Who would’ve thought you’d ever see a guy in a Pikachu suit with Aphex Twin shouting, “Fok julle naaierrssss”?
I thought I’d make you guys a nice funny picture for this lovely Friday.
I’ve been waiting for this release ever since I heard the sweet sounds of 90′s grunge and chiptunes combined. Who knew this would work so good? Some of the most exciting music I’ve heard in a while. Go download now! It’s free!
sadnes is my new hero. Rock on brother.
Matthew Partridge wins the award for being laziest genius loser ever. Matthew, 27 is trekking the length of Britain, and no, not via foot, or hiking, or bus, or car but… get this: On Google Streetview.
It is kinda paradoxical. He doesn’t want to spend the time to travel, but he still wastes so much time with a “grueling” schedule. Guess he isn’t that lazy? Right?
He forgot to add “12pm: Quick drink with friends at local pub” and “2pm: Wake up, forget to lock the front door”. One day humanity will have to excuse himself for Matthew. The reason he is doing this? And EVEN took time off work: “I can’t be bothered with all the training, planning and hardships of actually doing the walk. That’s why I’ve come up with this alternative.”
Next time I’m deciding to trek a vast distance I’ll pop Matt an email for the tips and “alternatives”. Maybe I’ll just go into space to see the whole Great Wall, ’cause that’s way less effort than actually walking it.
(via TheSun – Yeah, lol no wonder right?)
Recently, I’ve been wondering about catchphrases. Those random quirps (yeah, I just made that up. It’s a mix between quirk and quip) that people spew to indicate some sort awesomery that occured.
COOL & HOT
These two are probably the coolest to use, and probably the most neutral. “That was movie was so cool”. Paris Hilton has also been the forerunner of “HAWT”, the close relative to “HOT”. See you gotta make your quirps your own to ensure longevity.
KIFF & Spiff
Two local quirps that have recently reentered my vocab. Everything these days are either spiff or kiff. For the non-South African peeps, spiff actually originated from “spiffing”. So ain’t that grand.
Viral Quirps
Maybe you’ve noticed, but when some of your friends start using interesting quirps that are super catchy (hence the name catchphrase), you start to mimic them. This is interesting. I once used the word “awesomesauce” and I swear I started it. Then one day some kid from some country town puts it on his Facebook. Quirps travel.
Another interesting quirp I usually used is the construcion “Wicked McNicked” or “Spiff McDiff” or something [word] + Mc[slight variation of word one]. Needles to say, it also caught on among my friends.
Late 80′s, Early 90′s
This was a productive time for quirps. Just listen to these: Gnarly, Radical, Awesome, Right On, Cowabunga, Tubular, Eycarumba.
Recent Trends
For the past month I’ve been quoting stuff from the web a lot. Which in some circles make me the uncool one. I’ve been saying a lot of “Fail” and “Win”. Like when something spiff happens, I say “that was a win” or “this is such a win-win situation”.
What is your quirp? Your weirdest one perhaps?
So hey guys, there are these awards. No not the MUBA’s. It is the SA Blog Awards. Now, you know since I’ve recently become a web celeb I feel that you guys bloody owe me something… or maybe… like yeah. Would be cool I guess.
I’ve been looking at the categories, but before you go vote for me, here’s a brief musing on them. Most Controversial Blog?
Twindie.net might not be controversial, but you know what would be ironic? Is if you guys voted for me for Most Controversial Blog and I end up winning it – because I controversially won the most controversial blog. It’s like an epic Back to the Future paradox.
Best Green Blog?
That’s easy c’mon!
And look I can win in many of the categories:
Best Controversial Blog – I look like Barack Obama, Frodo and Kevin James
Best Sports Blog – Octopus Prediction World Cup Final
Best Politics Blog – Hatin’ Hate Speech
Best Personal Blog – Message to my Future Self
Best Food Blog – Korean Nuke’em Cuisine
Best Entertainment Blog – Justin Bieber doing a Segway Getaway Fail
Best Science and Technology Blog – The Antikythera Mechanism and other OOPA
Best Music Blog – Don’t Touch me on my Studio REMIX
Best Business Blog – Solutions for BP
Best Travel Blog – Learn Na’vi for your visit to Pandora
Best Parenting Blog – Tips for your Kids who go Clubbing
But alas. I doubt many will feel the same way. I guess I’m just really sad that there isn’t a “Best Irony/Post-Modern Blog” category. Oh well, for now, please vote for me in the Best New Blog and best BLOG ever! Just click on the tiny ticket stub below, or you can do it manually if want to nominate for other categories. Remember you need to verify that you voted with the email thing on the right.
Sonar from Renaud Hallée on Vimeo.
