⇒ apocalypse

strange day in sydney: a dust storm blankets the city in a red haze, no joke.

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⇒ tax my a$$

shocking study finds Sydney homebuyers face the largest tax burden in the country!

No sh!t, Sherlock! I wonder what tipped you off?

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⇒ one of sydney's darkest weeks

i don't mean the lack of illumination, but the doom and gloom global credit crisis, topsy-turvy weather, horrific crime, meaningless assault and turd in dessert incidents.

btw, someone finally said it: "...if the Academy gives Heath Ledger a pity Oscar (thereby ignoring the whole 'drug addict dad who left his daughter fatherless to pursue a habit') I'll kill someone." from here
Thank you! They're actors, people! Their day job is pretending to be someone else! What the f#ck is all this 'I was so inspired by your performance' bs?!?!?! GAH!!!!

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⇒ Apple Pandemonium!

Apple's flagship Sydney store launched today. At 5pm the doors opened and rabid Apple-ites went crazy and made alot of noise. Alot of 'whooping', 'woo-hoo', 'yeah!', etc...I was there...lined up for almost an hour to get in but I got me a t-shirt indicating that I was amongst the first 2500 yups/marketed-to to enter the new store.
The line wrapped itself around pretty much the entire block on which the Apple store is situated. In length terms, I guess that's about 3.5 blocks, which is unheard of in Sydney.

It's amazing how nutty people got during the event. It's not like Apple actually gave anything substantial away. The t-shirts came in a slick white Apple box, which led some to falsely believe an iProduct was inside (sadly not).

On the upside, staff were friendly (and in a very 'high-five' kind of mood), some free nudies (health drinks) were passed along and courtesy umbrellas, for when the rain started (you don't get to keep them). Anyhoo, here are some camera phone pics. Can't be bothered to upload the rest...maybe later.


That Apple logo is enormous! It looks like it weighs as much as a small car. I guess it's supposed to be intimidating and make competitors feel small and vulnerable. Good job.

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⇒ Apple AU

wraps have come off the apple sydney store! view before and after pics:


opening this thurs 19th!

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