london's a blast, innit'

For all those bored of the same old melbourne parties, here's a hint, take the party life on the road!! .... ok so that smacks just a little of self-justification but really, new scenery, new freaks, new drugs (anyone ever heard of AMT??), new friends, new psychadelic adventures, where can you go wrong, of course i'd love to import a few of the old faces but so far there is only one ugly mug who is putting in regular appearences, if anyone is tempted next stop is morocco, aug 25th-31st, rhythms of peace festival, six days of freaks on the beach, headlining - atmos, bamboo forest, whizzy noise (those non-trance nuts out there should like that DJ name) and son kite (pictured just to the right - if i can ever get the silly formatting on this thing working- they fucking ROCKED) should be a blast, if you need a travel agent i'm getting good at that game, just drop us a line, i'll get you you here for a reasonable price and a reasonable cut (a beer or two will do), but i digress, so i'm supposed to be a foreign correspondant for this silly blog, hmmm, guess i should be commenting on the state of fear and terror out here on the mothership, but really, does anyone care - judging by the lack of response to my last entry the answer is a resounding NO, all wrapped up in your own little worlds of mac geekdom, ebay failures and tacky internet jokes (ok the paris hilton thing was kind of funny), actually terror and parties can mix, helped out in the chill out at a psy-sex gig last weekend,(if you missed them in melbourne a few weekends ago, you are a fool) it was held in the tunnels under london bridge tube, now if you really wanted to get a good entry in on the bombing scorecard "london bridge is falling down, falling down, london bridge is falling down on 1500 freaks" would have been an interesting variation on the classic old tune, of course other than a couple of grumbles most people were too off their heads to care, "armageddon, whatever, bring it on", incidentally thats kwalli above, livin' it up on her US military stilts on the glade dancefloor, one of the more colourful characters i met that weekend (although by no means the most freaky, that award would have to go to the 6'6 giant purple naked man, alas i have no photos of him), Glade was pretty darn spectacular "Nine arenas. 3 days. Open Air. Belter" it promised me on my gestapo wrist band, "An english festival, a proper one" it claimed on the web site, didn't disappoint despite a particularly dodgy acidic period, fucking amazing, though here's a hint for all those travelling trancers out there, do not try and keep up with the average englishmans illicit intake, a ratio of about 5:1 their way is healthy ... yup guess i've done my duty, taken up enough space for now, blog does stand for blathering on gregariously right, (just let me know chicky-babe), ok so this last picture aint from glade, the mountains just dont get that big here, totally unrelated but a beautiful photo nonetheless, one of the most magic spots on earth, if you want, i'll take you there some day ...

oala's new blog

That nasty oala has a new blog, finally
fuckin rah

the beginning of a beautiful blog ....

I've been so busy I've barely had time to think about this poor neglectorino blog, let alone think of something interesting or original to post on it.

So I would like instead to draw your attention to this spectacular piece of blogging genius, the missing 'original' post from pete's blogheadfuckroll

"I thought of starting a blog the other day. Even considered starting a photoblog... Why? Well, it was Sunday morning I think... I got up, made a coffee and a joint and sat down to have a crap. Anyway, after completing all of the above I stood up to notice that I had laid the most perfect turd ever! It was long, perfectly cylindrical and was standing *vertically*! Well, actually it was leaning against the back of the bowl,but that didn't detract from its perfection. Anyway, I'm sure you get my drift... I felt proud. The pride brought a tear to my eye. I thought to myself, if this doesn't warrant FP on a new blog then wtf does?? Turns out the batteries in my camera were flat so I ended up losing interest before Kate insisted I flush it... I still stand by the assertion that that would have been a top notch start to a blog. No, even more, that is the embodiment of what it is to blog..."

Thanks pete, you truly are a blogging genius

nice to know you caved in and got yourself a blog in the end :P

so whats the deal ... no doubt you have all heard of the second attack on the motherships 'freedom', a rather pathetic attempt really, and thats where my query lies, good 'ol Al Q is usually a little better at what they do, does anything smell fishy to you?

Dear....

1) The person that spent $177.50 on a Queens of the Stone Age ticket last night on ebay,

Congratulations. You must really love QOTSA. I'm kinda glad that you won, because I got into bidders' frenzy with about 30 seconds of the auction to go and bid $135, which I now realise is completely outrageous and stupid.

2) The person bidding against me for the ticket a couple of days ago (see previous post),

Tough luck, huh? I'm sorry about getting annoyed with you for outbidding me $1 a time the other day. I was being petualnt and childish. I'm sure you like QOTSA as least as much as I do, and I'm sure we both like QOTSA as much as the winning bidder, but we are not insane enough to spend more than twice what the ticket cost from TicketMaster7.

3) Queens of the Stone Age (and I'm looking specifically at you, Josh Homme, because everyone knows you drive the outfit),

$72.90 + bf is is bit much, don't you think? I mean, I like you and all, but I'm fairly sure that there won't be any pyro or animal acts, so what gives? Also you look like a bit of a surly cunt, Josh, so I assume you won't be cracking jokes and pulling redhaired girls of the crowd to party with back at your hotel (well you definitely won't be doing this now, considering I can't get a ticket!) .

4) Beat Magazine

You're usually so reliable with the +1s and extra tickets... what gives, fuckers, considering that you're co-sponsoring the show? I would have bought one, but you (through your 'agent') implied that I would be taken care of. I'm very cross with you right now.

5) Motorhead

NO SLEEP 'TIL VODAFONE!

Gotta Love Google

Alright, alright already !!!

Damn all you imps for making me blog when I'm not prepared to do so....so suck on this one.

Lets face it - you deserved it !! making me rush my blog post.....

i says:
i'll be famous
she says:
more famous than you already are
she says:
actually
she says:
you will only be famous if you actually ACCEpt the invite to become a blog contributor
i says:
looked like i could just make comments anyways
she says:
in fact you will never find inner peace or happiness if you don't accept the invite and start posting
she says:
you'll never find nirvana

Right, so here i am, consider me posted, can you send my enlightenment in the mail, 22nd cardboard box on the right, bricklane overpass, that should do for an address, an oh if you've got any left overs from dinner ...

Dear the person who is bidding against me on ebay

The Queens of the Stone Age tix are mine, okay? Back away from the auction because you ain't gonna win this one.

And for heaven's sake, stop upping the ante by $1/bid. It's immensely irritating and makes me want to slap you down by bidding something outrageous.

For the amount I am going to spend (indeed, the amount they were at Ticketmaster) I expect pyro, dancing bears and Josh to invite me backstage for a line after the show.

Thank you.

miffed

The Melbourne International Film Festival starts today - Who's going? I got the guide when I was nerding on in Siddles and have attacked it with a highlighter. Perhaps I should post my recommendations as per Mark's terribly orgainsed Miff blog.

I always thought that the word 'miff' had positive connotations - a cute way of saying something pleases you - perhaps this is because I associated the word with that sickeningly cute little rabbit that all the teenage girls at school were obsessed with.

But of course, I was wrong (imagine that?) and miff the verb means to annoy, or as a noun means a petty quarrel or a fit of pique - much like Countesses' last post.

As I'm typing this, the guys that are working on the the law building opposite my office window are having their lunch break at the top of the scaffolding looking out over the city and I'm thinking to myself now there's a lunchroom.



In fact, now there's a job! better at any rate than sticking around here and getting fucked up the erse by an organisation that is so frightened of the VSU that it's on the verge of self destruction.

Blogiquette

I was procrastinating as usual and reading the comments posted on some (unintentionally) hilarious blogs, when I noticed a matter of etiquette that I was previously oblivious to. I've posted before that its my impression that many bloggers cannot cope with any response to their staggering works of heartbreaking genius that is less than laudatory. Some bloggers' comments sections are essentially circle jerks, and the stray critical or - god forbid! - negative comment inspires a disproportionately vicious 'defence'. Woe betide the non-jerking commentor if he/she has his/her own blog, as a phalanx of fellow bloggers will rain blood and hellfire upon the poor soul. Often, the blitzkreig involves impugning the sexuality/attractiveness/bloodline of the recalcitrant blogger, in the manner of Year 5 children excluding someone different.

I'm all for loyalty and protecting one's mates from harm and slander, but I find this propensity among bloggers really creepy. Admittedly, my sample is small and possibly not representative of bloggers in all of their wondrous variety, but still... Would these bloggers get their panties so wadded IRL? Scary thought, but I digress. The modern more I am curious about today is whether one should, or even has to, have blog before one can comment on the blogging of others.

Is this true? If so, why?

Then, of course, there is this.

Someone in Uruguay was looking at our blog?

Well, you certainly have been a busy bee, Tchick. Brave-o and En-core. (Which reminds me. I have tickets to see Carmen in few weeks time, which is OK in itself, but d'you know that it's being performed in English? Is it just me, or is that a mite pleb? Doesn't everyone know the story already?)

Anyway, I had a go at some culinary genius this weekend , and spent some time with my hand up a duck's clacker searching for giblets. Then I picked gobbets of fat from around it's butt and the hole at the front where it's neck was before I wrenched it off and had to deal with a squiggly bit of what I assume was spinal cord. Exciting times, huh?

Remind me to learn how to post links to things that I think are interesting.

human for sale

I'm worth $1,862,040 on human for sale

Firefox Bug Me Not

And in other nerd news ....

If you're not already using Firefox, then this is ought to change your mind.

It's an extension that bypasses compulsory web registration sites, such as the Age or the New York Times

university discovers server breach

Sheesh I'd hate to work in a University IT department if something like this happened

The book of Jim

So I'm continuing to do my head in reading jim woodring's books - found a wonderful 'author's note' in his book of jim

"When I was a little boy I discovered I had the ability to produce drawings that frightened me out of my wits. Somewhere beneath the chaparral in the hills of Burbank, California, lie the remains of a leather pouch of my drawings; I buried them there when I was about six. I simply could not live with them"

I'm not surprised, Jim's adventures through his dimly lit but strangely resonating psychological landscape are literally giving me nightmares. Cheap thrills though :P

deployment of australian troops

Oh, and Countess, I was originally going to leave this one well alone, but you asked for controversy.

wtf?

Holy wrongness, batman, I don't know whether it's because I've been awake since five in the morning or if I'm just really a shallow, callous, cow, but I find this guy's site fucking hilarious. Oh, so offensive, oh, so wrong.

What's your ideal job?

Well we've all seen the excel spreadsheet, but here's the website

Apparently I'm a lumberjack (and i'm ok, i sleep all night and i work all day).

Actually, the insomnia is killing me I think i'm going insane.

what must it be like to be jim woodring?

described as "Rich and sweet as a piece of cherry cobbler; frightening as a glimpse of hell." I used to read Jim Woodring's "Frank" years ago, back in the day's of Elgin Street. I'd forgotten how extraordinary Frank's world is. I remember feeling a disturbing sense of having been dragged into a frightening man's psyche. Once you've been to his world you'll never forget them ... (click to enlarge)

five minutes of my life I'll never get back

I swear I'll never get sick of this site

The world's ugliest dog

He's so ugly even the judges recoiled when he was placed on the judging table, said his proud owner, Susie Lockheed, of Santa Barbara.

Jesus, this is going to give me nightmares ... Why in God's name would you have a world's ugliest dog competition though? I mean seriously?

Hands Across the Blogosphere

I have just spent an enlightening half hour randomly searching other people's blogs, and laydeez, it's glaringly obvious reason why our blog is puttering along all on it's lonesome - we don't write anything as interesting as this:

* one female blogger ate pancakes and had soixante-neuf for the first time with her boyfriend!
* another female blogger was bemoaning the fact she couldn't find a boyfriend. Call me crazy, but admitting having genital warts on her blog may have something to do with that! Sexy!
* numeous bloggers of both sexes get drunk, and feel compelled to post both while inebriated (detailing the extent of their drunkeness) and also afterwards (repentently and hungoverly)! Drink up, Kissa!
* lots of bloggers post photos of their pets - wearing hats! wearing jackets! sleeping! sitting there! doing all manner of unusual things!
* Some bloggers have horrifyingly conservative politics. Some bloggers have excellent politics. I'm not sure where I am going with this one... I guess the world don't groove to the beat of just one drum/what might be right for you/may not be right for some...

I would name names and post links, but I a) am still uncertain of the new technology involved and b) have noted a propensity for bloggers to conduct Google and/or other searches of themselves. If they feel you have been insensitive about their pets/warts/69 or whatever, they bombard your comments section with whinges and encourage their friends to do the same. Bah! Who can be bothered with that? But come on, someone say something controversial!

What's Officer Cadet Miller doing with his spare time?

three toed Slhoff

I mean, what would you do with your last four days of your civilian life?

Meet the "Three Toed Slhoff"

get it?

took me a few days, mind you i was pretty hungover at the time.

My cat is psychotic

Clearly it's because she doesnt have one of these these

Can you hear the bunnies screaming ???????

Having had to come into work today to well, work, I ended up , as you do spending some of my time watching the fabulous collection of 30 second movies reenacted by bunnies on the weblink www.angryalien.com which I thoroughly recommend for anyone looking for an easy laugh.

All you have to do is watch and laugh !!!!

As for tchick's increasing obsession with the nerdy things in her life - all I can say is that in space...no one can hear you scream. Go for it - everyone has an inner geek.

You asked for it

You asked whether you were a nerd, and I responded truthfully, giving you a measure of your nerdity/nerdom/nerdiness for free!

I am your friend, remember?

what is the right expression? Any passersby, feel free to post (not that I assume we get much traffic) and lets have a really stimulating discussion!!

quoting the countess

in an email sent just now .... "You are a colossal nerd" ... thank you Countess ... I just love the word 'colossal'

nerding on at XWorld

hey kids, just in case you're wondering what i've been getting up to here in sydney! (click on the image to enlarge)