Pic of the litter
March 27, 2009
Today I loaded up my iPod with some new stuff and took my camera into the city. I’ve chosen my favorite pics and now present my top seven of the day.
My first stop in the city was Federation Square, across the street from the main train station. It is of course named in honour of the United Federation of Planets which produced several popular historical documentaries involving the Starship Enterprise. Federation Square contains the largest structures ever built out of random scraps of triangular metal. You can also text message the building below and it will display your message; great for marriage proposals and break-ups alike!
Engage
While in Fed Square I witnessed a terrible crime but ironically it was the police who were commiting the atrocity of performing Stevie Wonder covers in public. Six people were killed, dozens blinded.
The Stevie Wonder Blunder
Every once in a while God smiles upon you, looks deep into your soul, and finds the one thing that will make you truly happy in that moment. For me the answer is always seeing a guy dressed up as a hot dog. In the infinitely perfect balance of the universe, for me to have such joy someone else must have the worst day of their life. I’m guessing it’s the guy sweating to death under an inch of heavy foam latex.
How did the hot dog get his girlfriend pregnant? He didn't wear a condiment.
Turns out God had a second course prepared for me as I wandered deeper into the city. The thing I love about the hot dog suit is that you can see the pain and frustration in the person’s eyes. Hamburger suits are usually fully enclosed where the person inside could be listening to headphones, taking a nap, or muttering racial slurs at the Asians who take their picture. I like to think this hamburger was eating a hot dog in there. Or a HUMAN!
Eyeball Burger
If there was an award for being awesome, then this busker I came across should take the cake (I imagine cake as being the award for a lot of things). Reasons:
1) Top hat with feather
2) Upright piano
3) Plays old-timey saloon music
4) Giant beard
5) Sign that says “YEP ITS A BUSKER”
This class-act also took requests from a list of songs he posted which included Love is a Battlefield. I gave him all of the coin I had on me. The only question is: does he sleep inside the piano?
Piano Man
Those who know me well, know that I will stop at nothing in order to make a bad joke. In this case, I flew all the way back to Melbourne just to do this.
The paraphernalia in Australia falls mainly on the genitalia.
Well those were the highlights of my day in the city. As I was heading back to the trains, I thought I would snap this shot and leave you with this puzzle until next time.
Spot the white guy.
so many LOLZ
Was that building made from salvaged Borg ships after the Battle of Sector 001? I thought that it looked like pieces of the deflector dish?
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