i hate you digiads!
September 23, 2009
Normally I wouldn’t give space to businesses that make me angry, but this time I’m making an exception.
This company, which I’d never heard of til last weekend, has somehow attached my home phone number to some ads posted on it’s website. You can imagine the number of calls and answering machine massages I’ve been getting since then. All I can do is email the website, fill out their feedback form, and ask them to fix it pronto.
Yesterday I sent the email. At that point I was getting daily calls for a Corolla and a ute. From about 7:45 am onwards. This morning, I got a call about a Harley Davidson…
If anyone out there is considering selling anything on line, do me a favour and don’t use digiads.
red cliffs
July 27, 2009
Always good to see what uberdirector John Woo is up to. Unfortunately Chow Yun-Fat withdrew from the film,after being involved with the project for some time. Red Cliffs is your epic historical picture, third century Chinese style. If you’re looking for colourful characters, brimstone, and Kurosawa-esque battle scenes, check this one out. A beautiful, technically impressive spectacular with, I am told, fairly authentic martial arts action. The focus is on military strategy, rather than wire-work, so Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon it is NOT. Which is a good thing. The love scenes are rather 80’s, which may amuse. More disturbing is the fact that this is the cut-down, “international” version. Originally a 5 hour PAIR of films, which I will have to see on import DVD or somesuch. Why did we not get to see the asian release? This means we miss a lot of the plot and character development ( not to mention some characters ), leaving a good-looking, but not so engaging 2 1/2 hour cinema experience. Woo apparently has been wanting to make Red Cliffs ( inspired by the 14th century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms) for 20+ years, and the result is said to be mind-blowing. A shame we only got to see part of it…Damn distributors – they told Woo from the start that foreign audiences wouldn’t watch 5 hours of subtitles!
the heat is on
May 23, 2009
Swung by a pub to watch the football tonight. It’s a cosy neighborhood joint that I love very much. BUT.They’ve got the heating on, the open fire blazing, the kitchen pumping out heat, as pub kitchens do. After a burger and two pints I’m stewing in my halter top. Barely made it through the first quarter before I had to escape. Walking through the backstreets, I felt like this…
This song is now stuck in my head – thank you Glenn Frey! Back home, cooler now. Pity the game’s crap…
tanfastic
March 17, 2009
Feeling very pale today – how can a gel maintain a healthy glow in this weather? It’s too cold to leave the house in a singlet…
Loving this ad – I’d NEVER use faux or bronzer, but the thought of a tan in today’s grey and rainy weather is heavenly.
Brought to you by the good people at Woman’s Day, September 26, 1966
pink stiletto alert
February 25, 2009
On the tram home after a VERY long day, and what do I see? Patent pink stiletto gel, wobbling about. When I left work , it was definitely 2009, but her outfit was tragically 80’s. Girlfriend, it’s time to move ON! You’re not Madonna from times past, okay? And I don’t want you drunkenly crashing through my newspaper again, alright? I’ll end up in the coronary care unit, and it will seriously ruin my evening…
gentrifuct
February 13, 2009
I’ve always loved Gore Street – the architecture, the Union Club, the ever changing wall art on the church…
Unfortunately, FUGLY apartments are emerging. White painted fencing around the site kept sprouting excellent graffiti, were painted over, and kept sprouting more graffiti…etcetera. Here’s what I saw today.
sigh…
tuxicity
December 5, 2008
Is it just moi, or has a plague of badly suited men descended on our streets?
Chaps, if you haven’t already got the hint, please…
Get some good tailoring advice, some nifty shoe action, and follow through with your basics – fresh shirting, good tie, pocket square. Co-ordinate your colours and textures. Make sure your collar shape and knot harmonise. Become pals with a good drycleaner, find shirts that fit well, polish your shoes – you’ll look sharp and be well worth looking at!
If I have to stand next to another cheap suit wearing, ill-tailored, polyester blend clad, novelty tie necked, crumpled, colourblind abomination on the tram, or at the bar, just look out!
is yours a dazzling smile?
October 31, 2008
Well blogpals, right now mine isn’t. Someone who is so NOT worthy of a mention here is really doing a number on me and my Mum (yet again). Why don’t some people ever realise that they are arrogant, meddling, self-absorbed pieces of work, who should close their toxic mouths? Stay away from moi, behave like a grown-up, have some respect for other people, ok?
I feel much better now…
homeward haiku
October 28, 2008
Chill windscreen bugsmudge
Sticky linoleum feet
And bag glutinous
Home now – having walked the residual gunk off my boot soles. Peeling one’s bag off the tram floor is never pleasant either…However, with a glass of wine and a simple dinner, all nastiness has blown away like the smoke it is.
safe from harm
October 17, 2008
Dear blogpals,
am experimenting with security settings, as the spammers have found me again.
Tres annoying, but it does give me the opportunity to share this…
Vetti
