Space Fairy Blog

Random easter- themed funness. Enjoy!

My refusal to work in retail this season paid off! Sure- I had to work in a gentlemen’s club instead, but at least they closed over the break so I could spend Christmas with my family in Sydney!

…this also meant that I could afford to buy Christmas presents, for the first time in the four years since I’ve been a university student. And what did I spend my hard earned cash on for my family?

… weapons…

…and fairy-princess costumes!

It’s clear who the crazy one in this family is (well, besides Aunty Isa and her many fake floral arrangements). But when you see what I grew up with you’ll understand why I had to break the family tradition and mix it up a little bit…

= Melinda to the rescue!

So yeah, Christmas was good. But rather than boring you with our happy holiday stories, here is the plot from an old South Park episode, entitled “Mr Hankey, The Christmas Poo”… for some reason I thought it was appropriate…

(From Wikipedia…)

“This Christmas-themed episode of South Park opens as the children rehearse their Christmas play. They are performing a Christian Nativity, and when Kyle’s mother hears of this, she is angered by the play, because her son, a Jew, plays the role of Joseph. Mrs. Broflovski is offended by the Christian imagery, and demands that the religious elements be taken out of the public school Christmas pageant. Kyle suggests they celebrate Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo as a non-religious substitute, but since he is the only one who believes in Mr. Hankey, his suggestion is rejected.

Mrs. Broflovski’s demands trigger uproar in the town, and so it is decided that anything offensive to anyone will be removed from the Christmas celebrations, including Santa Claus, wreaths, trees, stars, lights, and candy canes. Kyle is embarrassed by his mother’s actions, and turns to Mr. Hankey for solace, who, it turns out, is a real-life talking piece of poo. Kyle tries to introduce Mr. Hankey to the masses, but no one believes in him, and most are in fact horrified at the idea of a talking piece of poo. Kyle’s efforts result in mishaps, such as flinging Mr. Hankey (who looks like a normal piece of feces to everyone else) at Cartman and slipping feces into Mr. Mackey’s coffee. Mr. Mackey declares Kyle a “clinically depressed fecalphiliac on Prozac” and Kyle’s friends have him committed.

Ultimately, the school Christmas pageant is stripped of all semblance of Christmas, as anything that does resemble Christmas is deemed offensive by someone. Instead, the children present a minimalist song and dance created by Philip Glass. The parents, astounded by how awful the pageant is, begin blaming one another for destroying Christmas, and a fight breaks out. Finally, Mr. Hankey reveals himself to everyone, and scolds everyone, saying that in spending so much time trying to find what’s wrong with Christmas, they forgot everything that was “so right about it” — singing songs, cookies and goodwill towards men. The townspeople release Kyle from the asylum and apologize, and they all watch Mr. Hankey fly away with Santa Claus”.

…And here is a humorous video of Jesus and Santa singing Christmas carols.

We continue our series of retro-geek-funness, with three more TV shows which SpaceFairy loved when she was a kid in the 80’s. Some are obscure, some are more popular, but all of them ROCKED… enjoy!

MASK

M.A.S.K. (an acronym for the Mobile Armored Strike Command) was like a hybrid between Transformers and G.I. Joe. It had transforming vehicles, cute cartoon guys (Matt Trakker!) with super-powered helmets, who battled against the criminal organisation V.E.N.O.M. (Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem). I personally liked it better than…

Transformers

Then there was Ulysses in space… Gotta love the space-age Greek mythology!

Ulysses 31

And finally, something with a little less destruction and mayhem to bring back warm fuzzy memories…

Kimba the White Lion

Awwww…

Stay tuned!

I love YouTube!

Tonight I had a flash-back-o-rama to the 80’s when I discovered the opening theme to one of my favourite TV shows, Secret Valley. Does anyone remember it? They always had so much fun on that show (do kids these days still have food fights or does that only happen virtually on Facebook now?

It was filmed in the Blue Mountains where I grew up. That view of the mountains in the opening credits was once the view from my bedroom! When I was a kid my grandma would take me bush-walking out along narrow-neck road, and I would look out for either the Secret Valley or my other favourite show at the time, The Mysterious Cities of Gold. I have been fascinated with learning about ancient civilisations ever since. Remember the flying Golden Condor!?! I wanted one!

Then there’s You Can’t Do That On Television! where anyone who said “I don’t know” would get instantly dumped with green slime. Whatever happened to slime on TV? Was it killed off by the public liability fiasco? Or are people just no fun anymore?

…Barf burgers! classic!

Stay tuned for more funness girls and boys! 

See… I don’t only video myself ;p

Beware if you are ever caught out in an ambulance when I have my digital camera on hand! Several days ago my housemate Narelle had a bit of a medical emergency and had to be taken to the emergency room. I got to ride up front in the ambulance- along with my school bag full of uni books and notes to finish my assignment (it was due the following day and I still had lots to do… “what do you mean it’s illegal to plug my laptop into the wall at the hospital? Surely there is some sort of wireless internet hub thingy around the place?….no?… oh crap”).

Since I couldn’t finish my assignment I found something even ‘funner’ to do… film EVERYTHING!

And some video interviews!…
(Note: these will open in a new window. They are mpeg-4 format.
If you can’t see them let me know and I’ll try to put it
in another format or help you fix your machine so it will play it

P.s. See if you can find my made-up word of the day somewhere in these videos!

In the spirit of me making a fool of myself for entertainment purposes…

This is why you shouldn’t attempt to make video blogs when you are high on pain medication…

(P.S. I am not a cyborg… that thing on the side of my face is a Magnabloc therapeutic magnet which replaced the pain meds that were making me delerious. And for the record, they worked better too! P.P.S. If you want to try some I can hook ya up

Do not adjust your television set… This is a test… of Mel making an arse of herself in Surfer’s Paradise after a night of clubbing on energy drinks ;p