Tuesday Twosome: That's Entertainment.

1. Two celebs that you feel are the most overexposed:

Paris Hilton (What does she do again?) and Britney Spears - buy some clothes girl.

2. Two news items you wish the press would stop talking about:
Paris Hilton touring Australia, Shane Warne leaving cricket.

3. Two songs that you are tired of hearing on the radio:
Um... I don't listen to much commercial radio, mainly talkback.
Um, I guess anything by Nickelback and Shannon Noll.

4. Two TV shows that should NOT be renewed for another season:
Today Tonight and A Current Affair.

5. Two movies (that are currently showing) that you would recommend:
Night At The Museum in IMAX.
Breakfast At Tiffany's on at Moonlight Cinema on January 20th.

Unconscious Mutterings.

This brilliant idea was one I stumbled over at:

Unconscious Mutterings

I say ... and you think ... ?

1. Incomplete ::Thought
2. Bobby :: Pin
   
3. Chopstick :: Piano
   
4. Trauma :: Head
   
5. Hesitate :: Lost
   
6. Leap :: Imagination
   
7. Magnify :: Lens
   
8. Yards :: Back
   
9. Alexander :: Downer
   
10. Fracture :: Hairline

Ok, that was fun. I wonder what it reveals about me?

Scavenger Hunt: Memory.

The memory of meeting my grand nephew Josh for the first time is one of my favourites. He turns five this year and start school in Benalla.

The Music Memoirs: a Friday Meme

Top 5 On Friday - Week 1 (Their up to 105.)

This week's topic may read a bit tricky so if you have a question, shoot me a question over on yon tagboard. M'kay?

Top 5 songs that weren't written by the artist that recorded them. (But not cover songs)

I'll give you an example

The Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You (written by Neil Diamond)

Ok: Let's see how this goes; a challenging start to this meme idea.

The Monkees - I'm A Believer (written by Neil Diamond for the Monkees then later covered by him.)

Richard Harris - Macarthur Park (written by Jimmy Webb.)

Elvis Presley - In The Ghetto (written for him by Mac Davis, and probably one of the only "Elvis songs" that I prefer to other interpretations. eg. Carl Perkins' Blue Suede Shoes is superior to the Elvis cover.)

Pretty much anything written by Hal David and Burt Bacharach could be on this list as performed by Dionne Warwick; let's go with "Walk On By."

I think in Babes at Arms in the 1930's Mitzi Green first sang - My Funny Valentine (written by Rodgers and Hart.) Which just opens up the can of worms associated with Col Porter, Irving Berlin etc.

Booking Through Thursday

I found this over here and thougt it looked fun. So when I have time I might play.

Booking Through Thursday

1. So, now that 2006 is over . . . what were your favorite books of the year?

NEW

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser.
Thud by Terry Pratchett.
Where's My Cow? by Terry Pratchett.
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde.

RE-READS

Mother Tongue and Made In America by Bill Bryson.
Stepford Wives by Ira Levin.
Hitch Hikers Original Radio Scripts by Douglas Adams.
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett.

UNPUBLISHED

Script: One For The Team by Paul Duncanson
Manuscript of a short story: Most Wanted by Damian Perry

STRUGGLING MY WAY THROUGH BUT LOVING

Holy Blood Holy Grail
Science of the Discworld 2 by Terry Pratchett.
A Short History of Everything by Bill Bryson.

Wordless Wednesday.

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

- Oscar Wilde, In Art

Tuesday Twosome: Who Are The Two People...

Who are the two people…

1. That annoy you the most? Why?

Not many people in my life actually annoy me. The people who write blogs of hate on the net annoy me, I don't understand the need for these things. It's pretty much a "If you can't say anything nice" attitude. Politicians who don't use their positions for greater good but to advance a commercial or religious view point also annoy me. (Tony Abbott and his opposition to IVF and Stem Cell spring to mind as an example.)

2. That inspire you the most? Why?

My Father; he taught me that nothing is so great that not giving it a try will make smaller; um that reads confusingly but I know what I mean.

The Boi. He gives me the courage to step out of my comfort zone. He makes me secure in his love but lets me spread my wings and fly.

3. That you would love to trade places with? Why?

For one week only I'd like to try being the me from another reality. The one who finished everything she started. I'd like to try her on now, at my age and see how she is different.

I'd also like to swap places with someone who did something I always wanted too and see how that would be; like an actress, singer or an author. I don't know who, or from what era. Maybe someone who is all three, but not Madonna.

4. That you talk to the most? Why?

My husband and my cats; proximity and time I guess.

5. That you think are great role models? Why?

Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins; because they stand up for what they believe in and appear to live their beliefs.
A bff I have who is vegan, an enviromentalist and a humanitarian in all the good meanings of those words; she's also an amazing person.

I guess I think great role models inspire you to be greater than the some of your parts. That they improve the world in a small way that has a ripple effect.