slacking is serious business...

warning: long, long ramble ahead. with pictures. and gloating. and musing. and pondering. yadda yadda.

so many things to talk about over the last two days, it kinda scares me a little.

but first, we start with the good stuff. *prepares to dodge nirwan's butcher knives*

BEHOLD, MORTALS!




well, pardon the camera phone's poor quality. but, in my possession are the tickets that grant me control of the universe! *cue megalomanical laughter and lightning flash sound effects*

in other words, those are the gala premiere tickets to transformers next wednesday at cine. woot. a really, really loud shout of thanks to james for the them.

and i finally got to see iris again after many many days since her return from oz. it was really great to see ya again iris! and mucho gracias for the krispy kreme. 'twas a high of highs, even when i botched the microwave settings and got a somewhat soggy doughnut.

shrek 3 with becks last night was really fun too. i guess the antics of shrek and co. were a timely reminder that i'm in need of a really good comedy. pity it was such a short movie, cos i really could do with the gags and slapstick. and eric idle just had to be part of the cast as merlin. 'tis an absolute masterstroke.

i also feel mighty pleased with myself for finally buying an R4 flashcart cartridge for my DS... fiddling with some games that i've always wanted to get but never got down to getting feels really good. plus i get to save myself a good deal of dosh.

on a more bizarre note, i almost electrocuted myself today. my mp4 charger, being the lovely and reliable low quality stuff that it is, broke while i tried to remove it from the multiplug, leaving one of the metal pins sticking out from the socket. now, for some stupid reason, i absent-mindedly flipped on the switch for that plug after trying to pull the friggin' thing out. think i wanted to turn off the socket which held my nokia charger so i could pluck it out and use the third pin to try and free the charger pin. fortunately, something innate took control and said something wasn't right and i immediately flicked the switch off and unplugged it from the main.

now, it might seem like a small issue since i am alive and well hacking away at this entry as it is. but after removing the pin with the assistance of a pair of pliars, i just realised how close i actually came to frying myself. i mean i probably wouldn't know how dead i'd be unless i actually touched the piece of metal, but it really did cause me to think a little. sorta like one of those life-flashes-before-your-very-eyes kinda moments.

it's just really freaky how something so innocuous could actually prove to be a possibly life-threatening situation.

and now, i'll end off with another bizarre, but not so somber, note.

'An aggressive squirrel attacked and injured three people in a German town before a 72-year-old pensioner dispatched the rampaging animal with his crutch.

'The squirrel first ran into a house in the southern town of Passau, leapt from behind on a 70-year-old woman, and sank its teeth into her hand, a local police spokesman said on Thursday. With the squirrel still hanging from her hand, the woman ran onto the street in panic, where she managed to shake it off.

'The animal then entered a building site and jumped on a construction worker, injuring him on the hand and arm, before he managed to fight it off with a measuring pole.

'"After that, the squirrel went into the 72-year-old man's garden and massively attacked him on the arms, hand and thigh," the spokesman said. "Then he killed it with his crutch"