Appalling how the customer was treated. I know which store I’m avoiding. They can claim high quality, but there’s plenty of high quality stores out there where the staff are not douches.
By Gasp
Terra Nova review
I watched the premier of Terra Nova last night
Pros:
- Pretty CGI AND animatronics
- Filmed in QLD, so gorgeous Australian rainforests
- I like the main family characters to varying degrees
- I like the mentions of necessary jobs like agriculture and doctors, instead of being MILITARY MILITARY
- Kept my attention because I wasn’t sure what was going to happen sometimes
- Aliens/Neanderthals/the lost son????
- I liked the big sis/little sis interactions.
- Family interaction! It’s about a family! :D :D Yay family, however nuclear!
- Who is hot military woman and is she just awesome looking, or going to be part of the story?
Cons:
- Inaccurate dinosaurs - I’m letting it be explained away by the whole alternate universe/butterfly affect
- Some of the writing is a bit stilted - you could predict some of the words/what will be said
- Surprisingly empty of animal life. You would think such a dense forest you would see signs of dinosaurs beyond the large ones. Most dinosaurs were small, so where are the ‘pest’ dinosaurs? Instead we see maybe one insect, pterosaur and a couple of carnosaurs - what are they eating?
- Not to mention the promo posters implied animals everywhere - y’know, like real life :/
- Late Cretaceous, but has Brachiosaurus???
- I REALLY dislike how all the single main characters are being paired up with love interests on their first day at Terra Nova. I was cool with the nuclear family, but pairing up everyone else straight away because omg can’t be single for an episode? Geeze.
- I couldn’t care less about Skye. Common sense after contacting the adults with the radio dictates you WAIT IT OUT in the safety of the vehicle, instead of plans to run to the other vehicle and split the group up into easier-to-eat bits of meat.
Verdict:
- It’s only going to be 13 episodes long. I approve, as I’m kind of tired of multi-season shows. :/
- Dinosaurs, even if inaccurate
- Will keep watching it because of that family moment at the very end /single tear
fuck tonks.
gaddamn it I never get any body I want.
I GOT DRACO, WHATTHEHELL.
LUNA <3
Harry. Potter.
*SWAGGER*
SNAPE. THEN I TRIED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND DRACO. MY TWO FAVOURITES AW YEAH.
Luna
WOOOO
NEVILLE
MOTHERFUCKING
LONGBOTTOM
Anyone wanna borrow some swag I have too much
OHMYGOD I DIED ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Got Neville as well! ^^^^
Dumbledore, FEAR MY AWESOME POWER.
Then I got Luna, idk what this says about me.
Melbourne city
Here’s some photos of Melbourne city. Pretty lighting and reflections.
I spend a lot of my time looking up.
Got a job, here’s a view from the 12th floor:
Melbourne has pretty buildings. I didn’t use to like cities, but I do now
Tram stories
Photo relating to trams in Melbourne, yay!
But first, a short story about my experience on the 57. I caught it from the Vic Market with plans to take it to centrelink. Unfortunately I ended up in the very last section with some other girl. A very drunk old man smoking something hopped on and spent the majority of my trip spitting, yelling, abusing various customers, spouted some few racial slurs and the like.
The names I can recall being called were gold-cunt-digger, Einstein thinker (I assume for ignoring him/not talking) and something about invading the country. I assume he thinks I’m entirely British descent or something. He did keep making references to his own Aboriginal heritage. I didn’t reply to any of the provocations anyway. I wouldn’t expect him to listed if I went “Well, yeah I’m a thinker - but I’m Aboriginal too”.
Another short story involves the 59 and a lady with her 6 children under 12 that were running rampant at 7pm with umbrellas flailing. I was worried for my eyes.
The tram driver had to go change the tracks twice and the more annoying kid kept poking into his driving section - and swinging off the bars.
They were dumb kids, but I’d honestly blame the Mother for not controlling them. She got in an argument with someone who told some of them for swearing.
Urgh. Bogans are everywhere.
Aside from that, I tend to enjoy the trams - even if I get to play Tuna-Trams most mornings/nights.
Here’s those photo:
Tram sky-grids are fascinating~ Spiderwebs in the sky
I want to take more photos of the grids, but I keep forgetting. I’d love to go to the Essendon depot and take photos there.
Batmania
Before being officially named Melbourne, Melbourne was known as ‘Batmania’ for a period of time. This name came from the first European settler, John Batman.
This is amazing and should have stayed as such
