Xbox adversiment

XBOX: Banned commerical

Chain Reactions Galore

This is called... actually I forgotten what it's called but anyway I some of this is kinda neat and better than all the adds in Wonthaggi that try to copy that sort of thing.

Let the World Know That Hazelton Takes its Laws Seriously!

Hazleton has laws (currently pending because of a lawsuit) that strictly ban illegal imigrants. Someone out there has realised that a certain man breaks those laws, and want to stop him. The following are extracts from the website: http://www.nosantaforhazleton.com/welcome.html

Press Realease:

December 19, 2006For Immediate Release

PA Town to Ban Santa Because He is Undocumented Worker

The people of Hazleton, PA are proud to announce a citizen-organized public awareness campaign called "No Santa for Hazleton." The campaign will use Santa Claus' status as America's most-loved illegal worker to demonstrate Hazleton's new "zero tolerance" policy toward illegal aliens.
Hazleton has been at the forefront of the War on Immigration since this past summer, when, in response to a surge in illegal immigration, the city passed its “Illegal Immigrant Relief Act." The public response was immediate and overwhelmingly positive. Mayor Lou Barletta’s heroics gained the town national attention, including appearances on '60 Minutes' and CNN’s 'Lou Dobbs Tonight.' Following Hazelton’s example, over 30 other towns across America have passed or are considering similar laws to drive out illegal immigration and labor.
This Christmas, a grassroots coalition of concerned citizens and elected officials have come together to conduct a public awareness campaign against the nation’s most prominent undocumented worker: Santa Claus. The group intends to keep Santa out of Hazleton this Christmas, as he represents everything the town has rallied around Mayor Barletta to oppose. According to the Mayor, "We are waging a war of culture, and Santa is a dangerous idea whose reign must be put to an end."
The group's website lists the following evidence against Santa Claus:

•Santa is not an American nor is he legally recognized for residency or occupational purposes in this country. Oblivious to this fact, millions of Americans delight in inviting him into their homes and allowing him to work unsupervised every year. Children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to his costume and demeanor.

•Santa does not work alone, but employs hundreds to thousands of elves in what are clearly described as sweatshop or slave labor-type conditions. This takes jobs away from honest and hard-working Americans who play by the rules.

Appearing unlawfully for too long to remember, Santa Claus has come to represent a range of labor practices that undercut the American workforce in favor of unfair foreign competition or informal domestic laborers. Across America, the economies of small cities like Hazleton have been decimated as a result.
For further information, the group has launched a website, www.NoSantaForHazelton.com, which will serve as a resource for the town and a model for other towns to adopt in a national movement. The website will be used to collect donations to air a television advertisement the group has prepared, but includes additional features such as tips for parents to talk to their children about Santa, and an internet action tool for people of all ages to send letters to Santa asking him to stay away. In Hazleton, as the No Santa For Hazleton looks boldy to the future, this Christmas promises to be like no other.

Press Inquiries: Email or call Mayor Barletta's office at 570-459-4910


The Video:





That's dedication for you!

Music

This is the entire history of this years music summed up in one song. Enjoy.

Smile!

Christmas Eve

Guess what? I found out it was Christmas Eve today! I reckon the build up helps alot to celebrate christmas and I got alot of catching up today but anyway...

Despite all the tragedies and misery etc etc blah blah blah, on christmas day the world for once and as one smile.

Yessiree, a big grin that's cheesier than all of the mice dreams put together.

And you know what? I find that delightful.

Yep, I know it's important to focus on the true meaning of christmas.

Yes, I also know that you should remember the 'true spirit of christmas'. ie: remember when you're recieving your pressies that not everyone in the world is as rich as you.

The spirit of christmas is to give.

Christmas dear reader, is celebrating the gift that God the Father gave to us.

The best gift ever.

But I think what is often overlooked,

Is that deep down inside,

Sometimes in people you just couldn't of guessed,

Apparently lurks the capability of Joy.

And I think that's worth celebrating, don't you?

JOY TO THE WORLD AND HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

An old Christmas message but a good one.

ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

And for those of you who haven't heard this before and don't get it fill in the blank:

There is NO ____

Santa and Pranks (two more links I found recently)

These are just some other links I found yesterday.

I am proud of the Air Services Australia for working so closely with Santa Clause in making safer flights and sleigh for him. You can find out all of Santa's recent media releases, the proposed (and excepted by some international board) flight path, the training program he himself uses etc. You can find the media releases here.

This is a website I recently found called the museum of hoaxes and is really good.

Deadly Serious

Funny Videos

Links

I (obvisouly) haven't been able to think of anything to put on my blog for a while now, and have just recently figured out that some of my ideas ie: the video's I was talking about has an expiry date in my mind for how long I am enthuisastic about an idea. I can generally 'refind' my enthusiasm so I will- when I can be bothered. Um, Last night Mum got a new phone (the latest Sony Ericson because of my clever diplomacy) so she gave me her old one to replace my broken one. Which is fine, but it means I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY THE PROPER SNAKE ALMOST FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE (snake xerxia or something) which is a pity. So, anyway, I thought I would post some less well-known links to some great websites that you might be interested in. By the way did anyone hear that the actor that plays Raymond's Dad (in everybody loves Raymond) is dead?


COMEDIANS

http://www.basilwhite.com/ Basil White a slightly twisted person (but still funny)

http://www.jasonlove.com/ Jason Love a comedian that actually works on his website a fair bit.

http://www.rodney.com/rodney/home/home.asp Rodney Dangerfield a passed away comedian that became famous with his 'I don't get no respect' tour.

FUNNY SITES

http://signsoflife.goose24.org/?sign=46 Alot of funny signs

http://www.cybersalt.org/cleanlaugh/ A clean joke website with everything. I am subsribed to it.

http://www.fasterpastor.com/autobio1.htm Great Church Billboards

http://gprime.net/flash.php/cowswithguns A funny movie about cows with guns.

http://www.funnypics.dk/fpid170.html the site isn't altogether funny but that picture is.

http://uploads.ungrounded.net/content.php?id=158218&name=158218_The_Matrix_Has_You.swf&title=The%20Matrix%20Has%20You.&date=1165986000&quality=b&uj=0&w=550&h=400 For those of you have seen the Matrix this is a very good flash movie called the marix has you.


'FACINATING' SITES

http://www.googlism.com/ See what Google says about you!

http://www.eepybird.com/ People pop mentos into Diet Coke Bottles and see what they come out with. The latest version uses literally hundreds of both.

http://www.blifaloo.com/ Boredom Relief

http://www.breakthechain.org/ A site devoted to stopping all pesky chain emails and offers an 'official rebuttal' to every single one. Also you can get to the website pulling the chain websites with creative ideas how to stop them.

http://www.cybersaltcommunity.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,162
ever wanted to use an industrial shredder?

There you go I hope you enjoy. I think tomorrow I might post jokes before i'm over it..

My Accent

I'm not entirely sure what my accent is. I sometimes catch irish, scottish or english in it (I think that's because I like those accents and enjoy speaking it) and I can sometimes hear my accent change as I speak which is weird. Apparently I've got a different accent for different occasions ie: my performing accent (which I can hear) and my casual accent. I presume I have an Aussie accent all up but I can never hear the Aussie accent. To me it's just talking in a plain voice. Anyway I took a test in what sort of American accent I have and I got:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Inland North You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."
The Northeast
Philadelphia
The South
The Midland
North Central
Boston
The West
What American accent do you have? Take More Quizzes

I'm not sure really what to make of it because I don't frequent America or even Inland North America so not sure what to feel. If you're from America can you fill me in?

I've been tagged!

Im back from camp (obvisouly). It was really fun and I enjoyed it. Nothing much to report here though.
I was tagged from Barbara (http://barbara007.typepad.com/ ).
5 favourite christmas songs in no particular order:

1. Jingle Bells
2. Joy to the World
3. Aussie Jingle Bells
4. Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
5. Hark The Herald Angels Sing

It's Nearly Christmas! Celebrate!
It's nearly the school holidays! Celebrate again! (Well Im celebrating

Miske's

I was doing and English essay and was kinda proud of it, so especially as I don't usually publish something deep here I thought I would share with you all my research in this greatly unrecognised field that I thought was fascinating.

Miske’s used in Communication
By Nathan Moore
Miskes have long been used with people in varying degrees of all ages, languages and nations to communicate. When words become unnecessary or indeed, too much effort, the appropriate miske is usually sufficient. Teenagers who believe they have a right to remain in bed that is being talked to by a (generally grumpy) parent is the easiest and most common way to observe this behaviour first hand.
Miske’s include hums and virtually all other intangible sounds that still have a meaning that is expected that the listener should understand the intended message even though it is not making use of a proper language. Miske’s are separated into 6 groups; laughs, giggles, hums, gags, growls and gunts. Gunt’s is by far the most varied group, so much so they are in turn separated into several sub-categories. Agreements, confusion, disagreements and thoughtfulness are the afore mentioned sub-categories.
‘Hums are generally well known what they are and hardly need any explanation. ‘Gags’ are supposed to represent the act of regurgitation and are used to communicate utter disgust with a thing/person
/act. Generally it is considered funny for some reason and a laugh or a giggle is usually accompanied with it.
A laugh is a quaint little noise that varies incredibly much, even from time to time, let alone person to person. Despite the massive quantities of variation, the laugh is universally accepted as a (would you believe it) laugh the world over, except for a handful of fathers who produce a sort of gurgling sound in place of a laugh and it seems only said father can tell it’s a laugh. Debate rages over whether this anomalous resonance should be given it’s own sub-category or even a straight category, but no official move has been made to do such a thing.
Laughs generally occur when somebody hears something that is considered funny or ‘appeals to their sense of humour’ (i.e.: in a joke or ‘harmless’ prank). Giggles are a variant of the laugh and are pretty similar but each ‘ha’ is a lot more succinct.
Growls originated and used to be the domain of the animal kingdom and are used by people who decide to use this particular miske to intimidate his or her opponent that is generally a person but sometimes extends to a troublesome pet and/or object.
Gunts are generally the hardest to understand and are incredibly varied. Gunts are sometimes referred to as grunts but gunts are the ‘proper’ name. Agreements are generally higher pitched and should usually be taken as strongly as if it was a verbal agreement. Confusion gunts are generally short, sharp and means the other person wants clarification from the person it was directed too. Disagreement gunts are usually angry or frustratingly sounded for obvious reasons and are, well, disagreements. Thoughtfulness gunts are usually a long note and generally you should wait to they finish whatever they are going to say after it.
In conclusion, miskes, although not always considered the ‘proper way to put things’, are an essential element of almost any language and should be practised and learnt to improve your day-to-day communicative skills.

Peter Piper

Sorry I haven't posted a blog for so long, I intend to do another movie a.s.a.p. I'm going on camp next week so I won't be able to blog then. Now, a random comment:

"Peter Piper picked a pepper and he sneezed. Because he is in fact allergic to pepper!"

Power Wins

This is me warming up before the match. Mum insisted on taking an "action" shot.

I won the Grand Final! :D The crowd was mostly behind our opponents, who played really well and I reckon our team suffered from shock a little at the start and the scores were 6-11 in their favour at the half time break and got up by about 10 points and we sort of struggled for a bit and then they levelled and the crowd got really excited and we started to make mistakes but we managed to hold on and we drew and time on was called- hold on I should probably pop a full stop in here somewhere.

Anyway, in the next five minutes we didn't let them score and despite our low accuracy we scored 3 goals and won the game. I, on the other hand got fouled off during time-on and had my lowest scoring game this season (2 goals) due to the fact I didn't get any easy shots at all and I didn't get a chance to slam dunk like I was hoping (which is a pity but I suppose I should count myself lucky I CAN slam-dunk) but I was still good in all my other areas (rebounds, blocks, assisting scaring/ 'redirecting' my opponents etc.). So all in all it was a very good day!
Anyway I thought of another video but it might take a while to make.

P.S. I've been adding labels for all my blog posts so you can play around with them if you like.

Quick Post

Last Wednesday I had a Middle School Showcase and I was one of the stars. :) I had a really good play that I wish I could have posted, but I am not, in fact, in possesion of the video. It was a radio/television skit and I was thinking of something else I could do on the blog and so I am going to make it soon. On the down side of life, we hadn't been working much because of the showcase but my teacher is now going to give us solid work for the next two weeks :(
On the other upside I've got my Grand Final TOMORROW which I have been practising heaps for and hopefully I shall post soon that I won and a picture of the trophy. Hofpefully I don't go into a pit of despair if I loose.

Another one of those quizzes

You Belong in Australia

Ace! Sunny, upbeat, and cute You make the perfect surf bum Now stop hogging the vegemite!

What English Speaking Country Are You?

Eepybird.com updateII

Why Not?

"What's that?"
"A Photo of the pristine surface of a Freshly opened jar of smooth penut butter... Untouched by human hands!"
You're posting it on your blog?"
"It was so beautiful I had to share it with the world"

I was reading just that comic in the Sunday Herald Sun last Sunday (would you believe it?) and so I thought why not? I got the comic from http://www.uclick.com/client/can/hc/ and posted it here with:

with...

with...

with...



etc...

Yessir, I was bored.

Once again Im back

yea, sorry for not blogging, I couldn't think of anything, then I could and the phone line went down for a couple of days, then I went to camp, yadayadayada. Alright, I couldn't think of anything to think of or in fact write down outright, so I decided to do some of those online tests.

You Are 80% Weird

You're more than quirky, you're downright strange. But you're also strangely compelling, like a cult leader.

How Weird Are You?

You Are a "Wink"

What Japanese Smiley Are You?

go figure.