Work
Spent the last week making a talk to impress people that really we shouldn't have been trying to impress. But the talk is done and they were impressed and life moves on. Margot is back on Monday.
Social
Between trying to organise a work christmas party and not caving into people trying to be useless so that others will do their work for them, and the guilts from parents about the fact we don't want to go to their place for Christmas. Lump in Underpants on the Outside and a BBQ or two and I have been a little busy. I finally got Cassies wedding invite, and have my dress sorted for it. Booked the plane tickets today - YAH. Now just to sort out the present. I went to a BBQ last night which was good, even if I was snacked on by small flying creatures. Underpants on the Outside was good, and I impluse brought a $10 Hong Knong Phooey diaorama.
I also put up my Christmas tree, I need to get some fairy lights for it. So presents to go around it would be good too.
Games
Been doing some pvp in WoW and sucking majorly at it. But if i want my pvp mount at 60 - then I better get my badges. Still Remmy says he has started WoW again so maybe I will be saved.
Wellness
The weight loss continues but at a much slower pace, mainly because i want to make sure this is a life choice and not a quick fad. I also noticed the other day that I am starting to get tiny skin folds, so not fat deposits but where my skin still needs to shrink to keep up with me, not to bad at the moment but any fast loss and well I might need some tape just to hold the skin flap in place. Any one got any ideas on how to make your skin shrink faster?
Yumminess
Fresh fruit salad and vanilla custard. I just love summer fruits, and the joy about living in New Zealand is we get damn good fruit.
Media
I went and saw Beowulf. Which was good, but they do it in IMAX 3D which will blow your socks off in a way that will make you tingle. So I will be going back to see that.
Books
Currently reading Alice in Wonderland. And I really wish I had read it as a child, because I keep catching myself thinking, but that is just silly. Where as a child would love the nonsese of it.
Projets
Working on a lolly jar for Cassandra
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Completed the first stage of the TNFa HTP assay, now I have to give a presentation on it. Whaaaaaaaaaaa. I have also been told I am not allowed to read magazines at meetings. Well if they didn't want me to do that they should be interesting.
Social
I went to the Auckland Highland games and it was interesting, never seen so many kilts in the same place at once. Umm, on men and not for show. Just because they like them. The Friday that has just been I caught up with some friends and didn't get home til 2am. Talking crap and that, but was good.
Games
Back to playing WoW as my game, not as many hours though. But i am enjoying it so all good. Still solo leveling. Nick has just started playing The Witcher, it looks very repetitive, but I play WoW so meh a little bit of repetition is good for the soul *cough*. That aside the Wii is back and chipped. But I have yet to get my hands on the games I want to play, so nothing happening there.
Wellness
It should be back on track this week, as I brought the parts to fix Terry's bike. Still the weight is still coming down if some what slowly. But I am not gaining and really that is the important thing.
Yumminess
This apple, cinnamon, brown sugar and cream porridge I had in Eden village.
Media
I have now seem both Death Proof and Planet Terror. And they were good, very good. Well worth the watch. Also watching Brisco County Jr while pvping in WoW. Allaince just suck at pvp to much to actually pay attention.
Books
I read the Kite Runner and was impressed, ending was a little flat but the start got me hooked. Currently reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Which is completely different to how I remember it from childhood.
Projects
Nothing to see
Because, let's be honest, it's a field. Look. Do you see another world out there? No, you see a field. Do you see anything non human? No, and you know why? Because it's a field!
Friday, November 16, 2007
Work
Been running my high through put assays. Though the week that has just been; I was making the invitations to the Christmas party. They look great.
Social
Last week on Friday night Aselle convinced me to go into town with her, and we ended up at Burger King, which was a little reminiscent of high school. From there we went in search of a jazz bar and ended up at the Hilton having Mai Tai's - OK honest there was only one Mai Tai, but it cost $18 so yeah. I received a few post cards from Brair, which is great and she promises the tacky ones are yet to come. She also ended up breaking up with the man she chased to London, and the two sides of me have differing views on this. The romantic side thinks it is a shame because all fairy tales have the heroine battling through hardships unknown, and dangers unbeholden to reach their true love. To find out it isn't really working for them any more; just... well ruins the story. The realist side of me is, don't get emotionally attached to wastes of time. If you are not heading in the same direction, or want the same things then end it and get on with your life and find some one who is. It may not sound nice but nice people will be the bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first against the wall when the revolution comes.
Games
Sims Castaway. I was told it was good and it is. Now if only I had a version that would run full screen.
Wellness
This week has been terrible when your major food groups for the day include : Cake, Crumble and Pie. You know you had a good day, but not in the artery way. Still the weight loss is still happening and I have hit the 71kg mark. Pretty happy with that.
Yumminess
The Berry Crumble I had at 277. It was the bomb.
Media
Not many movies, but a lot of TV series, Calfornication, Dr Who and Heroes. I did watch Music and Lyrics. Why Hugh Grant why, damn it and his sexy accent.
Books
Finished War and Peace. And anything I could say on the book would be lost because it is a translation, and as every one knows - It is hard to say where the authors writing starts and where the translation ends.
Also read Memoirs of a Geisha. Damn that is a good book, well written on both style and content. I would put this on the every one should read list. Next up is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Projects
A cereal bowl for Nick and a Cat bowl for Midnight.
Certain words and phrases just keep drifting through my mind, things like, incarceration, cavity search, death by electrocution, life in prison, shit like that, know what I'm sayin', so do I want to come out alive...
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Work
So it has become a shrug the shoulders and get on with it, and compliment them on the style in which they did it. That all aside I manged to get a reasonable chunk of work done, which is surprising considering the previous dramas took 3 days.
Good movie, really really really liked this one. Was sweet and nice, good acting, good story, a bit for every one. Def. see
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
I am skipping this week for 3 reasons.
1. My bandwidth has been blown and I can't do jack with out them charging me.
2. I joined facebook
3. Been busy
Next week I promise a big blog fill of stuff.
Saturday, October 06, 2007
Did some tweaking on the TNFa assay and changed it to a much shorter incubation time, which is good for me. And played Lab Manger and got some other bits and pieces sorted.
Social
Well it started on Thursday when I went to see the wedding venue organiser, and we paid our deposit and sorted out a table map and hammered out prices, picked vases and cake tables. Decided on wet weather arrangements and picked a cake. From there we headed into Parnell and went to a Christmas party for Nick's old work. Yeah that is what I thought, in October - jumping the gun a bit, but is easier to get a venue and have people attend. I have never seen such drunk girls on a work next day night behaving like skanky hoes since I went to Uni. I felt a little sorry for their partners. But on ward, and on to Friday as the auspicious role as Social Club Sectary I arranged the AGM, and got a bit carried away with the pizza. But oh well. So on the 19th Dec if you are in town come have some fun with some scientists while enjoying a Casino Royale theme. Then Saturday rolled around and I made cup cakes for Briar, watch her and Aselle's squash game. Which was very short. Headed to the plant barn with Di (to be mother in-law) and got a few plants to put in my garden. Mainly got herbs, will be using some of them tonight. Then headed home to finish making cupcakes
Which turned out - well amazing. Not only in looks but in taste, I think the Gin and Lemon ones where the best. I really need a better cocoa powder to make chocolate ones. Either that or use melted chocolate. I also did the Dove Star Pink Walk. Which is to raise awareness of breast cancer and funds for research into cures for it. I think about 5000 people did it this year which is just slightly mind blowing. I didn't wear pink, but the people I was with had enough pink to cover up for my lack. Sunday I did some gardening and got some of my plants in.
Games
Played some Bejeweled and a little bit of WoW, would have played more but Nick and Terry got us capped and I can't patch. I need to play more Wii, though I am keeping up with the Everyone Votes channel
Wellness
FINALLY made my 75kg mark and that makes it officially 15kg lost and 10kg to go. I biked to work today and it almost killed me due to my unfitness so, if I keep it up I should have knocked those 10kg off by the time I get to Christmas. Feeling pretty good about that, particular last Monday I went bikini shopping with Briar and well it was depressing because she looked so great and I have so far to go. So here is hoping that with a bit of work when I go and do my shopping it won't be depressing.
Yumminess
The Gin and Lemon cupcakes. Out of the latest Foodtown mag. Just YUM.
Media
Zombies
Ummm was a little creepy and was well done, didn't really see anything but of course your imagination makes it worse.
Heroes - S2 Ep 1&2
Oh so good. Love this show.
Books
War and Peace
Finally into the war, and yeah I think I need to make a list of who every one is and who they are related to, as there are so many people it is getting confusing keeping track of them all. Now I am biking the reading will slow down, which is a shame. But I can read when I am skinny, if the biking doesn't kill me.
Media
Kiln is fixed and popped out on Saturday and did some glazing. Next week will have photos to post, maybe.
We meet again, at last. The circle is now complete. When I left you, I was but the learner; now *I* am the master.
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Got through a ton of GABA assays, and helped my new supervisor orinteer his way around the place. Smelt some compounds. And actually did all the graphing on the assays the week that I did them rather than wait til I got bugged about it. Need to spend some time getting it into my lab book now.
Social
On Friday night I went out with the girls and saw some bands, the problem was it was a very small room and well made it hard to mix properly.
And the other problem was the band that we were their to see (Labretta Suede and The Motel Six) decided to ignore the no smoking laws, so if they could so did every one in the bar - which sucked massive balls, so I left. They weren't to bad, you can check them out here http://www.myspace.com/labrettasuedeandthemotelsix. But to be honest I liked the first band (no idea what they were called), with a bit more practise and a few sessions in a decent manic depressive state they could be really good. But sound issues aside the venue was very cool, would love jazz there. 
I also mowed the lawns, I always forget how satisfying a freshly mown lawn can be, I guess that is the same with weeding. Which is the next thing I need to do. I made bread - like kneading and that. Wasn't to bad but the problem i had was the recipe had 4 different yeast measurements i went for the low one, and found out I should have gone for the high one. The next lot will hopefully be better. It certainly looked better after the raising step.
Games
Peggel damn well rocks, it rocks so much it is a rocking rock thing. Now to get Nick
to buy it for me. The demo is all good, but can only play for an hour. Other than that i have seen a lot of TF2. Which is in beta at the moment, and the only way to join the beta is pre-buy the game. So if you have a gamer in your life and they start screaming in their sleep, "Kill the medic" or "SPY" or "Orange Box". They have pre-brought and are playing hard.
Wellness
Going well, even with lunches and that. 76.5kg last week which is the half way mark. Every thing is down hill from there.
Yumminess
Garlic and Cumin Prawns. From the latest foodtown magazine, pg 86 if I remember correctly.
Movies
Hogfather
This was really good, it was a average book. But this made it awesome.
Superbad
This was damn funny - a little bit American but full of laughs. With out the cops it would have been lame though.
The Terminal
Would have been better if they got a Russian rather than Tom Hanks trying to be Russian. Was OK, but I wouldn't suggest it.
Fido 
This was just pure odd - and not good as in David Lynch odd. Just odd as in your nice uncle that keeps asking for photos of the kids.
Books 
I finished 1984 which was actually a little bit disappointing near the end. It is defiantly a book of ideology rather than well written. Which is a shame because it could have been both every easily. But all that aside I do think it is a book that every one should read, and in their early twenty's when your ideology of the world is shaping.
Projects
Nothing to see. Hope the kiln is fixed :/
The only thing I know about the dark is you can't see in it.