The French seem to love Midnight Oil, a phenomenon I am having trouble understanding since even a friend of mine who speaks English very well for a French person, asked me the other day what Peter Garrett was saying in a particular song and what it meant. This baffles me even more because it seems to indicate that they like the musicality of Midnight Oil. I always thought anyone who liked them only did so because of the political messages carried in the lyrics and their in-your-faceness, rather than any musical talent per se.
So everyday without fail "the time has come to say fair's fair, to pay the rent now to pay our share" comes blaring on over the radio waves. Just now they even played a sound clip: "Bonjour, c'est Peter Garrett, je suis sur RTL2". Well actually it was more like "Bon-jor, set Peter Garret. Jay soui sur RTL2", but great effort all the same... though to me it was all just extremely bizarre.
So yeah in France, when they talk Australian music the first band mentioned is not INXS but rather the Oils. Dear lord, who's gonna shave me!

Is it completely wacky to think that my dead grandpa used the frogs in the pond across from my place last night to show me that he is still around and with me?
I was thinking about him and about the whole life after death thing when in my head I asked him to manifest himself - quickly asking him straight after not to freak me out by showing up in the dark as a freaky blue ghost. As I finished my request, the frogs across in the pond started going nuts. In my head I said "if that's you, make it louder". That very second it got much louder for a couple of seconds then quietened down again. I said "if that's REALLY you, do it again". And again the noise level went up considerably for a couple of seconds, until I said "ok stop it, you're freaking me out now" and everything stopped.
I have had a couple of experiences in the past (not with my grandpa) that were much more straightforward than this - I mean that made it hard to leave room for any doubt. Freaky every time, mind you. But this time I thought, would it be so implausible since my family has always called me Froggie? maybe that was just his way of getting the message across?
Anyhow, I'm kind of... well not kind of, I'm REALLY interested in hearing any stories of "supernatural" stuff that you may have experienced. Don't be shy!
If you're too self-conscious to write the stories in the comments, you can email them to me at tash dot fizzylight dot com
Hasta la vista!