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Late last year I discovered and started following Andrew G’s 365 project. Yeah, the guy who hosts Australian Idol (or did he quit? I wouldn’t know, I hardly watch TV).

He’s up to day 363:

Even though he’s definitely perve-worthy, he’s actually got some interesting things to say about the state of society and teaches me things about the middle-east.

Apart from being a photographer, he’s a twitterer and a blogger and he’s a tumblr too. Oh, and he uses formspring, a website where he answers whatever questions he gets asked.

Even though he hangs out a fair bit online, I think I’m going to feel a bit lost without having a new photo to check out every day… I’m interested in the articles, I swear, not just the pictures! ;)

This week’s Noice-ities theme is, well, no theme at all. Inspired by this week’s release of Iron Man 2, join me in a perve-fest of Robert Downey Jnr proportions. Although, I think I’d rather Tony Stark over RDJ. Mr Downey himself prob has a few too many “issues”.

The pic on the left was on the cover of yesterday’s Metro in the SMH. I copied it and hung it up around the office. Major photochopping, but excuse me while I swoon:

Dan’s in no rush to take me to see Iron Man 2. I can’t imagine why – surely the movie will be a masterpiece of Oscar-winning quality??

Come on over to That’s Noice to join in this week’s Noice-ities.

Thanks to the girls who left me some loving on my previous, PMS-infused post.

Nice comments cheer me up :)

There’s nothing like a bit of Obama porn to help the process. Just found this video and love watching how Obama’s smile doesn’t change. But where’s K-Rudd? Isn’t he hanging out with Obama atm?

Barack Obama’s amazingly consistent smile from Eric Spiegelman on Vimeo.

I’ve managed to keep away from a large majority of the events surrounding Bubbles the Chimp’s primary caregiver.

YAY ME!

But I caught wind of my beloved Stephen Colbert covering the atrocity otherwise known as Richard Wilkins Reporting Jeff Goldblum’s Faux-Death.

If I didn’t love this man enough already, this video cements it. Jeff wins points too :)

And because it’s Friday and I’m in a great mood, here’s Keyboard Cat saying goodbye to Michael Jackson:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x06gxdypEOM

Did you get caught up in Friday’s Twitter flutter about Jeff Goldblum faux-dying? Right in the middle of us dealing with the loss of Michael and Farrah within hours of each other?

I saw a handful of tweets about Jeff’s demise – I even RT’d one – but the real icing on the cake was Richard Wilkins paying homage to Mr Goldblum’s outstanding career on Friday morning’s Today show. Complete with video montage. You can watch how it all unfolded on YouTube – Part 1 and Part 2.

The website claiming to have the scoop on Mr Goldblum is one of those sites that generates content based on the URL. The http://jeff.goldblum.media…. was what initially gave it away to me. Looking more closely I realised the site didn’t even have a date or timestamp.

But the real give away was the quote at the bottom of the page:

So in the end Dickie Wilkins had that other bloke from the Today show make the apology. Can you say “cringe-worthy”?

It’s one thing for mongs like me to initially believe the fake web site, but there’s a very big lesson in this for real* journalists: DON’T TRUST TEH UNKNOWN INTERWEBS FOR NEWS SCOOPS.

*Yes, I realise some wouldn’t classify Mr Wilkins as a “real” journalist, but he’s more of a journalist than I am.

I’m an unashamed Obama girl. I see or hear Obama on the news and I swoon.

One of my favourite places to check out Obama is the official Whitehouse Flickr Photostream:

And this week this video was released which features John Hodgman more than Obama, but the Obama bits are full of awesome:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW7OPByRGDY

And all I can say is…

*swoon*

I have so much to tell you (like how the internet is suddenly more awesome), but I’m exhausted, it’s way past my bedtime and I have to share this with you first:

Yes, that’s me with THE Peter Garrett. He was nearby at a function I was at tonight and popped in to say hi. Seriously! When I see you next I’ll tell you all the goss.

If you’re a normal person and you get done for DUI, you’re shamed amongst your friends, family and co-workers.

If you’re a celebrity, you get paid a shitload of money to come to the “arse-end of the of the world” (Copyright, Paul Keating) and look pretty.

Admittedly, Mischa Barton has some talent (when compared to Paris Hilton) but for celebrities who behave badly to be rewarded for their efforts (if, by “rewarded”, you mean “put up with an Australian b-grade attempt at an awards show”), it’s no surprise that teenage girls (and younger) have image and behaviour issues.

I get picked on because there are more than a couple of “older gents” that I definitely wouldn’t kick out of bed: