Graveyard Girl

Ok ... the BOM will be having an easy time at the moment predicting the weather. It doesn't matter what their predictions are, but at some point during the day, it will happen. So the day turned gloomy even as I turned the corner on my way home from the station, and M83's Graveyard Girl came on the ipod ... perfect!!

December 1st

Ok ... may we never forget

"Not the Red Baron" - Tori Amos

Not the Red Baron
Not Charlie Brown
Think I got the message figured
Another pilot down
And are there devils with halos
In beautiful capes
Taking them into the flames

Not Judy G
Not Jean Jean with a harlowed heart
I see
The screen go down in flames
With every step
With every beautiful heel
Pointed

Not the Red Baron I'm sure
Not Charlie's wonderful dog
Not anyone I really know
Just another pilot down
Maybe I'll just sing him a last little sound

I know some girls with red ribbons
the prettiest
red
ribbons

Young guns go for it!!!

Ok ... so over the last few months, there has been a full frontal assualt on the sales front in our office ... and as a result, we've had a few interesting staff additions to the team ... 2 in particular stand out with their musical associations.

Firstly, KQ, who is the BDM in sydney, was in a Wham music video ... I know I know .. could you die??!! Which one is u KQ??



Secondly, KG who is the BDM for VIC, apparently had a minor hit CD in Japan in the 90s ... he has all these celeb pics on his iphone and allegedly worked with Tom Bailey from the Thompson Twins on their remasters ... hello??? I was like the biggest Thompson Twin- er evah!!! I've tried googling and you tubing this fucker but to no avail ... so in his honour, here are the Thompson Twins ... the most underated 80s band ever ...

Simple pleasures

Ok ... so I had some left over spaghetti in the fridge (just the pasta, no sauce) that I decided to take into work for lunch. Out of time and out of inspiration, I doused it with Olive oil, a drizzle of sesame oil, a splash of Soya Sauce, a dash of Chinese Cooking wine and a whole lot of pepper ... and let me tell you ... YUMM!!! Sometimes its the simplest thing ...

Speaking of food ... we had another cookup!!!! I think its the last French one for the year ... but you will need to be patient as I'm extremely time poor ... but as they say in Malay "Akan Datang'!

No Pussy NO!!!

Ok .. I caught my cat Finney doing sexy times with a bunched up doona on the couch ... No Pussy No!!!

(unfortunately reader(s), this is not the first time)

My pussy needs a cold shower!!

Makes you wanna holla!!

Ok ... indulge me a little ... I'm sat at my desk waiting for outlook and our wonderfully archaic dos-based client management database to load ... and all I can think of is how much I want to hit the off switch, grab the iphone and my bag and head out the door!!

The "new" puter has one of those insiduously hellish virtumonde viruses, which has glommed itself onto an .exe file on IE, and is able to restart itself each time the pouter is rebooted, despite the valiant and "complimentary" efforts of a number of spyware programmes!! We only stopped to quickly rustle up a stirfry and eat before we were back on the case ... only to throw our hands in the air at midnight and crawl into bed.

On top of it all, I am being reviewed yet again and M is grappling with a few old demons which re-surface every 5 years like clockwork, and who knows how we'll manage financially should one of us lose gainful employment ...

I think everyone needs to give me a wide berth tgoday as I am a woman on the verge .. quick, someone make me a jug of gazpacho!!!

Deep Breaths Deep Breaths Deep Breaths ...

Nasi Penyet Bagus!

Ok .. thanks to the lovely Claire (well I don't know her as such ... but her blog is lovely) and her review of Garage - we decided to change our Friday night routine and head further afield into Carlton - into the heart of overseas student country!!

Garage is located on 221 Berkeley Street Carlton - and if not for the gold Payong (umbrella) stuck quite pathetically between the gaps in a grilled door, you would not have known that there was an eatery in sight. It still looks pretty much like a working garage, except for one converted corner with seating, lights, outdoor heating, kitchen and servery. As with every good restaurant/cafe its the smell that hits you, its that rendang/achar/nasi lemak smell that Malaysian/Indonesian restaurants have ... and the gaggle of south-east asian dialects and accents yanked at the home-sick heartstrings.

They have a straightforward menu, just a few dishes with the option to pile on the extras at minimal cost. Ayam Penyet is clearly the star turn here and its a dish I have always been curious about. So I went straight for the Garage Complit Penyet. This is essentially bits of fried food with rice and sambal - deceptively simple but oh so yummy ... we couldn't resist piling on the extras so we had an extra serve of Sambal Terasi, Tempe and Tofu as well as a bowl of crispy chicken skin - TDF!!! My Doctor's arteries are hardening in sympathy as I write this. The guy at the counter said I ordered like an Indonesian .. zipped lips!!

Anyways, we left feeling thoroughly satisfied and hankering for another trip to Singers!!

Malays do great fried chicken!!

PS - Disaster struck with one of the bottles of Preserved Lemons ... mould has formed at the top, so effectively this is now for the tip! Shit-a-brick or as they say out here in the West .. Fuck Me Dead!!

Crikey Moses!!

Ok ... so the folly that is Luhrman's Austalia has finally been previewed.

The Age says "meh"!
The Herald Sun says "You beauty!!"

Who would you trust?

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Comments:

Temasek wrote:


Ok .. david and margaret it is!!!
I am already over this movie and it hasn't even hit its general release schedule!!!
18 Nov
 
Claire wrote:


Tough call... I'll wait for a third opinion. I don't care for the Herald Sum, but I can't f***ing STAND Jimbo Schembri!!!!
18 Nov

Please please please let me get what I want

Ok .. Excitement!!!

Out Dec 8 - all the UK 7" singles - hopefully the 10" albums will follow suit!!!

What D did on a lazy afternoon

Ok ... so we talked about it endlessly but now we've finally gawn done it!!

We have pickled our own lemons .. well ... we'll have to wait till mid-December before we know how it really has gone .. but I'm checking for signs of mould on a daily basis ... we're hoping for pure gold ... not pure mould!!

at the bottom of the pantry - see that green bottle - its elderflower cordial - about $8 at the supermarket - but perfect with gin or vodka as a summer drink!!

Can't wait to sample this - fingers crossed - preserved lemon is da bomb in stews and the like ...!!