Nothing's shifting this funk at the moment. I went out for dinner tonight with friends who are pretty much always guaranteed to make me feel good. But as soon as I got home... the funk again ( Read more... )

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Just quickly squeezing this in before  I have to start doing my overtime tonight.

So - you may have heard that there was a bigass earthquake in New Zealand - in CHCH actually, which is where my Kiwi mate is from originally.

It's been a destructive earthquake this time. 17 dead at the moment, the spire of the cathedral has toppled, buildings ( Read more... )

Oh good god is this what old age feels like? I'm not yet 32, but my knees feel like they belong to a 57-year-old.

Oh. oh. owwwwwwwww........

Ages ago, some girls from my league decided to do the Melbourne Summer Cycle. It's a 40km trip through Melbourne and over the Westgate Bridg e. That's all fine and good. The problem is that the event starts at ( Read more... )

One of the random topics of discussion last night was about the speed a skater needs to achieve in order to skate 25 laps in 5 minutes (the 25 in 5). I'd worked this out ages ago - twice actuallly - assuming that the skater stuck only to the inside or the outside line of the rink. 13.5km/h and 21.6km/h respectively. (If Nicholai would like to check ( Read more... )

How good are cats with cause and effect? I've never really thought much about it before ( Read more... )

And that makes 8 hours of training completed since Wednesday ( Read more... )

 It's been a bit of a skateful week this week. Wednesday, Thursday, today AND tomorrow in training. Yay. Yayayayayay!! I'm all stinky now, and need a shower. I will shower, and then I will pop down the street to get some more milk for Gillespie. Then I will do a solid half hour of cleaning. Then I will craft the rest of my evening away. This sounds ( Read more... )

This kitten is the most adorable bundle of kitten ever. I keep getting things for him to play with. Awesome ( Read more... )