Friday, October 3, 2008
Is Ruby Rose Destined To Be Used By Experimental Girls With Boyfriends For All Eternity?
3:23PM Jess McGuire | I have been very open about my desire to see Jess of The Veronicas ditch her ridiculously pretentious rock’n'roll boyfriend Azaria (from the band formerly known as The Follow and now apparently known as theArt – you may take a moment to furiously vomit blood upon reading that, if you like) in favour of MTV VJ – and, more importantly, Jess’ favourite same-sex pash partner – Ruby Rose. But you know what? If things can’t work out between Jess and Ruby Rose, then I just want Ruby Rose to be happy.
So when I heard she’d been stepping out with another young hot lady, this time Samantha Downie of Australia’s Next Top Model fame, I was pleased for her. But what’s this? The hottie has a boyfriend and her experience with ladytime has been filed under Drunken Fun? And her appearance on the arm of Ruby Rose won’t be resulting in a Lohan-Ronson like relationship?
This feels like deja vu, people.
She kissed a fellow Australia’s Top Model contestant on a wild night out, but despite turning up at a star-studded party with openly-gay MTV presenter Ruby Rose, Samantha Downie has no plans to do it again.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Still…. tell us more, Daily Telegraph gossip gurus! More » 
Sarah Palin ‘Tapped’ By John McCain
2:01PM Jess McGuire | Who else watched the debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin?
I enjoyed this moment.
“John McCain has already tapped me, and said ‘That’s where I want you, I want you to lead’ and I said ‘I can’t wait to get there, and go to work with ya!’”
Ha! I am childish, I know, but whatever.
When I posted that video on Facebook, my old housemate Born Dancin’ commented ‘I raised an eyebrow during that part of the debate too. But she did use the word ‘tapped’ repeatedly throughout. Subliminal support for oil mining. Her new slogan: “Alaskan oil? I’d tap that!”‘
More » Hey Australia, Meet A Future Serial Killer!
1:35PM Jess McGuire | Alright, I admit it is not responsible for me to label a seven-year-old boy a potential serial killer and demand he be locked away forever. It’s wrong. But what do I care? I’m embracing mob mentality and hysteria these days.
A seven-year-old boy broke into a reptile farm and smiled as he fed 10 live reptiles, the farm’s main exhibits, to the resident crocodile. He also bludgeoned three lizards to death in their pens, The Northern Territory News reported. Police cannot charge the boy because of his age.
And smiled? I feel weird inside. More » Bill Henson Finally Speaks Out: “She Loved It!”
12:38PM Jess McGuire | It seems like a lifetime ago that everyone in this country was up in arms over controversial photographer Bill Henson, but it was only back in May! It was a crazy time, with one half of the country pointing the finger and screaming “DIRTY PEDO ART FREAK!” at anyone who dared to take a photograph of their off-spring naked in the bath, and the other half photographing their off-spring naked in the bath and then popping the picture on a magazine cover as a giant “eat my poo” gesture to the Henson haters.
During all the kerfuffle, columnists, letter writers, and Prime Ministers all took a turn in giving their opinion on Bill Henson’s art to the media, but the one person who kept their trap shut was Bill Henson himself.
No more!
Photographer Bill Henson has broken his silence to launch a defence of his controversial art, which was decried earlier this year as verging on child pornography.
And what does he have to say for himself? More » Friday Procrastination Club
11:07AM Jess McGuire | If you would like to waste hours, nay, days at work, then allow me to thoroughly recommend trawling through the archives of advice giving dude Dan Savage’s sex column ‘Savage Love’
I used to read it religiously a couple of years ago, but forgot about it until recently. Then I stumbled upon one divine page where every single column for the past nine years has been popped online, and trawling through them all has been a mixture of bliss and confusion (”He wants to do what to his girlfriend? Would it even fit in there?”)
One of my favourite Dan Savage quotes is one he made when talking about goth girls.
More » Top Gear Australia Perhaps Misguided In Hoping Being The Cause Of A Traffic Jam Will Lead To Even More Viewers
10:33AM Jess McGuire | I was reading the letters published in yesterday’s Green Guide in The Age, and there seemed to be an overwhelming sense of disappointment over the Australian remake of the popular British program Top Gear. Having not seen much of the original show and not seeing any of Top Gear Australia, I’m in no position to judge (but hey, you are! Did you like it? Hate it? Let us know!), but I am fairly certain that bringing havoc to Melbourne’s roads probably isn’t the best way to win over potential viewers.
The boys from Top Gear Australia took to the swank streets of Melbourne yesterday morning for a spin in a tractor. Hosts Steve Pizzati and Warren Brown trundled along Chapel Street and Toorak Road to a chorus of honking horns from angry motorists banked up behind their $200,000 slow-moving farm machine.
Again, I don’t watch either version of the program, so I cannot be sure if it is typical motoring show behaviour to hammer home the important concept that farm machines do not go as fast as normal automobiles and have no place on public roads.
And hey, what do Green Guide letter writers know anyway, other than how to sook? Because the ratings for the launch of Top Gear Australia were top gear indeed. More » 
Facebook’s Plan For World Domination Finally Revealed – App Helps You Cheat At Scrabble
10:00AM Kym Weathersten | Over Facebook? Tired of throwing cute fluffy sheep, pretty pink cupcakes and other gag-inducing nonsense to friends? Would you rather attack them with a marker, hurl an insult, or send a crap.gift- preferably an incontinent dog or porno bear? Well finally, there’s an application us PMSing, passive aggressive Facebookers can relate to. Welcome, kids, to the advent of Anti-Social Networking.
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YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:44AM Jess McGuire | As we roll to the end of what may well be referred to in the future as Extreme Janeane Garofalo Appreciation Week, I am actually kind of relieved to offer up something none-Janeane for your quick consumption.
And thanks, by the way, to those of you who responded to my plea yesterday to help me break the cycle of obsession and sent me more Janeane Garofalo clips! If I ever become a drug addict, I’m never turning to you guys for help. “Oh, withdrawals bumming you out, eh? Let’s smoke some crack and faggeddabowdit!”
Today’s clip amused me immensely nearly two years ago, then I forgot about it until I turned my TV on last night and managed to catch the first five minutes of Family Guy, which included the following scene.
“And that’s my choice” More » 
Dakota Fanning to Bring Preternatural Poise to Real-Life Role as High School Cheerleader
9:10AM Kyle Buchanan | The steady rollout of Dakota Fanning 2.0 continues apace as the young actress hit up Oprah today to promote her new drama, The Secret Life of Bees. As a pre-teen, Fanning sometimes came off as robotically overprepared on the talk show circuit, but she felt much more relatable on Oprah — perhaps a pleasant side effect from the fact that she’s now eschewed home schooling to attend an actual high school. Typically, the studious Fanning isn’t about to half-arse that, either; she’s joined the cheerleading team, and Oprah’s got the picture to prove it. Abigail Breslin, eat your heart out! Also, after the jump, Fanning discusses shooting the film’s kissing scene — with Dixon from 90210, of all people. Silver’s gonna be pissed! More »
