So, recently, I have discovered some new awesome that I feel compelled to talk about. While some of these are probably not your average picks, I highly recommend all of them.. :)

And now - onto the list!

- Hi Fructose - For all you artsy fartsy types, this very cute magazine is full of very talented people who do awesome stuff. I found a previous version at Popup Gallery in Wellington, but I would assume you would be able to find it from other good magazine dealers, or if you are willing to spend your money on shipping, they do offer it on their website.

I also feel compelled to also mention that, while I want to promote this magazine and website, I do not want to promote the shitty CMS it is built on...

- Popup Gallery - I mentioned Popup Gallery just above, but this store is so awesome that it needs to have it's own bullet/dash point. It is definitely a money-sink for me, but the cute vinyl toys they have there, plus the DIY vinyl toys that you can buy are fantastic! Of course, they serve no purpose other than squee value, but that's often enough for me...

- Zombie Fluxx - This game is a very silly Beer & Pretzels game. I would recommend you mix it in with the original Fluxx to give more variation, but anybody can play this game. It's especially wonderful on the plane.

- Ginger Tom - I simply cannot get enough of this wonderful (alcoholic) Ginger Beer. While I am not an alchie (don't believe the people you hear..) it is such a delightful summer drink that you can enjoy on a sunny day on the lawn with the birds singing. It has been a while since one could do this, so it has been particularly enjoyable as of late.

- Burn Notice - How can anybody not like this show? It's got retro flavour, with action, style, guns and spies! This is one show you at least have to try. Plus, Jeffrey Donovan who plays Michael is drop-dead gorgeous.

So, enjoy these picks. I shall be back with more soon.

Also, this would not be a complete post if I didn't mention something I didn't like at the moment..

- Don't watch Top Gear Australia. It is not worth it, and I want my 45 minutes of life back after watching the first (stiff and boring) episode.

In the last week or so, I have finally gotten around to playing around with my site. Unfortunately, as life goes sometimes, I have been too busy to do much to this site, but I am planning on changing that.

So, I have a new look in place (mostly), and I now plan on making some other things work. The contact page looks awful at the moment, and I'm finding the homepage to be a bit weak as well, although I think pulling through blog entries on the homepage is now not such a silly idea.

Today has also been a very eventful geeky day. Gold and I have bought a Macbook Air together. A laptop has always been high on my geek-list, and while it may be something that I don't necessarily *need*, it is bringing you this blog post in style, and I suspect that there will be many more to come, now that I have a portable device to which I can add more content to my website efficiently.

Now I just need to get used to my hand being the mouse...

It's dissapointing to say I've not been updating this as much as I would have like - infact, I've been seeing things I can fix too. I might have a play around eventually and see what we can do.

Anyway. Part of the reason as to why I haven't been updated was the fact that my computer died a few weeks back - which is good for me, since I decided I wanted to buy a new computer. I am now obsessed with my new computer.

I now have a shiny new 20" iMac sitting on my desk, and it's simply gorgeous.

Everything, as you would expect, was so easy to set up. Even after 4 days of having my Mac, I am still stoked, I am still extremely happy. I have the whole package - everything is top notch, really.

So, hopefully now, I will be more motivated to get onto some of these ideas I have.

And now, to save up for my other big purchase - a camera..

Today, I have organised to have a six hour lunch. I hope for this to be an annual, if not regular event.

We found out about the six hour lunch at a port tasting at Vino Fino. The tradition involved exactly what you'd expect from the name of it. The liquor is port and the food is plentiful and varied.

The selection today include 2 Taylors, a Kym Ryan from Torlesse, a Dows a Soljans, a Mazuran's and one from Rongopai.

From the first port we tried, the Torlesse Reserve Port, which is made in Waipara. A very smooth port. Beautiful ruby colour, very nice for a local port.

The next, which I am drinking right now is a Port from Rongopai. Not a port I would buy - Very spicy, almost like pins and needles in the mouth, and a very muddy-ish red colour.

I shall be micro-blogging, as well as adding to this post later.

Things work out well in the end. It's surprising, but on the occasions it happens I'm totally thankful.

I've been having a bit of unwelcome bad stuff happen to me lately, and it's definitely brought the mood down, more than usual. I usually don't find it too bad to try and get out of the slump, but lately it's been hitting hard.

Last night (and the events leading to this morning) was a good example of this. Gold and I had just come from a Vino Fino wine tasting, and we were walking down to the Strip to find a cab to go home. It was cool, too, the cab driver was one we recognised, and he was as polite as ever. He kindly dropped us home and I was happy, till the next morning...

After rushing to get to work, and being offered a lift, I decided to skip making lunch, and get my Eftpos card instead. In my wallet. Which I couldn't find. I was absolutely lost, and angry. I slowly got over it, after Gold promptly rung the cab company and tried to locate the wallet. Unfortunately, the cab driver was off till 5pm, so I had to try and forget all about it.

The weird thing was, Gold had my Eftpos card in his back pocket. We are still trying to figure out how it got there. But I digress.

After getting home, I rang the cab company and the lovely operater radioed in the cab (it was a good thing I remembered the cab number..). The cab driver then located my wallet, which was about to fall out of his car if someone wasn't careful. When he dropped it off, I opened it up - nothing was stolen, and I gave him $20 dollars.

I guess good things do happen in the end.

I need to stop sweating the small stuff!

To delve into a completely different topic, though, I have found something I have been desperately trying to look for. Today I went in an antiques shop and found old, broken clocks with brass cogs. I have been wanting a bunch of these for ages, for projects and steampunkifying things. The guy (and everyone at work) looked at me weirdly. I can't wait to create some awesome sculpture stuff. All for 30 dollars. A bloody bargin in a town like this, I tell you..

Look out for some creations coming up soon!