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I just got an e-mail from my friend Julie asking me to take part in the Small World Experiment. Some researchers at Columbia University are basically testing the whole “six degrees of separation” theory. They designate a target person somewhere on the globe and then observe how many e-mails it takes to reach them. Julie’s target (and now mine) is a potter in New Zealand. She cleverly reckoned that – being in the same hemisphere – I might move the chain closer. Now I’m obsessed with picking the right person. I know a couple Kiwis but I don’t think I have e-mail addresses anymore. (Any of you Netdeciders in contact with Ash Dando?) I could take the easy route and just send it to the Snook, since he knows way more folks than me. But I want the chain to be as short as possible!

The Run Log is having the intended effect. I actually thought to myself today, “I better hit the gym tonight so I don’t look lazy.” Ah, the power of peer pressure. I went. My overall pace wasn’t blistering but I did manage to finish the first mile in 11:28 (a personal best). I think I need new gym clothes though. My old shorts and T-shirts are getting pretty baggy and I spend half my time flopping my arms around and trying to un-bunch things into a comfortable position. What do you wear when you run?

Mmmm… butter.

Ballads, Beer, and Buffy.

It’s really over, folks. The Snook and I watched the first ten minutes at the Sandringham Hotel, the pub around the corner. We soon tired of peering around people’s dreadlocks so we made a mad dash for home during the first commercial break. I’d already read the spoilers so I knew everything that was going to happen, but it was still nice to see it. The Snook – who is unspoiled about pretty much everything after Season 5 – thought it was disappointing. “On the grand scale of Buffy episodes,” he said, “I’d rate that one about a ‘4’.” He did get a kick out of the Trogdor reference though.

Now all we have to do is fill in three more seasons worth of missing episodes… Thank heavens for DVD.

Can someone in California please go to 826 Valencia next time you’re in San Francisco and verify that Dave Eggers really is running a pirate supply store? Because that’s nutty. Thanks.

Attention Australians! The Snook has just discovered that The Amazing Race Series 4 will finally premiere on Channel 7 this Wednesday night at 10:35 p.m. About damn time. I’m happy to report that we’re technically only an episode behind though (at least in my house), thanks to the Snook’s mad downloading skillz. We had a marathon yesterday and watched episodes 5-10 (up to the octopus eating in Korea). Right now I’m cheering for the clowns, but honestly I wouldn’t be upset with any of the teams left winning. This must be the karmic payback for enduring Flo/Zac and Teri/Ian last year.

Oh, and please don’t spoil the last episodes for me! I’ve been really good about looking away whenever I see anything Race-related. (I actually screamed and covered the monitor with my hand when I saw the word “clowns” at the top of Max’s site.) I’ll probably have to unplug from the Internet altogether before we get the last episode though…

The lush who sits behind me at work was just giving one of the temps crap for saying she wanted to watch “Australian Idol” tonight. This from the woman who plays Celine Dion loudly at her desk. Rolling your eyes repeatedly can’t result in long-term damage, can it?

Put me out of my misery, please!
What TV show was it that had the theme song “Thank you for being a friend”? It’s driving me nuts. “And if you threw a party, and invited everyone you knew. You would see the biggest gift would be from me, and the card attached would say, ‘Thank you for being a frieeeeend…’”

I just downloaded the new iChat AV Beta and I’m itchin’ to try it out. I don’t have a camera up here just yet (I can’t bear to lose CouchCam), but I can do a voice chat. Anybody got it that can chat with me? I also understand that it’ll work with PCs that can do voice chat via Instant Messenger. If that describes you, add “krisinsydney” to your buddy list and keep your eyes open for me!