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I need to whinge and whinge I will! The media make me sick to my stomach. Hopefully most of you are aware that in excess of 25 000 people have been killed (more than half of this amount are said to be children) by a horrendous cyclone in Burma. Incidentally, the day this story broke, Grant Hackett's 'pot belly' story also emerged. When deciding upon what story to put on the front page of most Newspapers - The Hackett saga won.
1. Grant doesn't have a gut you imbeciles. If you knew anything about sport and training, you'd know that your stomach can inflate from carb overload (i.e. the poor guy needs energy!).
2. 25 000 + people have died!! In excess of thousands upon thousands are left homeless, starving and in extreme despair over losing family and friends - but the people of Australia would rather criticise Hackett and his 'gut' (or, so the newspaper editor's believe)
3. If a bus blows up on the street in Afghanistan and kills 55 people, it'll barely receive a five line article on page 18 in the newspaper. But if a bus was blown up in down-town Sydney or London or New York, it would make front page for 10 days in a row and we'd be forced to relive every gruesome detail of the event for the next five years to come!
4. The last point I would like to make is... why is it, that when going to check the news on a particular news site the other day - the headlining homepage story read something along the lines of ' Corey causes a stir in the BB house'?!!
Again, 25 000 + people have died in Burma, but our media is clearly more interested in Corey, the party-boy-brat, who's been glorified by being put into a house full of dead-set drop kicks.
I am so angry at the world today - but hey, at least I got it off my chest!
Thoughts?

Like cats? Like stuffed animals? Well your childish and slightly strange fetishes have come together courtesy of Cat Rabbit. Get yourself down to Ruban Rat in Newtown this Friday at 7pm and indulge in cute overload at an exhibition of stuffed felines, zombies and illustrations. These babies are hand-sewn with love, and don't tell me you can resist their little stiched arteries!
The Evolution of Cat Rabbit takes place from the 9th to the 29th of May at Ruban Rat, 423 King Street Newtown.
Check out www.catrabbit.com.au for more details.

Avalon based sustainable fashion boutique, LOVETHREADS, has today launched an online store - making it easier for everyone to dress stylishly and ethically. As everyone should know by now, the quality, style and trend- friendly design of sustainable fashion has advanced significantly and labels like Beau Soleil (by ex- Marc Jacobs designer, Anne Salvatore), Edun, Skin and Threads and the award winning Ciel are proof of this. LOVETHREADS not only stocks clothing from the aforementioned labels but accessories and children's-wear too!

Like coffee? Like free stuff? Well May 3-18 is Fairtrade Fortnight and Starbucks have come on board by offering customers a complimentary cup of fair trade Joe. Head into your local outlet between 9 am - 11 am (just in time for morning tea!) tomorrow, May 8, to be treated to a tall size Cafe Estima blend coffee; a fair trade certified brew that contains a blend of Latin American and African beans. Nom nom nom. Co-ordinated by the Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand (FTAANZ), Fair Trade fortnight aims to increase community awareness and support for fair trade products to guarantee a fairer deal for disadvantaged Third World producers. For more info, head here.

The recent announcement on the taxing of alcopops shows that the government has the ability to dissuade consumers from "unhealthy" products - but what if they put some of their sway towards the promotion of healthy products? The Australian Medical association is calling on Kevin Rudd to, in conjunction with junk food taxes, place subsidies on fruit and vegetables. With the obesity epidemic affecting 1 in 5 Australians (and the main cause of this often being pinned to the cost of fresh produce) it's proposed that a subsidy be provided to growers and retailers, or directly to families to ensure that healthier food be readily obtainable and within everyone's budget. According to the board, a rise in consumption of fruit and vegetables by just one serve a day (just one delicious fuji apple!!) could the health system $157 million a year in reduced heart disease alone - pretty incredible huh? There's no word yet on whether the plan is being slated but it's a great idea none-the-less.

Statistics show that Apple users convey "low modesty," "high perfectionism," and "high superiority"; so it's only fitting that they should want to keep their Macbooks/Ipods staying crispy white, while at the same time displaying their impeccable eye for art. Welcome then to Gelaskins; a collection of removable vinyl skins that protect your precious gadgets from scratches, while giving them a bit of personality courtesy of artists such as Katsushika Hokusai, Stella im Hultberg and Nanami Cowdroy. Gelaskins are now available in Australia, so head to the website for stockist info.

As their name would suggest, Parisian trio The Teenagers are fun, funny and flooded with hormones. On blog-flogged singles like Homecoming and Starlett Johansson, Dorian dumont and Michael Szpiner lead off with good intentions (all catchy synth-lines and hum-a-long guitars) but before long, lead singer Quentin Delafon has taken things for a dirty, albeit humourous, turn: his heavily accented English doing little to hide sweaty-palmed lyrics that are heavy with the misguided perviness of any teenage boy. The formula is touching fans somewhere though, as The Teenagers have recently gone from Myspace darlings to "international cool kids". You can find out why when the band tour Australia this June! The Teenagers play brisbane on June 12 before heading to Melbourne, June 13 and Sydney, June 14. Tickets available now. (www.moshtix.com.au)