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Trashy teen novels.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Does anyone remember the Sweet Valley books?
My entire youth involved reading them in every spare moment. (Maybe I still, on occasion, pick one up and have a read...)
I remember being in Kindergarten and reading Sweet Valley Kids, to Grades 1-6 reading Sweet Valley Twins and then Grades 7-12 reading Sweet Valley High. Apparently there's Sweet Valley University or something like that. Maybe I should start reading them when I begin my degree next year!
Anyway, there's talk of a Sweet Valley High movie being made. Diablo Cody ('Juno', 'Jennifer's Body') is allegedly writing the screenplay for the movie. I guarantee this film will probably be an absolute load of crap (because the books are). It will be awful much like The Spice Girls Movie- So horrid, cliche and lame that it's really good and will remain one of the best movies you've ever seen. Sooo, I'm pretty much really excited for the movie.
Off but still on topic, everyone has Twitter these days. Everyone from Ellen DeGeneres, to Kevin Rudd, to book publishing company 'Penguin' all follow, have followers and send out tweets. I thought the line would be drawn at companies having Twitter accounts to promote products but nope. Characters from Sweet Valley High such as Elizabeth & Jessica Wakefield, Todd Wilkins, Bruce Patman, Lila Fowler and even one of the teachers from the school is on there! Whoever made these accounts clearly have far too much time on their hands. To be fair though, the tweets are sort of entertaining in a really lame way...
Bruce Patmansays:
Tip #1: Be incredibly rich. The authorities are much more forgiving of date rape when you can bribe them.
Tip #2: Driving a hot car attracts shallow women who are just ripe for the picking. (And remember, date rape in a shitty car is just rape.)
Elizabeth Wakefield says:
@brucepatman What's a hand job?
@LilaFowler Whatever Lila. You're just jealous because you have a father that's away all the time and a mother who doesn't love you.
If you've read the books, I promise you'll find these tweets entertaining.
I also just discovered that characters from The Babysitters Club series have Twitter accounts too and they tweet the people from Sweet Valley High! What the hell?! Seriously! Who is the person sitting at their laptop creating all these accounts for fictional characters? If you are them, please get in contact. :)
Did anyone else read Sweet Valley High or The Babysitters Club in their younger years? (Don't be afraid to admit that you still do!)
K-Rudd is in with the cool kids.
Saturday, September 5, 2009We all (if we're Australian and have any interest in politics) know that Kevin Rudd & the Australian Labor Party (ALP) blitzed the 2007 election, defeating John Howard and the Liberal Party (LIB) by quite a bit.
Since that November day, Kevin Rudd's popularity and approval ratings have continued to ascend higher and higher. According to to studies conducted by The Australian, Kevin Rudd is the most popular Prime Minister that Australia's ever had.
So the underlying question begs to be asked. Why is Kevin Rudd so popular?
Is it because he's not John Howard? Perhaps it's his ability to hire marketing teams that create catchy slogans (Kevin 07)? Or is it because he has MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? What's his secret in making a super nerdy guy cool and popular?
For me, I like Kevin Rudd for a few reasons.
I agree with a lot of his policies (which I won't go into for not wanting to start a hectic debate)
I also think he's 'human'. Examples such as the NY Strip Club incident in 2003, his formulation of random words and phrases/soundbites; "Political shitstorm", "Out the back door", "Working Families", "Fair shake of the sauce bottle" etc etc, and almost any episode of The Chaser's War on Everything (and also the infamous ear wax eating in Parliament) show that he can laugh at himself, have a joke about things and not be so stern, anti social and concrete faced.. Unlike a previous PM who shall remain nameless.
And one more thing that I consider very, very important...............he doesn't wear a Wallaby tracksuit.
Let me know what you guys think, why is Kevin Rudd so popular?
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Since that November day, Kevin Rudd's popularity and approval ratings have continued to ascend higher and higher. According to to studies conducted by The Australian, Kevin Rudd is the most popular Prime Minister that Australia's ever had.
So the underlying question begs to be asked. Why is Kevin Rudd so popular?
Is it because he's not John Howard? Perhaps it's his ability to hire marketing teams that create catchy slogans (Kevin 07)? Or is it because he has MySpace, Facebook and Twitter? What's his secret in making a super nerdy guy cool and popular?
For me, I like Kevin Rudd for a few reasons.
I agree with a lot of his policies (which I won't go into for not wanting to start a hectic debate)
I also think he's 'human'. Examples such as the NY Strip Club incident in 2003, his formulation of random words and phrases/soundbites; "Political shitstorm", "Out the back door", "Working Families", "Fair shake of the sauce bottle" etc etc, and almost any episode of The Chaser's War on Everything (and also the infamous ear wax eating in Parliament) show that he can laugh at himself, have a joke about things and not be so stern, anti social and concrete faced.. Unlike a previous PM who shall remain nameless.
And one more thing that I consider very, very important...............he doesn't wear a Wallaby tracksuit.
Let me know what you guys think, why is Kevin Rudd so popular?
Twit, Twit, Twitterrr.
Thursday, September 3, 2009As much as we all say "Pft, what the hell is Twitter? It sounds sooo retarded! I will never get one!", let's face it, we'll all end up with a Twitter account. We said the same thing about MySpace and Facebook. It's addictive. There is ever this obsession with being accessible, 24 hours a day, where ever you are and what ever you're doing.
I think it's great when people like Wil Anderson and Dominic Knight post disrespectful, and quite frankly, hilarious commentaries of events like the TV Week Logie Awards. It actually makes that mundane ceremony somewhat interesting.
However, I think it's shit when people (who shall remain nameless) post tweets like "I am going to the beach.", "I am at the beach.", "I am leaving the beach." It's boring and lame. Twitter is meant to be interesting.
You do come across some absolute gems on Twitter though, such as Justin and his Twitter account 'shitmydadsays'. That's exactly what it is. Shit his Dad says. It's pure hilarity.
Here's a couple of the lovely people I follow on Twitter and you should too if you're a Twitterer! (Don't deny it, I know you have an account.)
Josh Thomas
Dom Romeo
Corrine/Frock and Roll
SoKo
Kate Miller-Heidke
Nicole Richie
Frankie Magazine
Leave a comment with your Twitter usernames so I can follow you all :) :)
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I think it's great when people like Wil Anderson and Dominic Knight post disrespectful, and quite frankly, hilarious commentaries of events like the TV Week Logie Awards. It actually makes that mundane ceremony somewhat interesting.
However, I think it's shit when people (who shall remain nameless) post tweets like "I am going to the beach.", "I am at the beach.", "I am leaving the beach." It's boring and lame. Twitter is meant to be interesting.
You do come across some absolute gems on Twitter though, such as Justin and his Twitter account 'shitmydadsays'. That's exactly what it is. Shit his Dad says. It's pure hilarity.
"How the fuck should I know if it's still good? Eat it. You get sick, it wasn't good. You people, you think I got microscopic fucking eyes."
Here's a couple of the lovely people I follow on Twitter and you should too if you're a Twitterer! (Don't deny it, I know you have an account.)
Josh Thomas
Dom Romeo
Corrine/Frock and Roll
SoKo
Kate Miller-Heidke
Nicole Richie
Frankie Magazine
Leave a comment with your Twitter usernames so I can follow you all :) :)
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