• Cowbell (obviously)
• Harpsichord
• Hurdy-gurdy
• Pedal steel
• Banjo
• Clapping
• Melodica
• Whistling
• Spoons
• Bagpipes
• Washboard
• Theremin
• Lute
• Hammer dulcimer
• Ruined piano
• Sewing machine
• Organ (been listening to The Doors...)

For the purposes of this, I am defining 'kid' as before I went to High School in 1994

• There was no Internet. Well, not really.
• Only freaks had mobile phones.
• No USB. Nuff said.
• There were no female ministers of religion
• There was a time when 'The Simpsons' didn't exist.
• Kurt Cobain, Bill Hicks, my mum, Jeff Buckley, Mitch Hedberg, Diana Spencer and Michael Hutchence were all alive and doing stuff.
• 'Terrorists' meant the IRA
• Music came on cassettes that your young nephew could easily destroy.
• Portable Music Players played radio or said cassettes, and ran off AA batteries. The music would get slower and deeper as ...

I hope we can still be friends...

• Drugs
• The Chaser
• Heavy Metal
• Travel
• Pretentious French film
• Live music
• Doing 'young people stuff'
• Adult Swim (Well, for the most part)

Don't make fun of grad students. They've just made a terrible life choice.

• UoM - MA Editing and Communications
• UoM - MA Creative Writing, Editing and P...
• UoM - PhD
• RMIT - MA Advertising

• Bake scones
• Rip clips and stills from DVDs
• Embed said clips into powerpoint presentations
• Pivot Tables, and all other manner of nerdy/exciting excel things like array formulae.
• XML
• CSS
• Use EndNote to cite-as-you-type - it's frickin' awesome.
• Wear a bra. By which I mean actually have one fitted. AMAZING!

• Needles
• Bees
• Spiders
• Death
• Childlessness
• Contiki Tours

Hmmm. Looks like I'm A Harry Belafonte Fan and I never even realised it. Ah well, I guess someone has to be.

• Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
• Tell Laura I love Her (Technically, this was 1960)
• Scarlet Ribbons
• Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
• Walk the Line
• Mambo Italiano
• Hernando's Hideaway
• Tequila
• Yakety Yak
• No Particular Place To Go

• We Like to Party (The Vengabus) - The Vengaboys
• Never Ever - All Saints
• Jackie - Redzone
• Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega
• Blue - Eiffel 65
• The Song That Doesn't End - Lamb Chop
• You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate
• Horse Pills - Dandy Warhols
• Wannabe - The Spice Girls
• Who let the Dogs Out? - Baha Men

• Phonetic Gallicisms sheek for chic, click for clique, and the mother of them all, wallah for voilà.
• People who say ‘literally’ when they mean 'figuratively' I've met a lot of walking talking people who "literally died".
• People who do their make-up on the train. Though I do enjoy the pleasurable anticipation that comes of waiting for them to hit themselves in the eyeball with a mascara brush.
• The fact that Katie Perry’s I Kissed a Girl has eclipsed Jill Sobule’s. It makes me feel old. And like I’m not kissing enough girls.
• Things spelled with a K when a C would serve K is an ugly letter – and Krispy Kreme just makes me think of the Klan. Why would you do that?
• Dislodging a large chunk of pepper from between two teeth after a delicious meal Comforting umami turning to bitter piquancy is a real downer. Damn you pepper!

Reprise: The one where all the children dance around like flowers

• My coffee is a medium Bonsoy latte from Castro’s
• My coffee is sadly mostly instant. I am trying to save money.
• My computer’s network name is Trinity. My hard drive is Serenity. My USB thumb drives are GRRRARG and Starbuck.
• I always carry a crossword puzzle book in my bag.
• I need new glasses.
• I have the "Stranglethorn Vale Fishing Competition” recurring in my Google Calendar.
• If you’re still reading this, I’d probably like to snuggle on the couch with you and watch Star Trek.
• I think love is fizzy.
• I’m a sucker for garments with cool lining even though no one will ever see it.

Sorry. I'm not as cool as you thought...

• So You Think You Can Dance
• Oprah
• Magic: The Gathering
• Craft
• Shoes
• Science
• People - esp. kids
• Baking, cooking, decorating and other domestic things
• Dungeons and Dragons
• Star Trek
• Comics