tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34548530214950154172024-03-22T14:00:19.370+10:00Awesome and FlawsomeWe like stuff. Also, we don't like stuff. This is a site about stuff we do and do not like. You may agree, you may disagree.
The point is we are AWESOME and you may worship us.Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-25703441795158265642012-01-11T20:49:00.010+10:002012-01-11T20:58:52.687+10:00Which bank? Oh, that one celebrating 100 years of SUCKING<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:officedocumentsettings> <o:allowpng/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:drawinggridhorizontalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:drawinggridverticalspacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:displayhorizontaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:displayverticaldrawinggridevery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:dontautofitconstrainedtables/> <w:dontvertalignintxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Let me tell you a tale. A tale of poor customer service, of which I have had absolutely enough. Okay, to be fair, this really is a straight up whinge. You know what they say, when you have a bad experience you tell 10 people. Well, I hope more than 10 people read this.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">This tale involves my partner (let’s call him Josh, as that is his name), a bank (let’s call them a bunch of assholes. Or Commonwealth, as they’re also known) and an overseas trip.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">There we were, gallivanting around Europe, putting all our money onto a Commonwealth Travel Card and enjoying our holiday. Then, BEHOLD! A spanner in the works. We tried to withdraw 400 Euro at an ATM in Rome, using our card, which, according to Commonwealth’s advertising is a:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">“…safe, convenient and simple way to access your money overseas”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span style=" ;">Uh-huh.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Well, the money did not come out and the ATM said something about a link failure, so we tried again. Alas, same message, same no money.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">I tried my card (BankWest – owned by Commonwealth but clearly less retarded). Same error message, same no money.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">We get back to our hotel, and check the balances on our cards. Mine was fine. However, the 800 Euro (from our two attempts) on the travel card was gone! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">We immediately called CBA, only to be told there was nothing we could do except fill out a form. Oh, a PDF that we can fill out online? No, of course not. Get form, send to reception to print. Fill out. Back to reception. Try to fax form. Try to fax form again. Wait till next hotel. Try to fax form again.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><span style=" ;">This is difficult when the reception staff don’t speak great English.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Look, I get that annoying things like this happen on holiday. But what really makes this incident FLAWSOME was CBA’s attitude. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">The staff Josh spoke to could not have been less helpful and more condescending.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Not only did they take our money, but we were informed it could take up to 60 days to get our money back. Well that’s completely helpful, obviously, especially when we’re overseas.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Then, there was the way they not-so-subtly suggested that we could have been lying about the cash. It’s always good when your bank works off the assumption that you’re probably trying to steal from them.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">The most helpful advice they could offer us? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">“I don’t know – why don’t you borrow the money from friends or something?”. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">This, accompanied by “We’re doing everything we can to help you.” GAH! Why do people in the service industry think saying that is a ‘Get out of jail free’ line?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">You’re not helping at all, let alone ‘doing everything you can’. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">You are doing, in fact, nothing. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Actually, I will correct myself – they were doing something: passing the buck to MasterCard, who ‘own’ the product. That may be the case. However, CBA, you SOLD it to us, it has YOUR logo on it as well…you see where I’m going with this.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"> How about this, CBA – why don’t YOU lend us the money? You, who have f*#ked us over. You, who Josh has been a customer of for some 15 odd years.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Thankfully we had other money in different accounts, so our holiday wasn’t disrupted too much. And eventually we got the money back (SHOCK! HORROR! Turns out we AREN’T thieves!), but quite frankly, the whole incident has left a very bad taste in our mouths with regard to CBA. And, needless to say, we didn't get back the $160 we spent on phone bills trying to sort out the matter.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">As such:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Commonwealth Bank of Australia?</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">DECISION: FLAWSOME</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial;font-size:11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-12307306857062460482012-01-02T20:44:00.006+10:002012-01-02T21:10:25.701+10:00Occupy 2012!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Well, to say we've been rather....what's the word....forgetful? Distracted? No, that's not right. Oh, I know what it is - lazy. Yep, that's the one. Lazy.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">To say we've been rather lazy is kind. We haven't done anything. For almost two years. And that, my friends, is shameful. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">You might think that we've gotten calmer in our older age, maybe matured a little bit. If you thought that, then you are a fool. We are just as mad at the stupidity of the world as ever. And to that end, I would like to go on to introduce the topic of this post: The 'Occupy' Protestors, one of major causes of rage for me in 2011. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">WHAT. THE. FUCK.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Okay, so it started in New York, where I guess a few people can legitimately have claimed to have lost their jobs to financial mismanagement, etcetera. But then to have it spread all over the world the way it did? Half those hippy freaks didn't even know what the hell they were protesting. Not one protestor I heard could actually articulate what they were doing and why they were there.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"Um, we're protesting the MAN, man!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"The economy!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"Big business!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">And then to add the stupidity of the general protest, it's how they did it. Sit in a park. REALLY?! That's your big idea?! That's what I do for picnics, buddy, not when I want to change the world.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">They appear to have achieved exactly nothing. Why? Because hippies, by nature, aren't an organised people. They appeared to have no agenda, no actual plan, and no idea.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"So, what do you want to achieve here?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"Change!"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"What sort of change?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">*awkward pause* "The good kind?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Let's look at this guy, for example. He was an Occupy Adelaide protestor.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1k49dmGyhbxGHsWWTXEy7YzuEaG_luwxsQ04OGbj7kqjDr7ljL2cxuK3DlkTd5cGMG6yXPhaP9recJRkSbfnNXb0UIjfOUlrqFnMxpDdmZU7XX5-ley5_aFP7bM866DYGtuEFG91R_2k/s320/594353-breadly-james.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692988830500923682" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Let's be honest, mate, you'd join any peaceful protest happening quicker than you could say</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">"Hey mate, are you going to share that weed?"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">I don't know if perhaps they had some ideal that perhaps we'd revert to a bartering society? I guess they'd have to protest that eventually too, because it's tough to barter when you have no skills that anybody wants. No, thanks, I'll pass on your hand-woven hemp undies.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">Maybe they were looking more towards Communism as the way of the future? Bad news, hippies. That's been tried and, I gotta be honest, it hasn't always worked so well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">You may think there's not, but guess what - there are always better animals* (*George Orwell reference to make me sound smart!).</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">I think the funniest thing I saw was in Amsterdam, where there was a 'Occupy Amsterdam' protest going on (the fact there was one there at all is hilarious enough). Anyway, they had a banner with a 'Sponsored by' message and then logos from all the big European banks. Then, somebody had spray painted on it "THIS IS IRONY". Hippies, if you have to EXPLAIN to people that it's irony, then you have failed in making it ironic. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">Anyway, welcome to 2012. Now let's all go back to worshipping the almighty dollar. HUZZAH for capitalism! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;">So, 'Occupy' protestors of 2011?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;">DECISION: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:verdana;">FLAWSOME, MAAAAAANNNNNN</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-7471848262370735142010-01-29T12:33:00.006+10:002010-01-29T12:55:48.284+10:00And we're back!Okay, so we here at A & F have been on a bit of a self-imposed hiatus. SOME of us have been traipsing around the globe, some of us have been watching far too much 30 Rock (if indeed there is such a thing). So, for the lack of posts you can blame Allison. I know I do.<br /><br />Anyway, a New Year, a new thing to vent about:<br />Babies.<br />Okay, not so much babies, but THESE:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-KMFlCApATO_tsysvDrY90w1S4GrNGQEYWyDOgjhV5ioLWOYTbD3ePTsyaWCBk5EBULbuULwaptowNcAd_lqnPQjwdACH7d-J56YMfhB5jrWbz2k0sS18LNJdSVYnJ5pQXBou1J_MR4/s1600-h/baby_on_board.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431987748172136802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 147px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-KMFlCApATO_tsysvDrY90w1S4GrNGQEYWyDOgjhV5ioLWOYTbD3ePTsyaWCBk5EBULbuULwaptowNcAd_lqnPQjwdACH7d-J56YMfhB5jrWbz2k0sS18LNJdSVYnJ5pQXBou1J_MR4/s200/baby_on_board.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br />Oh God, how I hate them.<br />My thought process when I see them goes something like this:<br />"Ohhh....you have a BABY! Lucky you had that sign, I guess I shouldn't intentionally ram you like I do to most other cars."<br />No. That's a lie. I never, ever have that thought process.<br />You know why? BECAUSE I DON'T DELIBERATELY CRASH INTO CARS!<br />I have this little thing, where, generally, I'm pretty careful when I'm driving, because, oh, I don't know, I don't want to die.<br /><br />Seeing that sign does not make me drive more carefully. It makes me full of rage, which probably negatively effects my driving.<br />I think people realise that it does nothing, surely? That's why accidents are called accidents, them being not deliberate and all.<br /><br />Which brings me to the quesiton: Why do these signs exist?<br /><br />Here's my thoughts: They are put up by the kind of women/people that seem to think giving birth is an achievement. Newflash: It's not! Almost 50% of the population is capable.<br />I bet these cars that have 'Baby on Board' signs are the same cars, that, in 15 years time, have those "(Insert Private School Name) (Insert one of Rowing/Rugby)". Wow! Your child participates in a thing! Congratulations, you produced an average human being. Good for you.<br /><br />And those Pram Only spots in shopping centre car parks? Oh my God. Really? I don't know when that became a thing, but that's a whole other post.<br /><br />Anyway - Baby on Board signs on cars and the drippy parents that put them there?<br /><br />DECISION: FLAWSOME<br /><br />Welcome to 2010, people.<br />I love it already.Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-27175821761590443852009-12-22T07:48:00.002+10:002009-12-22T08:56:03.140+10:00SONG OF THE DAY - A year in review<div>Before we give you today's song, let's take a look back at the tunes that made the grade this year. </div><br /><div></div><br /><ol><br /><li><em>Don't Stop Believing</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Journey</span></li><br /><li><em>22</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Lily Allen</span></li><br /><li><em>Edge of Seventeen</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Stevie Nicks</span></li><br /><li><em>On Tour</em> by<span style="color:#000099;"> Bliss n Eso</span></li><br /><li><em>Switch</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Will Smith</span></li><br /><li><em>Fascination</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Alphabeat</span></li><br /><li><em>Come on Eileen</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Dexy's Midnight Runners</span></li><br /><li><em>Cold as Ice</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Foreinger</span></li><br /><li><em>Dangerous</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Roxette</span></li><br /><li><em>Go Your Own Way</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Fleetwood Mac</span></li><br /><li><em>Dancing in the Dark</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Bruce Springsteen</span></li><br /><li><em>Chelsea Dagger</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">The Fratellis</span></li><br /><li><em>Only The Good Die Young</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Billy Joel</span></li><br /><li><em>Absolutely Fabulous</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">The Pet Shop Boys</span></li><br /><li><em>I like you better when you're not around</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Kate Miller Heidke</span></li><br /><li><em>You Make My Dreams</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Hall & Oates</span></li><br /><li><em>I Believe in a Thing Called Love</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">The Darkness</span></li><br /><li><em>Bulletproof</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">La Roux</span></li><br /><li><em>Here It Goes Again</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">OK Go</span></li><br /><li><em>You can</em> call <em>me Al</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Paul Simon</span></li><br /><li><em>Canned Heat</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Jamiroquai</span></li><br /><li><em>Sweet Caroline </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Neil Diamond</span></li><br /><li><em>Womanizer </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Britney Spears</span></li><br /><li><em>Words </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Kate Miller Heidke</span></li><br /><li><em>Politics in Space </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Kate Miller Heidke</span></li><br /><li><em>The Last Day On Earth </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Kate Miller Heidke</span></li><br /><li><em>Proud Mary </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">CCR</span> & later <span style="color:#000099;">Tina Turner</span></li><br /><li><em>Telephone </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Lady Gaga</span> & <span style="color:#000099;">Beyonce</span></li><br /><li><em>Speechless </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Lady Gaga</span></li><br /><li><em>What a Fool Believes </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">The Doobie Brothers</span></li><br /><li><em>My Life Would Suck Without You </em>by <span style="color:#000099;">Kelly Clarkson</span></li><br /><li><em>You Are The Best Thing</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Ray Lamontagne</span></li><br /><li><em>Run This Town</em> by <span style="color:#000099;">Jay-Z</span>, featuring <span style="color:#000099;">Rhianna</span> and <span style="color:#000099;">Kanye West</span></li></ol><br /><p><span style="color:#000099;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="color:#000099;"></span><span style="color:#000000;">That's quite a list, if we do say so ourselves (and we just did)</span>. </p><br /><p>Now onto today's entry...<img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 492px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://image.lyricspond.com/image/m/artist-mariah-carey/album-merry-christmas/cd-cover.jpg" border="0" /></p><br /><p>Well it's almost Christmas, so we here at A&F are giving you the greatest holiday song EVER...</p><br /><p><em>All I Want for Christmas is You </em>by the incredible Mariah Carey</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ymlnxMZkXA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ymlnxMZkXA</a></p><br /><p>You can say what you want about Mariah, but you can't deny that this is a fabulous song and she has an amazing set of pipes! She also wrote and produced it, so you have to give her credit for that.</p><br /><p></p><br /><p>For those of you, who are <em>Love Actually </em>fanatics, like Kate and I...here is the version of the song from the movie...</p><br /><p></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSmT4nNEkQ&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVSmT4nNEkQ&feature=related</a></p><br /><p>Side note...how awesome is it having Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant and Liam Neeson in one movie?! FREAKING AWESOME!!</p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-77408733765384616672009-12-21T18:47:00.003+10:002009-12-21T19:33:15.414+10:00Some people are better than you...and that's ok<div><br /><br /></div><div> </div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 1024px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 768px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.wallpaperbase.com/wallpapers/celebsm/jayz/jay_z_1.jpg" border="0" /><br />Hot damn, I LOVES ME SOME JAY-Z! He is awesome! Reformed crack dealer, now music mogul, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, married to a completely phenomenal chick! That's moving up in the world, I don't care where you're from.<br /><div></div><br /><div>Is it just me, or do he and Beyonce seem to be living the dream? He's fabulous and she is truly from another world. Just look at them...</div><br /><br /><div></div><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 338px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://hellabiens.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/jay_z_beyonce_040208.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 423px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.hiphopnewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/beyonce-jayz-blog3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /> They're just so cool, so talented, so gorgeous...don't you just hate them...NO YOU DON'T, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T! IT'S IMPOSSIBLE!<br /><br /> J and B (that's what they call each other) are better than you, they are better me and you know what...that's OK.<br /><br /> Ben Lee has a song called "What would Jay Z do?", it's pretty much just about how awesome he is (I can totally get on board with that). Here it is...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCJsta8e00">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKCJsta8e00</a><br /><br /> Here's what I'm loving about J and B the most (for the next day or so anyway)...<br /><br />"Run This Town". Anyone will who went to the Britney concert recently, will remember how awesome this song was to finish the countdown!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVA-xTBeHyM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVA-xTBeHyM</a><br /><br /><br />"Empire State of Mind"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8</a><br /><br /><br />"03 Bonnie & Clyde"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhRhaKmD8s">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGhRhaKmD8s</a><br /><br /><br />and the one that started it all, the awesomeness that is "Crazy in Love"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6HPJJjqvG0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6HPJJjqvG0</a><br /><br /><br /> So they are fabulous, they are far more fabulous than you...so deal with it!<br /><br />Beyonce and Jay Z???<br /><br />DECISION: AWESOME!Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-25518525173167376382009-12-14T08:02:00.002+10:002009-12-14T08:16:38.218+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kIqsEuRIyWBDlJfDCJ4T_MuhrqPiONKwJECdEgaL0dt6bK5mXV-0eUoftQggmstdUVBeiBoPILQZo0MOnziD9MOLWiINm69JLTu_j_VMqXOTDz7MDFXYqRuGH_alTPratPlOlnpDBig/s320/Ray+LaMontagne+-+Gossip+In+the+Grain.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1kIqsEuRIyWBDlJfDCJ4T_MuhrqPiONKwJECdEgaL0dt6bK5mXV-0eUoftQggmstdUVBeiBoPILQZo0MOnziD9MOLWiINm69JLTu_j_VMqXOTDz7MDFXYqRuGH_alTPratPlOlnpDBig/s320/Ray+LaMontagne+-+Gossip+In+the+Grain.jpg" border="0" /></a> <em>You Are The Best Thing </em>by Ray Lamontagne<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25ZjKBXw8Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25ZjKBXw8Q</a><br /><br /><br />How fabulous is Ray Lamontagne? He is like a modern day John Fogerty, all bearded and awesome!<br /><br /> This is Ray's best song in my (always correct) opinion.<br /><br /> Enjoy.<br /><br />Ray Lamontagne?<br /><br />DECISION:AWESOMEAlli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-47104513693925636872009-12-07T10:12:00.002+10:002009-12-07T11:00:44.581+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wPt56aYNhu8/SWIMhhpDQJI/AAAAAAAAAS0/3C4y5bqbKqk/s400/kelly-clarkson-my-life-cover.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_wPt56aYNhu8/SWIMhhpDQJI/AAAAAAAAAS0/3C4y5bqbKqk/s400/kelly-clarkson-my-life-cover.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> I (Alli) LOVE KELLY <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CLARKSON</span>!<br /><br /> Here at A&F we love our pop music! We aren't <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">indy</span>, we aren't <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">emo</span> and we certainly aren't heavy metal...We are pop and we love it!!<br /><br /> With that said, I will tell that I just adore Kelly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Clarkson</span>. I think she is fabulous, with a truly amazing set of pipes! My sister <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Heathie</span> and I are off to see Kelly next year, when she tours and we are EXCITED!<br /><br /> I love that she seems like a normal girl. She freely admits her promo shots (like the one above) are air-brushed to hell and that in reality she looks nothing like that.<br /><br /> She's funny, I've heard her on <em>Hamish and Andy </em>several times and she was awesome!<br /><br /> Here's a brief selection of some great Kelly songs...<br /><br /><em>Since You've Been Gone...</em><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxRS_GyBbM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxRS_GyBbM</a><br /><br /><em>My Life Would Suck Without You...</em><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJedoEM7G5U">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJedoEM7G5U</a><br /><br /> this is the Glee version of the song...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKs_RwAHj0o">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKs_RwAHj0o</a><br /><br /><em>Because Of You</em> (who doesn't love a good, depressing song)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3D8J1rjGLg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3D8J1rjGLg</a><br /><br /><em>Don't Waste Your Time</em>...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ref5LcBvI18">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ref5LcBvI18</a><br /><br /><em>Already Gone...(</em>live and amazing)<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvKfGCsL5A&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvKfGCsL5A&feature=related</a><br /><br /> Who doesn't love an angry chick song? Let's be honest ladies we all need them once and a while, right? RIGHT!<br /><br /> So Kelly <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Clarkson</span>??<br /><br />DECISION:AWESOMEAlli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-80544584957405975202009-12-07T06:49:00.007+10:002009-12-07T09:05:54.107+10:00Bah! Humbug!<div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRwOg-LZgb_ESvA1nuky0ZdhzFYBnyLF4JzlnGKDr4nkNRi9azoWQKo73IZ51-TXG-vDyINQhFeaKkq5prkMkEjoARmQJKa8z9hPYft5lau_uzLIQvt5Np2qFz5qlMc3T8-l_YFACHgQ/s1600-h/grinch3.gif"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412258359066533810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 82px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaRwOg-LZgb_ESvA1nuky0ZdhzFYBnyLF4JzlnGKDr4nkNRi9azoWQKo73IZ51-TXG-vDyINQhFeaKkq5prkMkEjoARmQJKa8z9hPYft5lau_uzLIQvt5Np2qFz5qlMc3T8-l_YFACHgQ/s200/grinch3.gif" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/677/677757/the-muppet-christmas-carol-50th-anniversary-edition-20051220045446879-000.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br />You know, I get where this guy is coming from...<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.tigerwires.com/1667101031113638153/lib/1667101031113638153/grinch3.gif"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><p align="left"><a href="http://www.tigerwires.com/1667101031113638153/lib/1667101031113638153/grinch3.gif"></a></p><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/677/677757/the-muppet-christmas-carol-50th-anniversary-edition-20051220045446879-000.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 460px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px" alt="" src="http://dvdmedia.ign.com/dvd/image/article/677/677757/the-muppet-christmas-carol-50th-anniversary-edition-20051220045446879-000.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />This guy, he had the right idea. Poor bastard just couldn't escape the pressure of all the poor and boring people that kept bothering him...<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Poor Bill Murray he was just a guy trying to get his job done. So, he wasn't really into Christmas...does that means he deserved to be haunted by 3 (very unattractive) ghosts?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cdn.bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0361/6517/scrooged_h_feature.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 358px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px" alt="" src="http://cdn.bleacherreport.com/images_root/image_pictures/0361/6517/scrooged_h_feature.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left"><br />I'm just going to put it out there...I (Alli) hate Christmas.<br /><br />It hasn't always been that way. I, like every child loved it when I was growing up. I should also say that I have always been incredibly spoilt by the people in my life when it comes to presents (I'm looking at you mum!) I truly appreciate this generosity and thoughtfulness and I enjoy buying gifts for people in return.<br /><br />The exchanging of gifts with people is not my issue with Christmas. Nor do I dislike how commercial it's become, to be honest I adore how commercial it's become. YAY Capitalism!<br /><br />My issue is everything else! I'll give you a list (you know how I enjoy those):<br /></div><br /><br /><ol><li>The forced socialising! If I like you, I'll spend time with you, if I don't, I won't...it's as simple as that. Yet at this time of year, you are expected to speak to every member of your family. This includes people you haven't spoken to years, have zero in common with and less than nothing to talk about, but it's Christmas so you're guilted into it!</li><br /><br /><br /><li>The rabid mobs of idiots that descend upon every major shopping center. Chermside during that 36 hour trading thing...I think that's what hell must be like. People walking too slowly, stopping in the middle of walkways, stroller-pushers thinking they have the right to do whatever they like and people seemingly forgetting that you have to pay for goods, then fumbling for money at the register! It's the general slowness of EVERYTHING that pisses me off.</li><br /><br /><br /><li>The decorating of trees. This takes far too long, is far too messy and is the most annoying thing to take down. In the wise words of <em>The Lonely Island "FUCK TREES"! </em>Right on boys, perhaps I'll decorate a buoy instead.</li><br /><br /><br /><li>The heat! It's no secret that I hate the heat, perhaps I would enjoy Christmas more if it was snowing. Now with global warming this may happen in Brisbane one day soon (yet another reason I do very little to help the environment). Where's your Christmas spirit now Al Gore!</li><br /><br /><br /><li>Cheesy televised Christmas Carols. Let me say that I don't have an issue with the carols themselves, in fact I love to hear a bit of <em>The Little Drummer Boy.</em> My issue is the mass choirs they have at the back of these things! Oh god, the cheeseball, overly enthusiastic facial expressions. The coordinated hand gestures. The monk like robes! Just awful. </li></ol><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Now I'm not a bad person, I don't hate everything Christmas related. Here's a few of the things I love about Christmas...</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><ol><li><em>A Muppet Christmas Carol. </em>Michael Caine and Muppets! That's a winning combo! It is awesome and I love it!</li><li><em>Scrooged. </em>You know I love Bill Murray and it is a truly hilarious movie!</li><li><em>Love Actually</em>. The genius of Richard Curtis. This movie is as close to perfect as it gets. </li><li><em> Home Alone 1&2. </em>LOVE THEM! They are truly hilarious.</li><li><em>Jingle All The Way. </em>Arnie, in a Christmas movie? YES PLEASE! It also has Sinbad..."This is a sick world we live in, with sick people!</li><li><em>The Santa Clause. </em>Tim Allen GOLD</li><li><em>Elf. "It's Santa, it's Santa! I know him I KNOW HIM"</em></li><li><em>All I Want For Christmas Is You </em>by Mariah Carey. Freaking awesome!! </li><li><em> Last Christmas </em>by Wham (check out the Glee cast version too!) Love it!!!</li><li>Chocolate covered Almonds</li><li>Candy Canes</li><li>Spending time with the family and friends I do love</li><li>Seeing people really enjoy the gift I gave them<br /></li></ol><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>Visitors to this site will know of my undying love for <em>Seinfeld. </em>I always watch an episode called "The Strike" at this time of year. In this perfect episode Frank Costanza introduces us to Festivus. Frank hates Christmas and Festivus is what he created to take it's place...</p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g4Ztf7hIM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8g4Ztf7hIM</a></p><br /><br />My favourite part is the airing of grievances...I can get on board with that. I've got a lot of problems with you people!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>SO, HAPPY FESTIVUS EVERYONE!</p><br /><br />Christmas????<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p>DECISION: FLAWSOME, OH SO FLAWSOME!</p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-6646855644331592402009-12-05T13:12:00.003+10:002009-12-05T13:33:25.721+10:00Alli, smarter than Kate? That can't be right...Ah, so, um, it turns out Future Alli was much more intelligent that Future Kate. That's not something I ever thought I'd write, but there it is.<br />Of course, you, dear reader, are questioning why. I can hear you "But Kate, you are SO much smarter than Future Alli...". It's true, I am. But this one time I will admit defeat in the intelligence stakes. Here's why:<br />I went and saw <em>Paranormal Activity. </em><br /><br />Loyal readers of this site will know that we have a penchant for torturing ourselves by going to horror films we know will freak us out. You think we would have learnt after <em>Orphan. </em>As it turns out, Alli is a faster learner. Huh. Who knew?<br /><br />ANYWAY, this film was, in a word, terrifying! I wouldn't quite put it in the same league as <em>The Blair Witch Project </em>but it's up there! <br />You know how we feel about people just 'standing'. MY GOD. I have never seen more standing than that which is featured in <em>Paranormal Activity. </em>As Alli duly noted in a text after I told her of my stupidity in going to see the movie: "Of course there was standing. It's called <em>Paranormal Activity </em>and we all know there's nothing more paranormal than standing."<br />So true.<br />There were breezes as well! And fires! <br /><br />It was interesting though. You know how in most movies most of the characters seem <em>too </em>scared, too willing to put whatever just occurred down to an evil spirit and run away for no real apparent reason? In this case, by the end of the film, you really want them to die, for being so freaking stupid for staying in this place with all this paranormal activity for so freaking long.<br /><br />That aside, I can thoroughly recommend it you like to scare yourself stupid, which I obviously do. I live alone, and blatantly refused to stay in my own house after I'd seen the film. <br />So, well done <em>Paranormal Activity. </em>Thanks for making me look like an idiot. I didn't really need the help.<br /><br /><em>Paranormal Activity?</em><br /><br />DECISION: AWESOME (ly terrifying).Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-33907036038812344802009-12-03T20:12:00.002+10:002009-12-03T20:52:10.608+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://mixtapemaestro.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/michael-mcdonald.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 305px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 431px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://mixtapemaestro.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/michael-mcdonald.jpg" border="0" /></a> Michael McDonald is awesome!<br /><br /> The guy was a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">member</span> of <em>Steely Dan </em>and <em>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Doobie</span> Brothers</em>, but also is an amazing solo artist!<br /><br /> Anyone who has seen any Judd <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Apatow</span> film, will know he is often referenced. Michael also features in an episode of <em>30 Rock</em>.<br /><br />Here's the perfect storm of awesome that is, Mr McDonald, Paul Rudd and Jane Lynch in <em>The 40 Year Old Virgin</em><br /><em></em><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqMTkJjeqbI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqMTkJjeqbI</a><br /><br /> Here is the fabulous Jane <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Krakowski</span> singing in McDonald's style on <em>30 Rock..</em><br /><em></em><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5ra7qsjyc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq5ra7qsjyc</a><br /><br /><br /> This is our favourite song by the great man, it's from his time with <em>The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Doobie</span> Brothers...</em><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZ5DfCY6kY&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VZ5DfCY6kY&feature=related</a></p><p> </p><p> So Michael McDonald???</p><p> </p><p>DECISION:AWESOME</p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-38405852683228117402009-11-30T09:28:00.003+10:002009-12-01T09:13:19.128+10:00Our changing stance on Lady Gaga<a href="http://streetzinc.tv/wp-content/uploads/lady-gaga2"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 446px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 446px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://streetzinc.tv/wp-content/uploads/lady-gaga2" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj5/slamparty08/gaga.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>Slowly but surely, we here at A&F are changing our minds about Lady Gaga. We strongly <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">recommend</span> listening to/buying <em>The Fame Monster </em>her remastered CD, it is incredible.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We have long thought she was a total weirdo, despite being <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">immensely</span> talented. Yet we recently saw this interview with her on <em>Ellen...</em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgTP47R4Ic&feature=popular">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFgTP47R4Ic&feature=popular</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sure she is wearing a latex dress and her eyes look like she fell into a river of glitter, but ultimately she comes off as a charming, sweet and surprisingly normal girl.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Then there is her performance of her new song <em>Speechless....</em>AMAZING!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRILEQhJqoo&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRILEQhJqoo&feature=related</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>That's all</div></div>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-85593940144697099892009-11-28T10:22:00.002+10:002009-11-28T12:35:23.621+10:0030 ROCK!<a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/30-rock.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 639px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 426px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/30-rock.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS SHOW!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I (Alli) have a list of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">favourite</span> TV shows, which has been set in stone for a long time....</div><br /><div></div><br /><ol><br /><li><em>Seinfeld</em></li><br /><li><em>The Office (US &UK)</em></li><br /><li><em>Survivor</em></li><br /><li><em>Absolutely Fabulous</em></li><br /><li><em>Extras</em></li><br /><li><em>The Vicar of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Dibley</span></em></li><br /><li><em>Arrested Development</em></li><br /><li><em>Entourage</em></li><br /><li><em>Coupling</em></li></ol><br /><p>However recently I have made 2 additions. The first being <em>Glee</em> (however not the subject of this post), the other <em>30 Rock</em>!</p><br /><p>This show is so hilarious, it's almost perfect! Tina Fey created, stars in, writes and produces it and I just think she is amazing. Fey is also responsible for the brilliance that is <em>Mean Girls, </em>but that too is for another post. </p><br /><p>This is about <em>30 Rock. </em>I could ramble on all day about it, but it's better if you just see for yourself. In my opinion Season 1, Episode 5 is the best so far, but below is a selection of awesome scenes to get you on board...</p><br /><p>The amazing combo of Alec Baldwin and Will <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Arnett</span></p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cp2Z712XtY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cp2Z712XtY</a></p><br /><p></p><br /><p>The genius of Tina Fey</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMKrAR6YBDI&feature=PlayList&p=6A3A36CF6DD3BEB0&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMKrAR6YBDI&feature=<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">PlayList</span>&p=6A3A36CF6DD3<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">BEB</span>0&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">playnext</span>=1&<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">playnext</span>_from=PL&index=16</a></p><br /><p></p><br /><p>Alec Baldwin, who can now do no wrong in my eyes...</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xKBw8xL6WE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xKBw8xL6WE</a></p><p> </p><p>Dr Spaceman...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLM8xpsAURc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLM8xpsAURc</a></p><p> So please enjoy! Oh and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">btw</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">JB</span> Hi <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Fi</span> have the first 3 seasons as a box set for about $55...now that's a good deal</p><p> </p><p> So <em>30 Rock?</em></p><p>DECISION: "YOU JUST MADE THE LIST" AWESOME</p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p><br /><p></p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-66262857703379776232009-11-28T09:56:00.002+10:002009-11-28T10:17:10.672+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://www.soulsummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Beyonce-Gaga.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.soulsummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Beyonce-Gaga.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>"Telephone" by <em>Lady Gaga </em>featuring <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Beyonce</span></em></div><div><em></em> </div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACz19vCmn0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACz19vCmn0</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> So loyal readers of our blog, will be aware of our feelings about Lady Gaga. To clarify we HATE the insane outfits and crazed, blood soaked performances BUT we love, love, LOVE the music. </div><div> </div><div> There is no question she is one talented chick, who has a quality voice, plays the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">piano</span> and writes her own songs. So what happens when you cross Lady Gaga with the force of nature that is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Beyonce</span>?</div><div> </div><div> You get "Telephone". A totally AMAZING song we are obsessed with!!</div><div> </div><div> Oh and for those of you who have mixed feelings about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Beyonce</span>, we suggest you watch the video below...the girl is a freaking ROCK STAR! This is one of the coolest things we've seen in a long time</div><div> </div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz27VY-jYqc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tz27VY-jYqc</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> So "Telephone"?</div><div> </div><div>DECISION:AWESOME</div><div> </div><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Beyonce</span>?</div><div> </div><div>DECISION: PRETTY MUCH THE MOST AWESOME CHICK EVER!</div><div> </div>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-13764529427262038082009-11-15T10:20:00.002+10:002009-11-15T10:53:50.447+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://www.bay-area-bands.com/pictures/bab0556.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.bay-area-bands.com/pictures/bab0556.jpg" border="0" /></a> "Proud Mary" by <em>Creedence Clearwater Revival</em><br /><p> So it's safe to say that CCR is one of the greatest bands of all time! So many classic songs, such a great sound. It's "Proud Mary" though, that we dedicate today's post to.</p><p> Here is the original...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2Of9aznxg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2Of9aznxg</a></p><p> This song has been covered countless times, perhaps most famously by Tina Turner...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FitC5pV0cA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FitC5pV0cA</a></p><p> Most recently the awesome show <em>Glee </em>did a version...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_UV_Xv9VxM">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_UV_Xv9VxM</a></p><p>AMAZING!</p><p> It is one of the catchiest songs ever and we here at A&F adore it, in all it's forms</p><p>So "Proud Mary"???</p><p> </p><p>DECISION: ETERNALLY AWESOME! Thanks Mr Fogerty</p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-72064950175380425822009-11-14T13:41:00.004+10:002009-11-14T14:07:27.396+10:00Reason # 89108 to love Ricky Gervais<a href="http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/image-library/port/376/r/ricky-gervais-channel4.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px" alt="" src="http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/image-library/port/376/r/ricky-gervais-channel4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div>Loyal readers of our site will know, that we truly love Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So we eagerly await the Australian release of Ricky's new film <em>The Invention of Lying.</em></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here is the link to the trailer...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc79ho-PzeE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc79ho-PzeE</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>WE CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I'd like to share with you this little gem. Anyone who owns <em>Extras </em>on DVD will have seen "Finding Leo". I truly can't watch this without crying with laughter...you'll see why</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcyYybaKUX0&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcyYybaKUX0&feature=related</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh also just for fun, here is a clip of Ricky and Chris Martin. Now I used to think Chris, whilst being an incredible musician, was a bit of a douche. Then I saw him on <em>Extras, </em>dueting with Farhnsy<em> </em>and this little gem and I now think he is AWESOME...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlvxYmBHYo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlvxYmBHYo</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So anything vaguely associated with Ricky Gervais????</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>DECISION: AWESOME</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Generalising to make your point???</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>DECISIOM: Totally satisfying</div>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-90794747387441672382009-11-12T11:33:00.004+10:002009-11-12T11:40:06.390+10:00There are times I wish I was going through a break upOkay, maybe I did in the not-too-distant past. But it was not a time for tears, it was time for joyous dancing in the streets and a celebration of freedom.<br />I have absolutely no doubt any who knows of the relationship I had will agree.<br />However, had I been so inclined (I wasn’t) to wallow (I don’t) in sadness (none), I would have done so to this song:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RLFfiBghio">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RLFfiBghio</a><br /><br /><em>The Last Day On Earth</em><br /><br />Yes, it is one night before the A & F team attends the Kate Miller-Heidke concert, so I promise you this will be our last KMH post for a while. But we simply couldn’t go to the concert without recognising this beautiful song.<br /><br />Granted, it’s not our usual type of song, which generally only gets a hearty A & F tick of approval if one or both of us has danced around our own houses to it whilst home alone.<br />You can’t REALLY dance to The Last Day On Earth, unless you’re doing some sort of crap interpretive modern dance (Grade 10 Drama Students every where, I’m looking at you).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDBsEJSOO1zJ2FzaKMCm7OBJEQNT4KIk1VK-qQXR1l-g8t9qaSGEN2b6S6wPtDIW8Nun_zaPlkwp-PcXx0pU89kkeq5qBDgPpMYkQ2L_C3pvkCZVjzpsfa17rw1ZQaL2pSpwD5TlacUQ/s1600-h/Kate+MillerHeidke.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403025173873501666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 134px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDBsEJSOO1zJ2FzaKMCm7OBJEQNT4KIk1VK-qQXR1l-g8t9qaSGEN2b6S6wPtDIW8Nun_zaPlkwp-PcXx0pU89kkeq5qBDgPpMYkQ2L_C3pvkCZVjzpsfa17rw1ZQaL2pSpwD5TlacUQ/s200/Kate+MillerHeidke.png" border="0" /></a><br />Anyway, the point is this is song I can definitely imagine sitting in a corner of a room, listening to it, clutching a bottle of wine and sobbing.<br />I’ll leave you with that glorious image.<br /><br />(But before I do, I also must note the fabulous dress she wears in the film clip. I fucking adore it. I think it's Alannah Hill, but correct me if I'm wrong).<br /><em>The Last Day On Earth?</em><br /><br />DECISION: AWESOME....but in a sad, flawsome kind of way.Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-20286789475734124912009-11-10T12:37:00.003+10:002009-11-10T16:14:34.276+10:00Do I look like some kind of moron to you?No, don’t answer that, I’ll only get offended.<br /><br />So, I generally think a lot of the population is at least of a ‘functional’ level of intelligence, i.e, they know enough to get through the basics of their day.<br />Some people do not know much MORE than that, but that’s not the point I’m making today.<br /><br />I don’t think I particularly LOOK like an idiot. Maybe this is where my theory all falls down, maybe that’s exactly how I look.<br />Regardless, I can’t help but get the impression a lot of people mistake my wide-eyed innocence (ha) for stupidity.<br />For example, the other day I was down at Bunning’s (and that, my friends, is a whole other post. I LOVE YOU BUNNINGS!), purchasing some paint.<br /><br />So I order the paint, and the chap starts making it and then comes back to me and asks what I was painting, to which I replied “Oh, just a feature wall in the lounge room.”<br />“Oh. Do you have a paint roller?”.<br />Now, that in itself does not sound too bad. But it was the way he said it. Slowly. Loudly. The way you would speak to a kind of person that has a ‘pants before shoes’ sign in their room.<br />Well, No Mr, I don’t have no roller! What’s a roller? I was planning on standing on the carpet, pouring the paint over my head and then just rolling myself along the wall in an artistic fashion. This is how it is done, no?<br /><br />And then, about two days after this I was getting some cold and flu drugs from the Chemist. This time, the female attendant was telling me I should have a maximum of four tablets from the two different kind of drugs I had.<br />“So, that’s TWO from this packet, and TWO from that packet….so four in total, not four from each…”<br />REALLY?! SERIOUSLY?! I really look like the kind of person that can’t do the maths a five-year-old could do?!<br />I’m surprised she didn’t talk me through the process of using the EFTPOS machine and how I needed to press the pretty red and green buttons.<br />Hell, I’m surprised she assumed I needed to trade “money” for “goods” to make a “purchase”.<br />Of course, that whole ‘being polite’ thing overtakes me once again, and instead of saying<br />“LADY – I’m not mentally retarded” I say something more like “Okay, great, thank you. Two from each.” This probably just serves to exacerbate the problem. DAMN YOU MANNERS!<br /><br />This problem has been plaguing me my whole life. I remember at High School, despite finishing within, oh, I don’t know, the top 3.5% percent of the state, I still managed to take home the ‘Biggest Bimbo’ award.<br />Granted, it was a tie. And I still claim whoever was counting the votes had it in for me and clearly just confused me for another Kate.<br />I MAY have managed to trip down the stairs in front of the 300 or so other people at the formal whilst accepting the award – but I fail to see how this makes me a bimbo.<br /><br />So what is it?<br />Is it my magpie-like attraction to shiny things?<br />Is it that vacant, lifeless expression my eyes have in photos when I'm not really smiling?<br />Is it my habit of speaking THEN thinking?<br />Is it the fact that I often forget my pants?<br />I don’t know. But I do know this:<br /><br />If a person is standing in front of you, fully dressed, coherent and NOT drooling and NOT wearing a super-hero mask and cape when they’re 25, that’s probably a relatively good indication that they know they need a roller to paint the wall.<br /><br />People generally assuming you’re a little bit retarded?<br /><br />DECISION: FLAWSOMEAlli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-39044643510285296162009-11-07T17:34:00.002+10:002009-11-07T17:44:43.666+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://www.99music.net/pic_3/99_L/99_L-2009-3-19-114105.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 600px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 538px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.99music.net/pic_3/99_L/99_L-2009-3-19-114105.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Day 7<br /><br />"Politics in Space"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqYJNU6dIhg&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqYJNU6dIhg&feature=related</a><br /><br />DECISION:AWESOME!Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-22429458382338472292009-11-06T19:17:00.002+10:002009-11-06T19:45:38.477+10:00MOVIE OF THE MOMENT<a href="http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/24/A70-12006"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 747px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/24/A70-12006" border="0" /></a> I can't tell you how much I love this movie! It is AMAZING! It is hilarious!<br /><br /> I remember when it came out, I so wanted to be Wednesday...now with all the tragic <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">emo</span> freaks out there, I'm singing a different tune.<br /><br /> The movie came out in 1994 and it holds up so well! It's one of those rare films where the sequel is far superior to the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">original</span> (this was not the case with "Bring it on again"...not that I ever saw that...anyway).<br /><br />Here a few fantastic clips...ENJOY!<br /><br />The Thanksgiving play<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLD0kCoHG4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptLD0kCoHG4</a><br /><br /><br />The incredible Joan <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Cusack</span>, one of the greatest monologues in movie history<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbH5ZIauoX0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbH5ZIauoX0</a><br /><br /> The awesomeness that is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Anjelica</span> Huston<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-9sqQq7Mtg&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-9sqQq7Mtg&feature=related</a><br /><br /> Last but not least Christina <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Ricci</span> as Wednesday...just fabulous<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KiudJtZIAI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KiudJtZIAI</a><br /><br /> If you haven't seen this movie for a long time, GET ON IT!<br /><br />"Addams Family Values"????<br /><br />DECISION:AWESOME!!!Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-72242483031793226352009-11-06T19:04:00.002+10:002009-11-06T19:15:00.956+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1clXWL4fdfWra7kE38he8SqTiVtU6gDCOSGUGPpo0cbbltOtVLu4mq1hbOKgRS18ND8laIVIAhGdY0IPpFJrPzi2qpaDpMhYc0-pSLyuSUPyRzBTnOhkoJrsDHHO2-40nU3Vnl87NPnd/s400/kate-miller.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 345px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 342px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH1clXWL4fdfWra7kE38he8SqTiVtU6gDCOSGUGPpo0cbbltOtVLu4mq1hbOKgRS18ND8laIVIAhGdY0IPpFJrPzi2qpaDpMhYc0-pSLyuSUPyRzBTnOhkoJrsDHHO2-40nU3Vnl87NPnd/s400/kate-miller.jpg" border="0" /></a> So next Friday we are of to see our beloved KMH perform and we are very EXCITED!<br /><br /> This week A&F will feature some fabulous KMH songs, in the lead up to the big show...<br /><br />Let's kick things off with Alli's favorite..."Words"<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0QEVCrGFE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE0QEVCrGFE</a>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-65406292434803665952009-10-21T19:21:00.003+10:002009-10-21T19:57:02.307+10:00Catherine Zeta Jones is AWESOME!<a href="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Chicago-movie-01.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 445px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 297px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://images.starpulse.com/Photos/Previews/Chicago-movie-01.jpg" border="0" /></a> Hot damn we adore Catherine Zeta Jones! We must say that before <em>Chicago, </em>we thought she was a fairly talentless, gold-digger...HOW WRONG WE WERE!<br /><br />She is so AMAZING in that movie, she puts everyone else to shame! She can sing, she can dance and she can act...we would hate her, but she is just too fabulous!<br /><br />Here is a clip of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">CZJ</span> performing "All that Jazz" from <em>Chicago! </em>Feisty, powerful and putting the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ridiculously</span> thin Renee Z to shame!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ4kBsyl_RA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ4kBsyl_RA</a><br /><br /> Here is the "Cell Block Tango"...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCZEmfnE-M&NR=1">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCZEmfnE-M&NR=1</a><br /><br />We've got a lot of time for fellow AWESOME brunettes!<br /><br />We saw Chicago at <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">QPAC</span> recently and it was AMAZING! If you get the chance to see it...GO!<br /><br />Anyway Catherine Zeta Jones???<br /><br />DECISION: FABULOUSLY AWESOME!Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-65792057010533162862009-10-20T19:03:00.003+10:002009-10-20T20:13:34.374+10:00SONG OF THE DAY/ Ode to Britney or as we call her Britters<a href="http://tengossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/britney-spears-rollingstonecover.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 490px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 694px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://tengossip.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/britney-spears-rollingstonecover.jpg" border="0" /></a> "Womanizer" by <em>Britney Spears</em><br /><p><em></em> </p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtxrda3lh-w">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtxrda3lh-w</a></p><p> So we have a confession to make to you, our dear and faithful readers...we LOVE Britney Spears. </p><p> For a very long time now, indeed since 1998, we have adored Britters. Sure there have been troubled times, rocky patches where we questioned our faith, but ultimately we've stood by her.</p><p> We proudly own all her music and dance to it unashamedly.</p><p> We had genuine concern for her when she began her tailspin into insanity. If I recall correctly we may have called each other, whilst watching the play-by-play of her hospitalisation on Perez (oh and every other news service). </p><p>We were worried when we saw the crazy in her eyes (we recognised it from occasionally seeing it in the mirror). </p><p>We tried to justify it when she shaved her head (<em>it really doesn't look that bad?? ) </em>and attacked that car with the umbrella (<em>maybe she's just trying to be helpful...maybe it was raining...maybe she was just try to give the paps a hug</em>).</p><p> Yet through it all we stood by her, believing that she would get back with Justin, wash her hair, throw those cut off shorts out, quit smoking, wear underwear, release an awesome comeback single and finally tour Australia. Now if you ask us, 2 out of 7 ain't bad! </p><p> The day we found our Britters was finally coming to Australia was a glorious day. It was like winning the lotto (except we had to pay $120 for the ticket, didn't win any money and that our lives are exactly the same). Now our seats may be hilariously bad but we don't care!</p><p> So we've picked "Womanizer" for SOTD. It was THE comeback single and it is catchy and fabulous! We love that she acknowledges her past crazy behaviour..."You say I'm crazy...I got your crazy"!</p><p> The video is classic Britters, it has just a hint of trash (hello nude seen) but is really, totally polished and great...oh and btw it has a shimmy in it! The shimmy, the dance move that everyone is capable of...god bless it!</p><p> So Britters...we love you, don't ever change (except please wash your hair, put on some underwear and get back together with Justin..ok, thanks)</p><p>Womanizer and Britney???</p><p>DECISION: AWESOME FOREVER!</p><p> </p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-56490716082580137022009-10-18T14:38:00.003+10:002009-10-18T14:50:36.640+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/files/2008/09/neil-diamond.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 500px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/files/2008/09/neil-diamond.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>"Sweet Caroline" by <em>Neil Diamond</em></div><br /><div><em></em></div><br /><div><em></em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Ok</span>, so I am going to put it all on the line here and say *deep breath*, I think Neil Diamond is kind of amazing.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So I know he is kind of a dork, that he shows way too much chest hair (only <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Probst</span> gets away with that) and has hair to rival Ray Martin...but who cares?! His songs are classic and great and hot damn the man can sing! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Check this out...</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzsUOmqpaeg">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzsUOmqpaeg</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Oh and for those of you who doubt he is a legend, I've got one word for you...GLEE!</div><br /><div>If he's good enough to be on <em>Glee, </em>then he's good enough for me, good enough for A&F and good enough for you!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Here is the clip of Puck from <em>Glee, </em>belting out the universal classic...ENJOY!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2UtNnZNUdY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2UtNnZNUdY</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It is fabulous!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So Sweet Caroline???</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>DECISION: AWESOME!</div><br /><div></div>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-3535251900142268952009-10-17T21:39:00.005+10:002009-10-18T13:26:34.051+10:00So we are cheaters...<a href="http://www.wbrs.org/uploaded_images/0000000540_20060919015544-770882.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 500px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 347px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.wbrs.org/uploaded_images/0000000540_20060919015544-770882.jpg" border="0" /></a> Let us begin by saying, that this post has been a long time coming.<br /><br /><br /><br />You see when you really love something, finding the right words to express that is incredibly difficult. In fact, sometimes words aren't enough.<br /><br /><br /><br />A long time ago, we feel in love with a man called Ricky Gervais and his little show called <em>The Office. </em><br /><br /><em></em>That show is perfection. It is hilarious, sweet and quite simply there isn't enough of it.<br /><br /><br /><br />Here is an example of the perfection that is Ricky Gervais, <em>David Brent </em>and <em>The Office...</em><br /><br /><em><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye1C8vMqbHA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye1C8vMqbHA</a></em><br /><br /><em></em><br /><br /><em></em>So when we heard there was an American version of the show being made, we were <span style="color:#000000;">concerned</span> to say the least. Alli's sister Heather was the first to get on board. Heather first started watching it, when Channel 10 originally aired it, late at night several years ago.<br /><br /><br /><br />For quite a while Alli resisted the U.S version, believing there was no way it could possibly live up to the original. How wrong she was. The more she watched, the more she LOVED IT! It wasn't long before Kate came on board too, the show and it's charm is impossible to resist.<br /><br /><br /><p>We here at A&F are truly obsessed with this show. Sure the first episode is essentially a word-for-word copy of the original, but the remaining 5 seasons of the show are pure genius. Even better Steven Merchant and Ricky Gervais are involved with it, so it's not really like we are cheating on them. </p><p>Not a day goes by when we here at A&F don't send random Office quote texts to each other. They are hilarious and random and damn it...they just make us happy. Every character in the U.S version is awesome! We love them all and we don't play favorites...most of the time.</p><p>So we thought we'd give you a few clips from the <em>U.S The Office</em>, in an attempt to bring it to the masses. Just think of us as Jesus and of YouTube as the bible...you're welcome universe</p><p>That's what she said...</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wf2pP7T0Y">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wf2pP7T0Y</a></p><p>Jim and Dwight</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pw_eX97TUw&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pw_eX97TUw&feature=related</a></p><p>Parkour!</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlyqnmU0N0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlyqnmU0N0</a></p><p>Oh and finally there's Michael Scott...awkward perfection. He perhaps makes us more uncomfortable than David Brent...yep we're pretty sure that kiss in "Gay Witch Hunt" sealed that deal.</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxcZnmtfis">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLxcZnmtfis</a></p><p></p><p>So I'm sure this won't be last time we post about <em>The Office U.S, </em>but for now...</p><p><em>THE OFFICE U.S??</em></p><p><em></em></p><p>DECISION: THE MOST AWESOME THING EVER!<br /></p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3454853021495015417.post-11640305955387487572009-10-17T21:10:00.002+10:002009-10-17T21:36:36.230+10:00SONG OF THE DAY<a href="http://electrorash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/jaka.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 363px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 480px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://electrorash.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/jaka.jpg" border="0" /></a> "Canned Heat" by <em><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Jamiroquai</span></em><br /><p>It's been a while since we here at A&F, gave you a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">SOTD</span> so we thought we'd kick things up a notch!</p><p> This song is so fun and catchy. You can't help but bust-a-move (yep we just said that, and yes we are aware that we're white chicks...no, not like that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Wayans</span> brothers movie, so don't get your nickers in a knot Harry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Connick</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Jnr</span>, no white face involved) when it comes on.</p><p> </p><p> Here is the official video</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGjC0wbUXzk">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGjC0wbUXzk</a></p><p> </p><p> Oh and here is the song, as featured in the classic (by that we mean awful) movie <em>Center Stage. </em>Try and ignore the terrible, terrible acting and focus on the dancing. Let's face it who doesn't love feeling bad about themselves? Nothing gets that done faster, than seeing other people's talent...yep that is AWESOME!</p><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPj5sm0KVRE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPj5sm0KVRE</a></p><p> </p><p> So "Canned Heat"????</p><p>DECISION: AWESOME!</p>Alli & Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832559471067590236noreply@blogger.com0