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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
Calling Kylie fans... Somebody's selling her high school yearbook!
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Somebody left a box of fortune cookies on the table in our office kitchen, so I grabbed one. My fortune:Brisbane's cost of doing business is cheaper than Sydney. See how much you could save with our supply chain analysis offer. A crummy commercial!
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Hmmm. I need some help. My Mom sent me one of those Jello Jiggler Easter egg molds, but the first batch yesterday didn't go very well. The eggs all broke in half when I tried to get them out (even after running hot water over the mold), and the halves themselves weren't as stiff as I remembered. Do you have to modify the basic Jello recipe at all for Jigglers? I was thinking that maybe I should use less water and that would stiffen them up a bit. Any ideas, either for the recipe or the unmolding process?
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Geek Nirvana
Oh yes. The Snook and I will be extras in Star Wars, if I have to lie, steal, cheat, or even kill to get us in. (Can you tell I watched Gone With the Wind last weekend?) How frickin' cool would that be? I'm sending in our details right now.
The five worst live rock performances ever. Actually that's a weird list. Four out of the five are in Australia, which made me think that it was strictly an Australian list. But then they throw in Oasis at Wembley (which is in England), which throws the whole thing into doubt.
Tuesday, April 29, 2003
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The big news Down Under today is that a major pharmaceutical company has lost its license and has sparked the biggest medical product recall in Australian history. Check out the list of products. They make just about every generic vitamin supplement on the market! In fact, newsreaders tonight found it easier to tell us which products weren't being recalled rather than go through the whole list of ones that were. Apparently the investigation was triggered when a lot of people suddenly reported bad side effects from an over-the-counter motion sickness pill: "Some people were very, very ill and tried to jump out of planes and off ships because of the hallucinatory effect it had." Yikes. I've checked through our supply of vitamins and thankfully we're all clear. Hooray for Blackmore's!
The current Ask Yahoo! is all about learning to knit, if you beginners need some help.
Woohoo! And we have our first Big Brother scandal of the year. Apparently one of the sixteen housemates had to pull out of the show minutes before it started, while another has been revealed to have quit the police force in disgrace after allegedly "exposing" himself.
Monday, April 28, 2003
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Big Brother 3 has started, and yours truly has volunteered to be a forum moderator. I have no idea what my duties will entail. I like the idea of putting the smack down on 13-year-old snivelling AOL trolls though!
Sunday, April 27, 2003
 Tracey has launched the Mayday Project. On the 10th of May, volunteers will take photos to illustrate a day in their life. Sounds interesting...
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Belated Friday Five:
1. What was the last TV show you watched?
At the gym tonight I caught the premiere of "My Big Fat Greek Life". Confession: I never saw the movie the show is based on. I meant to, and up til tonight I was planning on renting it. But given how dumb the show looked (even with no sound), I can't say I'm eager to run out to Blockbuster and pick it up. (And has anybody else noticed that Nia Vardolos has seriously gone orange?)
2. What was the last thing you complained about and what was the problem?
It's been raining here for two weeks straight and I've been complaining about it constantly. Yeah, yeah, we've had a drought for the past year so I shouldn't bitch, we need the rain, yadda yadda yadda... but it sucks. Especially when you don't have a clothes dryer and your ability to have clean laundry depends on nice sunny days to dry things on the line. Needless to say, I'm now on a first-name basis with the Chinese laundry lady around the corner.
3. Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say?
It was the Snook. I told him he smelled like a baby this morning. I mean, in a good way. It's weird. I know all his fragrances: laundry detergent, soap, shampoo, aftershave... and somehow it all mixes up with his weird little pheromones and ends up smelling like the top of a baby's head.
4. What was the last thing you threw away?
The foil wrapper from a chocolate Easter rabbit. I obtained it by nefarious means, actually. It was on my desk at work as a present from our "Social Club", but I quit the Social Club three months ago. I even checked my paystubs and I definitely haven't been paying the $8/month fee. They must not have gotten the memo though. Don't bother telling me to confess. I've already eaten the evidence. :)
5. What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited?
Glitter. I'm on there a lot lately.
Matt keeps feeding my Ebert obsession. I knew Rog was a bit of a lefty, but I didn't know he was such a raging, full-on lefty. *sigh*
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Grrr. The Snook's latest home brew just set off the fire alarm. We didn't even know the damn thing worked. It took us five minutes of yelling at each other and whacking at it with broom handles to get it to stop. Stupid high ceilings...
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I was telling a friend about my running program this past weekend and she suggested I consider entering the City to Surf this year. It's a 14K course starting in the city and ending in Bondi Beach. Thousands of people do it, but a lot of them just walk. I'm thinking about it. It's ambitious, to be sure, but I definitely wouldn't expect to run the whole thing. It might just be good to have as a training goal so I don't get complacent with my 5K runs. What do you guys think? It's not til August so I've got a while...
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One Eighty
The Snook and I went into our local Flight Centre today to price flights home for a 10-day visit in July. We walked out half an hour later planning a one-month round-the-world trip instead. As the Snook put it, if we're going to be spending $2000 each anyway, why not go the extra $500 and make it a proper holiday? I was trying to be all grown-up and economical but then he mentioned the magic word... Italy. With visions of the Arno in my head, I rapidly agreed. Looks like the Snook-Howard World Tour will be leaving here in late June bound for Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Frankfurt, and Rome. Anybody got a floor we can crash on in one of those cities?
Friday, April 25, 2003
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Trivia Update: Victory! We completely dominated last night's pub trivia competition, winning by eight points. Of course, we also had about double the usual number of people, but even discounting the answers they gave us, the core group would've probably still pulled off the win. My personal highlight was winning a jug of beer for correctly identifying James Van Der Beek in a "Who am I?" type question. (Embarrassingly, the Quiz Master hadn't even gotten to Dawson's Creek yet when submitted my answer. I knew it based on a description of the actor's football injury and his first movie role in Angus.) I also knew that BJ Hunnicut was played by Mike Farrell on "MASH". (Thanks, Dad.) Okay, here's the question of the week for all you play-at-home types: "Name the NINE cities in the world that have hosted the Summer Olympics that were NOT the capital cities of their country."
Thursday, April 24, 2003
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 My First Sweater
It's done! It's slightly wonky and the fit is weird in places, but it's wearable. (I think I'll be able to block out some of the weirdness when I wash it. I should've done that first, but I was too excited to wear it.) The pattern is called "Sweet" and it's from The Knitter's Bible by Kate Buller. The wool is Jo Sharp DK 100% wool in "Plum". The ruffle looks hard but - other than having to cast on 500 stitches - it was suprisingly easy to knit. The actual hardest part was sewing everything together at the end. I suck at that. The seams are a little bulky and non-symmetrical, which accounts for most of the fitting problems. I'm definitely going to knit my next sweater in the round so I don't have to worry about that stuff. But it's kinda cute, right?
(Edited to add: Yeah, ignore my glazed expression in the photo. It was 7:30 am and I'd overslept, so I'm a bit out of it.)
Wednesday, April 23, 2003
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The official site for this year's Nike Women's Classic Run is up, so I now have a date to work towards: June 15. That's seven and a half weeks away. They've changed the location this year though. We're doing it out at the Olympic Park. Hmmm, I wonder if that means there won't be as many hills. (There's no course map yet, so I can't check.) Hills are my nemesis.
In other training news (Coach), I decided to work the fartlek training some more last weekend. I jogged for five minutes to warm-up, then started alternating four minutes of hard running (well, hard for me, anyway) with one minute of walking. To my amazement, I finished the 5K in 36:30. That's a new personal best, I think. Hell, it's five minutes faster than I did it a week ago! I couldn't believe it. And that's with the treadmill on a slight incline, too! I guess part of the problem with the treadmill is that I know exactly what my pace is, so I tend to set it there and not push myself. With the fartlek though, I just concentrated on running as hard as I could for the four minutes.
Okay, so the fartlek raised my overall pace. Does that mean should use this technique during the race? Or is it just for training purposes? Because I gotta say, breaking the distance up into small chunks is mentally a lot easier for me right now. Whaddaya think, Coach(es)?
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Hell yeah! Feel the love for the Irish. It's been too long since I've heard the Victory March. Much too long... (Link courtesy of fellow Domer Brigita.)
 Monday night the Snook and I went to see Nowhere in Africa, winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. It's about a family of German Jews who flee to Kenya during the second World War. I wouldn't really categorize it as a Holocast movie though. It was about a family way out of their element and how each member adapts to his surroundings. The story is great and the scenery is amazing. I cried at the end when Owuor left with Rummler. Ebert also gave it a glowing review. I highly recommend it, if you can find it playing anywhere near you.
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Dreamlog: Ugh, this one was awful, folks. I dreamed that the Snook had to propose to his ex-girlfriend in front of all our friends and family. (I can't remember the reason, but in the dream it sadly made perfect sense.) He gave her this big giant square-cut diamond ring and she answered "Maybe". Afterwards he didn't understand why I was so upset and humiliated. I woke up in tears. After the usual post-nightmare snuggling and comforting, the real Snookums cracked me up with: "You're not allowed to watch The Bachelor before bed anymore." Indeed.
(Disturbing sidenote: The ex-girlfriend in my dream was played by Kristen! I must have some severe repressed bridal envy goin' on.)
Tuesday, April 22, 2003
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Girls only: This Glitter thread just blew my mind. Sea sponges!
From the "New Staff" section of this morning's edition of Unnamed-Printer-Company's newsletter:KRISTINE HOWARD has joined the E-Business Team in the role of Web Content/Site Administration. Kris's favourite hobby is her newly learned skill of knitting. Kris is a self-confessed computer geek and enjoys messing around with computers, writing code, and working on her own Internet sites. I think that's a pretty accurate profile, except for the missing sentence about my pub trivia prowess. (Damn space constraints.) And no, I don't think you need to see the accompanying mug shot. *shudder*
Monday, April 21, 2003
Happy Dyngus Day! As South Bend, Indiana has a large Polish community, every year they'd throw a big Dyngus Day celebration. So be sure to have a sausage today and throw some water on the one you love!
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Australian television is airing the infamous UK coughing episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire tonight. It looks like we'll be the first place in the world to see it!
Sunday, April 20, 2003
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Scarves Galore
The Easter Crafting Marathon continues. I've finally finished my red mohair scarf, which you can see below. The other two are scarves I've made in the last couple weeks.
  
First you have Snookums modelling my "Rock Star Scarf", which is knitted out of Faux Fur. It's this crazy yarn with lots of little hairs sticking off it that actually looks like fur once you knit it up. (Let me warn my fellow knitters: It was insanely difficult to work with. You can't see any of the stitches so if you drop one, you have to start all over.) The second and third scarves are both made of mohair, which is incredibly soft and fuzzy and beautiful. I did the blue-green one first as a gift for my Dad's wife Cindy, and I liked it so much I got the red to do my own. Pretty nice, huh? They're both about six feet long and six inches wide. I can't wait to wear mine outside (if it ever stops raining)...
Friday, April 18, 2003
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Moire found a great story about the dreaded Peeps. I didn't realize they were fifty years old!
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In memory of Dr. Atkins, Rodd and I will be eating his pancakes and syrup today. Yep, actual Atkins brand! They were sent to use for Easter by my Dad and Cindy. Such a cool gift. Although, the first thing I saw when I opened the box was... PEEPS! There were Peeps lurking in my house all along! Luckily we had four tipsy guys in the house last night who were more than willing to scarf down some weird marshmallow birds. (We even showed them the trick of putting one in the microwave.) Ahh, good Easter fun.
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RIP Dr. Atkins.
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Trivia Update: Despite kicking ass in the first round, we dropped to third by the end of the competition. Whatever. We did manage to win 4 out of 5 mini-jackpots though, with yours truly coming up with two. (I correctly identified "Robert Carlyle" as the star of "Ravenous" and "The World is Not Enough" and the song "3 AM" as the source of the lyric "She says it's cold outside and she hands me a raincoat.") Question of the night: What are the first five books of the New Testament?
Thursday, April 17, 2003
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Well. Michael Jordan retired again. Isn't this, like, the eighth time he's done that?
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"How Easter is Different in Australia"- We don't color eggs here. In fact, in Australia (and in the UK), "easter egg" refers to a giant chocolate egg usually the size of a football. These kick ass. Granted, you don't get as many as you do of the hard-boiled ones in the US, but who really eats the hard-boiled ones anyway?
- Bunnies are used in advertising here, but no little kids actually believe a giant bunny will bring you chocolate. You can't get your picture taken with one in a mall, either. Which is nice, because the Easter Bunny scared the crap out of me as a child.
- Actually, rabbits are a plague in Australia and some folks think they shouldn't be glamourized at all. That's why there's a movement to replace the Easter Bunny with the Easter Bilby, which is a weird native marsupial that kinda looks like a rabbit. As long as it's chocolate, I'm in favor.
- Everyone here eats hot cross buns for Easter. These are fresh-baked rolls with orange peel and raisin in them, and they have a little white cross of dough on the top. They're glazed with yummy sugariness too. This is a tradition I think we need to revive in America.
- Though I can't stand the eggs themselves, I used to love the Cadbury's Cream Egg commercial in the US with the bunny that clucks like a chicken. You don't get that here or in the UK. However, you can get the actually eggs pretty much year round outside America. They're not so much exclusively tied to Easter here.
- About this time every year in Australia you get the "Royal Easter Show", which is basically the state fair. Yep, Easter is in the Fall here, so that's when everybody rolls out their prize pumpkins and sheep and stuff. I haven't been yet, but I'm hoping to make it out this weekend. They've got lumberjack competitions! And high-diving pigs! How could we not?
- The very best thing about Easter Down Under: No Peeps! Praise Baby Jesus.
Australians are actually having an extra-special Easter this year, given how late it falls on the calendar. Next Friday is "Anzac Day", which is a Memorial Day for the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. (Hence, ANZAC.) It's a big public holiday. So starting tomorrow with Good Friday, we have four days off work, then three days on, then another three-day weekend off. Hallelujah!
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Sorry for the weird database errors this morning. I have no idea what happened. I've put in a workaround for now and I've raised a support request with my host. Just let me know if you notice any other problems...
Update: Turns out it wasn't my fault. Some other user at my ISP mistakenly filled up the /tmp directory, which somehow I needed to use. So it's all good now.
Wednesday, April 16, 2003
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 Behold, my underpants.
Okay, I'd like to start off by filling you single (and gay) guys in on a little secret: all girls have "granny pants". These are the nice comfy cotton underpants we wear when we're sick or out of laundry. No, they're not sexy at all. Last Christmas my Mom sent me a nice pack of new plain white granny pants (as Moms are wont to do). They're functional, though huge, and though I haven't worn them yet, I'm not about to let them go to waste. They could be a little bit cuter though. That's why I decided to try to liven them up a bit with some of this iron-on transfer paper (considering that I get a pretty nice staff discount). I wasn't sure about a design until I came across a set of Hello Kitty brushes for Illustrator last week. With that, the plan was made.
The transfer paper was actually really easy to use. As I understand it, it's coated in a kind of waxy stuff that melts when you iron it, thus coming off the paper and trapping the ink onto your shirt. That's why you've got to trim pretty good around the image, because even where there's no color you still get a layer of stuff. The design itself feels a little stiff right now, so I'm not sure how comfortable it'd be to wear a great big design. I don't know how well they'll hold up in the wash either, but quite frankly it's not too big a worry. They're only underpants. :)
(Hmm. Given that I officially got "on" the Net when I started college in 1995, it's taken me about eight years to put my undergarments online. Geez, I'm like a porn star now or something.)
Enough of this veil of secrecy... Club EPSON is live! Of course, it still might have 50 million bugs, so explore with caution.
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Woohoo! I managed to fix that bug that prevented Safari users (including myself) from saving their cookies at this site. If you're using GoddessBlog, you need to rewrite a few lines to make it work. If anybody else notices any weirdness when leaving comments here (like if it suddenly won't remember your name), please let me know. [more...]
Tuesday, April 15, 2003
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Murphy's Law: Upon completing your first batch of Hello Kitty iron-on transfer underpants (heretofore known as the Cutest. Panties. In. The. World.), your digital camera's batteries are sure to be dead. Pictures are forthcoming, I swear.
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Well, I gave that whole "fartlek" thing a try tonight since you all recommended it. It was pretty tough. I did a quick warm up and then started alternating three minutes running with one minute walking. I was surprised that my overall pace didn't seem to drop, considering how much I was huffing and puffing during those last sprints. I managed to finish my 2.5 km in less than 20 minutes, and I hit the 2-mile mark at 24:00 exactly. That's pretty sweet. Even if I do the last mile at a crawl I shouldn't have any trouble coming in under 40:00 for the 5K. (I feel I must report all this to you guys, as it's like you're my collective Coach.)
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Matt linked to this cool Ivan Brunetti artwork the other day and now I'm obsessed with identifying all the cartoon characters. I've got it set as my desktop and it's just driving me crazy. If you'd like to help, read on. [more...]
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Safari Beta 2 is out... and it's got tabs! I'm tabbing it up, baby!
Monday, April 14, 2003
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 Record bowls!
Well, that's some progress. Starting from the bottom and going clockwise, that's Madonna's "Like a Virgin", Culture Club's "Colour by Numbers", Stryper's "To Hell With the Devil", and the Carpenters' "Now and Then". I basically followed the Get Crafty instructions, and I really can't stress how friggin' easy this is. They recommend an oven temperature of 200F, but my oven wouldn't even go that low. I just turned it down as low as possible. Put a bowl upside-down on a cookie sheet, whack the record on top, and set it in the oven for about five minutes. Pull it out (use a hotpad or you'll burn yourself like me!), whip off the flimsy record, and shove it down inside another bowl to mold it. They don't give off toxic fumes or anything, and they don't get melty enough that you see fingerprints. (In fact, I think mine are somehow shinier now than they were before.) You've only got a few seconds to work with 'em though, so be quick. I went for a couple different shapes here. (It's not possible to get them perfectly round, so don't even try.) I think I'm going to glue some marbles to the bottom to act as legs and use a piece of tape to cover up the hole. Voila! Ultra trendy potato chip bowls. I'm so selling these at the Glebe Markets this year.
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New Poll: How do you celebrate Easter? Are you all about the religious side of it, or do you revel in chocolate and bunnies? I'm happy to report that I haven't received a single dreaded Peep this year. (The fam seems to have finally gotten the message that I loathe the buggers.) I really wish I had one of those Jello Jigglers egg molds though.
Ebert has posted the second part of his review of Birth of a Nation. I think he makes some good points about why it's worthwhile to study art that is considered objectionable by today's audiences. In Griffith's time, people glossed over the racism and gasped at his cinematic innovations. Nowadays it's the reverse, but that doesn't mean the film shouldn't be studied and understood within context.
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Craft Backlog.
I am not allowed to start anymore new crafts until I finish the old ones. Seriously. Right now I have on my list:- My first sweater, which is about 1/4 done.
- About a foot of scarf made from some gorgeous red mohair.
- A baby blanket for my little brother, of which I have, like, six blocks out of fifty.
- A rugby scarf, which is currently just in the "piles of wool" stage.
- Knitted socks for the Snook, of which I have only wool and a vague idea.
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Record albums waiting to be turned into bowls. (see above) - Album covers waiting to be turned into purses.
- Half a dozen pairs of socks waiting to be turned into monkeys.
- A couple groovy old tins waiting to be painted and decoupaged.
- My "Storm at Sea" quilt, still waiting to be finished and edged.
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"Hello Kitty" images ready to be printed onto transfer paper and ironed onto my underpants. - A pile of miniature Harry Potter scarf bookmarks to be fringed and finished.
See? Lots. I keep thinking of new things I want to try, though! I've been eyeing the resin supplies at the local casting shop. I have no willpower.
Belated Friday Five:
1. What was the first band you saw in concert?
My first "real" rock concert was when I saw Bryan Adams play in Cologne, Germany during the summer of 1994. I was sixteen. I was there for a study trip and my host sister and her friends took me. I wasn't the hugest Bryan Adams fan, but every German there knew all the words and that made it so much fun. And come on, "Summer of '69" is a GREAT song.
2. Who is your favorite artist/band now?
Hmmm. Well, historically I always answer R.E.M. to this question, but I haven't actually been listening to them a lot lately. I think Dar Williams probably gets the most iPod playage these days.
3. What's your favorite song?
I don't think I have an absolute favorite. I tend to hear a song on the radio and get obsessed with it, only to drop it two weeks later. Enduring favorites include U2's "One", Ani Difranco's "Both Hands", and Blondie's "The Tide is High".
4. If you could play any instrument, what would it be?
I used to play the trumpet in school, which was a lot of fun but - let's be honest here - isn't the sexiest talent to boast. I think secretly I'd love to play something difficult, like the violin or the cello. I'd be afraid to try to learn now though. I have this idea that if you haven't been playing those since you were three, you'll probably never get very good.
5. If you could meet any musical icon (past or present), who would it be and why?
I don't think I'd want to meet any of my musical heroes, because they'd probably be really obtuse or confrontational or uncool and then I'd be heartbroken. So I'll go the starf**ker route and say Elton John. Seriously! We could become best friends and then he'd invite me to fabulous gay costume parties and introduce me to Geri Halliwell and send me thousands of dollars worth of flowers. That'd be neat.
Friday, April 11, 2003
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Help me, oh running gurus! I will again be doing the Nike Women's Classic 5K run this year, and I really want to improve on last year's time. I've got about two months to go before the race. I've already managed to slice off a few more minutes but I'm worried that I'm not training as efficiently as I could. I'm currently running the full distance once a week, with mid-week sessions about half as long. (Of course, I'm doing all this on the treadmill and I know I should be running outside, but it's getting chilly here and I need to justify my gym membership, dammit!) So, can you hook me up with any links or information about proper training plans? Should I concentrate on improving my time over the whole distance or on building up gradually? Anything you could give me would be great...
Break out the black armbands, low-carbers. Dr. Atkins is in critical condition after slipping on ice and banging his head. Ouch.
Whoa! The Millionaire cougher was found guilty! I figured they'd get off. Fortunately for us (if we ever get on) the Australian host is such a complete tool that he gives away the answers.
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Another second place trivia finish... but I'm unhappy with my own performance. As the American, I'm expected to get pretty much all the U.S. questions. Going into the second round tonight, we were trailing considerably and needed to make up ground. The first question: "Name the five baseball players to hit more than 60 home runs in a season." Everybody turned to me. I said triumphantly, "Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, Babe Ruth, and... Oh God. That guy. The one that got the death threats and his hair fell out. DEAR GOD, WHAT WAS HIS NAME?" And there I was stuck for the next thirty minutes. I agonized. I paced. I tore my hair out. I could not dredge that name up from my brain. I kept thinking "Roger", but for the life of me I couldn't recall his last name. I seriously almost threw up I was so pissed off.
I did manage to redeem myself slightly though, by knowing who says the words, "Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives." So maybe I'm not completely useless.
Thursday, April 10, 2003
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Have you heard about the TV show about blogging that is supposedly in production? I got an e-mail from these folks yesterday, who thought my "web site
seems like a potentially great fit for the show". Of course, the fact that I'm in Australia and not bloody likely to send a "miniDV-format" video of myself to the US to be on a TV show I'll never see seems to have escaped them. Looks like they're just googling and spamming. Idiots. I wouldn't waste your time on that one, folks.
Update: Looks like at least one other person got it too.
Wednesday, April 9, 2003
Some cheeky bugger has submitted a photo of John Howard, Australia's Prime Minister, to Am I Hot or Not? He's currently polling 7.9, which I can't believe. I gave him a 2. The man really is a troll.
Ebert is embroiled in the debate over Bowling for Columbine's accuracy. Interesting stuff.
Crafty folks in Sydney are invited to tonight's Stitch 'n' Bitch, hosted by gadgetgirl. I'm gonna be there!
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Actual Australian towns: Humpty Doo, Hat Head, Seventeen Seventy, Poowong, and Monkey Mia. There are hundreds of other funny ones, but those are my current favorites.
Tuesday, April 8, 2003
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Okay, Wiley Wiggins has a blog?? You remember him; he was the new freshman in Dazed and Confused. My sister had a huge crush on him. And hey! He linked to Matt! First Weezer, then Wiley Wiggins. Matt is the favorite link of W-named celebrities. (Hee. Check out Wiley's Sims.)
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Well, our Russ got hitched today. The Snook was talking to me about something completely unrelated when they flashed some "official" shots from the wedding on the news. I hadn't even had a chance to comment when he burst out, "Oh my God! Look at his hair!" It cracked me up. (The Snook, not Russell Crowe. Although that hair really was atrocious.) He likes to pretend that he's so above such superficial tabloid celebrity crap, but really he's a closeted pop culture beeyotch like the rest of us. :)
Another culinary success from the Atkins recipe book: Broiled Orange-Chili Chicken Breasts. It sounded good, and we had a couple oranges in the fridge to use up. (The Snook bought them for brewing last week. I didn't even want to ask.) I only marinated them for 2 hours (rather than the 6-8 they recommend), but they still turned out delish. I even cooked up the marinade and turned it into a sauce! I am the next Nigella (except without the oral fixation).
Monday, April 7, 2003
Apologies for the light posting. I had a relatively relaxing weekend, except for my allergies which occasionally drove me crazy. We're now fairly certain that I have a food allergy to "sulphur dioxide", which is a fairly common food preservative (and unfortunately gets used a lot with red wine). I'm going to make an effort to avoid it and see if that helps at all.
In crafty news, I attended an "intermediate" knitting class Saturday. I was surprised by how much I knew. In fact, I didn't actually learn anything new. Cables, fixing mistakes, changing colors... I'd already figured it all out from my books. What's more, some of the other girls - who'd been knitting for years - didn't know ridiculously simple things, like how to pull yarn from the center of a ball or make a tassel. So basically I got a lot of confidence out of the class, and I took the opportunity to get the teacher to help me plan my first sweater. I've got all the wool (some lovely Jo Sharp stuff in plum) and I spent most of today working on it. I've got about half of the back done! I can't wait to try it on.
Friday, April 4, 2003
Damn! There's a Dr. Who Convention in town this weekend and I didn't know about it. I should get over there and see if I can take some orders for scarves. Although now that I think about it, the kind of fan that would fly to Australia for a convention probably already has a scarf... right?
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Trivia Update: We sucked. I couldn't remember Jimmy Carter's wife's first name. I couldn't come up with the singer of "This is How We Do It". I couldn't even friggin' remember that Ricky Martin is from Puerto Rico! (My friend Marteen would kill me.) Our only highlight was naming all three of the top-selling female Canadian recording artists of the 1990's.
Thursday, April 3, 2003
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The Snook's company has released a fun little time-waster of a Flash game called Penguin Panic. It's basically Frogger, just with a little penguin. Apparently in the first version there were polar bears that you had to avoid, but Rodd eventually stopped laughing and pointed out that penguins and polar bears live at opposite poles. :)
Eek! Link removed. Apparently that's just a secret little test thing and I wasn't really supposed to link to it. Oops! If you linked it on your blog or something, could you take it down for now? I'll tell you when we get permission.
Wednesday, April 2, 2003
I used to have a life. I used to, like, step away from the computer every now and then. That was before I found this My So-Called Life fan fiction linked on John's site. I thought I could just take a peek... and then Brian Krakow got cancer, and now I'm going to have to read the whole damn thing.
Tuesday, April 1, 2003
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Happy anniversary to my Snookums. Three years and counting!
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