Needs moar Hello Kitty number plates.

1. It’s totally awesome.
2. I absolutely love Neil Patrick Harris (even if he has the gay) and I think Barney is such a great character.
3. The open titles. I love the way the photos look like your average group of friends on a regular night out. It helps you relate to the characters and situation and gives the show a sense of realism. It also makes me think of my awesome friends and how much I miss them.
4. In 2030, Future Ted is telling the story to his kids of the events leading up to how he met their mother. I like that he refers to his friends as Uncle Marshall, Aunt Lily, etc, which denotes that even 25 years on they are still as close as they ever were. I hope that when I’m older and have kids that me and my friends are still that awesomely close.
5. It’s still totally awesome.

Oh and also, I have my car now. Yay \o/ Pics to come

Things been going ok. Work’s keeping my occupied and my bike is fixed now and I’ve been doing a fair bit of riding. Been logging all my rides and might start posting them on here. Lost a little bit more weight too and I am getting closer to my preliminary goal of 80kg, yay!

I’ve also decided to take an indefinite break from WoW. The time offline while I’ve been covering most of the on-call over the last month has been rather refreshing and I think it will be good for me to have time to focus on other things. Will miss the social aspect of it, but I think it’s worth it.

I have spent a small fortune on getting some more gear for my camera. It won’t make me insta-pro, but I certainly will have a lot of fun with it.

Here’s a pic I took today. This little fellow has a nest out the back of our unit and struts around the field like he owns the place.

And finally, I am getting my car next weekend. Afta’s folks are taking a few days to drive it up from Sydney and are making a bit of a trip of it. I am super excited

So the paperwork is all in and we just have to get to Brisbane and collect it. This is the new baby that Afta and I have just purchased together. Technically it will be his baby and I am getting his other baby to drive. It’s very exciting stuff

I shall violate his Impreza with Hello Kitty number plates!

#5 – SUG33

Sugee! It means awesome in Japanese (well, it’s another way of saying sugoi, which means awesome). It fits in with the whole Japanophile thing and ‘awesome’ is one of my buzz words. However, I don’t like the double 3s and to be honest I’d prefer SUGo1, which is unavailable.

#4 – 74RTI

Well Afta does (affectionately) call me Elentar-t-i, so Tar-t-i would be the shortened version. Plus I am a massive tart, but it could be a little trashy.

#3 – HNT41

Hello Kitty & Hentai – what an amusing contrast. They just seem to go so well together Slightly obscure, but I’m cool with that.

#2 BEW85

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#1 – MMP13

This is my absolute favourite that I have come up with so far. I have been in love with the combo for ages. MMMP13 would be better, but I couldn’t get that on Hello Kitty plate. Simply awesome, IMO. Sugoi!

Called her Elebereth, which is Elentari in Sindarin and another title for Varda (which also happens to be the name of my PC)

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• Funky (PRODUCT)RED design by Bruce Mau (with part of the profits going towards AIDS research)
• Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T6500
• 4GB RAM
• 320GB HDD
• 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
• 15.6″ LCD screen
• HDMI output
• Integrated webcam and mic
• CREATIVE Sound Blaster X-Fi MB software
• Shiny backlit keyboard
• 802.11a/g/n WiFi adapter
• Bluetooth
• 9-cell battery (plus a spare)
• Free MS Office 2007 Home & Student Edition
• Free bag
• other awesome shit

My aim is to use it mostly for my photography and art stuff and I am currently snuggled up in bed with it hooked up to my Wacom, just doodling away.

I don’t think I’ll be doing much work this weekend

Here’s some things that I have reflected on and learnt since my initial ride:

1. Lycra, lycra, lycra! That is all.
2. Always keep striving to go faster, harder and longer. That bitch arse ride will soon become ez-mode.
3. Never rely on anyone else to have a pump suitable for Presta valves.
4. You can achieve anything with warm hands and protected eyes.
5. Super short laces are a far more cost effective than brand new shoes.
6. Fluoro hoodies are both cute and functional for late afternoon rides.
7. Suck it up and take the hill. The easy route is full of pot holes anyway.
8. Cookies are most definitely better post-ride.
9. If you are going to push to break the pain barrier, be prepared for the agony after the endorphins wear off.
10. More lycra!

I just had some more stuff arrive today. Really looking forward to installing it and going out for another ride this afternoon. Now that I have my cycle computer/heart rate monitor, I can finally start logging my rides too, yay \o/

Her name is Sophia.

P.S. – Need to think of a name for her.