1) My cousin Jim. His band had to play a song at their school's open day today. They were supposed to play a Christian rock song that they know and have rehersed, but instead they made up a song on the spot, none of them playing their normal instruments. It still sounded like Christian rock, but with beatboxing. The lyrics were:

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Lucy and her boyfriend are going to Thailand for a holiday next year.

Dad's advice to them: Just don't go into any clubs.

Mum: Why not?

Dad: Some mad terrorist said the other day there that Australia's gonna be the next target.

Mum: ... But not in Thailand.

MAJOR achievement today.

Had a go at the Target puzzle in today's Herald (the one with three rows of three letters, in which you have to make as many 4+ letter words as you can, all using the centre letter). The target was: 18 words, good; 27 very good; 36 excellent, and I - that is, me, who is rubbish at puzzles where you have to recall things - ( Read more... )

What is with the phrase "head shrinking" when talking about psychologists/psychiatrists? Where does that come from?

Things, non-chronologically:

( The last week or so, for the record. Essays and exams. A baffled ranty thing. Nephews. )

half of the people who read this will have no idea what I'm talking about, and the other half probably won't care.

But still I must gloat.

WOOOP, GO QUEENSLAND! GO QUEENSLAND!!

(shut up, I like playing with HTML)

Yes, my family are sports traitors. We go for our home town and school sports houses in local things, but in normal NRL, we go for the ( Read more... )

So, on Saturday, went with highlyeccentricand kaylouleeto see phrasemuffinin Pirates, which was fantastic, and the P-Miff was great and so funny. We then went out to tea, where I found out that K is, without doubt, the single coolest person I know.

(3771, this is the part I wanted to tell you about)

See, she lives near, and has meet TEX PERKINS. More than that, he MCed the local trivia ( Read more... )

Mum and Dad just left. I'm at uni, doing jobs. Now I'm back in this awful city all by myself. I don't even have an internet connection to keep me distracted.

I don't like being upset and lonely, especially on my birthday.

I need to get back to the flat and distract myself, I think.

Arg, I'm drinking milo and it's just all floated up to the top, the bastard! Why I felt the need to have milo at ten to twelve at night is beyond me, by the way. Especially after having had three lamingtons and a slice of chocolate cake already today.

Anyway. Have been terribly neglectful of the flist lately, am very sorry to say. So: Hi, all! How's ( Read more... )

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Ohmygod. Can't stop laughing.

Mum and Dad were in the loungeroom watching TV, and they left the glass door open rather than get up all the time to let the cats in and out. I'm sitting in the office at the computer, when I hear and partially see, "she's got a mouse there!" followed by them getting up to shoo Mishka outside.

I chipped in an "EWW!"

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