New Thing Of The Week: Watch something different

["I really love this director's cut of One Night In Paris"]

The other night something strange happened. I was up late at night watching the start of Letterman and then it occured - Letterman was not on Letterman.

Letterman has been sick for sometime now coughing and hacking more than a nerd on Jolt, but Adam Sandler was hosting!

Sandler's hosting of the show was... umm different, but he had a co-star of his recent movie on (as seen above). This made me think.

The usual stuff I see is comedies or obscure Australian dramas (obscure to the Australian public that is) so I thought well if Sandler can try something different in having a thought provoking drama I could go watch the thing.

So, (and this is a review of the New Thing, not a preview) I ended up going yesterday to the movie and it was awesome.

Yes, Sandler plays someone with a mental defect, again, but this time it is different.

It is a beautiful performance and something that inspired me later in the week.

A lot of my mates think that Sandler can't go to acting because there hasn't been that many good comedian>actors.

I say Robin Williams, but then they say "What Things May Come".

To them I say Good Will Hunting.

What an excellent performance! As was Sandler's.

So, in conclusion - I really do recommend going to see Reign Over Me because it is something different than the usual twaddle, it is a heart affirming movie and it is thought provoking.

And that's all we want in life - something to provoke thoughts!

New Thing Of The Week: Rock TAFE

TAFE is going well, but I have a major assignment coming up - radio play based on the history of radio, the technology and the future.

We chose our groups of 3 for the presentation and I chose Josh (not to be confused with another Josh) and Sebastian.

Sebastian left TAFE a week later and never came back.

Now Josh (at TAFE) has been somewhat amiss and unfortunately hasn't been to as many classes as required so I ended up writing the whole play myself.

Josh did do some revisions but other than that I basically wrote the thing in half an hour.

I got 91% for my audio editing assignment, so I hope to go as well this time.

The play is pretty much 80% filler (humour, drama) and 20% information - so I'm not sure how that will go.

I miss Fuzzy!

[The late night tv viewers lament.. Fuzzy (left) or Erin McNaught (right)?]

Last year there was a reason that kept me up at night on Ten.

It wasn't David Letterman, he was still on Nine at that time.

No, it was Fuzzy. She came out of nowhere and into the heads of late night viewers' minds and gave us information on gadget and games on Cybershack.

Now Fuzzy was extremely popular. So popular she spawned a new Ten TV show "Video Hits First".
With the new tv show Fuzzy left us and went to weekend mornings and this year we're left with some former Miss Australia.

Since when was there a Miss Australia? I know there's a Prime Minister and a Governor-General, but some chick in a bikini can represent Australia?

No I'm not talking about Lara Bingle.


[a gratuitous picture of Lara Bingle to illustrate her ummm... Bingle-ness...]

McNaughto just isn't the same as Fuzzy. Her voiceovers, her standard Adriana Xenides hand showing of products isn't the same as Fuzzy's (as seen up the top).

So for Cybershack it's time to tune out, because McNaughto is nothing special and it's an extra half an hour of filler before Letterman.

New Thing Of The Week: A little something for me

[Homer's fat, Homer's fat. He knows it..]

I have been making big progress at work and even at TAFE where my teacher praises my work and uses it as an example for others (a good thing) so I thought it's time to do something for me.

Ryan went to an Evanescence concert the other month and enjoyed it and when I read in the paper that the Sydney Comedy Festival is happening I thought that it would be great to go see one of the acts there.

Who just happens to be one of the said acts? Weird Al Yankovic.

So, on Monday night (ironically instead of going to TAFE) I'll be going to the Enmore Theatre to see him with Ryan (my little brother).

Cest La Vie

[I really do think too much]

Sometimes I wish I wasn't like Lisa Simpson.

Some people say that Lisa Simpson can never be truly happy because she knows too much.

That's a touch like me. For example tonight I realised that as much as I want things to happen and as much as they seem like destiny it's not going to happen.

I spoke Cass and she told me that if I tell someone that they're beautiful that they should feel flattered, even happy.


[James Blunt had a song about someone being beautiful. I don't know if they acted in a huff.]

But what happens if someone has an adverse reaction? What happens if that annoys them, makes them uncomfortable.

Cass said that means that they either have a self esteem problem or they don't like me that way.

Or to put it another way - "She's just not that into you"!

Is it the truth? Is this the way it is? I don't know.



I just wish sometimes that I wasn't Lisa Simpson. After all, Homer gets through life okay.

New Thing Of The Week: Unclutter my environment

[a re-enactment, not an actual photo hehe]

I've been living back at Mum's for some time now... at least six months.. and my room is still in a state of transition.

Stuff is still sitting in boxes throughout the house and is unorganised.

So, this weekend amongst going to TAFE and driving I will be tidying up my room and making it from something temporary to something short to medium term.

They say that having an uncluttered environment means an uncluttered mind.

That sounds alright by me!