5 posts from January 2009

Ah, what luxury, what bliss, to lie back and relax in a hot bath at the end of the day ... after the baby had been shampooed and taken away, felis minor used it as a watering hole, baby brought back to "see what Mummy's up to" and splash some more, felis major come to inspect the temperature, bath toys strained out ....

As I was drying myself Twelvetrees shoved open the door again. Turns out he likes his bathwater LAST.

James thought he was on to a good thing - combining two of his passions (telephone cable and the cat), and discovering sophisticated tool use all in one go. The cat is a fickle creature, and she has lost interest in being fished for already. Time for a very disappointed infant to have a nap.

Also today, when placed standing holding onto the couch, he worked his way along crabwise to the end. I count that as 'walking'. Well done James!

If once around the 'block' is 3 km, and that distance in this heat half-kills me, how dead will I be on February 15th?
Nine months on minus nine months off equals what level of self-loathing?

What does half an hour of James whining times four days without cigarettes equal?

Kiwibank online banking has a new, compulsory security layer - you choose three personalised questions to answer.
Unfortunately, it turns out that I have a schizophrenic alter-ego who finds such opportunities for flippancy irresistable.

What drunken (presumably?) fool chose "whither Sibelius?"  and what the hell is the answer?

That's going to be an embarrassing phone call.

Once upon a time there was a DJ who left the country in '97 to return for a New Year's gig in Wellington. He visited an old flatmate and rediscovered his 'Triple J Hottest 100 '97' CD that he'd left with an old flatmate and ...

Minuit were very good. I had a big smile on my face. I also had 'flipper hands' and massively dilated pupils.

Happy New Year, all.