An Important Update

Absolutely nothing happened today.

Zero. I stayed in almost the whole time.

I did a but on the computer, a few productive things, a few not so productive things, but the most noteworthy was that I spoke to Erin for the first time since I was in San Francisco, and we had a fun little chat about what we've been up to, and about how cool life has been. It also made me realise I haven't been reading her blog enough, so I'm going to tackle a minor backlog when I can.

"I though I would trust Yukina's judgment."

I cut myself shaving today. Only a really, really tiny one, but it's one of the most annoying things to happen in the bathroom. That and slipping. I don't think I've had a cut while shaving in over a year. Incredible. I doubt I mentioned it on my blog.

Someone linked a quiz, and I found one that seemed quite representative. For a blog quiz at least.

Caffe Vanilla Frappuccino

Smooth and sweet, you fit in to almost any crowd. No one would suspect you of being a coffee tweaker!

What Flavor Frappuccino Are You?

The news of Steve Irwin's death is very sad. It made front page on Slashdot, which is rare for a non-geek (the claim that he was a scientist is valid, but it's reaching). There were some amazingly funny comments on Slashdot, but I won't repeat them, go and look yourself. But I will say that while I laughed, I am sad that he's gone. He's one of the celebrities that was just so unpretentious and likeable, I don't see that in celebrity very often.

This new movie Crank seems pretty exciting. I mean, as a movie fan I love deep, thought provoking, emotional and powerful films, my favourite directors are Spike Jonze, Tarantino, and David Fincher, but as a guilty pleasure, I love mindless action movies. Jason Statham seems to be pretty good in these. I've only seen the Transporter so far, and it wasn't the best action movie I've ever seen, but it certainly was watchable. And as an action star, Statham has a likeable charm about him. So for fun I watch those movies. I'm never left thinking about them for long, but they do the trick. That, and ingenious horror. I love innovative horror movies that really scare you. I liked Saw and The Ring a lot for those reasons (not Ring 2, it made me want to cry). But when I went to go and see Mr and Mrs Smith with Dan, he hated it and I loved it. It was thoughtless action and it was great. So I'm going to see Crank if I can. And Transporter 2 (maybe tonight).

I pick up Kiana from the airport tomorrow morning. I also drop my father off at the same time, and so I get to be double useful. Plus my car is warmed up by the time I begin to drive Kiana home.

Speaking of car...

I have a new one. I sold my Peugeot, and with the money from that and borrowings from my future Student Loan, I went and purchased my short term dream car:

BMW 318i

I have wanted a BMW 3-Series for a few years now, and since I have been driving long enough to warrant a significant drop in insurance, I have my own BMW. I'll post pictures of it soon. Now, it's not hugely special, it's 13 years old and it has a few dents, but damnit, it can move. It has a 1.8 litre engine (the Peugeot was a 1.0 litre). I paid about as much as Dan paid for his car, and I'm really happy with it. I have driven it at 110mph only so far, there's always too many cars on the road to get it to top speed, but I love it. It's so comfy, and I installed my old sound system in it, so I have all my MP3s available.

Damn, I am happy with it, it's a wonderful machine. So I'll be seeing you in it if I see you around.

Well, if you're reading, it was good to chat to you today Erin, and when I see her online I'll call Yukina too. And you should totally do what I told you to do instead of that thing I didn't want you to do.