six things

six cuter respiratory diseases i'd rather have than the ill-named swine flu

2009-04-29T00:02:00.003+10:00

1. kitty flu
2. bambi flu
3. puppy dressed as a reindeer flu
4. baby chicken posing in an easter egg flu
5. duckling crossing the road flu
6. baby giraffe learning to walk flu

six favourite occasions worth leaving the house for in 2008

2008-12-31T13:01:00.003+11:00

1. kristen schaal's as you have probably never seen her before (the first time)
2. kristen schaal's as you have probably never seen her before (the second time)
3. shootout at the dome - hawthorn vs carlton afl match
4. annual 'birthday at the melbourne show' day
5. david sedaris reading/q+a
6. the afl retiring players lunch

six favourite albums of 1978 (based on a recent late night drunken conversation when we suddenly realised it was 30 years ago)

2008-12-07T12:50:00.002+11:00

1. the kick inside - kate bush
2. bat out of hell - meatloaf
3. grease - motion picture soundtrack
4. the album - abba
5. war of the worlds - jeff wayne
6. rumours - fleetwood mac

six chook washing tips (as discovered at the royal melbourne show)

2008-09-26T12:31:00.002+10:00

1. simply use a toothbrush
2. pay close attention to your bird's foot feathers
3. don't dip its head under water for more than one second
4. when rinsing squeeze the feathers, not the bird
5. dying your chook can lead to disqualification (but a light bleaching is allowed)
6. if your chicken starts to squawk while you're blow drying it may be because it's roasting

six favourite pixar characters (revised)

2008-09-18T15:52:00.003+10:00

1. dory (finding nemo)
2. edna mode (the incredibles)
3. wall-e (wall-e)
4. the mime artist caterpillar on the streets of bug city (a bug's life)
5. rex the dinosaur (toy story)
6. linguini (ratatouille)

six things i'd rather have as hands than scissors

2008-08-04T13:22:00.001+10:00

1. pens
2. bottle openers
3. sponges
4. torches
5. "neck massagers"
6. hands

six dance styles they should introduce to 'dancing with the stars' now that paul licuria is confirmed as a contestant

2008-07-31T16:20:00.002+10:00

1. pole
2. lap
3. chippendale
4. burlesque
5. ecdysiast
6. bump 'n' grind

six favourite movie performances by the lovely laura linney

2008-07-25T11:45:00.000+10:00

1. sammy prescott - you can count on me
2. louise harrington - ps
3. wendy savage - the savages
4. joan berkman - the squid and the whale
5. meryl burbank - the truman show
6. bertha dorsett - the house of mirth

six similarities between me and miss jean brodie

2008-03-14T14:03:00.005+11:00

1. we're both truly in our prime
2. neither of us will be intimidated by the use of quarter hours
3. we concur that cleopatra knew nothing of team spirit
4. we agree that chrysanthemums are such serviceable flowers
5. i too had a lover who fell on flanders field...
6. some narrow minded types might think us a little delusional

~ dvd generously provided by nathaniel at the film experience

six thoughts on the oscars

2008-02-25T10:56:00.002+11:00

1. i love jon stewart
2. almost as much as i love the lovely laura linney
3. jennifer hudson's autocue reading skills prove she's still due to give that oscar back
4. jonah hill & seth rogen are much more interesting than halle berry will ever be (but not judi dench)
5. i'm still not over that helen hunt win
6. that best picture winners montage just proved how dodgy this whole oscar thing is

six thoughts i had while drifting off during sweeney todd

2008-01-25T14:08:00.000+11:00

1. sing out, ~~louise~~ johnny
2. if this film was any darker i wouldn't be able to see it
3. where the hell is marnie nixon when you need her?
4. i'm going to start using the word "gander" more often
5. if you're a girl locked in a room and you're wondering why the caged bird sings, it doesn't make any sense to sing about it
6. i'd rather be watching tim burton's take on into the woods (but only if he leaves the humour in)

six favourite heath ledger performances

2008-01-23T19:41:00.000+11:00

1. ennis del mar (brokeback mountain)
2. sonny grotowski (monster's ball)
3. jimmy (two hands)
4. skip (lords of dogtown)
5. jacob grimm (the brothers grimm)
6. snowy bowles (sweat)

six thoughts on the darjeeling limited

2008-01-15T11:59:00.000+11:00

1. i loved it
2. i want that luggage (even if it was a little heavy-handed as a metaphor)
3. it's the first wes anderson film to make me a little teary
4. i liked it more than rushmore
5. and much more than the life aquatic
6. and almost as much as the royal tenenbaums

six reasons why margo martindale in paris je t'amie is the best supporting actress of 2007*

2008-01-06T11:37:00.001+11:00

1. she's not a negative person (au contraire!)
2. her french is better than mine
3. her body language in the chinese restaurant
4. the look on her face when she's sitting in the park
5. that's the moment i fell in love with her
6. and, i like to think, the moment she fell in love with me

* part of stinkylulu's supporting actress blogathon

six resolutions i probably won't keep in 2008

2008-01-01T19:02:00.000+11:00

1. update this blog daily
2. or weekly
3. or even monthly
4. get out more
5. drink less beer
6. kiss more boys

six favourite things of 2007

2007-12-31T14:40:00.000+11:00

1. film - ratatouille
2. tv comedy - flight of the conchords
3. tv drama - damages
4. book - fun home : a family tragicomic
5. cabaret - kiki & herb: the year of magical drinking
6. party (tie) - priscilla opening night & labor party victory

six tips when flying tiger discount airways

2007-11-28T16:27:00.000+11:00

1. try not to pack your legs
2. do try to take your extra butt padding
3. don't set your watch by them
4. hope you're seated next to the hunky tradie who turns out to be a friendly engineer
5. and not the woman whose husband is in prison and wants to tell of her online dating exploits
6. pray that it's not cold & windy when you're retrieving your luggage at the open air terminal in melbourne

six favourite parts of paris, je t'amie

2007-11-14T23:50:00.000+11:00

1. alexander payne's 14th arrondissement
2. sylvain chomet's tour eiffel
3. oliver schmitz's place des fêtes
4. walter salles' loin du 16ème
5. richard lagravanese's pigalle
6. tom tykwer's faubourg saint-denis

six illegal acts i performed between 1974 and 2007

2007-11-10T23:28:00.000+11:00

1. stole a chocolate bar from the school canteen
2. drank in a pub before i was eighteen
3. had gay sex in nsw before 1984
4. didn't vote in a local election
5. drove over the speed limit
6. ran a red light

six favourite performances in stanley donen directed films

2007-11-07T18:39:00.000+11:00

1. jean hagen as lina lamont (singin' in the rain)
2. dolores gray as madeline (it's always fair weather)
3. kay thompson as maggie prescott (funny face)
4. betty garrett as hilde (on the town)
5. ray walston as mr applegate (damn yankees)
6. doris day as babe williams (the pajama game)

six characters from childrens literature i'm outing now that dumbledore's kicked down the door of the fictional closet

2007-11-04T00:20:00.000+11:00

1. peter pan
2. jo march
3. huck finn
4. mr toad
5. the prince
6. and the pauper

six words that got me ridiculously overexcited

2007-11-02T00:04:00.000+11:00

1. joss
2. whedon
3. and
4. eliza
5. dushku
6. reuniting

six theatrical things i did during october instead of blogging

2007-11-01T13:16:00.000+11:00

1. enjoyed the melbourne opening night of priscilla queen of the desert: the musical
2. met a bunch of chorus boys
3. had a lovely reunion with my friend carl from drama school
4. snoozed through robert wilson's the temptation of st anthony
5. suffered through the tedium of the merce cunningham dance company
6. marvelled at the genius of kiki & herb: the year of magical drinking

six favourite olivia songs

2007-09-26T12:55:00.000+10:00

1. if you love me (let me know)
2. hopelessly devoted to you
3. i honestly love you
4. xanadu
5. let me be there
6. a little more love

six times i thought i was going to faint

2007-09-21T18:20:00.000+10:00

1. the time i met paul licuria
2. that time i didn't eat all day
3. when i was within ten feet of olivia newton-john
4. the first time i kissed a boy i was very fond of
5. the time i was backstage at a bodybuilding competition
6. that time i actually did faint