MyStery Ball 2010

Help unmask the mystery of Multiple Sclerosis
Saturday 1st May 2010 - GPO, Martin Place, Sydney

The Mystery Events Association Inc. is this year hosting the MS Masquerade ball in the luxurious surrounds of the GPO. Funds raised will be used to keep up the fight to find a cure for this mysterious disease.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the Central Nervous System - the brain, the spinal cord and the optic nerves. MS is the most common neurological disease that affects young adults. The majority of people diagnosed are female and in their early adult years, often in the prime of their careers or family lives.
There are approximately 20,000 people with MS in Australia alone. This incidence of MS is increasing by 7% per year and it is estimated that the financial cost is close to $2 billion.

I wish I was attending this fantastic event, and hope to spread the word - get some more awareness in the hope that we can combat this terrible disease.

Come off it

I think you'd have to be HIGH to actually think this woman is Pauline Hanson.
Seriously. Please don't take this as my advocation of PH's views of any variety and as such I had to see this.

Who knew, perhaps it would add another feather into her cap of shame (see Dancing with the Stars and the one where she was singing, which she CANNOT) but seriosuly now...
Would anyone knowingly, WANT to dye thier hair ranga red?
No... point and case.

Because I was tagged :)

Oh so good... I know I have been slack lately... lameo work getting in the way of my web-life. *HUFF*

Three words to describe me: Loud, excitable, thirsty (for life!)

Three words to describe you: interesting, sexy, flattered (haha)

Three words to describe somebody I love: loyal, funny, genuine

Three words to describe my blog: silly, self-Indulgent, Fun!

Three words to describe my past: stunted, indiscriminate, journey

Three words to describe my home town: ordinary, suburban, far

Three words to describe my bedroom: Hodge-podge, tidy (now!!), bed (mm)

Three words to describe my face: oval, animated, mine

Three words to describe my goals: muddled, eccentric, hopeful

It's movie, it's movie time!

Shockingly enough there are a few movies, I wouldn't mind seeing at the moment.

'He sees dead people... and they annoy him. '

I cannot wait to see Ghost Town - I love Ricky Gervais, I cannot control my laughter in anything he's in Extra's, The Office. Love it. Greg Kinnear I can take or leave, he's probably fairly under rated as an actor but he looks really good in this film.
I am slightly concenred, because it was writen and directed by David Koepp, who did the most recent Indiana Jones also of War of the Worlds, Spiderman, Panic Room fame. Bit of a mixed bag but fingers crossed! Pre released this weekend, so if I get the chance I might take myself off to see it.

Shamelessly I am also looking forward to seeing He's Just Not That Into You.
Writen from the book, which shot to fame after it's mention in Sex and the City. The cast is the definition of star studded.
Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Connelly, Drew Barrymore and even a camero by writer Marc Silverstein.I know it's probably not destined for greatness, no Oscars in the offing but I am hoping that it will be entertaining enough to not be a waste of $16.50.

Self Indulgence

For my 25th birthday, (I warn people now, I do not want to hear the phrase 'quarter century)I've been thinking about gifting myself some 'silly self indulgent' photos.

Not the regular run of the mill, slap on some paint, point and shoot ones through. Lovely but boring.

I want something I could frame, and almost have people not know it was me. Artwork even, but not in the traditional Leo painting Kate kinda way.

Much to my joy, and then dismay, Vaig have a whole section of body art (some of which are not my cup of tea) but some are almost exactly what I want.

My dismay enters, where I swore off Vaig for being horrid rip off artists who conned my cousin into something she couldn't afford.
But pretty cool eh?

Yahoo? We lost $458m but its ok

So what Yahoo! have reported a US $303 million dollar lost, in the last three months alone of 2008? CEO Carol Batrz still has a peppy optimism about 2009 saying ‘We have work to do, but I am excited by Yahoo’s! Opportunities.’

I guess she’d want to be or the share holders will lynch her. What a frightening thought that companies that that much to lose!Like the German billionaire, Adolf Merckle, who committed suicide after his empire ‘ran into trouble’ with this recent financial crisis. It was been reported he ran up losses of about 400m euros - $535m!! After a loss on Volkswagon shares.

Even haute couture is suffering, with people becoming self proclaimed ‘rescissionistas’ and glossy mags publishing ‘Recessionista Fabulous’ articles!!

It seems everyone is getting wise to the ‘belt tightening’ except our fat friend, Ronald. McDonalds that is reporting an 80 per cent profit rise!
How would you like the $US 4.3 billion dollars that they made in 2008?

I must confess, working in the confectioney industry, we haven't felt any slow down. If nothing else we are going very well, as is evident, people get depressed and eat junk food!

Spawn of Cyrus

We already know the link between these individuals; Destiny Hope (aka Miley) and Billy Ray Cyrus (Achy Breaky Heart Era) but there is YET ANOTHER CYRUS ON THE SCENE!

This ladies and gentlemen, is Trace Cyrus; singer and musician of Metro Station.

The band name might not mean anything to you but their song 'Shake It' is getting some MASSIVE airtime at the moment.

It is catchy, and before I knew he was a Cyrus I enjoyed it singing the words 'Shake, Shake, Shake, 'Shake, Shake, Shake It' merrily.
But then I was told he was one of them and I just can't get into the song now!
My only concession in enjoyment, is the fact he's not of Billy Ray's loins but was adopted and he and Destiny Hope/Miley share a mother.

It's almost as bad as 'Living Lohan' on the E! channel, basically the Lohan family 'reality' show cashing in on Lindsay's fame - Dina the mother included. Sad.

Hehe found this when searching for asinine Miley pictures.

Curse of the Movies?

Wikepedia says:
The Superman curse refers to a series of misfortunes that have
plagued creative people involved in adaptations of Superman in various media, particularly actors
who have played the role of Superman on film and television. The curse basically
states, If you intend to play the strongest man on Earth, you will either
die or end up in the weakest position possible.

There are more than a dozen instances to the Superman curse, George Reeves and Christopher Reeve seem to be the most harrowing examples.
George Reeves allegedly committed suicide days before his wedding, and Christopher Reeve was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from his horse and sadly died in 2005.
While these are more tangible tragedies, Dean Cain who starred in the Superman series has now suffered another kind of death, in his career, relegated to 'Ripley's - Believe it or not...'
And Teri Hatcher, successful in her career (questionable?) but looks like a scarecrow, after spending how long being luscious Lois Lane?

Now it seems like Batman; The Dark Knight, may have been struck with a curse of thier own.
Of course the tragic death of Heath Ledger - who played the Joker.
And Christian Bale - who played Bruce Wayne/Batman, having been investigated for assult of his mother and sister and although he has been released without charges.
And now Morgan Freeman involved in a serious car accident - who played Lucius Fox of Wayne Enterprises.

One day...

Props to K for this list.
A nice idea I thought :)
Afew too many reds there, get on that self.

Code:

Done it

Really badly want to do it

Bought everyone in the bar a drink, rung the bell in Thailand many times, and convinced many people to ring it
Swam with wild dolphin
Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
Been inside the Great Pyramid
Held a tarantula (no no no no no)
Taken a candle lit bath
Said I love you and meant it
Hugged a Tree
Bungee jumped
Visited Paris
Watched a lightening storm at sea
Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
Seen the Northern Lights
Gone to a huge sports game
Walked the stairs to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Grown and eaten your own vegetables
Touched an iceberg
Slept under the stars
Changed a baby’s diaper
Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
Watched a meteor shower
Gotten drunk on champagne [/vodka/wine/bacardi - get it?]
Given more than you can afford to charity
Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
Had a food fight
Bet on a winning horse (not generally, I just pick the one with pretty silks hehe)
Asked out a stranger (go me!)
Had a snowball fight
Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
Held a lamb
Seen a total eclipse (on tv?)
Ridden a roller coaster
Hit a home run
Danced like a fool, not caring who watched
Adopted an accent for an entire day
Actually felt happy about your life, even for a moment
Had two hard drives for your computer (still do in fact, somone's wedding photos are on it)
Visited all 50 states [or all 6 plus 2 territories for Aussies - sadly still no]
Taken care of someone who was too drunk
Had amazing Friends
Danced with a Stranger in a foreign country
Watched wild whales
Stolen a sign ... cone yes
Hitchhiked in Europe
Taken a road-trip
Gone rock climbing
Midnight walk on the beach
Gone sky diving
Visited Ireland
Been heartbroken longer than you were in love
In a restaurant sat at a stranger’s table and ate with them
Visited Japan

Milked a cow (don't know why I just want to give it a go)

Alphabetized your CDs, I genre-ise them

Pretended to be a superhero (Shera of the Unisaur! ... or Sheila of the Universe for those not in the know)

Sung karaoke

Lounged around in bed all day

Posed nude in front of strangers

Gone scuba diving

Kissed in the rain

Played in the mud

Played in the rain

Gone to a drive-in theater
Visited the Great Wall of China (maybe soon?)
Started a business (doing what I don't know)

Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
Toured ancient sites

Taken a martial arts class

Played a computer game for more than 6 hours straight

Gotten married

Been in a movie
Crashed a party

Gotten divorced

Gone without food for 5 days (HELL NO)

Made cookies from scratch

Won first prize in a costume contest (For a medievel maiden)
Ridden a gondola in Venice

Gotten a tattoo

Rafted the Snake River [what is Snake River?]

Been on television news program as an “expert”

Got flowers for no reason

Performed on a stage (Yes, I was lead in some play but don't remember what)

Been to Las Vegas
Eaten shark

Had a one-night stand

Gone to Thailand
Bought a house
Been in a combat zone

Buried one/both of your parents

Been on a cruise ship

Spoken more than one language fluently

Performed in Rocky Horror [Magenta here I come!)

Raised children

Followed your favorite band/singer on tour

Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country

Picked up and moved to another city

Walked on the Golden Gate Bridge.. no real desire to go to the US
Sang loudly in the car and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have

Wrote articles for a large publication

Lost over 100 lbs (don't know if I want to lose quite that much)

Held someone while they were having a flashback

Piloted an airplane

Petted a stingray

Broken someone’s heart (not to my knowledge?)

Helped an animal give birth

Won money on a TV game show

Broken a bone

Gone on an African safari

Had a body part below the neck pierced

Fired a rifle, shotgun or pistol

Eaten mushrooms gathered in the wild

Ridden a horse

Had major surgery

Had a snake as a pet

Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon

Slept for more than 30 hours over 48 consecutive hours
Visited more foreign countries than US States (more foreign countries than Australian states)
Visited all 7 continents

Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days

Eaten Kangaroo meat

Eaten sushi

Had your picture in the paper (a rather intelligent peice about how good looking Adam Hills was... awesome lol)

Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about

Gone back to school

Parasailed

Petted a cockroach

Eaten fried green tomatoes

Read the Iliad - I tried but when I asked for Homer the guy asked 'Simpson?'

Selected one important author who you missed school to read

Killed and prepared an animal for eating

Skipped all of your school reunions

Communicated with someone without sharing a common language

Been elected to public office

Written your own computer language (pain)

Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream

Had to put someone you love in hospice care

Build your own PC from parts

Sold your own artwork to someone that didn’t know it was yours

Had a booth in a street fair

Dyed your hair

Been a DJ

Shaved your head
Saved someone’s life ... don't know if I want to do this but will if I can

What are 5 things in your handbag that say you?

So it's friday afternoon and I just got looped into a blog forward.
Why not? About my favourite subject in the world is handbags. Mine or anyone elses.
So what ARE the five things in my handbag that say something about me?

Five things in your handbag that speak about your life, (or are just quirky and interesting).

1. Makeup - two lipglosses (that's because I only swapped bags last night)
2. Book
3. iPod
4. Umbrella (ella, ella, eh eh)/Gloves/Scarf
5. Confectionery

& WHY?

1. Well I always carry lipgloss with me, I have been carrying paw paw lately because I've been getting wind burn from the FREEZING GALE that whips down Church Street.
2. My book, currently Harry Potter The Prisoner of Azkaban, I always carry my book with me, because I spend time on public transport and it's an excellent space filler and a good wa to avoid the freaks who frequent public transport.
3. IPOD; is a must. And my phone acts as a backup when my ipod is being obstanant and doesn't want to work. I must have music. It also helps avoid the freaks on public transport and people trying to sell you credit cards or children in Africa.
4. As a public transporter, I must prepare for all contingencies. Rain, hail or shine I am covered by my seven dollar fake burburry patterned umbrella.
5. Confectionery, at this stage I have literally 24 sleeves of Spearmint gum at work, and working in a place that gets free JUNK its inescapable.

So there you go... everything you wanted to know about my handbag!

Bloody Technology

Perhaps when I was younger, back when I had that iota more patience than I do now, I could sit for hours staring at pixels and writing/rewriting code to make cool scroll over effects to manipulate a box to appear a certain way, only to rewrite it all two weeks later.
That is gone.

On the weekend, I conceded defeat and unplugged my modem from my PC to connect to my laptop to use skype. This pissed me off so fatally because I had previously and painfully created a wireless LAN and set up total secure wireless Internet, file and print sharing.

But eventually the novelty of the laptop wore off, and when I reignited it of course everything had gone to bollocks and for the life of me I don't know how I managed to network it because I don't remember this computer even having a network card.

I'd love to get it working again, but my motivation is ebbing low.

It reminds me of the fact that my phone is dying a slow and annoying death.

And I have now changed my mind from the Nokia N969 to the Samsung G810 (pictured) which is basically the same only 400 bucks cheaper and has a longer battery life.

I managed to send a rather rude sounding (when taken TOTALLY out of context) text message to the wrong person. FATAL ERROR.

Fortunately the text went to the best possible person, a rather liberal minded friend of mine, who found humour in situation, as opposed to say - the very Christian mother like figure from my previous work place.

I recently read that in Israel they had launched a 'Kosher Phone' to cater for the strict Orthodox Jewish community.

The handset has purportedly had the internet, SMS, video and voicemail facilities disabled. Naturally the press have made a misnomer, a device cannot actually be Kosker but it does have the cencorship seal of approval from the 'Rabbinical Committee for Communications'
On the upside the 'Kosher Phone' is cheaper if you call another 'Kosher Phone' (I guess many Hasidic Jews don't have too many Baptist friends) except for the Sabbath when you get $2.44 US per min! Thats hardcore

So it's true she is the Devil

We Salute you our half inflated dark lord! So one of these is a cartoon and one is just plain loony tunes.
The thought of Celine Dion singing AC/DC 'You Shook Me All Night Long' is enough to keep me awake at night.
The song has been covered by numerous people, Kid Rock, Big & Rich, Kelly Clarkson and interestingly enough Shania Twain who's husband produced the song with AC/DC in 1980, but defiantly the most horrifying for me is this incarnation, recorded initally for a VH1 Diva's special with Anastasia (she sort of rocked it) and she now apprently she does it occasionally on stage .

Facebook Strikes Again

So I wouldn't call it facebook stalking... perhaps I will avoid hanging a tag on it at all for my mental health.

So I facebooked a guy I was going out with recently (Central Coast Bee for those in the know) ...everyone does it okay

To find out that he's listed as 'In a Relationship' -

HUH, well then fabulous isn't it.

Clearly nobody (without extenuating circumstances) does this and actually hopes to see a listing of 'Single' and a status of oh say 'xxxx is moping and miserable' but geez you don't want them to be doing better than yourself for goodness sake.

Guess that's another lesson in minding your own business.

Life as a Fashion Critic; part 3

Trucker Chic ... is defiantly a style which I am unhappy to see the continued proliferation.
This is SportsGirls offering of a 'dress' along with another trucker inspired flannel nightmare which looks exactly like this one. Is it too difficult to make a lovely sexy little dress, a girl can wear with some heels? Apprently...
Sportsgirl do have some nice little tops, and a rather hideous 'Fur Collar Gillet' so popular it has sold out online, what a shame.
Seems Just Jeans and JeansWest have avoided rocking out with flannies,
can't say the same for JayJays 'On the Streets' range though. Nearly every SES variety of cheap (and nasty) clothing store has a form of this, with varients including baby doll, tight under the bust, belted etc. Of course, you can't swing a pair of leggins in Supre or Ice without hitting a flannie... in fact you can't swing anything in Supre because they are always crammed to the max with clothes rails just stepping in makes you feel like an elephant. And you better Valley Girl are in on it!

This cute little dress is immediatly discounted because ValleyGirl have decided to name is a 'SACK DRESS' I kid you not.

Loop Holes - part two

Well my loop hole has just slipped and chocked me, and as far as I am concerned have alienated scores of people who want to shift some unwanted clutter.

After stuffing up my cute ebay purchase, my seller said she would just readjust the invoice and I could simply pay fees incurred for listing the item. Excellent. Only problem being, now EBAY have revoked this feature.
So pressing my luck, I asked my seller if I could simply pay the $2.50 directly and then get her to make payment as received.
An awesome idea on my part because it would also confirm if my loophole was alive and kicking.
Apprently not.
Clearly because Ebay and PayPal are linked they are linking payment receipt directly into Ebay as a function.
Sneaky, greedy bastards.

This for me signals...

Queen of the Slouch

Mischa Barton has probably been emblazoned as Queen of many things by many a different magazine editor.

Queen of Rich Teen Angst by Girlfriend magazine,
Queen of the Sexy Lithe body by Ralph magazine,
Queen of Cellulite by Who/Any trash magazine

But none so prestigious a title as the one I have elected.

Mischa Barton is QUEEN OF THE SLOUCH

Look at that posture.... why? Why is she doing that?
Is it a by-product of going out with the grease factory Brendan Davies (or whatever his name was, you know who I mean) who was a foot short than her, so she was forced to slouch?

Oh my god... Nicole Kidman Syndrome?
I am beginning to see a pattern here...

THEN; shoulders rolled AND NOW: Still short bloke but upstanding

Look! THEN: AND With something called Cisco Adler

Keep rollin

When I was a wee little girl, I studied classical ballet. Wasn't it so fun, dressing up in the pretty outfits and learning all the positions - I can still do 1st to 5th positions, because my teachers were always hard arses.
They were the dance teacher equivilent of the nun in the Blues Brothers.

One teacher had a habit of bellowing POSTURE!!!! which the whole class would shoot up, stand straight and tense all muscles.

Obviously Kate Ritchie needs to have her own personal ballet teacher, following her around screaming POSTURE!!!! physically rolling her shoulders back, and whipping a long stick around her buttocks.

Look at her... I know I slouch but this isn't slouching, it seems to be her thrusting her shoulders forward to expose all her collar bones.

Obviously this is the pose de jour? Miley Cyrus, Keira Knightly, Carrie Underwood and Mary Kate Olsen think its terrifically emaciating looking.

I think that tanorexic troll Rachel Zoe might be to blame here, but maybe I am just looking for a scapegoat here for the proliferation of this hunching, slouch.
POSTURE!!!!!! *SIGH* why can't these girls stand up straight, roll thier shoulders back and work thier racks!! (Albeit limited portions.)

ScarJo style? or Giselle, you don't see models slouching!

Weird stuff

Did you know there is some really weird stuff in the world?

This is the (rude) Cerne Abbas Giant, Long Man of Wilmington and White Horse respectively. How weird are they? These two figures are cut through the grass into the chalky English hills. Those Celts were a strange lot apprently.
Nobody quite knows what their purpose is, and in war time they had to paint them green to protect them from air raids - odd... like;

Stone Henge... those crazy druids. How did they do that?

Or The Moai statues of Rapa Nui on Easter Island, some of the statues weigh 80 tonnes! With an estimated 100 original colonists on the island an intriguing thought.

A potentially academic debate

I have been put forward for a role which requires fair skills in Excel.

Tootling away in Excel isn't the only facet of the job granted, you also need to talk to customers and follow up with the warehouse.

I am by no means computer illiterate and my skills serve me well, but when I did the testing for the recruitment company it was emailed to me... so I was able to use the help function.

Now this function is always available, but I am afraid of one of two things;

1. I am selling my abilities short and in doing so will come across lacking confidence.
2. The job may require more skills than I have or can fudge.

What a bother a little animated paper clip has caused me, see potentially academic in the sense that I don't even have the job yet. *SIGH*

Another exciting academic discovery I made today is; I have found the new phone I want.
I have been very happy with my Sony Ericsson's k800i BUT I fear I want to unite all features into one and go for a phone with enough guts to play a decent list of tracks and do away with my old gen one iPod whose battery is closer to death each day.
My contract is up with Telstra (Harbingers of Satan) in June/July and will negotiate my butt off to see what I can score.
It is literally my (current) dream phone, 5 megapixel camera (doing away with need to carry pesky camera), 16 gigabyte internal memory with expandable memory to play about 12,000 tracks or 40hrs video and a neato little kick stand so it sits up so you can watch video (a wanky feature but cute none the less.)
All this on a sleek dual slider design without being needlessly fat like current 5mp camera phones seem to be.
My only major qualm is; it's a Nokia... my phone nemesis.
I developed this phone passion after leaving the nokia clique and moving to a samsung, and my brain was so deadened by the Nokia way that I couldn't operate another brand... Like they aimed radiation at that section of my brain.
Perhaps if I come back into the fold I will try to remain technologically aware... or I could wait and see what someone else offers?

Gotta get a ***** job first.

Being Uncool

You know that scene in Almost Famous, where Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lester Bangs tells Patrick Fugit as William that they are both uncool?
Man I am so uncool.Maybe not as uncool as SeHoff but definatly on the uncool radar.
Part of my uncoolness comes from a deep seeded loathing of 'reality tv' so I find myself saying 'Who are these people?' whenever a new show pops up.
That and I am apprently a nanna at twenty four.
I collect lists of these shows that pop up to investigate, and see if I want to bother watching them.

Keeping up with the Kardashians first and formost WHAT is a Kardashian? Apprently Robert Kardashian is the lawyer who got O.J off... I would have thought he'd be trying to keep it on the down low.
Yes he is, but his ex wife Kris and children named (I joke not) Kourtney, Kimberley, Khloe, Kendal and Kylie (and some boringly named boys) are sharing thier lives and flogging thier shops and singing careers on E!
And like all cleaver upwardly mobile young starlets Kimberly Kardashian has been embroiled in her own sex tape 'scandal'.
We can thank Ryan Seacreast Productions for this one, thats quality entertainment right there.

Tim Gunn's Guide to Style who is Tim Gunn? And why should I be listening to him for style and taste tips? He could be Bai Ling's mentor for all I know.
Tim Gunn is a Project Runway judge (cringe reality TV) but also was chair of fashion design at some snooty design college.
I am unsure if his seemingly unerring style should be questioned or not...

Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
I know, now I am just making people up! I thought it said alot when I searched for her photo and her subtitle was Omarosa who?
Omarosa is from The Apprentice; Celebrity Edition but other than being voted in 2005 'as the most reviled reality show contestant' by TV Guide I can't really see what else she does.
Omarosa apprently had links to the Clinton-Gore administration as a 'former political appointee in the Clinton-Gore White House.'

High School Musical I know, I know, not a television show BUT WHO THE HELL ARE THESE KIDS?
HSM is a television movie and a bunch of on stage performances made by Disney, and they all sing and dance and make merry through the benial tween plot.
YUCK. But I suppose being Disney they have a clean wholesome image... oh until photos emerge of the teen protagoist in the nude.