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Wednesday, January 11, 2006 Dotpoints - Currently listening to the Backstreet Boys. The songs are so deliciously predictable, with their harmonies and the way that you know the song is going to slow down somewhat, quieten, before returning with a poptastic burst of energy and a return to three serves of the chorus we've already heard twice before. It's fantastic! - Speaking of "delicious", Simon and I went to see a beautiful film at Kino Dendy on Friday night, entitled Mrs. Henderson Presents. After a great dinner at Automatic in Southbank (AJ - the pumpkin risotto and Simon - the seafood linguini), it was such a lovely movie and a great start to the weekend. The eponymous Mrs. Henderson said 'delicious' a number of times in the movie and I stronly recommend you to give it a look. I has a huge smile on my face the entire time and particularly loved the concept of the movie - the show must go on, but the clothes must come off! Delicious! - On the train home recently and out-and-about generally, I've heard the most interesting/peculiar ringtones! One was the two-toned phone alert as heard in 24, another a VB ad (!??!), another the opening music to The Prodigy's Breathe and that hip-hop song that goes "There's just one thing that's got me trippin'". - Students came into my workplace the other day and they were completing a Scavenger Hunt. This was no ordinary scavenger hunt, mind you. As they were US students, it was an 'Intro to Melbourne' info hunt - and they weren't just confined to Uni of Melb, oh no... They had to travel to St. Kilda (Luna Park), Collins St, Fed Square, indeed all over Melbourne to find their information. They took the easy way out, as students have wont to do, and enquired at their local Information Centre for, well..., information! And they were provided with it. Among my favourite of their questions were "What is a .... [with hesitation] tim-tam?" I laughed and explained what it was. They jotted it down. "And what is a ... [same hesitation] lamington?". Short laugh again and then explanation. They said both sounded nice. They actually had to buy some of these items and eat it as one of the criterion of the hunt. They thanked me and my colleague very much for the information and were on their way. Several hours later and after what I'm sure was several kilometres of "scavenging", they returned, tim-tim packet in hand to thank us. I took one most graciously and it was a great encounter. They were very nice :) posted by AJ | 7:11 PM | | ||
