soupé opera

stop motion + vegetables + ridiculous opera singing = win

when i was a kid, the abc had a short show called soupé opera.

i just looked it up. took me a while to find it cos i had no idea what it was called and there weren't any words or characters in it. but the winning tag in the google search was opera singing.

i recommend youtubing it if you haven't seen it.

it's really cool and funny.

every episode starts with vegetables in a basket.

you hear a lady singing soupé opera in operatic tones in a middle to high register. so not too high a sound.

then a 4/4 electronic beat is played with rhythmic tribal sounding grunts. and the vegetables started moving, dancing if you will and creating an animal.

this animal would then move around doing cool stuff

and after that, a new basket of vegetables appeared and the process started again.

this repetition happened two times, so including the first, it happened three times.

every time, the opera lady would sing soupé opera at a higher pitch.

i remember thinking the fat lady would explode if she kept going and had heaps of fun trying to act it out. kids are great.

oh oh oh, and after this would be gogs. that really terrible claymation show set in prehistoric times with all the feral cavemen. the theme song was the baby crying. i remember that my ear drums would be ringing after these two songs in succession.

playlist

so i've been making playlists for my ipod cos i've taken up about 60gbs of the 160gbs so far and when i turn on shuffle, it gets the worst combinations possible (fuck you steve jobs. i hate apple. i hate apple. i hate apple. i hate apple. i hate apple. i hate apple. i still can't get itunes on this computer either. i hate apple. ps. i hate apple)

pps. damn you autocorrect is the funniest website i've come across in a while.

so anyway today i made a 90's playlist that includes all the best boy bands and girl bands like backstreet boys, 5ive, blue, spice girls, b*witched, s club 7 and more. music in this time was so plasticated and so many kids were exploited. all the tween pop stars must have been so fucked up. but man, it's great nostalgic listening. i used to dance around in boob tube tops, jumping on my bed and singing along. my sister and i used to make choreographed songs. i remember a really good one to "too close" by blue. that was the best dance ever. and i think at the end she gave me a piggyback and i pretended to lasso a cow or something. and we had cowboy hats. man that was so good. there's also a bit of 90's grunge (yeah that one nirvana song that everyone knows but can't name any others, guys, listen to the whole "nevermind" album. it's da bomb) the 90's playlist currently sits at about 70+ songs. here are a few good songs off the top of my head:

1. as long as you love me - backstreet boys
2. stop - spice girls
3. c'est la vie - b*witched
4. bring it all back - s club 7
5. all rise - blue
6. keep on moving - 5ive

i'm making an 80's playlist now. 80's music was mostly for me to laugh at; it's so melodramatic and fairy floss sounding. like everything has an insane amount of reverb or something. eg. foreigner drums; classic 80's sound. but after slaving away at this playlist, i have a greater respect for the 80's music scene. i knew there were good hits but the musicians are quite good and the songs are really clever. with good hooks and riffs. like the synth intro in take on me by aha. and the badass band the smiths. i love that the main singer used a bouquet of flowers as a mic to expose that the show they were playing on forced the bands to lip sync. a bit annoying that everyone loved them after 500 days of summer though. buuut, music is for all to share so YAY. i also love the fact that heaps of the band names match up with their song titles. eg. the cars have a song called "drive". the whole era is pure cheese. big hair, crazy outifts and massive multi-layer keys. village people, prince, elo, toto. wham!. this one is probably going to hit 90ish songs. here's a few highlights that i can remember right now:

1. funkytown - pseudo echo (why not the original by lipps inc? well it's on the playlist too...buuuut these guys are totally hot. AND. they have a keytar THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS COOL. only one other being has ever gotten away with a keytar and that's demetri martin. HOT)
2. punk rock girl - dead milkmen
3. killing moon - echo and the bunnymen
4. my sharona - the knack
5. hip to be square - huey lewis and the news (my first high school best friend amy colla YES YOU i know who you are dating you filthy child, anyway her uncle is in this band. he plays like saxophone or keys or bass or something)

my next playlist will probably be the 2000's. or how i like to call it, the noughties.

my christmas casual job has been going really well. i don't think i've ever thought about shoes so much in my life. but now i know like everything. it's amazing. like the same shoe could be in about 5 colours, but they are all different, yet it's still the same shoe. and i think i like shoes even more than i used to. which is bad in a way. but the back room is awesome. it's catergorised so cool. and i love sliding the shelves. and fitting school shoes is surprisingly fun. the kids are so cute. and i'm a pedo so the tweens and teens are sooooo hot.

i just thought of nick and norah's infinite playlist. i finally watched it. i own the dvd and the soundtrack and it took me like three months to actually watch it. it was pretty good. the girl is kind of annoying and disappointedly unattractive. but at least i still had michael cera to perve on.

training: 2nd edition

so i forgot to put the most annoying thing i have experienced on shityrail of late on.

every time a train terminates at hornsby in the afternoon from like 1pm to around 3pm, they play the most repetitive message ever:

"The train now standing at platform 2 terminates here. Please do not join this train. Would all passengers please alight from the train. The train on platform 2 terminates here. Please do not join this train. This train terminates here. Please do not join this train."

and it doesn't end there.

this message repeats (as if it wasn't repetitive enough already) over and over until the train finally actually terminates. this time can be anywhere between 5 to 45 minutes.

shoot me.

god this world is a funny funny place.

also, i'm home alone on christmas as is tradition (home alone kid anyone?) but everyone will be home around 6pm. then we'll stuff ourselves with food and open the presents.

training

australian trains are so shit.

yesterday the train was delayed by like a billion minutes.

today i missed the train to work and the next one was in two billion minutes.

but my daddy drove me XD

on a spontaneous day trip to the blue mountains with my sister we encountered many trains.

this is the shitty country/far away places from sydney train. "countrylink"

more "count" then "ry" and links to nowhere pretty much. notice how it's dull green and swarming yellow and deathly overall.

this is the more modern/city type of train/train station. "cityrail"

or what i like to call "shityrail"

i think that might even be a millenium train on the left. they were made really quickly for the 2000 sydney olympics. they look good and feel like computer shuttle things, but they are quite dangerous apparently.

this is a cool sign i saw on this trip. those "jesus. all about life" signs were everywhere. on billboards, bumper stickers, flyers, banners. this one outside the church got defaced. so glad no one had caught the people. how ingenius.

this is how i stay cool, calm and collected when dealing with shityrail.

ie. by simply being amazingly awesome.

this is seriously the only photo i could find that looked like i was thinking intensely on the train.

i look kind of shityrail myself.

nuff said.

old photos are the best. really.

observe how asquith station has but two platforms.

not uncommon around these parts. not at all. pennant hills is also the same.

despite being a major bus terminal/getting on bus place.

i used to sit like on the yellow line when i was younger.

how suicidal.

but yeah i'm glad i avoided the trains today for work.

even though i am probably inconveniencing others. they love me, so i'm cool.

plus i'm fucking rose chan.

my best friend came to the shops in two different suburbs with me which are like several suburbs away, not to mention several suburbs away from where she lives anyway, and then drove me home. ain't she sweet.

fuck austen

get off my computer

you vile bitch

bored

so everyone is bored. and sick of reading the same stuff over and over.

so i have to blog again. woot.

but i still have two assessments. so i'm just so nice for doing this.

i'm going to say so one more time.

pulp is a great english band who shall be loved by all. everyone knows common people.

ever since i saw it on rage i was like.....mmm they have sweet sounds. and i think radiohead got their fake plastic trees "person in shopping trolley" video inspiration from it. anything that radiohead likes must be good.

the shout out louds. another swedish thing i like. although baldy is not one to look at. the main singer (holding the hat) looks crazy like jason schwartzman (gideon off scott pilgrim or the king in marie antoinette)

this is the guitarist chick from the teenagers. when i play guitar, i look like this, bored and perfectly badass.

here's a good movie: shine

it's about a musical prodigy who just fucked up really bad in the end. it has geoffrey rush as the main actor. it's really very good.

here's a hot person from a movie. tom felton. "give it here malfoy"...your dick that is.

god i would tap that. multiple times.

i want this

it's so ikea

ok i should really study some more

burberry

i actually quite like burberry. it's a young person's label now. they have good models. good music in their campaigns. and the burberry pattern is just so awesome.

my parents like burberry. they had matching burberry scarves when they were young teenagers or something, at least i think that's the story....but they have new ones now...so yeah, i like burberry too. they are so pretty. i think my mum and dad have a grey and a brown one.

i wore burberry weekend (it's a fragrance) everyday to work experience a couple of years ago. it had those journalists swooning. and the bottle is still around. it lasts ages. the other cadets thought i was a bit haughty though. "ooo look at me, i'm wearing burberry weekend"...yeah well you motherfuckers were the ones that recognised the scent so go drink some off milk. just cos it made me orgasm every five seconds, you bitches was just jealous.

the hot male models. god. actors, musicians and models come fuck me now.

alex pettyfer from stormbreaker is almost unrecognisable on the right.

and the guy in the middle is in a really cool band + his leg spread = nuff said.

i have this picture on a postcard advertisement sitting on top of my guitar amp 24/7. so hot.

and they are famous for jackets. and yes, i have a crazy thing for jackets. i always dress in layers so that when it gets hot i can take layer by layer off and leave them everywhere in the house. it's so fun.

but yeah, emma watson is fucking ace. i would tap her - easy access. so long as she still has hair. but right now she's practically bald. and i want that hair long. that purple jacket is also fugly. her brother is so hot (on the left). plus alex is a cool name. a very cool name indeed. for men.

here's a random photo amelia sent me

here's something pretty funny

here's the funniest thing ever.

as long as you've seen csi miami, you'll be on the floor soon in hysterics. ever seen that comedy sketch show where they show the actor of horatio (see below) like live his normal life and he is always still wearing the same damn sunnies and suit? the funniest part is when he's wearing the sunnies in the shower.

classic.

"it's not a suicide..." *puts sunnies on* "...it's a homicide"

POKE-EEEEE-MON

oh look! a poke-E-mon trainer....quick quick...i gotta get my poke-E-mon ready for battle!

ok. so i can't go a week without singing the pokemon theme song at least three times in quiet places during my frees. eg. the library, study sessions in quads, a funeral.

but come on. it's pokemon. pokemon.

ash is so hot. his husky ten year old voice is to die for. if i could do any cartoon....well he would be up there with a few others.

his first outfit is definitely the best. the best hat. the green gloves. 80's style jeans and sneakers. that awesome blue and white shirt thing and a green backpack. he can handle my pokeballs. fuck. me. now.

but yeah, with the outfit changes and all, hopefully this doesn't happen...

my favourite pokemon growing up were squirtle:

bulbasaur (this is so wrong. beastiality = not cool):

and charmander:

pikachu was to be added later...much later...roughly one month ago upon reviewing the first episode. he is actually the cutest thing ever. look at him in ash's hat...naaawwww

google chrome = da best. seriously, it's so fast. like grease lightning. and i actually did think of a pokeball the first time i used it.

has anyone else noticed that jiggypuff's face is also its body. kind of reminds me of that octopus thing on the mighty boosh

remember how we all got those "who's that pokemon?" things so easily? well chuck norris beat the system.

togepi is so cute as well.....all constipated like

there's also something very appealing about gary oak's arrogance and crazy asian hair...

this is great. that guy is not though. fat = gross

this is a tshirt. when my friend sent it to me, i almost cried

please don't touch my poke-E-mon

nerdtastic

this guy appeared on my computer screen.

he was lying on a table in a suggestive position, throwing mega floppy disk things towards me like frisbees.

this guy is kind of seedily hot.

hang on a second...

that looks like bill gates

wait a minute...

IT IS BILL GATES!!!!!

what the fuck is going on?!?!? oh how i love bags under the eyes.

he's like macaulay culkin. oh god what the fuck.

oh bill, you're so badass

and buddy holly's rayban like huge glasses with that crooked smile

i won't taint this with what he looks like now...but he is still worth 54 billion dollars....

steve jobs, the apple dude.

I HATE APPLE.

APPLE SUCKS BIG DICKS.

in fact i write these slogans on the two apple stickers that came with my ipod, which i had for two months before i reluctantly started to use it. my sister gave it to me for my birthday. and my other sister bought an ipod for me ages ago, it was even my favourite colour; green, but i rejected it.

i won't bite that apple unless it's poisoned. so i can die and not have to use another apple product again. no wonder he is only worth 6 billion, a ninth of what bill is worth.

especially next to that troll, bill gates looks heavenly.

what a mindfuck. bill gates now is like. whoa god wtf happened.

WHAT THE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK