Ramblings

So I’ve just noticed that nearly a third of my journal entries start with “So”. And thus, in true talentless blogger style, I immediately jumped at the opportunity to write an entirely accurate and informative, yet utterly useless entry on it. Awesome. Just so this isn’t a complete waste of time, I’m getting really sick… Read more

So a while ago I met Laz, through Bronwyn & Alco, and the topic of roleplaying or somesuch came up. He invited me into a D&D group he was just starting. So, we all know what D&D is – Dungeons & Dragons. Laz has been DMing – Dungeon Master(ing) – for a long time. The… Read more

So last night Ashley decided he wasn’t cooking, so I decided to eat out. Ashley and Brett left the apartment at the same time as me, going the opposite direction, to go to the bank. I went straight off to a restaurant to eat. Twenty minutes or so later, just as I was starting my… Read more

So I finally got around to trying some “Jello”, American jelly. Disgusting stuff. It’s the same as ours of course, just very solid… it’s like the stale jelly you get at Pizza Hut or similar places, that’s been sitting out there for hours and goes all crusty… and Americans think it’s great. I also checked… Read more

Of course, the problem I’m facing now is, how to get all this new crap back to Australia. My luggage was close to the weight limit coming over, and now I have more clothes. Let alone all the other cruft I’ve accumulated. Extra bags for the plane start at $80US each, which I guess isn’t… Read more

So, I’ve just totalled my weights for the first 10 weights sessions, and it seems my total comes in at about 48,330 pounds (that’s 21,922 in real units). Or, nearly five African elephants, or roughly 192,000 bananas, or 8,630 MacBook Pro’s. Shiny. I’m practically Superman already. ;) Of course, that’s just 3.65 x 10-21th of… Read more