NEWS! 24/06/2010 - Football and Finally a Female Prime Minister.

Ok so as I'm not quite sure what this blog is going to be about yet I'm just going to write about anything and everything that interests me... and you will read it and like it, Damn IT!

Two really important pieces of news took place today, both are bittersweet.

SPORT!

Socceroo's Die Trying

Yes even after the abysmal record the Socceroos have achieved this World Cup, I still forced myself out of bed at 4am this morning to watch their final match against Serbia. Now I will be the first ti admit that I don't really know much about football except that the general idea is to kick the ball into the other teams net. Yet I still enjoy watching the game especially at an international level.

Despite the fact that I know very little about the game, I reserve most of comments to the colour of their uniforms, even I was able to notice that Australia just wasn't that good. I mean the game against Germany was well, the less said about it the better and even the draw against Guarna could have been better. (Although I was starting to think that maybe the refs had a bias against us - two red cards in two games to a our two best chances of getting goals.)

But after this mornings efforts they have fully redeemed themselves in my eyes. For starters the didn't get a red card, so awesomely had 11 players for the full match. They manged to score 2 goals - that's got to be good and they won. OK so they did let Serbia get one, but that's not bad really. I know that they really aren't good enough to go through to the next round, and if we had have manged on of the crazy scenarios in which we might have got through chances are we would have been knocked out in the next round.

I think that next time we can do it, and I am determined to be there to watch it. It's just so much fun, yelling at the telly and I bet it would be more being there... even with those crazy horn thingys. You don't even have to know the rules, all you need to know is that your team is right and the other guy totally tripped him!

Also the guys are super cute -
Australia's First Female Prime Minister

So if you don't already know, google it. Julia Gillard is the new Prime Minister of I'm thinking a top 5 hottest soccer players - coming soon.

So there we have it -

What if # 2:

Went to the 2014 world cup. (Check back here in 4 years for an update).


POLITICS!


Australia, the first female Prime Minister and quite possibly, as she joked, the first red headed PM.


Ok so this is epic news, and possibly should have gone first... but it's early days so I'm not really sure what to say about it. I mean as a woman its AWESOME. I mean a female in charge of the whole country, I have been waiting for this since my year six trip to Canberra. And Julia Gillard is fabulous, I've always liked her... she's charismatic and for want of a better phrase - she's got balls. But I disagree with her on a lot of policy issues but I am going to give her a chance to prove herself.

First lets just take a moment to think about poor Kev (Kevin Rudd, former PM). The poor guy was already under so much stress then out of nowhere he gets kicked out. He was in a hard place and I don't know what I would have done in his position so I find it hard to judge him. It always seems like his heart is in the right place he just, well kind of boring. Lets face it, he was basicly rent-a-prime minister, only there because Australia is still so misogynistic Julia knew she wouldn't get elected on her own. But I defy anyone not to tear up during his concession speech this morning. I know that I cry in pretty much anything but this was really sad. He looked so... lost, I kind of wanted to hug him...

Let's all go to Canberra and give Kev a hug... He's a good guy he's just not tough enough for politics. Maybe I should offer to help him move out of the lodge?

If you need a hand Kev drop me a line...

I hope for the sake of woman's politics that Julia is able to win the election and actually do some good. Maybe she will get over her fear of refugees... and be a bit more generous and hopefully she will change her stance on gay marriage because homophobia is soooo gay. Who I choose to love is my choice, just the same as you. It's sad because I thought people would be over label love by now, but I guess not.

I think having her as leader is probably a good thing for the election... I mean Tony Abbot is just so anti woman that no intelligent women could possible vote for him. I think Julia is smart enough to pull us through this shit, I just hope the general public can see it.

Come on Julia you are one kick ass chick, lets make history - for a good reason.

Women in history is really interesting so watch out for the top 5 women of history.

For Further information visit - ABC News

Heroes and other niceties...

Yesterday I went to see the new movie IRONMAN, its one of the many blockbusters that are opening this year, but more on that later because first I want to talk about the best part of going to the movies, which is of course the trailers.

We walked into to see the trailers already started but we did get to see the bulk of this one.




I am almost ashamed to admit that I really want to see this movie. I loved the cartoon Speed Racer, which may be surprising seeing as I am not much one for car guys. But there was something about speed racer that was always just so sexy, even as a cartoon character. This movie just look fantasticly corny, and I always love Christina Ricci, I think she will be so cute in this film. If you have never head of Speed Racer then I urge you to look it up and then maybe I will find someone who is willing to see this movie with me.


Speed Racer is one sexy man, too bad he is already taken.

So thats my embarrassingly nerdy moment for the day down on to the next and possible the biggest movie of the year.



That's right ladies he's back and I cannot wait to see what kid of adventures are coming his way this time. Even though, lets face it Harrison ford is not as sexy as he was when he first introduced us to the charismatic Indie I am sure he will be his usual witty self.



Anyway now we have Shia LaBeouf as eye candy and I am really excited that the have brought back Marion Ravenwood for Raiders of the Lost Arch as Indie's love interest. I am sure that I will have no trouble finding someone to come and see this movie with me... Now I feel bad for Speed Racer.


Anyway back to the point - IRONMAN. I have to admit that even though I love Superhero movies I was mostly drawn to this by Robert Downey Jr.



I mean he does have to be a very sexy man (drug addictions aside). But in the end I was pleasantly surprised by this film. Once you get past the whole America good everyone else bad thing there is actually a good message to this film - the only way to stop people using weapons is to build a better weapon and blow them up.



Ok so maybe it's not the best message but still Robert Downey Jr has a very nice body in the film and that is pretty hard to go past. Even Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't ruin it with her less then warm exterior because it actually works for the oh so familiar character of the assistant who loves her playboy boss. This movie is cool, it shows that you can become a superhero even without any special powers while you are being held captive by terrorists. Well you do have to be a genius though.

I defiantly have to get me one of those suits I mean they are uber cool. IRONMAN can come save me any day. All in all I say that this film is well worth a look.



Now we come to the other important thing I need to discus.

Robin Hood Season 2.

I don't know if anybody else watches this but if you do and you haven't seen what happens in the end of the season then please stop reading now.

I hate whoever wrote this series, who ever decided that what happened at the end was going to happen is mean and I do not like them at all. I am a hopeless romantic and I like a happy ending. I think that two people who love each other should be together. One of them is not supposed to die! I won't tell you which one but can tell you that I cried and I cried and I cried.

To think that I actually liked Sir Guy of Gisborne, and yes he is still extremely sexy, but you just don't kill someone. I am sorry I thought that he might turn out to be good because every time he does something really bad he never looked like he meant it and he seemed to love Marian so. Richard Armitage is bloody sexy but it is just not right that he should play the bad guy.


But god damn you look good in leather... am I right Ladies.

Poor Robin, poor poor, Robin. As much as I love this show I was not very happy with this ending. I suppose it had to happen for the show to keep going, I just wish that they had ended it there because I think that if they have another Season they will just be jumping the shark.

Oh well I guess it was never going to end happily for these two outlaws.

Thats all for now.





P.S

I just want to think my wonderful boyfriend for buying me The Wedding Singer. I love this movie and I can't wait to make you watch it over and over and over again. You spin me right round baby!