Stolen from Yvonne:

1. What time did you get up this morning? 8am (I know, on a Sunday, shocking!)
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
4. What is your favourite TV show? The Mole or The Amazing Race
5. What did you have for breakfast? Beef two minute noodles. I normally have cereal but ran out of milk
6. What is your middle name? The
7. What is your favorite cuisine? Meat! I know that's not a quisine, but anything with meat in it is usually good ;)
8. What foods do you dislike? Blue cheese, anchovies, really spicy food, smooth foods like pumpkin, sweet potato, avacado; onion, brussel sprouts, olives
9. What is your favorite chip flavour? Cheese
10. What is your favourite CD at the moment? Don't really have one
11. What kind of vehicle do you drive? A ford laser
12. Favourite sandwich? Maybe tuna. Don't eat sandwiches anymore - got sick of them in high school. If you count subway as sandwiches, then a pizza sub :)
13. What characteristics do you despise? Rudeness, lack of care
14. Favourite item of clothing? er, my jeans maybe?
15. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Europe
16. What colour is your bathroom? Blue paint, white tiles on the walls, red-brown tiles on the floor
17. What colour pants are you wearing? Blue jeans
18. Where would you retire to? Dunno. Probably somewhere in the country if Stu has his way :)
19. Favourite time of the day? Sunset
20. What was your most memorable birthday? I remember my 16th birthday being a thoroughly awful day
21. Where were you born? Sydney Australia
22. What�s the last thing you ate? A sausage for lunch
23. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Dunno. Red maybe, because they always ran out first.
24. Favorite flower? Sunflowers.. or carnations
25. What fabric detergent do you use? Cold power I think, I just get refills
26. Coke or Pepsi? Vanilla coke
27. Do you wish on stars? No
28. What is your shoe size? Well that all depends. I used to mainly be a 6, but now more often than not it's 7. Except in kids which I bought a pair of 5s the other day but they are too big. Bowling I think I am a 4 and ice skating 5.
29. Do you have any pets? Lots of tropical fish
30. Last person you talked to on the phone? My mummy, organising Christmas stuff
31. What did you want to be when you were little? For a while I thought I could be an artist cause I was good at drawing (pfft), then when I discovered flying I wanted to be an airline stewardess (pfft yeah like that would have been the job for me, but I didn't know you could be a pilot if you were a girl), and a pilot in high school (wanted to join the airforce where they pay you to learn to fly, except I would have been too short and my eyesight was too bad). Thoroughly jealous of Yvonne who was given flying lessons by her mother and actually became a pilot. And then she let it go :(
32. What are you meant to be doing now? Cleaning cockroach crap out of the flat before Stu gets here
33. What do you first notice about someone? Hair/skin/smile
34. Siblings? A little brother
35. What was your favourite toy as a child? Cutie!
36. Summer or winter? Spring! Oh wait, that's not on the list. Um. I like all the extra daylight of summer, but not the heat
37. Hugs or Kisses? Both :) Although hugs are a bit more universal
38. Chocolate or vanilla? Vanilla in most circumstances
39. Who is most likely to respond? Dunno. Richard and Dennis always used to be up for a good meme, but they don't blog much anymore :(
40. Who is least likely to respond? Yvonne, since I got it off her :)
41. Living arrangements? Apartment/flat
42. When was the last time you cried? Friday morning
43. What is under your bed? My old single bed until it ever gets taken away to the parents
44. How many countries have you visited? New Zealand, USA (x3), Canada
45. In how many cities have you lived? Just the one (Sydney)
46. Favourite movie of all time? Always changing, but Labyrinth and Peter Pan were both long time favourites
47. Mountains or beach? Mountains probably, especially if they have snow on them :)
48. The current friend you have known the longest? Luc probably (over ten years now). Maybe Fran although don't see much of her anymore, even though we work in the same faculty.
49. Full names of your potential kids? I'm not having kids. If I do it'll be because God is laughing at me.
50. Usual bedtime? 11pm

heh, it seems I've used that title before :)

Saturday.
Unpacked 13lb of lego I got from Canada in the post this week. There's a couple of cool space sets, but the rest of it is just classic lego, not terribly interesting. Took over three months to get here by surface mail - yuk!

Then went out for Thai with J&G and a bunch of their friends (which is impressive in itself since neither of them will eat spicy food). Experienced the joys of going to places alone.. after being held up behind an accident for fifteen minutes, so was running late, then had to navigate as well and try to find out where I was actually trying to go to, then had to park right in front of everyone which meant I hit the curb - twice, and after all that couldn't drink because I was driving. Except then James offered to drive my car home for me, so I finally relaxed and enjoyed the night. Which went very late. Didn't get to bed til 2am - whoops.

Sunday.
Today after church (through the pouring rain) and a bit of a chat to Stu, I cursed undergravel filters, as I had to pull the entire tank apart to clean it. Pulled out the undergravel filters and am going to stick to power filters. This was after the second tiger barb died, probably due to fetid conditions in the tank.

And tonight I went to the parents with Dave & Yvonne for dinner. After dinner we played Scategories (which mum won) and Star Wars Trivial Pursuit, which is a heck of a lot harder than I thought it would be. We didn't use the dvd because mum was watching telly, so just did all the questions from the cards. I declared the game finished when Dave finally got all six wedgies (I had five). Think I need to watch the movies a few more times. And read the books. And watch any making of specials (one of the questions was what did they mix with glass beads to make fake snow for Hoth). Much fun to be had with that game methinks. And I kept getting annoyed at Dad & Dave getting easy questions all the time. Oh, and if in doubt answer "Obi-Wan Kenobi" - it's seriously the answer to half the questions in the game ;)

Drank probably too much last night.
But it was all good ;)
Good food, good wine, good company.

Although as a consequence I didn't sleep very well and really feeling it now heh
Think will go to bed soon - as soon as Stu goes
:)

Actually I saw this meme from Karla, thought I'd do it, noticed there was stuff missing from it, googled it for other versions, found more, and found the Chinese whispers effect that memes undergo. People change little bits to suit themselves. So now I'm merging two together. The other is from here.

10 Favorites.

1. Favorite Color: Aqua
   
2. Favorite Food: Roast Pork
   
3. Favorite Song: hrm tough one. Maybe Pressure by Billy Joel, We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel, Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Ray of Light by Madonna.. lots though
   
4. Favorite Movie: Also variable. Labyrinth and Peter Pan were both long time favourites.
   
5. Favorite Sport: er. not really into sports.
   
6. Favorite Season: Spring
   
7. Favorite Day Of the Week: Saturday
   
8. Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Mint
   
9. Favorite Alcoholic Drink: Baileys
   
10. Favorite Word: Antidisestablishmentarianism. Or Mystical.
    

9 Currents.

1. Current Mood: Light
   
2. Current Taste: Cointreau
   
3. Current Clothes: Jeans and a t-shirt
   
4. Current Desktop Picture: Stu!
   
5. Current Hair Color: blonde
   
6. Current Time: 19:54
   
7. Current Surroundings: my study
   
8. Current Annoyance(s): lazy neighbors that dump rubbish *in front of* the bins
   
9. Current Craving: mmmm stu ;)
   

8 Firsts.

1. First Best Friend: Donna Bonnefin, from Kindy to about year 2. Then she dumped me for Kerry Williams.
   
2. First Kiss: Charles, at the National Science Summer School in Canberra in 1991. I've never seen him since.
   
3. First Screen Name: Kazza
   
4. First Pet: Bluey, a budgie, I got for my 7th birthday
   
5. First Piercing: my ears, in 1988
   
6. First Crush: dunno. Maybe Mr Jirsa my maths teacher in year 7
   
7. First CD: the Labyrinth soundtrack (I didn't actually own a cd player at the time)
   
8. First Car: a brown 1984 Ford Laser. It was kidnapped and murdered in 2001.
   

7 Lasts.

1. Last Cigarette: Never had one :)
   
2. Last alcoholic beverage: Cointreau, just now
   
3. Last Car Ride: well my drive home from work just now. Last time I was in a car and someone else was driving was on the way home the other night and Stu drove my car for a bit.
   
4. Last Kiss: Stu on Tuesday night
   
5. Last Movie Seen: at the movies would have been Serenity
   
6. Last Phone Call: some telemarketer when I got home tonight
   
7. Last CD played: my cd player is on random, but the last cd I put in a player and played all the way through was Symphony No 3 by Camille Saint-Saens
   

6 Have You Evers.

1. Have You Ever Dated One Of Your Best Friends: well no, although the person I've dated has *become* my best friend
   
2. Have You Ever Broken the Law: yes
   
3. Have You Ever Been Arrested: no
   
4. Have You Ever Skinny Dipped: yes
   
5. Have You Ever Been on TV: yes, a few times
   
6. Have You Ever Been in love: yes
   

5 Things.

1. 5 Things You're Wearing: jeans, t-shirt, glasses, underwear, shoes (soon to be removed)
   
2. 5 Things You Did Yesterday: went to work, blogged, talked to Stu, watched a very cool episode of House, watched some scary medical shows
   
3. 5 Things You Can't Live Without: Stu, the internet, my computer (or *a* computer), food/drink/air, God
   
4. 5 Things You Can Hear Right Now: the tv (Survivor), fish tanks bubbling and powering, the keyboard, my feed reader bleeping, crickets or cicadas outside
   
5. 5 Things You Do When Your bored: Use the internet, play puzzle type games, clean my flat, watch videos, play my recorder(s)
   

4 Places You've Been To.

1. America (3 times)
   
2. Canada
   
3. New Zealand
   
4. lots of places in Australia
   

3 People You Can Tell *Almost* Anything To (in no particular order).

1. Stu
   
2. Luc
   
3. James
   

2 Choices.

1. Black or White: White
   
2. Hot or Cold: Cold
   

1 Wish.

1. That I could fly :)
   

Another pleasant relaxing day. Slept in a bit, had breakfast, got ready, went shopping for food for lunch. Then went to a park and Scott and Kerry and Jake came up from Canberra and met us there. After lunch wandered back to Annie and Stu's and watched Finding Nemo (again). Then a siesta, then dinner, then spent the whole night doing a five way sudoku, and was making progress on it when I discovered I'd made a mistake with it and the entire thing was ruined. Grunties. Also watched an interesting doco on the Columbia disaster. And now it's time for bed :)

This was in my TopStuff blog, but I'm nuking it, so moving it here.

Just a few of my favourite things :)
This was compiled from stacks of online quizzes, and then sorted into some sort of category order.

Beach. Food. Spa. Sleep. Snuggle. Beer. Food. TV.

Sounds like a pretty good day to me :)

(The title of the book Stu is reading at the moment :) )

Mmmm my lovely holiday continues. Slept lat(ish), then had a relaxing morning doing not much, before heading up to Noosa! Took a while to figure out how to get into the hotel, which is on Hastings Street, but found it eventually round the back. Went and had a very late lunch at the foodcourt in the main street, wandered up and down the beach for a bit, before going back to the hotel for a swim. Had a bit of a siesta, then watched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban on cable. Then we went out for dinner - to Copenhagen ;) But heck, I'm on holidays, I can have ice cream for dinner if I want to, right? :)

Another title courtesy of Stu... Expect a few more like that ;)

Today was a thoroughly relaxing day. Lazed around all morning before heading out for a doctors appointment for Stu.

On the way back from the doctor we went up Mt Coot-tha to look at the view and get some daytime panorama photos. It was getting rather late at this point so we had lunch at the lookout - a very pleasant place to have lunch indeed.

We pottered around for a bit in the afternoon before going out food shopping, then back home to cook it and watch videos/dvds.

Feeling extremelly tired right about now, looking forward to sleeeeeeep.

Gosh this weekend has felt quite long. And not even 48 hours have passed.

Friday night was a CIA outing to Courtney's in Parramatta. Food was delicious and the service was excellent (we basically had the place to ourselves). Had quail and snapper and rich chocolate and wine and really ate far far far too much. It was a good night out, but trains really really suck at 11 at night, and it took two full hours to get home. Yay.

Saturday in between getting $100 cash back over three years from Energy Australia and having a powered smoke detector installed, I spent several hours chatting with Stu, which was fantabulous.

Went to the parents for a lamb roast on Saturday night. They of course started asking me about Stu, which was inevitable. My mum did say that even though they didn't get to know him very well last weekend, they trusted my judgement, which I thought was kinda nice. They also asked again *how* I used the internet to meet him, which I basically just didn't answer.. heh. I'd still rather they didn't read this. I guess one day they will find it and that'll be the end of that. Mum said she read one of my webpages .. I'm guessing it's my cia one, which I gave the address for at dinner last week, which doesn't have a link here. I didn't ask her *which* page she read, I didn't want to give her the idea there's more than one, so there's actually the slim chance she's already found this.

Plans for visiting Dave & Yvonne today fell through completely, so I thought I'd have a chance to talk to Stu some more, but he was planning to have Aurelius over, oh well. So thought I'd work on Project Declutter. Well was putting washing away and sun was streaming into my bedroom and it was all I could do to not just collapse into bed and have a siesta. Maybe I still will for a little bit...