More milestones! :-)

With this being my 300th post, and with this blog having been viewed over 2200 times (though not necessarily by over 2200 different people), I’d say it’s turning into an underground sensation of sorts.

But don’t fret; I’m not going to take my foot off the accelerator at this point. I’m in this caper for the long haul, and my next goal for this baby is to get to 500 posts by the end of this year, and hopefully make this thing the force of nature that I’ve always wanted it to be.

And I have to admit something else; this is still every bit as therapeutic for me as it was on the day I started it. Everybody needs an outlet for their thoughts and opinions, nutty though some of them may be, and I believe that after many failed attempts to find my online niche, this one has been a complete success.

Does Australia really need separate States and Territories?

This is a question I’ve found myself thinking about quite often, and I actually think Australia would be better off without State and Territory borders and Governments. The arguments I’ve seen on sites like this one for abolishing the States are far more compelling to me than the arguments against it.

And without further ado, here are a few reasons of my own for supporting such change:

1. The concepts of State pride and interstate rivalry are downright cringeworthy if you ask me. It has the potential to turn good friends in different States into very bitter rivals (especially in terms of State Of Origin sports), and to perpetuate any condescension toward the less populated States by the more populated ones (Victoria to WA, NSW to Queensland, all of the above to SA and Tasmania etc.);

2. A lot of duplication between State and Federal Governments and Public Service agencies can be eliminated in the process, thus cutting costs;

3. With one less tier of Government, there would be many less politicians around, and I think most Australians would welcome that;

4. Though people may be worried about any further concentration of power in Canberra, any powers not picked up by the Federal Government would be assigned to Local Governments. Also, any moves by such councils to merge with neighbouring councils to form larger Regional Governments (for instance, forming regions with about 250-300 000 people each) may level the playing field somewhat in terms of Federal Government funding for health, education and infrastructure projects; and

5. A greater sense of Australian unity all round can be achieved.

As much as I’d like to see such a change, I doubt putting it to a Referendum would be the best idea right now, as Australia is still very much a conservative nation at its core and would not abide such a radical change so soon. Instead, it would have to happen in small steps, and although it might not happen in my lifetime, I’ll never say never.

Won’t this prick EVER give up?

The prick in question is a certain Australian Senator going by the name of Stephen Conroy. According to this, he wants to expand this internet filter he’s proposing – which, I might add, none of the other political parties will support – to include sites that sell R18+ rated video games. And the worst thing is this; he seems to have the full support of PM Kevin Rudd in such matters.

It’s bad enough that video gamers in this country are mollycoddled so much as it is, with any games that initially receive this rating having to be censored to fit the MA15+ rating. That’s a blatant double standard, considering that films and literature are not subject to the same treatment, and I fully support the sale of R18+ rated games under the following conditions:

1. The purchaser is of legal age (18 years and over) and can provide proof of age if requested; and

2. The games are kept behind the counter, and in solidly-coloured magazine-style polymer bags, so as to keep them out of the reach and view of children.

So Stephen Conroy had better hope that I never meet him, because I’ll definitely give him a piece of my mind about his insane, arch conservative agenda to his face. And if that makes me a “person of interest”, so be it.

And remember:

Victoria Rayne = Very Beautiful :-)

That’s right, viewers; I well and truly enjoyed the company of baby Victoria at the Crazy Horse last night. From her lovely face to her little feet and all parts in between, she’s one of the best international features the club has ever had, and if she’s ever featuring at a strip club near you, I strongly suggest that you take her for a dance. Trust me; you’ll be glad you did.

And if you’ve found this blog, Victoria, I have this to say to you: Thank you. Thank you for making the longer than usual stays at the Horse on these last two occasions so much more bearable, and thank you for being such a yummy baby with no bad habits or hidden nasties.

Speaking of yummy babies, I did have Ariel as well, and as it turned out, there was no way I could have known that she’d be in the Miss Nude SA pageant beforehand. You see, even she didn’t know she was going to be in it until 40 minutes before it was due to start, since there were only 3 confirmed entrants before that. Therefore, she and any other chosen participants had virtually no time to prepare, making her second placing in the contest – and winning the titles of Miss Nude SA Best Breasts and Miss Nude Adelaide – even more remarkable.

And since baby Ariel will now be in her first ever Miss Nude Australia pageant, I’ll most definitely turn up for the final on August 28th to support her, since I’m very confident that she’ll be a finalist.

Moving onto The Palace now, and unfortunately, Sienna was absent due to family commitments. But since I’d had one of those strip club dreams several nights ago – hell, I’m almost inclined to call them premonitions now – I was actually expecting it, so I went to Plan B and had dances from little Jagger and baby Rose. As always, that softened the blow, and I hope to catch Sienna in a little under 2 weeks from now.

All stripper matters aside, I’ll have to end this post on a solemn note, with something that I meant to post yesterday. My thoughts and condolences go out to the families, friends and fans of both Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Two great entertainers, and two icons of their time, have both died before their time. One loss was expected, but the other was most certainly not, and may they both rest in peace.

I ♥ Ariel! :-)

And now that she’s been crowned Miss Nude Adelaide for 2009, I have another reason to ♥ baby Ariel. If I had known that she was going to enter the Miss Nude South Australia 2009 pageant at the eleventh hour like that, I would’ve been there to give her my support. But all the same, congratulations will be in order tonight (or tomorrow if necessary), since in my view, an appearance as a contestant in the Miss Nude Australia pageant by little Ariel is long overdue.

Also, I hope my other plans – i.e. catching up with the very yummy Victoria Rayne at the Crazy Horse, and keeping my word to baby Sienna at The Palace – come to fruition. I will miss Victoria when she heads back to Canada, and I hope – if she decides to make another trip here in the future – that she works at The Palace instead, since I’m still seeing question marks over the Crazy Horse’s long term future.

*Crosses fingers for tonight *

Uhhh…. read this post, or something. Huh huh, huh huh!

In case you haven’t already guessed, that’s the sort of thing that Beavis and Butt-Head would say, and this post will be all about Mike Judge’s two most infamous characters.

Here’s one of my favourite episodes, titled Water Safety.

Yes, it does look too stupid for words on the surface, but what a number of critics have failed to see over the years is that by showing two utterly stupid characters, the show is effectively holding up a mirror to any society that allows such stupidity to be nurtured. Thus making MTV’s Beavis & Butt-Head a very cutting satire, and for me, that provides a great deal of its entertainment value.

So when I decided to do a Google Search of “live-action Beavis & Butt-Head”, I was surprised by what I found. It appears that talk of a live-action B&B movie has been occurring for over a year now, and if it has to happen, it’s essential that it’s done the right way.

For starters, Mike Judge himself would have to write and direct the movie, since no one knows the characters as well as he does. Also, the right actors would need to be found to pull it off, and here are my ideal suggestions:

1. If Beavis and Butt-Head are in their late 20s to early 30s, and considering that Dude, Where’s My Car? is probably the closest thing we’ve had to a live-action B&B film, I have a hunch that Seann William Scott as Beavis and Ashton Kutcher as Butt-Head could work. Conversely;

2. If older versions of B&B are on the cards, my ideal choices would be Ted McGinley as Beavis and Ed O’Neill as Butt-Head, as it would allow both actors to recapture the character dynamics they had in Married…. With Children, and even allow a few in-jokes in the process.

So if the project goes ahead, I’ll wish Mike Judge and the crew good luck, because I think they’re going to need it.

I’ve got three words for Michael Bay and Co.: ONE MORE TIME! :-)

Well, you weren’t expecting those other three words, were you?

In short, I enjoyed Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen immensely. It’s at least as good as its predecessor, and once I’ve given it a couple more viewings (in order to take everything in, naturally), it may turn out to be even better.

And for anyone who plans to get in my face and bitch about it “still not being G1 enough” or something along similar lines, I suggest that you save all that hostility and negativity for the Adelaide City Council. This latest story about another development that their Development Assessment Panel has rejected doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence, and I certainly hope the State Government’s Development Assessment Commission sends the right message to big business by approving it.

But I think I’d better stop myself there, because when I start ripping into the ACC, I have a hard time stopping.

An interesting week so far (and still to come) :-)

Even though my session of job canvassing got off to a shaky start yesterday, with one place not taking a CV due to its purpose as a sessional orthopaedic clinic and another being closed for building renovations, I eventually got to three other places. Naturally, I intend to give two of them follow-up calls later this week or early next week, and the names on the cards I received were familiar ones from my Repat days, so I’m taking it as a good sign.

As for tomorrow, I have tentative plans to see Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen for the first time – and if it’s as good as I think it’ll be, it won’t be the last time – and Thursday will bring another psychotherapist appointment. Leaving Friday (or, if needs be, Saturday) to visit the Crazy Horse, followed by The Palace, and as far as that night is concerned, Ariel = BREAKFAST, Victoria Rayne = LUNCH and Sienna = DINNER!

Speaking of Victoria Rayne, many thanks go out to all the viewers who’ve made that the third-most read post on this blog to date. Of course, another post about her will be written after I’ve seen her again, but for now, I’ll say this; I hope she’s enjoyed her time here, and my second time with her should be every bit as good as the first.

More canvassing at last! ;-)

After not having been for a job canvassing session for a number of weeks, it’s finally happening again today. Though I have to admit; there aren’t all that many medical clinics in my local area that I’ve yet to cover, as far as introducing myself and dropping off a CV is concerned. So my gut instincts tell me that looking further north may be on the cards today.

And on an unrelated note, ordering a DVD from EzyDVD has once again turned out to be a mistake, though not a costly one. Having spotted two copies of Nuns On The Run at a shop called Music Plus at Salisbury, I decided that I didn’t want to wait another three weeks for EzyDVD to get it in (don’t kid yourselves, viewers; it probably will take that long), and bought a copy there and then.

So I’m going to do something truly twisted now, and not give EzyDVD a call to cancel my order. I’m going to see for myself just how inept their bricks-and-mortar stores have become when it comes to niche market titles such as Nuns On The Run, then give them a piece of my mind when I finally receive the call.

I wouldn’t want to be posting on any Transformers boards right now….

…. because with the coming of Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen, the online fandom’s ugliest side is coming out in even greater force than it did with the first film. And frankly, the surge of hatred for the live-action Transformers franchise – and for director Michael Bay in particular – pisses me off to the point where I would not hold back against the rabid haters, and therefore get permanently banned from a lot of places for my trouble.

It seems every incarnation of the Transformers brand over the years has polarised fans to some degree, but none more so than the live-action films. Even now, I still hear complaints from Generation 1 purists (or Geewunners, if you will) about:

A. How “unfaithful to the G1 source material” the films are;

B. How Megatron doesn’t change into a handgun;

C. How Optimus Prime has more blue than red;

D. How Soundwave no longer has a vocoder voice; and

E. How Michael Bay and company “raped their childhood”, to name a few.

So with all of that in mind, I’m not going to look at the boards for a while, since the bigots who won’t recognise any Transformers from outside the core G1 universe (Generation 1, “Generation 1.5″ in Europe, Generation 2, Machine Wars, Beast Wars, Beast Machines in North America and Car Robots in Japan) still seem to have the loudest voices, and are still as determined as ever to impose their views on all other fans. And I sure as hell don’t want to see more wankers like Cumonass on YouTube either, since people who personally attack others simply for having a different view have no place in any fandom, if you ask me.

But the bottom line is this: when I see Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen this week, I’ll do so with an open mind, and I expect to be just as entertained by this second film as I was by the first one, if not even more so.