another day - another dollar

your old pal welcomes you to his work-place... here you go mom, you can see where your dum son works... anyone else, ignore my lame jokes to the posters in the background... i got excited when likim turned up with a camera..

"oooohhhhhh.... my back... it's broke!!"

"but i dont want to be a geisha"
i know i have done this joke to death... but i couldnt help myself.

and... i couldnt really think of a quote from this movie..... but, i thought it was dum anyway.

conversation at work

this is an actual transcript of a conversation i had with a customer the other day about the filming of a tv show around the corner from the store... he was white and bald.

me - have you seen this before, it's a really good movie...

him - oh, nah, i have been meaning to see it for a while actually... hey, whats going on around the corner... do you know?

me - oh, um, they're filming a segment for forensic investigators... something about a bank robbery that took place a little while back.

him - wow... hey, you know what? you should go round there and ask for a role or something

(i laughed in awkwardness)

him - yeh, go on... go around there and just ask them. jump in there and say "i know kung fu..."

me - now why the fuck would you automatically assume i know kung-fu you spastic???

him - (a little shocked and disgusted) now, hang on... there's no need to speak to me like that...

me - well, look, just because i am of asian fucking background how dare you assume i know kung-fu?

him - oh, well, hey... i didnt mean to be rude... i was just making a joke... im sorry...

me - well, your joke sucks arse you dickhead. that's $4.95 thanks.

him - (looking sorry for himself) here you go. and, again... im really sorry.

me - (throwing his 5 cents change) go on, piss off you bald cunt.



now, this didnt happen at all... but he did say i should tell them i knew kung-fu. it was a six feet under moment if ever i had one. and, im sure it got a laugh amongst my 8 fans!

why buy a book

when you can join a library...

AGES ago, when sarah & steve had moved in there was the extremely enticing opportunity to alphabetize sarah's books by author & title. i said no. and im glad i did.

as most of you know, the only things i read are - empire, green guide, and occassionally NW ... anything else.... no effing way. why read the "da vinci code" when u can watch tommy hanks act his guts out... why read "girl with a pearl earring" when i can go see that scarlett hottie pout and look distressed...

so, these few pictures are just to show my horror at the 20-something boxes* that were brought down from QLD in the move that took place a while back now...

to my many fans

i feel i cannot continue. i dont think two people could have ever been happier. always the seconds. always the minutes. always, the hours....

oh boy.. yes, well, in case you havent spoken to me, i have hit rock bottom. yes, as bessie says very often, "im a wreck"

blog quality has gotten worse. six feet under - over. survivor - over. life - OVAH!

the stupid ballistyx show is stupid. havent worked on 1 episode but i have been told its a joke. work sucks. no love. always tired. and still a fatso whale....

nah... seriously... nothing fun has been happening around my life. i was recently sent a song - created by loredo - man, how can one person be so talented? mmm not fair. so, i have been listening to his song like, every 4 minutes of my life ...

at work today i was given a block of chocolate from a customer for saving her sons birthday party. this was like, 2 weeks ago and i had forgotten all about it ... basically, someone at work told this woman we had a console (ps2) for hire... and we dont... so, i had 30 mins to tell her "no, we dont have one..." and then i rang like, 5 or 6 video ezy's trying to find her one... anyways, it was cool and the note was emo...

"dear ben, thanks for saving the day and my sons birthday party - liz & ian" or something... seriously... michael bluth anyone?

virgo profile

Q: How many Virgos does it take to change a lightbulb.
A: None. Virgo will just sit all alone in the dark and suffer.

"The realisation of the self is only possible if one is productive." Goethe - born August 28
Virgo is a Mutable Earth sign, which makes them suave, worldly and so smart. Virgo succeeds through this awesome brain, the power of slog and nagging skills... only Virgo prefers to call it 'correctional motivation'. Always on-form, Virgo gives the best advice of all.

oh well.... might end this with a random picture...

and that's why you dont teach lessons...

just a reminder of how great this show is...

thanks to the new guy @ work - who i have affectionately called ryan because of his perfect natural ability to sound like the main dude from the O.C - has given me this link... check it out and laugh all over again...

http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/arrested.html

odd things...

yeh, so im on the bus the other day when i came across this thing...

everyone's waiting

well, just over 1 year ago the six feet under finale aired on HBO in the states... and now it was our turn. and wow, it was so worth the wait.

for those who watched it - how effing emo was it! man, this show has been such a massive inspiration to me - the quality of writing, the characters, storylines - acting - everything is always perfect.

this show has been such an emotional journey and now im sitting here - after crying my emo's out - trying to tell you all about it... but seriously... not a dry eye in this house...

two weeks ago my neck was soo wet and my eyes were so puffy from crying like a freakin' girl over "that" episode.

this week, the 3 of us - sarah steven and myself - sat in front of the tv in darkness watching it all come to an end. with our hands held tight and our legs crossed, we watched and waited until it was all put to rest. the song that they used - sia - breathe me - was SUCH a perfect choice ... and i was a little worried that after playing it sooo many times on my iPod that it would've lost its emotional impact - but it didnt.

( i later found out that the group is australian - which is totally a huge honor to have your tune played as the last song in a tv show as brilliant as S.F.U)

well... i guess thats all there is to say... and sarah (imax) i hope you get to see them soon - i cant wait to watch them with you and see you get all emo...

to the tv show that "chanegd the landscape of television history" - rest in peace... its been fun!

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speaking of emo - i have finally seen one of those "must see movies" - philedelphia

gosh... dont really want to say too much because im feeling lazy and emo and blobbish - but wow - what an amazing film - the freakin' opening credits made me cry with that effing song... tom hanks really is an incredible actor- i dont care what anyone says or how bad the da vinci code was - he really is a great man and that movie was really sweet - again, my neck was salty and wet from yet another "emo fest" in the henry house...

dum it up - safeway style

yes, that is me inside the freezer at safeway. it was cold and i was also cold.

and that is ruth. who after seeing my with a camera decided to chase me until i made her pose with me. and thanks to the yoplait for the nice emo greeny/yellowy background.

and here is cara with my new favorite chocolate. it seriously is soo yummo and tasty. i think im just sucked in by its simplistic choice of packaging and it is by heaven. i really cant see myself eating a chocolate bar called hell.

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meanwhile i saw roman polanski's "oliver twist" thanks to sarah (imax) and it was okay. ben kinglsey is always great to watch and the kids were quite good too. there really isnt much to it. just he wanted some more food and got into some bad shit with trouble makers.

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need to do some washing as well. im having that problem where i can tell if my clothes smell or if i am smelling the snot inside my nose. doesnt matter what is wrong, im still smelling yucky and i think i might do some washing.

bye everyone.

part two

another update re: sweet justice money

well, i got a call from the "blood sucking lawyer" that is representing my case and she told me the score.

i have to have a psychiatric evaluation so they can assess how much money i am going to be given. so, sometime in the near future, i have to go out to moonee ponds and see a psychiatrist ala tony soprano. i dont know if it will be as cool as it is depicted in the film & tv format... but, i mean, i have ALWAYS wanted to go to one.

although, my main fear is that instead of telling her all about the crime that was commited against me, i will end up talking about all my troubles with relationships, my obsession with certain individuals and basically my whole life story and how i want to be the centre of everyones universe.

man. that felt good. just imagine when i sit in a comfy chair.

sweet justice

well.... in a suprisingly happy turn of events i have/will come across some moolah in the following few weeks. yes, its called crime compensation and its thanks to the son of a bitch that robbed me at work a few months ago!

so, apparently they caught the turd - the same guy that got shot in the leg when he robbed the subway in flemington a few weeks ago! seriously... yes, "im going to rob a shop next door to a police station"

me - YOU ABSOLUTE DICK!!!

yeh, so, the cops came over to my house and told me that apparently i am a victim of crime and i am entitled to some money and that my case will go in front of a magistrate and then they will decide how much "sweet justice" money...

i told mum and this is what she had to say...

"well, look darling, just tell them that you had trauma and had to get therapy and were very unstable after it happened"

...

"if you dont, they you will get nothing and the f*cking soliciter will get all your money"

mmm thats definately sounds like something a mother, if not mine should say.

just some random pictures

after seeing x-men 3 in the "half pipe" charlie has been obsessed with stealing my organs... and he LOVES doing it... just as much as i LOVE reacting so dramatically!!!

just a couple of ladies... out for a nice lad-eeee hot chocolate thanks to "bald mans chocolate" max brenner!

im quite sure you can tell who had which plate...

or maybe this was mine?? ahahahahahahhahahaah...

then it was off to "basement" to try some of myer's stocktake sale bargains!!!

and then home to make an x-men 3 kind of video clip!

introducing - rocker!!! the man with a rock for a hand.... WATCH OUT!

a bit of behind the scenes action - sarah putting her magic touch on sonar something woman that had the ability to seduce men through the power of song...

so, thats about all the photos i can load on at once... so, until tomorrow when more fun times come ahead... keep on DONT CHA -ing and having fun!!!

sex and the city bench

firstly... it was late.... and i was subjected to an episode of sex and the city... which i have never seen before... let's just say - judging on the pictures below - that was quite appauled with what i saw...

never again thank you.

its a small world after all

ok... well, as of late we have had a few visitors come to stay with us...

and... to put a long story short - i was going through a tonne of cara's photos on her computer and i came across some hilarious things...

1 - andrew "no deal" o'keefe... hosting the annual domino rally where all the managers get together and talk business... and basically get pissed and talk strategies ... heres some pictures...

2 - and then there was something so incredibly co-incidle... devotee's of my life ( maybe sunshine high readers - if any) will remember me hosting a short film festival in year 12 in which i worked with a fucking emo boy/girl and this guy that looked like a frog and spoke with an incredible lisp. well... he was an absolute idiot and couldnt read english and mispronounced my name so many times it was unbearable... so... guess who should pop up at the effing domino's rally for 2006...

HIM!!!!!! ARGGHHHHH... after a 3 year absence from my life... he still haunts me to this day! and what made it worst.... apparently he still speaks like a spaz!

"TIGHT PANTS MA GEE" AND YOU CALLED YOURSELF A HOST!

more like stupidstyx

yeh... what a waste of time that was... im sure you all know what im talking about right? well, at least we got a free meal and try on lots of stupid clothes... DONT CHA...

here's leila's review of how the night went.

"what a waste of time! seriously, wasnt dont cha AT ALL!! spent the whole time being cold and hungry and confused... the worst 3 states you could even be at the one time. and im sure i wasnt the only one... there was jade window shopping and eyeing out anything pink or purple, bench checkin out shoes and ending up using a size 16 for a mock camera, sarah being cold and NYC like, lisa trying all the DONT CHA clothes on and caleb being laid back nearly breaking a table..."

so there we were trying to figure out what the hell we were there for... it was all look but dont touch... how stoopid. and then there was a funny group moment where we all tried to prononouce this chick's name... poor girl... "1, 2, 3, how embarassment"

and leila and myself laughing at nearly every in-appropriate moment!

yeh, so thats basically it... thanks to guest blogger leila!!! good job!

arse into gear

to-do list ... as of 06.06.06

1 - continue to get fitter and lose some weight
2- finish writing my trilogy - start writing my third film
3- adapt my trilogy into a tv series
4- write my tropfest film
5- get an awesome resume to film dude @ work
6- find love and not be emo
7- stop my big brother obsessing
8- surround myself with musicians & dancers
9- stop listening to emo music
10- eat more fruit
11- eat more vegetables
12- get WAY better job than video store
13- pick a team
14- go travelling
15- watch more world cinema movies

16- START READING!

mmm maybe that one is asking way too much ... but oh well! anyways... since i am bored i am just going to write something that happened the other day...

so, im on the train sitting near the door and just reading a book or something... anyways, there were a few people sitting around me and surrounding me standing... and then i see a woman holding a walking stick... a blind stick... anyways, so, i looked up at her and then i thought, oh, someone else will give her a seat... so, finally... ( 6-ish seconds later ) a woman offers her a seat... and i felt a little guilty.... but then... - and heres what made me mad - the "blind" woman pulls out a sudoku book and starts doing the freakin puzzles... sorry, last time i checked, if you are able enough to do a freakin sudoku puzzle you can stand on a train!! call me a mean girl or effing a-hole... but seriously...

although, i'd be much more angrier if she had been reading a book looking something like this!!!

goodnight & goodbye

well... its all over... sniff sniff... i got a ticket to the last show of australia and it was awesome. so emo. and yes, i did cry at the end and they got a standing ovation... which they deserved... and then it was speech time about how melbourne has been so supportive of t.l.k and how cultured we are and how we love theatre and the arts..... OH BOY...

i guess i will say thanks to everyone involved... although no-one from the cast will even look at this... unless a miracle happens and loredo does... but anyways... thanks for doing such an amazing job and spreading the magic of song and dance to the world... oh holy shit im emo....

another recent loss in australian arts will be the death of blue heelers... from the first episode of the arrival of maggie doyle to the final scene of the heelers it will be sorely missed. i have so many emo memories of this show... watching it with my father and sister sarah chu on some big brown cushions i used to ride like horses while i turned my ice cream into a liquid form by constantly stirring it around and occassionally i would put some milo in it as well...

man, tonight just isnt my night for blogging... im way to effing emo..

anyways, heelers premiered on january 18th 1994 and lasted a massive 13 seasons - a total of 510 episodes.

goodbye to you both. now excuse me as i go cry myself to sleep.

fun times @ night

okay... well its about 12:55 am on sat morning and im up on msn and trying to organise my iTunes to be neat and sorted but my windows media player does a much better job than ... anyways, getting rather annoyed and frustrated so i had a look at a little link http://www.sloganizer.net/en/ that allows generates slogans when you type in a word or two...

some good examples are...

ben is good for you
there's a bit of krump in all of us
let's talk about dum
geisha, good
one goal, one passion - blog
go farther with brokeback
let's frodo

yeh yeh yeh... anyways, i highly suggest checking it out... its so silly and dum...

hang on, just had an idea.. i will sloganize the word sloganize! ! !

oh, nothing exciting... «sloganize - your game.»

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