Surveys and the Like
I. Need. Something. To. Do.
1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala
4. Visited Melbourne
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs
7. Been to Uluru
8. Visited Cape York
9. Held a snake
10. Sang along with Khe Sahn
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge
18. Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down
19. Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson's.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus
21. Been to Sydney's Mardi Gras
22. Have gone bush-bashing
23. Taken a sickie
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Held a wombat
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Poles in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberlies
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide (a thousand and one times, I'm sure!)
57. Know the story behind "Eternity"
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
60. Been in an outback pub
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Listened to Slim Dusty
64. Own five or more Australian movies or TV series
65. Sang along to Down Under
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo (I ate emu once!)
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof
95. Visited the outback
96. Travelled over corrugated roads
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage
99. Seen an emu.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires
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Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.
My God, It’s Full of Stars
It’s bugging me, grating me
I’ve been buried in the sand
Drip drop drip drop, the rain is falling down
I won a big prize in a magazine
Juicy juicy green grass.
You float, you float across the sea
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
I can’t believe I’m stuck with her all summer
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba.
And she was lying in the grass
My love, she throws me like a rubber ball
And now the end is near
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
You can stamp your feet.
Are you gonna take me home tonight?
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
Everybody shake, everybody groove
The little red engine was chuffing along
I’ve been really trying.
1. Muse - Hysteria
2. The Living End - Wake Up
3. Play School - Drip Drop
4. DAAS - Kylie and Jason
5. Peter Combee - Juicy Juicy Green Grass
6. Paul McDermott - Transcended
7. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus
8. The Swan Princess - This is My Idea
9. The Doodlebops - Count to Ten
10. the Lion King - Circle of Life
11. Talking Heads - And She Was
12. U2 - Sweetest Thing Nikki?! Nikki, look! U2!
13. Frank Sinatra - My Way
14. Fall Out Boy - 20 Dollar Nose Bleed
15. Play School - You Can Stamp Your Feet
16. Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
17. The Beatles - Across the Universe
18. INXS & Jimmy Barnes - Good Times
19. Play School - Little Red Engine
20. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
21 - DAAS - Shangalang
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Hit Shuffle on your iTunes and answer each question with the info about whichever songs come up.
1. How does the world see me?
GUD - Ivan Milat
This is worrying. Please don’t lock me up, I didn’t kill no backpackers!
2. Will I have a happy life?
Paul McDermott - Perfect Day
Well, that’s nice.
3. What do my friends really think of me?
DAAS - Warsong
4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
Hahahahaha!
5. How can I make myself happy?
Rob Thomas & Santana - Smooth
6. What should I do with my life?
Mi-Sex - Computer Games
This is turning out too fucking well!
7. Why is life so full of pain?
Eric Idle - The Galaxy Song
Perfect opening lyrics, haha.
8. How can I maximise my pleasure during sex?
The Fantastic Leslie - Weatherman
Oh. So the weatherman is the secret?
9. Will I ever have children?
DAAS - Commies for Christ
10. Will I die happy?
Nine Days - Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
11. What is some good advice for me?
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Okay!
12. What is happiness?
Mary Poppins - The Life I Lead
13. What is my favourite fetish?
Gene Kelly - Singing in the Rain
Er...[snicker]
14. How will I be remembered?
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Waaaaah. :(
What does this next year have in store for you?
Paul McDermott - Transcended
What does your love life look like?
Flight of the Conchords - Sugarlumps
What do I say when life gets hard?
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
Van Halen - Jump
What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
At least I got a nice, classical piece.
What do you want as your career?
My Chemical Romance - Teenager
Your favourite saying?
DAAS - I Wanna Spill the Blood of a Hippy
Favourite place?
Paul McDermott - Nothing
What do you think of your parents?
Mika - Ring Ring
Where would you go on a first date?
DAAS - Maria
So, I’ll go to Maria? Darling, make way...:P
Drug of choice?
Play School - Eggs
Describe yourself?
Haddaway - What is Love?
What is the thing I like doing most?
The Fantastic Leslie - First World Blues
Er, I do speak about them often.
The song that best describes the Prime Minister?
Panic! at the Disco - There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet
What music will be playing or will you be thinking of when you meet your true love?
Oliver! - Oom Pah Pah
How will I die?
Paul McDermott - Oh, My Stars
The song that will be played at your funeral?
Paul McDermott - I Can’t Stand the Rain
The song you'll put as the subject?
Little Shop of Horrors - Dentist!
Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist does things to me...
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
DAAS - She
1. Heard a kookaburra in person
2. Slept under the stars
3. Seen a koala
4. Visited Melbourne
5. Watched a summer thunderstorm
6. Worn a pair of thongs
7. Been to Uluru
8. Visited Cape York
9. Held a snake
10. Sang along with Khe Sahn
11. Drank VB
12. Visited Sydney
13. Have seen a shark
14. Have used Aussie slang naturally in a conversation
15. Had an actual conversation with an indigenous Australian
16. Eaten hot chips from the bag at the beach
17. Walked/climbed over the Sydney Harbour Bridge
18. Used an outside dunny, and checked under the seat before sitting down
19. Seen Chloe in Young & Jackson's.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus
21. Been to Sydney's Mardi Gras
22. Have gone bush-bashing
23. Taken a sickie
24. Been to see a game of Aussie Rules football
25. Have seen wild camels
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Had a Tim Tam Slam
28. Ridden in a tram in Melbourne
29. Been at an ANZAC day Dawn Service
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Held a wombat
32. Been on a roadtrip of 800km or more
33. Seen the Great Australian Bight in person
34. Had a really bad sunburn
35. Visited an aboriginal community
36. Seen a redback spider
37. Have watched Paul Hogan
38. Seen Blue Poles in person
39. Wandered barefoot in the bush/outback
40. Eaten Vegemite
41. Thrown a boomerang
42. Seen the Kimberlies
43. Given a hitch-hiker a lift
44. Been to Perth
45. Have tried Lemon, Lime and Bitters
46. Tried playing a didgeridoo
47. Seen dinosaur footprints
48. Eaten Tim Tams
49. Been to Darwin
50. Touched a kangaroo
51. Visted the Great Barrier Reef
52. Listened to Kevin Bloody Wilson
53. Killed a Cane Toad
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre
55. Have read and own books by Australian authors
56. Visited Adelaide (a thousand and one times, I'm sure!)
57. Know the story behind "Eternity"
58. Been camping
59. Visited Brisbane
60. Been in an outback pub
61. Know what the term "Waltzing Matilda" actually means
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Listened to Slim Dusty
64. Own five or more Australian movies or TV series
65. Sang along to Down Under
66. Have stopped specifically to look at an historic marker by the side of the road
67. Eaten a 4'n'20 pie
68. Surfed at Bondi
69. Watched the cricket on Boxing Day
70. Visited Hobart
71. Eaten kangaroo (I ate emu once!)
72. Seen a quokka
73. Visited Canberra
74. Visited rainforests
75. Used a Victa lawnmower
76. Travelled on a tram in Adelaide
78. Used a Hills hoist
79. Visited the Olgas
80. Used native Australian plants in cooking
81. Visited the snow
82. Chosen a side in Holden VS Ford
83. Visited the desert
84. Been water skiing
85. Read The Phantom
86. Visited Parliament House
87. Gone spotlighting or pig-shooting
88. Crossed the Nullarbor
89. Avoided swimming in areas because of crocodiles
90. Listened to AC/DC.
91. Called someone a dag
92. Voted in a Federal Election
93. Have been swimming and stayed between the flags
94. Had a possum in your roof
95. Visited the outback
96. Travelled over corrugated roads
97. Hit a kangaroo while driving
98. Been well outside any mobile phone coverage
99. Seen an emu.
100. Have woken to the smell of bushfires
---
Put your MP3 player on shuffle, and write down the first line of the first twenty songs. Post the poem that results. The first line of the twenty-first is the title.
My God, It’s Full of Stars
It’s bugging me, grating me
I’ve been buried in the sand
Drip drop drip drop, the rain is falling down
I won a big prize in a magazine
Juicy juicy green grass.
You float, you float across the sea
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together
I can’t believe I’m stuck with her all summer
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba.
And she was lying in the grass
My love, she throws me like a rubber ball
And now the end is near
Have you ever wanted to disappear?
You can stamp your feet.
Are you gonna take me home tonight?
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
Everybody shake, everybody groove
The little red engine was chuffing along
I’ve been really trying.
1. Muse - Hysteria
2. The Living End - Wake Up
3. Play School - Drip Drop
4. DAAS - Kylie and Jason
5. Peter Combee - Juicy Juicy Green Grass
6. Paul McDermott - Transcended
7. The Beatles - I Am the Walrus
8. The Swan Princess - This is My Idea
9. The Doodlebops - Count to Ten
10. the Lion King - Circle of Life
11. Talking Heads - And She Was
12. U2 - Sweetest Thing Nikki?! Nikki, look! U2!
13. Frank Sinatra - My Way
14. Fall Out Boy - 20 Dollar Nose Bleed
15. Play School - You Can Stamp Your Feet
16. Queen - Fat Bottomed Girls
17. The Beatles - Across the Universe
18. INXS & Jimmy Barnes - Good Times
19. Play School - Little Red Engine
20. Marvin Gaye - Let’s Get It On
21 - DAAS - Shangalang
---
Hit Shuffle on your iTunes and answer each question with the info about whichever songs come up.
1. How does the world see me?
GUD - Ivan Milat
This is worrying. Please don’t lock me up, I didn’t kill no backpackers!
2. Will I have a happy life?
Paul McDermott - Perfect Day
Well, that’s nice.
3. What do my friends really think of me?
DAAS - Warsong
4. Do people secretly lust after me?
Mika - Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
Hahahahaha!
5. How can I make myself happy?
Rob Thomas & Santana - Smooth
6. What should I do with my life?
Mi-Sex - Computer Games
This is turning out too fucking well!
7. Why is life so full of pain?
Eric Idle - The Galaxy Song
Perfect opening lyrics, haha.
8. How can I maximise my pleasure during sex?
The Fantastic Leslie - Weatherman
Oh. So the weatherman is the secret?
9. Will I ever have children?
DAAS - Commies for Christ
10. Will I die happy?
Nine Days - Absolutely (Story of a Girl)
11. What is some good advice for me?
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Okay!
12. What is happiness?
Mary Poppins - The Life I Lead
13. What is my favourite fetish?
Gene Kelly - Singing in the Rain
Er...[snicker]
14. How will I be remembered?
Pearl Jam - Last Kiss
Waaaaah. :(
What does this next year have in store for you?
Paul McDermott - Transcended
What does your love life look like?
Flight of the Conchords - Sugarlumps
What do I say when life gets hard?
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
What do I think of when I get up in the morning?
Van Halen - Jump
What song will I dance to at my wedding?
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
At least I got a nice, classical piece.
What do you want as your career?
My Chemical Romance - Teenager
Your favourite saying?
DAAS - I Wanna Spill the Blood of a Hippy
Favourite place?
Paul McDermott - Nothing
What do you think of your parents?
Mika - Ring Ring
Where would you go on a first date?
DAAS - Maria
So, I’ll go to Maria? Darling, make way...:P
Drug of choice?
Play School - Eggs
Describe yourself?
Haddaway - What is Love?
What is the thing I like doing most?
The Fantastic Leslie - First World Blues
Er, I do speak about them often.
The song that best describes the Prime Minister?
Panic! at the Disco - There's A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven't Thought Of It Yet
What music will be playing or will you be thinking of when you meet your true love?
Oliver! - Oom Pah Pah
How will I die?
Paul McDermott - Oh, My Stars
The song that will be played at your funeral?
Paul McDermott - I Can’t Stand the Rain
The song you'll put as the subject?
Little Shop of Horrors - Dentist!
Steve Martin as a sadistic dentist does things to me...
What is my state of mind like at the moment?
DAAS - She