Just a Gen X girl in the world
Wednesday May 22nd 2013

Posts Tagged ‘TV’

Will this ruin Downton Abbey for you?

Will this ruin Downton Abbey for you?

Can't wait till Downton Abbey comes back on.  Well really I can because--I've seen the second series.  An English friend sent the series over at Christmas time.  It's so good.  I won't spoil it for you. Will seeing the Downton Abbey people as [...]

Nerdy stuff for nerds

Nerdy stuff for nerds

I love to watch the SBS show Letters and Numbers. For the uninitiated it's a word creating and maths equation solving program. Rivetting? Not much, but if you tape it and cheat with the time it will stave off Alzheimers. Well that's how I'm [...]

Oh dear

This is one for we girls. My he's lovely. Despite those tatts.  I've actually got no idea what he's selling.  Don't care either.

Why playing decent tennis does not make you a good bloke

Why playing decent tennis does not make you a good bloke

"He's ok now," my husband announced. "Oh, because he wins a couple of tennis games you like him now?" I replied to the fair weather fan. The he that my husband was referring to is Bernard Tomic. His character analysis announced just before [...]

Keep your secrets in your bra

Keep your secrets in your bra

OK, I'm going to own up here. I have been known to stash a tissue down my bra. Not to make my boobs look bigger mind, just more the convenience of having somewhere to stash a snotty tissue if I've got a cold. Classy! I may or may not also stash [...]

Celebrity spruiking

Celebrity spruiking

This week's Gen X Girl column from Savvy Magazine in the Townsville Bulletin. Does anyone actually believe anything that celebrities say? Are you going to buy Nespresso coffee just because George Clooney says so? Or just because Hugh Jackman [...]

Now this is an exit

Now this is an exit

Wow--have a look at this clip when a contestant leaves Dr Drew's Rehab reality show to return to his "life of debt". It start off all inspirational with occasional rip-offs from that movie classic Rocky IV before it turns into Donkey Kong, ending in [...]

Ben Hall bail up

Ben Hall bail up

I have a bit of thing for bushrangers. They are my bad boy of choice. Now I appreciate the modern day boy ranger equivalent would be a mere convenience store robber, but still there is something very manly about a bushranger. Which is why I am taken [...]

What’s wrong with Masterchef?

What’s wrong with Masterchef?

This is my Gen X Girl column from this week's edition of Savvy magazine in the Townsville Bulletin. So Kate won this year’s Masterchef and now there’s a great big black hole in my 7:30pm viewing schedule. I know there are a lot of you out [...]

Surpise, surprise. Reality TV may not be as real as you think.

Surpise, surprise.  Reality TV may not be as real as you think.

Fancy yourself as a Masterchef? Or one of those masochists from The Block. How about a stint on The City or The Only Way Is Essex? Or maybe they'll bring back Big Brother. Well here's an insider's guide to what really goes on on reality tv. My [...]

 Page 1 of 7  1  2  3  4  5 » ...  Last »