Festive season of Concerts

Thought for the day

War is God's way of teaching America geography.

(Spoken in the halls of the Conservatorium by an American himself)

Cool friends

You know ..

the ones that keep it real.

"i can't believe that i slipped back into the student routine so easily, i told myself that i was gonna be thankful constantly that i wasn't working full time any more, but already i'm like "oh woe i'm a student so busy so poor so hard boo hoo" which is total bullshit of course. i am just lazy and if i didn't procrastinate i would have freetime coming out my backside."



the ones that make comments that rhyme.

"spinsterhood schminsterhood. it's not SPINSTERHOOD, it's sassy single-hood."



the ones who create new words completely suitable for the situation and should be put into the 'Buzzword' section of Sunday magazine

e-bothering : repetitive and unwanted communication through electronic media



and sometimes, they even have really cool names ... like Kelly.

Needs no introduction

Unless you are living under a rock and don't have a cellphone, you'll know by now that U2 are playing Auckland's Ericsson Stadium on March 17th 2006.

It's been 12 years, so it's about time the boys brought their songs down here for us to rock out to, and on such a celebrated date the good times are bound to be a-flowing.

So who's up for the all night (perhaps even several) stake out of the Ticketek booking offices?

Dance

Dance, when you're broken open
Dance, if you've torn the bandage off.
Dance in the middle of the fighting.
Dance in your blood.
Dance, when you're perfectly free.
Struck, the dancers hera a tambourine inside them,
as a wave turns to foam on its very top, begin.
Maybe you don't hera that tambourine,
or the tree leaves clapping time.
Close the ears on your head
that listen mostly to lies and cynical jokes.
There are other things to hear and see:
dance-music and a brilliant city
inside the soul.

- Rumi

Scamming the scam

Recieved in the post:

I Was Amazed When I Saw How Much Money Came Flooding Through My Letterbox ... I Turned $194 Into $78,190 Within The First 80 Of Operating This Business Plan

The idea is simple. Send a gift (that makes it legal) of $10 to the guy at the top of the list, send out 200 copies of the same letter with your name at the bottom of five (cost approx. $194 for photocopying, stamps and envelopes) and if 3% of those send out 200, then 3% of those send out 200 etc etc ... you will recieve 'gifts' totalling $77,740 in $10 notes!!!!!!!!

wow!

But wait til you read the testimonials ...

Mrs B Simmons says that "this works like lotto except it is more fun because you are GUARANTEED TO WIN!"

Mr. L Scrivener recieved $73,782 and said "IT'S UNBELIEVABLE FUN!"

Mrs. C Clark said "I recieved $71,953 after two months!"


Sounds pretty good to me! Except .. can someone explain how you recieve $71,953 or $73,782 if everyone is sending out $10 notes???

But that aside, here's my next idea:
* Find 200 free postage paid envelopes
* Change the amount you send to $20
* Put aliases and addresses that all lead back to me or my friends in the five spaces


BINGO!!! Hello vineyard in Tuscany!


Who's with me??!!!??? ... guys?

....


guys?

The innocence of youth ...

Was walking home behind three little children. Conversation goes as follows:

Child One: Ohhhh have you seen the seal yet?
Child Two: Nah I haven't.
Child Three: If you see him you get fifty bucks. thats heaps. I'm sure I've seen him somewhere
Child Two: Have you really seen him? Where did you see him?
Child Three: *reads sign out* ... see it says you get $50!
Child Two: Where did you see him?

Beck walks past and up the pathway

Child One: Oh man you should go and tell the lady that you've seen him!
Child Three: I don't know where I've seen him.
child Two: Where did you see him!?
Child One: If you go and tell the lady you'll get heaps more money coz seals are worth heaps! Go and tell her!

they continue to argue about whether or not to tell me and whether or not Child Three has seen the seal as they continue to walk up the road.