Christmas Eve

I've been curiously apathic this whole holiday
Kinda like "Oh, christmas is near. Oh joy... Meh"
Guess I had other things to look forward to beforehand =P
Broke into a 2G SIM card to find out what was in it
They're curiously small devices
Got an xbox 360 also a few days ago
Man they're fun. But everything is such *low* quality compared to my PS3
Enjoy these photos







Rhett out

Strange package

I received this strange parcel in the mail box today

From The Illuminati do exist...

Notice the "Illuminati" word on it.
Please note, disappointingly there was no secret invitation to *join* said secret organisation...
Bugger
Ah well, what I *did* receive (Millennium Falcon by James Luceno) is a glorious book, albeit somewhat derivative from the main story arc of the 'Legacy' series...

Brain vent

So much stuff has happened recently
And now not much is
Not much at all
Makes the mind wander

I gave a gift, recently
A very very important gift
The person who received the gift will read this
And she'll know what I'm talking about
It wasn't a new idea, unfortunately
But the gift came with a meaning
A very important meaning
And the physical properties of the gift represent that meaning
Shape and also material
I pondered it endlessly beforehand
I didn't need to
I wanted to make myself sure as sure can get
But I already was
And also the inscription on the gift conveys that meaning
But only her and I will fully understand the words, and our past behind the words

The present was also partially for me
Because the harpoon might shrink if I'm sure she knows
And it has
But it's still there
It will go
But I have to work for it
But it's OK
Because the way I see it, I can't ever *not* get this harpoon removed

I also made a list of some of the things I'm thankful for
My girlfriend
My goal
My job
My car
My family
My location
The contents of my wallet
My Ebay account
My iMac
My Nokia e71 (Seriously in love with that phone)
My PS3
My collection of X-Files: seasons 1-9 including both movies
My Star Wars books
My huge DVD collection
My love of tech
The fact that my previously mentioned gift was accepted instantly
HMO's
The Government
Nixon
Logitech MX revolution
My girlfriend
My Logitech iPod speaker/clock/alarm dock
My girlfriend
George Lucas
Sony's earphones
Steve Perry (The Expanded Universe Author, not the generic name combination. Even though...)

My official "Make myself look more adult in my parents' eyes" campaign has started to success. Thank god
Tonight's very tame pizza was a hit. Even though I didn;t even get ot put anything fun in there (Hello - a desert pizza, or one with egg, or one with fries/potato gems)

Oh and I also gave another gift
But I think I would be in trouble if I told people about that one =P

(Actually, I know it's the case but I'll just make doubly sure gift was properly appreciated and accepted... I'll get back to you on that one)

I'm getting into the new Snow Patrol song. Take back the City.
The title is very inspiring
*fictional cogs are in motion*
I'll get back to you on *that* too

Rhett out

New Indiana Jones set review

Thanks to daoudbazaar for this one:

So lovely...
Rhett out

Why people need people like ME in their world #455,236

So I went to Lily's school thingamajig last night.
Truly it was awful.
Usually they're these pissy half-hour speech and a song and dance from each school year group. This year there was bloody speeches galore, twenty two songs with dance. Few group speeches (Completely faked and terrible - what alse should I expect from six-year-olds though)
I should update my grand list of people I should be legally able to kill to include:
Obese mothers who screech at their kids and wallop them for screeching back (Where do you think they learn that from, you pig-faced moron?!)
Parents who are so stupidly proud of their children they STAND UP in their seats to see said child, blocking 30 peoples' view
Principals and school captains whose speeches are almost identical and cover EVERY topic the other's did
It's a bit bigoted perhaps, but these parents wo send their kids to mid-low level range catholic schools are the WORST, the most MORONIC drivers ever in existance.
Thankfully my father and I share this opinion.
If you don't grab your kid and RUN to the car park, you're trapped behind thirty do-gooder drivers who do things such as:
Stop and give way when they have RIGHT OF WAY
When turning into a kerb, they don't turn gradually; leaving drivers such as me sneaking room to move around them instead of being stuck behind them as they do a sharp, quick turn and have to correct and re-correct and re-re-re-correct
Drive 20km/hr BELOW the speed limit, in the dead of night
Wear those obnoxious "Baby on board" stickers in their windows
Drive gas-guzzling massive four-wheel-drives when their most rugged terrain is driving up a quasi-inclined driveway
Well, whinge over.
Oh- the REASON I blogged was to say that for about half an hour the school's IT guys had projector troubles. For chrissake, CHANGE THE RESOLUTION TO MATCH THE PROJECTOR'S, IT'S A LITTLE HARD ON THE EYES BUT IT WORKS!!!!!!!!
Rhett out

Finally my sweet-tooth pays off...

Look at this! I'm so proud - it's PERFECTION!

I bet you couldn't remove the foil absolutely NEATLY with the paper wrapping! I am the MASTER!
-Rhett

Testing embedding video again...

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