February Stars

Hello ScoFans!

I've got quite a bit to get through today. I don't know if I'll get through everything, I might cut stuff that seemed like a good idea before but now is not such a good idea, so let's see how we go.

First though, even though I wasn't really going to do the awards thing any more, I do have a couple to get out there. Let's start and end with awards. While I still have everybody's attention, this one came from Meredith at (flash) pasteurized.



That's right. Meredith thinks I'm a gorgeous lady of blogging. I think she really just wanted to see me dressed up in an evening gown again. Who can blame her? I do choose gowns that highlight my awesome legs.

Anyway, I'm not going to lie to you. Ever since this award was first created us guys have been eying it off as you girls selfishly passed it on to one another. We'd even email each other and complain about how it was unfair, and none of us would ever receive it. With that in mind, I am going to pass this award on to..

• Differential Diagnosis
  
• Ed's Funny Pages
• Sophisticated Lunacy
• 365 Days of People
  
• Coffeypot
• and any other males reading this

Next, Nomad made it through to the next round of his competition. Click on his blog above (365 days of People) and get over there and voting this week between Sunday and Wednesday. I'll even make you a deal.. IF he wins, I will do something cool for you, my readers.

I'll put up a poll and let you decide what that cool thing is (vlog, a giveaway, something out of my comfort zone to blog about.. any other ideas you guys list below) to thank you all for voting. He's only just made it the last few weeks, so every one of your votes will be important. Do this for me, and I'll do something for you.

And get your followers to vote as well. Let's see if we can pull off what I think, would be a bit of a shock victory after the way voting has gone the last few weeks (Cheryl is way too popular)

But now for the point of this weeks post..

Foo Fighters have inspired me.

They have inspired me to take a month off writing blogs. I'll still be doing thisisTuesday and Facebook Fail Friday, but that's hardly writing. That's pretty pictures and flashy gimmicks.

But for the next month, I won't be writing anything of any real content. (Well, maybe one thing. I have promised to do a Travel Aboard Thursday at Cheap Therapy. I don't know when it will be. Keep an eye out over there to learn about Australia)

So instead of writing this month, I have chosen some February Stars of my very own. The title is about them anyway. The song not so much. How temporary their stars are will be up to them and up to all of you.

I have chosen five bloggers (I chose 6, one declined) to guest post during the month of February. Five blogs that I have been following for awhile, but don't have the followers I think they should. They're all great, but for some reason they have gone unnoticed. They are hidden gems of the bloggosphere, and it's time I shared these gems with the world.

Guest blogging has bought a lot of people this way. Whether it be the blog for Insomniac Lolita, PinkNic's Planet or Speaking From the Crib, I'm sure that it was drew a lot of you this way, and I think now it's time for me to give some other people the chance to get a bit more recognition for their blogging.

And when I return in March I will hopefully be a bit more motivated, because the last few weeks I haven't really been feeling it.

Besides, you will always be able to turn to Twitter to experience my wit in 146 characters or less. Wit like this..

Thanks to SleepyJane for being the only one who laughed at that last one when it went live. To the rest of you who gave me *crickets*, you don't know what funny is.

I'll leave you today, and for a month, which an example of why it's important to have an OGOM (this is from Facebook messages to each other)

Me to him..

Anyway, thanks to Facebook we can keep in touch (you're not getting rid of me that easily), but if Collingwood beat Essendon this year (unlikely as it may be), expect me to disappear from the Internet for a month or two.

Him to me..

I have not moved yet so may bump into you, if Essendon beats Collingwood the bump might be with my car at high speed.

Oh, and remember to click the link just below the banner to tell me what we should do with the drunken blogger.

Wait, there was that other award.

This one is from PrimA..

Last time I received this award, I didn't really know what to do with it. This time I know I'm supposed to list 10 things that make me happy, so here we go..

1. Family
2. My Xbox
   
3. Blogging
4. The fact all my shows will hopefully be back in the next 2 weeks
   
5. Fantasizing about actually going on a holiday this year
   
6. The sound of rain on the roof
   
7. My iTouch
   
8. Spending a whole day with a DVD marathon
   
9. The soundtracks to Dr Horrible, Commentary and Repo
   
10. The thought of Nomad winning his competition
    

I'll pass this on to anyone who hasn't received the award yet and has left a suggestion for the drunken blogger.

And that concludes our broadcast day...

Facebook Fail Friday #17 - Disaster

Hello ScoFans!

It's time for another round of Facebook fails. I'm surprised you all seemed to enjoy a bit of a snicker in the face of death as I do, so this week I'm cranking it up a notch. Death on a grander scale, and the people that make fools of themselves on Facebook broadcasting their opinions.

We'll start with a couple from the "Sure September 11 was pretty bad, but what about MY life?"


A tad dramatic perhaps?

Speaking of September 11, I'm sure we all remembered the date last year and spared a thought for those who lost the lives in the disaster. Most of us anyway..

Other chose to celebrate. Each to their own right? I mean, if you don't mind looking like a sicko and having no friends, you can choose to celebrate September 11 if you like. That's going to be one lonely party though.

And of course there is the recent disaster in Haiti. Let's see what the fools of Facebook make of this tragedy..


Yeah, where I come from, "Earth".. I don't know, maybe you've heard of it? Anyway, here "LOL" means something COMPLETELY different.

Until Sunday...

thisisTuesday #3

Hello ScoFans!

Happy Australia day for all of my Australian readers. Did anyone do anything special or particularly Australian to celebrate? Probably not. Maybe a BBQ, yeah?

For those of you who don't know, Australia day is like "Independence Day", only with a lot less aliens, no Will Smith and it's on a different date. Also, ours "celebrates" the invasion of Australia by the First Fleet, and not the ceasing of being a part of another colony or whatever Independence day is about.

I know some Aussies will probably get all upset with the mention of "invasion".. but whatever.

*RANT DELETED AS THIS BLOG IS NOT HERE TO BE ALL POLITICAL - IT IS HERE TO ENTERTAIN - SO LET'S GET BACK TO THAT* (but if you do want to get a tad political and read sentiments similar to what I had drafted, check out Mary Jane's blog..)

Before that though, thank you for everyone for their ideas on the last post. There were some great ones that gave me a good laugh. The final product is going to be awesome. You'll notice I've put a tiny link just under the banner up the top there so you can return at any time if you have any more ideas.

It's time for another this is Tuesday. Last week I compared PinkNic with Susan Boyle.. but only in the sense they are both showing the world Britain's got talent. Their talent is in different areas, and it's a bit flimsy to base a comparison on but this is my game and I play by my rules (and if you thought last week was flimsy, you ain't seen nothin yet.. maybe I should just stop trying to compare people)

Anyway, this week I guess I've picked two people that I wanted to choose this week for different reasons, but I've still linked them together through brilliance (and flimsiness)

I know Ed's probably got it already. Some of you might need another hint or two.

Okay, most of you (or a fair number of you) probably have it now.

He sure is.


Yes, this week I started by using traits from characters he played rather than traits of Michael himself, just to throw everyone (except Ed) off course.

After Michael has been making news the last few weeks, first with his illness and then being part of the example why sometimes it's dangerous to be on Twitter and getting all of your thoughts out there as you're thinking them, I thought it would be a good time to give Michael a "thisisTuesday" (why does spellcheck keep telling me I spelt that wrong? Surely "thisisTuesday" is spelt right) Guernsey.

So who is the lucky lucky person I have matched up with Michael C Hall?

Let's find out.

Actually, I already know, but the rest of you find out now. Or soon.


Yeah, it was obvious that was the trait I was going to use. Thought I might as well get it out there.


Who could it be?


He knows who he is now, that's for sure.


So click on his banner, get over there, read his posts, see how awesome he is and vote for him on Knuckleheads blogs of 2010 thing. I know he's up against Cheryl who some of you are quite fond of and who is a good blogger in her own right, but personally, my votes for Nomad.

Nomad - Did you vote for him? No? Then you're mad.

It's a campaign slogan I just came up with when there's bugger all of the competition to go.

Anyway, that's all for me this week. And remember, if you want to volunteer just say so in the comments section. I think I have about 11 people still volunteered according to my list.

Until Friday...

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?

Hello ScoFans!

Who loves sea shanties?

I can't see you, but I'm just going to assume you're all jumping up and down screaming "I do! I do! I do!"

Well settle down for a moment. I'm going to ask you all to give me a hand with writing our own shanty. But not yet. At the end.

Now, if you love sea shanties as much as I'm imagining you claim to love them, then you should be familiar with the shanty I'm going to be playing with today, but for the few of you (VERY few of you) who aren't familiar with your shanties, you can check it out in these YouTube videos (and because I know most people aren't big on YouTube videos in blogs, I'll make them Jack Sparrow versions just to tempt the ladies out there.. the guys shouldn't need tempting, they should just be excited about the shanty)

This version of the song is a bit rock, and a bit more modern..

This is a more traditional version..

(Side note, I have been watching these as inspiration for today's blog and because the weather is nice here I've got all the windows and doors open to get a nice crossflow happening. I have images of my 70+ year old neighbour coming knocking on the door and asking to come in to dance)

Alright, so just in case you're a slow person, what I'm going to be doing today is updating that shanty for my profession. And just in case you're a REALLY slow person, my profession is accounting.

There are a lot more verses to the ones in each of those clips (and for those of you interested in the whole thing it's on YouTube somewhere) and according to Wikipedia..

It begins with the question, "What shall we do with a drunken sailor, early in the morning?" (Or sometimes "What do you do," etc.) Each verse thereafter suggests a method of sobering—or castigating, or simply abusing—the sailor.

I haven't planned much of this yet, but I do picture my version probably focusing a lot more on abusing the accountant (which should be no surprise after some of the pranks I admitted to pulling at the office last week)

WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN ACCOUNTANT?

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Link all their paperclips together
Link all their paperclips together
Link all their paperclips together
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Give them the clients who never shower
Give them the clients who never shower
Give them the clients who never shower
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

We'll write "5318008" on their calculator
We'll write "5318008" on their calculator
We'll write "5318008" on their calculator
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Draw fake eyes on the front of their glasses
Draw fake eyes on the front of their glasses
Draw fake eyes on the front of their glasses
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

We'll spin them in their chair til they vomit
We'll spin them in their chair til they vomit
We'll spin them in their chair til they vomit
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Change their ring tone to the sound of a power tool
Change their ring tone to the sound of a power tool
Change their ring tone to the sound of a power tool
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

We'll slip some salt into their coffee
We'll slip some salt into their coffee
We'll slip some salt into their coffee
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Change the settings in their internet browser
Change the setting in their internet browser
Change the settings in their internet browser
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Staple their timesheet to the carpet
Staple their timesheet to the carpet
Staple their timesheet to the carpet
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

We'll stickytape their pens together
We'll stickytape their pens together
We'll stickytape their pens together
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
What shall we do with the drunken accountant?
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
Hoo-ray and up she rises
During our scheduled appointment

I think that might be enough to punish them.. for now at least.

And so now I'm putting a call out to all of you. We'll get a nice blog community shanty project happening.

I want you to tell me "What shall we do with the drunken blogger?"

I know some of you have carried out drunken blogging in your time. Maybe even some drunken vlogging. What you choose to do to the drunken blogger is up to you. You can punish them. You can congratulate them. Just let me know in the comments section and we'll see how many verses we come up with. I'll leave it a few weeks before getting it all finished up.

Also, if you can tell me When / Where we should do to the drunken blogger (ie instead of "early in the mornin" or "during our scheduled appointment") I'll pick a few of the ones I really like and hold a poll in a few weeks to see which one makes it into the final version.

And if you want to invite your readers to get involved (either by getting them to comment on your blog or sending them over here) that would be cool too. The more contributors, the more verses, the better this will be.

Until Tuesday...

Oh, but before I go, I just had to share this..

Facebook Fail Friday #16- Even in Death

Hello ScoFans!

Another Friday has rolled around. How many more until I can have holidays?

Today, we're going to have a look at the Facebook Fails that touch on death. We'll laugh, we'll think about how wrong it is, and then we'll all feel bad.

Now who's with me?!


Wow Spencer, that's a great joke. Don't you feel like an asshole now though?

I must admit, I read the status and thought he was dead too. But, you always do your fact checking before saying something like "I'll remember him fondly"


At least you'll already have a florist and caterer picked out for the funeral though right? Plus, even though it's not traditional to wear white to a funeral.. no, that's horrible, I shouldn't say those things. Now I know how Spencer felt.

But enough about people who have lost someone close to them. Now let's move on to those who look for sympathy or something but saying how sad they are a favorite celebrity of theirs has passed away.


Here's a hint though, if you're going to do this, make sure it is a celebrity you do like.. or at least know..



Remember, always do your fact checking before getting carried away about somebody passing away.

I wonder how many were laughing along with me this week. I know my sense of humor is a little off.


Anyway, those of you who stick around, I'll be back on Sunday.

Until then...

thisisTuesday #2

Hello ScoFans!

Well, after last week's "thisisTuesday" was.. somewhat of a success.. well, I only lost one follower so I'll take it (and now the rest of you can't leave because you've already sat through one, you can't say the idea sucks if you already survived it once.. that's a rule) I'm here to do another.

First of all though, I was accused of choosing last weeks volunteer only because she is attractive. But just look around the bloggosphere, everyone out there is attractive. Bloggers are one fine looking group of people. The Internet is not just for the fat and pimpley like it was 20 years ago. And if there was an ugly blogger, they'd probably do something like.. I don't know.. hidebehindapictureofasmiling bobbleheadwithblondehairandablueleisuresuitsotheotherbloggerswouldn'triridulethem.

That's just a guess.

Anyway, I had a few more volunteers for this game. I'll do one a week until we're all tired of it. If you want to be thrown in the list of volunteers, just let me know in the comment section. Also, don't be too cryptic about it because cryptic is difficult, so I just went "Were you volunteering? I'm not sure. I'll put you in the No pile until I get a firm yes"

Also, carrissajade, you did volunteer but there was no link to your blog, and I don't know where you hide. I need your blog to get information from, so if you're reading this, please leave a link this week.

Okay, so after last week I thought the way I would do this is to pick a blogger or celebrity, then pick a blogger or celebrity with one thing in common with them. That can be a common thread. Like last week and the word "quasi"

So this week, I'll put up the celebrity first, then volunteers can see who it is that has something in common with the person I choose.

Ready?

Round two.

A couple of you got the celeb after one hint last week, so I made it a bit tougher.

Of course a long time would be better, but I'll take what I can get.



Really, it was like on every second blog for a few weeks there. People went mad for it.





Yeah, no prizes for guessing from that clue.



Yes, Susan Boyle. You attach her name to anything at the moment and people will come from everywhere to pay good money for it. In fact...


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Okay.

So which blogger has something in common with Susan? I didn't really leave it too open this week did I?




Okay, that still leaves it open a bit. Good on me.


Mixing it up a bit. Bringing the third one forward. Very nice, very nice. And also eliminating most of the volunteers in the process.





Okay, now the person should know who they are. Their followers should know who they are. And everyone else is about to be introduced to them.


She already has an awesome banner, and if you click on that awesome banner above, you'll be looking at her awesome banner in no time. Read a few posts while you're there. It's great stuff.


And as always.. or at least, again.. I'm going to show you the moment they volunteered and their name and likeness became my intellectual property for one post.



Remember, if you want my mad Paint skills put to work creating a banner for you, and you haven't already done so, volunteer in the comment section.

Until Friday...

Told You How I F***** Your Mother

Hello ScoFans!

** For those of you with this blog in Google Reader.. first of all you're awesome and I love you, but secondly this post might show up twice, once that won't work because it accidentally published and I deleted it, and then this one which should work**

Well, the first week back came with a bit of a surprise. It was shocking, shattering, ground breaking, life changing stuff. But I don't think that covers it. It's worse than all of that. Perhaps. I know at least one of you will understand how I feel.

In fact, a blog man hug may be on the cards, and those are so rarely on the cards, because there's so few situations where it's acceptable for men to hug.. and even fewer for blog man hugs. I won't do a list of the situations where it is okay, I'm sure it's been done, so if you're looking for one try Google.

Okay, here we go...

I turned up at work on Monday to find out the OGOM is not coming back. For those of you that don't follow "Ed's Funny Pages", first of all you should be, it's funny stuff, and second of all OGOM stands for "Old Guy Office Mate" (You can watch Ed's interview with his OGOM here. Sadly, I will never get the chance to interview mine)

Apparently he's decided he wants to spend more time with his grandkids and so he's moving closer to them. Well that's all well and good for the grandkids, but what about me? What am I supposed to do? I need him too.

I need someone who I can ask for help by saying "I think this used to happen a lot in the olden days. I haven't had much experience with it but I'm sure you've seen it thousands of times so you can explain this to me?", and know that all he'll do is give me a dirty look, have a laugh and think of ways to get me back later.

I need someone who madly supports the Collingwood football club to the point where he has

• their ringtone on his phone
• their background on his computer
• their website as his homepage and
  
• their logo on his coffee cup

and know that I can..

• change his background
• change his homepage to be the scoreboard from the last time Essendon beat Collingwood
• hide his cup and know he'll think he simply misplaced is
• change the ringtone on his phone to the Essendon club song, knowing his grandson had to put the Collingwood one on there and he won't know how to change it back

Sure this might all sound like bullying. But for guys this is what we do. This is what the OGOM is all about. They can take a joke, and they so rarely take the time to get us back.

At least that's been my experience.

But as much as I'm going to miss having someone to have a joke with and talk sports with (it's now pretty much the boss, about 10 women, one other guy who has kids so is in the "Parents Club" and I) I think there's something I'll miss more than all of that.

I'll miss knowing that if on a Friday afternoon I'm feeling too tired to work, all I have to do is find something to photocopy.

When I walked to the photocopier I'd walk past his desk and he'd engage me in some random conversation, and about 30 minutes later he'd be telling me some story about his childhood I'd probably already heard 3 or 4 times before, but it'd kill time at least and if anyone complained about my efficiency (who's efficient on a Friday afternoon anyway?) I'd just say "He got to talking and I didn't want to hurt his feelings, so I just let him keep going" (no one ever complained about my efficiency though)

So the landscape of the office has changed, and I'm going to have to feel it out and determine what my new role is. Maybe my new role will be "Guy who got sick of this shit and moved on". I think that I'm well suited to that role.

In other news...

• I've set up a formspring account which is now on the right hand side of the screen there. You can head over there and ask me anything you like, and every now and then I might even use them for blog material (if I can't think of anything else). The added bonus is, you will upset at least some of the people who follow me on Twitter.. perhaps to the point where they'll stop following me? I don't know. All I know is someone wasn't happy last night. It made me feel like I had a hater. It's important to have haters. Only big shots and important people have haters.
• I am currently waiting for an Opera DVD to arrive here. I'm very excited. Who would have known I'd ever end up looking this forward to something Opera related? Maybe I'll post more on it someday.

Until Tuesday...

Both threw insults at each other,
Told you how I f***** your mother

"Ninja Ropes"- Commentary! The Musical

Facebook Fail Friday #15- You're not as smart as you thought you were in the first place

Hello ScoFans!

Friday already? The week has gone.. so terribly slowly.

So, this week I'm going back to bad spelling and typo's. They're always inconvenient, but some times are more inconvenient than others. Oh yes, and fans of 90's (it started in 1999) sitcoms might recognise the title of the post. I wonder if I can get Norm DVDs? Anyway, this weeks post has a theme song. Okay, so I couldn't find it. That made me sad. I was looking forward to reliving that song.

So to cheer us all up, here's this weeks round of Facebook Fails..

While you're there, grab a dictionary and look up "intelligant".. found it? Okay, try "intelligent". There, better, see?

So many times I've thought "I wish I could like that response" This would be one of those times.

Sometimes I wonder why they don't be a spell check on Facebook, then I realise it's because if there was one, I couldn't laugh at these people.

Have you wrighten anything we might have read?


I'd probably also suggest "those", but hey, at least they got "of", "mother", "what" and "who" That's almost 50%!

Until Sunday..

I'll leave you with this for people who, like me, couldn't get the song out of their heads..

thisisTuesday #1

Hello ScoFans!

Okay, so I didn't want to be one of those bloggers who did "gimmicky" weekly things, and here I am trying out a second. I guess with gimmicks you don't really have to think.

Anyway, here we are for the first thisisTuesday. Will it be the last? That's really up to you now isn't it?

I'll just start. You'll see how it works. I'll start with our volunteer...


See? That's all it is. I'm just making banners for other people.. because I can. Anyway, I started this one with something general. Something to keep as many of you as possible going "Oh crap, it was me! I volunteered! But when?"

Unveiling phase two...

Yep, still keeping you in the guessing game. Also, I didn't really use my eraser very well. Oh well.

Phase three and the person will know exactly who they are..

Yep, you know who you are now.. now it's time for everyone else to know who you are as well..


I'm pretty sure if you click on the banner it'll take you right to her blog. That's right, I'm getting high tech.

And Meredith might be wondering "But when did I volunteer?".. well it was right here..


So that was my inspiration to start using bloggers for thisisTuesday as well as celebs. There is going to be a celeb (sort of) coming up, but first, while it's there in black and white, I should show off my manly award (and perhaps my breathtaking gown as well)


I'm not sure which one of those was the actual award, so I'm taking them both and heading for the border! So long suckers!

No wait, I was supposed to do a celeb as well. No wait, not do, but like.. well, you know.

Anyway, lets see how many hints you need to get this one (it's an obscure one this week, in future they might be easier, but you'll see why I chose this person. Partly for the second hint, but mostly for the third..)

Anyone? A few of you perhaps?


If you didn't get it on the first one, the second one probably won't help much (but it's only because of the second one I know who he is)

Yep, with Meredith winning the award I had to go with the man who made me love the word quasi. It's my quasi-favorite word (word humor, it's almost as good as math humor)

Oh yeah, I still haven't done the big reveal. The big reveal that will make some of you go "Yeah, I knew it" and others go "Who the.."


I guess that's it for the first thisisTuesday. I'll be back with another next week with a (real) celebrity and if anyone else would like to see how they look in thisisLand, just leave a comment asking me to do you.. no wait..

Throwing in the towel

Hello ScoFans!

Long time followers will know that I don't like failure. If I set out to accomplish something, then I accomplish it.. usually.

Today I had a simple goal for the last day of my holidays. To create a v-log (like e-media, not vlog.. like.. well..blog). Well, okay to give this place a bit of a general tidy up and then to create a v-log.

Well, after about two hours of trying my webcam and getting nowhere (it would just cut out half way through) I tried my digital camera. The first time round, the batteries died. Then when I did get it done and on the computer it was super blurry. Like, super really blurry.

So I guess what I'm saying is, I didn't fail. Stars, planets, clouds and monkies aligned which meant that it was destiny there will be no v-log here today. I might be great, but even I can't beat destiny.

So I guess what I'll do is provide you now with a brief summary of what I touched on in the awesome v-log that died somewhere between my camera and the internet.

Firstly I talked about how it's the first time in 20 years I've worn jeans. I don't like jeans. They're uncomfortable. I may never wear jeans again. I don't know why I bought them.

But when I did buy them, I was leaving the change room with the jeans and two pairs of pants in my left hand and my phone, wallet and keys in my right hand. I was about to open the door but I thought "I'll put my stuff in my pocket first", reached down and no pocket. I'd left the pants I'd worn to the store on the chair in the change room. So close to walking back out into the store in my underwear.. lucky for them, I pulled up in time.

Secondly, I thanked Nic from PinkNics Planet for deciding my comments were witty enough to award me a prize in her giveaway a month or two ago. Here's the cool stuff she sent me.

It's no secret I'm a huge Dexter fan, and I think Dexter Coasters must be one of the few Dexter items I hadn't got my hands on. Well, now I do, and my hands are happy.



But as much as I loved the coasters, it was the card that really got me.


I'm not sure what she's trying to say there. I'm just going to assume she's saying that I'm great, and not that I'm arrogant.

Then I talked about how JustSal from Just My Thoughts allowed me to have a read over her NanoWriMo novel over the holidays, which was very rad of her. Although I am anxiously awaiting the conclusion at the moment, maybe when it's finished I'll write up a review of it. Maybe. If she allows it. I haven't discussed it with her yet.

Point the fourth that I touched on was that I had been planning the v-log for a long time, and I had to cut certain things as time went on. One of the things I cut was the opening scene (oh yeah, it had scene's, that's how good it was) in which I was going to have a bunch of aliens surrounding me making a lot of noise and I was trying to get them to be quiet so I could do the v-log and they wouldn't and so to get them to be quiet, I gave them some Soylent Green.

But then because of the whole KFC Fiasco I thought that would be in poor taste, and so that scene got pulled. I know a lot of people aren't familiar with the KFC Fiasco. For example it seems like in England it wasn't a big story, but research showed that in America you probably won't know about it but your mother will. So if you want to, you can research it or if you can't be bothered researching, you can just assume KFC is serving Soylent Green now.

What I didn't do in the v-log was give you a look at the video that was pulled from Australian television because Internationally it was deemed racist...

In KFC's defense, that stereotype doesn't really exist in Australia. But I'm glad the ad is gone. That guy is such a tool.

The other thing I didn't do in the v-log was mention that I'm starting a new weekly segment on Tuesday called "thisisTuesday". One of you has volunteered to be the first participant. You don't know you've volunteered yet. You don't even have to do anything. Tune in Tuesday to see if it's you.

The last thing I did was give you a little nursery rhyme thing that my niece loves, and I'm sure your nieces, nephews, children and just random children from the neighbourhood will love as well.

Simple Simon met a pieman
Playing with a knife
The pieman said to Simple Simon
"Can I take your life?"
Said Simple Simon to the pieman
"When the time is right"
The pieman said to Simple Simon
"Then you'll die tonight"

I guess that's it. My holidays are over. Time to stop grinning like a fucking psycho and get back to work.

For those of you who haven't seen my other video post you can check out the time I lip synced to Eminem so that the whole thing wasn't a tease. And for those who have seen it, relive it why not?

I hate linking back to old posts, but I had to give you something...

Facebook Fail Friday #14- Hope you enjoyed your holidays

Hello ScoFans!

Well, it's the last day of my holidays (weekends don't count as holidays. They're weekends. I'd have them off anyway) and I spent a lot of time with my family. That's what the holiday season is for, right?

Well for most of us. But family is not always a good thing, as demonstrated in the first Facebook Fail Friday of the new year...

Typo's are always funniest when the person is talking up how great they are.

It's bad enough broadcasting you'll be attending this to your Facebook friends, but to do it when your mum is one of your Facebook friends? That's all kinds of wrong (and it gives your ex's who have been stalking you the chance to hit "like" and make some nasty comment)

I know someone who wore 3 think coats to Christmas lunch.

Glad to see your mother fighting off death in the ER hasn't cramped your social life buddy.

Now THAT'S awkward.

Until Sunday...