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| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. Last time I looked at Natalie Imbruglia. Today, I am going to look at her sister, Laura. Laura's music resonates with me more, and, more to the point, I came to know her after I reviewed her last album for Weekend Notes (Scared Of You  ) and she is the loveliest person. She gave me her time for an interview, then we chatted on and off online for a few years. But I really like her music, and the album was one of my favourites of that year. One of her songs is still in my workout play-list ('You're Shit'). Just wish she had the same success as her sister. Seen live? No. Overseas success? No. 'Tricks' by Laura Imbruglia (2019) |
| I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2" : "20250723 Writing Scandals 1: Ern Malley & Angry Penguins" First of a series. Blame Schnujo is failing 2 classes... |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. To Australians, Natalie Imbruglia is a soap opera star turned singer. She was not a particularly good actress, but she hit the ground running in her singing career with her cover of the Ednaswap song. She released a few other songs, appeared on some of those shows about has-been celebrities and keeps trying to make herself relevant. Some of her music has been really good, but it didn't resonate like that first song. She hit her peak early. Shame. And she will be mentioned again in my next FAT post. Seen live? No. Overseas success? Yes. 'Torn' by Natalie Imbruglia (1997) |
New question over at
And it's "QOTD Tuesday July 22 2025" |
| By the way, today is Lamington Day. I had 2; I certainly hope you all have at least one. And if you don't know what it is... it is just something else that makes Australia great.  |
| So... Schnujo is failing 2 classes wanted something for Ninja's United!... There might be songs about various primates at this link. See... asking can get things done! |
| I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2" : "20250721 Finding The Scary" Answering questions! |
| Now, this ain't right! I notice I am the only person so far this month to write to the two musical prompts for Anni Pon's
Come on! Give it a go. One is a line from a song to be included, the other is just a song as a prompt. It's not a contest, but an activity. You know you want to. |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. I am not a fan of those televised singing contest shows. Too often the contestants are made to sing songs that don't suit them lyrically or in their vocal range, and the judging is just stupid. However, sometimes after all is said and done and the artists step away from the televised product, they can really come through as decent singers. Shannon Noll was second in Australia's first season if Idol, but he is more beloved than the winner nowadays. A pub rock voice with occasional forays into country, I find him just a good Aussie rock and roller. Seen live? No. Overseas success? No. 'Shine' by Shannon Noll (2005) |
| Psychology time. I had a phone call from my old psychologist checking up on me, we got talking and, without mentioning names, he told me about this. I checked it in the DSM-IV and, yep... So, with correct spelling... OBSCURE PHRASE OF THE DAY! Today's phrase is psychogenic polydipsia. This is a strange disorder, and my psych thinks it was developed in his client by living in such a dry area that he feels the need to over-compensate. It means, "a rare psychological disorder characterised by drinking excessive amounts of water, occasionally to fatal levels". Yes, drinking yourself to drowning. Your challenge today is to write a horror story featuring psychogenic polydipsia. |
| Yeah, I was feeling really sick in basic training towards the end of and after a road march. They had been forcing us to hydrate and so while they were sure I was dehydrated, I was sure I was overhydrated. So, while I pretended to drink more water to satisfy them, I didn't ACTUALLY drink more. Sure enough, over the next couple of hrs, I started feeling better, which would NOT have been the case, had they been right. |
| Back last century, there was a police training event where a new recruit overhydrated during it and eventually collapsed, then perished. Everyone was confused since it was the norm to drink as much as possible. No one believes you could get too much. Of course, it wasn't so much a psychological disorder as it was following bad guidance before it was known to be bad. I can envision a story, but not about to write it, of someone lost in the desert having to scrounge for any drop. When finally recued he becomes fixated with stockpiling water and drinking all he can so he's never dehydrated and trapped with no water. His body swells enormously, his skin being stretched and getting thinner and thinner. His house seems full of sharp corners and pointed objects that you know he's going to be stuck with when he moves around, until finally, a large water container crushes him to death.  |
| Typically, what happens, why you die from overhydration, is that you wash out all your salts, which is why the Army later made us also start drinking a bottle of what was probably Gatorade daily, too. You get an electrolyte imbalance and something-something happens -- I forget -- and then you die. I hope that wasn't too technical for you. Hahaha! |
| Modern writing of female characters without verging into Mary Sue territory. There's swears (which I feel I have to include because USians get hung up on language for... reasons) but this is so important for writers, not just the Hollywood she rails against. It's only 12 minutes long, but so important for us as writers. Especially considering the rash of Mary Sue led books in the sales charts this century - Lightlark and sequels, Fourth Wing, Fifty Shades... series, Handbook For Mortals, et al... [[Embed over limit (10).]] |
S 🤦  - I've had wdc folks who refuse to read what I write because it's 18+. That's why Kit's contest is so important. USians get bent out of shape that a 15 year old who's been raped can handle the word shit. Fortunately, in this town, our library has YA stories that cover suicide, death, rape, sex, and other realities that youth have to face. |
| As for Mary Sue characters... very good read. Why do they remind me of toxic positivity though? |
Kåre เลียม Enga  - That's possible. But the Mary Sue stems from fanfiction communities, and is seen as more wish fulfillment. Of course, it could have evolved in modern setting to be toxic positivity, but it is a writing/ story-telling trope that just reeks of author insert fantasy. |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. I decided to put this song up next because of a discussion I had on Discord, when someone said it was the worst song ever. I put the link to this song up, they said that it was a David Hasselhoff song (!), I told them this was the original, and now they like it and just hate David Hasselhoff even more. TMG had a string of hits in Australia in the 1970s before falling off in the 1980s... and then a brain tumour took him in 2001, The Gimme Ted tribute concerts were released as an awesome CD set that I own. He was an Australian music icon, and yet his music never made it past Australia and New Zealand. Shame. He deserved better than David f'n Hasselhoff. Seen live? No. Overseas success? No. 'Jump In My Car' by Ted Mulry Gang (1975) [[Embed over limit (10).]] |
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