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• Cleaned the gutters with chaosmanor as our contribution to managing cyclone and fire danger - it’s warm up there on the roof!
• Discussed a plan of attack for the blown kitchen lights with my father who knows things (water and electrical damage methinks). I foresee some crawling around in the ceiling with a torch, some silicone glue and a pair of pliers in my immediate future but need to find a good time. I think both House Martians should be home to provide moral support and turn things on and off (and call an ambulance if things go horribly wrong). Also I kind of want a full body suit with a hood since last time I was up there I had a powerful urge to burn EVERTHING I was wearing after.
• Braces tightened… it’s been five days and I’m still not back to solid foods *practices self pity* (realistically I'm already quite good at self pity and would benefit more from practicing say, Spanish or maybe Relentless Optimism). On the plus side I have blue elastics \o/
• Discovered our awesome new hanging chairs can be used as hammocks if you put your feet in one as well. PLUS if you get your knees right when the woofer drops a tennis ball in your lap it falls straight out again.
• Skipped Big Day Out, was sad but hit physical discomfort limit and wasn’t going to be able to enjoy it, got a bit mournful when baby brother starting texting me things like RAMSTEIIIIIIIIIIN and coped by sending him random German words from my pitiful German vocabulary - mostly learned from said baby bro who gets excited *loves*.
• Went house hunting with chaosmanor and cupidsbow - we agree on the kind of house we want to live in - now narrowing down what locations are acceptable. Operation: Queer Feminist Commune is Go! *drowns in finance paperwork and co-ownership contracts*

• Rogaine Vetting - fantastic weather.
  • We took the woofer and he bounced happily all over the place and made friends at cafes. We met a 4 month old Irish wolfhound puppy that was 90% elbows and HUGE paws and I got compliments on Kenobi’s training - or maybe he got compliments on his awesome personality :)
  • The Guildford Hotel has a lot of socks tied to it, it still hasn’t been restored since the Sep’08 fire. I wanted to add a sock but wasn't quite up for hiking around in a sockless boot.
  • I acquired the v. exciting phone number of a potter who may be able to make me the perfect bowls, have an ambiguous date for ‘some time on the 17-19th at the Fremantle Markets’ to discuss said bowls.
• _lemmings needed a tall person to help prepare for her first ever rental inspection so maharetr and I headed over and scrubbed things to her thoughtfully chosen soundtrack of bouncy music which I must now acquire..
• Saw How To Train Your Dragon which was unexpectedly awesome, it was kind of like what Avatar should have been but wasn’t.
• Lunch with Father and sister J. - my rocks have not been moved from last weeks exacting placement which is pleasing to me.
• Saw Conan the Destroyer which was terrible but improved by colour commentary with brothers and Az (who has adopted black leather pants as casual wear - I am not sure if what I am feeling is respect)

• Bought a ridiculously expensive plasma television and had the fun of connecting it to various peripherals then the more substantial fun of playing all sorts of things on it to see what it does. We've retired the projector and now there is a wall of sleek, black 'stuff.'
• Went paddling Saturday morning, got very wet. Also got smacked on the head with a paddle during polo, small bump has mostly receded.
• Took my beloved hiking boots back to Paddy Palins to find ones that don’t let water in (wet socks are not fun) with the secondary goal of buying another pair of the same boots to continue to wear to work. V. nice man confirmed water should not be in boots and sent them off for a warranty inspection. A quick old-new comparison shows I’ve almost completely worn down those multidirectional lugs.
• Hike was good fun! maharetr, ascetic_hedony, Ginny, the woofer and I did 10.4km at about 5.7 km/hr and got to watch the sun go down over the ocean as we walked and chatted. The Naked Fig is far too classy to be a café and their hot chocolate is not sufficiently chocolaty.
• Sunday morning was plumbing support for transcendancing, who has dripping taps (now she has replacements, WD-40 and an increased desire to hit things), followed by cuddles and talks.
• Mother's Day dinner was peaceful except for the bit where Magic (my mother's cat) tried to kill brother R. by attacking his hair (a fruitless task, there is more hair than cat) - possibly revenge for R. nicknaming his cat 'Squidlington.'
• Traded 3 laptops for a recommission of one, a second wireless keyboard, a promise of a pair of pants and access to a really big ladder - my brothers and I have a complicated but highly successful barter system.
• It turns out the wood saw maharetr and I speculated was stolen by one of our fathers was actually stolen by my mama who also suffers from the delusion that none of her children owns a power drill *mystified*

• Launched AO3 Open Beta and helped coordinate some bug fixes
• Fixed the shade sail that wore through it's mooring
• Did a 3 hour exam and finished my first MBA unit (1/12th of an MBA done!)
• Delivered birthday presents to brother J.
• Avenue Q - saw with no prior knowledge at all and loved it
• Monthly slash gathering - have now seen pilot for White Collar and fully understand the enthusiasm
• Holiday in one week!

• Brother J. broke his thumb at work and has an impressive cast immobilising everything, he is deeply unimpressed by being demoted from primate status
• Birthday dinner for brother R. was quite something, managed to find a shirt of a band he hasn't heard of that he might like with a picture he would like regardless. I win at birthday presents this year :)
• Watched 28 Weeks Later with J. – spurred passionate pre-dinner conversation about zombie moves and books, and some mid-dinner conversation about how to fortify our parents houses against the various types (Resident Evil zombies are easy, you just build a wire fence). Mama is reluctant to barricade the staircase and set fire to it but we are working on her – she only has to survive until we turn up to rescue her anyway :p

• still recovering from dentist stuff, more to come
• finished first sleeve, started knitting second one
• took baby brother and his crutches clothes shopping - made him buy an iron too
• baby bro pointed out a random bunny that likes visiting and mentioned they had kittens last week - what next? Fawns and bluebirds?
• assisted house-moving efforts by carrying furniture and boxes
• took blue inserts out from hair - getting far enough away from the roots to be annoying

EDIT 9:58 pm Best. Idea. Ever. They ran neck and neck at my left knee for 4km. It was like synchronised swimming except with dogs, they should have been wearing tutus or something.

Night of company and singing with fred_mouse; and company. Pity I can't sing but all you have to do is hang out with louder people than you.

Family time with mother who came over bright and early to woofer walk and have breakfast with me.

Embarrassing failure to secure sound card tightly enough resulted in having to dissect the whole freakin box and put it back in again. The benefits were immeasurable because vegetariansushi; shared her delightful giggle with maharetr and cupidsbow as we watched the SGA pilot. This is hilarious, I've mostly related to SGA through the fic and I'm watching this and having the BEST time.