29 September, 2008

Misplaced

I've just misplaced a large spider.

There was a huntsman spider on my balcony last night, overseeing me hang out my laundry. This morning, it had vanished.

28 September, 2008

Diet

Things I ate this week that I shouldn't have:
  • (Wednesday) Packet of cheap Aldi fruit jellies that were supposed to be sour but weren't;

  • (Friday) Dodgy felafel roll prepared by a man who didn't wear gloves and didn't wash his hands prior to preparation accompanied by an ancient sitting-in-the-counter-window-all-day Greek salad;

  • (Saturday) Bowl of strawberries and cream, having already eaten two pancakes layered with strawberries and cream;

  • (Sunday) 700ml of Cottee's Instant Vanilla Pudding made with Coles Lite Milk, which had a use by date of 25/09. It smelled okay. It was the only way I could think to finish the milk;

  • (Sunday) Five slices of thick-cut raisin toast slathered in butter. I had to finish the loaf.

21 September, 2008

Hello chihuahua

Right. Whose frickin' idea was it to make a movie entirely populated with spoilt chihuahuas? I'm talking about that Disney monstrosity soon to hit our screens: 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua'.

The WORST part is that The Cat Empire, one of my favourite bands in the whole wide world ever, have licensed their song 'Hello' to the film, which I just heard on the trailer. Why why WHY?!? Surely cracking the US market isn't worth that?

It reminds me of the time I heard Bic Runga's 'Sway' in the teen flick 'American Pie'. She was tongue-in-cheek when she referred to it one gig. As I recall, she said "I'm going to end with a song that you may have heard in that quality movie 'American Pie'. It's called 'Sway'..."- knowing full well that 'Sway' was a mega-hit years before the movie.

15 September, 2008

Hello Zia!

Holy crap, they've finally released The Mysterious Cities of Gold here on DVD dubbed in English!

Sir saw it at Borders while we were browsing yesterday. The worst part is that I've just found out that it has been out for more than a month here. How did I not hear about it?

I've been dropping large hints about Christmas to anyone who will listen.