Dat's right. MMTM is back!
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Ladies, meet Craig. He's 35, has an extensive DVD collection and is looking for a girlfriend.
He likes fancy dress but draws the line at men in tights. He's keen on "doing stuff", but not stuff that includes cheese or kites. And he's pretty sure he's invented a time machine.
Whether he's a prankster or a prodigy, there's no doubt Craig has the people of Windsor captivated.
Craig has posted a series of signs on street furniture in Chapel Street in Melbourne's south-east, but his real identity so far remains a mystery.
The posters are now making their way across the internet, earning Craig a mention in Time magazine, on a radio station in Seattle and at least two Facebook groups, 'Mystery Man Craig from Windsor Appreciation Club' and 'We love Craig!'.
Keen web-watchers are already pointing out similarities between the work of Craig, thought to be Facebook identity Craig Dick, and a New York man named Chris.
There is also conjecture that Craig's posters may be a marketing ploy for online classifieds site craigslist.com.
But Craig has shunned the spotlight, calling instead for secrecy as he boldly ignores threats of $500 fines for hanging posters ("If you see me putting this up, can you do me a favour and not tell anybody'') and organises rendezvous to visit his grandmother ("she's a bit deaf so you'll have to speak up''), discuss cake decorating ("please bring photos or sample cake ... as proof of experience'') or give away a queen-size mattress ("it's like new except for some small burn marks'').
But he's not just a lonely guy with a printer and a penchant for caps lock.
Craig is a good Samaritan ("Did you walk past here at about 5.30pm last Tuesday? I may have your copy of Metro that you dropped ... the crossword is only half-filled in so you should be able to identify it").
He's also an entrepreneur ("For sale: this lamp-post. As is where is") and, like many of us, he's concerned how the global financial crisis will affect him ("If you know and would like to tell me then meet me here at 4pm tomorrow").
But perhaps most important for prospective girlfriends, he's well-mannered, even during time travel: "I'm pretty sure I've invented a time machine. All going according to plan I'll materialise right here at 11.37am on Friday. This is just a courtesy note to make sure you're not standing in this spot at the time."
Craig-watchers are on tenterhooks waiting for the next instalment.
In the meantime, if you're a woman with a big TV, Craig is waiting for you in Windsor.
He'll be wearing one white thong and one brown thong so you can recognise him.
Just bring 50 cents to cover his stationery costs.
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Seems like a spectacular this year. What was the highlight for you?
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The Painted Veil
A beautiful English love story in China. Made me cry.
The Dark Knight
Intense, powerful, sinister; the Joker was spooky, Batman was raspy.
Mamma Mia
Hilarious choreography; spectacular scenery; dubious singing; love Amanda Seyfried.
Changeling
Angelina outdoes herself, but the treatment of women was horrible.
Milk
The power and passion of one man – Sean Penn – incredible.
Emile Hirsch has never looked better. Moving story done justice.
WALL-E
Who doesn’t love this cute little robot with a personality?
A funny action movie without a cliched romance? I'm there!
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These are people who publish articles like The Climate Change Fraud (they also think like this.)
What I want to know is: where the f did they get this idea I'm a conservative, of all things? I have been called many things, but c-word is not one of them. My dad made me listen to right wing radio all the way across America (considering we were in the Heartland of the American Right) in order to counter my "extreme left wing/Obama-messiah complex" (his words, not mine) which meant I had to listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh sing "Barack the magic negro" or play "Hallelujah" every time they mentioned Obama's name (which was actually kind of funny.)
(Aside: I also don't understand why so many political parties are called liberal when they're conservative - and it's not just Australia!)
If I were K, I think I'd be insulted, and if I was Sara, I'd be offended.
I'd just like to point out to these people that I am:
1) Democrat
3) climate change believer and crusader
among other things.
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painfully) single status. So long as I shall live, and I have friends (such as these), I shall not want for boys (after all, boys are stupid, are they not?) It doesn’t change the fact that I’m still pining after a guy (The Boy), much like last year (new boy, too, and there’s been one between), but I’m not holding out.
And I’m adopting Rayne’s motto: life's more fun without strings, right?
Because really, I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I don’t have any regrets about what might have happened with whom – of course, I wish some of the guys would have asked, but there aren't any moments I shied away from that might have lead to something else, and there haven't been any offers to turn down.
I am young, single and attractive* and one day, my prince (or any prince) will come!
Today, I want to make a shout out/declaration of love/dedication to two groups of people near and dear to me:
Consider this my Valentine to you.
Have you heard about the girl who is auctioning off her virginity? (It’s currently going for about $5.3million AUS) I’m thinking I should do the same with The Kiss.
Any bids?
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*most days of the week
I know I've been a little wanting in the blogging department, but I've been sick (mysteriously and unhappily) twice in the past two weeks, been to Melbourne twice in a week (with the upside being that I've been both Slumdog Millionaire and Milk [go read Kayleigh's review, it sums up exactly how amazing a film it is, but better still, go see it!!] both of which I LOVED and are totally deserving of the awards I want them to win at the Oscars) and then visited my mother's family for four days over the weekend. Sara was supposed to be coming to stay this weekend, but she's sick too, and might not be able to make it (to my dismay.) Many stories to come about my fabulous adventures in America, but for now - look! Photos!
Everybody knows that Slumdog Millionaire is about a poor boy from the slums who wins – and wins big – on the Indian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? But much like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button it is told in reflection, when the boy – Jamal (Dev Patel, who you may recognise from Skins) – is arrested and tortured under the (contrived) suspicion of cheating. The beginning torture scenes are shocking and horrific, and it sets the tone for much of the film, which does not shy away from the harsh reality of the slums and poverty in
Perhaps the reason this film is so popular is because it’s a film about overcoming adversity (and when doesn’t
The real stars of Slumdog are the Indian children who play the younger Jamal, his older brother Salim and love interest Latika, another refreshing reason to love this film; there are no big name, Hollywood actors in this film. For the most part, they’re native Indians (what do you call someone from Mumbai?) who capture the spirit of a city that has proved – mostly recently this November – resilient.
“What can a slumdog possibly know?”
“The answers.”
It seems improbable, almost downright impossible that Jamal should know any – let alone all – of the answers the show throws at him. But various and sundry turns his life has taken, from orphaned and homeless to beggar to tour guide to cook to serving tea at a call centre, means he knows more than people think.
However, the magnificence of this film lies not only in the story being told (so uplifting, turbulent and emotional) but in the sensation of it, being expressed and felt and shared through sweeping panoramas, unflinching close ups, a thrilling soundtrack (one of the highlights) and a determination not just to show but to evoke the slumdog experience, as much as possible through the medium of the screen. And it works; the audience laughed collectively when Jamal climbs out through a long drop to get an autograph from his favourite Indian film star, gasped and became palpably tense when it came to that final question. I myself got the shakes and then cried (several times throughout, probably more than I’ve cried in any other film – I don’t tend to cry that much, despite what jdl might tell you). You are inhuman or insensitive if you walk away from this film unmoved.
9/10
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Now here’s a “reality” TV show worth watching, even if it is only to make yourself feel smarter by comparison (or, in my case, console myself that I’m not the only dateless, desperate, never-been-kissed person on the planet). I managed to catch the first episode of this season late one night last week:
Host: which is closer to the Earth, the moon or the sun?
Beauty #1: the sun
Beauty #2: aren’t they the same distance?
Beauty #3: they’re the same thing
H: how many stripes on the
B: 52
H: who won the civil war?
B: us
H: who is us?
B: The
H: Tell me a word that rhymes with orange.
B: Morange.
H: what’s morange?
B: [laughing] more orange
H: What are the first five words of the
B: I don’t know
H: who gave it?
B: I don’t know
H: Where was it given?
B: [shaking head] I don’t know
H: in the equation E=MC2, what does the e stand for?
B #3: let me tell you right now, math and I do not get along
Geek: when was D Day?
Beauty: [shrugs]
Geek: 1942
Beauty: No, that was when
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