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DVD vs VHS

September 28th 2006 11:20

This is a big topic in our household and it’s quite ironic that I’m going to back “old and outdated technology” on a pop culture site but I’m having one of those rare, chronologically challenged (read: old) moments. Yes, I’m rejecting new technology!

I remember when CDs replaced tapes, they were 3 times the price of cassettes but we all went out and bought them because… hey! They were cool! I remember using my Merryl Bainbridge one as a Frisbee to impress the boys at my 13th birthday party (I still regret it, sorry Merry!).

By the time DVDs came in I was now well aware of the drawbacks of trading thick plastic protecting the memory of the tape (which you could basically run over with a truck and still get a decent sound) with a flimsy unprotected

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disk that became scratched if you so much as took a breath in it’s vicinity. Did anyone think of this as they rushed out to buy the latest and greatest fad? Only I!

Yesterday I walked past a man converting old videos to DVD and I wanted to say “Why?”.

I have a CareBears Video at home which my brothers and I watched about 1000 times when we were younger, the label is mostly ripped off, the back cover fell off after it was dropped one too many times leaving the tape exposed. How does it play? Like a dream!

In the meantime I have several DVDs bought only in the last couple of years that require you skip a couple of scenes due to hairline scratches. How many times have you rented a DVD, only to have to drive back to the video store because it’s too scratched to watch?

What I want to know is why would you pay that guy money to take your family’s memories, your favourite childhood film, the episode of Echo Point you re-discovered a few weeks ago and need to preserve just to ensure you were ever that young and put it onto, perhaps more attractive but much less circumstance-withstanding DVD?

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Prison Break Quiz

September 24th 2006 12:47

Click here to play my Prison Break Quiz made on Absurd... yes, I'm obsessed!

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Are You My Baby' Daddy?

September 18th 2006 11:48

The 8am start at work brings with it the faux rooster crow at 520 from my alarm, 4 snoozes later it drags me out of bed, to the shower and then the kitchen to make my boys’ lunch. Then finally, sweet relief and release, we settle to eat brekkie in front of the Maury Povich Show.

This morning’s topic was “I slept with 13 men… and I’m determined to find out the Father of my child.”

What cracks me up is the conviction with which these women accuse each of the 1/13 men of being their child’s Father. They sit there and abuse these men calling them “dawgs”, etc when they were the ones who had sex with 13 people within the space of a month!

Then there’s the reaction EVERY time the paternity tests comes back “You are NOT the Father of this child…” The woman jumps of her seat in utter astonishment and runs howling to the green room, where Maury follows to comfort and reassure her.

I like Maury. I think deep down, he’s a good guy. I don’t begrudge him a ratings-lifting scandal or two but I don’t think he relishes in other people’s misery like some talk show hosts. He promises his guests that he will help them find a resolution to their problems and he proactively follows it up.

He doesn’t just wrap it up with an insincere “Final Thought” such as:

I hope all our guests tonight realise that sexual intercourse with a horse isn’t the only way to get your brother to find you attractive. Find some common interests you both share, this should not be hard since you share the same DNA, if you wish to pursue a relationship with your sibling make sure they know the real you and NOT just the you that can put on a good show at the Farmyard...

The clincher for me today was the woman who was now paternity testing for the 13th time and he STILL was not the Father, yet it bore the same reaction as the 12 before it.

The women say the reason they are on the show is because they want their children to have a good childhood and know their Fathers. But what about their Mothers? How does it go down (pardon the pun) when the children at school go “Saw your Mum on Maury the other day, worked out who your Dad is yet?” Personally, if I’d slept with 13 guys in a short space of time, I’d be doing my best to keep that from my kid. Not broadcasting it.

You know I learnt something today, Maury. I learnt that if I feel I am ready to have a child, I need to stop and think that in 9 months time I need to be sure exactly who my “baby’ daddy” is and if I’m not ready, I might invest in a little thing called BIRTH CONTROLl.

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Drugs, Drugs Everywhere, Yet Not A Drop To Drink

September 12th 2006 12:25

It seems that recreational drug use has gone from the occasional to the customary. Last two nights out I've had recently, I was offered E more times than VB and that's ok when one of those outings was a house party. Not so shrug-worthy, however, is the fact the other was a pub.

Nowadays, people can easily accommodate the speed-freak, the pill-popper, the bong-head but what about those of us (and there are a few... very few) that don't do drugs at all. Where is the remedy for those of us who are parched after a night on the dancefloor. For you 'drug-people' those standard leg-flailing movements come easily but we find it hard to mimic the repetitive two step movement all night. Although, we are aware that it must be done. Over-gyrate those hips and I swear the whole room pauses

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MTV Sustains Me

September 10th 2006 16:15

I was sceptical about getting Foxtel, we all know it doesn’t even mildly compare in range and value to what's offered in the States. You hear the people complain that there's always the same thing on and you don't get many channels in the basic package but after having my rubber arm twisted, I gave in.

No sooner had I made the decision (along with my boyfriend and flatmate) to sign up, did the first of our fears get confirmed. The basic package, which still costs more than our home phone bill, had nothing of value included. There are all these packages you can do and there's only one good channel in each which leads you to buy the premium package, this includes all but adults only, games and only 2 box office (premium my ar*E!).
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