Bleachy_Dude

Stadtler and Waldorf

2006-03-19T18:51:00.000+11:00

You may gather, as we go along, that I am a muppets fan!

I stumbled upon this regular segment, hosted by movies.com, where by the 2 old cranky blokes who sit up in the balcony review movies and such.

Quite entertaining. - Check it out!

Boo Yeah!

2006-03-09T11:58:00.000+11:00

I Love 7's Deal or No Deal - Hosted by Andrew O'Keefe at 5:30pm weeknights.

I found an online version of the game, it must be based on either the UK or US version of the show, which sticks to the original prize pool of being a possible $1 Million.

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Here is a game I recently played:

The deal, I decided.....

NO WAY WALTER P. SMITHE!!! NO DEAL!!!

and the Pay Off...

I am officially E-Rich!!

Try your luck... http://www.dailysixer.com/deal.shtml

Johari

2006-02-24T11:53:00.000+11:00

this is kind of interesting...

http://kevan.org/johari?name=bleachy_dude

If you make one, be sure to link it in the comments so I can fill yours out ;)

Stupid O'Clock Televsion

2006-02-16T01:08:00.000+11:00

Late night television, it's pretty bad!! Not much comes close to this though..

Presenting.. The Up-Late Game Show // With None other than Hot D0gs (aka. Simon Deering)

This show is worth a whole blog about in itself, but tonight I want to focus on one small aspect of the show... Tonight, Hot Dogs has the WORST hair for television I have ever seen. What is this?? Emo or something?? I mean really, even Lee Harding does a better job!!

...What do you call that? a front rats tail? WHAT A JOKE!!

^_^

Well at least he accessorises with the back rats tail...

How he is still on our screens, I really do NOT understand. He says the most stupid things aswell, but as I said, I could make a whole other post about the other spectacularly disasterous features of the show.

I have more caps (cheers - Milorad) but I think thats all we need to see for one night.

PLEASE, I urge you - DO NOT watch Channel 10 from 12:30 - 2am each weeknight. It is NOT worth it.

20 to 1 - One Hit Wonders

2006-02-14T12:14:00.000+11:00

Bert's back, and not only is he hosting the lame re-make "family fued" (- I'm sticking with the deal thankyou very much) but he is actually quite entertaining replacing Bug Tingwall on this countdown show "20 to 1"

Last night, the special was based on famous one-hit wonders. I tried to type as he went along, I may have gotten some slightly wrong.. if you know the correct list, feel free to correct me.

20 *
19 * Mambo No. 5 -Lou Bega
18 * Venus - Air, Bananarama
17 * Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cirrus
16 * Hey Mickey - Toni Basil
15 * I'll be gone - spectrum.
14 * Chumbawaumba - Tub Thumping
13 * Counting the beat - The Swingers
12 * Slice of Heaven - Dave Dobbyn and the Herbs
11 * Rockin' Robin - Bobby Day, Michael Jackson
10 * Pass the Dutchie - Musical Youth
9 * Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin
8 * 99 LuftBalloons - Nena
7 * Spirit in the sky - Norman Greenbaum
6 * Come on Eileen - Dexys Midnight Runners
5 * Funky Town - Lipps Inc
4 * Turning Japanese - The Vapors
3 * Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles.
2 * Born to be alive - Patrick Hernandez
1 * My Sherona - The Knack

The MUPPETS

2006-02-10T01:53:00.000+11:00

You Are Fozzie Bear

"Wocka! Wocka!"
You're the life of the party, and you love making people crack up.
If only your routine didn't always bomb!
You may find more groans than laughs, but always keep the jokes coming.

The Muppet Personality Test

2006-02-08T14:39:00.000+11:00

Movies I have seen in the last couple of weeks (that I can remember)...

DVD
Night at the Roxbury
Kuffs
Duma
Guess Who
Red Eye
Dukes of Hazzard
40 year old virgin
stealth

Cinema Reel:
Walk the line
just like heaven
Nanny McPhee
The producers
Rumour has it
Chicken little
Chronicles of Narnia
King Kong
Flight plan

and there are MANY others that i just can't recal at the moment, in any case... all this being said, you can look forward to an internet revolution VERY soon!! More details to come in the following months...

"I must be emo"

2006-02-08T14:32:00.000+11:00

"Dear Diary.. mood: apathetic"

To all the neo-punks out there, or as I like to say, you "non-punks" and Lee Harding fans... I dedicate this song to you.

"Dying my hair and polish on my toes.. I must be emo!

Linky: http://emosong.ytmnd.com/

heh.

All of life's niggling questions.. ANSWERED!!

2006-02-01T14:21:00.000+11:00

Finally you can find the answer to ALL of life's questions, and it is all located neatly in one website.

Straight dope's the name, answering your questions is their game!!

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/ <<-- click here to become suddenly "aware" of, well, basically everything!!

No but honestly, this site is funny!! worth a read, in fact i just spent 2 hours reading through the questions/answers.

What is it all about? I hear you ask..

well, somebody (or some group of people) run this site to answer your questions about random things that you might wonder... below are some examples.

Do the Amish pay taxes?
What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean?
If you refrigerate bananas do they become poisonous?
What's the origin of the British slang word "bloody"?
Why don't newscasters ever cough on the air?
Is a Daddy Long Legs the most poisonous spider?
Are the dots on McDonald's drink lids Braille?
Is Popeye's nemesis named Bluto or Brutus?
Was Star Wars based on Flash Gordon?
Is it illegal to kill praying mantises?
Do the numbers googol and googolplex really exist?
Is there an "anti-placebo" effect?
Do Disney movies contain subliminal erotica?
Did Bugs Bunny appear in a racist cartoon during World War II?
Why do telephone keypads count from the top down, while calculators count from the bottom up?
Who was the "Man in the Iron Mask"?
If I win the lottery, should I ask for a lump sum or an annuity?

This is a tiny list compared to what they offer, I just chose some... check it out yourself!!

Media Update.

2006-01-29T00:38:00.000+11:00

I saw Guy Sebastian LIVE at Parramatta park on Australia Day, Guy put on the show of his life, and in front of 40,000 odd people, I am guessing he won himself a lot of new fans that night.
To watch where he has come from, you can just tell that now he is hitting his strides and becoming an international-quality recording artist.

The movie you should all see: Walk the Line.
^ this movie stars Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon who do all their own singing in the movie. Johnny Cash is a little bit befor my time, but this story is told so well, and the songs are so awesome that I am interested to look more into the music of JR Cash. I suggest everyione who reads this rushes out and see' the movie... it makes for a GREAT story that is told well and is thoroughly entertaining.

Battle of the Game Shows.

Channel 9 axed Larry Emdur's iconic "the price is right" last year, making way for Bert Newton's switch from 10 to 9 to host the revised version of "Family Fued".
Larry switched to 7, where he will take up the role of "Wheel of Fortune" host (which celebrates 25 years this year and 5000 ep's). Deal or No deal is going head to head with Bert Newton apparently upping the stakes by doubling the highest possible prizemoney. I have a feeling that, as great as old moonface is, and as many fans as he has, Deal or No deal, which shot to fame in the last couple of years will win this battle. Not be out done in the game show stakes, channel 10 has nabbed Goergie Parker away from channel 7 to host a new game show entitles "clever".
*phew* I can hardly keep up...

Battle of the Morning/DayTime Tele

Channel 7 and 9 have been fighting it out over the 6am-9am slot, with competing shows "sunrise" and "today". Today, channel 9's long running morning show has been literally FLOGGED by newcomers kochie and mel in the morning...(channel 7). So this year Today gets a face lift and is hosted by Australia's mpost controversial news reader - Jessica Rowe, dont we all just love her now for the rough time those naughty boys at channel 10 have been giving her. fact of the matter is, Channel 10 news bulletin has been handed a possibility to step up the credibility on their news desk as they have. Poor little jessie started out as a receptionist and had no media background... lucky girl. In any case, once again I think that Rowe will, initially, cause a bit of interest and buzz at "today", flagship "sunrise" will reign victorius at the end of the 2006 ratings season.

If channel 7 play their cards right, they could build on last year's success and have the ability to steal channel 9's "still the one" campaign.

Channel 10 look to be sitting back and watching the fights.. using their early morning slot to entertain the kiddies before school time. all the mean while preparing a fabulous day-time line up for those who stay at home during the day. 9am with david and kim (taking the place of GMA), Home.Life.Style at 11:30, Oprah at 2pm and ready Steady Cook at 3:30pm look like it could be a winning formula for channel 10 day time television.

All this excitement begins tomorrow... welcome to the 2006 ratings Season, folks...

All time annoying songs.

2006-01-29T00:34:00.000+11:00

1. Crazy Frog
2. Anything by Ashlee Simpson
3. I Like NY by Madonna
4. This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, some people.....
5. Mmm Bop

Please feel free to add via comments to this list

Virtual People Power?

2006-01-23T00:37:00.000+11:00

Wow, It has been a long time since my last blog, I am such a sporadical? (is that the word), spasmagorical.. LoL I like that one.. blog poster, I go through stages of posting multiple times per day, to abandoning the blog almost completely for like.. months on end.. I need help.

Anyway, I am here to complain about a phenomenon that has been around for a while, and one that drives me crazy. ONLINE PETITIONS. These things drive me up the wall, they are everywhere.. and about everything. If they HAD any power to begin with, the saturation means they are virtual pieces of nothing which amount to basically a virtual pile of dung!

Really, am I wrong? does anyone out there actually think that these things are worthwhile? I am prepared to be corrected on this issue... but all I see are gazillions of silly petitions, some of it are apparently signed by thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) of virtual people... has anyone heard of a SINGLE online petition being successful.?? I haven't.

Maybe it is just about giving people a false sense of people power, maybe it is there to make feel people FEEL like they are doing something about the wrongs in the world (or the fact that they want some shotty tv station to play re-runs of their favourite ratings-less defunct series). I really don;t understand...

one popular site for this craze is Petition Spot. currently you can sign yourself to lobbies of people wanting the return of the mindless cartoon "freakazoid", or to the legions of fans who want to see the character 'Misty' brought back to pokemon advanced. How about placing your name against seeing the newly revitalised BackStreet Boys on MTV. (*if you can - take a look at petitioner number 20356 on the BSB petition for a bit of fun). SAo are we getting the gist of how IMPORTANT and truly life changing this petition thing can be... not.

OK, fair enough, there are petitions such as "Save Schappelle Corby", "Release our friends in Iraq" and "Puppy Mill awareness" oh , and lets not forget to petition for Oprah to do a show about it... But honestly, I can not see any of these making any scrap of difference in the world.

Feel free to disagree with me here, I welcome your opinions!

Just to top it all off, let's look at some of the latest additions to petitionspot.com

- if u like boobs come here
- Jesse McCartney is A QUEER
- Chad Michael Murray is HOT!

and last but not least...
- all girls who have one night stands are slappers (yeah, how classy!)

Anyone who emails me a link to one of these brain dead things might just find themselves on my BLOCKED list.. I will give them a REAL case of the "yellow-ing" (in-joke - hehe sorry.)

Please comment.
bleachy-out.

Wish List

2005-12-29T23:39:00.000+11:00

I want some TREDS. Strapless thongs, I am intrigued as to how they work, I want a pair of black tred's. read all about them - how cool would they be (if they worked)

Google home page - now personalised.

2005-12-29T23:20:00.000+11:00

With this handy little tool, you can personalise google to make it say whatever word you would like. Simply input your desired text here and click enter, then make the page that comes up your home page. Or you can just do this for fun...

This is my new homepage.

If this is too gimmick-y for you, I suggest you try out Google Suggest, it works just like google search, but as you type it automatically suggests the words you want to search for, kind of like predictive text on your mobile phone, only... not... try it!!

SOURCE: Inside Google

Narnia Conquers at the Box Office.

2005-12-29T21:02:00.000+11:00

I saw Narnia, as highluy anticipated, on opening day - Boxing day 2005. I expected to enoy the movie, but braced myself for major plot - line changes and sensationalism. INSTEAD I was pleasantly surprised at the movie's integrity to the original author, the changes, if any, were extremely insignificant, and where artistic license was used, it was very successful. I give this movie 10/10

The Australian reported:

THE golden lion has thoroughly trounced the giant gorilla in the most hotly contested box office battle of the year.

The first instalment in the child-friendly series The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe took a record $6.583 million on Boxing Day. This makes it the No.1 box-office opening day in Australia, beating Peter Jackson's The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, which took $5.268 million on Boxing Day 2003.

...

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is based on English writer C.S. Lewis's popular children's books.
The fantasy film has been promoted by church groups because of its Christian allegory of death and resurrection.

Renee Butler, manager of independent cinema Randwick Ritz in Sydney, said the crowds had been huge for Narnia.

"I think its appeal is that it crosses the generations," she said. "A lot of baby boomers grew up on the Narnia books, which were published in the 1950s, and now their children are reading them and coming along to see the film."

Source: The Australian

I can tell you, that I have seen cartoon versions of this timeless book, which have the ability to follow the story a little closer, but NO cartoon can capture the auro of ASLAN, I was quite the thrilled child in the cinema, cheering at his appearence, and re-appearance.

I was also thrilled to hear the audience applause at the end of the movie.

I implore you all to go check it out, even if fantasy is not your thing.. the movie has GREAT production values.

I heard that Disney were waiting to see if this movie was successful, until they decided whether to continue turning the rest of the narnia series into blockbusters, looks like we will be seeing Prince Caspian: The return to Narnia in theatres soon. (Thank goodness Disney are 'publicationists')

bleachy-out

Racist Children

2005-12-28T18:33:00.000+11:00

Prussian Blue (as documented by milorad here) want to come to Australia on the back of the Cronulla 'Idiot Riots' as reported, just now, by Network 7's "Today Tonight" trashy evening Current Affairs program. These neo-nazi children have apprently even dedicated a song to Australia's race issue's.

The reason for this blog, however was host's Anna Corren's closing comments, she had just reported that it is unlikely they will be allowed on Australian Soil with minister Amanda Vanstone to make the final decision. What struck me is Corren's comments that went something along the lines of "I can imagine the outcry if that IS the decision" - as if people should be upset that the government will restrict these children with extremely hateful messages of racism.

Did I hear that correctly? I hope not...

Christmas Blessings.

2005-12-24T15:42:00.000+11:00

Merry Christmas to all my friends, and a Blessed New Year! - A Very Happy Sunday to Milorad)

Tomorrow is the day that we celebrate the fact that about 2,000 years ago, a baby was born. That baby grew into a man, that Man became our Saviour for all time. The baby that was born in bethlehem in a humble stable is Jesus Christ, the same Jesus Christ who was present at the world's creation and who will reign victorious over sin and death to the end of time.

I hope that, if you believe this, you make the day about HIM, it is definitely not what the world like to does - Santa is a nice thought, but he really needs his own day.

For me, Christmas is not about the traditions, the family, the presents, the christmas tree, or even the food, while I am going to be involved in most of these things tomorrow. Christmas is about ONE man, Jesus Christ, it is the day to celebrate the fact that He is perfect, faultless and without sin, and even yet, He came to this world to take all our sin upon himself and become the lamb put out to slaughter. Because of HIM and HIS ministry, we have eternal life.

Praise God - Thankyou for coming to this world to save us, thankyou that You love us so much that You would send Your Son for us!

Remember Him this Christmas

Jesus is the reason!

Narnia Conspiracy

2005-12-23T23:38:00.000+11:00

I have decided to re-read the chronicles, especially The lion... before the Cinematic release on Monday.

I went to the stores and bought myself a copy of the whole series (luckily on special - christmas sale) and I found myself wondering about the order, I always thought Lion was the first in the series, however this set lists the magicians nephew as first, and lion as second in the series. This sparked my interest to do some research and it seems I have uncovered a great conspiracy.

The new way of ordering the books have been re-arranged based on a loose interpretion of the events in chronological order throughout the book, there are many arguments for and against and different theories on which order the books should be read in.

If you are interested, I suggest checking these sites out for more info on this debate.

http://www.aslan.demon.co.uk/narnia.htm (this site presents the full argument)

http://www.pineapple-girl.com/narnia.htm (a self-declared publicationIST)

and for general interest.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia

So you can read the books in order of publication:-

1. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950)
2. Prince Caspian(1951)
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)
4. The Silver Chair (1953)
5. The Horse and His Boy (1954)
6. The Magicians Nephew(1955)
7. The Last Battle (1956)

Or there is the order of Chronology (arguably - but how the books are printed today, nevertheless)

1. The Magicians Nephew
2. The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
3. The Horse and His Boy
4. Prince Caspian
5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
6. The Silver Chair
7. The Last Battle

And just to confuse the ranks even more... it appears that order of publication =/= order of the books being written, which is alledged to be:-

1: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
2: (Abandoned version of Magicians Nephew)
3: Prince Caspian
4: Voyage of the Dawn Treader
5: Horse and His Boy
6: Silver Chair
7: Magicians Nephew
8: Last Battle

ANYWAY, I think pineapple girl has won me over in the end, and I will read in order of publication, with this comment: -

I want to re-read (well I have only read Lion and Caspian previously) this series again in the order that the original audience experienced it.

In the early 1950's, children all over the globe waited with bated breath for the latest Narnia book every year, .......... They didn't get a choice back then. To publish the Chronicles in a new, arbitrary order is to say that the way they discovered Narnia is not as good as the way children will today. It eliminates the opportunity for a multi-generational shared experience of reading.

When it all boils down though, I just can't wait to meet ASLAN in the movie version this coming monday, stay tuned for a review!!! How Excitements!!

Festive Heat Wave

2005-12-23T18:39:00.000+11:00

40 Degree's tomorrow, here! I really dislike those kind of termperatures, for me low 30's is perfect - great for swimming/beach and still having the ability to function.

I swear my body does not function on 40 degree's.

Truth...

2005-12-21T23:48:00.000+11:00

The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. Ignorance may deride it. But in the end, there it is.

Winston Churchill

This doesnt need much explaining, A very wise man, close to me uses this quote often, I like it.. a lot. So here it is.

Idol Musings...

2005-12-21T16:36:00.000+11:00

ARIA CHARTS

Lee Harding's Single has shot to number 1 on the aria charts in it's debut week with gold certification. This, and BEP's 'My Humps' forced Kate DeAraugo's single to number 3 this week which still is accredited with platinum status.

Speaking of Kate, it was a disapointing debut week, with delayed deliveries and a slump in album sales this week blamed on a lower-than-expected debut of number 10, on the aria album charts.

Ricki-Lee's 'Sunshine' scrapes through with a top 30 place, and Gold certification even after 12 full weeks in the charts.

Shannon who-cares Noll currently, has 2 singles in the top 30 singles of the week and his album holds on to a strong position of in the aria album charts

Emily Williams
Emily has apparently scored a recording contract with music giant sony/bmg, saying she has known for quite some time, but has been enjoying time-off with the family. I wonder what happened to protecting paulini??

Speaking of Paulini Caruanevuli, her new single from her forthcoming sophomore album has hit radio's this week, it is called "Rough Day" and I must say, it is an awesome track. Apparently, as Andrew G reported on Take 40, it was the most added song to radio play lists this week. - this augers well for pauilini and her new album, even if she has to compete with emily williams.

Ricki-Lee is releasing, Jan 08, the third single from her debut album, it is called "Breathe" and I can almost guarantee it will be a hit with the girls. I can't say too much, but I urge anywone who is even slightly interested in Ricki-Lee to join the Lounge, a fan forum dedicated to RL, and home of RL exclusives!

Carols by Candlelight, on christmas eve this year, will be an Australian Idol spectacle. With Idol contestants Kate DeAraugo, Guy Sebastian and shetters himself, Anthony Callea performing onn the night. You can see this on Channel 9, starting from 9pm. Other artists on the night include Darryl Somers, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, David Campbell, Marina Prior and Debra Byrne

If you didn't already know - Shannon Noll is doing his good deed for humanity - he is taking Dan England on tour with him next year, I must say, It is ALMOST a reason to go and see shannon in concert!

Laser Games for nerds.

2005-12-21T16:09:00.000+11:00

Zone Empire.

My friends and I have made a recent discovery of a silly little laserforce game in Newcastle, about an hour's drive north of the central coast. you basically run around with a vest on that has laser receptors and you have a gun, you run around 3 stories of dark, glow in the dark madness and try and kill as many other people as you can find, of course if you are shot yourself, you are timed out for 10 seconds.

You might be able to sense that this is not exactly my idea of a fun game, but my mates love it, and I enjoy spending time with them there.

The main reason for this blog however, is that it amazes me how there are older guys who just basically live there. Day in- day out the play this game and pride themselves on knowing the maze inside out and having the top ranking scores, differewnt horse sfor different courses I guess, I just simply dont care... oh and by the way, I have only played a few times and I am already ranked 300/1000 odd, and if you know me, you know that this is too good. The fault with the ranking system is, it goes by the amount of points you have accumulated, which means that the 700 odd people that i have already beaten were probably a lot better than me but have only played one or two games, where as I have played 6 or 7.

the game becomes somewhat more interesting with some different modes of play as outlined here:http://s13.invisionfree.com/Zone_Empire/index.php?showforum=8

In any case, for me, it is more of a social case study - I am going to do whatever it is I have to do to ensure that both myself and my group of friends do NOT turn out to be like the zone-aholics we meet there, 10 years down the track!!

Failure

2005-12-19T23:33:00.000+11:00

Apparently not a totally *new* trick, but a funny one nevertheless.

Go to http://www.google.com and type in the word "failure", then instead of clicking search, click the [I'm feeling lucky] button.

The 'best match' website is quite funny. A great website to link to, an even better specific page on the website.

*note* just in case google changes sometime in the future, I will place a link to the offending website in the comment section, I urge you to try following the directions before viewing comments on this post.!

Thanks.

THE PSBOXSTATIONCUBE-ULTIMATE 2005

2005-12-17T00:54:00.000+11:00

Exacyst, this blog post goes directly out to you...

here it is, the new revolution in Gaming, I will personally buy this for all my dweeb school friends (who like to tell me that gaming is NOT for children)

STACKER

This game is going to absolutely rock your world guys...

NEW YORK— Electronic-entertainment giant Take-Two Interactive, parent company of Grand Theft Auto series creator Rockstar Games, released Stacker Tuesday, a first-person vertical-crate-arranger guaranteed not to influence young people's behavior in any way.

"With Stacker, the player interacts with an environment full of boxes—lightweight, uniformly brown boxes with rounded corners—and uses diligence and repetitive hard work to complete his mission," said Doug Benzies, Stacker's chief developer. "We're confident that the new 'reluctantly interactive' content engine we designed will prevent any excitement or emotional involvement, inappropriate or otherwise, on the part of the player."

To avoid any appearance of suggestive or adult situations, the graphics consist entirely of rectangular polygons rendered in shades of brown against a simulated gray cinderblock wall. The game is free-roaming inside the warehouse environment, meaning that no goals are set for stacking a certain number of boxes, nor is there a time limit for the stacking. The health-level bar remains at a constant peak, and the first-person perspective avoids the problem of players identifying too closely with the main character, whose name is never specified and to whom nothing actually happens.

Source: The Onion

Sounds ingenious to me!

Tsunami in a Lee Cup

2005-12-17T00:10:00.000+11:00

At the risk of being labelled a Lee-fan, I will make another post on this wannabe-punk from Idol 05.

It's good to know that even if Lee is not a politically minded person (as stated by himself on the night of Idol that he sang that green day song - gee I am great with details tonight) H eis concerned about the effects of his PROFOUND lyrics.

AUSTRALIAN Idol punk Lee Harding isn't worried about offending people with lyrics in his debut single, Wasabi.

In the opening, Harding sings: "She's like a tsunami, could wipe out an army."

As the first anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami looms, there has been some suggestion the lyrics could offend people affected by the natural disaster, which killed hundreds of thousands of people.

"No they haven't," he said when asked if there had been any negative feedback to the lyrics.

"When I first read the lyrics, I was like, hmm.

"It has settled down enough for people not to sort of jump on that I think and ... it (the word tsunami) is not made out in an offensive line."

Source: Entertainment news.com.au

Are they sure he was worried about the use of the word "Tsunami", I mean he doesnt even use that word, if you check out his official site and click on the lyrics page, the word he uses is SUNAMI, not tsunami at all! - Haha okay I have worn that joke out completely now!!! Sorry - I couldn't resist one last jab after seeing this article.

Yuletide Greetings

2005-12-15T22:17:00.000+11:00

I HATE Christmas Shoppers

Well, some of you may already know... I recently moved next door to what is apparently, the southern hemisphere's largest single story shopping centre (mall - for the US viewers).

Now let me give you some background, I live about an hour and a half's drive away from Sydney, (beejay calls it "greater sydney") to give you an idea, it is quite a large town, but it isn't a city, I guess we have most of the facilities available to us, but the atmosphere is not quite as imperonal as the city.

Normally, you walk around and people smile and greet you, even though you don't know them! (are you getting the picture, it's not a small enough town to KNOW everyone, but it is also small enough that people are still friendly - quite unlike sydney)

ANYWAY... for some strange, this christmas, people seem to have forgotten all about who we are and how we treat others! Yes that's right.. this christmas the central coast has become a cold, rude and unfriendly town. there are unusual amount of people out shopping - sure, but that does NOT excuse you for being so damned rude. I don't care if you are late and behind schedule buying christmas presents and having the christmas food prepared!

Ok, I am not making this blog because I was out shopping and someone didn't say Hi to me, or smile to me, I am making this blog because NOONE said hi or smiled. Not even that really, on top of not just being generally friendly, people are down right RUDE. this includes fighting for elevators, ramming you with trolleys to get what they want, pushing in front of you in shopping lines, and the list goes on, and on.

All I can say is, I hope we always stay far enough away from syndey to not turn completely into sydney permanently all year round, I would have to move to dungog or someplace else like that !

Welcome to the new home of Bleachy_Dude

2005-12-15T12:11:00.000+11:00

Huge thanks to milorad for setting this up for me, even migrating my old blog posts and more recent comments! this is where I will be from now, leave a message here so i can be sure you have all safely found me!

Welcome to blogger!

Blogger... Suggested by Milorad

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For a little while I will run this blog simultaneously until I work out which software I prefer.

My msn space: http://spaces.msn.com/members/bleachy-dude

*UPDATE* I finally made my choice, this is home now :d see post above!

Focus On....

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Yes ladies and gentleman, long time devotee's to this blog will remember the hay day of the Focus on: segments, and here they are in a lazarus style resurrection. this is the part of my blog where I simply post interesting snippets of things such as song lyrics or verse's or anything that I want to share with the world. I normally dont comment much, just post with a small round-up and then open the floor for comments

Tonight it is Focus On: Casting Crowns - American Dream [lyrics]

While this song is aimed at the Ameerican culture, mentality and psyche, I think it's potent lyric delivers a direct punch in the guts to Australians alike. replace UNITED STATES of AMERICA with NATION of AUSTRALIA and there ya go! (think cats and cradles)

Casting Crowns - American Dream.

All work no play may have made Jack a dull boy
But all work no God has left Jack with a lost soul
But he's moving on full steam
He's chasing the American dream
And he's gonna give his family the finer things

Not this time son
I've no time to waste
Maybe tomorrow we'll have time to play
And then he slips into his new BMW
And drives farther and farther and farther away

So He works all day and tries to sleep at night
He says things will get better;Better in time
And he works and he builds with his own two hands
And he pours all he has in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are comin' crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands

His American Dream is beginning to seem
More and more like a nightmare
With every passing day"Daddy, can you come to my game?"
"Oh Baby, please don't work late."Another wasted weekend
And they are slipping away
'Cause he works all day and lies awake at night
He tells them things will get better
It'll just take a little more time

He used to say, "Whoever dies with the most toys wins"
But if he loses his soul, what has he gained in the end
I'll take a shack on the rockOver a castle in the sand
Now he works all day and cries alone at night
It's not getting any betterLooks like he's running out of time
'Cause he worked and he built with his own two hands
And he poured all he had in a castle made with sand
But the wind and the rain are coming crashing in
Time will tell just how long his kingdom stands
His kingdom stands

All they really wanted was You
All they really wanted was You
All they really wanted was You

Comments? - thanks!

Issue-related Blogging Class 101

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Lesson 1- Occasionally is better than never.. [loosely based on the words of Milorad Ivovic (Issue-related blogging 101 lecturer) 13/12/05]

In that case, here goes...

RACE RIOTS IN SYDNEY

I am not going to outline the issue here, if ya wanna know what I am talking about to go ninemsn.com.au and click on national - sydney news. Here is my opinion, this is NOT a race riot, this is an IDOT riot consisting of Losers vs Losers, not race vs race, everyone involved should be gaoled, that includes white aussies, leb's, wogs, rednecks and grandmothers! OK there were a couple of mediteranian looking blokes who bashed a life guard, this is NOT an excuse to bash any wog you see on the street. Australia is a multicultural country, a label we wear on our sleeves with pride, but this national uprising of late is just a disgrace! I am ashamed to call myself a new south welshman, an australian and most importantly a HUMAN BEING at this time. People around me who I look up to and respect have even been drawm into the media sensationalism and have been inadvertantly turned into a racist Idiot and expressed support for the "right" white rioters.

What is this world coming too?

I just do not understand the mentality.. hey, the 13 year old down the road threw a brick at my house the other day.. that's it - screw all the 13 yo's - they must be bad, have u heard of how much crap 13 yo delinquients do, thats it, who is with me? I am gunna send out text messages to all my 14 year old + friends to make this sunday a "let's bash the crap out of all the 13 yo's we find" day and reclaim our nation for the more mature people!! it is justified, is it not, it's not like this is an isolated incident, 13 yo BOYS cause CRAP all over the place.

It just doesnt work for me. I hate this!! enough already - POLICE just go zero tolerance and gaol any trouble causers - dont be racist, just gaol ANYONE who is BREAKING THE LAW!!!

Oh wow, that felt good! - this won't be the end of issue posting by bleachy methinks.

I welcome your comments!

Clarification...

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I make typo's!

leeharding.com.au shouldn't! :p

Ricki-Lee 'BREATHE' - press release, cover art etc.

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OK so I have already said that this isn't my fave track on the album, but it is growing on me slowly and slowly... it's great for the chicks I imagine, for those interested, here is some info about it:

Press Release | Cover Art

track list:

[*] 'Breathe' (radio edit)
[*] 'Sunshine' (cabin crew remix/radio edit)
[*] 'Sunshine' (cabin crew remix/extended mix)
[*] 'Breathe' (instrumental)

Remember, http://www.rlcoulterlounge.com/ for ALL your Ricki-Lee info

Music round-up

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Firstly, can I just say "SHAME ON YOU AUSTRALIA" - This week, the aria charts have 3, yes count them, one, two, three, you heard me right 3 CRAZY DAMN FROG songs in the aria top 50 chart - shame shame shame! (and that is all I have to say on that for now.) *shakes head*

Rebecca St James released her latest studio album a few weeks ago, and as expected, it is awesome! it goes back to her "God" rock'n'roll roots, and as promised, I will deliver a track by track analysis in the near future! Ricki-Lee has announced that her third single from her self-titled debut album will be 'breathe' - and this doesnt exactly thrill me, it is the ONE song on the album I skip over.. it is more for the girls - but hey that is cool! I cant expect to like EVERYTHING - I appreciate it for her voice, the lyrics just annoy me - it must be a girl thing. In any case, I will be purchasing multiple copies of the single when it is released on Jan 08. Lee speed-it-up-to-cover-my-faults Harding released his debut single to radio and music stores nationally this week.. the B-side is (Help us) Eye of the Tiger (speed 100+bpm). If you want a good old laugh, head on over to www.leeharding.com.au and check out the lyrics section - great to see his website designers are rilly gud spellerers ;) For an even heartier laugh, click on his forum and visit this thread (http://forums.leeharding.com.au/index.php?showtopic=259) - Who knew that wasabi was an avocado based dip ROFL.. I wonder what they make guacamole with *giggle*. Enough Lee - bashing, I actually purchased the single, (mainly to feed my idol addiction) and the avocado song is KIND OF growing on me, truth is, I still honestly like his voice, just not his song style! On a more interesting note, Kate DeAraugo has released her debut album, the album that took 6 days to make, and while they cant seriously be expected to create their finest art work in that amount of time, Kate gives it a darn good shot and I am very pleased with the outcome.. I can't wait to hear the second album, as with Guy - that is when they really hit their stride's. MercyMe - The Christmas Sessions, is one of the best Christmas albums I have ever heard! it's a bit rock, a bit pop, but ALL wonderful! YOU should get it! It will be severely under-rated because they are a christian band, but anyone will love this album! Rogue Traders - Here come the drums, this is an album I didnt expect to like, surprisingly a couple of tracks, such as Casting aside and Rescue me, which are a bit acousticy in nature, are awesome! another surprise buy!

and that is that for this week!

Bleachy is back... finally

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OK, I promised a November 25 return, and here I am on December 13, I am a man of my words, a man of honesty and integrity... yeah right.

I have been reading lots of Milorad and Beejay's blog posts, and I have a confession to make.. I am never going to be as issue-minded as they are, my blog is mainly inane ramblings of my own life and what is happening.. I have no idea why anyone even visits, surely my life isn't THAT interesting! Who knows, I might ask milo for some lessons in how to be more issue minded so that you poor souls have something interesting to read here. Issue-related blogging 101.

Rightio, so I owe you an apology for my drop off from the face of the planet - Immediately following my 3 weeks prac block, I moved house.. I now live next door to the largest single story shopping centre in the southern hemisphere (apparently) - woohoo! can you hear the sarcasm? no, but really.. it is kind of cool.. I never have any money to shop, but i buy LOTS of cd's (go figure) - so I am mildy pleased by that fact!

Ifg anyone cares, my prac was half absolutely horrible.. but the kids and I had fun so that makes the other half fantastic - let's just say that the mentoring teacher and myself don't look at the world the same!

Moving house has some great positive aspects and some terrible pitfalls, one pitfall I am being subjected to at the moment is dial up internet, it is going to take 3-6 weeks for adsl to get turned on in our new home (maybe even longer because of the christmas period)

Anyway so that kind of brings you up to date, I hope to keep you more updated in the future!

Thankyou to my loyal vistors/commenter! I love you guys!!!!

Bleachy is coming back.

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Sorry guys it has been too long since my last blog, but never fear! I will be back.

To fill you in, at the moment I am in the middle of a 3 week prac teaching block in a local year 5 school, it is interesting, to say the least. I will explain more when it is all over.

In any case, I will be back full-time after November 25.

Hope all is well with you!

TRAVESTY!

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Milo is such a graphic designer extraordinaire himself that his work has been promptly stolen! I say lets go on a spanish head hunt! anyone with us?? LOL

*UPDATE*
The site was taken down, only a few minutes after Milorad's blog!!! Success, head hunt postponed guys! we watch with great interest at this blokes next attempt at a blog.

Levi John

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This is my Nephew, Levi John! milorad edited this photo for me, he had a stain on his jumper - but it is all gone now! voila! Thanks mate...

this picture is more recent than the couple in the photo's on the left hand side of this page.

What do you reckon, takes after uncle bleachy hey!

Marcia Hines

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Spiceroy, this is particularly for you..

THIS is Marcia Hines, The QUEEN of Australian Pop!

My Photo Album

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These are the promised pictures from my photo album, made for me by the LOVELY MEG!!!

*Meg, I want to say an extra special thanks to you for this, I know how long it would have taken you and I am really touched that you took the time to do it for me, I love it, and I often find myself looking over the pages laughing, and smiling etc etc*

Click for Piccies!

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23

Isn't this the coolest present! - THANKS MEG!!!

OH and I have to mention exacyst's present - it was one of those little planes that you make that come inside chip packet - you know, almost like a tazo, but you make it!! - Unfortunately it got squashed in the bag and pieces were lost :( tragic tale really!! - No but really, on the day we spent allllllllll day at the hospital and had no special plans for dinner - he organised for a few mates to get together and have dinner - that was very special!!

bleachy.

A Fresh Start

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I was looking at my blog and I realised that i had let it go messy and uncared for, so I thought, heck why not - I will give it another go.. so here is me giving it another go
So what is new with me, I have finished with going to university for the year, but still have to complete a 3 week practicum experience at a local primary school, it is a year 5 class and I am not really looking forward to it. I want to teach the younger years (K-1-2) but hey, this will be good experience I figure! (not that we get a choice in the matter - but that is for a whole other post )

Hmm, the smilie’s don't really look very good on this blog software do they!

Anyway, what else is new.. I have been preparing to move house for the last week, still not exactly sure when the moving date is, but it will probably be within the next week. We are moving into a place that is only about 15 mins drive away from where I am now, but it is in a much better location - 10 minutes or less from a spectacular beach "Terrigal" and a 2 minute walk from one of the southern hemisphere’s largest shopping complex - Erina Fair, now being a male, and being a university bludger, I do not have the interest, nor the money to go shopping on many occasions. However most of you that know me, know that I am obsessive compulsive about purchasing music.. music runs through my veins and I can not live without it, Yes, I do download massive amounts of music regularly, but I always feel compelled to purchase the music that I really enjoy, I am not purposely downloading to steal from the artists, I figure I am merely perusing many artists and selecting those that I wish to purchase, I create my own daily radio station, if you will. You can rationalise it until the sun comes home, in the end it is still not the right thing to do, but I can not help it - when the internet offers me such easy access to basically whatever song I want, immediately.

University is the pits! It really is, I have about 12 months until I can start casual teaching, and it feels like it is going to drag on forever, but as per usual i am sure the year will past by ever so fast and it will leave me pondering my life and I will eventually end up with a desire to be back, wallowing in my mainly easy and laid back life as a uni student. My mate (exacyst) wrote up an hilarious post about the sorrows of university, you can click on the link to Shane's Garage on my blog, and you will see what I m talking about, while I am not even sure that he knew what he was saying most the time, the sentiment is one that I wish to reflect here.

OK on the music scene (this is where I hear a lot of my loyal readers shudder, but I must do it), Ricki-Lee has released her debut album -, I believe it i international quality amazing smash hits - you may call me biased, but I do not care - I absolutely love the album and I believe that it is only a beginning reflection of what we can expect to hear from her in the future - she is going places!!! Switchfoot have released their 5th and most contemporary album to date, it is quite enjoyable and I also purchased the album along with a LIVE DVD from the tour of their last album. Unfortunately, switchfoot are losing me rapidly, gone are the hidden messages, and they have been replaced by vague and ambiguous lyrics that almost become worthless, meaningless and, in my honest opinion, bordering on compromise. Sure they are great musicians and each album reveals a little more of that, but that is not what original drew myself to them, so good luck in the future switchfoot, I know you won't miss little old me, but i will certainly miss you! Mary Mary have released a 3rd studio album (they even had 2?? ) somehow, I must have missed their second offering, however that doesn't matter, i am glad I have not missed their latest, and self-titled album, now here is a band that have not swayed from the message, delivering powerful Christian lyrics, song after song and never ceasing to amaze with vocal ability! My mission is now to track down their second album. George Huff, final 12 ,American Idol 2004 contestant has released his album - entitled "miracles" - now this one really came out of no where, I had no idea about this man's faith but had been an avid fan during the AI season, this album reflects his awesome deep, and rich vocal ability, while delivering powerful and convicting lyrics. Thankyou amazon.com - You will soon be sending me this album. (I will explain more about amazon in a second...). Some of you may be thinking, WHAT?!?! bleachy has given up on switchfoot, how can that be?!?!? Well I am here to tell you guys that not only have I lost interest in switchfoot, but their place in my music library has been directly replaced by a new up and coming Christian Band from the United States called "Casting Crowns". B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T, that is all I can say, these guys are up there with DC Talk and Switchfoot in terms of music ability and have appeal to a wide audience. But not only that, they deliver convicting, challenging and powerful lyrics that will spur you to hop out of your seat and tell the world about our Saviour. Their debut album features tracks such as "If We Are The Body" (my personal favourite) and "Who Am I" along with "American Dream "and "Voice of Truth", this cd has been on replay both at my house, and in Exacyst's car for months. It was my brithday a month ago (21) and my mother purchased their latest album entitled "LifeSong" - this cd has become my favourite cd that I have in my possession, it is hard to pick a "star" track, because honestly I love each and every track in it's own right. I guess I could say I have played "Father, Spirit, Jesus" more than most but then that would be neglecting other "favourite" tracks such as "LifeSong", "While You Were Sleeping", "Stained Glass Masquerade", "Praise You In This Storm", "Set Me Free" and "Prodigal". Seriously now, if you are into modern Christian music, grab yourself a copy of LifeSong by casting Crowns - You will not be disappointed.
The Fro - Guy Sebastian is set to release his third studio album summer 2005/6, but even more excitingly, he is delivering a gospel album later in the year, he has already worked with the likes of Hillsong in producing the album. I am looking forward to this release more than any other Idol release before.

Saving the best for last... REBECCA ST JAMES, yes MY becca is releasing her new studio album in a little under a month in the US it will be called “If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something” woohooo! Not much more to say about this, but you can guarantee I will give a track-by-track analysis when I receive this album! Y’all know how much I love my becca!

Speaking of which, As I mentioned, I had a birthday over a month ago now, and yes it was my 21st, I didn’t have the best time, My grandmother was gravely ill, PRAISE GOD she has recovered now and is home, doing well. ANYWAY My mum blessed me with multitudes of presents - she tried to give me 21 for my 21st but went a little overboard and had to group stuff together and call it “one present” - I brought it on myself (sounds like a bad thing - it really is not) but I could not tell her one MAJOR present that I wanted, so she had to get me lots of smaller stuff - I loved it and it came as a complete shock, as we had spent the whole week prior to my birthday at the hospital - I have no idea when she had time to do it, But I LOVE her so much for it, not only for it, just cause she is awesome! My grandmother, before she fell ill, had purchased for me a beautiful fob watch, on which one of my mum’s designs was engraved - it is amazing, and will be a keepsake for the rest of my life.

I got home from the hospital and I had a huge parcel on my doorstep and when I opened it, my friends from http://www.rlcoulterlounge.com/ (namely MEG) had made me a huge photo album full of Ricki-Lee pictures and pictures of all our friends, if you are familiar with creative memories, it is a similar thing to that, all hand done - precious! I have scans of it - will post a link in another blog. They even had a scrolly message on the forum and a thread full of birthday wishes!!

A few weeks prior to that I had been chatting with relatively new, but extremely close friends Milorad and BeeJay and I had mentioned my Rebecca St James and my attempts top get her earlier albums, so they teamed up and sent me an online $50 (USD) gift voucher to http://www.amazon.com/ (which is a large online store) so that I could purchase one of the CD’s I m after, and while I am there pick up a few extra things as well. This really blessed me - I think even how much is unbeknownst to them.

Mirela got me a new wallet! woohooo - my wallet, which was 3 years old now, and originally purchased by mirela for my 18th was a little worn out!
I will post a pic of my new groovy wallet soon! THANKS MIRELA!!!

To those who made my day special, especially in the midst of what was rather a traumatic time

THANKYOU SO MUCH!!

I really mean that, you have no idea how much you blessed me!!!

OK I could go on and on but I realise that this post has reached 1700 words ...gee if only I found it this easy to write essay’s I would be getting HD’s all the time - essays take me a LOT more time to type up and in the end I always feel like they have wasted precious time for my life... anyway all this effort, I hope some people read it - you have probably all deserted me, but I promise to try and keep the blog going, I am sure I have lots more to say... I promise some pictures in the next post, as well as the return of “verse of the day” and “song lyric of the day”. And there we have just reached 1800 words, this is where I sign off..
Until next time

Bleachy.