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How are you guys doing in your 2010 Happiness Challenge? Week 1 was about getting more sleep, and I’m proud to report that the Snook and I have made positive changes in this area. We have been getting off the couch and heading to bed pretty consistently at 10pm every night. It’s not much, but it’s an improvement. Week 2 is about getting more exercise. I’ve been doing plenty of running, and today I went back to Spudds for the first time in ages. I tore up my hand on the rowing machine, but it was still a pretty good workout. I felt strong afterwards, not tired at all. (That may be due to the fact that the shower at our office has NO HOT WATER, which I didn’t realise til I was in there, naked and shivering. Good for the muscles, right?) Anyhoo, I’m feeling pretty energised so far. How about you?

The Yay! Scale. That is brilliant. Better still, it should speak the compliment in a sexy voice.

This is neat. I got an email this morning from Marian Hall in Birmingham in the UK:

Thanks for the sock monkey instructions. They were the best I found (and I looked at a lot). Made 5 sock monkeys to join a barrowload of others in Film Ficciones latest music video. Thanks a lot.

Huh? Sock monkey music video?? So I looked it up. Film Ficciones is a UK production company that focuses on short films and music videos. The sock monkey video will be for the song “All We Wanna Do is OH!” by the band Kate Goes. (Apparently it’s the themesong for a BBC comedy called “Coming of Age.”) They put up an amusing promotional YouTube video which includes a sock monkey tutorial. They make their monkeys slightly differently than I do, and they gloss over the actual sewing. (I guess that’s why Marian found my tutorial helpful.) Anyway, I look forward to seeing the video!

Kristine Avenue
Wow. There are 37 streets named after me in North America. You can look up your own name here. (Poor Snook. No streets named after him.)

Remember that epic Phantom Menace review? Well, the same guy is doing another one for Attack of the Clones. Here’s a trailer. (Link courtesy of the Snook, who found it on Distracted by Star Wars, which may in fact be the BEST TUMBLR SITE EVER, and has already made me laugh out loud several times.)

Sam Kekovich goes to the United Nations. I know that my vegetarian friends are probably sick of these ads, but I’ll admit they give me a giggle. (The one where he says “My fellow Australians: The world economy is ROOTED!” actually made me laugh out loud.) I’m really looking forward to putting some lamb on the barbie for Australia Day this year…

Whoa. According to this CareerCast.com list, I have the third best job in the world. (I moved up from web developer, which is #15.)