1. Who is your partner?
Stu

2. How long have you been together?
Since May/June/July 2005 (depending on how you look at it)

3. How long did you date?
Well I suppose technically we're still dating since not actually married yet.. heh

4. How old is your partner?
37

5. Who eats more?
Definitely Stu :)

6. Who said �I love you� first?
Stu :)

7. Who is taller?
Also definitely Stu

8. Who sings better?
Me. Well according to Sing Star anyway :)

9. Who is smarter?
I say Stu. Online IQ tests put us about the same

10. Whose temper is worse?
Mine. Stu rarely gets angry

11. Who does the laundry?
We both do. We haven't merged our laundry routines yet

12. Who takes out the garbage?
Also both of us

13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed?
Depends on which way you look at it.. :)

14. Who pays the bills?
Stu pays his and the common ones, I pay mine

15. Who is better with the computer?
I reckon Stu. But probably just cause he's more patient :)

16. Who mows the lawn?
Stu's mown it once or twice... once even recently ;)

17. Who cooks dinner?
Both of us, but Stu is a better cook

18. Who drives when you are together?
Stu more often, but I do too

19. Who pays when you go out?
Stu

20. Who is most stubborn?
Me.

21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong?
I think we both do

22. Whose parents do you see the most?
Mine.

23. Who kissed who first?
Stu kissed me first, although I'd been thinking about how I'd do it.. heh

24. Who asked who out?
I asked him out. Firstly just to meet in real life after having met on the blogosphere, then again a couple of days later.

25. Who proposed?
Stu did, although I kinda hinted not so subtly that I wanted him to ;)

26. Who is more sensitive?
Tough one, we're both pretty sensitive

27. Who has more friends?
Stu at the moment..

28. Who has more siblings?
Stu

29. Who wears the pants in the family?
Well that would be Stu I suppose.. not that I ever wear skirts... hehe .. in terms of "wearing the pants" though, that'd probably be me to some extent..

So the boy is flying off to another country tomorrow. A country where they blow people up. Where they arrest people for drug trafficking and if you're "lucky" you only get a life sentance and not the death penalty. That's assuming your plane actually lands in one piece and doesn't run off the end of the runway.

Can you tell I'm a little bit worried about him? :(

Still alive. Really. Just without a blackberry. Or a phone. Or a workable net connection. Some people would think "ahhh that's the life" .. but me I'm ... "give me the internet back dammit!!" hehe

Having a great time. Poking lots of animals. Dragging Stu up and down lots of mountains. Rescuing birds.

Be home soon, regular programming will resume shortly...

* for Friday night when my boy will be here
* for September when I might stop working
* for October when my life gets thrown upside down, but also get a week on Lord Howe Island

So I finished the Deathly Hallows early this afternoon. Wasn't too bad. Probably not my favourite in the series. Think it was the long boring bit in the middle that ruined that chance. I was echoing Ron's mood about it. The beginning was action-packed though, with early fatalities, including one of the saddest in the whole book. And it picked up again at the end with the necessary epic Battle of Hogwarts. My suspicions about Snape and the last Horcrux were confirmed. Bit of a Hollywood ending though.

I'd been avoiding the blogosphere completely since the book was leaked on Wednesday, and sadly one of the first things I read afterwards was a real-life fatality. I didn't actually know this person at all, but my sympathies go out to SH.

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I have too much to do, too much life to live, to spend so much of my life at work. At least when I'm not *doing* anything.

*sigh*

*FINALLY* finished reading "Cordelia's Honor" by Lois McMaster Bujold today. What a painful two years that was. Yes, it took me nearly two years to slog my way through it. I'm not sure what it was, but the story just didn't grab me at all. I couldn't for the life of me see what she saw in him. I had no idea most of the way through it who was who - not helped by breaks of several months here and there. Arian's favourite author. One of Stu's as well. I, however, don't think I will be subjecting myself to anymore of her works.

Now I can start on other books in my "to be read list". Finally.

From the archives of Kazza's life .....

You wake up face down on the pavement.

You put your bra on backwards - and it fits better.

Your birthday cake collapses from the weight of the candles.

You want to put on the clothes you wore home from the party and there aren't any.

You turn on the news and they are showing emergency routes out of the city.

Your twin sister forgot your birthday.

You wake up to discover your waterbed broke and then realise you don't have a waterbed.

Your car horn goes off accidentally and remains stuck as you follow a group of Hell's Angels on the freeway.

Your wife wakes up feeling amorous and you have a headache.

Your boss tells you not to bother to take off your coat.

You walk to work and find your dress is stuck in the back of your pantyhose.

You call your answering service and they tell you it's none of your business.

Your wife says, "Good morning, Bill" and your name is George.

Author unknown ... but troubled