October 2008
3 posts
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Music Downloading. The Effect.
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For my feature I’ve chosen to delve into the world of music downloading, looking at the effect it has on the music industry. In particular, I will examine its affect on large record labels such as Sony/BMG and Universal, as well as other independent labels and the ways, if any, its affects on the consumer. In order to gather research for this issue and ultimately discover...
WHAT A MONTH!
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October is a wonderful month! Not just because you can feel the weather getting warmer and warmer but because it is one that is filled with many festivities, 100’s of birthday’s worldwide and oh offcourse the much enjoyed public holiday.
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There are many people who take the dance floor for celebrations, people who enjoy a Monday off work, along with the many people...
September 2008
11 posts
WHERE THE HELL IS MATT?
Click here to find out just where Matt is!
First of all - who the hell is Matt?
Well, it’s a simple story really. He is a laid back guy who enjoys the odd laugh.
So what makes him so special and why is he well known?
See Matt rose to stardom when he uploaded a video onto his webpage, showing himself cracking some very “unique and special” dance moves in well over fifty...
SPIDERBLOG talks Tyra
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I was reading through a few blogs the other day when I came across SPIDERBLOG. I became quite intrigued after reading a few of the posts and decided to become an official follower of site!
I particularly loved the post on Tyra Banks going psycho at one of the contestants on her show. It made me laugh!!!
Being a fan of America’s Next Top Model, I actually remember watching this go...
No BLACK HOLE for our PLANET but for ME?
Technology.
From Alexander Bell’s 1876 invention of the telephone to today’s Hadron Collider.
Amazing.
Though. Bad news is on the horrizon.
I feel compelled to tell you that I feel like I am being slightly left behind in my own black hole. I don’t think I am ready for all this. I’m sorry. I just don’t mesh well with technology that has the potential to destroy me. I...
"It's BRITNEY bitch!"
It’s amazing. Britney Spears has taken home not one or two but three MTV Video Music Awards.
Living a roll-a-coaster life over the past couple of years, Britney’s career is finally starting to bloom once again!
Being a Britney fan, it’s exciting to see her get her life back on track. Though she has never won any MTV AWARDS until now, Britney seems extremely happy and in high spirits to finally...
MEET HATEBOOK!
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Meet Hatebook. The new social network for those that Hate.
This site is hilarious! It is being called the new parody site of Facebook only differing with a hellish red colour scheme and a devilish spoof on all its features- instead of having “Photos” which is what Facebook has, it has “My HatePhotos”.
The site was created by this German guy who is a member on the site himself. He...
09/11/2001
Today marked the seventh anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. It just seems so strange to me that a whole seven years has past! It honestly feels like it was just yesterday when I woke up to what was the beginning of the “War on Terror”.
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When I got to work this morning, almost at the very time that it happened seven years ago, I overheard at least five people talking...
Being in the right place, at the right time!
I used to think that I was one of the most unlucky people living on this planet. I never won the lottery and never won any competitions that I actually spent the time entering.
This was my state of mind up until I got that job I went for, got posted free tickets to a concert and oh offcourse met the Kooks.
Yep, this all happened in just one month.
Maybe it was just good karma, or maybe it was...
Want to hear the MOST annoying sound in the WORLD?
Beep Beep Beep…or is it WAKEUP I’M NOT LETTING YOU SLEEP that I hear?
“SHUTUP, SHUTUP, SHUTUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Yep! I am talking about my stupid alarm that goes off 5 days a week at 6:30am.
This noise, the one I have gotten so used to opening my eyes too, is in my books, my most hated sound. It is so up there on my hate list, that sometimes I would rather hear fingernails...
August 2008
11 posts
My GUILTY pleasures = BLOCKED arteries?
I am one of those people who like to think they exercise.
When I wake up of a morning I like to feel refreshed and energetic.
This never happens, so I ask myself what am I doing wrong?…
Well after watching Jamie Oliver’s Eat to Save Your Life, apparently its the FOODS I am putting into my body.
Seriously.
After digesting the programme, WOW did I felt so guilty and shameful of all my naughty...
Facebook = Addiction?
Is it just me or is it impossible to get any work done these days.
You can tell me I’ve got the shortest attention span, but there’s no way you can honestly say that you don’t do it too!?
Before, I go any further, I better clarify that the reason my work is NEVER completed twelve hours before it’s due, is because of that darn site FACEBOOK.
There is no way I can ever do research without logging...
Bayshing OLYMPICS
I’ve got to say, all sport and victory aside, one of the best aspects of this year’s Olympic Games, is the MASSIVE amount of mistakes and shady cover-ups that have occurred. And don’t think it’s just me who feels this way; simply type ‘Olympic bloopers’ into Google and you’re confronted with a staggering 557 000 results!
During the opening ceremony alone, at least seven different things went...
"Nah, nup, MOVE ya stuff!"
I have always been one of those people who actually believed that we lived in a society of tolerance, equality and mateship, you know, that old “Aussie” belief that we all, in a sense, actually cared for the well being of each other. So when I was confronted by this suited, stocky figure waiting for me to move into a non-existent space, I naturally assumed he was joking.
I think some background...
Mr Macho!
So today was my second day at the gym (you know, after having joined two weeks ago…) and it never ceases to amaze me just how vein some of these gym goers are!
Both yesterday and today I’ve caught two men take over the machines next to me, use the hardest level available so that the sweat starts pouring within approximately fifty seconds, only to catch them checking their appearance in...
JUST IN...
All in just ONE week…
WHAT IS GOING ON?
Just IN:
“Cult starves ‘demon’ toddler who wouldn’t say ‘amen’: police,” (SMH, 2008).
WHAT?
A toddler was found inside a suitcase after being starved-yep starved- to death by members of a religious cult for not saying “amen” after he finished his meals. The boy’s mother is now up for first-degree murder after not attempting to revive her son.
AGAIN...
LOST your head?
I was with a couple of friends on Friday when one of them said to me,
“Did you hear what happened the other day?”
Having no idea what she was talking about, I answered with,
“No, what?”
As she began to tell me, my stomach dropped and my eyes glared in disbelief.
She told me that a couple of days ago an innocent man was stabbed and decapitated whilst sleeping on a country bus.
I thought…...
Vietnam ADVENTURE
This was an experience NEVER to forget.
Setting off with little money and no itinerary, my good friend Hannah and I thought we were being quite the little dare devils.
Where we grew up was a very small town up north and this was our very first trip away from home without our families, aka our parentals. BIG DEAL!
Though we missed our plane home and was delayed an extra three days...
Feeling the BITE
Great! This winter’s weather has been recorded as the coldest in 24 years.
What is going on? It’s like the attack of Jack Frost!
Global warming anyone? Now I may just be winging but when I got home today my hands, toes and nose were all numb, literally frozen like ice. Wondering what on earth was going on, I did the “ol” Google search.
After reading many of articles I...
RIGHTS of the Homeless?
Today I was on the bus on my way home from a long day at work when I noticed a homeless woman hopping onto the bus. It was free of charge.
She walked wobbling from side to side and sat directly opposite me. I was sitting in one of those four seater chairs uncomfortably squashed against the side handle.
I remember I could vividly smell the thick scent of alcohol that steamed from her...
July 2008
1 post
Blog Blog Blog.
This darling new friend of mine will hopefully insight those people who enjoy a light read!
I aim to give a taste on those things in life that are funny, quirky, interesting, new and oh of course serious.
I’m a blogger!
ABOUT.me. I.study.Journalism. I.work.at.Grazia.Magazine. I.live.in.the.city. I.always.like.a.good.night.out. I.love.the.markets. I.enjoy.a.shop....