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Saturday, June 30, 2007

Sitting and thinking about it, I am trying to work out where the week went. I think I was too busy to remember it.

Work
I wrote my abstract for QMB and personally I think the final came out well, but it still has to be signed off by management, so will see. I re cloned the the SNP I am working on and bulked it up. Along with a lot of lab tidy work and some paper work that I had been ignoring. I decided i could not wait for my cells to bulk up so went and got them off Laura so I can test the SNP's activity for a meeting next week. I was meant to do the transfections today, but...... well.... yeah tomorrow will have to do.

Social
Well on Thursday night I went out with a group of people and saw Transformers, but more on that latter. Friday I went with Kelly and picked up Nick's mother 65th birthday present. Her birthday is on Sunday and I hope she likes it. Had Friday drinks and went to a play in Glen Eden (more about the play latter too). After the play we went to the closest pub, which just happened to be the RSA.

Andy at the RSANow I have not been in one of these in a long time and certainly never been in there for a beer. But damn they are cheap, 3 beers for $7. In some places in Auckland you would pay more than that for one. The RSA's have not changed. It was sweet seeing the old couples dancing / swaying to terrible karaoke. Then tonight I went to Briar's flat warming, which was a masquerade.

Brair

Neelam and LaurenSo lots of fun with glitter. Tomorrow is Nick's mothers 65th. At some point I will get some sleep

Games
This is the reason I didn't make it to work. I was gaming, still it is a Saturday. I rolled an alliance character on Frostwolf and have leveled it to 13. Yes it is called Yasmin too

I also got in my 10 arena games on Yasmin (my druid) which I played with Remmy. Oh I suck at pvp, but yay Remmy got my ranking up.

Wellness
The weight is still coming off. I haven't tortured any small children. I haven't donated blood yet, but I did offer to help some people get rid of some of theirs.

Cooking
Chicken with mushrooms, tomatoes and rosemary

Calories per serve 277
Servings 4
Preparation Time 15 min
Cooking Time 40 min

Ingredients

4 chicken thighs
salt and pepper
1 tbs olive oil
1 onion chopped
300g swiss brown mushroom
1 tbs finely chopped rosemary
1/2 cup white wine
400g can crushed tomatoes

Instructions

Rub the chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat and cook the thighs in batches until golden on both sides
Remove the chicken from the pan and add the onion, mushrooms and rosemary. Cook until the onion is tender
Return the chicken to the pan and increase the heat to high. Pour the wine and allow to bubble for 1 min
Add the tomatoes, and reduce the heat, cover and cook for 30min until the chicken is completely cooked through. Remove the lid for the last 10min of cooking to reduce the sauce.Serve with pasta

Media
Still reading Dirk Gently
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

I had forgotten how much I like this movie, in fact I think it improved on re watching. I will not have to wait so long before I watch it again.
Iron Giant.

Was watching this while cooking dinner. Still makes me smile, and was nice background filler.
Transformers

I was surprised by this, it was much better than I thought. I think the cheese made it more enjoyable. I actually think seeing it on the big screen is a waste of time due to the techniques they use. But well boys and their childhood memories. Just wait til the Jem movie comes out and we want to see that.

The Amorous Ambassador

This is the play I went and saw at the Glen Eden Playhouse Theatre. Which had us all in stitches, part of that was seeing our friend being taken out by a door so many times. His new name is now Sugarpie due to this.

Projects
ummmmmmmm nothing to see here.

I don't know! I DON'T KNOW! I'm lost! I'm scared! I feel like I'm disappearing! MY SKIN COMING OFF! I'M GETTING OLD! Nothing makes any sense to me! NOTHING MAKES ANY SENSE!