30 November, 2008

Too Good Not To Share

I've been remiss. I've been very slack indeed. I should have shared this with you long ago.

Translations can be funny. There are a few collections of them on the intarweb and here is one of them.

You should subscribe to the Engrish Funny blog. There you will see pics like this



and videos like this



and you will laugh. Lots.

~ Elisa

28 November, 2008

Addictive Blog

Now I have no desire at all - ever - to have six children. And to be honest I cannot remember how I stumbled onto this blog. But Dawn has six kids, and she also has a great sense of humour and a fascinating view of life. It's nice to know I'm not the only one whose kids do unbelievable things, or who occasionally finds unidentifiable food hidden in the strangest of places. Check out her blog, "Because I Said So".

~ Elisa

27 November, 2008

Fail!

I saw this post on another blog that I love - failblog - and had a good laugh. Actually, I've been reading the back posts for a few hours and having a lot of laughs. A few of them aren't really good for viewing at work (or by children) but I've chosen one that is nice and clean. Enjoy!



~ Elisa

26 November, 2008

How Embarrassment

Oh my goodness & wtf - and yes, in the words of Effie Stefanides, How Embarrassment.

One of my latest musical obsessions (well, let's just say, I like the song) is a rocky fun tune. I'd been happily secure in my knowledge that it was performed by Australia's rock twins Lisa and Jess Origliasso, better known as The Veronicas.

So I'm happily singing along this morning, sans microphone-hairbrush since I was playing The Sims and needed both hands for playing. And as I got to the chorus, I was admittedly a bit fuzzy about the words. Hey, that's ok, I just sing along to the first few lines since I know those. And then I listen, and I hear, "she's just being Miley." Unh. Unh? Miley. It took a second for the penny to drop, but I was bopping along to a song by HER. Yeah, one of the celebrity-spawn of Billy Ray "Achey Breaky Heart", Miley Cyrus.

Quick explanation for those who are not familiar: Miley Cyrus is best known as Hannah Montana, the teen star of a show about (woh!) a teenager who becomes a famous pop star. What a staggering stretch of the imagination. Anyway.

Now I'll admit, the bulk of what I knew about this child is coloured by the comments of the one-and-only Sir Perez Hilton, who evidently hasn't got many nice things to say about her. His words, in fact, refer mainly to him being rather irritated by her constant appearances anywhere that a photographer may be present (and often, even if one is not). I can relate. I'm also incredulous at the freedoms she has. Famous or not, she's still a child, but seems to have been given free reign with the "umfriend" who is 5 years her senior. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the silly flibbertyjibbet jumped around giggling and rolling on the sofa - for a good three minutes - just because Ellen dared ask if the guy was her boyfriend. She never did answer the question, apart from occasionally noting that he is a nice guy, etc. I mean, there's annoying, and there's completely annoying. This performance made Tom Cruise's sofa-jumping look tame.

Lame. Very Lame. And now I feel pretty lame myself.

~ Elisa

I will probably still sing along next time it plays on the radio.