I was all excited to read this girl’s dating tips for gamer boys until I realized it was stupid. Incredibly stupid. I lost my ability to stomach the metaphor after about paragraph three.
This interesting article on the ubiquitous neon “OPEN” signs made me think of my sister, who’s been obsessed with neon for a couple years. She created a legendary piece of artwork in college involving, if I recall correctly, a custom-made “EAT ME” neon sign surrounded by pig’s feet and resin-molded pig heads. That was my favorite piece of militant-vegetarianism-inspired art ever.
Woohoo! A 14-year-old kid from South Bend, Indiana won the National Spelling Bee this year. Give it up for the local boy!
The Sydney Cancer Centre is sponsoring Bad Hair Day today. I am participating. Unfortunately it was unintentional.
Resignation. The deed is done. I have handed in my one month’s notice at EPSON. Hmmm… Maybe I should start that job search, huh?
Oh, good grief. Remember Miriam, the transsexual who caused all the controversy in that British reality show last year? Apparently she’s going to be a Big Brother intruder starting on Sunday. Channel 10 didn’t start airing There’s Something About Miriam til after BB started, so theoretically the housemates won’t know anything about her. It’s cheap, it’s exploitative, it’s crass… and I’m ashamed to say I’ll probably watch.
The Queen of Indiana – another blogging Hoosier. (She’s actually a Wolverine in disguise, though.)
Well, of course I’m collecting the Harry Potter pins from the Daily Telegraph. I freaked out last night though when I couldn’t find the Hagrid pin anywhere. I went to four different newsagents and it was sold out everywhere! Luckily today I went to the little crappy one near my office and they had extras. So I’m all caught up!
Hey, the Red Cross “Knit Your Bit” Kit is now available to order online. It’s $25 +$8 postage. I’ve run into some difficulties having it shipped to an international address, so folks outside the US should probably wait a while. And whoa, not only is Dakota Fanning in, like, fifteen movies, but she’s a knitter! At her age I was still making potholders on a dime store loom.
New Running Personal Best – 8 kilometers! (That’s 5 miles for you non-metric folks.) Actually I did it once before but I injured myself in the process. I’m feeling pretty good right now. My feet and ankles are sore again, but I’m starting to think it’s just my body adapting to the stress of longer distances*. The really interesting bit is that my pace (12:00/mile) is remaining consistent despite running farther. I’ve set a baseline goal of 80 minutes for the 10K but if I maintain my current pace I should be able to do it in 75. And of course, I’m counting on race day adrenaline to cut it even further. I just might pull this off!
Note: I fully realize that me saying “longer distances” is probably laughable to you guys that run marathons. But take pity on the curvy girls… Five miles is a long way!
My name is Kris. I’ve been blogging since the 90’s. I live in Sydney, Australia, and I spent most of my career in the tech industry.
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