I've never been at one with the rave party. Just really wasn't ever my thing. Don't get me wrong, I like dance music but haven't ever really been to a dedicated dance party until the weekend...
I was with three girlfriends down in Melbourne on the weekend, when one convinced us to go to Betterdaze at Carousel in Albert Park. It started at 1, and thank god we didn't get there till 5pm. After an hour of watching people dance like idiots, girls dressed like they work at Coyote Ugly and boys in muscle singlets, I was thinking to myself "Fuck a duck, another 6 hours of this... I'm not sure I can cope."
But then something happened... maybe it was the million red bulls we drank, or the pack of cigarettes we smoked but I found myself heading to the dance floor. We owned that dance floor, busting out moves I actually didn't even know I had, one in particular and I even named it -"gyration for the nation." It involves a strut followed by intense thrusts of the hips, coupled with choreographed hand placement.
Then it dawned on me, I was now one of these idiots and loving it.
We ended up having THE BEST time, dancing till midnight, watching random hook ups, including one of the girls who kissed a guy we called BB (bad breath, he had somehow forgotten to eat which resulted in a severe case of halatious).
These are the rules I recommend living your life by... Don't judge anyone until you know their story and dance like no one is watching. Idiots really do have more fun.
P.s what is it with siblings thinking that because they bought the card then they don't need to contribute to a present?? PETER?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
What a Whopper...
It surprises me how much information people will put on Stalkbook. To date, I have learnt many things... My cousin and her boyfriend broke up, a "friend" got engaged in Fiji, Marc washes his hair on a Thursday, Jenny can't cope blah blah blah...
From my previous posts you may have read about the Sunday Night eviction I am holding on Facebook to remove "friends" that aren't really my friends.
Well, so far only one has been removed - but believe me there are plenty more to come, especially after this was sent to me. Burger King has come up with the most ingenious plan, see below link.
http://www.whoppersacrifice.com/
This is basically is a program you download, remove 10 friends and you are rewarded with a free Whopper! So far 12,070 people have been sacrificed which leads me to believe that given the choice if you had to cut me as a friend for a whopper - you would. No questions asked. "Remove friend" Hello burger goodness.
Let's face it, that burger will probably give you more satisfaction in the 20 secs it takes to eat it than someone sitting in your friends list.
At the moment it is only open to US residents but Come On Australia! - Burger King/Hungry Jacks or whatever you are called now get your act together and let me be rewarded for ditching friends.
Social Marketing at its best I say...
From my previous posts you may have read about the Sunday Night eviction I am holding on Facebook to remove "friends" that aren't really my friends.
Well, so far only one has been removed - but believe me there are plenty more to come, especially after this was sent to me. Burger King has come up with the most ingenious plan, see below link.
http://www.whoppersacrifice.com/
This is basically is a program you download, remove 10 friends and you are rewarded with a free Whopper! So far 12,070 people have been sacrificed which leads me to believe that given the choice if you had to cut me as a friend for a whopper - you would. No questions asked. "Remove friend" Hello burger goodness.
Let's face it, that burger will probably give you more satisfaction in the 20 secs it takes to eat it than someone sitting in your friends list.
At the moment it is only open to US residents but Come On Australia! - Burger King/Hungry Jacks or whatever you are called now get your act together and let me be rewarded for ditching friends.
Social Marketing at its best I say...
Sunday, January 4, 2009
Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Its Off To The Shops We Go...
Not sure if you realised but Christmas is over... time to take down the tree and remove those hideous lights that you have covering your house. Time to reflect on what a wonderful life we have and what a great day was shared in the sun with family and friends. Time to hit the sales...
I love shopping, I love everything about it but was it just me, or did anyone else notice most of the shops had things on sale before Christmas?! What a disappointment. I guess the old GFC (global financial crisis) is hitting everything. If Kevin Rudd wanted to boost the economy he should have given that $1,000 to every 23-28 year old women, because god knows I would have dropped that in about 30 secs. But seriously, I feel like everything is in crisis these days... financial crisis, employment crisis, housing crisis. Why now, does the world have to deny me of a good sale and put me in a bargain crisis!?
I had to quench my shopping thirst so made the mistake of heading out to DFO yesterday. After spending 1.5 hours trying to get into the Oroton store, something dawned on me - I am over it?? I am over the thrill of having something reduced from $295, down to $150 only to have 50% knocked off again at the cash register? Well after being elbowed by an Asian woman I was seriously starting to think so.
After getting out of there I was driving home when i noticed a little shoe shop in Mosman. And after walking out with the cutest pair of flats for $30, I knew that fire was still in me.
I've always said, people who say money can't buy you happiness clearly doesn't know where to shop.
2009 people, keep your heads up high, and when your down... just dance
I love shopping, I love everything about it but was it just me, or did anyone else notice most of the shops had things on sale before Christmas?! What a disappointment. I guess the old GFC (global financial crisis) is hitting everything. If Kevin Rudd wanted to boost the economy he should have given that $1,000 to every 23-28 year old women, because god knows I would have dropped that in about 30 secs. But seriously, I feel like everything is in crisis these days... financial crisis, employment crisis, housing crisis. Why now, does the world have to deny me of a good sale and put me in a bargain crisis!?
I had to quench my shopping thirst so made the mistake of heading out to DFO yesterday. After spending 1.5 hours trying to get into the Oroton store, something dawned on me - I am over it?? I am over the thrill of having something reduced from $295, down to $150 only to have 50% knocked off again at the cash register? Well after being elbowed by an Asian woman I was seriously starting to think so.
After getting out of there I was driving home when i noticed a little shoe shop in Mosman. And after walking out with the cutest pair of flats for $30, I knew that fire was still in me.
I've always said, people who say money can't buy you happiness clearly doesn't know where to shop.
2009 people, keep your heads up high, and when your down... just dance
Monday, December 22, 2008
All I Want for Christmas Is Food...
My favourite Christmas song in the whole wide world is Mariah Carey's "All I want for Christmas is You." I have been playing it every morning to get the office in the festive spirit. Not sure it is working, as I have already had complaints.
Ahh Christmas... Every year we say "I can't believe it is Christmas already" - well believe it.
But is it sad that the thing I am most looking forward to this Christmas is food? Honestly, I have now been dreaming about it for 2 days.
I remember one Christmas Eve my brother woke up and saw "Santa" visiting our place delivering our new bikes. I believed that story for years and years. That was the highlight of my childhood and the story that was told over and over again every year. Then something happened... I realised opening presents and taking about Santa were just time wasting tactics designed to distract your stomach from the wondrous, amazing taste sensation that was about to hit your lips.
I'm half Italian, half Greek and from my experience, a wog's worst nightmare is people being hungry. You've just eaten dinner but still "Are you hungry, want me to make you something else, come on I'll put on a sauce etc etc etc etc"
So needless to say, Christmas Day for my family revolves around eating. If we aren't eating, we are cooking, if we are not cooking we are talking about what we are going to eat. And I love it.
We often get too caught up in the commercialisation of Christmas, but for me sitting around with a plate full of food, a good glass of wine, family and friends - it just doesn't get better.
You know what is even better than Christmas food... knowing you will be eating leftovers for the next four days. Yessssssssssssssssssss
Ahh Christmas... Every year we say "I can't believe it is Christmas already" - well believe it.
But is it sad that the thing I am most looking forward to this Christmas is food? Honestly, I have now been dreaming about it for 2 days.
I remember one Christmas Eve my brother woke up and saw "Santa" visiting our place delivering our new bikes. I believed that story for years and years. That was the highlight of my childhood and the story that was told over and over again every year. Then something happened... I realised opening presents and taking about Santa were just time wasting tactics designed to distract your stomach from the wondrous, amazing taste sensation that was about to hit your lips.
I'm half Italian, half Greek and from my experience, a wog's worst nightmare is people being hungry. You've just eaten dinner but still "Are you hungry, want me to make you something else, come on I'll put on a sauce etc etc etc etc"
So needless to say, Christmas Day for my family revolves around eating. If we aren't eating, we are cooking, if we are not cooking we are talking about what we are going to eat. And I love it.
We often get too caught up in the commercialisation of Christmas, but for me sitting around with a plate full of food, a good glass of wine, family and friends - it just doesn't get better.
You know what is even better than Christmas food... knowing you will be eating leftovers for the next four days. Yessssssssssssssssssss
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Who needs friends when you have Facebook?
I'm having a Carrie Bradshaw, Sex in the City moment. Don't worry I'm not going to sit near my window with a cigarette and ask myself rhetorical questions, no my Sex in the City moment revolves around friends.
Facebook, facebook, facebook... or as I like to call it Stalkbook. Who doesn't enjoy a Stalkbook session of going through people's photos, reading their wall and checking status updates. It seems that people love to self promote, tell people what they are having for dinner, how drunk they were, how hungover they are etc etc etc etc.
I have over 300 "friends" on Stalkbook... but really how many are actually my friends. People I went to school with 15 years ago and random people who I met on Saturday night just don't cut it.
So now I have invested my time in what I like to the Sunday Night Eviction. Slowly and surely, one by one cutting "friends" off the list. Cause heaven forbid one of these friends find out they are no longer on my list.
It seems that privacy has flown out the window. And social conversation now involves words such as "tagging" and "OMG, profile pic!". When you meet people, its not "what's your number" anymore, more like - "Do you have Facebook?". It seems nobody actually likes to talk to anyone anymore. First it was the phone, then the fax, then slowly the mobile, text message, email and now social networking. Its like people are avoiding each other.
A few of my "real" friends are cutting Facebook out of their lives... how on earth will they know what's going on in the world????
Facebook, facebook, facebook... or as I like to call it Stalkbook. Who doesn't enjoy a Stalkbook session of going through people's photos, reading their wall and checking status updates. It seems that people love to self promote, tell people what they are having for dinner, how drunk they were, how hungover they are etc etc etc etc.
I have over 300 "friends" on Stalkbook... but really how many are actually my friends. People I went to school with 15 years ago and random people who I met on Saturday night just don't cut it.
So now I have invested my time in what I like to the Sunday Night Eviction. Slowly and surely, one by one cutting "friends" off the list. Cause heaven forbid one of these friends find out they are no longer on my list.
It seems that privacy has flown out the window. And social conversation now involves words such as "tagging" and "OMG, profile pic!". When you meet people, its not "what's your number" anymore, more like - "Do you have Facebook?". It seems nobody actually likes to talk to anyone anymore. First it was the phone, then the fax, then slowly the mobile, text message, email and now social networking. Its like people are avoiding each other.
A few of my "real" friends are cutting Facebook out of their lives... how on earth will they know what's going on in the world????
Friday, November 21, 2008
iScream, uScream, we all scream for Iphone...
My new iPhone arrived yesterday. I was probably the 10th person in my office to jump on board the technology train and donate to the Apple Corporation's GFC fund.
Like all new things I get a hold off... I'm obsessed.
This gadget is amazing, I've added applications which can tell me where the nearest bar is, where I can eat for cheap and if i find a song I like on the radio, hold the iPhone up to it and using Shazam it automatically tells you who the artist, album and song name. The iPhone is ingenious. You can then at one tap head to the iTunes store and buy the song for a small fee.
Trust me, i don't work for the Apple Corp.
I'm logged onto wireless so can access the net at literally a touch of a button.
It made me think, with mobile advertising undoubtedly only going to increase, will our personal wireless devices be the key to truly connecting to consumers? In order for it to work content providers need to make sure the opt in/out action still applies. As soon as people start being bombarded with shit they don't want is when the revolt against mobile advertising will occur.
Through the powers of bluetooth, applications, SMS, MMS is where mobile advertising will take off. I'm not convinced advertising on mobile built websites will work.
The key to mobile advertising will really be providing users with relevant and entertaining content.
Now... I will buy and iPhone, I must buy and iPhone...
Like all new things I get a hold off... I'm obsessed.
This gadget is amazing, I've added applications which can tell me where the nearest bar is, where I can eat for cheap and if i find a song I like on the radio, hold the iPhone up to it and using Shazam it automatically tells you who the artist, album and song name. The iPhone is ingenious. You can then at one tap head to the iTunes store and buy the song for a small fee.
Trust me, i don't work for the Apple Corp.
I'm logged onto wireless so can access the net at literally a touch of a button.
It made me think, with mobile advertising undoubtedly only going to increase, will our personal wireless devices be the key to truly connecting to consumers? In order for it to work content providers need to make sure the opt in/out action still applies. As soon as people start being bombarded with shit they don't want is when the revolt against mobile advertising will occur.
Through the powers of bluetooth, applications, SMS, MMS is where mobile advertising will take off. I'm not convinced advertising on mobile built websites will work.
The key to mobile advertising will really be providing users with relevant and entertaining content.
Now... I will buy and iPhone, I must buy and iPhone...
Saturday, November 15, 2008
You Know What Grinds My Gears...
The NSW State Govt... What a bunch of dickheads.
As far as I'm concerned they have done nothing for this state except raise taxes and make empty promises. Now they are raising the Bridge toll and parking leases to encourage people to use public transport.
Yes, lets all jump on train or bus that is half an hour late, with a man's sweaty arm pit in your face while you stand for 2 hours because its so packed. No, that's not frustrating at all.
I say, with the extra money they make from this toll increase why not have a think about how the Spit Bridge can be more effective or how we can ease up congestion and bottlenecks from the people who are trying to get into the city the way they want to. Because that's right, that was one of their election promises, which conveniently got dropped as soon as they realised they couldn't afford it.
How about before you, the State Govt promise the people of NSW anything you actually take the time to see if the state can afford it, god knows we give you enough of our money and you still keep screwing us around.
You know how i said I think blogs are away to vent their frustration... this is me.... venting.
I could go on for hours... The proposed Frenchs Forest Hospital, which has now been scrapped but yet Manly and Mona Vale Hospital are so under funded they are being driven in to the ground. The Taxi change over time - 3am. Come on, you wonder why people start fights etc when all the want to do is go home but can't find a cabbie who will take them. The list goes on.
Lets get rid of them. 13 years in Govt and the state is in the worse shape it has ever been. Give it up Labor... You suck
As far as I'm concerned they have done nothing for this state except raise taxes and make empty promises. Now they are raising the Bridge toll and parking leases to encourage people to use public transport.
Yes, lets all jump on train or bus that is half an hour late, with a man's sweaty arm pit in your face while you stand for 2 hours because its so packed. No, that's not frustrating at all.
I say, with the extra money they make from this toll increase why not have a think about how the Spit Bridge can be more effective or how we can ease up congestion and bottlenecks from the people who are trying to get into the city the way they want to. Because that's right, that was one of their election promises, which conveniently got dropped as soon as they realised they couldn't afford it.
How about before you, the State Govt promise the people of NSW anything you actually take the time to see if the state can afford it, god knows we give you enough of our money and you still keep screwing us around.
You know how i said I think blogs are away to vent their frustration... this is me.... venting.
I could go on for hours... The proposed Frenchs Forest Hospital, which has now been scrapped but yet Manly and Mona Vale Hospital are so under funded they are being driven in to the ground. The Taxi change over time - 3am. Come on, you wonder why people start fights etc when all the want to do is go home but can't find a cabbie who will take them. The list goes on.
Lets get rid of them. 13 years in Govt and the state is in the worse shape it has ever been. Give it up Labor... You suck
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