the Arcadia
The Opera House
The Harbour Bridge
Jet Cruiser
ThunderJet
Navy Boats
Soundwave Lineup
Saturday, February 28, 2009
and some more pictures of sydney!!
lunar park
the Arcadia
The Opera House
The Harbour Bridge
Jet Cruiser
ThunderJet
Navy Boats
Soundwave Lineup
the Arcadia
The Opera House
The Harbour Bridge
Jet Cruiser
ThunderJet
Navy Boats
Soundwave Lineup
My Sydney and Soundwave Trip!
recently i went to sydney with the twins and one of their friends for a music festival. i figured i should probz blog about it, as i promised a few people.
so, friday the 20th, we set out. myself, the twins, and their mum. we stopped at newcastle to pick up their friend. i shall call her Bubbles, cause she has a bubbly personality.
the drive down went smoothly, and we listened to Taylor Swift's album. we played Love Story at least 3 times, and the girls tried to convince me that a railbridge next to the highway was the harbour bridge.
once we got to the family friend's place, we were met by the girl's friend (i'll call her the Model cause she look like one) and her mum. it was Model's mum's birthday party that night. so we all got ourselves sorted and got ready for the party. i got to meet a few neighbours.
unfortunately i started to feel sick part way through the party, so i had a shower and went to bed. or at least i tried to. every time i fell asleep someone would make a loud noise and i'd wake up again.
the last time it happened, i woke up to aaron carter's I want candy. so i decided to go downstairs and attempt to be social for a while longer. i was expecting to see the girls dancing, but when my brain kicked in i actually realised it was mostly the older women!!!!
i stayed downstairs for a while and then actually got tired and went to bed. not long after, the girls were ready for bed too.
on saturday we all had a bbq breakfast and sorted ourselves out to go to the city.
we caught the train from blacktown to one of the city stops. and in sydney, the have double decker trains. i was confused..... i'd never seen them before. they were quite awesome though.
once in the city we started looking around at some of the stores. there was a supre one that was at least 3 floors!! it was massive! and they were having a sale so there was new stuff and old stuff.
we went into the queen victoria building and had a look at some of the shops in there. one of which was the Pandora store. all of us were pretty much drooling over half the stuff in there.
we did a lot of walking around in there and i wasn't feeling so great cause i was still slightly sick from the previous night (and i hadn't been drinking either so i dunno what happened) so we stopped and had a quick lunch and a sit down. i bought a bottle of water from maccas and felt a little better after that. of course we ended up going outside again so maybe being in the air helped a lot too.
oh i forgot to mention that we walked past martin place. that's where sunrise is filmed. next time i'm there on a weekday, i'm gonna be one of those dicks who stand behind the hosts and wave stupid signs. and justin agreed to do it too. so we'll see what happens next time i'm there. lol.
anyway, we walked all the way down the other end of the street and suddenly from behind a building, the harbour bridge popped into view.
we crossed a few roads and ended up near the ferries. the arcadia was docked there as well.
the girls stopped to watch one of the street performers (the guy with the ladders. i see it in brisbane everytime i'm there!) so myself and loz started walking towards the opera house. eventually the rest of the girls caught up.
we stopped and took a few pics, in which i didn't try to hide (yeah i'm shocked too). it was a little windy though so my hair looked crap.
we went for a wander up the steps of the opera house and had a look over the far side of the steps. there was a bunch of navy boats, and i even spotted kirribilly house!! w00t!! so don't say i don't appreciate culture. lol.
after we'd had enough fun cracking jokes about the fall out boy concert being moved to the opera house (cause there was a stage being set up near the steps), we went and caught the train to paddy's markets, then back to blacktown so the Model and the Dark twin could get ready for FOB.
Bubbles, the Light twin and myself managed to entertain ourselves while everyone else was out. i had packed my Tipayatung game i bought. it's kinda like SceneIt, but there's no dvd, it's just movie lines, normal quotes, and songs and u have to finish them off. one of the quotes we got was LET'S MAKE LIKE A SHEPARD AND... GET THE FLOCK OUTTA HERE.
we played it about six times. I won once, Light twin won twice i think, and Bubbles won the most. it was a fun game even when u're sober. we were cracking up a lot.
we all went to bed pretty much as soon as everyone else got home.
the next morning we were out of the house by 10am. we got to Eastern Creek and there were already heaps of people. or so i thought. the amount i saw was nothing compared to the amount that were behind us at about 1pm.
before....
after....
it took us 3 hours to get 150m and past the entry gate.
(this was after about 2 hours)
as a result i missed seeing my fave band perform, but I DID get to meet them at the signing tent later, and they were the sweetest kids ever. so tiny. such great smiles. like they were honestly happy to meet all their fans.
i got separated from the girls a few times at different points, but found each other again almost as quickly. we had our phones and whatnot.
the basic summary of that day's events are as follows...
1pmish - finally made it past the gate. i went and got my shirt signed by madina lake and got autographs for justin as well. then went back and found the girls sitting on the hill between stages 1 and 2.
1.40 - watched the subways on stage 2.
2.15 - watched forever the sickest kids on stage 1, and i actually enjoyed them. i must go look for them on myspace.
2.50 - listened to a bit of underoath, then went for a walk. just as i walked off, they played the 1 song i was waiting for!! walked past stage 3 where Saves the day were playing. got back to stage 2 just after underoath finished, the girls had moved way forward to get ready for red jumpsuit.
3.30 - i wandered over to stage 3 again to see hellogoodbye, but i got bored and went back to stage 2 and leant against the fence and watched anberlin on stage 1 (stages 1 and 2 were right next to each other).
4pm - red jumpsuit started and i was actually in a decent spot. could see them better than my camera made it look like.
4.40 - went and sat in the first aid tent for a bit cause there was no shade where i had waited for red jumpsuit. sometime after that i went looking for the girls and ended up sitting in the shade tent up from stages 1 and 2.
5.20 - bloodhound gang started on stage 2 and i could hear them play, but couldn't see as teh booze tent was in the way. some of their between song banter was actually quite comical. i went and found the girls sitting near stage 3. we listened to either funeral for a friend or rival schools. i can't remember. from here things kinda get a little hazy for me.
all i remember is waiting for new found glory, then as soon as they started, i got pushed, squashed, tripped, knocked flat on my back, stepped on, i remember getting kicked in the head, i curled up into a ball and prayed i didn't lose my phone which was in my pocket at the time, i remember kicking people, and i vaguely remember 2 sets of hands reaching down and grabbing my wrists and hauling me off the ground. i eventually managed to push my way out of the crush, found the girls, and started shaking and not quite breathing very well and feeling lightheaded, so i went straight up the hill to the first aid tent. the really cute guy looked at me and asked if i was ok and all i could do was shake my head and i nearly collapsed right in front of him. he grabbed me and put me on a chair and gave me water (which i them spilled on myself, i was shaking that much) and another cute guy came over and took care of me. he strapped my knee and ankle, and made me laugh cause he was telling me all about how to anchor the bandage so it doesn't move up or down, yadda yadda yadda.
i remember his name was will young. lol. i think he called the other guy simon.
i was in the tent for a while that time. i messaged the girls to let them know where i was and after i felt a little better i went out to find them, but they had come up to find me. by this time it was about 9pm i think. or sometime close to that. we wandered (or in my case, hobbled) over to stage 6, which was waaaaaay over the other side, and sat down to wait for From First To Last.
as soon as they finished we got up and left via the southern entry (right next to us). we had to walk all the way around to where we got dropped off (near the northern entry). pretty much as soon as we got in the car and settled i fell asleep. i woke up twice. once on the highway somewhere, and once just at the lights near the twin's home.
even though there was a lot of negative stuff that happened at soundwave, i would defs do it again next year. especially now that i know what to expect, and what to do and where to go.
the good parts were really really good. we even started chatting to randoms while in line. and the crowd started the bullshit/boring chant like at the cricket. it was great. i wouldn't recommend it to people who don't like crowds or waiting in long lines, or paying too much for things (i had to pay $2 just to get something signed, and i paid $7 for a hotdog with cheese, but at 9pm when u've had almost nothing to eat all day, u'd pay $100 for it. and it actually tasted good and it was hot!!!!!).
it took a lot out of me, but it's definately an experience!!
so, friday the 20th, we set out. myself, the twins, and their mum. we stopped at newcastle to pick up their friend. i shall call her Bubbles, cause she has a bubbly personality.
the drive down went smoothly, and we listened to Taylor Swift's album. we played Love Story at least 3 times, and the girls tried to convince me that a railbridge next to the highway was the harbour bridge.
once we got to the family friend's place, we were met by the girl's friend (i'll call her the Model cause she look like one) and her mum. it was Model's mum's birthday party that night. so we all got ourselves sorted and got ready for the party. i got to meet a few neighbours.
unfortunately i started to feel sick part way through the party, so i had a shower and went to bed. or at least i tried to. every time i fell asleep someone would make a loud noise and i'd wake up again.
the last time it happened, i woke up to aaron carter's I want candy. so i decided to go downstairs and attempt to be social for a while longer. i was expecting to see the girls dancing, but when my brain kicked in i actually realised it was mostly the older women!!!!
i stayed downstairs for a while and then actually got tired and went to bed. not long after, the girls were ready for bed too.
on saturday we all had a bbq breakfast and sorted ourselves out to go to the city.
we caught the train from blacktown to one of the city stops. and in sydney, the have double decker trains. i was confused..... i'd never seen them before. they were quite awesome though.
once in the city we started looking around at some of the stores. there was a supre one that was at least 3 floors!! it was massive! and they were having a sale so there was new stuff and old stuff.
we went into the queen victoria building and had a look at some of the shops in there. one of which was the Pandora store. all of us were pretty much drooling over half the stuff in there.
we did a lot of walking around in there and i wasn't feeling so great cause i was still slightly sick from the previous night (and i hadn't been drinking either so i dunno what happened) so we stopped and had a quick lunch and a sit down. i bought a bottle of water from maccas and felt a little better after that. of course we ended up going outside again so maybe being in the air helped a lot too.
oh i forgot to mention that we walked past martin place. that's where sunrise is filmed. next time i'm there on a weekday, i'm gonna be one of those dicks who stand behind the hosts and wave stupid signs. and justin agreed to do it too. so we'll see what happens next time i'm there. lol.
anyway, we walked all the way down the other end of the street and suddenly from behind a building, the harbour bridge popped into view.
we crossed a few roads and ended up near the ferries. the arcadia was docked there as well.
the girls stopped to watch one of the street performers (the guy with the ladders. i see it in brisbane everytime i'm there!) so myself and loz started walking towards the opera house. eventually the rest of the girls caught up.
we stopped and took a few pics, in which i didn't try to hide (yeah i'm shocked too). it was a little windy though so my hair looked crap.
we went for a wander up the steps of the opera house and had a look over the far side of the steps. there was a bunch of navy boats, and i even spotted kirribilly house!! w00t!! so don't say i don't appreciate culture. lol.
after we'd had enough fun cracking jokes about the fall out boy concert being moved to the opera house (cause there was a stage being set up near the steps), we went and caught the train to paddy's markets, then back to blacktown so the Model and the Dark twin could get ready for FOB.
Bubbles, the Light twin and myself managed to entertain ourselves while everyone else was out. i had packed my Tipayatung game i bought. it's kinda like SceneIt, but there's no dvd, it's just movie lines, normal quotes, and songs and u have to finish them off. one of the quotes we got was LET'S MAKE LIKE A SHEPARD AND... GET THE FLOCK OUTTA HERE.
we played it about six times. I won once, Light twin won twice i think, and Bubbles won the most. it was a fun game even when u're sober. we were cracking up a lot.
we all went to bed pretty much as soon as everyone else got home.
the next morning we were out of the house by 10am. we got to Eastern Creek and there were already heaps of people. or so i thought. the amount i saw was nothing compared to the amount that were behind us at about 1pm.
before....
after....
it took us 3 hours to get 150m and past the entry gate.
(this was after about 2 hours)
as a result i missed seeing my fave band perform, but I DID get to meet them at the signing tent later, and they were the sweetest kids ever. so tiny. such great smiles. like they were honestly happy to meet all their fans.
i got separated from the girls a few times at different points, but found each other again almost as quickly. we had our phones and whatnot.
the basic summary of that day's events are as follows...
1pmish - finally made it past the gate. i went and got my shirt signed by madina lake and got autographs for justin as well. then went back and found the girls sitting on the hill between stages 1 and 2.
1.40 - watched the subways on stage 2.
2.15 - watched forever the sickest kids on stage 1, and i actually enjoyed them. i must go look for them on myspace.
2.50 - listened to a bit of underoath, then went for a walk. just as i walked off, they played the 1 song i was waiting for!! walked past stage 3 where Saves the day were playing. got back to stage 2 just after underoath finished, the girls had moved way forward to get ready for red jumpsuit.
3.30 - i wandered over to stage 3 again to see hellogoodbye, but i got bored and went back to stage 2 and leant against the fence and watched anberlin on stage 1 (stages 1 and 2 were right next to each other).
4pm - red jumpsuit started and i was actually in a decent spot. could see them better than my camera made it look like.
4.40 - went and sat in the first aid tent for a bit cause there was no shade where i had waited for red jumpsuit. sometime after that i went looking for the girls and ended up sitting in the shade tent up from stages 1 and 2.
5.20 - bloodhound gang started on stage 2 and i could hear them play, but couldn't see as teh booze tent was in the way. some of their between song banter was actually quite comical. i went and found the girls sitting near stage 3. we listened to either funeral for a friend or rival schools. i can't remember. from here things kinda get a little hazy for me.
all i remember is waiting for new found glory, then as soon as they started, i got pushed, squashed, tripped, knocked flat on my back, stepped on, i remember getting kicked in the head, i curled up into a ball and prayed i didn't lose my phone which was in my pocket at the time, i remember kicking people, and i vaguely remember 2 sets of hands reaching down and grabbing my wrists and hauling me off the ground. i eventually managed to push my way out of the crush, found the girls, and started shaking and not quite breathing very well and feeling lightheaded, so i went straight up the hill to the first aid tent. the really cute guy looked at me and asked if i was ok and all i could do was shake my head and i nearly collapsed right in front of him. he grabbed me and put me on a chair and gave me water (which i them spilled on myself, i was shaking that much) and another cute guy came over and took care of me. he strapped my knee and ankle, and made me laugh cause he was telling me all about how to anchor the bandage so it doesn't move up or down, yadda yadda yadda.
i remember his name was will young. lol. i think he called the other guy simon.
i was in the tent for a while that time. i messaged the girls to let them know where i was and after i felt a little better i went out to find them, but they had come up to find me. by this time it was about 9pm i think. or sometime close to that. we wandered (or in my case, hobbled) over to stage 6, which was waaaaaay over the other side, and sat down to wait for From First To Last.
as soon as they finished we got up and left via the southern entry (right next to us). we had to walk all the way around to where we got dropped off (near the northern entry). pretty much as soon as we got in the car and settled i fell asleep. i woke up twice. once on the highway somewhere, and once just at the lights near the twin's home.
even though there was a lot of negative stuff that happened at soundwave, i would defs do it again next year. especially now that i know what to expect, and what to do and where to go.
the good parts were really really good. we even started chatting to randoms while in line. and the crowd started the bullshit/boring chant like at the cricket. it was great. i wouldn't recommend it to people who don't like crowds or waiting in long lines, or paying too much for things (i had to pay $2 just to get something signed, and i paid $7 for a hotdog with cheese, but at 9pm when u've had almost nothing to eat all day, u'd pay $100 for it. and it actually tasted good and it was hot!!!!!).
it took a lot out of me, but it's definately an experience!!
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
merry birthday to meeeee!!!
as promised yesterday, i am putting up a list of famous births and deaths for today!
oh damn... i found another bad thing that happened today..... on this day in 1954, the first church of scientology was created. *dies*
that's it!! i'm changing my birthday to yesterday!!!!
ah stuff it. there's too many nobodies in the list. i'm just gonna write a short list of teh famous people i know of that were born on this day:
yoko ono (although i'm not sure if that's a god thing...)
John Travolta (awesome, aside from the scientology thing)
Cybill Shepard
Matt Dillon (that's DILLON, not DAMON)
Dr Dre (probz the ONLY redeeming factor of this day!!!)
Molly Ringwald
Regina Spektor (her fidelity song is still a fave)
Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer (one must always include a serial killer in the list. he's one of the sniper attack guys from 2002ish)
and i'll include this last one even though i don't know them, but they are an 86 baby like myself. yaaay!!
Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
and now for the deaths......
* 806 - Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)
* 814 - Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
* 901 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)
* 999 - Pope Gregory V (b. 972)
* 1139 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
* 1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)
* 1379 - Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
* 1405 - Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)
* 1455 - Fra Angelico, Italian artist (b. 1395)
* 1478 - George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449)
* 1535 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, astrologer and alchemist (b. 1486)
* 1546 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483)
* 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist (b. 1475)
* 1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)
* 1654 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
* 1683 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
* 1712 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682)
* 1718 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
* 1743 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)
* 1748 - Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
* 1772 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
* 1778 - Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
* 1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)
* 1788 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)
* 1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (b. 1719)
* 1842 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)
* 1845 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
* 1851 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804)
* 1873 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian Revolutionist (b. 1837)
* 1893 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (b. 1814)
* 1895 - Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (b. 1851)
* 1900 - Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
* 1902 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
* 1906 - John Batterson Stetson, American manufacturer (b. 1830)
* 1911 - Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
* 1931 - Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (b. 1879)
* 1933 - James J. Corbett, American boxer (b. 1866)
* 1938 - David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
* 1942 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872)
* 1945 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
* 1955 - Sadako Sasaki, School student(b. 1944)
* 1956 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
* 1957 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
* 1957 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
* 1964 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Quebec inventor and industrialist (b. 1907)
* 1966 - Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1908)
* 1967 - J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904)
* 1967 - Dragiša Cvetković, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (b. 1893)
* 1973 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (b. 1891)
* 1977 - Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
* 1978 - Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
* 1981 - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895)
* 1982 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
* 1993 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
* 1993 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress (b. 1929)
* 1995 - Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
* 1997 - Emily Hahn, American writer (b. 1905)
* 1998 - Harry Caray, American baseball broadcaster (b. 1914)
* 1998 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
* 1999 - Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932)
* 2000 - Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927)
* 2001 - Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908)
* 2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
* 2001 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
* 2003 - Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
* 2003 - Johnny Paycheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
* 2004 - Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
* 2006 - Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937)
* 2008 - Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
* 2008 - Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, (b. 1955)
* 2008 - Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1988)
so there ya have it. everything u didn't want to know about today. w00t!
oh damn... i found another bad thing that happened today..... on this day in 1954, the first church of scientology was created. *dies*
that's it!! i'm changing my birthday to yesterday!!!!
ah stuff it. there's too many nobodies in the list. i'm just gonna write a short list of teh famous people i know of that were born on this day:
yoko ono (although i'm not sure if that's a god thing...)
John Travolta (awesome, aside from the scientology thing)
Cybill Shepard
Matt Dillon (that's DILLON, not DAMON)
Dr Dre (probz the ONLY redeeming factor of this day!!!)
Molly Ringwald
Regina Spektor (her fidelity song is still a fave)
Buddy Nielsen, American singer (Senses Fail)
Lee Boyd Malvo, American serial killer (one must always include a serial killer in the list. he's one of the sniper attack guys from 2002ish)
and i'll include this last one even though i don't know them, but they are an 86 baby like myself. yaaay!!
Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
and now for the deaths......
* 806 - Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople (b. 730)
* 814 - Angilbert, Frankish monk and confidant of Charlemagne
* 901 - Thabit ibn Qurra, Arab astronomer and mathematician (b. 826)
* 999 - Pope Gregory V (b. 972)
* 1139 - Prince Yaropolk II of Kiev (b. 1082)
* 1294 - Kublai Khan, Mongol Emperor (b. 1215)
* 1379 - Albert II of Mecklenburg (b. 1318)
* 1405 - Tamerlane, Mongol Emperor (b. 1336)
* 1455 - Fra Angelico, Italian artist (b. 1395)
* 1478 - George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449)
* 1535 - Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, astrologer and alchemist (b. 1486)
* 1546 - Martin Luther, German religious reformer (b. 1483)
* 1564 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian artist (b. 1475)
* 1583 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b. 1503)
* 1654 - Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, French writer (b. 1594)
* 1683 - Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Dutch painter (b. 1620)
* 1712 - Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir to the throne of France (b. 1682)
* 1718 - Pierre Antoine Motteux, French-born English dramatist (b. 1663)
* 1743 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667)
* 1748 - Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
* 1772 - Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (b. 1712)
* 1778 - Joseph Marie Terray, French statesman (b. 1715)
* 1780 - Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lithuanian poet (b. 1714)
* 1788 - John Whitehurst, English clockmaker and scientist (b. 1713)
* 1803 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (b. 1719)
* 1842 - Thomas Hazlehurst, English soap and alkali manufacturer (b. 1779)
* 1845 - Johnny Appleseed, American environmentalist (b. 1774)
* 1851 - Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, German mathematician (b. 1804)
* 1873 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian Revolutionist (b. 1837)
* 1893 - Serranus Clinton Hastings, American politician (b. 1814)
* 1895 - Karl Abs, German professional wrestler (b. 1851)
* 1900 - Clinton L. Merriam, American politician (b. 1824)
* 1902 - Charles Lewis Tiffany, American founder of Tiffany & Co. (b. 1812)
* 1906 - John Batterson Stetson, American manufacturer (b. 1830)
* 1911 - Billy Murdoch, Australian cricketer (b. 1854)
* 1931 - Milan Šufflay, Croatian politician (b. 1879)
* 1933 - James J. Corbett, American boxer (b. 1866)
* 1938 - David King Udall, American politician (b. 1851)
* 1942 - Albert Payson Terhune, American author (b. 1872)
* 1945 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (b. 1906)
* 1955 - Sadako Sasaki, School student(b. 1944)
* 1956 - Gustave Charpentier, French composer (b. 1860)
* 1957 - Dedan Kimathi, Kenyan rebel leader (b. 1920)
* 1957 - Henry Norris Russell, American astronomer (b. 1877)
* 1964 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Quebec inventor and industrialist (b. 1907)
* 1966 - Robert Rossen, American screenwriter, producer, and director (b. 1908)
* 1967 - J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (b. 1904)
* 1967 - Dragiša Cvetković, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister (b. 1893)
* 1973 - Frank Costello, Italian-born gangster (b. 1891)
* 1977 - Andy Devine, American actor (b. 1905)
* 1978 - Maggie McNamara, American actress (b. 1928)
* 1981 - John Knudsen Northrop, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1895)
* 1982 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand author (b. 1895)
* 1993 - Kerry Von Erich, American professional wrestler (b. 1960)
* 1993 - Jacqueline Hill, British actress (b. 1929)
* 1995 - Bob Stinson, American guitarist (b. 1959)
* 1997 - Emily Hahn, American writer (b. 1905)
* 1998 - Harry Caray, American baseball broadcaster (b. 1914)
* 1998 - Robbie James, Welsh footballer (b. 1957)
* 1999 - Noam Pitlik, American actor and director (b. 1932)
* 2000 - Willy Maltaite, Belgian comics creator (b. 1927)
* 2001 - Balthus, Polish-born painter (b. 1908)
* 2001 - Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (b. 1951)
* 2001 - Eddie Mathews, American baseball player (b. 1931)
* 2003 - Isser Harel, Israeli Mossad leader (b. 1912)
* 2003 - Johnny Paycheck, American country singer/songwriter (b. 1938)
* 2004 - Jean Rouch, French filmmaker and ethnologist (b. 1917)
* 2006 - Richard Bright, American actor (b. 1937)
* 2008 - Sir Richard Knowles, British politician (b. 1917)
* 2008 - Mihaela Mitrache, Romanian actress, (b. 1955)
* 2008 - Mickey Renaud, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1988)
so there ya have it. everything u didn't want to know about today. w00t!
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUTHA!
it's mutha's birthday today so i thought i'd share with u some famous births and deaths on this day, according to wikipedia:
Births
* 1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer
* 1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player
* 1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer
* 1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)
* 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
* 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian
* 1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
* 1936 - Jim Brown, American football player
* 1939 - John Leyton, British singer
* 1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen
* 1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006)
* 1941 - Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director
* 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)
* 1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
* 1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress
* 1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
* 1946 - Dodie Stevens, American singer
* 1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
* 1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach
* 1949 - Fred Frith, English musician and composer
* 1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
* 1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic
* 1954 - Rene Russo, American actress
* 1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
* 1956 - Richard Karn, American actor
* 1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
* 1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
* 1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player
* 1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director
* 1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
* 1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter
* 1962 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999)
* 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
* 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player
* 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian
* 1963 - Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman
* 1963 - Rene Syler, American journalist
* 1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
* 1965 - Michael Bay, American film director
* 1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)
* 1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician
* 1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer
* 1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player
* 1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress
* 1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
* 1970 - Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier
* 1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
* 1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
* 1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor
* 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
* 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)
* 1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
* 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
* 1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
* 1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary)
* 1973 - SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress
* 1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
* 1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor
* 1974 - Bryan White, American singer
* 1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper
* 1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
* 1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
* 1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress
* 1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
* 1977 - Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian Badminton player
* 1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
* 1979 - Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress
* 1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
* 1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
* 1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
* 1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor
* 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
* 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
* 1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
* 1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
* 1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American hip hop artist
* 1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
* 1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
* 1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
* 1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
* 1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
* 1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
* 1985 - Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian skijumper
* 1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
* 1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
* 1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
* 1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress
* 1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
* 1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress
Deaths
* 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
* 1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)
* 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
* 1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
* 1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)
* 1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
* 1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)
* 1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
* 1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)
* 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
* 1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
* 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
* 1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1901)
* 1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
* 1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
* 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
* 1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901)
* 1986 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)
* 1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
* 1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
* 1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
* 1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951)
* 1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
* 1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
* 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
* 1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
* 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
* 2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
* 2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
* 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
* 2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
* 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
* 2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
* 2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
* 2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
* 2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
* 2007 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
* 2008 - Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
i know there's some names in there i didn't know, but as it was i had to trim them up so it wasn't a bleedin' novel.
mutha shares her birthday with more interesting people than i do. but i'll post my list tomorrow. yay!
so yeh hope u have a great day mutha!
Births
* 1930 - Ruth Rendell, English writer
* 1932 - Buck Trent, American banjo player
* 1933 - Bobby Lewis, American singer
* 1933 - Craig L. Thomas, American politician (d. 2007)
* 1934 - Alan Bates, English actor (d. 2003)
* 1934 - Barry Humphries, Australian actor and comedian
* 1935 - Christina Pickles, UK-born American actress
* 1936 - Jim Brown, American football player
* 1939 - John Leyton, British singer
* 1939 - Mary Ann Mobley, American actress and beauty queen
* 1940 - Gene Pitney, American singer (d. 2006)
* 1941 - Julia McKenzie, English actress and theatre director
* 1942 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist (d. 1989)
* 1944 - Karl Jenkins, Welsh composer
* 1945 - Zina Bethune, American actress
* 1945 - Brenda Fricker, Irish actress
* 1946 - Dodie Stevens, American singer
* 1948 - José José, Mexican singer and actor
* 1948 - Rick Majerus, American basketball coach
* 1949 - Fred Frith, English musician and composer
* 1952 - Karin Janz, East German gymnast
* 1953 - Norman Pace, British actor and comic
* 1954 - Rene Russo, American actress
* 1955 - Mo Yan, Chinese novelist
* 1956 - Richard Karn, American actor
* 1957 - Loreena McKennitt, Canadian musician
* 1959 - Aryeh Deri, Israeli rabbi and politician
* 1959 - Neil Lomax, American football player
* 1962 - Samuel Bayer, American music video director
* 1962 - Alison Hargreaves, British mountaineer (d. 1995)
* 1962 - Tyrone "Ty" Jones, American screenwriter
* 1962 - David McComb, Australian musician (The Triffids) (d. 1999)
* 1962 - Lou Diamond Phillips, American actor
* 1963 - Michael Jordan, American basketball player
* 1963 - Larry the Cable Guy, American comedian
* 1963 - Jen-Hsun Huang, American entrepreneur and businessman
* 1963 - Rene Syler, American journalist
* 1964 - Buster Olney, American sports columnist
* 1965 - Michael Bay, American film director
* 1966 - Quorthon, Swedish musician (Bathory) (d. 2004)
* 1966 - Luc Robitaille, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1966 - Michael Lepond, American musician
* 1967 - Chanté Moore, American singer
* 1968 - Bryan Cox, National Football League player
* 1969 - Tuesday Knight, American actress
* 1970 - Tim Mahoney, American musician (311)
* 1970 - Tommy Moe, American Olympic skier
* 1970 - Dominic Purcell, English-born actor
* 1971 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
* 1971 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor
* 1971 - Denise Richards, American actress
* 1972 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician (Green Day)
* 1972 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
* 1972 - Taylor Hawkins, American musician (Foo Fighters)
* 1972 - Valeria Mazza, Argentinian model
* 1972 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (formerly Judy and Mary)
* 1973 - SaRenna Lee, American pornographic actress
* 1974 - Kaoru, Japanese musician
* 1974 - Jerry O'Connell, American actor
* 1974 - Bryan White, American singer
* 1975 - Wish Bone, American rapper
* 1975 - Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress
* 1975 - Todd Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player
* 1975 - Vaclav Prospal, Czech ice hockey player
* 1976 - Kelly Carlson, American actress
* 1976 - Scott Williamson, American baseball player
* 1977 - Wong Choong Hann, Malaysian Badminton player
* 1978 - Jacob Wetterling, American kidnapping victim
* 1979 - Dee, Puerto Rican pornographic actress
* 1979 - Josh Willingham, American baseball player
* 1980 - Al Harrington, American basketball player
* 1980 - Klemi Saban, Israeli footballer
* 1980 - Jason Ritter, American actor
* 1981 - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, American actor
* 1981 - Paris Hilton, American actress and heiress
* 1982 - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
* 1982 - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
* 1982 - Lupe Fiasco, American hip hop artist
* 1983 - Gérald Cid, French footballer
* 1983 - Marios Kaperonis, Greek boxer
* 1984 - Jimmy Jacobs, American professional wrestler
* 1984 - Kenta Kamakari, Japanese actor and seiyuu
* 1984 - AB de Villiers, South African cricketer
* 1985 - Anne Curtis, Filipino actress and commercial model
* 1985 - Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian skijumper
* 1986 - Joey O'Brien, Irish footballer
* 1986 - Sandra Nilsson, Swedish model
* 1988 - Natascha Kampusch, Austrian kidnapping victim
* 1991 - Bonnie Wright, British actress
* 1992 - Meaghan Jette Martin, American child actress and singer
* 1996 - Sasha Pieterse, South African child actress
Deaths
* 1909 - Geronimo, Apache leader (b. 1829)
* 1912 - Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)
* 1919 - Wilfrid Laurier, 7th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1841)
* 1934 - King Albert I of Belgium (b. 1875)
* 1934 - Siegbert Tarrasch, German chess player (b. 1862)
* 1939 - Willy Hess, German violinist (b. 1859)
* 1943 - Armand J. Piron, American jazz violinist and composer (b. 1888)
* 1943 - Konstantin Bogaevsky, Russian painter (b. 1872)
* 1958 - Hugh McCrae, Australian writer (b. 1876)
* 1961 - Nita Naldi, American actress (b. 1897)
* 1962 - Bruno Walter, German conductor (b. 1876)
* 1970 - Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israeli writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
* 1970 - Alfred Newman, American film composer (b. 1901)
* 1977 - Janani Luwum, Ugandan Archbishop (b. 1922)
* 1982 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
* 1982 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
* 1982 - Lee Strasberg, Austrian-born actor (b. 1901)
* 1986 - Jiddu Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1895)
* 1989 - Lefty Gomez, American baseball player (b. 1908)
* 1990 - Erik Rhodes, American actor (b. 1906)
* 1990 - Hap Day, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (b. 1901)
* 1994 - Randy Shilts, American author and activist (b. 1951)
* 1996 - Hervé Bazin, French writer (b. 1911)
* 1997 - Zein Isa, Palestinian militant imprisoned in the United States for the honor killing of his daughter
* 1998 - Ernst Jünger, German author (b. 1895)
* 1998 - Bob Merrill, American composer and lyricist (b. 1921)
* 2001 - Khalid Abdul Muhammed, American Nation of Islam spokesman (b. 1948)
* 2001 - Bob Geary, Canadian football player and manager (b. 1933)
* 2004 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (b. 1920)
* 2005 - Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor (b. 1919)
* 2005 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
* 2006 - Ray Barretto, Puerto Rican musician (b. 1929)
* 2006 - Bill Cowsill, American singer (The Cowsills) (b. 1948)
* 2007 - Jurga Ivanauskaitė, Lithuanian writer (b. 1961)
* 2007 - Mike Awesome, American professional wrestler (b. 1965)
* 2007 - Dermot O'Reilly, Irish-born Canadian musician, producer and songwriter (b. 1943)
* 2007 - Maurice Papon, French Nazi collaborator (b. 1910)
* 2008 - Brian Harris, English footballer (b. 1935)
i know there's some names in there i didn't know, but as it was i had to trim them up so it wasn't a bleedin' novel.
mutha shares her birthday with more interesting people than i do. but i'll post my list tomorrow. yay!
so yeh hope u have a great day mutha!
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