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Just a little trivial

Had a work trivia night tonight. We were down on numbers this time, and a couple of people dropped out at the last minute, so had to do some last minute scrambling. Ended up with seven on the table plus Neil (Me, Chris H, Windy, Duncan A, Lyn&Peter and Steve).

And did remarkably well - winning the "mega round" - which we didn't think we would, and coming second over all!

W00t!!!

(of course coming second is the best place to come - as you don't get pressured to organise the next trivia night ;) )

Radio Silence - the ending?

So I stayed home from work this morning so a Telstra tech could come and look at our lines. He turned up about 10:30 and went downstairs and ran some tests on the line. Then he said he was done, he was going back to the exchange, he thought the problem was there, and we'd get a call later from our ISP.

er. OK.

So Stu did get a call later to say that the problem had been fixed.

er. OK.

Got home. No internet. Go and reboot the router.

OMG!!! INTERWEBS!!!

Well sort of. The modem came up, link came up, but couldn't get to web pages. Tried pinging something. It worked. And then the web did too. Go figure.

No idea of our line speed is any good. But I did do an FTP download of some files, that come down around 400kbytes/sec, so I suppose that's ok.

Here's hoping it stays working.

Maybe we'll fill out our eCensus tonight. 8 days to go peoples! :)

Which is worse?

Not sure which is worse..

1) Having to go into work for the second Saturday in a row, but not sure of the time, and so not having the time to do the things I wanted to this Saturday

2) Arriving at work only to be told I wasn't needed and could go home again

!!!!

Only upside is that I'll get paid three hours overtime for turning up and sitting around doing nothing for half an hour.

Resisted temptation to call people Bill Lumbergh.

Deathly Hallows (Part 2)

Went and saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2) tonight.

Quite enjoyed it actually.

For the most part it was very dark, with a few little bits of humour to lighten it slightly. (Which is always a good reason for seeing a movie in 2D - you don't make the dark scenes even darker by wearing sunglasses!). It's amazing how different all of the movies have been.

Some gorgeous special effects. And I think I saw the bit of the set that I saw last year in the back lot of Leavesdon Studios.

Not much in the way of character development outside the few main characters. Most of the other characters barely get a line or two each. Neville and McGonagall had pretty cool roles though.

A few differences to the book, but pretty happy with the interpretation (although maybe if I'd only just read the book I'd think differently heh).

It finished up the same as the book - that is skipping ahead and seeing where a few people ended up, but not answering any of the questions of what the heck happened to everyone. Interviews I read online when the book came out filled in some of the gaps, but might have been nice to include some of them in the movie.

So yeah, pretty good all up. We got the DVD of part 1 tonight too, might have to watch it soon :)

Booked

Two nights ago I attempted to get Harry Potter tickets. But people kept complaining about various things (have I ever mentioned how much I hate trying to organise people) so I spat the dummy and gave up. But since then, Dendy have opened up tickets for a series of 2D sessions. So I got some for this Friday.

And surprisingly easy, got decent seats, and the booking just worked.

Best experience I've ever had with the Dendy!

Queensland, June-July 2011

Thursday

Managed to squeeze in one beer at drinks before being picked up. Made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare. Had already checked in, so just needed to drop off bags, but no automatic machines that I could see at Canberra airport for plebs, so went to counters to drop off bags. Went into the Qantas lounge for drinks and snackages.

Then Stu got a notification on his phone that flight was delayed. Oh well, more snackages. And delayed again. Flight was nearly two hours late by the time we got away :( Got a beef stroganoff of some description for dinner on the plane.

People please, stand back from the luggage carousels so other people can see the bags going past and actually get to the carousel to pick up their bag!! Sheesh!!

Because the flight was so late, the car rental place was closed. So had to walk all the way back into the terminal to pick up the keys, and back out again. At that time of night it wasn't much fun. And their computer system was down as well. Hurrah.

Finally got the car and headed off, thinking we'd use the toll roads and get there a bit quicker.

Big mistake.

Night roadworks on the M1 meant we were stopped for long periods of time in several places along the motorway :(:(

We had a hybrid car, so the stop start traffic was kinda quiet and fuel efficient.

Finally arrived - very very late - but still ended up talking til around 2am before going to bed.

Friday

Latish on Friday morning we headed down to Springfield Lake for brunch. Although someone misheard it as Bugger Lake and so that's what it then became known as :)

I had a reasonable caesar salad, although all the pieces were in separate sections..

Dropped into the Springfield aquarium and got a new heater for the aquarium, and Chay got a good deal on some plants on logs and a big sunken ship.

Headed out again after setting up the fish tank and went to a few different aquariums looking for fish. We ended up getting eight ghost mollies, six male guppies, four sucking catfish and a betta.

Dinner was lots of Pizza Capers pizza. Then we played Buzz (they have some different Buzzes we don't have, must go looking for them) and SingStar.

Saturday

Saturday morning is garage sale time! Mainly looking for books for Chay's business, but picked up a few other bits and pieces as well. Got some sushi for lunch and saw Batman on a segway!!

Headed back out again in the afternoon and ended up getting some female guppies, and another betta for K (who had picked up a small fish tank at one of the garage sales that morning).

Dinner was chicken pies with mac&cheese - yumm!

After dinner we attempted to watch Seven Samurai but I was restless (so was Chay, who couldn't actually sit there) and then David had to go drop some stuff off at Chay's mum's, so we gave up. Sorry sweetie, I'll watch it with you one day..

So played Buzz again, and more Singstar. Not as late that night, and I set some pretty insane scores (9720 for Where the Wild Roses Grow, 9727 for Come As You Are and a whopping 9837 for Heaven is a Place on Earth!!). Helped being mostly sober I suppose heh.

Sunday

Headed out to our favourite Brisbane cafe for brunch - Ascot Provisions. Driving around I was actually surprised how everything had recovered from the floods. In a lot of places you'd really never know there'd ever been any flooding there at all. Amazing stuff.

I had the big breakfast. They're still doing the mini cheese kranskys (I preferred the bigger ones they used to do).

Saw some interesting things on the drive back.

A staircase to nowhere..

Brisbane CBD from the Story Bridge

And a human aquarium. This is a swimming pool at the top of a building opposite the Gabba, with windows so you can see into it!

Dropped into Hardly Normal to look for Buzz games (didn't find any, but did find this sign)

Did some more shopping at Orion. Found a couple of Buzzes. Also did some food shopping for dinner.

Dinner was a super awesome roast pork and veggies with an amazing apple sauce. I swear David can cook about ten times as well as I can :/ I did my (fake) violet crumble cheesecake for dessert.

Night three of Buzz (the new ones) and Singstar.

Monday

Much of Monday was just chilling out, watching Big Bang Theory, reading news feeds etc. Did a Bunnings run to get some new runners for the front sliding door. Then packed up and left.

Again made it to the airport with plenty of time to spare. Which was a good thing, because all the new works around the airport terminals, and a truck going down the wrong way towards us in the lane we were trying to drive down, meant we missed the sign to the rental car return (because the truck was in the way). Second loop around we went to a different part of the parking (luckily didn't get charged for the long stay carpark). But we did see the sign this time (after it was too late to change). Third time around we finally got it right. Lame lame lame. Returned the car ok and used the electronic bag drop gizmos for the first time. Took a lot longer than handing them to a human, but I imagine it'd get a lot quicker once you got the hang of what you need to do.

So the plane was delayed. Again. What else is new. We had an hour wait in Sydney on the way back, but as the plane got later and later it was looking like we wouldn't make the connection. So they got us onto the preceeding flight, but even that was going to be cutting it fine. They brought out a beef teriyaki for dinner. We got a lovely view of Sydney as we flew past it, then flew waaaayyyyyy out to sea before finally swinging around and landing from the south on 34R. We finally arrived at the terminal pretty much as the other plane was due to leave. Fortunately it was only four gates down, and several other people were transferring too. So we raced down and got on the plane at the very last minute - they closed the doors a couple of minutes later. I was thinking there was no way our bags possibly could have made it..

Flight to Canberra was pretty quick and uneventful. Took off from Sydney to the west and straight on down, approaching Canberra from the south in very windy conditions. But the landing was a lot smoother than I thought it would be, considering how much we were getting buffeted.

Had to walk out onto the tarmac (love it when that happens :) ) - where we'd just gone from beautiful t-shirt weather to suddenly cold and wet and windy. Craziness.

Went inside and then waited to see if our bags had made it. Which, miracle of miracles, they did!! Was very impressed with Qantas making *that* happen :)

So got home very late and pretty much just crashed.

Had a lovely few days. A nice relaxing weekend, good company, fun times and even read plenty of my very behind news feeds.

Same time next year guys :)

Why do I keep doing this?

.. keep going most of a week without blogging that is? Far out I'm a slacker..!

So a couple of miscellaneous pics from the week..

Some vertical balancing.. I call it Vertical Art

Another foggy cobweb. I really have trouble getting sharp photos of these things :(

Saturday we went into town for breakfast and to take photos of the Diamant Hotel after the fire.

And in the evening we went out for a (sort of) surprise birthday party for Andrew at Mecca Bah. I was feeling anxious leading up to going out because I knew I wouldn't know the majority of people there and I'd more than likely have to talk to lots of strangers. Sure enough, that's what happened. But the sweetie was able to keep up some conversation, and a little wine certainly didn't go astray! The food at the restaurant was really good, but almost completely inaccessible - none of the dishes came with any kind of serving implements (we ended up asking for some), and the pide wasn't cut (one of them came with a regular dinner knife, but not all of them even had that!). It was also crazy expensive for the banquet ($42.90 per person). Still, we really did enjoy the food, when we could get at it!

Have spent a lot of the past week on the jigsaw. Made pretty good progress too. Here's a couple of pics comparing last Sunday night with tonight. I've basically done the majority of the animals in the middle this week.

Cooked a super awesome roast pork with potato bake tonight. Massive amount of crackling that turned out really well, unfortunately at the expense of the meat which was a little dry.

And suddenly the weekend is over and it's back to the grindstone tomorrow...

Hypochondria?

Picture the situation:

Small sealed training room. Ten people crowded in. The person sitting next to you is coughing and spluttering and *breathing* all over the place.

Yeah pretty pissed off at the moment. I feel like my throat is a bit sore but don't know if I'm just imagining it. All I know is that if I *do* get sick, it'll be just in time for the weekend.

People suck.

Tired..

Waking up at 5:30 after going to sleep after 11:30 will do that to you ..

OK day today, lot of wandering around chasing things and people up.

For dinner, cooked a tomato bake and an experimental cabbage bake that the sweetie liked and wanted seconds of! Win!

Here's a nice sunset photo I got at work a couple of weeks ago.

And Buzz Lightyear with a halo (of Christmas lights that I really should take down..)

101 things

I haven't done one of these things in forever. And I'm *that* far behind in reading my news feeds that I only just got to this the other day (sorry Dave2, I'm usually a lot better with yours!)

ONE OF YOUR SCARS, HOW DID YOU GET IT? I have three tiny lines on my thumb where a blue tongued lizard bit me. Only time I ever got bitten by a blue tongued lizard in all my years picking them up
WHAT IS ON THE WALLS IN YOUR BEDROOM? Nothing, just paint
WHAT DOES YOUR MOBILE PHONE LOOK LIKE? An iPhone 3GS
WHAT MUSIC DO YOU LISTEN TO? Not much anymore. If I do put on music it's usually the CD player on random (there's a whole lot of cds in there which means I get a crazy random mix of stuff)
DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME YOU WERE BORN? 5:10pm
WHAT DO YOU WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING RIGHT NOW? To be able to fly (like Superman)
WHO DO YOU MISS? Luc and James and George
IS ANYONE IN LOVE WITH YOU OR HAS A CRUSH ON YOU? Yes
WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU KISSED? The sweetie!!
WHAT'S YOUR MIDDLE NAME? The (Kazza The Blank One, get it? ;) )
THE BEST TV SHOW EVER CREATED? Airwolf or MacGyver
THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO? The sweetie
DO YOU GET SCARED IN THE DARK? Only if I'm home alone
THE LAST PERSON TO MAKE YOU CRY? Myself (actually my mother if you can count her dodgy genes that I inherited)
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOGNE / PERFUME? Um, I don't wear the stuff.
WHAT KIND OF HAIR/EYE COLOUR DO YOU LIKE ON THE OPPOSITE SEX? Dark hair and pale blue eyes maybe?
WOULD YOU RATHER BE SMART OR FUNNY? Smart
COFFEE OR ENERGY DRINKS? Neither
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE PIZZA TOPPING? Cheese (three for three same as Dave!). Actually probably pepperoni. Although I'm also partial to feta cheese on pizza.
IF YOU CAN EAT ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE? Right now? A little close to bed to be thinking about a big meal or anything. But I am hungry. Maybe I'll go eat the banana that's out in the kitchen
WHO IS THE LAST PERSON WHO MADE YOU MAD? Don't remember. Probably someone at work.
DO YOU SPEAK ANOTHER LANGUAGE? Nur ein bischen. Nah not really.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST GIFT SOMEONE EVER GAVE YOU? First gift? Bit of a silly question, who's going to remember that sort of thing?? I do however have a brooch with my name on it I got as a baby.
DO YOU LIKE SOMEONE? I like lots of people
ARE YOU DOUBLE JOINTED? No.
FAVOURITE CLOTHING BRAND? Umm.. Jeans West for jeans, Millers for t-shirts??
WHAT'S YOUR DREAM CAR? One that flies (ha! I like this one of Dave's). But probably a 97 or 98 WRX.
WHAT COLOUR IS IT? Blue.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE KIND OF EXERCISE? Walking.
WOULD YOU FALL IN LOVE KNOWING THAT THE PERSON IS LEAVING? Don't know. I've done the long distance thing twice though, does that count?
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO TELL SOMEONE HOW MUCH THEY MEAN TO YOU? It depends. If it's your significant other, just tell them. If it's someone you like but don't know if they like you back that's more tricky...
WRITE A NUMBER FROM ONE TO A HUNDRED? 32.
BLONDES OR BRUNETTES? Either.
WHAT IS THE ONE NUMBER YOU CALL OFTEN? Probably the sweetie.
WHAT ANNOYS YOU MOST? People.
HAVE YOU BEEN OUT OF YOUR COUNTRY? WHERE DID YOU GO? WHAT PLACE DID YOU LIKE BEST? Yes. Europe, America, Japan. Like all of them in different ways.
YOUR WEAKNESSES? Potato chips (crisps for DaveC :P )
FRIES/CHIPS, RICE, OR BEANS? Fries
FIRST JOB? Shop assistant in a news agent
EVER PRANK CALLED SOMEONE? No
WHAT WERE YOU DOING BEFORE YOU FILLED OUT THIS? Watching The Amazing Race Australia
IF YOU COULD GET PLASTIC SURGERY WHAT WOULD IT BE? Umm.. don't know
WHY DID YOU FILL OUT THIS MEME? Cause I haven't done one in ages
WHAT DO YOU GET COMPLIMENTED ABOUT MOST? My hair
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF ALCOHOL BECAME ILLEGAL? Survive without it I suppose
WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? A new brain
HOW MANY KIDS DO YOU WANT? None
WHERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No
DO YOU WISH ON STARS? No
WHICH FINGER[S] IS YOUR FAVOURITE? I suppose my index finger?? Who writes these questions??
WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? The aforementioned banana
DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? No, except when I take about four times longer than normal to do it properly, but then I lose interest and it degenerates into scrawl again
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE LUNCH MEAT? Pepperoni/salami (on a pizza sub)
ANY BAD HABITS? Yes.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST EMBARRASSING CD ON THE SHELF? Maybe Roxette or Mariah Carey?
IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? No. Seeing other kids bordering on aspergers and how annoying they are, I'm surprised I ended up having any friends at all.
HAVE YOU EVER TOLD A SECRET YOU SWORE NOT TO TELL? Not that I know of. My problem is only when I don't know something is a secret (growing up I was always the last to hear anything, so I assume by the time information gets to me it's already public knowledge)
DO LOOKS MATTER? Only partially
HOW DO YOU RELEASE YOUR ANGER? Rant on twitter or my blog.
WHERE IS YOUR SECOND HOME? Probably my parents' place? Or James and George's?
DO YOU TRUST OTHERS EASILY? No.
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE TOY AS A CHILD? Don't know. Maybe Space Lego.
HOW MANY NUMBERS ARE IN YOUR MOBILE PHONE? No idea. How do I tell?
DO YOU USE SARCASM? Sometimes. I don't think I'm very good at it.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE FAMOUS? No.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A MOSH PIT? Not really.
WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A PLACE TO LIVE? Close to stuff (work, friends etc).
WHAT ARE YOUR NICKNAMES? Kazza, Kaz
HOW MANY HATS DO YOU OWN? WHAT'S YOUR HAT SIZE? A couple of caps.
DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Yes.
WERE YOU UPSET ABOUT STEVE IRWIN DYING? I felt really bad for Terri. She looked devastated.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Choc mint.
ARE YOU LAZY? Yes
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS AT THE MOMENT? Don't have one
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE BAND? Queen
HOW MANY WISDOM TEETH DO YOU HAVE? Two. Although I think I have the other two in a container somewhere
DO YOU WANT TO GO ANYWHERE SPECIAL THIS YEAR? Always, but not likely to happen this year. Next year I want to do a round the world theme park tour with Nat and Andrew.. just gotta convince them they can afford it...
WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? My computer fans humming
LAST THING YOU ATE? Haven't we had this question already? Lame
LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Just trying to think if I talked to anyone on the phone at work today. Don't think so. Last log in my phone is the sweetie on Friday
WHATS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT YOURSELF IN THE MORNING? Usually that my spine hurts
FAVOURITE THOUGHT PROVOKING SONG? There's a couple I suppose? Trying to think of favourite..
FAVOURITE TWO THINGS TO HATE? Two of the vendors I have to deal with at work.
FAVOURITE DRINK? Orange juice
FAVOURITE ZODIAC SIGN? Shrug. Who cares.
SPORTS YOU LIKE TO WATCH? Maybe ice skating? Not really into sports
WHAT IS YOUR HAIR COLOUR? Blonde
EYE COLOUR? Greeny grey/brown
DO YOU WEAR GLASSES? Yes
SIBLINGS? Yes, a little brother
FAVOURITE MONTH(s)? December
DO YOU LIKE SUSHI? Depends what's in it. Not a huge fan of raw fish. I like cooked tuna and beef ones though.
LAST THING YOU WATCHED? The Amazing Race Australia
FAVOURITE DAY OF THE YEAR? Christmas Day or my birthday
ARE YOU TOO SHY TO ASK SOMEONE OUT? I used to be. Now is a non-issue.
SUMMER OR WINTER? Neither - spring!
KISSES OR HUGS? Leaving Dave's answer: Depends on the person, but probably hugs.
RELATIONSHIPS OR ONE-NIGHT STANDS? Relationships
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE CELEBRITY? Don't really have a favourite at the moment.
WHO IS THE LEAST LIKELY TO ASK YOU ON A DATE? er.. anyone really, given that I'm married
BOOKS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE TURNED INTO A FILM? I'm surprised Prey by Michael Crichton hasn't. The Belgariad would be cool but that would be a lot of movies.