i want...

...a t shirt what says...'resistance is futile, you will be assimilated'

make it so

it's a decision maurice...but not as we know it

first of all...he is way shorter IRL...as they all are. and i know that cos i saw him at the airport. along with andrew hore (who is shorter than i thought) and paula bennett (who was on my flight accompanied by a very hot brown boy).

secondly...the hardest decision he has made in 20 years of politics? keep the H, drop the H…i don't care. i don't want to piss anyone off...especially not you ken mair, mr rent a protester. and according to a 'reliable source' w(h)anganui used to be called petre (pronounced peter).

people in the media are now starting to do their count down to the new decade. we all know the new decade doesn’t begin til 2011 cos the new millennium didn’t start til 2001…was I alone in celebrating the new millennium on new year’s 2000/01?...i bet I was.

i've been watching the news. not sure if that's a good idea but i do have some comments to be made. i love rugby. those who know me know that. good on you gareth thomas. there is nothing wrong with being gay and a rugby player. shame you didn't come out while playing. plus, the ink on your elbow is pretty cool.

i've been to dachau. auschwitz is on my list. hope they catch the bastards who stole the sign.

and speaking of signs...the joseph/mary one outside st matthew's in the city? make of it what you will. not putting a link here. you either a) know about it, b) don't know about it, c) will research it yourself, d) don't know and don't care, e) all of the above, f) none of the above, g) another option i haven't thought of...over to you.

next thing...still watching the news btw...am i the only one on the planet who does not want to see avatar? please let there be others.

2 1/2 days to go

and they will crawl...

on a lighter note i ate the first strawberry of this year's harvest this morning. not bad for plants that are 4 years old and that i neglect.

check out the smart-ass

i'm betwixt and between. how can you like the person and yet hate his politics? i kinda like donkey. his education minister is an imbicile. and that grin is deeply smarmy. surely he should be a better judge of character. and as such he would earn my respect. i've commented on his excent so maybe that is the deal breaker. not sure.

i thought i'd made up a new word

until i employed my new favourite search engine. it appears that someone else invented the word zomedy. i also like that the word portmanteau is used. it's kinda a cool word. i may go see zombieland. the indiscriminate slaughtering of zombies by woody harrelson appeals. i've also heard that there is a very interesting cameo. and bill murray is in it...he is the master of dryness. and dry humour appeals. it is deeply funny.

oh...and by the way...black caps suck...still...i may have to become a football fan. at least the only way for a supporter of the all whites is up!

and last but not least for today. for all you people from the netherlands (as well as aruba, suriname, netherlands antilles and belgium) ...Gelukkig sinterklaas dag...

RIP junior. i miss you.

my least favourite cricket shot...

...is shouldering arms to a straight one. i mean come on guys. you are supposed to be the best of the best. can't you pick, in a split second, that it is going to clean you out? and anyway. shouldering arms is not in the spirit of the game. put your bat in front of it and block it out. take one for the team. especially when you can't make three figures.

and apparently not even dan could save us. has he lost some of his gloss? he's still hot so i think not.

with apologies to alan gregg

as much as we all love wellington…currently the weather’s not so good. the wind has been cutting through me and it has definitely been raining more than it should. though, on the other hand, i'm not sure i'd be enjoying what's happening at the other end of the island. migraine inducing humidity.

yesterday I strolled along lambton quay with 6 12 and 13 year old boys. the suits and the briefcases were all there bustling along. we walked from te papa through manners mall (where they want to put buses, I wonder if the maccas renovations have this in mind). we went to the old cable car. I was telling the boys about how when I was younger we used to ride on the outside. some random uni student told us that his dad had told him that and I instantly felt ancient. and you know what? nowhere is very far. and. there is so much to do. after we had a look out over the city and went into the cable car museum we went back down and over to the museum of city and sea. we walked past all the cafes and bars (even starbucks which has foul coffee). and we also went into every skate shop along the way. it was an interesting day. timezone is nowhere near as interesting as when I was younger.

today, we went to bowling and lazer strike. and I won my game of lazer strike. out of 21 12 and 13 year olds. I didn’t remind them of it much. is it wrong to gloat? it didn’t even bother me that the 12 year old that won the first game (and who scored more than me) only had one arm (the other was in plaster). however, it did help that one of the boys in the opposition didn’t know how to play and was a very easy target. I must have killed him half a dozen times.