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Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:52:17 GMT

No replies to the Girl and the Sea post?

Oh fuck off Beasley

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 13:35:05 GMT

For those not playing at home, Australia is comprised of 6 autonomous states (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania) bound by Federation and a number of self-governing territories under Federal oversight (including the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory).

What this means is that the territories can do what states cannot - frex, the ACT is legally alowed to sell X-rated videos while the states are not. Similarly it also means the Federal government can step in and override laws they don't like.

So now the conservative federal government, having taken massive umbridgeover the ACT's same sex civil union law, is attempting to have said law quashed. And of course, that tard Beasley is decrying this as Evil.

Which it is. But given this fucktard, prior to the last election, forced the Labor Party to side with the conservatives in passing a bill defining marriage as "one man and one woman" in a horribly ill conceived attempt to attract ~~conservative~~ biggoted voters, anything he says on the subject really comes across as hypocracy.

Their war. Our world.

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:47:22 GMT

gothic

Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:42:03 GMT

The Presets are an Australian band, and their song "Girl and the Sea" has had a pretty high rotation on my play list.

Then, a few weeks ago, I saw the clip for it for the first time. It is probably the most beautiful, saddest thing I've ever seen.

Here it is (MP4 format): http://videos.antville.org/stories/1334866/

And here's a remix: http://www.arjanwrites.com/arjanwrites/2006/01/free_download_t.html

Cold stoney steps...

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 18:12:20 GMT

Soooo, 31 today.

Crutches: 1
Pain when mobile: Tolerable
Reaction to anti-inflamatory medication: Cramping nausea.
Hair: somewhere between not long enough and not short enough.

The Eagle has landed

Tue, 30 May 2006 11:46:23 GMT

So I've managed to take my first steps unassisted by crutches for over 2 weeks. It resembled a zombie shuffle, horribly painful, and only lasted a little while before I had to grab the sticks again, but at least it means the end is in sight for this outbreak.

And my right foot no longer looks like an over stuffed sausage.

Mon, 29 May 2006 14:31:29 GMT

Saw X3.

Oh gods the pain.

Bryan Singer, Superman Returns had better be bloody brilliant for your jumping ship on this project.

Mon, 22 May 2006 06:36:23 GMT

So, email fucked up again, and thanks to another horrible case of the runs, I'm not sitting down a whole lot because it feels like I've rubbed myself raw.

Sat, 20 May 2006 00:13:04 GMT

Someone's posted some interesting stuff on Youtube, including footage showing the original opening crawl for Star Wars.

Meanwhile I've encountered some fascinating (if self-embarrassing) examples about the way the brain parses words, and the possibility of a Freudian slip in an attempt at phonetic spelling. Sadly the mailing list thread wherein this happened has been killed by the moderators before I could expund upon them. Ah well, at least the mod will at least (hopefully) get to see the replies before they're consigned to the great unknown (ah, the disadvantages of operating in different time zones 8(...)

Thu, 18 May 2006 05:26:38 GMT

Fake Wolverine ads

Thor's chosen razor

What if male superheroes were presented like female ones?

End of a Bygone Era

Wed, 10 May 2006 19:46:40 GMT

Those of you in Sydney will have heard of the tragic and firey demise of St Barnabas' Church at Broadway a couple of days ago, which according to reports seems to be quite likely a deliberate act of arson. For those unfamiliar, the church once formed one half of an unlikely two-hander with the pub across the road, the history of which was recorded in the book The Priest & The Publican.

Their double act consisted of trading slogans. The church would put up some appropriately themed passage on its street-side message board and the pub would post a sign in its window with a witty reposte. Sometimes this would happen in reverse. Whenever I used to catch the bus into the city, I'd always enjoy seeing what the current "conversation" was, and this was part of my growing up and youth.

Then, a year or so after the book was published - close to a decade ago now - the publican sold up and the pub closed down. For a while the tradition continued, but it went downhill fast and soon stopped altogether. The building's changed hands a few times since then - I think it's some sort of cafe now. But despite all that, the church continued with its pithy signage.

The fire claimed a priceless stained glass window and was so intense the 100 year+ old standstone walls will have to be completely demolished. The last time I went past the church to TAFE before the fire, the sign was written in what I think was one of the Chinese scripts. I really hope that had nothing to do with it, but it wouldn't surprise me anymore if it did.

Email hatred

Sun, 07 May 2006 11:13:30 GMT

Gah!

Stupid email interface is buggered again.

Live Action Mario Brothers

Wed, 03 May 2006 15:52:00 GMT

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/mariolive

Fairy Tales Behaving Badly

Wed, 03 May 2006 14:14:29 GMT

As an early Mother's Day present, I took my mother to see the above mentioned theatrical experience. Basically it's an hour and half of eye candy, providing your idea of candy includes the often wacky and bizarre creations of a bunch of TAFE design students.

The Enmore Theatre was packed pretty much to capacity, at least in the stalls area. It was the first time wed ever been there, and we both thought it was a very prettily designed venue, though the seating was a little on the sardine cane side; fortunately despire getting the tickets only a week out I was able to get a decent enough location (N35-36).

As usual with these sort of productions, the music was a notch or two louder than it perhaps needed to be, and was a decidedly ecclectic collection of tracks ranging from the opening number from Moulin Rouge to the Nutcracker Suite to Bollywood. The same goes for the costuming (ranging from illuminated sea life to fetish wear to hyper stylised frocks to stuff that wouldn't look out of place in an Adam Ant clip) and the puppetry (wearable creations to giant multi-operator pieces to tiny little string-operated mannequins. The staging was minimal - basically an archway at the rear and two U-column stands at the front upon which were giant faux TVs that showed the multiple camera feeds operating throughout the performance for the benefit of this who couldn't see the stage directly.

Overall it was a fun night out.

Wed, 03 May 2006 09:03:11 GMT

Haley's secret conversations:

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:12:04 GMT

For fellow Order of the Stick fans. Words in [ ] are instances where the source material has something spelt incorrectly or omitted.

#308

#303

Alternatively it could be *rotfl* as that happens in Panel 12...

#298

#296

#291

I can't for the life of me get this to translate into anything that makes sense

#285

#284

This was a bastard to do, as it used a more complex cipher that featured components from two iterations of the alphabet

#277

#269

#264

More later

Prepations

Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:17:31 GMT

So, life proceeds apace. I'm about half-way through getting stuff ready for the party ~~tomorrow~~ today. Should all be done in time.

Gahh.

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:14:13 GMT

Gout's playing up again since the weekend. Spent Monday essentially bed ridden, and today was force my self to hobble around TAFE on a pair of crutches because of an assignment due (supposedly). But it's receding - thankfully - so it'll be just the one crutch for the next couple of days (he says hopefully, because last time it was a whole frickin month).

In case you haven't heard...

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 01:40:50 GMT

Dark Crystal 2: The Power of the Dark Crystal is on the way.

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Hopefully they'll release it around the same time as the live action The Last Unicorn

Swiped from antiwesley

Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:10:26 GMT

Some of these answers are amusing, some a little scary.

Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle.
Say the following questions aloud, and press play.
Use the song title as the answer to the question. NO CHEATING, you must use the song that comes on.

1. How does the world see me?
Underworld - Underneath the Radar

2. Will I have a happy life?
Freakzoid - Firefly 2005

3. What do my friends really think of me?
Dido - Here With Me

4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Felix - Don't You Want Me?

5. How can I make myself happy?
Straw People - Trick with the Knife

6. What should I do with my life?
Dust Brothers - This Is Your Life

7. Will I ever have children?
Faithless - Insomnia

8. What is some good advice for me?
Delirrium * Aude - Terra Firma [Lara's Mix]

9. How will I be remembered?
New Order - World (Price of Love)

10. What is my signature dancing song?
Supreme Beings of Leisure - Never the Same

11. What do I think my current theme song is?
Tot - Africa

12. What does everyone else think my current theme song is?
Kosheen - Catch

13. What song will play at my funeral?
Ultraviolet Eye - Go Go Godzilla (to the tune no less of Teen Spirit)

14. What type of men/women do I like?
Portishead - Sour Times

15. What is my day going to be like?
Fluke - Zion

16. Will I ever have love again?
V.A.S.T - Pretty When You Cry

17. What type of sex life do you have?
Prodigy - Minefield

18. What song would be the title of my own porno movie?
Unknown - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex track 3

No!

Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:33:03 GMT

Forums are down again.

This cannot be.

A picture worth more than a 1000 words

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 17:04:44 GMT

Reservoir Dogs poster made using the entire script of the movie - Big

Red Ninja Chicken

Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:32:07 GMT

ground corriander - 1 teaspoon
brown sugar - 4 tablespoons
soy sauce - 4 tablespoons
cinnamon - 3 teaspoons
minced galangal - 1 heaped tablespoon
zest of 1 orange
sherry - 1/2 cup (replaced with ~1/4 cup reserve port)
water - 1/2 cup
chicken pieces - 400 or 500 grams

1. Combine everything except chicken in a pot and bring to the boil.
2. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes.
3. Add chicken, cover and simmer for about 35 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Serve on a bed of rice or with noodles.

Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:34:41 GMT

Piss Christ = "Danish" Cartoons.

Discuss.

Lego!

Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:26:52 GMT

The latest licenced tie in - Something big is building...

Lego goes Emo! - Now with added mecha!

10 strangest Lego creations