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		<title>good times. or not.</title>
		<link>http://www.jennytalia.com/2011/11/10/good-times-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video takes me back to my happy place It&#8217;s my first video blog from the last UK tour in 2009 Back when I knew how to use iMovie and thought hey fuck it, why don&#8217;t I make a full on live DVD and edit it MY FUCKING SELF with final cut pro like all [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This video takes me back to my happy place</p>
<p>It&#8217;s my first video blog from the last UK tour in 2009</p>
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<p>Back when I knew how to use iMovie and thought hey fuck it, why don&#8217;t I make a full on live DVD and edit it MY FUCKING SELF with final cut pro like all the professionals use but I would need a newer computer and updated software so I&#8217;ll just go spend thousands of dollars on that shit but wait oh hey, I don&#8217;t know how to USE this fancy fucking program so I better get me some lessons from the experts in blue shirts at the Apple store who are really helpful which is good because I&#8217;ll end up spending more time with them than my fucking husband because I didn&#8217;t realise that I shouldn&#8217;t edit using USB external hard drives, and every fucktard (except me) knows you can only use firewire hard drives for big arse projects because otherwise you&#8217;ll lose months of fucking editing work when your files become corrupt and won&#8217;t fucking open anymore and you&#8217;re so spewing you could cry except you already ARE crying because you missed out on going to see the Dolly Parton concert that you had VIP tickets for AND you have to get your shit done yesterday &#8217;cause it&#8217;s only 46 more god damn mother fucking days &#8217;til Christmas fuck cunt prick shit mother fucker</p>
<p>And how&#8217;s YOUR day going?</p>
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		<title>why not?</title>
		<link>http://www.jennytalia.com/2011/03/08/why-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 10:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first saw this video a few days ago over at Kelly Oxford&#8217;s site Since then I&#8217;ve seen pop up on quite a few other blogs I wanted to post it here too Because I support this And I don&#8217;t understand why two people who want to get married can&#8217;t I try to imagine back when [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I first saw this video a few days ago over at <a href="http://kellyoxford.tumblr.com/">Kelly Oxford&#8217;s</a> site</p>
<p>Since then I&#8217;ve seen pop up on quite a few other blogs</p>
<p>I wanted to post it here too</p>
<p>Because I support this</p>
<p>And I don&#8217;t understand why two people who want to get married can&#8217;t</p>
<p>I try to imagine back when Diamond and I fell in love</p>
<p>And the amazing memory I have of the day he asked me to marry him</p>
<p>Doesn&#8217;t everyone deserve to have that memory?</p>
<p>To those who don&#8217;t agree</p>
<p>Why does it bother you?</p>
<p>How does it affect your life if 2 people who happen to have the same genitals, get married?</p>
<p>It shouldn&#8217;t</p>
<p>No more than if they live together</p>
<p>Forever</p>
<p>What&#8217;s the big fucking difference?</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait for the day when people like Derence &amp; Ed don&#8217;t have to plead their case</p>
<p>Or ask permission</p>
<p>To do what the rest of us can do whenever we like</p>
<p>To whomever we like</p>
<p>As many times as we like</p>
<p>I wish these guys every happiness and hope so much they get to get married</p>
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<p>And not just because they are probably the cutest couple I&#8217;ve ever seen</p>
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		<title>bullets &amp; barbra</title>
		<link>http://www.jennytalia.com/2011/01/12/bullets-barbra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mental illness is real Most of you, whether you know it or not, know somebody, or have someone in your family Who suffers from some kind of mental illness I know I do No punch line here, it&#8217;s just a fact And I know I&#8217;m the first to make a joke about some whackjob I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mental illness is real</p>
<p>Most of you, whether you know it or not, know somebody, or have someone in your family</p>
<p>Who suffers from some kind of mental illness</p>
<p>I know I do</p>
<p>No punch line here, it&#8217;s just a fact</p>
<p>And I know I&#8217;m the first to make a joke about some whackjob I read about in the paper</p>
<p>But sometimes there&#8217;s just no funny to be found</p>
<p>Mental illness can be devastating if left undiagnosed or untreated</p>
<p>We all live in countries where there is help</p>
<p>But you have to speak up</p>
<p>Get help, or if you see someone you know struggling</p>
<p>Try to help them</p>
<p>When something like the tragic <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110110/ap_on_re_us/us_congresswoman_shot">shootings in Arizona</a> happen</p>
<p>The rest of the world is quick to point fingers at the US</p>
<p>And blame the gun laws here for the problem</p>
<p>And although Australia has nowhere near the gun ownership numbers due to much stricter gun laws</p>
<blockquote><p><em> Anyone wishing to possess or use a firearm in Australia must have a Firearms Licence and, with some exceptions, be over the age of 18. Owners must have secure storage for their firearms. For each firearm a &#8220;Genuine Reason&#8221; must be given, relating to pest control, hunting, target shooting, or collecting. Self-defense is not accepted as a reason for issuing a licence</em></p>
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<p>When a (for lack of a better word) &#8216;crazy&#8217; person wants to harm themselves or others</p>
<p>They&#8217;ll find a way to do it</p>
<p>Most Australian&#8217;s would know the name <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia)">Martin Bryant</a> as the gunman responsible for Australia&#8217;s deadliest massacre</p>
<p>OK, it may not happen often &#8211; but it does</p>
<p>And what about taxi driver <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/02/2916693.htm">Derrick Bird</a> in the UK last year?</p>
<p>It happens everywhere</p>
<p>I think that access to weapons isn&#8217;t the whole problem here</p>
<p>But rather the amount of truly fucked up &amp; disturbed people there are in the world</p>
<p>And sure, them being able to get their hands ON a weapon IS a part of the problem</p>
<p>But shouldn&#8217;t we being trying to treat/fix these people?</p>
<p>Recognise people that need help</p>
<p>The shooter in Arizona, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/10/national/main7229463.shtml">Jared Loughner</a> has been described by all who knew him as</p>
<p>Weird, paranoid, full of conspiracy theories, anti government</p>
<p>He was kicked out of school and told he could only come back after a mental evaluation that showed,</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;&#8230;in the opinion of a mental health professional, his presence at the College does not present a danger to himself or others.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>And then he went and bought a gun</p>
<p>So maybe all the help in the world can&#8217;t help some people</p>
<p>I understand that</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t have the answers</p>
<p>But I do believe that maybe <em>&#8216;giving a shit&#8217;</em> about each other is a step in the right direction</p>
<p>Looking out for not only ourselves, but our neighbours, work colleagues</p>
<p>I wonder if some if these people that committed these acts had more people that<em> &#8216;gave a shit&#8217; </em>about them</p>
<p>Would it have made a difference?</p>
<p>I guess we&#8217;ll never know</p>
<p>Now, I&#8217;m getting off my soapbox to go and listen to some Barbra</p>
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		<title>pat downs &amp; poking</title>
		<link>http://www.jennytalia.com/2010/11/17/pat-downs-poking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 03:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few days Twitter &#38; Facebook have been all a flutter Over the new TSA regulations The TSA being the Transportation Security Administration in the USA You know, the security peeps at the airport with the wands &#38; the (usually) grumpy faces? Their new regulations are introducing the use of more thorough pat [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the last few days <a href="http://www.twitter.com/jennytalia2009">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/JENNY-TALIA-from-AUSTRALIA/65016853139">Facebook </a> have been all a flutter</p>
<p>Over the new TSA regulations</p>
<p>The TSA being the <em>Transportation Security Administration </em>in the USA</p>
<p>You know, the security peeps at the airport with the wands &amp; the (usually) grumpy faces?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/TSA-regulations.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5987" title="TSA-regulations" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/TSA-regulations-450x290.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="290" /></a></p>
<p>Their new regulations are introducing the use of <em>more thorough pat downs in the screening process of passengers</em></p>
<p>As someone who flies a lot</p>
<p>I go through airport security checks several times a month</p>
<p>All year &#8217;round</p>
<p>Look, I don&#8217;t know anyone that loves it</p>
<p>But it&#8217;s just part of the deal if you want to travel in this day and age</p>
<p>And up until now, I&#8217;ve never really had a problem with it</p>
<p>I even went through one of the body scanners for the first time at San Francisco airport last month</p>
<p>It wasn&#8217;t a drama at all</p>
<p>I walked in, stopped for 3 seconds</p>
<p>And walked out the other side</p>
<p>The TSA officer on the other side got the all clear on her radio</p>
<p>Obviously from whoever is off a the room somewhere looking over the scans</p>
<p>I think he radioed in something like, &#8220;&#8230;..the hotty midget with the massive ta-tas is clear!&#8221;</p>
<p>But from what I understand, the TSA&#8217;s new regulations will allow their security officers to REALLY pat you down</p>
<p>If there is no body scanners <em>(which don&#8217;t show if there&#8217;s any weapons etc up your woo hoo anyway)</em></p>
<p><em><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/TSA+Unveils+Whole+Body+Imaging+System+Los+Aft0xVKdaLel.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5988" title="TSA+Unveils+Whole+Body+Imaging+System+Los+Aft0xVKdaLel" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/TSA+Unveils+Whole+Body+Imaging+System+Los+Aft0xVKdaLel-450x300.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="300" /></a></em></p>
<p>Or if you refuse to go through a body scanner</p>
<p>Like, up your skirt if you&#8217;re wearing one</p>
<p>Feeling over your breasts</p>
<p>And grabbing men&#8217;s lunch box packages</p>
<p>All in the name of being more thorough</p>
<p>There&#8217;s even footage doing the rounds of a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN6pJ7nP1yA">3 year old getting a pat down</a> that has people up in arms</p>
<p>I watched it &#8211; and it doesn&#8217;t seem over-the-top at all</p>
<p><em>(others may see it differently)</em></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/images1.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5983" title="images" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/images1.jpeg" alt="" width="225" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;ve traveled with both my girls since they were babies</p>
<p>And they&#8217;ve been taken out of their strollers</p>
<p>Been woken up so they can walk through the metal detectors</p>
<p>Had the wand waved over them</p>
<p>And yeah, even been patted down</p>
<p>The truth?</p>
<p>They loved it</p>
<p>Thought it was all a part of the big traveling adventure</p>
<p>The only time it really pissed me off was when a fucktard in a TSA uniform asked me to demonstrate that the machine with the big battery &amp; tubes coming from it</p>
<p>That was in my backpack</p>
<p>Was in fact a breast pump, not a bomb</p>
<p>I think that Diamond threatening to &#8220;&#8230;sue his mother fucking ignorant arse for sexual harassment and being a cunt&#8230;.&#8221;</p>
<p>Got us out of that one</p>
<p>But I think if you do anything often enough, like go through airport security</p>
<p>You&#8217;re bound to come across the odd wank-stain every now and then</p>
<p>But in light of these new, more aggressive pat down methods</p>
<p>I think I&#8217;d have to ask the question before I&#8217;d let you pat down one of my daughters again</p>
<p>&#8220;Will you be touching their genitals?</p>
<p>&#8216;Cause that is NOT going to happen&#8221;</p>
<p>You&#8217;d best be finding another way to search my kid</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/My-First-TSA-Cavity-Search.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5984" title="My First TSA Cavity Search" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/My-First-TSA-Cavity-Search-450x450.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="450" /></a></p>
<p>Or we&#8217;ll be walking to Australia</p>
<p>And while we&#8217;re at it &#8211; when was the last time a 5 year old American/Australian citizen tried to blow up an aircraft?</p>
<p>I know, that opens up a whole shit storm of racial profiling</p>
<p>But fuck, common sense would say that works doesn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>There are exceptions to every stereotype</p>
<p>There ARE blonde, blue eyed terrorist wannabes out there</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/siemens.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5985" title="siemens" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/siemens-450x330.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="330" /></a></p>
<p>But I&#8217;d hazzard a guess that more than 90% are not</p>
<p>So why not make educated decisions when screening passengers?</p>
<p>Not just 1 out of every four</p>
<p>How about leaving anyone under 10 <em>the fuck alone?</em></p>
<p>And the Grannies</p>
<p>&#8216;Cause that demographic don&#8217;t have a large presence with <em>al</em>-<em>Qaida, </em>me thinks</p>
<p>So does my opinion make me racist?</p>
<p><em>Please</em></p>
<p>Common sense is drowning under the weight of political correctness</p>
<p>And if my opinion is not PC?</p>
<p>Then I&#8217;m xenophobic</p>
<p>A bigot even</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/afghan_election_gi_gal-vi.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5990" title="afghan_election_gi_gal-vi" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/afghan_election_gi_gal-vi-450x294.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="294" /></a></p>
<p>I read about <a href="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/travel/news/muslim-women-refuse-airport-body-scan/story-e6frg8ro-1225837224641">two women refusing to have a body scan due to their religious beliefs</a></p>
<p>They chose not to fly, rather than go through the screening process</p>
<p>That&#8217;s their choice</p>
<p>If I chose to travel while wearing any sort of baggy clothing, whether for religious or comfort reasons</p>
<p>That could easily conceal weapons, explosives etc</p>
<p>I would <em>expect</em> to be rigorously and thoroughly patted down, scanned and screened</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t consider myself being discriminated against</p>
<p>It&#8217;s just common fucking sense, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
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<p>I really don&#8217;t give a fuck what the PC brigade thinks</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t value their opinion any more than they value mine</p>
<p>At the end of the day, airport security is there to keep us travelers <em>SAFE</em></p>
<p>Why not prescreen people?</p>
<p>Have the chip in their passport give a detailed background of each passenger</p>
<p>If you have nothing to hide, I don&#8217;t see how it&#8217;s a problem</p>
<p>I wouldn&#8217;t care &#8211; the government knows everything about me anyway</p>
<p>Your background check etc would give you a resulting score out of, say 10</p>
<p>10 being the person you do NOT want on your flight</p>
<p>Lock that fucker up</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to think that I&#8217;d be a 1</p>
<p>There&#8217;s not too many Australian married mums of two, who say fuck for a living, signing up to be suicide bombers these days</p>
<p>At a stretch, my threat level might be a 2</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s more about what plane food does to my farting frequencies</p>
<p>Than my affiliation with terrorists</p>
<p>I agree that yeah, sometimes it&#8217;s inconvenient to go through airport screenings</p>
<p>Do we need them to be more thorough?</p>
<p>In my opinion, no</p>
<p>I think we need to be <em>smarter </em>about <em>who</em> we screen</p>
<p>But if I have to go through the more rigorous process, then so be it</p>
<p>I have no problem with a security officer just doing their job</p>
<p>Go ahead and fossil for firecrackers up my vajay-jay</p>
<p>And check my boobs for bombs</p>
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<p>Can I get dinner &amp; flowers first?</p>
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		<title>not welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t even know where to start with this Deep breath&#8230;. Here we go I left Chicago Sunday night to fly into London for some shows Uneventful flight made more pleasant by the old lady next to me that smelt like vanilla Yum Got off the plane &#38; lined up for immigration That&#8217;s the part [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t even know where to start with this</p>
<p>Deep breath&#8230;.</p>
<p>Here we go</p>
<p>I left Chicago Sunday night to fly into London for some shows</p>
<p>Uneventful flight made more pleasant by the old lady next to me that smelt like vanilla</p>
<p>Yum</p>
<p>Got off the plane &amp; lined up for immigration</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the part where they check your paperwork, if you have any &#8211; and stamp your passport</p>
<p>Then send you on your way</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve done it more times than I can remember</p>
<p>Piece of piss really</p>
<p>Ummm&#8230;yeah&#8230;.not this time</p>
<p>Apparently I didn&#8217;t have sufficient paperwork with me</p>
<p>Then the questions started</p>
<p>What did I do? Was I going to be earning money? What name did I perform under? Why do I travel to the UK so often?</p>
<p>Then I was asked to &#8216;take a seat&#8217; while the man went away to do fuck knows what</p>
<p>He came back about 10 minutes later with printouts from my website</p>
<p>Pages of it</p>
<p>And yeah, he was holding ALL the <a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/category/bad-penis-tattoo-thursday/">BAD PENIS TATTOO THURSDAY</a> pics too</p>
<p>Oh, joy</p>
<p>Then he asked me to come with him as they &#8216;weren&#8217;t satisfied with my reasons for entering the country&#8217;</p>
<p>They took my mugshot</p>
<p>I tried to be all cute &amp; pouty like <a href="http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2010621//300.mugshots.lc.072110.jpg">Lindsay &amp; Paris</a></p>
<p>But I&#8217;m pretty sure I ended up giving him my best &#8216;fuck this shit&#8217; face</p>
<p>Then I was asked to sign some forms</p>
<p>One of them stated that, <em>&#8220;&#8230;if I was detained for more than 8 days, I had the right to appeal&#8221;</em></p>
<p>EIGHT FUCKING DAYS?</p>
<p>So yeah,  I said I wouldn&#8217;t sign that one</p>
<p>He said I had to</p>
<p>I said no I didn&#8217;t</p>
<p>I was earning browny points left, right &amp; fucking centre with this dude</p>
<p>He asked me to follow him and proceeded to tell me that, where he was taking me wasn&#8217;t really that pleasant, and a little uncomfortable &#8211; but it was where any detainees had to be held and I wouldn&#8217;t be there for long</p>
<p>A detainee?</p>
<p>Isn&#8217;t that someone that&#8217;s trying to do something illegal? Like immigrate illegally or smuggle drugs</p>
<p>Neither of which I was trying to do</p>
<p>Then he and another man took all my stuff &amp; searched me</p>
<p>They took my phone, my bag, my water, my computer my <a href="http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/twizzler/index.asp">TWIZZLERS</a>, and a little piece of my dignity</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t allowed to have anything with me</p>
<p>This day was turning to shit at a rapid pace</p>
<p>So I was put in a room with 8 other people</p>
<p>Make that 8 <em>men</em></p>
<p>That didn&#8217;t appear to speak english (to me anyway)</p>
<p>And spent most of their time on the public phone, praying to Allah, or giving me filthy looks</p>
<p>Oh yeah, the public phone?  I asked for change so that I could use it to make a call, and was told there wasn&#8217;t any</p>
<p>All the coins had been given to my fellow inmates</p>
<p>My roomies were fucktards</p>
<p>At least I didn&#8217;t have to worry about becoming anyone&#8217;s prison bitch &#8211; I was very happy to not be their type</p>
<p>A lady came &amp; got me for an interview</p>
<p>Yeah, I thought &#8211; a woman &#8211; she&#8217;ll be nicer and we&#8217;ll get this shit sorted</p>
<p>Oh, how wrong I was</p>
<p>Immigration lady had herself a raging case of PMS &#8211; or maybe she was just born a bitch</p>
<p>I was trying to give her the benefit of the doubt</p>
<p>She wanted to know was I married, how many kids, what did my husband do, why were there penis&#8217; on my website?</p>
<p>It was pretty much the suckiest interview ever</p>
<p>Then she took me back to the room from hell &#8211; where my 8 buds were so happy so see me</p>
<p>Like, look up from their Korans &#8211; spit on the floor, kind of happy</p>
<p>So as they prayed, I sang &#8220;God Bless All the Little Children&#8221; as loud as I could</p>
<p>And it may come as a shock, but I couldn&#8217;t remember the the words</p>
<p>So I belted out an inspired <em>(if I do say so myself) </em>version of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxmUKVrT0iI">D.I.L.L.I.G.A.F</a></p>
<p>And I know, maybe this post is taking on a racist tone</p>
<p>But you know what?</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t given a prayer mate</p>
<p>So what if I don&#8217;t pray? I totally could have done some yoga</p>
<p>They were given toiletry bags, with toothpaste etc</p>
<p>I wasn&#8217;t</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m taking that as a compliment</p>
<p>Because I smelt like a bed of roses and didn&#8217;t need one &#8211; and they smelt like moldy goats</p>
<p>Soooooo</p>
<p>Seven hours and six more interviews later</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, SEVEN FUCKING HOURS</p>
<p>I was deemed unwelcome and refused entry</p>
<p>Even as I type that I can&#8217;t quite believe it</p>
<p>Are you fucking kidding me?</p>
<p>When I work in the UK, I put money INTO the economy</p>
<p>Granted, it&#8217;s not a squillion dollars</p>
<p>But fuck &#8211; I pay taxes</p>
<p>And this time they tell me I require different paperwork &#8211; as it&#8217;s a <em>&#8216;grey area&#8217;</em> and subject to interpretation</p>
<p>Really? I would expect that immigration issues should be pretty black &amp; white</p>
<p>And not subject to the whims &amp; moods of the person that happens to be working the day I enter the country</p>
<p>So it could have gone either way for me</p>
<p>As I&#8217;m typing this from my office in Chicago, I think you all know which way it DID end up going for me</p>
<p>I was escorted through London airport by 3 immigration officers</p>
<p>All the way onto the plane</p>
<p>I asked to stop to go to the toilet</p>
<p>They said no</p>
<p>I asked to stop so I could buy a bottle of water</p>
<p>They said no</p>
<p>Yesterday was officially one of the most ball-sucking days I have ever had</p>
<p>And I appreciate there are so many people out there that have it worse</p>
<p>But I&#8217;m pissed</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pissed that I was treated like a fucking criminal, fingerprinted and all</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pissed that my 8 buddies were ALL permitted to <em>stay</em> in the country</p>
<p>And I&#8217;m really pissed that the shows had to be cancelled</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sorry to all of you that were coming out to see me</p>
<p>Starting today, I am going to try to reschedule them, and also add in some extra places</p>
<p>I guess that&#8217;s a good thing, yeah?</p>
<p>I&#8217;m also going to make sure I have MORE than enough paperwork to satisfy the <em>&#8216;powers that be&#8217;</em> next time I head to the UK</p>
<p>Passport, work visas, itinerary, birth certificate, baby album, grocery shopping list, love letters, school report cards</p>
<p>You name it, I&#8217;ll fucking have it</p>
<p>I&#8217;m bummed I&#8217;m not going to get to catch up with some of my buds that were coming to the shows</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be back though, I promise</p>
<p>I just need to make sure they let me in next time</p>
<p>Anyone know where I can buy a Burka?</p>
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<p><em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">*UPDATE*</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">Just found out that 3 of the 4 shows were sold out, which is kinda awesome &#8211; and kinda sucky too &#8217;cause I can&#8217;t do the shows!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">You know what, you guys are fucking brilliant &#8211; your comments, emails etc have been overwhelming. Overwhelmingly cool, funny, supportive and just plain fucking great. THANK YOU!</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">New tour dates &amp; venues will be posted soon &#8211; but mark these dates in your calendars: 17th  - 31st January 2011</span></strong></em></p>
<p><em><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">I&#8217;m going to try again!! x</span></strong></em></p>
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		<title>it&#8217;s not all about you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an email this morning saying that one of our shows on the upcoming Rural New South Wales Tour had been cancelled The canceling was not really a big deal It&#8217;s still far enough away to put another show in it&#8217;s place The reason for canceling the show has me a bit miffed OK, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received an email this morning saying that one of our shows on the upcoming <a href="http://www.kevinbloodywilson.com/tour-dates/">Rural New South Wales Tour</a> had been cancelled</p>
<p>The canceling was not really a big deal</p>
<p>It&#8217;s still far enough away to put another show in it&#8217;s place</p>
<p>The reason for canceling the show has me a bit miffed</p>
<p>OK, so maybe that&#8217;s an understatement</p>
<p>It pissed-me-the-fuck-off</p>
<p>We were booked to play at a Services Club in Orange</p>
<p>Booked, confirmed, all set to go</p>
<p>Then the club&#8217;s committee<em> ([my]definition of committee: a bunch of out of touch fuddy-duddies, that have no business making decisions for the general public)</em></p>
<p>Actually, not the ENTIRE committee</p>
<p>There was just one <em><span style="font-size: small;">&#8220;</span></em><span style="font-size: small;"><em><span style="font-size: small;">objection from one of the board members&#8221;</span></em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Apparently, he deemed the show too rude for their venue</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This one man</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is the town&#8217;s censor and moral compass? </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">So tell me this, Mr Councilman</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.kevinbloodywilson.com">Dad</a> has been playing at your venue for more years than I can count</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_3884.JPG.jpeg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5619" title="DSC_3884.JPG" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_3884.JPG-295x450.jpg" alt="" width="295" height="450" /></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>SELLING OUT</em> your venue more times than I can count</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Were there complaints?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Were people offended in the past?</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">I understand that the nature of Dad&#8217;s &amp; my act is not for everybody</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">But when you continually sell out a venue</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">Doesn&#8217;t history dictate that there ARE people who want to see it?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why <em>THIS TIME</em> is the show not suitable?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because now YOU&#8217;RE on the committee?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">To quote from Dad&#8217;s upcoming book:</span></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><em>Nobody tells Australian stories better than Kevin Bloody Wilson. Record sales of almost four million worldwide bear testimony to his International success. In January 2010 he received a nomination for Australian Of The Year, he’s listed in Who’s Who and his entire body of work has been chosen for inclusion in The National Film And Sound Archive in Canberra</em></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is an act that has sold out the Sydney Opera House and the London Palladium</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/Kev-and-Jen_129.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5621" title="Kev and Jen_129" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/Kev-and-Jen_129-299x450.jpg" alt="" width="299" height="450" /></a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">But it&#8217;s not up to your standards?</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Because your venue lists itself as:</span></span></p>
<h5 style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">No better venue in Country NSW for all your entertainment needs then right here at Club</span></span></h5>
<h5 style="padding-left: 30px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">We provide the best in live music, variety shows, comedy and children’s entertainment</span></span></h5>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">You mention comedy?</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">But obviously not one of Australia&#8217;s highest selling comedians</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">So if this kind of comedy is not <em>your cup of tea,</em> then NO ONE gets to see it?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Wow, that sounds <em>really</em> fair mate</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">Totally keeping the best interest of the 30,000+ people that live in your city in mind, aren&#8217;t you buddy?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">And though I may rant at your lack of vision for what&#8217;s best for the public in Orange</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">It&#8217;s you who will miss out</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">But the good people in Orange will not</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">See, we&#8217;ve booked ourselves at the <a href="http://www.orange.nsw.gov.au/site/index.cfm?display=181776"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">ORANGE CIVIC THEATRE</span></strong></a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;"><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/898711.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-5615" title="898711" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/898711-450x74.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="74" /></a></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;">And that&#8217;s we&#8217;re we&#8217;ll be playing November 7th</span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">It&#8217;s going to be a ball-tearer of a show, sir</span></span></p>
<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">That, I can promise you</span></span></p>
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<p><span><span style="font-size: small;">I told Dad I wouldn&#8217;t call you a cranky old fucktard, s</span></span><span><span style="font-size: small;">o I didn&#8217;t</span></span></p>
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		<title>opinions are like arseholes&#8230;here&#8217;s mine</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 04:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(my opinion, not my arsehole) So here&#8217;s a little disclaimer for the following post It fucking totally will may get a little ‘rant-y’ My very loud, angry opinion So what the FUCK is up with all these boat people coming into Australia? What’s that other word we use for them? Oh yeah, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! And [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>(my opinion, not my arsehole)</em></p>
<p><em>So here&#8217;s a little disclaimer for the following post</em></p>
<p><em>It </em><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><em>fucking totally will</em></span><em> may get a little ‘rant-y’</em></p>
<p><em>My </em><span style="text-decoration: line-through;"><em>very loud, angry</em></span><em> opinion</em></p>
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<p>So what the FUCK is up with all these boat people coming into Australia?</p>
<p>What’s that other word we use for them?</p>
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<p>Oh yeah, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!</p>
<p>And here I was thinking that if something was ILLEGAL</p>
<p>It was wrong</p>
<p>It meant laws had been broken</p>
<p>There would be punishment involved</p>
<p>Silly <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">fucking </span>me</p>
<p>Illegal immigrants here</p>
<p>Who arrive by boat</p>
<p>Are flown to various locations around Australia</p>
<p>In private, chartered planes</p>
<p>Almost $200,000 a week is being spent on charter flights to ferry asylum seekers all over the place</p>
<p>In the 2008-09 financial year, 32 charter flights carrying 2500 people  cost $2.7 million &#8211; an average of $84,000 a flight.</p>
<p>They then stay in (custom built) detention centres</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/r321449_1433334.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4836" title="r321449_1433334" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/r321449_1433334-450x284.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="284" /></a></p>
<p>And when that&#8217;s not available, hotels</p>
<p>It&#8217;s certainly more accommodating than where they have come from</p>
<p>They are given money for food, clothing &amp; other supplies</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t just &#8216;supply&#8217; them with supplies</p>
<p>In many cases they are given the cash</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/shop_thumb.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4839" title="shop_thumb" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/shop_thumb.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="399" /></a></p>
<p>And sent off on a shopping spree</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s not forget the medical care given too</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Wow!</p>
<p>So all you hard working, tax paying Australians</p>
<p>Are footing the bill for this</p>
<p>For these criminals</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>They are then provided with financial resources by the Australian taxpayer to pay the legal costs of arguing their cases</p>
<p>One estimate is that the cost of removing an illegal immigrant is, on average, approximately $60,000</p>
<p>It makes me want to go out and punch a do-gooder in the fucking face</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>I appreciate that this is a country built from the ground up, BY immigrants</p>
<p>But these immigrants worked their FUCKING ARSES OFF to make this country what it is</p>
<p>There were no handouts</p>
<p>They worked</p>
<p>And they worked</p>
<p>They became Australian</p>
<p>They <em>EARNED</em> it</p>
<p>It was not just <em>given to them </em>when they landed on these shores</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Now look, I understand these people come from impoverished backgrounds</p>
<p>They are seeking a better way of life</p>
<p>I’m just asking that they do it legally</p>
<p>There is a system in place</p>
<p>We have an entire immigration department</p>
<p>An immigration Minister even</p>
<p>Who knew?</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Why not spend some of the private plane/hotel funds</p>
<p>On getting these people here the right way?</p>
<p>Pay lawyers/administraters in their countries to ‘apply’ for them</p>
<p>For legal residency / citizenship</p>
<p>Use the money to process their applications</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Then each application is taken on merit</p>
<p>And I’m sorry, actually, you know what?</p>
<p>I’m not sorry</p>
<p>If you don’t speak English</p>
<p>If you have no skills</p>
<p>If your moving here would burden us</p>
<p>If <em>WE </em>would have to pay for your food, shelter etc</p>
<p>Then <em>NO</em></p>
<p>You can’t come</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Maybe that sounds a little rough to you</p>
<p>But there are laws for immigration</p>
<p>And as someone who has met many, many people from overseas</p>
<p>Who would give a <em>BODY PART</em> to be able to live in Australia</p>
<p>But don’t fit the criteria</p>
<p>As in: They don’t have more than $250,000 in assets</p>
<p>They don’t bring a job skill that will benefit this country</p>
<p>They try to do it ‘the right way’</p>
<p>They are denied</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>But hey, jump in a boat</p>
<p>With nothing but the clothes on your back</p>
<p>And we’ll pay <em>YOU</em> to stay here</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>I know that a lot of these people are victims of people smugglers</p>
<p>And give what little they have to the man in charge</p>
<p>With nothing more than a promise of a new life in Australia</p>
<p>But if we don’t let them in</p>
<p>EVER</p>
<p>Then the ‘man in charge’ is out of fucking business</p>
<p>Australia is no longer a destination, right?</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>I appreciate that there are many more asylum seekers who arrive by air</p>
<p>And that there are more than 50,000 visa overstayers here</p>
<p>Compared to fewer than 5000 boat people</p>
<p>But the money spent on them surely can be better used staffing our immigration officers</p>
<p>To help them track &amp; deport other illegals</p>
<p>There is so much money being spent on HELPING those who have clearly broken our laws</p>
<p>I just don’t get it</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>And what about the security of this country?</p>
<p>A lot of these UNDOCUMENTED, ILLEGAL immigrants</p>
<p>Are from Afghanistan</p>
<p>‘Scuse me, but aren’t our boys getting fucking killed over there trying to help them?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/r199383_761821.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4835" title="r199383_761821" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/r199383_761821-450x298.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="298" /></a></p>
<p>Fuck that shit</p>
<p>And I couldn’t mean that more</p>
<p>FUCK. THAT. SHIT.</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Why aren’t they trying to immigrate to Korea?</p>
<p>Why aren’t they trying to immigrate to China?</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>‘Cause they’d end up in jail, that’s why</p>
<p>Or with their fucking heads blown off</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>A bit harsh I know</p>
<p>But shit, it’s totally working for them</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>The &#8216;fuck off we&#8217;re full&#8217; mentality that so many Australians have</p>
<p>Is not, in my opinion, the answer</p>
<p>But there are days where I absolutely agree with the sentiment behind it</p>
<p>For the average Aussie, working hard</p>
<p>Paying taxes</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/australia_day_family.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4837" title="australia_day_family" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/australia_day_family.jpg" alt="" width="331" height="220" /></a></p>
<p>Chasing a bit of the &#8216;Australian Dream&#8217;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not easy sometimes</p>
<p>And to see others just show up on our doorstep</p>
<p>And be gifted with what most people here work bloody hard for</p>
<p>Is just fucking wrong</p>
<p><br class="spacer_" /></p>
<p>Sure there&#8217;s room for everybody</p>
<p>But let&#8217;s be smart about this</p>
<p>And do it the legal way</p>
<p>Let the people who have followed the law</p>
<p>And have something to GIVE, rather than TAKE</p>
<p>Let them have a shot at coming here</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/australian-flag51.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4838" title="australian-flag51" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/australian-flag51-450x337.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a></p>
<p>I know my opinion is just that, MINE</p>
<p>And you may not agree with me</p>
<p>But you know what?</p>
<p>I welcome your opinion</p>
<p>If you know more about this and want to enlighten me</p>
<p>Go ahead</p>
<p>Who knows, maybe you can even change my opinion?</p>
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<p>Good luck with that.</p>
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		<title>cuts like a knife</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 22:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot on the news and in the papers here in Australia about female circumcision . Sorry, were you eating? . Here’s the deal It’s illegal in this country And America And the United Kingdom Canada, Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden As it should fucking be These are civilsed, Western countries Where women [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There’s been a lot on the news and in the papers here in Australia about <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/05/28/2911991.htm">female circumcision</a></p>
<p>.</p>
<p>Sorry, were you eating?</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>Here’s the deal</p>
<p>It’s illegal in this country</p>
<p>And America</p>
<p>And the United Kingdom</p>
<p>Canada, Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand, Sweden</p>
<p>As it should fucking be</p>
<p>These are civilsed, Western countries</p>
<p>Where women are treated equally &amp; with respect</p>
<p>But there are some people who think they should have the freedom to carry out this barbaric ritual in Australia</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>I understand in some countries female genital mutilation is acceptable</p>
<p>Part of the culture</p>
<p>And abides by people’s religious beliefs</p>
<p>Your country, your rules</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>But here’s the thing</p>
<p>This is Australia</p>
<p>Where, as much as it might offend you, it’s OK for women to keep their clitorises</p>
<p>And you know what else?</p>
<p>It’s OK for them to use them too</p>
<p>To touch them</p>
<p>To have them touched</p>
<p>And, here’s where I know it REALLY bothers you</p>
<p>Bring a woman PLEASURE</p>
<p>‘Cause you can twist it and word it all you like</p>
<p>Wrap it up in a big blanket called religion</p>
<p>But what it boils down to is a woman’s right for satisfaction</p>
<p>Pleasure, orgasm even</p>
<p>And that’s the crux of this debate</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>Your culture doesn’t believe that women are equal</p>
<p>Your culture treats them as second class citizens</p>
<p>And their right to sexual pleasure?</p>
<p>Forget about it</p>
<p>That’s reserved for men only</p>
<p>But you know what, I may not agree with it</p>
<p>In fact I can’t begin to tell you how fucked up I think your way of life is</p>
<p>The idea that this custom is carried out on little girls makes me sick to my stomach</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/genital-mutilation-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-4399" title="genital-mutilation-3" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/genital-mutilation-3-450x300.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>As a woman, I find it wrong, repressive &amp; completely repulsive</p>
<p>But that’s just my opinion</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>But you chose to come to Australia</p>
<p>A Western country</p>
<p>Why did you do that and insist on bringing your prehistoric &amp; cruel ways with you?</p>
<p>If your country &amp; culture is so vital to your existence</p>
<p>Then why did you choose to live here?</p>
<p>I have to believe that there was something good about Australia &amp; it’s people that made you decide to be here</p>
<p>Then why not respect our laws?</p>
<p>Our culture</p>
<p>And yes, our women</p>
<p>.</p>
<p>You know, there’s a lot more I could write about this</p>
<p>And try to be reasonable</p>
<p>Present a thought out, well worded argument</p>
<p>But I think the five words that sum it up best</p>
<p>FIT IN OR FUCK OFF</p>
<p>And take your rusty fucking razor blades with you</p>
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		<title>dental fuss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first moved to the States I lived in Nashville for a couple of years Had a lot of fun &#38; made some great mates I don’t get back there nearly as often as I’d like It’s a great town if you like country music and bbq ribs full of fun stuff and people [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span>When I first moved to the States I lived in Nashville for a couple of years</span></p>
<p><span>Had a lot of fun &amp; made some great mates </span></p>
<p><span>I don’t get back there nearly as often as I’d like</span></p>
<p><span>It’s a great town </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">if you like country music and bbq ribs</span><span> full of fun stuff and people</span></p>
<p><span>Nashville is where I first started having problems with what I shall refer to as </span><em>my six million dollar tooth </em></p>
<p><span>My </span><em>SMT</em><span> if you will</span></p>
<p><span>I had a toothache that went bad</span></p>
<p><span>Really bad</span></p>
<p><span>Like my gums were giving birth to a </span><em>pod of pygmy hippos</em><span> kind of bad</span></p>
<p><span>So after realising that alcohol was not the best medicine in this case, I finally relented and went to the dentist</span></p>
<p><span>For those of you aren’t familiar with my pain allergy and masters degree in woos-i-ness, just know that I have been known to call for an ambulance for a paper cut</span></p>
<p><span>So being a big girl and going to the dentist was </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">fucking torture</span> <span>a big deal for me</span></p>
<p><span>After examining my tooth he </span><em>‘tsk tsked</em><span>&#8216; a bit </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">wanker</span><span> and then told me 2 words I hoped to never hear</span></p>
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<p><span>You&#8217;re pregnant</span></p>
<p><span>No, no those two words. </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">They came a few years later</span></p>
<p><span>ROOT CANAL</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>Me: Oh fuck &#8211; can’t you just give me a new tooth?</span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span>Him: No. We can fix this one</span></p>
<p><span>Me: Well, how about I just learn to smile from the one side, like this?</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span>(I strike a pose)</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>That way you won’t even notice it if I don’t have the root canal and it ends up falling out</span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span>Him: No</span></p>
<p><span>Me: Oh man. OK then &#8211; but I’m going to need drugs</span></p>
<p><span>Lots of drugs</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span>He’s all, </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span>Sure we have pain medication and the like</span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span>Me: I don’t think you understand</span></p>
<p><span>I’m talking copious amounts of class A narcotics</span></p>
<p><span>Got it?</span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span>Him: We’ll see what we can do</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span>So to cut to the chase <em>(what does that mean anyway?)</em></span></p>
<p><span>I had the root canal</span></p>
<p><span>It didn’t hurt too bad when he did it</span></p>
<p><span>But afterwards?<br />
OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD!</span></p>
<p><span>You can slap me on the arse and call me a pussy, but that shit is for motherfuckers</span></p>
<p><span>My eyes are watering just thinking about it</span></p>
<p><span>After it was all done I was booked to go back to get the tooth capped</span></p>
<p><span>And of course I totally didn’t go</span></p>
<p><span>What’s the worse thing that could happen?</span></p>
<p><span>Let me tell you what the worse thing that could happen</span></p>
<p><span>You could be singing on stage (I can’t remember where,</span> I blacked out from the pain <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">alcohol</span><span>) and have someone run up and stab you in the mouth with rusty Aztec spear</span></p>
<p><span>OK, so that didn’t actually happen</span></p>
<p><span>But Jeeeesus, that’s what it felt like</span></p>
<p><span>It hurt so bad</span></p>
<p><span>So I go to the dentist, a new one </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">cause the other one wouldn’t give me the keys to the drug cabinet</span><span> because I was now living in Chicago</span></p>
<p><span>He told me that because I didn’t have the tooth capped after the root canal, </span><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">I was a stupid mole</span><span> it had cracked and my gum was now growing through the cracks</span></p>
<p><span>Are you eating? Yeah, it paints a lovely picture doesn&#8217;t it?</span></p>
<p><span>So after he promised to give me as much gas, viacodon and elephant tranquilisers as I needed, I agreed to let him take it out and then give me a new tooth</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/11dentistspan1.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2047" title="11dentistspan1" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/11dentistspan1-450x253.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="253" /></a></p>
<p><span>Many appointments</span> <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">where I was as high as a kite and may have said innappropriate things to the ugly dental assistant</span> later&#8230;</p>
<p><span>I got a new tooth</span></p>
<p><span>I’ve had my new tooth for a while now</span></p>
<p><span>I like my tooth</span></p>
<p><span>I went through a lot to get my new tooth</span></p>
<p><span>It’s kind of cool looking don’t you think?</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/img_8128.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-2044" title="img_8128" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/img_8128-450x337.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="337" /></a></p>
<p><span>What’s that?</span></p>
<p><span>Oh, why is it in my hand you ask?</span></p>
<p><span>Because the </span><strong>cock-sucking-mental-anguish-causing-mother-fucking-six-million-dollar-nearly-died-from-a-drug-overdose-because-of-it piece-of-dental-CRAP, </strong>fell-the-fuck-out today</p>
<p><span>That’s why!</span></p>
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		<title>formed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many, many things I had no fucking clue about, is when your kids start school, the paperwork and forms to fill in will drown your arse is endless! Three days ago, I spent over 2 hours filling in forms That&#8217;s right, you didn&#8217;t read wrong, I said 2 HOURS! And I know [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">many, many</span> things I had no <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">fucking</span> clue about, is when your kids start school, the paperwork and forms to fill in <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">will drown your arse</span> is endless!</p>
<p>Three days ago, I spent over 2 hours filling in forms</p>
<p><a href="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/pileofpaper.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-1786" title="CB007273" src="http://www.jennytalia.com/wp-content/uploads/pileofpaper-450x449.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="449" /></a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s right, you didn&#8217;t read wrong, I said 2 HOURS!</p>
<p>And I know you&#8217;re probably thinking it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m a total slowy that can&#8217;t spell for shit</p>
<p>And yeah, that was probably<em> part</em> of the reason</p>
<p>The thing that <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">pissed me off</span> got me the most, was filling in the SAME form 2 or 3 times</p>
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<p>I mean, haven&#8217;t schools these days heard of carbon paper or I don&#8217;t know, maybe a FUCKING COMPUTER??</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t gone through this much paper since I went on that trip to Thailand 10 years ago and ate that dodgy seafood soup</p>
<p>I got to the point filling in all these forms where I just wanted to fuck with them a bit &#8211; and by them, I mean the <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">bastards</span> people that would be reading them</p>
<p>So of course I did</p>
<p>I expect to be called into the principal&#8217;s office within the first few days of school over this one for sure:</p>
<p>It went a little something like this</p>
<blockquote><p>Name: JENNY TALIA (but you can call me genitalia)</p>
<p>Address: I live with Diamond</p>
<p>Occupation: Exotic dancer and part-time camel wrangler</p>
<p>Who has primary custody of your child: Well, I guess that would be the government. Or child welfare. I can&#8217;t remember what you call them. You know, the people that keep coming over and busting me for all the cigarette burns on my daughter and picking on me for shacking up with my cousin. You can&#8217;t help who you love you know!</p>
<p>Contact number: 1800 IDO-ANYTHING</p>
<p>Religion: Any church that gives me Jesus Juice before lunch on a Sunday</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m sure they&#8217;ll get my sense of humour</p>
<p>Oh well, too late now</p>
<p>It&#8217;s in the mail</p>
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