all kinds of wrong

this song "my egyptian lover". - all i can say is "tsk, tsk, tsk". wow what a waste of time and 'effort' went into this one!

my favourite line by far is "i'll be your dog - woof - come do you when you call me."

and in a slightly related note - is this really the sad sad future of music? where is the soul of the music? where is the story? how can you connect to it in any way? is all music destined to become auto-tuned computerised crap like this? i hope people dont lose the sense of artistry. this crap is shameful. i hope the likes of john lennon cant hear this.

it isnt even singing! its talking! how did this girl get her job? im guessing the criteria for this position was: "can you dress like a sparkly slut and shake your bits? yes? do you mind calling yourself a freak and a dog and actually say 'woof'? no? then you got the job!"

what a noble, respectable career.

also...

i was on the bus today and this aboriginal guy kept shouting at the top of his lungs "terra nullius" at every white person on there. it was quite awkward. i thankfully escaped his attention - guess he must've thought i wasnt white cos of my hijab and abaya.


ter·ra nul·li·us (noun)

definition:

a latin word referring to the concept of unowned land: in Australia, the idea and legal concept that when the first Europeans arrived in Australia the land was owned by no one and therefore open to settlement. (basically the white guys claimed the land was owned by no one - not even the aborigines - thus giving them the 'right' to claim it for themselves during the late 1700's and to do what they want with it - later they named the land 'Australia').

im a liar - dont listen to a word i say

peer pressure from ten year old girls got to me and i gave in and downloaded twilight and new moon (for free suckers!). i just finished watching them in the comfy space of my own bed and i have to shamefully (or maybe not so shamefully) bow my head and retract my recent statements about it.

i friggen love it. i thought the bella chick was awesome and cool and i loved her and omg, like yeah, omg... totally. *flips blonde hair*

i laughed here and there and actually enjoyed the stories. i wouldnt go as far as to read the books, but the movies were cool and i thought the jacob guy was hot, but now i feel a bit weird saying that cos i just googled him and he is apparently only about 18 years old. its only 6 years difference but it makes me feel like a dirty old man now.

anyways, i quite liked it. but i still dont get the "i douse myself in talcum powder" white boy vampire thing. edward - hot? i think not. with all the whiteness on his face, he could give queen elizabeth I a run for her money in the lead painted face stakes.

reading is cool again

im not into vampire love stories that somehow involve an im-taking-my-shirt-off werewolf or some kid called harry potter who has a magic stick and so on. i would probably never even spend my cash on a ticket to see it at the movies - nor would i be tempted to rent them out on dvd. (though my mum is crazy for little harry - never understand it).

i actually roll my eyes at the whole twilight - harry potter hype. but i have to say one thing - it has its benefits. kids are hooked on it - especially the kids in my class. and besides laughing inside over ten year old girls discussing which pasty faced vampire is the hottest, im kinda glad they are into these things.

never before have i seen children so engrossed in reading. yeah, it might all be a lot of fluff, but im so happy that writers like (insert name here - i dont know them) are writing series that kids cant seem to get enough of.

i find it so cool, considering a lot of kids i know seem to spend every waking hour on the computer or playing video games.

its so cool how reading is back in! children now are obsessed with finishing the book before watching the movie. its kinda like how it was back in my childhood with roald dahl (the BFG - james and the giant peach - matilda - charlie and the chocolate factory - the withces). kids of my generation would finish the roald dahl book then go see the movie. same with the goosebumps series when they bought the tv show out. and even though there wasnt a movie or tv show - what about those clever choose your own adventure books? they were the best! they had everyone intrigued!

yay for reading!

ignorance when hearing a muslim name: