Don't let (it, them) stop you...

Only when you are comfortable carrying the laptop you're watching a movie on to the toilet, and continuing to watch the movie while you're doing other important things, can you claim to be truly comfortable in yourself.

People judge, and while sometimes you cant rise above it, you can duck below it.

:P

#2

I love doing number twos, and it makes me sad that noone ever wants to talk about how awesome a good one is.

WD-40

I had no firelighters, but my fire is now well lit. Thanks, WD40.

MUGS!

So vistaprint has single side printed mugs for $3.75 each at the moment. So for the last 4 days I have been going mug crazy.

Yes, yes they are.

Cause it's quite likely that one of my friends actually is.

No joke, this cow has the exact same haircut as the boy we are trying to get to come along with us.

Meagan's Mug.

My mug. You like it.

It might be... we've got lots of mugs...

I'd kinda like to give this one to my dad...

I'mma let you finish, but this is the best coffee cup ever! - Kanye West

Anna's Mug

She's a popular lady, your girlfriend.

I've had 4 people ask me for this and I haven't even pressed the proceed to checkout button.

She does, actually. Though not so much now she has the caravan of love.

If you want one, let me know by Tuesday Night - after that they're back to $18 each.

'Bout Bloody Time...

And in quieter, lest ranty news than what's currently on the main blog, the Easter Bunny has been.

Amusing myself

I like to go to really old posts and comment with "I'm from the future, and..."

I suppose, technically, it would be more correct to say "I'm from your future" but that doesn't sound as cool.

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

Did you know that Mythbusters is produced by a group of Aussies, and that you hear them a lot on the outtakes episodes? There's something nice about hearing a familiar accent in a place you don't really expect it.

The wonders of technology.

So there's a truly epic thunderstorm going on here right now. I unplugged my laptop when it started, since I have enough troubles with power cables exploding without adding in a lightning strike. And sure enough, the power has gone out, but here I am, typing away, and still accessing the internets just fine, using my mobile phone as a wifi modem.

Really, I don't think humanity has any more evolving to do.

Peeling an apple with a knife.

Despite the fact that it was my eighty-something grandmother that taught me how to do it, the reason I don't use a peeler is because this way makes me feel like Bear Gryls.

Stealthy.

That, my friends, is a damn good word.

I makes sense to me now...

For reasons unknown, the math is much easier at 3am.

Boobies

Whenever I think to myself, "...gosh my boobies are small..." I can subsequently think "...but they're bigger than Debra Messing's..."

On the other hand, whenever I'm thinking to myself, "...gosh my boobies have gotten big lately..." I can subsequently think "...but at least they're not as big as Steph "Boobs" Vines'..."

My Bed...

It has an electric blanket.

Warmth.

Does anyone else out there use their iron as a handy little heater?

It's a good idea.

Awww.

Not having the hiccups.

But unfortunately you only realise this when you do have hiccups.

The re-wee.

When you spend as much time on the loo as I do, you learn that the second wee, if you wait for it, and let it happen naturally, is so much better than the first.

Probably too much information, but really, it's the simple things in life that mean the most.

Blogging

Because it would seem I very much like the sound of my fingers typing...

This bit from the end of Hogfather...

Susan has just saved the Hogfather from the Auditors. Now she and her grandfather, Death (He's in the allcaps) are heading home for Hogswatchnight.

'Thank you. Now... tell me...'

WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU HADN'T SAVED HIM?

'Yes! The sun would have risen just the same, yes?'

NO.

'Oh, come on. You can't expect me to believe that. It's an astronomical fact.'

THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.

She turned on him.

'It's been a long night, Grandfather! I'm tired and I need a bath! I don't need silliness!'

THE SUN WOULD NOT HAVE RISEN.

'Really? Then what would have happened, pray?'

A MERE BALL OF FLAMING GAS WOULD HAVE ILLUMINATED THE WORLD.

They walked in silence for a moment.

'Ah,' said Susan dully. 'Trickery with words. I would have thought you'd have been more literal-minded than that.'

I AM NOTHING IF NOT LITERAL-MINDED. TRICKERY WITH WORDS IS WHERE HUMANS LIVE.

'All right,' said Susan. 'I'm not stupid. You're saying humans need... fantasies to make life bearable.'

REALLY? AS IF IT WAS SOME KIND OF PINK PILL? NO. HUMANS NEED FANTASY TO BE HUMAN. TO BE THE PLACE WHERE THE FALLING ANGEL MEETS THE RISING APE.

'Tooth fairies? Hogfathers? Little-'

YES. AS PRACTICE. YOU HAVE TO START OUT LEARNING TO BELIEVE THE LITTLE LIES.

'So we can believe the big ones?'

YES. JUSTICE. MERCY. DUTY. THAT SORT OF THING.

'They're not the same at all!'

YOU THINK SO? THEN TAKE THE UNIVERSE AND GRIND IT DOWN TO THE FINEST POWDER AND SIEVE IT THROUGH THE FINEST SIEVE AND THEN SHOW ME ONE ATOM OF JUSTICE, ONE MOLECULE OF MERCY. AND YET-- Death waved a hand. AND YET YOU ACT AS IF THERE IS SOME IDEAL ORDER IN THE WORLD, AS IF THERE IS SOME... SOME RIGHTNESS IN THE UNIVERSE BY WHICH IT MAY BE JUDGED.

'Yes, but people have got to believe that, or what's the point---'

MY POINT EXACTLY.

She tried to assemble her thoughts.

THERE IS A PLACE WHERE TWO GALAXIES HAVE BEEN COLLIDING FOR A MILLION YEARS, said Death, apropos of nothing. DON'T TRY TO TELL ME THAT'S RIGHT.

'Yes, but people don't think about that,' said Susan. Somewhere there was a bed...

CORRECT. STARS EXPLODE, WORLDS COLLIDE, THERE'S HARDLY ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE WHERE HUMANS CAN LIVE WITHOUT BEING FROZEN OR FRIED, AND YET YOU BELIEVE THAT A... A BED IS A NORMAL THING. IT IS THE MOST AMAZING TALENT.

'Talent?'

OH, YES. A VERY SPECIAL KIND OF STUPIDITY. YOU THINK THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS INSIDE YOUR HEADS.

'You make us sound mad,' said Susan. A nice warm bed...

NO. YOU NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME? said Death, helping her up on to Binky.

'These mountains,' said Susan, as the horse rose. 'Are they real mountains, or some sort of shadows?'

YES.

Susan knew that was all she was going to get.

oooh, pretty...

When I'm watching a movie on my laptop and the screen goes black, I can see my favourite-est quilt reflected in the screen.

For those of you who don't know it's the brown, blue and orange mingle quilt, and it hangs on the wall above my bed. And it's beautiful and crinkly and I love it.

Snh Snh Snh...

Endosperm.

Snh Snh Snh. (That's the sound of childish sniggering.)

It sounds dirty but it isn't.

It's like when you're using the DVD player, and it says "Root Menu"

Snh Snh Snh.