Sunday, October 18, 2009

Living With the Other Side.


My beautifully soft pyjamas, the faint smell of DNKY still on my wrists from the night before and infinite amounts of cushions sprinkled around my bedroom. This is what I used to wake up to in the mornings, now unfortunately I wake up to hairy toes, loud grunts and the sound of “’sup darlin’” as I enter the kitchen. I’ve never lived with boys before. Would I do it again? Maybe when I’m 30 and in desperate need of some eye candy or I need to be ‘taken care of’ by some hunky Australian man named Brody >>>

Now don’t get me wrong girls there’s nothing (too) wrong with the male species, I mean the majority of them are gorgeous and know how to fix just about anything if you flutter your eyelids well enough. But my time at university so far has showed me much more to these men, the grittier side. For example I walked into the kitchen the other day to one of my housemates still in his dressing gown drinking his tea and itching his balls. Talk about how to put a girl off her toast.

These are the things I’ve learnt so far whilst living with boys:
1. Boys are definitely not like girls
2. When they drop ironing boards on their toes they shout “FUCK” and punch the fridge (I did the exact same thing this morning, without the shouting and punching because I’m a calm and controlled being)
3. Boys eat, drink, and sleep sex.
4. They say one thing and mean the complete opposite
5. They think that they’re macho men and can save us girls whenever we’re in need (although not when there’s an enormous spider in the kitchen and they scream just as much as we do)
6. Their form of affection comes out in bursts of aggression and bad language – for example “Piss off you ugly muff” actually means “I really like you, let’s have a hug”

I can assure you that there will be many more stories about my beloved boys, everyday something new and stupidly funny occurs in our house.

Sunday, October 11, 2009

X Factor Shock.


I was among the thousands of others who tuned into Saturday night's X Factor, and I'm sure I wasn't the only one to notice the inappropriate comment from judge Dannii Minogue.

After live finalist Danyl Johnson had finished singing 'And I Am Telling You', from the hit film 'Dream Girls', Dannii proceeded to say "if we're to believe everything in we read in the paper maybe you didn't need to change the gender reference in it?".

I cannot believe the cheek of Dannii Minogue! So what if Danyl is gay, bi OR straight?! He's not the only bloke in the entire world to have ever been. It was a totally unfair comment and such a rude and inappropriate way to speak about him in front of millions on live television, it was a great performance and now all it will be remembered for is the stupid comment made my Dannii.

Dannii herself could be counted as a gay icon, she is known for performing in gay nightclubs all over the world. Now I question whether she will be given the same respect anymore.

I'm sure this is not the last we will hear of this story.

Friday, October 9, 2009

First Seminar.

Last week was the first seminar for 'The History of Context of Journalism'. Well I was blown away, it was so intense and completely not what I expected. (If anyone actually understood what we were talking about please feel free to explain!)
I'm going to have to read the chapters again, try and get my head around the works of Descartes etc. I don't even know where to start.