Ohmygod. You'd think I'd know by now.

We have family visiting, and one of my cousins and I had to start talking about Dr Who. Because, well, that's what we do. And I made the mistake of bringing up Blink. You know, the frecking freaky one with the angels? The one that I screamed in? The one that resulted in me having to turn on my bedside light and ( Read more... )

You know, it's funny. The oldest and one of the most renowned universities in Australia, and navigating the website is roughly equivalent to trying to do cyrptic crosswords in Pali with a blunt pencil, while small buzzy insects are nibbling holes through the pages and a five year old playing at magician is tugging at the rug, making the table ( Read more... )

So, I'm back in Sydney at the moment, and the day before yesterday I got lost. For two hours. I really did think I was getting the hang of the City and the suburbs surrounding the uni, but somehow I ended up at Darling Harbour from Glebe Point. I really don't know how I managed it. I was laughing the whole time and saying things like 'Oh my God I'm ( Read more... )

The TV guide blurb about a film that is on SBS later tonight:

Severed: A synthetic hormone which promotes tree growth also turns humans into zombies.

...What?! 
How does that make any sense? 
Okay, so, I know the situations in horror/whatever films are not always exactly realistic, and the film itself might offer up some sort of more logical ( Read more... )

...Why the hell is Big Brother still on? Okay, so, I'm used to reality shows going overtime, especially the final episode (as tonight is), but what I don't get here is that the TV guide has it scheduled to end at 9:15 (it is now 10:00), which is earlier then Torchwood - which is on next - would normally start anyway. Why would they give themselves ( Read more... )

In a dignified, narrator-y voice:

"Before the dawn of time,

there was...

The Cube."

Oh dear god that cracked me up. The drama. The drama!

So I just saw "Transformers" - which I had absolutely no interest in whatsoever but actually rather enjoyed - with some friends, and had to write that line somewhere before I forgot it. The opening line to the film, ( Read more... )