy a copy when it's released. I've been waiting for this since last year when there were hints that there was more to come from Reise Reise. Something about there being a special 2 CD/DVD edition of Rosenrot as well.
AND there is news that there's going to be a live concert 2005 DVD released in December or something like that.
If you feel like a German-injection for the day, you can have a read of the official press release on Rosenrot here. I read it earlier and enjoyed getting to learn some new German words, like kompromisslosigkeit and Dornröschenschalf. Figure those out if you can ;)
Es fließt durch meine Venen
Es schläft in meinen Tränen
Es läuft mir aus den Ohren
Herz und Nieren sind Motoren
White-collar workers look for an excuse to vote Labor by John Black
Now this is an interesting article, particularly because I think it has far more relevance to the next election than Mark Latham's books, interviews and general public tantrums will. It's all about tax, economics, money and white-collar workers.
Tax, economics, money and white-collar workers that could win Labor the next Federal election...
Aside from the current Labor party lacking interest (even with the Latham kerfuffle), I think that this could definitely be something that could get them up and over the line in 2007. If the Labor party can offer a "better" way of doing things with tax and the economy (especially the minimum wage and petrol prices, if the claims of price gouging are to be believed), they might have a chance of beating the Coalition.
I think people were willing to NOT vote for the Coalition last year. Australians are sick of the government back-flipping on everything, such as the implementation of the GST by John "I'll never introduce a GST" Howard. Just think back to the children overboard scandals, too. And the war on Iraq. And the refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol. And the way that the government seems to leap through hoops for George Bush (Australians do like Americans, but we aren't a fan of their policies). How the rich seem to get all the tax cuts while the lowest income earners don't get any cuts and the government sets up new procedures to try to ensure that the minimum wage won't be reviewed until sometime in the distant future.
A lot was made of the Latham plan to cut logging in Tasmania, which is something that is vitally important to do. Logging is one of the biggest industries there, but if they keep destroying the environment like they currently do, there won't be anything left there in 20 year's time. There's barely anything interesting about the place as it is, other than its natural resources. To get rid of them is definitely economic suicide. Much more could be done in Tassie with eco-tourism. People are interested in that sort of thing now days, provided that there are some creature comforts associated with it. I went to Tassie about five years ago now and it is a gorgeous place - beautiful forests and amazing wildlife. But they're being killed off by the forest equivalent of strip mining, where everything is knocked down and poison baits to kill the wildlife is put out by the logging companies. The main vehicles you saw on the more 'remote' roads in Tassie were logging trucks. Lots and lots of them, loaded up with the remains of trees. Oh, and did you know that the Commonwealth Bank is the biggest shareholder in Gunns, the major logging company in Tasmania? Yup. I have real ethical reservations with banking with them now *sigh*
But Tasmania and logging wasn't what lost Latham the election, I think. Sure, John Howard came along and said, "Hey, let's keep raping the environment here! It's worked for years. We don't want these poor people to lose their jobs for the sake of keeping a few old trees that could be made into some nice woodchips," so people in Tassie thought that was great and probably voted for him because of that one damn fool reason.
But in other States where we're a lil' bit less isolated and don't have six fingers on each hand, I think other economic factors were at play in why the Howard government retained power. If Latham and the Labor party had been offering up some great tax reforms and looking to reduce the rates for lower income earners, who really need it now with the increase in the cost of living, it would have been a much closer result.
Quoting from the article on SMH: If these higher-income professionals had an alternative low-tax party with a more independent foreign policy on offer - like a Greenish Pauline Hanson, but with brains - professional seats across the country would be lost to Labor and the Liberals. And if Beazley wants to avoid the mistakes of his 1998 tax package, he perhaps could consult the Labor MPs for Melbourne (Lindsay Tanner), Melbourne Ports (Michael Danby), Sydney (Tanya Plibersek) or Brisbane (Arch Bevis)... Before the last election, if Latham had listened a little more to these MPs and to what his fellow Sydney professionals were saying about tax reform instead of the US alliance, and had done his economic policy homework, he'd be implementing his new tax scales now, instead of retailing gossip about himself."
Hmmmm...
Now this is an interesting article, particularly because I think it has far more relevance to the next election than Mark Latham's books, interviews and general public tantrums will. It's all about tax, economics, money and white-collar workers.
Tax, economics, money and white-collar workers that could win Labor the next Federal election...
Aside from the current Labor party lacking interest (even with the Latham kerfuffle), I think that this could definitely be something that could get them up and over the line in 2007. If the Labor party can offer a "better" way of doing things with tax and the economy (especially the minimum wage and petrol prices, if the claims of price gouging are to be believed), they might have a chance of beating the Coalition.
I think people were willing to NOT vote for the Coalition last year. Australians are sick of the government back-flipping on everything, such as the implementation of the GST by John "I'll never introduce a GST" Howard. Just think back to the children overboard scandals, too. And the war on Iraq. And the refusal to sign the Kyoto Protocol. And the way that the government seems to leap through hoops for George Bush (Australians do like Americans, but we aren't a fan of their policies). How the rich seem to get all the tax cuts while the lowest income earners don't get any cuts and the government sets up new procedures to try to ensure that the minimum wage won't be reviewed until sometime in the distant future.
A lot was made of the Latham plan to cut logging in Tasmania, which is something that is vitally important to do. Logging is one of the biggest industries there, but if they keep destroying the environment like they currently do, there won't be anything left there in 20 year's time. There's barely anything interesting about the place as it is, other than its natural resources. To get rid of them is definitely economic suicide. Much more could be done in Tassie with eco-tourism. People are interested in that sort of thing now days, provided that there are some creature comforts associated with it. I went to Tassie about five years ago now and it is a gorgeous place - beautiful forests and amazing wildlife. But they're being killed off by the forest equivalent of strip mining, where everything is knocked down and poison baits to kill the wildlife is put out by the logging companies. The main vehicles you saw on the more 'remote' roads in Tassie were logging trucks. Lots and lots of them, loaded up with the remains of trees. Oh, and did you know that the Commonwealth Bank is the biggest shareholder in Gunns, the major logging company in Tasmania? Yup. I have real ethical reservations with banking with them now *sigh*
But Tasmania and logging wasn't what lost Latham the election, I think. Sure, John Howard came along and said, "Hey, let's keep raping the environment here! It's worked for years. We don't want these poor people to lose their jobs for the sake of keeping a few old trees that could be made into some nice woodchips," so people in Tassie thought that was great and probably voted for him because of that one damn fool reason.
But in other States where we're a lil' bit less isolated and don't have six fingers on each hand, I think other economic factors were at play in why the Howard government retained power. If Latham and the Labor party had been offering up some great tax reforms and looking to reduce the rates for lower income earners, who really need it now with the increase in the cost of living, it would have been a much closer result.
Quoting from the article on SMH: If these higher-income professionals had an alternative low-tax party with a more independent foreign policy on offer - like a Greenish Pauline Hanson, but with brains - professional seats across the country would be lost to Labor and the Liberals. And if Beazley wants to avoid the mistakes of his 1998 tax package, he perhaps could consult the Labor MPs for Melbourne (Lindsay Tanner), Melbourne Ports (Michael Danby), Sydney (Tanya Plibersek) or Brisbane (Arch Bevis)... Before the last election, if Latham had listened a little more to these MPs and to what his fellow Sydney professionals were saying about tax reform instead of the US alliance, and had done his economic policy homework, he'd be implementing his new tax scales now, instead of retailing gossip about himself."
Hmmmm...
Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Quotes of the Day
There were just too many good quotes! I couldn't bring it down to just one...
"It couldn't have been more magical even if you were penetrated by a magician." - Drawn Together, SBS.
"He's just lucky the fax machine couldn't kick him in the balls." - Defamer.com
"Looks like an extra off the set of a porno called Julius Pleaser: Et tu Bootay?" - Go Fug Yourself
"See what we're saying about sluts? I mean, it's kind of fun - that night... But after you're like, "I don't want to eat candy and watch TV all day. I feel sick. I want to have a shower and go exercise or something." - Viceland.com
"Of course he's replacable. Just not with anyone who's any good..." - Anorak.co.uk
"It couldn't have been more magical even if you were penetrated by a magician." - Drawn Together, SBS.
"He's just lucky the fax machine couldn't kick him in the balls." - Defamer.com
"Looks like an extra off the set of a porno called Julius Pleaser: Et tu Bootay?" - Go Fug Yourself
"See what we're saying about sluts? I mean, it's kind of fun - that night... But after you're like, "I don't want to eat candy and watch TV all day. I feel sick. I want to have a shower and go exercise or something." - Viceland.com
"Of course he's replacable. Just not with anyone who's any good..." - Anorak.co.uk
stuck in my mind
delusional i believed i could cure it all for you dear
coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you
make it right for you sleeping beauty
truly thought i could magically heal you
far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to rescue sleeping beauty
drunk on ego truly thought i could make it right
if i kissed you one more time to help you face the nightmare
but you're far too poisoned for me
such a fool to think that i could wake you from your slumber
that i could actually heal you
sleeping beauty poisoned and hopeless
far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to find a way to comfort you
far beyond a visible sign of you awakening
and hiding from some poisoned memory
poisoned and hopeless sleeping beauty...
coax or trick or drive or drag the demons from you
make it right for you sleeping beauty
truly thought i could magically heal you
far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to rescue sleeping beauty
drunk on ego truly thought i could make it right
if i kissed you one more time to help you face the nightmare
but you're far too poisoned for me
such a fool to think that i could wake you from your slumber
that i could actually heal you
sleeping beauty poisoned and hopeless
far beyond a visible sign of your awakening
failing miserably to find a way to comfort you
far beyond a visible sign of you awakening
and hiding from some poisoned memory
poisoned and hopeless sleeping beauty...
You know when you have the 'flu and it totally impairs your judgement and later on you're thinking back about some of the 'flu-induced stuff and you just think, 'Woah... crazy...'Example: I *actually* liked Mariah Carey's We Belong Together when I had the 'flu. Then I made a recovery and didn't mind it so much, but didn't want to listen to it ever again. Of course, there were some unfortunate incidents of hearing it while shopping, but it didn't make me want to run from the stores. Now that I'm almost 100% better, today when the song started playing on my iTunes listy thing, I just thought to myself, "What on Earth!? Where was my sanity? This song is absolute bosh from one end of it to the other!"
I feel like I've dishonoured my usual music selection *hangs head in shame*
Perhaps I am a music snob in some ways, although I will listen to almost anything if it catches my interest (including Scottish bagpipe music, which is best played loudly on Sunday mornings whilst cleaning the house - nothing gives you a spring in your step like a nice jig to dance along to!). It's just that, in general, I don't like mass-produced pop crud. Most of it is annoying, most of it's not interesting or amusing (like the Backstreet Boys stuff of sobbing-into-tissues-romantic-serenades - like I care?), a lot of it is really skanky, heaps of the r'n'b/rap/hiphop stuff is violent and/or misogynistic and almost all of it makes me feel like my brain is rotting or something.
But happily, the next Rammstein album will be out in October, which is ear-gasmic. Cannot wait for it! *jumps around excitedly* Rosenrot, Benzin... hmm... yay! I think it's going to be called Reise, Reise Vol 2 or something like that, although it was originally going to be called Rosenrot. We'll see when it arrives, I suppose. YAY!
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Give up the day job!
One of my friends from SA was talking to me on MSN tonight and told me I had gotten it all wrong with my job and should become a photographer instead. Hmm...Tempting...
There seem to be a lot of people travelling at the moment who I know, so to all of my friends who are coming, going, staying, wandering, searching and finding, all of the best to you. Traveling mercies go with you and may your luggage never get lost :)
And come back! That means you Kristin *lol*
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand...
- Irish blessing
And come back! That means you Kristin *lol*
May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And the rain fall soft upon your fields,
Until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand...
- Irish blessing
Doggy style?
I love serious news in the morning that has a bizarre twist...
Bush and Hitler 'back' stray dog campaign from Ananova.com
Mmmm... now getting visions of George W Bush talking to his doggies...
GWB: Aww, Spot an' Barney, you know I don't feel like nobody loves me no more, 'cept for Condi, but her teeth frighten me, y'know... But I know that you guys are always gonna be happy to see me when I get home an' we can go out and play on the ranch now that that scary lady who was protestin' the oil search in Iraq and how her son had died or something silly like that is gone...
*dogs look at him adoringly*
GWB: Now why don't Dick look at me like you guys do? I'da thought by now he'd love me! But no... I feel inse... inse... insecure in that rel-ay-shun-ship even though I do just what he tells me!
*pats dogs*
GWB: Y'all know, I read a book in school the other day called Spot can run. Spot can run! 'Cept he didn't look nothin' like you do, Spot, an' I couldn't make much sense of the book until Condi said I was holdin' it up the wrong way! I just thought all the kids was laughing because they was happy I'd caught a big dic-tay-ter... That was kinda embarrassin'. But I just laughed it off with them an' then had the school bombed. That'll learn 'em and then they'll love me for settin' them free! Gosh darn, I guess you could say I was the best President-shal lib-er-ay-ter ever!
*goes all misty eyed while dogs chew on White House furniture. GWB suddenly notices furniture chewing going on*
GWB: Hey, stop that or I'll have ter bomb you! Ha ha ha ha, y'all know that's my favourite joke!
*picks up dogs and cuddles them*
GWB: You make me so happy even when everyone else is hatin' me an' saying nasty things, like that mean, mean former President Bill Clinton who says I was just lookin' after middle-class people in New Orleans... An' you know that ain't right, 'cos I was lookin' after the upper class people because they have the oil, y'all know? The only oil some o' them not rich people in New Orleans have is in their hair! Ha ha ha ha ha! Geddit?
*dogs look non-plussed*
GWB: Y'all know, none of them people at the UN Summit got that one neither... Even Johnny Howard, who I think is the only other world leader who loves me! An' if I didn't love him so much we could invade Aus-traay-lier for the oil of mass destruction if they have some. But then I don't think I never saw none when I was there on holidays. But they have these things called kang-ger-oos an' y'all gotta see them, they're so cute, but they ain't as cute as you of course. Or Laura! Now if she ain't the cutest lil' thing... I'ma gonna go 'liberate' her now! Ha ha ha..!
*GWB wanders off, humming. Spot returns to chewing the furniture. Barney wees on the carpet*
Bush and Hitler 'back' stray dog campaign from Ananova.com
Mmmm... now getting visions of George W Bush talking to his doggies...
GWB: Aww, Spot an' Barney, you know I don't feel like nobody loves me no more, 'cept for Condi, but her teeth frighten me, y'know... But I know that you guys are always gonna be happy to see me when I get home an' we can go out and play on the ranch now that that scary lady who was protestin' the oil search in Iraq and how her son had died or something silly like that is gone... *dogs look at him adoringly*
GWB: Now why don't Dick look at me like you guys do? I'da thought by now he'd love me! But no... I feel inse... inse... insecure in that rel-ay-shun-ship even though I do just what he tells me!
*pats dogs*
GWB: Y'all know, I read a book in school the other day called Spot can run. Spot can run! 'Cept he didn't look nothin' like you do, Spot, an' I couldn't make much sense of the book until Condi said I was holdin' it up the wrong way! I just thought all the kids was laughing because they was happy I'd caught a big dic-tay-ter... That was kinda embarrassin'. But I just laughed it off with them an' then had the school bombed. That'll learn 'em and then they'll love me for settin' them free! Gosh darn, I guess you could say I was the best President-shal lib-er-ay-ter ever!
*goes all misty eyed while dogs chew on White House furniture. GWB suddenly notices furniture chewing going on*
GWB: Hey, stop that or I'll have ter bomb you! Ha ha ha ha, y'all know that's my favourite joke!
*picks up dogs and cuddles them*
GWB: You make me so happy even when everyone else is hatin' me an' saying nasty things, like that mean, mean former President Bill Clinton who says I was just lookin' after middle-class people in New Orleans... An' you know that ain't right, 'cos I was lookin' after the upper class people because they have the oil, y'all know? The only oil some o' them not rich people in New Orleans have is in their hair! Ha ha ha ha ha! Geddit?
*dogs look non-plussed*
GWB: Y'all know, none of them people at the UN Summit got that one neither... Even Johnny Howard, who I think is the only other world leader who loves me! An' if I didn't love him so much we could invade Aus-traay-lier for the oil of mass destruction if they have some. But then I don't think I never saw none when I was there on holidays. But they have these things called kang-ger-oos an' y'all gotta see them, they're so cute, but they ain't as cute as you of course. Or Laura! Now if she ain't the cutest lil' thing... I'ma gonna go 'liberate' her now! Ha ha ha..!
*GWB wanders off, humming. Spot returns to chewing the furniture. Barney wees on the carpet*
Orange alert!
Why are minor celebrities in Australia following the trend of minor celebrities in the UK and turning a startling shade of tangerine?!
I was watching the soccer for a bit this morning, but was depressed by our lack of a$$-kicking, so flicked over to the Today show and was shocked to see that Tracy Grimshaw had, against all conventions of good taste and sanity, turned orange! Bright, startling orange! And something had happened to hair to turn it into a wet straw colour, so she looked somewhat like an elongated citrus fruit under a bit of old oat grass.
Arrgh!
So very, very wrong on so many levels.
There is such a thing as a healthy-looking tan (shush, health professionals that say otherwise... people got by for centuries with healthy tans). Unfortunately these d-list celebrities seem to have forgotten that natural looks with tans are the key and have just said, 'Oh, what the heck, Giorgio, make me glow in the dark! Bright orange is the new black!'
I was watching the soccer for a bit this morning, but was depressed by our lack of a$$-kicking, so flicked over to the Today show and was shocked to see that Tracy Grimshaw had, against all conventions of good taste and sanity, turned orange! Bright, startling orange! And something had happened to hair to turn it into a wet straw colour, so she looked somewhat like an elongated citrus fruit under a bit of old oat grass.
Arrgh!
So very, very wrong on so many levels.
There is such a thing as a healthy-looking tan (shush, health professionals that say otherwise... people got by for centuries with healthy tans). Unfortunately these d-list celebrities seem to have forgotten that natural looks with tans are the key and have just said, 'Oh, what the heck, Giorgio, make me glow in the dark! Bright orange is the new black!'
Monday, September 19, 2005
Quote of the day
"I think we've had enough peppermint schnapps for one night, Mr Brogden..." - The Glasshouse
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