So I thought I’d share some of my favourite feel-good RnB tunes that you’ll either remember fondly or fall in love with for the first time:

I am a big fan of Will Smith in general and I don’t think I know anyone who doesn’t like at least one of his songs from when he was the Fresh Prince. This one’s especially good. I always wanted to go to these sorts of carefree parties where you just lounge around in your bikini and dance all sensual-like for the boyz.

Ohhh I was so obsessed with this song when I was… well I guess I was about 13 when it came out. I taped it off Red (what is now called Channel V in Australia) and would watch it on repeat so I could learn all of the words.

OK so I defy anyone to say they don’t love this song. It’s the ultimate laid back RnB song about going to house parties and having fun. Gosh I wish this happened more in my life!

Aaahhh Kid n Play! I only really got into them in the last couple of years when my boyfriend got me to watch House Party. I’d always wanted to see it as a kid because I saw TLC were in the 3rd movie but mum thought they were a bit too mature for me and my sister so we never got to rent those videos. Now I am obsessed! And almost know all the steps to the Funky Charleston from the first House Party.

Speaking of TLC, they were my all time favourite as a teenager in the mid-late 90s. It wasn’t til a few years later that I discovered how awesome they were in the early 90s! Check that crazy fashion!!! I love it so much I once got my workmates to dress up as old-school TLC at work.

OK so I was never really into Boyz II Men because I was never into RnB ballads which I assumed was all they did (I did appreciated them more when I realised it was them singing in “Hey Lover” by LL Cool J which is one of my all time favourite songs). This one is so much fun and guaranteed to make me dance every time I hear it. I also just noticed as I re-watched this now, that Another Bad Creation is in the clip! Awww.

Yet another girl group! They had it goin’ on back then! This time it’s SWV who were awesome, in fact I listen to their album a lot even to this day. This is my favourite of their songs, though the “Human Nature Mix” featuring Michael Jackson is also pretty unreal.

I didn’t discover this song or Tony! Toni! Toné til a few years ago and loved this some immediately (I do vaguely remember it from when I was younger, shame I wasn’t more attentive back then). I very much admire the fact they play their own instruments.

I hope you guys didn’t think I’d forget about Michael Jackson!?! This is in my Top 10 o All Time Favourites. I waited up late to see the premier of this back when it wad first released. I may even have the tape I recorded it on somewhere still. I used to practice that dance so often! I loved this whole album, very New Jack Swing which was quite different for MJ. This epic clip doesn’t really match any of the others, but you can’t beat the lyrics for good times.

And last in today’s list is one of the greatest RnB feel good songs ever! This is such a classic and I always feel sad that Bobby Brown went down the path he (and Whitney) did. Such an awesome singer and check out that dancing. Oh yeah, goooood times!

Please tell me your favourites! I don’t even care if they fit the “feel good” theme I was rollin’ with today, I just want to know what you loved from that era so I can (re)discover some classics!

Luckily though my place has air-con and the internet has decided to be full of interesting and hilarious stuff this afternoon. So without further ado, some links!

• Things Bogans Like. This makes sense if you’re Aussie or very familiar with all things Australian. Otherwise it will probably get lost on you. It’s also a hilarious re-do of Stuff White People Like which makes it even funnier. #17 is so, so true.
• Hello Kitty Hell. I know so many guys who HATE Hello Kitty. I don’t get why because I think Hello Kitty is eight kinds of amazing but I guess it may be something to do with the overt girlishness of it all. This site makes me laugh because of the poor guys reaction to all things Hello Kitty and also because it reveals to me products I didn’t know existed and now totally want!
• Photobomb has been around for ages but I go back and visit it now and then for the laughs. This one cracked me up!
• People of Walmart is my favourite site of all at the moment. It boggles my mind that these people are real. Sure, we have bogans in Australia who get about in some fairly nasty stuff but holy shit! I have never seen obese woman shopping in their underpants or excessively hairy men in nothing but short-shorts and mesh tops. And let us hope I never do, either.

Bangs would like to take u 2 da movie!

And on a final and less silly note, ya’ll should check out The Dead Walk Pool which is a collection o images, articles, videos and notes about the Brisbane Zombie Walk as organised by Gary Kemble from ABC Online who spent a lot of the day of the walk with us and did many interviews with myself, Anthony and Lara. If you have anything you want to upload, please do!

OK so I soon realised my internet presence is pretty weak (damn full times jobs and their limited access to the internet). So this will be more of a random thing, as opposed to a weekly thing as I’d hoped.

• Not Quite Nigella is a wonderful blog by a Sydney girl who is obsessed with food. She bakes and cooks and posts pictures and recipes, as well as reviews food wherever she goes. It’s all so delicious.  I am the worst cook ever, so much so I stuffed up my first batch of these! Oh yeah, I am that bad! I just usually admire other peoples skills on the internet instead.
• I was going to write my own blog about this very thing, but someone beat me to it: How to be supportive of someone on a diet. Non-dieters have no idea how hard it can be to diet. If you’re on a diet, show this to the people in your life who don’t quite “get it” because it’ll make a world of difference!
• I rediscovered the Perry Bible Fellowship and spent the last week or so laughing about skub. Seriously, it cracks me up constantly. In fact I have that comic as my desktop at work and it makes me chuckle every morning. I also plan to get the Unicorn Power shirt one of these days.
• This is what it would be like to swim with a blue whale. It breaks my heart to think these poor creatures are endangered.
• When I first heard about the Eminem and Bruno stunt I was gullible enough to think Eminem had really been that pissed off. Then I was told it was all set up and was happy again. I love Eminem (shhh!) so it was a great relief!
• Some sound advice about chick and lad mags. Every time I read something like Woman’s Day I want to throw it out a window in a fit of rage. Lad mags don’t worry me as much simply because 90% of their readers would never, ever have a chance in hell of pulling any of the hot girls in any of those magazines. Reading them does tend to make me feel like a big of a while though :/
• I was told it was common but I never heard of anyone else being allergic to mangoes. But then I did some research and realised I’m not the only one! I don’t eat mangoes any more. Screw having to eat fruit with gloves after someone else removed the skin ffirst! No fruit is worth that much effort, even mangoes!
• And lastly, Blueprint has a new website. His blog is great – go check it out!

And now we have the YouTube section of this post:

• Guy dancing at Sasquatch Festival. This is one reason why I love music festivals. Good times.
• Philipino boys dance to “Single Ladies”. This is so cute! I got a lecture from ym best friend who is Filo about how these boys are probably being groomed to become go-go dancers in Japan (aka male prostitutes) but I can’t resist cute kids doing cute things!
• Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Version. I can’t decide if I love this more than the literal version of “Take on me”. Classic!

I am always finding random stuff on the internet and I feel like it’s a crime not to share them with people (well apart from Twitter and Facebook, anyway). I am going to make this a weekly thing, probably every Thursday or so. Please note a lot of the stuff I do find on the internet isn’t motivational and inspiring…most if it is bizarre and hilarious and sometimes really plain stupid!

• Thoughts on Blogging by Nubby Twiglet. I am going to follow this advice myself, you’d better believe it!
• Squeezable Bacon! I don’t know about you guys, but this is the most amazing/appalling invention ever! I’m pretty shocked that it wasn’t an American invention though.
• Texts From last Night. Being one to send text messages I regret all the time, I like to laugh at people who do a far better/worse job at it than me.
• I should laugh at this as much as I do, but what the hell, it’s hilarious. No Doubt want fans to send in their own versions of “Just a Girl” for their new tour. Some of the entries are priceless. Most are just awful.
• Clothing of the Future – Year 2000. I love old timey films about the future and this one is all about how designers imagined fashion in the year 2000 to be. I actually wish they’d been right. A light bulb hat? Candy for cutie??? Shit yeah!
• Another You Tube clip – “Puke in my Mouth” which is a parody of “Jizz in my Pants” (which is the worse thing to have ever existed). This version made me laugh and I also like the Ms Taken keyring they have.
• Oh, you have 70 thousand Twitter followers? Congratulations Shitbag. I think people take Twitter far too seriously. In a years time some new networking site will come out called TwitFaceSpace or something, anyway. Calm down.
• Holy shit! The new Transformers movie trailer! I am so butt-clenchingly excited about this.
• Kevin Loutit’s Little Sydney. has to be seen to be believed! I could go into detail as to what they’re about but just go look at them and work it out for yourself!