Spice Girls are BACCCCCCCCCCCK!

From left to right-- Posh, Mel C, Ginger, Baby and Mel B

They're having a comeback tour.

and yes.

i'm sad.

yes.

... I WANT TO GO!

January 17 in SYDNEY! YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!

I GOT A NEW JOB!!!

Ur looking at Australian Geographic's newest Recruit!!

YAY!!!!!

:D :D :D :D :D

i grabbed these Q's from Gee's blog :D

Time fillers...

Q1. Do you have a tattoo?

• Nope. but i got a tongue piercing once.

Q2. How old are you?

• i spoke to some 6year olds the other day. They said we looked 13.

Q3. Are you single or taken?

• depends on how you perceive this. what is the sound of a 'single person' clapping?

Q4. Eat with your hands or utensils?

• burger+ pizza = hands. pasta/rice= utensils. do i get extra points if i cross cultures between knife/fork/spoon/chopsticks?

Q5. Do you dream at night?

• yes definately.

Q6. Ever seen a corpse?

• yes. on a road and in a casket. NEXT!

Q8. Do you like Howard the PM?

• i like that his eyebrows have been plucked. and i like that our economy is going well.

Q9. What's your philosophy on life and death?

• Our life is but a mist... i do believe in heaven. there is life after death.

Q10. If you could do anything with me, and have no one know, what would it be?

• is this about GEE? i would pick you up with the world's largest sets of chopsticks. (thats an event management project challenge!)

Q11. Do you trust the police?

• its like saying do you trust in McD's?! Of course I do! but sometimes the nuggets are cold...

Q12. Do you like country music?

• ' dont tell my heart, my achey breaky heart... i just dont think she'd understand'...

Q13. What is your fondest memory of me?

• the Great wall of China. lunchroom.

Q14. If you could change anything about yourself what would it be?

• my innate ability to talk waaaaaaay too much.

Q15. Would you date me?

• to be honest. i dont date chongs. sorry.

Q16. What do you wear to sleep?

• thats just way too personal! ( if i told you i slept in the nude would you like me more or less? jokes)

Q17. Have you ever peed in a pool?

• no. but i have been a pool thats been peed in i'm sure (i used to be a swimming instructor. have a guess)

Q18. Would you hide evidence for me if I asked you to?

• depends what the evidence is for! if its a body part, i might wonder where you got it from! :P

Q19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?

• we'd spend it eating outdoors in the sun and enjoying sydney harbour.

Q20. Which do you prefer - Biker Skull Cap or Cowboy Hat?

• biker skull cap for when i'm feeling like an adventure/ Cowboy hat when i feel like riding a cow.

Q22. What's your favorite color?

• the rainbow (i know thats a crap answer)

Q23. If you could bring back anyone that has passed, who would it be?

• my dad

Q24. Tell me one interesting/odd fact about you?

• there are so many! i am very odd... oh i got one-- ive got a 'beauty spot' on my face. please dont call me 'moley'... like in austin powers!!

Q25. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

• i have no idea what this question means. Who has time to fill these in other than govt working receptionists!!

ciao!

water. gas and greenhouse

dudes.
im dying here.

if you want to find out about:

• Solar power rebates from the govt.
• Sewerage
• wind power
• desalination
• greenpower
• nuclear power
• 3 eyed fish (from the simpsons! j/k)
• borewater
• something to do with generating energy by sending your pet mice around a spinning wheel in your home pet shop...

then come by and ask me!

i'm working at DWE! (dept of h2o & nrg)...

"just transferring your call through..."

Its a Wacky World

Who knew that it could be OK to cycle in the NUDE?

I just found this link to Wacky World through the Daily Telegraph.

Under 'normal' circumstances i rarely read the Tele, but this link is just about as random as my blog.

Thought id share it with you! Some stories are gross, hilarious, interesting, random, funny... you name it! Enjoy! :D

"Milk Eggs Vodka."

Interesting article about a book i found on Adage... Love it! Wouldnt mind getting my hands on a copy...

Paper Trail: What Grocery Lists Reveal About Shoppers
Old People Really Like Cookies
By Lenore Skenazy

Published: June 11, 2007

There's a new reference book out for anyone trying to sell anything at the grocery -- or understand America. It's called "Milk Eggs Vodka."

'Milk Eggs Vodka,' by Bill Keaggy, is an archive of shopping lists. It's a book of shopping lists. Yes, real shopping lists -- a couple hundred of them, reprinted in all their crumpled, stained and misspelled glory. They represent just a fraction of the thousands of lists collected over the past decade by oddball/genius Bill Keaggy, who hopes you'll send him any lists you find too.

He just loves them. So do I! So do untold legions! Keaggy's grocery-list website, grocerylists.org, gets a couple of thousand hits a day.

Why? "You really get a glimpse into people's lives," says Keaggy, a graphic designer at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch when not stopping to pick up and preserve the detritus of modern life. A grocery list is like a diary, he says: utterly honest and not written for public consumption. Short and mysterious, it is the haiku of everyday life: "Squirt gun, hot peppers, strawberrys, bee trap, pie pans." Read it and you can feel the sun beating down on a birthday party (and some kid screaming).

"Buns, vodka, wine, chips, vanilla ice cream, kitty litter."

That one just made Keaggy laugh.

"Prozac, kid hair de-tangler, Ibuprofen, Fiber-All, Sensodyne."

As Keaggy notes in his unfailingly wonderful marginalia, "Wow, your life sucks, my friend. Constipation, headaches, aching gums, kids with knotted hair. No wonder you're depressed."

Aside from the lives revealed by these lists, there are also the demographics.

The Trader Joe's shopper's list includes, as if by law, goat cheese, shallots and pastry crust. Quiche alert! But the list written in fat, pre-teen letters, with smiles in all the O's, says,

"Food -- Thanks Mom! Pizza Lunchable, Taco Lunchable, Gatorade Rapid Rush -- Blue, Cooler Ranch Doritos." "I'm not so sure this list should have been labeled 'food,'" Keaggy observes.

Maybe not.

But here you have a totally candid picture of what one girl -- possibly representing one entire generation -- wants for lunch.

A few years later will it be buns, wine and vodka? Or Prozac and Fiber-All?

While Keaggy didn't write this book as any kind of marketing study -- he laughs at the idea -- he has come to a couple of conclusions, including the fact that old people really like cookies. (He can tell an old person's list by the shakiness of the writing.)

After collecting at least one list from every state, he found that 41% included some sort of bread and 37% included milk, half had some sort of personal-care or cleaning product, and just 6% were looking for liquor. Adds Keaggy, "Yeah. Right."

The most fastidious shoppers write their lists on the back of envelopes and put coupons inside (and sometimes forget they're there).

The most frazzled write lists like: "Spaghetti. Sauce."

Or even shorter lists: "Celery!"

And the most honest write things like, "Bud Light, good beer." That's not commentary; those are two separate items.

And then there are the lists that can break your heart: "1 lb hamberger, cheeseburger mocornoi, bread, butter, lunch meat. If enough money -- chips." It's not just the spelling that hurts.

After years of loving all these lists, Keaggy gradually realized that shoppers were wasting time and possibly money by not being organized. They were returning for single items ("Celery!") and being vague about their needs ("Get supper things"), so he created a checklist to help them. It lists just a couple of hundred items by department -- simplicity itself. Yet it has been downloaded tens of thousands of times.

If you ever find one of these lists, kindly send it to grocerylists.org, P.O. Box 752, St. Louis, MO, 63188. Meantime, don't forget: BUY MILK!

Introducing... Helen Melon

I thought i was the only crazy on here!!!

Jack Jack Jackie has introduced a friend of hers she met travelling in NZ.

I think she's a pom too...

her name is... not kidding...

HELEN MELON

check out ' lookalikes'. she approaches randoms/strangers and compares their pic with celebrities! frickin hilarious!

you'll need a password to get into the site. ask me in the comments section if you want access!! :P

She is Freakin Funny!!

Put it this way. They created their own 'business cards' and started a group on facebook called

" I heart sweatbands"

HILARIOUS! (yet to join as i still dont have access to facebook at work. BOOHOO. apparently there is a group on facebook that is for people that cant get access to it at work!!?!)

living vicariously through ---British Touring Car Champions-

dudes.

i'm currently posted at the dept of water & nrg. ok. i'm writing in bad acronym/ txt talk because i dont want to be incriminated!!

anyhoo. all is not lost (aside from my brain)

but my dear 'job share' lass here. jack jack jackie, a lovely backpacker from (you guessed it) england... just revealed to me today that her best friend is married to none other than -- (no, you wouldnt have guessed, because i have no idea who he is...)

none other than a BTCC (british touring car champion) Jason Plato

apparently her friend sophie-- who she has known since she was 11 ... is only 24 and married old silverFox jason (36)... just last september....

jackie had originally changed her 'backpacking' adventures to accomodate the wedding which was meant to be early sept... but then... i guess with his private jet and his MILLIONS... they changed it to late sept... and jackie had already orge -anised her flights with her boyf etc etc... and well... she missed the wedding!!

crazy story. but heck. its a slow day here at the department! and even if the story is completely bogus...

which i doubt.

becos jackie says her friend sophie is on facebook- so SHE must exist!!!!!!!!

HA!

i (heart) chicken

Hi peeps!

i forgot to go to CHICKEN TREAT in PERTH!!!

talk about anticipation from previous post.

not to worry. we ended up going to far better places... on the last nite i was there with salmeister and her friend 'lennon'. yes. just like john. we went this really cool brewery called 'little creatures'. In pure vanny style i finished off ALL our meals...

which included. kangaroo meat skewers, a big bowl of yummy 'frittes' (chips), tiger prawns, nachos and pizza! + beer! yum yum

Perth was rockin! dont come a knockin...

Peeps.

i have just tried to survive the 'Red Eye' flight from Perth to sydney this morning.

It is officially t he CRAPPEST flight you can take from Perth.

it leaves at 12:50am Perth time = 2:50am Sydney time... and arrives promptly 4 hours later at 7:00am Sydney time.

I rushed home and went straight to work.

Who IS THIS CRAZY???
me.

again.

that and i'm at another govt posting temping. it sucks.

they just switched off my access to facebook.

better get off this thing they'll probably block this too.

this sucks!!! ARGH!!!!!!

my favourite cereal packet... or am i just a sucker for marketing?

SPIDERMAN- 'web' shaped cereal bits.
and I love Kelloggs Crunchy Nut cornflakes (with the bits)

But i must say... that i am probably one of the few 'over 25's' that actually got sucked into buying this cereal packaging... very strategically placed at the end of the supermarket aisle. I had neither any idea about a) the taste of it b) whether it would in fact, taste like spiders or c) figured it could be similar to cocoa pops, but because i actually love spiderman, i was secretly hoping there was a figurine inside.

either way. i bought it BECAUSE it was spiderman labelled. I really am a sucker for marketing. i should be paid for this kind of market research!!!! and i must add as well... the cereal wasnt bad!!!! ha!

my new best friends :D

Hi Guys. Meet my new best friends.

Oprah & Dr. Phil...

They're consistent. Give sound advice. Always well presented. Are American-- not such a bad thing! :P Care alot about how i spend my time. And furthermore... if i dont feel like listening to them anymore... i can just 'switch them off!'