Posts by Robyn Gallagher
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Dirty little downloaders will know that all the good shows have now had their season finales in the US: Lost, Heroes, Grey’s etc are all on the summer break
Also on this list is House MD (or just House as everyone calls it).
The first half of season three was brilliant, with the awesome House vs The Asshole Cop storyline, and the realisation that House is a lying, cheating addict and all his colleagues are what the addiction world calls enablers.
But the second half of the series was decidedly meh. Without revealing too much, I will just say that it's more focussed on the individual episodes stories than the series-long relationships, and that what could have been a cool series finale, ended up being "Uh, was that it?"
I am, however, still in <3 with House (not Hugh Laurie, mind), and am looking forward to series four.
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lolnats = teh happy friday!!!!!
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oh hai lol that was teh funneh!!!
i can have 1 of ORLY with sum1 who looks like teh ORLY owl????
cheezburger in my belly
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i made a witty comment but i eated it :( :( :(
Also, someone make a DO NOT WANT with a photo of Helen looking fierce.
kthxbi
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A lot of parents give their kids those weird names with weird spellings because they are unique, which probably stems from the parents having to go through their school days known as Rebecca H and Chris A. This will never be a problem for little Jayneeshagh.
But here's something - in the age of Google, if you search for Jayneeshagh (and let's assume that she's only Jayneeshagh in the world), all the search results will be about her. It's all signal, no noise.
But imagine trying to Google a Jane Smith.
And who's to say that only made-up names are unique? My first name and surname are nothing out of the ordinary for New Zealand names, but I've never met anyone with that exact name. And, hey, I totally pwn the google results for my name!
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It warms the cockles me heart that the number two song in Aotearoa is now "Buy You A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" by T-Pain featuring Yung Joc.
The people who got digital sales included in the top 40 need to be bawt a drank.
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I'm not quite prepared to write off the blonde yet. The topic itself (local dating) is inherently interesting.
This morning I was thinking about what would make an interesting subject for a blog at the Herald, if dating tales didn't.
I realised that I'd be far more interested in an actual blog written by Joanna Hunkin about her life in general, including behind-the-scenes tales of working at a newspaper.
I don't mean this in the sense of gossip, but more as real, human stories. It might not be as sexy as a "single girl in the city" blog, but at least it would have something original to say.
There are only so many "Well, this is what singles in American movies and TV do. But, um, we don't seem to do that here" columns that BattB can write before the bottom of the barrel is hit.
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I don't know what's worse, the original content or the reader feedback.
Most of the reader feedback seems to be coming from men.
My favourite is from "Adam", who reckons the latest column, "highlights what is wrong with our society, too many lesbians."
Too many lesbians?!
See, Candace Bushnell and Helen Fielding had heaps of female fans who read their columns and thought, "OMG! She's writing about me!!!"
Whereas "Blonde at the Bar" seems to be read by blokes who think "Phwoar! I'd like to teach her a thing or two."
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I find it hard enough coming up with interesting, original stuff to write on my blog and I don't have the pressure of having to write something every day and being restricted to a narrow subject.
Technically speaking, I'm a single gal living in the city with a groovy media job, but my life does not revolve around this.
Sometimes I might have a day which is as close to a typical SatC day as is possible in Auckland, but most of the time if I have a tale of tell, it's going to be more like, "On the bus home tonight, there was a guy huffing paint down the back and I started to get high off the fumes."
Hunkin's "Blonde at the Bar" column is nice enough, but I suspect that the majority of her life is not dedicated hanging out in bars, trawling for a bloke. I bet she has far more interesting tales to tell that don't involve the Auckland singles scene (or lack thereof).
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isn't it amazing how many young men on NZD feature pics of their cars in profiles
The rule of thumb is to avoid anyone on NZD, male or female, who lists "Holdens" as a hobby. Consider that such people will probably have Holden bedsheets.
And avoid women who have "angel" or a variant as their user name.
And also avoid anyone who mentions "long walks on the beach" and "snuggling up in front of the fire with a good red wine", as those are cliches and show that they are operating on autopilot and haven't actually thought about what they really want.