Elizabeth February 26th, 2008
Shamelessly stolen from Jus.
This has got to be the cutest video on YouTube. Bet you can’t resist retting her into your heart!
If you’re not into babies singing Beatles tunes, maybe hotchickswithdouchebags.com is more your style?
Elizabeth February 25th, 2008
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?
Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let’s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb.
I know Tim can’t stand Garfield - I wonder if he’ll like it better this way? Either way, this is so going on my rss reader!
Thanks to Patrick for the link.
Elizabeth February 19th, 2008
If you watch this, promise me you’ll watch it until the end. I would write more, but I’m speechless.
Thanks to Real Live Preacher.
Elizabeth February 13th, 2008
This notice was apparently posted around town by Japanese students.
EDIT: Ralf has used his google-fu for good this time, and discovered that this is a prank. The number listed on the poster is a $1.05/min “Talking Clock”.
I bet I’d be furious if I’d actually called the number, but aside from that it’s such an awesome idea!
Elizabeth February 8th, 2008
Consider this a free pass to go nuts in the comments of this post. Go on, do your worst!
Elizabeth February 2nd, 2008
For those who don’t know, Hamish & Andy are comedians and radio personalities, with a regular spot on Rove.
Last year Rove did a Mothers Day special, in which all the mothers of the cast filled in for them during the show with hilarious results. My favourite part of the show was when Hamish & Andy hooked their mothers up to earpieces and concealed microphones, and sent them out into the street to do as they were told…
And since I’m in a Youtube mood, everybody really needs to see this fantastic Sarah Silverman clip from her interview with Jimmy Kimmel this week. Since we don’t get his show here in Australia, here’s a bit of background from Wikipedia:
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel often says: “Our apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time” near the end of his ABC television show Jimmy Kimmel Live, a gag lampooning instances where shows cannot feature their last guest due to time constraints. On September 12, 2006, after a segment highlighting the running gag and a lengthy introduction by Kimmel, Damon finally appeared on the show, only for Kimmel to apologetically cut his interview and head to credits, as Damon cursed him.
Got all that? Anyway, Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman have been together for years, and when she went on his show this week she presented him with this surprise:
Elizabeth January 31st, 2008
To my newly-engaged little cousin who is totally reading this: let’s make this happen!
Elizabeth January 30th, 2008
Don’t you just wish you could reach through your monitor sometimes, and do something about all the shitty-looking websites out there? I understand that not everybody is a designer, but how hard is it to pick a readable font?
Thanks to design-police.org for this 5-page printable “Visual Enforcement Kit”, and to Katie Chatfield for bringing them to my attention.
(Bonus points for pointing out which rules I’m breaking on this blog!)
Elizabeth January 29th, 2008
If you’ve just joined us, our Australia Day public holiday was spent cruising down the Yarra, grabbing some lunch at the Crown, checking out the All Of Us exhibition at Federation Square, and then…
The plan was to finally get on that tram and head home, since it was exceptionally hot and we were already really sunburned from our trip down the river. It was one of those days where being trapped in jeans was miserable, and the sun was so bright that the glare was inescapable.
As we were heading back to the tram we noticed a street performer setting up for a show, so we decided to sit on the steps and see what he was going to do. He played Indiana Jones music and cracked a whip to get peoples’ attention, and before long had a crowd of several hundred people watching him.
He turned out to be Arizona Jones, “Indiana’s second cousin-in-law, once removed and substitute B-movie stunt double” (known in real life as Tim Motley). Once the show got going he pulled people out of the audience to help him hold his 4m circus pole, and the first person dragged up on stage was Tim. He had Tim do some pretty dumb stuff in front of everybody (including having him dance around like a sexually ambiguous bird), but he got right into the spirit of things without any hesitation.
That boy has no shame, it’s awesome.
A drunken heckler
The show got really weird when two of the “volunteers” seemed unable to confirm that they could be trusted with Arizona Jones’ life, so he ended up swapping them out with two different people. After that, a homeless drunk guy stumbled into the centre of the ring and demanded that Arizona light his cigarette. He then refused to leave the stage, and kept yelling at the poor guy who was trying to do his show. It was weird and drawn-out, but he handled it pretty well.
Tim must have been on stage for a good half hour in the end, with all the weird delays and side-jokes that were going on. His job was basically to hold the circus pole while Arizona Jones climbed it, and then get out of the way while he performed a balance trick with fire sticks and a whip.
And now, whenever I need to be reminded why I waited all that time for Tim to come to Australia I can just look at these photos!
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Keep track as I complete my 101 Things in 1001 Days challenge (commencing Jan 1st, 2008).
