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+ I've been quite absent from LJ lately. It's a lack of time rather than a lack of love. I do still try to comment when I can, but that's not nearly as often as I'd like. I still love you all though!

+ I also love public holidays, days off work, my Wii Fit, sexy pictures of Callum Keith Rennie, sexy pictures of David Hewlett, and cheesy young adult fiction.

+ Speaking of which, has anyone read Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series? I recently finished the second book, and I'm a little bit in love with them. The writing isn't particularly great; it feels a bit like reading the diary of teenage girl, but they're incredibly addictive and entertaining.

+ In not so good news, my doggie has to have surgery next week (on the 24th). :( She's had lots of trouble with her dewclaws, so she's getting them removed. Apparently it's a very simple procedure, but I still worry about my sweet Gracey. I hope it all goes well.

I'm thinking about buying a Nintendo Wii. I certainly don't need one, and I worry that I might get bored of it after only a few weeks. Also, I probably shouldn't spend the money... but I still kinda want to.

[Poll #1362714]

To the Aussies on my friendslist, what's a good price to pay? Kmart has a sale at the moment, and you can get the console, with a nanchuck, a remote, and three games (Wii Sports, Wii Music, and TV Show King Party or Fun Fair Party) for $399. But then I'd have to buy at least another nanchuck thingo, and I really want Wii Fit... which is another $124.

Hmmm... to be responsible or not to be responsible? That is the question.

Dude! I just arrived back home (after a lovely trip to Sydney, which I'll talk about later). Do you want to know the maximum temperature here today? 45.7 degrees Celsius! That's 114.26 degrees Fahrenheit!! WTF?!? NOT COOL!

( Picture showing the temperature throughout the day )

The forecast for tomorrow is 44 degrees, followed by 41 on Friday, 40 on Saturday and 40 on Sunday. *melts*

Anyway, did I miss anything exciting?

Happy new year everyone! I hope you all had a great New Years Eve.

Mine was very nice. I had a small gathering at my place with a nice group of friends. We had some drinks, played cards and pool, and walked down to the beach to see the fireworks. Best of all, I woke this morning feeling great, with very little stuff to clean up.

For me, 2008 was a pretty great year. My trip to the US and Canada was the main highlight, and the Armageddon expo where I met David Hewlett was also wonderful.

As for 2009, I have some not-very-exciting resolutions:
( New Years resolutions )

Anyway, guess what I'm watching at the moment? Merlin! I'm currently up to episode 4, and I'm really enjoying it. I'm not yet at the level of love that most of my friendslist seems to have, but I can see myself falling for it! Gaius is pretty awesome, Arthur is quite hot, Merlin is such a cutie. I don't like seeing Anthony Head (when did he drop the Stewart?) being such a jerk though.

Oh, and empressvesica and ria_kukalaka, I received your Christmas cards yesterday. Thanks so much! ria_kukalaka, I LOVE the Doctor Who magnets!!

And Happy Birthday onecheekyhobbit! *hugs*

Day 6 of the "things that make me happy" meme:

+ I'm still LOVING my new found Hard Core Logo obsession, and have been reading excerpts from Hard Core Roadshow: A Screenwriter's Diary (*).
+ I went out for yummy Indian food with some good friends.
+ We had Christmas crackers, and I got another bad joke that I found far too funny! (**)
+ My dad came over and mowed my grass this morning.
+ I got a Christmas card in the mail from sgflutegirl. Thanks hon! *hugs*
+ I found my left over Christmas wrapping paper from last year. (***)
+ I received a message from one of my US tour buddies. Another person from our tour is coming to Adelaide, so a few of us are going to catch up. Should be fun!
+ Tomorrow is my last day of work for the year!

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Day 4 of the "things that make me happy" meme:

+ I washed my bedding today. I love sleeping in freshly washed bedding!
+ I made a few new icons. CKR is love!
+ I received some magnets in the mail from the lovely and ever generous birggitt.
+ I received a virtual gift from larian. Thanks so much, honey! *hugs*
+ I found this post, which links to lots of Hard Core Logo meta. I can't stop over-analysing that movie, and it's great to see that I'm not the only one!
+ A friend is coming over for take-away and dvds tonight.
+ Some of my icon-muse may have returned!

Day 2 of the "things that make me happy" meme:

+ We had cake again today. White chocolate mud cake. It was awesome!
+ clight000 sent me 2 cds of music! Thanks so much hon!
+ Callum Keith Rennie is on my TV, wearing a hot leather jacket!!
+ Paul Gross is also on my TV, and he's wearing his pretty, pretty red mountie uniform!
+ My apricot tree has ripe apricots again. :)
+ I just had a nice dinner with my parents, brother and sister-in-law.
+ I received an email saying that they're sending me my signed copy of Gareth David-Lloyd's band's CD!
+ I've started filling up my new icon spots, and have some shiny new ones to play with!!

Arggh! For some crazy reason, I decided that it would be cool to reorganise the insane number of magnets on my fridge. I severely underestimated the magnitude of this job. I've now taken most of the magnets off... They're sitting all over my kitchen bench and table, and I'm completely at as loss as to where to begin. My obsessive compulsive tendencies are causing me to try to find order amongst them. Should I organise them according to size? Or category? Travel ones together, then fandom ones together, then other ones together, or just some random organisation? Man, this is hard. Yep, I face the big problems in my life! Oh well, back to it, I guess. Those magnets aren't going to organise themselves!!

Happy Birthday to me!!

larian, thanks so much for the virtual girl! It bought a big smile to my face this morning! And thanks to everyone else who left me birthday wishes! It was great to scroll down my friendslist and see that so many of you had taken the time to make me a birthday post! :)

I had a very nice day. Unfortunately, I had to work, but it was still a lovely day, with lots of cake and happiness! I'm incredibly tired now, so good night! :)

I am so glad that the weekend is here! This week has been... well, lets just say that I'm glad it's over. On that subject, we shall speak no more. We are here to have happy thoughts about happy things. Like sunshine and puppies.

Tonight I had a lovely dinner at a local restaurant, and now I'm sitting watching Torchwood with another couple of drinks! Mmmm drinks! Mmmm Jack! I love and adore Torchwood at the moment! Can someone find a straight man like Jack, and send him my way? I'll pay for postage!

Changing the subject,... to the Australians on my friendslist, have any of you managed to download A Dog's Breakfast? Amazon seems to be available to Americans only, and the Australian itunes store doesn't seem to have it. When I tried to purchase it from the American itunes store, it just redirected me to the Australian one. Am I just doing something wrong, or can't I get it yet?