Monday, February 16, 2009
People
6:21PM Jess McGuire | This has pretty much made today worth living.
April Winchell has noted that in Barack Obama’s book Dreams Of My Father, the American president talks of a bi-racial classmate named Ray who “cursed like a motherfucker”. This means that in the book, Obama tends to quote Ray using some colourful language.
And here’s the genius.
This would all be snickerworthy enough, but it turns out that Obama actually read the audiobook version of Dreams From My Father. And that means he read Ray’s quotes.
And that means you’re about to hear the President of United States using language that would finish Cheney off once and for all.
To say that I’ve been clicking play repeatedly in order to hear the President of the United States saying “Now you KNOW that guy ain’t shit! Sorry ass motherfucker got nothin’ on me” would be an understatement. I’ve been like a lonely nerd in the middle of a deathly important World Of Warcraft battle, tapping away at the mouse to the point where I think I’ve developed RSI.
Thanks to Zan Rowe’s Twitter feed for the heads up. You go, girlfriend!
MORE (AND LISTEN!): Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit More »
Would You Like To Hear Obama Swearing?
6:21PM Jess McGuire | This has pretty much made today worth living.
April Winchell has noted that in Barack Obama’s book Dreams Of My Father, the American president talks of a bi-racial classmate named Ray who “cursed like a motherfucker”. This means that in the book, Obama tends to quote Ray using some colourful language.
And here’s the genius.
This would all be snickerworthy enough, but it turns out that Obama actually read the audiobook version of Dreams From My Father. And that means he read Ray’s quotes.
And that means you’re about to hear the President of United States using language that would finish Cheney off once and for all.
To say that I’ve been clicking play repeatedly in order to hear the President of the United States saying “Now you KNOW that guy ain’t shit! Sorry ass motherfucker got nothin’ on me” would be an understatement. I’ve been like a lonely nerd in the middle of a deathly important World Of Warcraft battle, tapping away at the mouse to the point where I think I’ve developed RSI.
Thanks to Zan Rowe’s Twitter feed for the heads up. You go, girlfriend!
MORE (AND LISTEN!): Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit More » 
Flotsam & Jetsam
3:18PM Jess McGuire | I cannot remember who sent me this, or what they said about it, and I can’t make the entire thing run on my computer today so I’m hoping it’s quality but… whatever! Monday means two YouTube Clips Of The Day!
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YouTube Clip Of The Day II
3:18PM Jess McGuire | I cannot remember who sent me this, or what they said about it, and I can’t make the entire thing run on my computer today so I’m hoping it’s quality but… whatever! Monday means two YouTube Clips Of The Day!
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Flotsam & Jetsam
12:58PM Jess McGuire | So. On Friday I told you I was going to go to the Myer Music Bowl, check out the amazing RocKwiz concert, and see if I could wrangle my way up to the VIP after party. I made it to that party, and it was the beginning of a ridiculously boozy evening. For the sake of my dignity – and what’s left of other peoples, I suppose – I’ll keep most of the night’s stories to myself.
I will tell you that due to some champagne fuelled shenanigans involving a busty hot singer, a tube of lip gloss, the wedging of said lip gloss between impressive cleavage, and excitable screams of “DO IT! DO IT WITH YOUR CANS!”, a strange but authoritative man came up to a group of us and sternly announced “Judith Durham’s manager would like to know what’s going on here”. Words that will haunt me for the rest of my days, especially when I’m acting like a dickhead.
Here’s what I CAN give you. An amazing blind item I heard from an incredibly reliable (in the “oh-we-toured-with-them-for-over-a-year” sense) source. And I will give it to you in the most obvious blind way possible. JUMP! More »
A Slightly-Visually-Impaired Item
12:58PM Jess McGuire | So. On Friday I told you I was going to go to the Myer Music Bowl, check out the amazing RocKwiz concert, and see if I could wrangle my way up to the VIP after party. I made it to that party, and it was the beginning of a ridiculously boozy evening. For the sake of my dignity – and what’s left of other peoples, I suppose – I’ll keep most of the night’s stories to myself.
I will tell you that due to some champagne fuelled shenanigans involving a busty hot singer, a tube of lip gloss, the wedging of said lip gloss between impressive cleavage, and excitable screams of “DO IT! DO IT WITH YOUR CANS!”, a strange but authoritative man came up to a group of us and sternly announced “Judith Durham’s manager would like to know what’s going on here”. Words that will haunt me for the rest of my days, especially when I’m acting like a dickhead.
Here’s what I CAN give you. An amazing blind item I heard from an incredibly reliable (in the “oh-we-toured-with-them-for-over-a-year” sense) source. And I will give it to you in the most obvious blind way possible. JUMP! More »
People
11:42AM Jess McGuire | You know what? I don’t care what Natalie Bassingthwaighte was on when she was chatting to Rove last night, I just know that I wants to get me some of that! I honestly think she’s my favourite person on television right now, because the intoxicating mix of fear and fury in her eyes combined with a thousand watt grin is just about the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen on the small screen.
Add to that the fact she drops in quotes like “How many hoo-haas can you see?” when describing the quest to count accidental mid-routine vadge flashes on So You Think You Can Dance? and I am almost – almost – ready to let go of the whole Facebook snub thing.
DID YOU KNOW! That Natalie Bassingthwaighte is so goddamn popular on Facebook, she’s had to create a second account under the name Nat Bassingthwaighte? It’s true! That’s why she became friends with herself! I like to think her incredible Facebook popularity is due to Defamer Australia’s obsessive and constant coverage of her every move on BassBook, and I do hope that one day she rewards me appropriately. I will accept a Facebook personalised wall comment, or an interview.
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How Many Hoo-Haas Can You See?
11:42AM Jess McGuire | You know what? I don’t care what Natalie Bassingthwaighte was on when she was chatting to Rove last night, I just know that I wants to get me some of that! I honestly think she’s my favourite person on television right now, because the intoxicating mix of fear and fury in her eyes combined with a thousand watt grin is just about the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen on the small screen.
Add to that the fact she drops in quotes like “How many hoo-haas can you see?” when describing the quest to count accidental mid-routine vadge flashes on So You Think You Can Dance? and I am almost – almost – ready to let go of the whole Facebook snub thing.
DID YOU KNOW! That Natalie Bassingthwaighte is so goddamn popular on Facebook, she’s had to create a second account under the name Nat Bassingthwaighte? It’s true! That’s why she became friends with herself! I like to think her incredible Facebook popularity is due to Defamer Australia’s obsessive and constant coverage of her every move on BassBook, and I do hope that one day she rewards me appropriately. I will accept a Facebook personalised wall comment, or an interview.
THE CHOICE IS YOURS, THE BASS. More »
People
10:52AM Jess McGuire | Given her well-documented success in the pool over the years, it would be unfair to call Leisel Jones a teenage ne’er do well. And she seems to be a pretty determined lass who knows exactly what she wants, so we can’t really say she’s the most mixed up non-delinquent on the block.
Here’s hoping then that she continues refusing to allow the lyrics of a famous song from the musical Grease to shape her future. Stay in beauty school, Leisel! Don’t miss your midterms and flunk shampoo!
Our sporting stars are known for doing some strange things after retiring (think Mark Philippoussis on Age of Love). Leisel Jones is no exception. While the Olympic gold medalist hasn’t left the pool for good, she has decided to take a year off and go to beauty school.
I think this is great. It makes a change from sporting stars flogging cars/cereal/anything else they can on the telly in order to make a buck.
And what does Leisel have to say about her new career in the world of beauty? More »
Leisel Jones Is Attending Beauty School, Hopefully Not Planning On Dropping Out
10:52AM Jess McGuire | Given her well-documented success in the pool over the years, it would be unfair to call Leisel Jones a teenage ne’er do well. And she seems to be a pretty determined lass who knows exactly what she wants, so we can’t really say she’s the most mixed up non-delinquent on the block.
Here’s hoping then that she continues refusing to allow the lyrics of a famous song from the musical Grease to shape her future. Stay in beauty school, Leisel! Don’t miss your midterms and flunk shampoo!
Our sporting stars are known for doing some strange things after retiring (think Mark Philippoussis on Age of Love). Leisel Jones is no exception. While the Olympic gold medalist hasn’t left the pool for good, she has decided to take a year off and go to beauty school.
I think this is great. It makes a change from sporting stars flogging cars/cereal/anything else they can on the telly in order to make a buck.
And what does Leisel have to say about her new career in the world of beauty? More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
9:32AM Jess McGuire | Even though this is an ad, it made me go “Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww” and start thinking about settling down. Possibly with a New Zealander. This speaks volumes about how fragile I am today.
Thanks, mysterious student from Queensland! More »
YouTube Clip Of The Day
9:32AM Jess McGuire | Even though this is an ad, it made me go “Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww” and start thinking about settling down. Possibly with a New Zealander. This speaks volumes about how fragile I am today.
Thanks, mysterious student from Queensland! More »
People
8:30AM Jess McGuire | Oh man, some Mondays you wake up feeling less than stellar, your morning crawling along miserably until suddenly – BAM! You stumble across a story that puts your own pathetic and pointless sooking into perspective.
Personally, learning about Guy Sebastian’s horrific weekend in Los Angeles at the hands of meatball sandwich thieves really kicked me up the jacksie and made me realise just how insignificant my worries are.
Only one month after relocating to the US, nice-as-pie singer Guy Sebastian has had a bad taste of LA life, being threatened with a knife during a late-night street mugging. And it was all over a meatball sandwich.
That’s right, folks. Guy Sebastian was robbed at a Subway. And guess how the world found out about this horrendous event? Guy Twittered the news. More »
Guy Sebastian’s Meatball Sandwich Hell!
8:30AM Jess McGuire | Oh man, some Mondays you wake up feeling less than stellar, your morning crawling along miserably until suddenly – BAM! You stumble across a story that puts your own pathetic and pointless sooking into perspective.
Personally, learning about Guy Sebastian’s horrific weekend in Los Angeles at the hands of meatball sandwich thieves really kicked me up the jacksie and made me realise just how insignificant my worries are.
Only one month after relocating to the US, nice-as-pie singer Guy Sebastian has had a bad taste of LA life, being threatened with a knife during a late-night street mugging. And it was all over a meatball sandwich.
That’s right, folks. Guy Sebastian was robbed at a Subway. And guess how the world found out about this horrendous event? Guy Twittered the news. More » 