Ho-loween

Halloween sure does bring out the skanks hey? I saw the 4 sluttiest looking girls i've seen in real life tonight. And it wasn't pretty. That is, they weren't pretty and they seemed to think they were.

I am anti sexy halloween costumes. Halloween is about being scary. Sure, I had my doubts when planning my costume. I definately had moments where I just thought 'but I want to look pretty' but I am glad I went ugly for the sake of a laugh. I encourage you to think about me, and my Crazy Cat Lady costume next year. At halloween, go Fug, not skank.

ps-

if the aussies were looking for an excuse to beat the crap out of ireland in the international rules, i think they just found it

ok, so its actually really bad

this is just horrible, like I said earlier, its horrible regardless of the animal. i can't believe they even got a live animal inside a hotel. what the hell was going on??!

kangaroo-gate 2010

the news of a 'wallaby or small kangaroo' that was bought into a 30th birthday party in dublin while the theme tune to 'skippy' was played has outraged the public.
i read that, supposedly, australians are outraged as this is like a personal attack- insult a kangaroo, insult our nation. well, I can say that as an aussie i am not offended, but as a vegetarian animal-lover and generally good person I am. I am confused though, because many australians eat kangaroo on a regular basis. many hunt them for sport, while others shoot them just because they are considered 'pests' on their farm. now i am not saying that this justifies the behaviour of those involved in the birthday-nightclub incident, not at all. what i am saying is, is that aussies have no right to look at this as some kind of personal attack. we should treat this like any other defenceless animal in the same situation. Kangaroos/wallabies are not 'sacred' animals in australia- we don't worship them, keep them as pets or care for them. We eat them!(well not me personally obviously)
i do feel for the poor animal though- it would have been so scared and shocked. then again, its the kind of way most people would like to go.

a song that doesn't sound like a dance remix of a song

thankyou nelly. I am not going to pretend that I am some kind of full-on hip hop/rap/r'n'b fan, but every single song in the pop charts is starting to sound the same. So i'd like to congratulate nelly on sticking to his own style while still sounding modern and appealing to the masses. oh, and at no point doesn he repeat words, eg 'I'm wearing all my favourite brands brands brands brands...hands hands hands hands' and he doesn't include any lines as lame as 'I guess thats why they call it window pain/pane'

weekly x-factor wrap up

i shall endeavour to keep this short and sweet:

• Bruno Mars is Matt's music icon, and the Kinks are Belle Amie's
• The audience and judges clearly have no knowledge of popular hip hop music as they thought it was 'risky, fresh, unique and different' to mix rap with 'hard knock life' a-la Jay-Z
• The judges thought TreyC was amazing singing purple rain, but in parts I thought she was so screechy I actually grimaced
• Mary was also a hit with the judges and got another standing ovation- but again, cynical me thought she was a bit flat and a little boring. I guess I was overall underwhelmed.
• John was good but continues to fly under the radar as a bit of a 'blah' contestant.
• Diva Fever have gone far beyond camp. They are on a whole new level. Their music hero's are Duck Sauce. Or maybe it was in fact, an ode to Streisand? Oh, and their backing singers sang really well.
• Rebecca is really beautiful and I like her voice, but she wasn't always in key. I think that her overall 'presence' is going to save her as most people aren't going to notice how pitchy she is.
• Aiden is cool, deep, nonchalant, and an 'Artist'....or so he seems to think. But he is only 18. Does he really know?? And if he really is that cool, what the hell is he doing on the cheesiest TV show ever invented? At least Lennon really seemed to be his hero.
• Katie. The only bad thing I can say is that I was very sad that she was so good. She sang really really well, and actually has the kind of voice I wish I had(I love singing when I have a cold cos I sound all jazzy and raspy). And I seriously think she was the only one who was truly in tune through her whole performance. If you have read my previous post about her, you understand just how painful this is for me to admit. That said, I still can't stand her, cos whenever she speaks I want to slap her, she is just so darned annoying!
• I think I hate Cher as much as I hate Katie now. What a little brat. Yeah, Cher, we believe you. You are super ghetto and hardcore.
• Wagner was nutty as ever. He really should just go soon cos theres no realistic way he will win. and apparently he's seduced mary. thats a bit creepy.
• Louis still can't pronounce wagner as 'Vagner'. That would really piss me off if I was wagner.
• dannii was the best dressed again. cheryl needs to up her game.
• cheryl had red hair. i thought she learnt her lesson after the last time she did it? i think she just really liked the look on storm.

That is all.

scary

So I am trying to decide what to be for halloween and have been scouring thee net for inspiration. So far, I haven't been very inspired(except by rainbow brite). I have been scared, but for all the wrong reasons. I will continue on my search, but I am running out of time...

everything thats wrong with the world

here is miley cyrus teaching young girls how to get attention from boys. girls, when u go to the school dance, be sure to wear something sexy. dance like a stripper and be sure your bra is hanging out of your top. better yet, don't wear one. if the boys still haven't noticed you, grab one of your similarly dressed friends(preferably one slightly less hot than you) and use her like a pole dancer would use a pole. at this point, you should have caught the eye of some lovely gentlemen. if you are still not satisfied, why not snog your friend?(ok, so miley didn't do that, but she was only a step away).

seriously. miley, teenagers are getting skankier looking by the day as it is. we don't need u encouraging them and making them think it is ok or normal. u have a LOT to answer for.

Kate Miller-Heidke - Career Advice/Australian Idol Song

'i want to be a legacy'

I think that quote from epic pest katie waissel says it all. what a dumb dumb. seriously. I could write pages and pages about this girl, but I will try to condense my rant as much as possible.

anyone who knows me, knows I have super duper issues with self-proclaimed 'quirky' or 'unique' people...or people who the x-factor label these things. I want a pop-star and nothing more from this show.

from the moment I saw katie waissel on the episode that she first auditioned, she annoyed the hell out of me. instantly. aside from the 'quirky' and 'unique' labels, her cockiness and her mock-nerves made me want to slap her. and the fashion! on paper, i guess i liked her look. but i don't like a look if i don't believe it. if it doesn't look like it came naturally, was over-styled and contrived, I can see right through it.

at the judges house's she cried because she was singing an 'emotional song' for her. what a load of crap. she was hoping we would all feel for her(especially cheryl) and she probably just forgot the words and stuffed it up. pah-lease.

she also mentioned multiple times that she 'wanted to be a star' 'wanted to be huge' and 'wanted to be a legacy'. what worries me about these statements(and she certainly wasn't the only contestant to say such things) is that they aren't about music, or singing. they are about fame and being fame-hungry.

to top all of this off, it comes out that she had her own you-tube reality show sponsored by sprite and recorded a jazz album in the US. I watched a little bit of an episode and it made me feel physically ill. so friggin cheesey. and with some dodgy acting. not exactly 'real'.

u know what else annoys me? I am bothering to talk about her. perhaps I should give up on the x-factor altogether. then again, i think its important to note I am not at all suprised she got through. they need ratings, therefore they need controversy. yeah, cheryl could've just put gamu and trayc through, but would I have bothered blogging about that?

i think aussie singer kate-miller-heidke said it well in her song 'australian idol' about the show of the same name. kate was a classically trained singer for years before cracking the indie-pop market. i love this song, and while i whole-heartedly get it, i love pop and pop culture too much to kick my x-habit any time soon.

nadine goes it alone

so, this is nadine coyle's debut solo single 'insatiable'. unlike the first time i heard 'fight for this love,' when i first heard insatiable it was instantly catchy and likable. unfortunately for nadine, she is not cheryl cole. she is not the nations 'sweetheart'. in fact, it seems in recent times the media have painted her as a snob who has turned her back on ireland, girls aloud and general down-to-earthness for a flashy L.A lifestyle. i myself, a huge girls aloud fan, used to adore nadine, and now she is at the bottom of the 5 for me(along with sarah, who I just find a bit blah).

all of this said, at least her record-company-people realized she couldn't just release shit-on-a-stick and have it be a sure hit(unlike cheryl, who literally could have done just that). she has released a refreshing pop-song that has a sorta 80's/90's rock/pop power ballad feel. the reason it is refreshing, is that pop stars, hip hop stars, r&b stars, rock stars etc are all releasing what sounds like remixes of the music they used to release. I love electro music, but when kelis and co. are all doing dance then there is no variety in the pop world.

so thankyou nadine, for releasing something a bit different to what everyone else is doing. i am not sure you have a hit on your hands, purely because people seem to think u r a skinny bitch, but its a nice song. if you need a hit, consider teaming up with david guetta like everyone else.