smells like fun: 04/01/2003

Wednesday, April 30

This is quite an interesting site called breadmonkey. I don't understand, but I appreciate the effort they've put into their various creations.

Tuesday, April 29

I am soon to be the proud owner of two pets - two goldfish actually. I've always wanted a pet of my own. Ever since Susan my redback spider died in a tragic accident back in 1999 (she escaped from her vegemite jar enclosure and I had to squash her) I've longed for companionship from a nice cuddly pet. What's more cuddly that goldfish? I have purchased a tank in readiness, funished it with plants and rocks etc and made it look really cosy. Fish will be moving in this weekend. I secretly wanted a pihrana but PetWorld in Leichhardt doesn't stock them for some weird reason.

If you would like to help me choose names for my fishies, please vote in the poll.

Monday, April 21

Here I sit, at work when the rest of the country is having a pubic holiday to celebrate the errection of Jesus Christ. Why God, Why? I guess it's the non-glamorous side to my fabulous new life as a fabulous glamorous journalist. I will grin and bear it.

Friday, April 11

This is a big word-up to my Mum and Dad, Chim-Chim and Lumpy Applechunks. I had a fantastic weekend with them in Myall Lakes last week. We got pissed at the Tea Gardens Hotel whilst listening to a very talented one-man band called Plastic Paddy. Lumpy (Dad) sung along in an embarrasing manner to all the old people songs I'd never heard of (ie North To Alaska? Never heard of it, glad I never heard of it). The following day we threw some lines in and I caught 4 fish - bream - little babies. I ate them raw by tearing their heads off with my teeth and sucking out their bloodied intestines. Whoops! Sorry, I was channelling Gollum there for a while. Actually, I got all icky when I actually caught them because I've never managed to actually catch fish before, so i didn't know what to do. dad had to cut the hooks out and then he wrapped the fishies in a little towel and tried to make me kiss them, Rex Hunt style, before throwing them back in.
Moment Most likely to Make RSPCA Cringe: Dad got the shits with all the ducks paddling around our lines and scaring the fish away - so he threw a live fish at them to scare them off. It bonged one of the ducks, which flew away promptly. We assume the fish recovered from the trauma because, heck! it didn't float back to the top ...
Got to admit we had a good laugh though.

Wednesday, April 2

I saw Hamlet at the Opera House last night. My verdict? umm,ummum, okay. My main gripe is that Hamlet was too skinny. He was verging on anorexic! How are you supposed to fall in love with him if he's a skinny-minny? I know Hammy is supposed to be a nerdy bookwormish type, incapable of inaction etc, etc. Still, I prefer Jeremy Sims' Hamlet I saw at Belvoir two years ago. Mmmm.

Tuesday, April 1

Good news, finally! We don't have to be nekkid in the calendar. It was an April Fools joke. Yeah, har! har!

This day just keeps getting better. I now have to go to a champagne launch on Thursday for Per-form gel for men and En-hance gel for women. Guess what you use them for?