Random Musing

I was just reading the complete guide to Days of Our Lives online at work (fascinating stuff. In just over 20 minutes I read a pretty detailed description of everything that has happened on that show for the past 41 years. Some seriously fucked up shit has happened) on wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_our_Lives

Which by the way is a freaking awesome website for trolling through to find out about crap like Days of Our Lives, and this thought occurred to me:

If you wrote a book about New and interesting ways to waste time at work usch as reading about Days of our Lives on the internet, could you then claim going to work as a tax deduction. I mean, it would be research.

I have previously applied this sort of logic to year 12 drama. One of my assessment tasks was a solo performance. I thought that if I titled my performance “Year 12 drama student making up his solo performance on the day”, and then did just that, I couldn’t get anything less than an A+, because, technically, my performance would have been flawless regardless of what I did. I thought I had found a loophole.

Unfortunately the assessors did not agree with my genius level logic and gave me a D. If I wasn’t so lazy I might have objected. But then again, if I wasn’t so lazy, I might have done some preparation and put in a half decent performance.

Alas, I suspect the ATO wouldn’t be quite ready for my logic either and I might be caught under Part IV A which is a catch all for everything that is a blatantly rip off of the tax system. Such as writing books about how to waste time at work.

I am not McDonald Carey, but these are the days of my life. Perhaps I should get one.

Cracker

Australian Idol - Home to the weirdo's

I don't usually watch Australian Idol. For the most part I am in the camp that thinks these people are glorified karaoke singers, and the fact that they come from a TV show, to me, reduces their credibility to such a low level, I just can't be bothered.

Anyway, this year, my wife is doing aerobics classes instructed by the mother of Dean Geyer, the current favorite. So through her, I have had a passing interest. This interest has brought to my attention a few things I thought I would share with you.

1. This show is a magnet for weirdo Christian virgins? Guy Sebatsion, christian. Virgin. Dean Geyer, christian. Virgin. Casey Donovan, in all likelihood, a virgin. Probably praying heavily (no pun intended) to God to get some. So I will put her in with the other Christian Virgins. Kate Deruge. Seriously, who even remembers what she was like.

2. In recent radio interviews, Mark Holden has been talking up this current group of potential idols. As ratings and sales figures fell steadily over the last 3 series, he is finally admitting what we already knew, the last 2 winners, sucked badly. Casey Donovan has absolutely no charisma or anything of interest going for her other then a decent voice. Kate DeRouge or however you spell her last name, well, she is so forgettable, I have already forgotten about her. Still, it is refreshing to see Mr Holden express some honesty about the last couple of years being totally gay.

3. Marcia Hines? I saw the young guy still in High School named Joseph get evicted the other night. The poor bloke was nearly in tears. I don't think it was because he was getting voted off, but I think it was because Marcia was referring to him as "baby boy" on national television. You know he will be hearing about that at school. She does this to everybody though. It is "darling" this, "baby" that. Every time she says something like that I get mental images of her cornering one of the young contestants at the shows after party and molesting them. Creepy.

4. Finally, I spoke of the contestants lacking cred, but what about Kyle. This guy is perhaps the biggest tool in Australia. First, he gets his radio station to play his girlfriend's song. I am sure you know it ("oh, ah, I lost my bra, I must have left it in my boyfriends car" Such a classic for sure.). Kyle was heavily involved in this song. I can't help but think he wrote the lyrics so that we all would think this fat pig was getting some action. Then, the other night one of the contestants (Regina) did a very famous song called Breath in Now, orignally by George. Kyle, the stupid fucking dingbat, hadn't even heard of the song. Somebody shoot that fat cunt please.

Anyway, if you don't watch the show and don't have a clue waht I am talking about, you are the lucky ones. If you have been watching it, stop it please. You only encourage them to put it on again next year.

Cheers

Cracker