Category Archives: all the other stuff

Well this really takes the cake (terrible pun intended)

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i’m sure you like mnm’s. we all do. delicious little chocolates that once you start eating you could just eat forever. i don’t know if you’ve ever gone to the mom store in new york’s times square but by god is it awesome. especially if you like mnm’s. anyhow, enough rambling, here’s what i’m all hyped about:

BIRTHDAY CAKE FLAVOURED MNM’S!  yup, you heard right. check out the link here for extra info

simply putting regular mnm’s on birthday cakes just wasn’t good enough anymore, the world needed these two elements combined. its crazy to think that we have pretzel mnm’s, peanut butter mnm’s (not just regular peanut moms, peanut butter!), coconut mnm’s, i’ve even seen candy corn mnm’s and now birthday cake mnm’s, but we still DON’T have white chocolate mnm’s!!!!!!! yes, they made them once as an easter promotion, but i don’t we even got those ones here in aus. i just want some white chocolate mnm’s, they would be so awesome.

to be fair, i don’t like cake (yes, i am partially crazy). so for me, its hard to get so excited about this new creation more than your typical “well, that seems cool”. i mean, what will they taste like? is there a specific birthday cake flavour that isn’t just chocolate cake? and isn’t chocolate cake just chocolate flavour? so doesn’t that mean it’ll just be regular? or will the inside of the mnm be a cake? in which case that seems kinda cool but doesn’t seem like it’ll stay good for very long. i don’t know. i’m interested, i’ll try it, but i still just want some white choc ones.

 

saving people, hunting things, the family business

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today marks the 8th anniversary of my favourite television show off all time, the one and only, SUPERNATURAL.

incredible to think that just 8 years ago, the world was yet to know the winchester brothers or what they would do for each other. a show that started out about two boys looking for their father in a world full of ghosts, demons, wendigos and countless other monsters, but turned into something a lot deeper and more exciting. the story of sam and dean winchester has been dramatic, emotional, hysterical and devastating, sometimes all of those emotions in just one episode too! who would have thought that a show about fighting monsters could be so heart wrenching and make anyone so emotionally invested in the incredible characters, not just the brothers but the family they have around them of friends and fellow hunters.

incredible that a show that can make me cry as if i’ve just lost a best friend at some of the saddest moments i’ve ever seen in television, can make me laugh until i cry, because when supernatural do comedy,

they do it better than most actual comedy shows out there (check out “changing channels” (season 5) or “the french mistake” (season 6) to see what i’m talking about). with an incredible mix of drama, horror, comedy and action, supernatural has kept it’s cult audience entertained for a full 8 seasons and is still going strong.

seeing the journey this show has taken both it’s audience and the winchesters over this last 8 years, i cannot wait to see where it’s going to take us this coming season and the next and it will be a very sad day indeed when those incredible brothers will no longer be on my tv screen, but hopefully that day is a long way away. thank you so much supernatural for being so incredible these past 8 years, keep going strong!!

Back to blogging

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it feels like i haven’t blogged in a while. do you guys miss me? (do you guys even exist? probably not, haha). i guess we all took a nice break for the week. (just to say, at least our mid semester break was in the middle of our semester!!! deakin’s was in week four and monash’s is like in week 10! whats up with that?) and i haven’t really done or been looking at anything worth blogging about. and “why is that?” i hear you ask? because my new kingdom hearts 2 finally arrived (well, by new i mean i jsut got it, the game come out in like 2004).

now, for anyone wondering, kingdom hearts is by far my favourite game (yes probably even more than pokemon. ok, lets not get too crazy, equal to pokemon. but they’r very different) and i’ve played kingdom hearts 1 more times than i can count. who doesn’t love the magical adventures of sore, donald and goofy and travelling through the incredible worlds of the disney movies? (peter pan is obviously the best world). so, once i got that pesky little comm essay out of the way (which sadly took a lot longer than i had hoped due to some facebook/youtube/all time low obsession interference), it was a nice dive into the world of kingdom hearts 2. and it’s pretty cool. there’s some awesome new features, like double keyblades, and new worlds, like milan and lion king! its just awesome. and i know you think it sounds lame but trust me, the kingdom hearts series is regarded as one of the best games out there so get into it.

now, i’m so hyped up about this because they are finally releasing a kingdom hearts 3!!! but the killer line….. only on the new PS4 or new X-box! 🙁 which i don’t have and am not planning on buying. so depressing. how will i ever know if sora, donald, goofy, riku and kairi and up happy??? but they are also rereleasing the first game in HD with extra goodies and limited edition sketch books so i’m happy about that.

wow. that got off topic, i was not planning on going on for o long about kingdom hearts. well, thats the blog for you, start off in one place and end somewhere completely different. i guess it’ll be good for me to get back into regular blogging this week, maybe with some stuff to do with the actual subject involved. well, last week (or two weeks ago i guess, stupid holiday) it was finally my classes turn to come up with the questions for this week’s unlecture! now, there was some confusion due to the whole naming of the weekly readings in the blog, you know 01 reading for week 02. or the 05 readings for week 06 but we’ll discuss them in week 07. all very confusing. but we came up with some questions anyway. proudly, mine made it in!!! what is? no spoilers!!!! you’ll have to wait and hear it in the unlecture. but let me tell you, it’s a doozy! (ok, not really, i wasn’t even expecting it to be picked! but the others all liked it). but the others were pretty good and also brought up some good class discussions about what can be classified as hypertext or what kinds of hypertexts can be classified as academic or essay. and then we dove into the usual niki work.

but i should stop there. i’m rambling again and this post has covered a few too many things. stay tuned folks, hopefully more to come!

the future of tv?

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gosh, kevin spacey is awesome. i really need to check out house of cards. but until then, this speech is pretty good. he definitely has the right idea about how tv should be done in the coming years. its about the networks and the producers thinking about what their audience wants. because american shows are reaching an international market, just not in the way that they would like. every day people pirate shows simply because it is the easiest and fastest way for them to access it before the internet becomes riddled with spoilers about the certain episode cliffhanger that is still 1 month away from being shown here in aux (if you’re lucky, i think supernatural is about 2 seasons behind down here).

i like the idea of a service where you pay a certain amount per month and you get instant access to every show you want when it airs live in the us. i’m not so sold on the netflix method of releasing a whole season at once. yes, i like to binge on my shows, i am always up for a good marathon, but only when i’ve already seen it. a major part of the draw of television is that cliffhanger. it’s what separates it (and IMO makes it far superior to movies). that drive that makes us want to come back next week, keeps us on the edge of our seat. think about it, would LOST have been so intriguing if every cliffhanging episode was immediately answered for us. that suspense is part of the thrill of television.

but, in all seriousness, tv needs to change. the ratings system is outdated and the major audiences jsut aren’t there any more thanks to DVR and the internet. if the big channels over in the states don’t come up with something soon, we may begin to see a decline in the quality of television as they begin to lose their market to the online pirates. anyone else ever wondered why theres now so much extra product placement inside the tv shows rather than just in the ad breaks? like when an entire episode of survivor each season is dedicated purely to showing off the sprint phone. because when people download, they don’t have ads, so now companies have to put their ads inside the tv shows themselves!!!!

in conclusion, we need better accessibility to the us shows when they air or the world of television will become lost to the internet

 

you’ll find me somewhere in Neverland

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last saturday night i attended one of the best concerts i have ever been to. ever. and if you’ve enver heard all time low (shame on you!!!) a seriously recommend checking them out. (here’s one of my faves of theirs,).

now these guys know how to make a brilliant show. not only does the lead singer, alex gaskarth, have the most incredible live voice i’ve ever heard, but these guys are just funny. like laugh out loud, can’t believe they went there, these guys should have their own show, kind of funny. and it’s for that exact reason that they actually do have their own radio show on idobi radio so check that out if you’re up for a great laugh (and some good songs too).

back to the show. omg, it was just unbelievable. ok, so this won’t be a very articulate post, because i really can’t think of any better way of describing this show other than unbelievable. well, they had a brilliant set list. and anyone familiar with their songs would have been very happy. there was a great mix of both their old and their new stuff but it was also good to see more off their newest album, “don’t panic” (which is my favourite out of theirs).

in addition to the usual on stage banter between alex and jack (again, check out full frontal to hear what i’m talking about) and jack’s lovely collection of bras thrown at them on stage (which, over the course of the show, both alex and jack performed a song with a bra on their head), the boys took full advantage of their only over 18 show in australia (except for the other melbourne show) by initing 6 ridiculously lucky fans up on stage to do shots with them before allowing them to stage dive and crowd surfing during the playing of “Weightless”. you could just feel the envy running through the crowd. but these boys really do know how to put on a brilliant show. and it doesn’t hurt that they are all incredibly good looking too.

what a way to end august. not much else to add except that i really really wish i was going to their second show tonight. hope they come back to Australia soon (yes, i know they’re still here but i’m already ready for them to come back!)

if these sheets were the states

 

 

i will obey traffic rules

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as you’ve probably realised by now, i’m quite a big teen titans fan. and i’ve been watching the series lately and its hard not to notice that in random episodes, the theme song is sung in japanese instead of the usual english. now, i thought nothing of this at first. i mean why would you? japanese themed show, comic book characters, makes sense to have a japanese theme too right?

but then i looked up the translation. now here was silly old me just assuming the japanese version was the same as the english version, just in japanese. i could not have been more wrong!!  please watch the video above and you will see the english and japanese versions with the english lyrics of both. the japanese lyrics are ridiculous! and hilarious. my personal fave line is “i will eat everything without likes or dislikes”. (maybe because it reminds me of the episode where cyborg gets a virus and calls the rest of the team “the nasty eggs who stole his waffles”. you kinda need to see the episode for that to make sense).

so anyhow, here’s me thinking “ok, crazy lyrics, kids tv show, thats alright”. but then i was reading through the comments thinking, “hmmm, maybe they’re just fake lyrics”, when someone mentioned that they used these joke lyrics whenever they had a completely random or insane or crazy or weird episode. so, of course, i tested this theory out.

and i got every single guess (ok, except 1) right! every single insane or weird episode starts with the japanese title sequence and every normal episode starts with the english title sequence. who would of thought that so much hidden stuff would be in a simple kids tv show? ah, the things you learn.

too much fatty food

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so, during my recent trolling of the internet as a means of procrastination from doing uni work, i discovered this lovely little website/blog which is similar to the awesome top ten site but this one is pretty much all about food. welcome to endless simmer.com, a site that will not only tell you the top foods that could only have been invented in america but also top drinks, fatty foods and food that could have only been invented in our humble Australia. oh, and who could leave out the top ten ways to eat mac and cheese? that one will sadly make you actually want to eat mac and cheese while feeling extremely grossed out at the same time. (woah! there are a lot of links in that paragraph, but they are all worth the look)

below are some pictures off those lists that really just make me feel sad for humanity.

first off, deep fried coke! say waaaat? that just seems wrong. but apparently it is not only doable but edible. good luck shaking off those calories

and here’s the perfect meal to add to your deep fried coke, just in case you weren’t consuming enough carbs, yup, waffles, ice cream and fried chicken. sounds scrumptious.

and who could forget the delicious turducken? thank you america for ruining my mental image of birds for life

have i grossed you out enough yet? probably. so, to lighten the mood, and because i still can’t get enough of all things minion related, here’s the top ten minion inspired items. is it sad that i want every single thing on this list? especially those slippers! and the dog outfit, although my dog would not be very happy with it.