Clear Lines

So not only did Blurred Lines not even rate in Triple J's Hottest 100 (or even the 200!), but it failed to pick up any Grammys either.   

Day. Made.

As an aside, how 'bout that awesome teenager from Auckland??  You go girl. Nary a twerk to be seen. Now THAT'S a role model for you.

January Jollies

Well hello. Happy Invasion/Survival/Australia/Whatever Day. Personally, I see no cause to celebrate a day on which a bunch of people seeking a better life arrived by boat, stripped the indigenous people of said country of all their rights and yet now have the gall to forcibly deny entry to people seeking a better life who arrive by boat.

But that's just me.

Anyway.

That's not what I wanted to write about today.  I don't know what I wanted to write about today, but I did have a few funny things to share with you (for no reason whatsoever, they just tickled my funny bone).

First up, in response to all this Justin Bieber malarkey, I thought this was the funniest response:

I dont give a shit about Justin Bieber. Call me when Allison Janney is arrested for robbing a bank or something.
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) January 23, 2014

Billy Eichner is the bomb.  And this tickled me no end, especially given I've just finished watching the amazing Allison Janney in Masters of Sex (highly recommend watching it - it's fab) and am currently watching her in Mom.  Bloody brilliant woman. I adore her.

Secondly (and kinda continuing on the theme of what I consider to be the greatest TV show of all time - The West Wing), we have this little gem:

BIG BLOCK OF CHEESE DAY, YOU GUYS!!!  

My head damn nearly exploded when I saw this, and not just because it features my favourite two Joshes (the fictional Lyman and the actual Malina), but because, well... Just get hold of a copy one of the episodes and watch them. They're two of my faves.

My next favourite video of the weekend is this one:

Adam Scott (NOT the golfer) is genius. He's like a nerdy kid who has managed to convince all his nerdy friends to do nerdy stuff like this.

AND IT IS AWESOME.

The cameo by Tam Honks is five seconds of funny and can I just say?  Paul Rudd. That man DOES. NOT. AGE. What is his secret?

I'll leave you now with my final awesome thing of the week, which is this photo:

Nick Offerman and Rob Lowe, in what appears to be a photo snapped between takes filming this scene (which for some reason, I am unable to embed), from this week's Parks & Recreation. They are funny, funny men. 

"Why are you yelling?"
"Tom all put all my records into this rectangle"

So. There you go. A few funnies to tide you over.

Oh and if none of those things put a smile on your face, the fact that Robin Thicke's misogynist pop song, Blurred Lines, failed to even make it into the Hottest 100 should make you chuckle with joy. I am so happy the good listeners of Triple J didn't condone that man's awful attitude towards women.

Enjoy your day off tomorrow! I'll be having a wee sleep in and then spending some time in the sun, I reckon.

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Regeneration

**SPOILER ALERT!** 

If you've not yet seen the Christmas episode of Doctor Who, read on at your own risk. There are some spoilers. Not that the fact a new Doctor was coming hasn't been news for eons, but I just want to make sure you're warned so you don't yell at me.  Please don't yell at me. I don't cope well when people yell at me.

Right. Now that's out of the way...

I'll freely admit that I've never been a huge fan of Matt Smith as The Doctor. Eccleston I didn't mind... he was kinda smooth and intriguing. Tennant I adored (plenty of evidence for that fact here and here). But I could never quite warm to Smith and so my watching of Doctor Who has been quite patchy the last couple of years (except for eps like Day of the Doctor which brought all of them back).

I DID however, get quite excited by the news that the brilliant and sweary Peter Capaldi would soon be taking control of the TARDIS, so I sat down to watch the Christmas episode with eager anticipation.

Ironically, it was this particular episode which finally allowed me to "get" Matt Smith.  And really, it was all due to his final speech, which I found not only a brilliant summary of The Doctor's journey, but also a very poignant reminder of everyone's journey through life... and the importance of moving on but never forgetting.  

In case you missed it, this was the speech:

“It’s started. I can’t stop it now, this is just the reset. A whole new regeneration cycle. Taking a bit longer. Just breaking it in. It all just disappears doesn’t it, everything you are gone in a moment like breath on a mirror? Any moment now, he’s a comin’... The Doctor... And I always will be.  

But times change and so must I. Amelia! The first face this face saw. 

We all change when you think about it. We are all different people all through our lives and that’s ok, that's good, you gotta keep moving, so long as you remember all the people that you used to be. I will not forget one line of this. Not one day. I swear. I will always remember when the Doctor was me.”

Enough said really.

So well done, Matt Smith. I might have to go back and revisit some of your tenure. And welcome Peter Capaldi. The uttering of "KIDNEYS!" as his first line and the confirmation that he's keeping his Scots accent makes me hope we're in for a lot of fun with number-whatever-he-is. 12? 13? Fucked if I know.

Resolutions, circa 2014

My gorgeous friend (and creative cluster buddy) Debs is currently on a six week skiing sojourn with her wonderful hubby (also a great friend), in Saas Fee, Switzerland. I'm quite envious, especially as she has embarked upon a blog to document her time over there and is very prompt about updating it on a daily basis, complete with amazing photos of the beautiful scenery.

Check it out here if you're so inclined.  

On New Year's Eve she wrote a wonderful post about letting go of excess baggage, which I found quite illuminating.  Read it here. Her penultimate paragraph, in particular, really resonated with me:

"As the fireworks start to go off here in Saas Fee, and BD and I settle in for a party for two (with party food too), I have only one resolution. In 2014 I am going to do what I love. Period. I have one life, and I intend to live it. Baggage free. 

If you have pissed me off, I let you go with as much love as I can muster. If there’s a possession that I don’t absolutely dig, it’s going to the charity shop. At work, my best has to be good enough, and if it isn’t then I lovingly bow out and trust my clients will find someone who is a better fit."

I haven't made any resolutions this year - I find when I do I usually don't achieve more than half of them and then spend most of the year berating myself over the ones that I didn't achieve. 

But I love that one resolution of Debs' and I think it's a fabulous one for me to adopt, so I am.

2014 is the year of me doing what I love and ridding myself of excess baggage. Period.

What about you?

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