I’m spinning to the rhythm of the Earth and the ocean…

*cough*

Sorry, B-52’s moment.

I have been trawling through the forums tonight (nice to see they are starting to get nice and lively again). I don’t know if anyone saw it, but there was a thread about guys buying feminine hygiene products (for their mother/sister/significant other).
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You have to love the forums and the profile comments. I was feeling fed up when I came online, but between a discussion of UV paint, cat fur, gaining extra cash by working on a street corner with Skippy, and wearing a set of bunny ears (gets me every time) in my profile comments, and the missing donkey, loch ness (Nessy to his/her friends) and buying feminine hygiene (who?s Gene and why am I saying ?Hi? to him?) products for other people in the forums, I’m feeling much better.

*giggles*
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Well reading several people’s journals it sounds as though Saturday was not a good night for most people.

Well I actually had a nice Saturday night.

I spent the evening jet-washing the rest of the patio, ( I started doing it about 2 and a half months ago) then had an early night and sat watching over two hours of “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” cartoons on DVD.

(Before anyone says it, yes, I know I need to start getting out more)

I had forgotten how much I used to love watching that show as a kid. I grew up on it. Even back then, I liked the fact that it (and several other cartoon shows of the day) didn’t talk down to the audience (unlike shows today). I also liked the fact that there was a message in almost every episode, and that it was discussed for a couple of minutes before the cartoon finished.

Not like today.

In today?s cartoons (and children?s shows in general) the audience is obviously expected to be brain-dead, half-witted morons, given the characters and most of the story lines (not to mention mindless stupidity that is supposed to be funny).

I remember mentioning quite a while ago, the best example of this that I had seen.

Anyone remember “Battle of the Planets”?

Well what a lot of people don’t know is that the original was made in the late 1970’s (and was great, I’ve got that on DVD too!), it was then remade in the late 1980’s (a few scenes were cut out of each episode and replaced, the names were changed as was the voice-over) and it was repackaged as a show called “G-Force”.

Whilst the original did it’s best to make the shows interesting and intellectual (whilst keeping them simple enough for children to follow) the repackaged show didn’t make any effort whatsoever.

The original had lasers, phasers, tasers, refracted laser prisms, etc. What was the most technical item of equipment in the repackaged show? “The Ruby-red laser beam of death”. Obviously this was because the audience was expected to be so thick that they wouldn’t know that a photonic generator when refracted through a ruby and then focused into a beam, which was projected through the eye of the machine was actually a death ray. So they decided to rename it, and then mention it (by it’s full title) every few minutes, just to make sure the audience was able to keep up.

It’s no wonder kids are always so bored, if that is the level of entertainment available to them I’m surprised they actually have what little attention span they do have!
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Just a quick follow-on from the previous entry.

Some say love , it is a river that drowns the tender reed .
Some say love , it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed .
Some say love , it is a hunger , an endless aching need .
I say love , it is a flower , and you it’s only seed .
It’s the heart , afraid of breaking , that never learns to dance .
It’s the dream , afraid of waking , that never takes a chance .
It’s the one who won’t be taken , who cannot seem to give .
And the soul , afraid of dyin’ , that never learns to live .
When the night has been too lonely , and the road has been too long ,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong ,
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snows ,
Lies the seed , that with the sun’s love , in the spring becomes The Rose

She got out of town on the railway, new york bound
Took all except my name
Another alien on broadway
Well, some things in this world you just can’t change
Some things you can’t see until it gets too late
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Well as you may have noticed, it’s been a long couple of days. The broadband company told me I would have a replacement a couple of days after sending my faulty stuff back. It turns out that they test the stuff to make sure it is faulty. Their tech department was flat out, so it’s taken almost 2 weeks.

*sob*

However, they eventually found the fault, replaced the faulty part (returned the rest all covered in scratches, so that means another complaint to have to make *rolls eyes*). But the end result is that it all came back today, so I’m back online, and fully broadbanded
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This was snaffled, snarfed and generally yoinked from Kimboly’s journal.

*sigh*

*goes back into corner to wait for broadband and a return to normality*

Hmm, I was well rounded duck when I took this test before.

*shrugs*

Another lack-of-internet-quickie.

You are Bumblelion!! You love games, sports, and
you are the most courageous out of all the
wuzzles!!

Which Wuzzle are you most like?
brought to you by Quizilla
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Just a quickie today.

I’m still pretty much internet-less which is a real pain. No idea when the broadband kit is going to be replaced.
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*sob*

my broadband finally gave up on my, so whilst the kit is away being looked at, I’m pretty much internet-less.

*sigh*

And I was already to get back on here properly and get my journal back on track. I’ve hardly written anything this month.
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