came the small ad’s, I have to say none are as good as the Big Ad, however they do provide a good laugh.
The first one comes from BlipTv - The Small Ad, not an Australian beer this time but Belgian.
Archive for September, 2005
That is what I am at the moment.
You see I was meant to start work at 5am this morning like I do every monday to put up the new price tickets in the dairy section so all shoppers are happy, knowing they have the right price for their milk and frozen veg. All well and good I double checked my alarm making sure it said 4:25am and it was on buzzer because the radio never wakes me up.
However, did I check to see if the time was right? nope my clock was twelve hours ahead! Yesterday in my cleaning, I had knocked the alarm cord out replugged in pretty close to midday so it was only “5 mins” out when I fixed the time last night, I had said to myself when I sat down to do it, have to change it from am to pm. Did I though? Nope.
So when Mum woke me up at 10 to 7 and I rang work, I sure gave them all a fit of giggles over my tale of my alarm clock and I crashed back to bed giggling my head off 
So to give you the giggling gerties here are some things to share.
Big Ad - This ad, whilst been one for an Australian beer is not just for the beer drinkers, this is for everyone, an utter crack-up of an ad, some of you have seen it, some have not. I still watch it every couple of days.
Rare Exports Inc by Woodpecker Films - Another ad for adult beverages, this one however was designed for the launch of a new pre-mixed drink in Finland was shown before movies in the cinema. Rare Exports. Note it is a large (66mb) download but so, so worth it.
Something for those with lower back tats - the future - Another total crack up.
French Bull - The plates and mixing spoons were in out saturday paper, which Mum and I fell in adoration for and then on the website they have pj’s! So want some of them
The hardest thing about this thing is coming up with a post title but by all means it was a modest day.
I want to thank you all for sweet comments, emails, IM’s etc etc
I arrived home from an enchanting concert last night to find my birthday present from my parents spread over my bed - Paisley by Esprit along with a gorgeous card from a local gallery in the city - Gallery M. I had tried to talk Mum into changing my bed covers whilst I was sleeping but she was not that enthused Matthew has ordered me an All-American Rejects shirt from Interpunk - Coy Fish < = how cute is it? I by no means was spoilt with lavish gifts wrapped with ribbon but since it was my birthday that I meant I got out of jobs round the house today - no washing up
Then this arvo I webcammed with Hayley (and Pete) - so much fun, she showed off the utterly cute baby stuff she had got today and I showed off my new sæng cover and pillow case. That girl is a barrel of laughs. Watched Strange Bedfellowson the TV tonight with Pabbi, Michael Caton is a crack up. Had the sweetest phone call from Toti, one of my bigger brothers wishing me Happy Birthday and in all the excitement of him ringing I forgot to ask how Anna and the kids were!
Since Matthew doesn’t finish work till 6 on a Sunday night, it made it a bit hard to go out, so Mum made chocolate mousse for dessert We plan on going out for Mexican tomorrow night
For the rest of the day I spent my time like I tend to on other events in life and I cleaned my room, this time my wardrobe and entry table as well as rewiring some connections in my computer and finished editing the photos I need to get printed from my Iceland trip.
Tomorrow marks the day that I get bumped up into the 20something age bracket, no longer will I be a teenager.
In my own celebration in a couple of hours I am heading off the The Zoo to see The Mountain Goats and The Zebra’s. Going to be an interesting night out, going to a concert by myself, I have been to more classical concerts in concert halls by myself before but not a dark, night concert. That is what growing up is all about
Not much planned for tomorrow, got a lot of readings to be done but we are having chocolate mousse for dessert and going out for tea on Monday night.
Yesterday was by no means the nicest day.
From all the essays and work I have handed in over the last two and half years of uni, I have always felt that the mark I received was the mark I deserved. However that all changed yesterday.
I received an essay back for which the lecturer gave me 65/100. His first reason was that my essay is pieced together with notes from first year International Relations and those had no relevance to the topic of my essay. WTF? My essay was on “Why is war such an endemic part of international life?” IR theory on state sovereignty/anarchy, the images of war, etc sure as hell are relevant to the topic. Yeah, so relevant that he talked about them in his lecture on war, Good Job Matey 
As well him saying that my references are a bit old. Let me see, from the nine references I had the dates were as follows; 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2004 and ND – over half are since 2000!
Going to see him next week to hopefully get a re-grade, because I am not happy Jan!
Then I came home with a shocking headache from lack of water.
Home life is not something that I really talk about here because it is not something I want to broadcast to the masses. Days when Mum is away are always hard because as much as we disagree over things she in the end grounds me. Last night was not nice but I did better than I normally do and kept my mouth shut for the most time. With all those feelings in my mind of just wanting to escape away from it all, this layout appeared
I was watching some OC Season 3 previews and as always I was intrigued by the music in the background, very much reminded me of a male Missy Higgins, or an older Ben Lee or The Mountain Goats with less twang. So I sat at my computer googling and googling some the lyrics trying to find out who was singing this utterly beautiful song, eventually I hit on the right keywords and found out that the song playing was “Song for No One” by Ian Broudie
From night skies dressed in clouds
Morning came, your taste in my mouth
I like the way that your hair falls down in your eyes
And you blush when you smile
When sleep combs your side then far away flies
I love the way that you stare when the sleep fills your eyes
So yesterday has gone
Who knows, tomorrow may bring all we’ll desire
Tomorrow brings the sun
Kiss the world with fingers crossed
I’ve kissed the world with fingers crossed
I’ve been praised
I’ve been cursed
I’ve been blamed
And I’ve won
And I’ve lost
On waves that fill your heart
The future glides
I hope the serpents in the tide
Are all gone
What’s done is done
A song for no one’s in my hand
A song they’ll never understand
Til I have gone
And tomorrow brings the sun
It is just such a pure song, he has a superb voice Go out and try to find some Ian Broudie, you could not be dissapointed.
Last night, marked the biggest event of the RiverFestival, RiverFire. Which is 30 minutes of fireworks from 7 barges on the river as well as on the Story Bridge :), that starts and finishes with an F-111 doing a dump and burn, which is an awesome event to watch; The Sky just comes alight with the burning fuel and depending on where you are in relation to it’s flight path, you can become quite warm.
Wanting to have my choice of spots, I arrived in at the river quite early, round 4ish for the fireworks to start at 7, in hindsight I could have arrived about an hour later and still have gotten my choice of places. I placed myself on the boardwalk infront of Customs House.
Later on in the afternoon, The Air Force Roulettes did their thing rolling and soaring through the sky.
Had a great time with my camera and tripod as well as with a lens hood I had made earlier in the day to cover my lens when there were no fireworks going off, so I could have longer exposures and not be affected by the ambient light. I just wanted the fire works :):)
I leave you with this panorama I made of the river early in the afternoon, you can click on it to make it bigger. As I process more photos from the night they will appear over at /random life.
When I was walking home from uni through the park last night, I started playing round with my camera and the lights. Playing with lights at night with my camera would have to be one of my favourite things to do with it. This photo I believe is from a single street light, somehow with my moving of the camera I managed to create a little flower
