da hip hop witch project

we got this movie from the dvd rental shop, but I got bored and Joe fell asleep. Then I looked up the review on Amazon, we sums it up quite well. Hmm, should have checked out the reviews first.
"Who is responsible for this monstrocity? This film is atrocious. I have watched porn with better acting and scripts than this. It basically consists of a handful of bug eyed rappers with varying levels of credibility jumping around in front of a hand held camera as if they were told to pretend they're on crack. And while theoretically that sounds kinda entertaining,it's not. The only worthwhile moments in the entire film come from eminem, who turns out a lengthy, improvised rant on his horrific run in with the 'hip hop witch'. I have no idea what the motivation was behind the making of this film, but whoever is responsible should hang their head in shame. I cannot stress enough how much of a waste of time it is. You would have more fun eating your own vomit. "

hey dawg

where was dino last week?

where
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

a bit late this week, just to keep you on your toes.
where is dino?

aw, bless 'em

I never thought I'd say this about our elderly overly-helpful Greek neighbours Tony & Georgia, but yesterday was a classic. You see Georgia never remembers our names, and if she catches one of us at the house will ask "Where other boy?!".
But Tony must have been training her, cos when they saw me yesterday Tony said hello, then turned to Georgia and whispered urgently "Its Dino, Dino, Dino". Georgia then turned to me beaming her peggy-toothed grin and proudly announced "Hello DINO!"

Our Home Is Girt By Sea

Doing some research on our national anthem, I found out that some of the words have been changed over time (eg the first line Australians all let us rejoice)and entire verses were scrapped. We can't think why, especially the last bit. So here is the orginal version, complete and unabridged

Verse One

Australian sons let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In history's page, let every stage
Advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing,
"Advance Australia fair!"

Verse Two

When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Till he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;
With all her faults we love her still,
"Brittannia rules the wave!"
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Verse Three

Beneath our radiant southern Cross,
We'll toil with hearts and hands;
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands;
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share;
With courage let us all combine
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Verse Four

While other nations of the globe
Behold us from afar,
We'll rise to high renown and shine
Like our glorious southern star;
From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle,
Who come our lot to share,
Let all combine with heart and hand
To advance Australia fair!
In joyful strains then let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Verse Five

Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,
Or dare a foot to land,
We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore
To guard our native strand;
Brittannia then shall surely know,
Beyond wide ocean's roll,
Her sons in fair Australia's land
Still keep a British soul.
In joyful strains the let us sing
"Advance Australia fair!"

Joe, Mayor Darren Ray and Dino

Joe Mayor Dino
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Its official, we are now Aussie Citizens.

From this time forward, I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will uphold and obey.

Followed by the Celine Dion version of 'Advance Australia Fair' (slow and lots of vibrato,the Mayor's opinion!)

do you ever feel like this?

lets just let this picture speak for itself...

trudipostcard

trudipostcard
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

We had this postcard during the week, seems it's taken a while to get to us, dated July 2005!

Still it's great to see that Trudi and Velvetine were well and enjoying themselves in July... but what of them now?

Teach Ya Grandma To Suck Eggs

This week I used the phrase 'like teaching your grandmother to suck eggs', and none of my students had ever heard of it (but they did find it raucously amusing tho)

Is it just an English expression? Or are the kids these days using diffferent jargon, fo shizzle.....

Sue Ellen the underdog

We have now watched all of the first series of Dallas (on Joe's DVD), and poor ol Sue Ellen is not even credited in the main title sequence. Was she not one of the main characters? Bobby's wife Pam is up there with the ever-blinking Miss Ellie, and so is The Poison Dwarf. Was Linda Gray not good enough to get a mention???

house reno week 22

back2pano
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

some good progress this week, site is cleared of old sewer pipe, bits of brick and coco-pop cartons, the roof framing begins and the partition walls appear

ps we are renovating, had you noticed?

Maccas

McDonalds. Whats the slogan? I'm lovin it? Not after seeing that movie 'Supersize Me', then I vowed never to go there again. I have only slipped once since then, when I said to Joe that they do salads now, but the screaming kids and then even more icky, the syringe on the floor in the toilets at the St Kilda maccas put me off even more. Maybe the syringe was to calm down the hyper kids after all those additives? Ooo, I can't say that can I? Whoops, just did.

So it was surprising to find us at McFatties yesterday, not once but twice! Not by choice mind you, we couldnt find anywhere else to eat (except KFC and the local chippie) at the delectable Endeaver Hills shopping centre. We did have the new deli choice healthier option, and it wasnt bad but Joe did remind me that the average age group of the other diners would be about that of our kids. That makes me feel old. And the place smelt of chips / baby-wee.

Then later on Joe wanted to stop for a coffee and I needed a toilet break, and right in front of us was a McCafe. I'd never been to one of those before, it was dead posh. But you can't buy diet-coke from the cafe bit, you have to go behind a curtain to the standard McDonalds bit and buy it there. A bit like going from first-class back through to 'world traveller class' on a flight. Are we just snobs?

Who Shot JR vs Kill Bill

why the question about Dallas? well we just got the dallas box set of dvds and watched the first episode - all bouffants and flairs - and thought 'hang on, wasnt dallas an 80's thing?'. but then looked at the date on the dvd box and it did indeed start in 1978!

Last night we watched the Quentin Tarantino movie 'Kill Bill', got it from our local DVD rental shop place. Very intense, lots of violence from the start, but a great movie. The main character played by Uma Thurman is actually very similar to Sue-Ellen Ewing, don't cha reckon.....

quiz question of the day

What year did the texan soap Dallas start on TV?

house reno week 21

house reno week 21b
Originally uploaded by NTRMonjoy.

Week 21 - about 12 or so weeks to go - on the current schedule. Should have been at the plastering stage on the old schedule.

Main structural steel is now all in place, all of the lighter weight steel has been delivered for the rest of the framing which is due to start Tuesday 6th.

From this angle the frame looks huge, but from the front of the house when all is finished hardly any of the extension will be visible at all. All part of the plan!

Click on the pic to see more or navigate directly using the following link (NEW)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ntrm/

To console ourselves... we had a trip out to Ormond to pick up a couple of funky flush door handles for the bathroom doors. Yea.. we know how to have excitement on a Saturday ....

[joe]

status check

how do you say the word 'status'. I usually say sta'tus with a long a (as in bay) but my students this week laughed and corrected me saying stat'us with a short a (as in cat). I told Joe and he was cross, saying thats the bloodly american way of pronouncing it. hmm, goes back to the old debate of saying database with an ahhhh sound or an ayyyy sound......
[dino]