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1. Hands up if you are going to see CROWDED HOUSE in November?  *raises both hands*  I spent  full-on a week deliberating whether I want to see them live or if I really, really, really want to see them live. Thanks to their numerous TV appearances during the past week it turned out I really, really, really want to see them live. I got me a ticket for their second show in Melbourne. Whoo-hoo!
   
   ( So, which Aussie Band is Next? )
   
   
   
2. Whilst looking for Crowdies tickets I noticed that The Shins are also touring Australia. Next month!
   
   ( And here in lies the problem... )
   
   
3. Sam and Nick stayed for another couple of nights during the week. Thursday night they wanted to watch Cars which, don't get me wrong, is a totally cool movie but also a movie they can watch anytime. I wanted to share a bit of old time movie magic with them. I've tried getting them to watch The Goonies before but they really aren't that interested in it. I know! Who does not love that movie? Kids today, huh? This time I made them watch Labyrinth and they totally dug it, especially Nick. It made me all kinds of proud and happy. It's awesome that a movie made 21 years ago still looks as good and is still as entertaining as Labyrinth is today. And yep, it really was made 21 Years ago. And nope, I can't believe it either.
   
   
4. ( Lookit! I got myself a new header or The Art of Procrastination )
   
   

Why is it I only think to update this thing on Friday? It's not as if it's the only day anything happens. I've come to the conclusion that blogging really is a habit you need to develop. Any topic or event can be blogged it's just a matter of remembering to do it.

A couple of cool links courtesy of Andrew:

Win a dinner with Joss Whedon! - If only. This would be such an awesome experience. Of course, I wouldn't be able form any coherent sentences words within his presence so my end of the conversation would be extremely lacking. But three hours listening to this man just talk would be like nothing else. The auction starts on Monday and proceeds go to the charity Equality Now. I'm thinking Equality Now will get quite a nice pile of cashy money as a result of this.

Goonies of the Caribbean (Link to YouTube) - It's fantabulously freaky how well these two movies seem to fit together. Extremely clever editing.

1. I finally got my 'new' phone back from the repair shop today. It's been in to be fixed a total of three times and this time it looks like they may have actually repaired it. *crosses fingers... and toes*
   
   
2. ( Storm Team has been announced for this weekend's clash against the Dragons... )
   
   
3. The episode of Supernatural on Channel Ten last night was “What is and What Should Never Be”. This was THE episode I'd been looking forward to since I first read spoilers way back in February and I was beyond excited when I got to see it right after it aired in the States a month or two back. Since then I must have re-watched it a gazillion times and yet I still watched it last night, on TV, complete with ads.
   
   In fact, making sure I watch it 'live' is the only way I can justify to myself that it's okay to download the episodes via the ‘net before they air here. I feel guilty if I don't tune in to watch it on TV locally even if I know I don't have a little black box recording my viewing habits and helping out those ratings. I still like to think I'm still doing my bit, ya know. It's also nice to know that there are a whole bunch of people out there enjoying exactly the same thing that I am at exactly the same time. Yeah, okay that's kind of geeky. Huh!
   
   
   ( 'What Is and What Should Never Be' Randomness... )

1).  Game One in this year's State of Origin series is being played in Brisbane tonight. Queensland v. New South Wales. It's LIVE on channel 9 into Melbourne which somewhat of a major breakthrough for Rugby League in this State. 

 
2).  XP is still going great at work. Everything is so much faster now and I LOVE having the newer version of Outlook. I use GMAIL exclusively at home so I'd had no experience with Outlook 2003 at all. It's really nice.


3).  XP BONUS: For Christmas Sam and Nick gave me a Winnie the Pooh USB mouse. I could never use it at work because it was USB and it didn't work on NT. It's more then likely I could have found a driver for it but anyway. Today I remembered to take it into work and now I have a Winnie the Pooh Optical Mouse working perfectly. the size is going to take a bit to get used to. I think it's designed for children. Wonder why? Love it none the less and it's got a really cool LED blue glow.


4). I've only got another day and a half of work this week. I'm off to Sydney this weekend for the Manly v Storm game at Brookevale Oval.

... and extremely close to an AWESOME day.

1. While the boss is away the worker bees will play. Not really, but it sure makes for a much more pleasant working environment.
   
   
2. ( Dallas Johnson had his high tackle charge downgraded last night at the NRL Judiciary and is all clear to play for Queensland in next week's opening State of Origin Game. AWESOME.  )
   
   
3. ( I bought a teeny tiny 2GB USB Flash Drive this evening. )
   
   
4. Supernatural has been renewed for a third season... or has it? Yesterday, two sources - Variety and Hollywood Reporter - were claiming that The CW had given the green light to another full season (22 episodes) of cross country demon hunting with the Winchester Boys.
   
   
   ( My official take on 'rumours'... )
   
   
5. Today is the day we will find out if the rumours mentioned above are really, really true. The CW Upfront is being held in New York today (Thursday New York time), starting in approximately 40 minutes. Seriously, I'm not a Supernatural Obsessed Geek or anything like. I mean, really! Doesn't EVERYONE know exactly where and when the CW Upfront is being held?
   
   
6. One more sleep until I get to see the Season Finale of Supernatural. (Read: Season, not Series. I may be waiting for 'official word' but I can still be optimistic... cautiously optimistic.) At this point I'd like to repeat: I'm not a Supernatural Obsessed Geek or anything.
   
   
7. Anna called to say she had read about a stage version of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of The Worlds being performed in Australia in September and she immediately thought of me. Something about me being a big sci fi spazz, I suspect. *grin* Needless to say, Mum, Dad and I... We've now got our tickets. AWESOME!

Today = good day.

• ( Totally weird going to a game on a Monday night. It goes against everything holy and pure. Seriously )
  
  
• One thing I know for sure is the Monday game seriously messed with my brain as far as Tristo's Tippin' (NRL Tipping Competition I run) goes. At least, I'm blaming the football. Tristo (that's me!) completely forgot to collate the results and send them. Tristo even sat at the PC for an hour or so and, you know what? It never even crossed her mind. Oops.
  
  
• Tonight I'm meeting up with some girls I used to work with a couple of years ago. They still work at my previous work place so I've agreed to meet them there. It always feels strange going back there even though I still work for the same company. The site I am at now is very different and much, much smaller. Not exactly sure where we are going but I'm looking forward to it.
  
  
• ( I've still got my cough. And I've still got both lungs. Bonus!  )
  
  
• Seriously, I need to stop using the word 'Seriously'. I sound like a dodgy Channel 10 promo. While I'm at it I might add: 'really', 'actually' & 'pretty' to the list of words I should use less of.
  
  
• I seriously really need a Melbourne Storm user icon.
  

I'd love Friday even more if today was the day I finally coughed up this annoying lung.

Having this cold/cough/runny nose for the past week is getting tiresome... for me and those around me. I know this because I've been asked more then once if I'm going to die soon!

I love the people I work with but I really wish they wouldn't make me laugh so much. That only makes the coughing worse! If only I could work in serious work place *grin*