CSE Revue 2006!!!

The secret theme to this year's CSE Revue was revealed today!!! It's on September the 13-23rd at UNSW. Want to find out more? Vist their website.

Cafe Boy Crush?

Radar's Dominic Knight had an blog today that reminded me of someone I know. The beginning paragraph stopped me in my tracks.

"Every woman I know has a crush on her coffee guy.

There’s just something about the way he pours love-hearts into a cup that makes our hearts beat faster, and the way he froths the milk that makes women froth at the mouth."

Charming ;-) Aside from the allusions to the phallus in relation to the milk nozzle, Knight does makes some interesting observations in his blog - in the barista / customer relationship, the customer is the dominant party "It's a situation where the woman has the power" (Veronica*, cited in Knight). Knight also notes that because the period of contact is so short, it does not allow any misbehavior to shatter the illusion "You never get to see their dirty laundary, or that they're not cooking you dinner" (Jenkins, cited in Knight). Interesting...not only do women believe they are in total control (but honestly when AREN'T they?), they also only see the pumping biceps and the perfect smiles. It sounds like baristas are male version of men's pornstars ;-)

The best advise comes at the end of the blog:
"Less is more. Surry Hills barista Cameron recommends walking into the cafe wearing nothing but a trench coat, or to bring in photos of you in lingerie with a phone number on the back: “I would like to see that happen more often.”

I think all men would.

Risky Ads

adverbox has some funky photos of ads for the boardgame Risk. The American one is the best :D




While at the same time, those damn family groups are complaining that a dog's leg looks like a 'human-appendage'. A case of unfortunate camera angles or someone not getting enough action at home?

Relocated, Restarted.

I thought I'd seen the last of blogger when I deleted the old blog so many months ago...but here I am again, typing away for a completely different reason. Yes...the cycles of history has spun once again...

This blog is for you Elvis :)