A Whole Lot of Mental

Brady Bunch Variety Hour: Disco Medley

Seriously watch the dance moves - its like straight acid 60's style!

Thought for the Day...

My Top Oscars Acceptance Speeches So Far!

It is about the speeches...

as you will see.

Beginning with the incredible stable opening and ending in a mish mash of quite delicate emotion about her entire life - stick with it to the end. I admire her raw emotion and how clearly you can see this moment does mean everything to her.

GWENYTH PALTROW


This open hearted warm outpouring - love him! The crowds reaction- pure beautiful humanity.

CUBA GOODING JNR



This is how I might react but I think I might wet my pants fall down and have a snotty nose too. Not that I am emotional or anything...ahem. I am a kisser and a hugger too, no one would be safe I would wipe my nose on every face and or shoulder.
Her response to winning this award is incredible!
See the film Monsters Ball she deserves the award her performance was mesmerising.

HALLE BERRY


Only from the divne Sophia Loren could such an award be given so perfectly! Now its no secret that I do have a penchant for men with sexy accents and Italians in particular but Roberto here is irresistible! He speaks of love - god bless this man and his effusiveness. As he said Love is Divinity.

ROBERTO BERNINI


I think it is very brave to not only act but to give a tidal wave of emotion and thanks for be awarded for doing so, I admire these people for every facet they display, for being true, human and exposed.

I Love a Mature Gent ::: For the Love of Older Men

There is something about older men...

older dignified men. Men with a past men with a history. There is much to appreciate about an older man, a lived in face that wears an expression that tells of his life.

Fit men, tall men, short men, stout, fluffy, tanned or pale. Men who know who they are.

I do not suffer a Daddy complex and as someone who sees themselves as mature it's certainly not about me playing 'young' that would be ridiculous. Perhaps its because these men have some preconceived notion of how to treat a woman, they are gentlemen.

Give me the silver fox every time.

Smooth, sophisticated, refined.

A wardrobe dapper from another time.

A man who knows who he is. Interesting and bold and full of character and charm - in this way age has nothing to do with it, age to me is irrelevant.

I find confidence sexy...
along with fine cloth, good hats, traditional shaving sets, masculine old school glamour and of course great company.

What do you want? Glitter and Rainbows all the Time?

Be careful what you wish for - you just might get it!

What a lovely problem that would be I can see bluebirds and ribbon swathes fluttering above my head as I think about it.

Getting what I want - oh the mere suggestion of it. My visions have always been huge and all encompassing and if they - when they occur I am sure there will be a period of adjustment and then on going readjustment.

Often I have been witness to people yearning and indeed getting their needs and wishes fulfilled only then to begin to complain about them once they appear.

People often complain about the best problems don't they?

A challenge, a task, a choice.
Be grateful you are in a position to have great problems. What job to take, what cat or car to buy, when and if to start a family, a relationship, holiday...

As we traipse through the abundance on offer we fail to stop and smell the proverbial.

We all expect to live a charmed existence with the lot: sparkles, enthusiasm, pure enjoyment, total elation in an almost endless supply.

                               

Well life can be like that at times, but I can guarantee not all of the time. In to each life a little rain must fall. Strangely enough the rain can even start to fall at the exact time we get what we wished and longed for.

                                 

So while the bluebirds are swirling ribbons above our heads, rainbows are in full splendor and all is fine in the forest, sometimes, sometimes due to timing and life wanting us to see just how lucky we are, sometimes things can also get tough. 

Look you went too far ::: Public Beauty Fails

How do you tell someone?

Look at 60 years of age that face tatt' is just not rockin'.

What do you mean I'll have more birthdays?

Midriff at  work - nah...

I know I dropped my USB...

Diamonte grill on your teeth - dunno. I still have images of James Bond villains reverberating around my head.

The eyelash extensions that look like bike spokes hanging off your eyes - not good.

She has an excuse...

Yeah that 'I just rolled in baby poo' tan - ya' gotta stop it.

Sunday morning at the Supermarket this look just does not translate!

Competeting with the Bimbos are the Himbos...

The ba-jazzle og the fa' jazzle that is your nails - just cut it out.

Ya clanging and banging long giant fake nails with the decals - look they are not your cars duco so maybe you might re think it. Long nail extensions are a neutering just waiting to happen - if I were a guy I would run a thousand miles from anyone sporting these gonad slicing wonders. Besides how close can you get to yourself in terms of personal hygiene - what do you do get a rag on a stick to take care of things?

As for as the vagazzle - if your Cha Cha has got to look like a mirror ball you're doing something wrong. What next doof doof speakers hanging from your ovaries? 

SKINHEADS & SHARPIES THE FASHION THAT WAS!

What a bizarre arrangement of fashion statements the Sharpie and Skinheads subscribed to with no uncertainty. It went something like this...

STARTING FROM THE FEET UP

Doc Martins, Crepe sole shoes, treads and platform shoes either laced or zip up ankle boot style are a statement all of their own; chunky clunky unsightly and mean. Drab colours of black, burgundy, chocolate, ox blood and forest green.

These shoes were made for kicking heads in...how charming.

Skin tight denim jeans or cords, perhaps some pinstripe flares that defy all logic that once started their life out as a 3 piece suit. What side these dudes dressed on was as plain as the nose on their face - so many puns to avoid...

Chest hugging 'Connie' jumpers' and cardigans, tight denim jackets with rounded exaggerated bean shaped collars worn over the obligatory tight basic 't'. Cigarette packets shoved into the tight cap sleeves were also a part of the signature look. Older Skinheads and Sharpies often sported tattoo's which at the time were still a stigma associated with a less than desirable lifestyle and were the realm of ex-con's, sailors and bikers.

Tattoo's of a tear or star on the face were definitive of this tribe, there was nothing soft about it the rougher and tougher the better. Necks emblazoned with a dotted line across them had the words 'cut here' as as instructions. Tattooed knuckles and hands were also very typical. Stud earrings, sleepers or small crucifix's were worn in the ears of the guys and the girls often in multiples.

Heads were shaved clean or clipped very close to the head thus the term Skinhead. Men and women often left the back few centimeters of hair at the back of the head this was the 'Sharpie' hair cut.

THIS IS ENGLAND
A powerful portrayal of the English brand of skinheads, a tough gritty film with exceptional styling.

http://skinsnsharps.com/

The Australian version.

(I think he was off to Tullamarine Airport or perhaps Camperdown?)

The fashion was as brutal and ugly as the lifestyle. You did not dare look sideways at anyone that looked like one of these guys or girls, fist fights and brawls were fought by both sexes. As a small child this stuff was a mean and threatening presence and very identifiable. The gangs were predatory and many did eventually find their way to jail or had their lives cut short. I don't romanticise the existence of this brutal sub culture their intent was to intimidate and harass. I prefer to recall the experience of growing up during the last dying years of the Skinheads and the Sharps as a Fashion anomaly - a curiosity. There is a small re emergence of the look embraced by today's youth market. Lets hope they are not as angry, self destructive and violent as the originals.

Take two - the revival of the 1970's look in 2012
A lot softer than the original version the new cross pollination of folk and Sharpie fashion does have its charm.

The brilliant and talented actress and comedian Magda Szubanski has given us much pleasure with her indelible character Michelle of Michelle and Ferret Sharpie the couple as seen in this clip. This 'is' the Skinhead dance. Enjoy and give it a crack - preferably while at a work function.