February 2009
2 posts
EMOTIONAL CONSTIPATION
What is wrong with people these days? And by people, for the purpose of this blog, I’m specifically referring to Men. No, boys. Do men even exist anymore or have their ‘coolness’ in society gradually dwindled like a scrunchie’s? And if you don’t know what a scrunchie is, I feel old.
Anyway back to my rant.
When I refer to ‘boys’, I’m talking about early 20 something-year-olds who are...
LOVE SUCKS
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006): *Approximately one in three first marriages end in divorce and; *Most people who separate have been married less than 10 years.
Makes the effort behind courtship appear worthwhile, doesn’t it? We’ve all been there, and by there I mean having your heart broken. It doesn’t matter if it was a teen crush, a summer...
October 2008
3 posts
Seasons Of A Family Tree
The story so far…
It was only four of us that night- myself, Nathan, Jodi and Lauren- each very different from the other yet the only similarity we shared was the fact that we, like the other eight Australians relaxing in the dorm building behind us, were here in America on a student exchange program. I guess being away from familiarity made us bond. Who would have thought that I, miss 22...
The Federal Government is PHAT!
This is one of those rare times when a law-abiding, tax-paying citizen praises their government. Yes, kudos to the Federal Government for urging magazines to feature models that weigh more than paper and confess when photographs have been airbrushed under its national fashion industry code of conduct initiative.
Hallelujah! No more feeling guilty sifting through pages that are full of waif-thin...
CMC = Social Retardation
Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) is a socially-numbing form of interaction. Calling someone has been bitterly replaced by SMS, and MSN, Twitter, Facebook and MySpace have also usurped the need to use your vocal chords. So why is it that we rely on machines to express how we feel? Especially when it is so damn frustrating to decipher what is meant behind a simple SMS.
When we were younger,...
September 2008
4 posts
NGM vs. ZOO Weekly
So, I had to say my speech a la Speedy Gonzales because of time constraints…and the fact that we were pushing our attention span since we were nearing 9pm. To refresh your memory, I spoke about the National Geographic Magazine and the ZOO Weekly website - you know, the ultra tame and news-credible site? First, let’s look at the National Geographic Magazine site that was the 2008 Webby award...
" We Are Abled By Our Abilities Not Disabled By...
Did you know that Australia is competing for gold in swimming, basketball, cycling and more? Did you know that we’ve scored 17 gold, 24 silver and 21 bronze medals so far? Yes, I know the 2008 Beijing Olympics have expired but the 2008 Beijing Paralympics are underway and I bet some of you weren’t even aware of it. Worse still, many Australians aren’t aware that Paralympians...
Scent Of You
For the past two days my nostrils have detected a scent that reminds me of someone. It’s frustrating, not because the scent is worse than horse shit - on the contrary, really - but because I think of this person without preparation. Without my permission, a picture of their face pops up in my mind and unexpectedly disappears. It’s sort of like detecting someone’s fart -...
Ecstasy Without Alcohol
Perusing the online news sites, my gaze stumbled upon this article that claims “Young Queenslanders would be safer if they swore off binge drinking and instead consumed a small amount of ecstasy”. Before you shake your head in disdain or assent there’s medical research to support this outlandish claim. A prominent researcher at Queensland’s Alcohol and Drug Research...
August 2008
9 posts
Ultimate Pet Peeves
Dictionary.com defines a pet peeve as a “a particular and often continual annoyance; personal bugbear”. And I define a pet peeve as something that makes me either: cringe, bite my tongue, or tacitly swear like I have tourettes. And if it’s a juicy pet peeve, it will achieve all three reactions. Score!
But, I consider myself quite tolerant and patient and it will take either constant exposure to...
Money Versus Happiness
I can relate to silvia’s blog about the struggles of breaking into the elusive journalism industry. The journalism industry is tough to get into and the meagre financial support makes it hard to stay in the industry.
In response to Silvia’s “Welcome to your inner journalism conflict: Passion vs Money”, I agree that many aspiring journalists make the horizontal move to PR/marketing...
Journalism Industry : Friend or Foe?
How difficult is it to score a journalism job in Australia? Pretty damn hard. And the saying “it’s not what you know but who you know” rings louder than church bells on a Sunday morning at the moment. Sure, I fortunately have one foot in the journalism door… or, just a toe, really but I’m thankful I’m here. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same thing for...
Working In A Sausage Fest
As I mentioned in my earlier blog, I work for a men’s magazine. I work on the mag’s website, to be exact. Currently in my office there are 3 women to21 men and that number will dwindle to 2 once my fellow oestrogen-filled colleague leaves. Let me relay some of my observations of the male species. Firstly, it’s a lie when people say “women are such gossip queens”....
A Pant-pleasing 12
Pic sourced from fabulousmag.co.uk Curves are in people! No, I’m not wasted or from another planet, I consider myself relatively sane. But I think this blog is a good opportunity to scream to the cyber world that curves are sexy on both female and male physiques. And I’m not alone.
Working for a popular men’s magazine has opened my eyes and ears to what men think about the female form and...
What Makes A Hero?
Just returned from a 2.5 hour stint at the local movie theatre watching the highly sensationalised flick Dark Knight. Despite the hype propelled by Ledger’s death, Dark Knight deserves every positive review because of it’s engaging script and eye-popping special effects.
The best part of the flick was the ending (usually, I say this when the movie was as entertaining as watching a banana rot....
Do First Impressions count?
They say that it takes from three seconds to three minutes for you to judge someone – for you to determine whether that person is a twit or not. Well, I’ll admit it - I’m judgemental and my judging kicks in at the 3.5-second mark. But my judgements, which are guided by gut feelings, are usually right. I wonder: what makes a good first impression, good? Is it immaculate grooming? Or would that make...
Beijing Olympics = Bollocks.
I made a conscious effort to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony on Friday night (which was a genius idea considering it finished at 2 am) as a defiant act against China’s ridiculous restrictions of freedom of expression and out of respect for all those Chinese inhabitants that were left homeless to accommodate for superfluous Olympic venues. I feel that many Australians take their...
July 2008
1 post
What You Can Expect
Hrm… well, I’d like think you can expect to be highly entertained like a pimply-testosterone-filled boy at his first sex ed lesson but who knows - one can only hope.
In this blog I will write about anything that’s topical and give it a J9 spin. That is to say, I will write about why it’s of interest and offer my interpretation on the matter. Oh and my comments welcome...