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Stwaight fwush?
Nothing here has much to do directly with poker really. Think figuratively.
According to the Facebook "name analyzer" application, my name spells out the following character:
Romantic
Indifferent
CYNICAL
Abnormal
Rhythmic
Dangerous
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P-p-p-pick up a...
I just got back a while ago from seeing penguins, seals and various birds out on the cold, exposed, viciously windy bluffs of the Otago Peninsula. (Yes it is a natural penguin habitat.) Included was free "surprise" entertainment when a yellow penguin fresh out of the ocean was suddenly startled by a sneaky sealion slithering from a camouflaged ( Read more... ) -
And then...
Where to start? OK so I'm "freezing" my 'nads off in Dunedin, New Zealand at the moment. Planning on going on a wildlife tour to see penguins etc. tomorrow arvo IFF the weather isn't horrendous like it was earlier today. Temperature's hovering around a balmy 1° before the wind chill, milder if it's pouring ( Read more... ) -
There's no reason why this can't be the TOP of the world
I'm at somewhere resembling 47 degrees of southerly latitude chez teotakuu who has offered me the privilege to stay at her house. I may not truly have visited the ends of the earth, but at least I've been places from which they're visible! :)
Queenstown's the next stop for possible seasonal winter work.
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Blood moon rising
The night before last, I watched the moon turn a funny blood-orange colour... and then disappear a few times! It was weird, but that's because I'd never seen a total lunar eclipse before. Totality lasts a long time compared with a solar eclipse (which I saw back in 1999 ( Read more... ) -
Life, oh life...
Cairns on a Sunday night isn't too exciting, so I'm killing some time making another LJ post. My iPod picked the Des'rée song in the subject header earlier today, and it got me thinking about one of its most poignant lines:
Sometimes living out your dreams ain't as easy as it seems...Couldn't be more right. But the proverbial beautiful balloon ( Read more... ) -
Just a quickie from the tropics
Gone troppo in Port Douglas and Cairns for a week, enjoying the Carnivale fest and hoping to grab a tour of the Great Barrier Reef, preferably through a glass-bottomed boat!
Need liquid, need ice cream, it's 30°C on this "winter" (chuckle) afternoon.
Peace and may the Lord always be with you. -
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Blog a dead horse
There've been no new posts from me for a little while. And I return to a mixed LJ bag ( Read more... )