h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Lads, I'm absolutely shattered. It's been a tough few days trying to get everything working in the house. First off we didn't have any hot water. I guessed that because no-one had been in the house for the past 6 months, that it was down to the gas being off. But we didn't have gas. So next thing was the electricity. Sure enough, once we found the fuse box (on the outside of the front wall of the house! Bloody strange place to put a fusebox!) there was a switch turned off. We turned it on and then went out for a bite to eat. No hot water when we got back, an hour later. On further examination, it turned out someone has run off with the bloody fuse!! So yet another day without water (it got sorted yesterday... I tell you, I've never been so happy to scald myself on the kitchen tap in my life!!

Then the furniture arrived yesterday, which is where the vertigo comes into it.. I've gotten so used to sleeping about an inch off the ground - I didn't know what hit me when I got into bed last night - a big double bed about 2.5 feet off the ground... mmm... didn't want to get up this morning I can tell ya!!

TV reception is a bit dodgy but it's something I can sort out I'm sure. Apart from that, I'ma happier little bunny (like Tara said to me, I'll never be happy no matter what I do... unless I get a PlayStation!!)

Went to see the Bone Collector last night - very enjoyable (Angelina Jolie is *the* babe on my list now - I think I saw her in a Lesbian coming of age type movie called FoxFire a few months ago when I was lying in bed watching crap on Sky Movies. Those lips... uhhhh....) And got my preview tickets to the Blair Witch Project. Yup - i know - it's been out in every other place in the world for ages now... but it's opening in Sydney on the 9th and I'm seeing it at midnight on the 3rd. Hmmm... between the two of these movies, I'll never want to get into a taxi or camp in the bush ever again!!! (I wasn't too hot on the camping thing anyway - too many creepy crawly things that can kill you here!!)

Speaking of which - since I've been in the house I've had to get rid of about 5 cockroaches... Sydney's swarming with them. So here's the tip for the day (from one of the removal guys - I'll take him at his word that this is true): Don't kill a cockroach by standing on it. If you do, you'll get eggs on your shoes (cos they're hermaphrodites) and walk the eggs into the carpets etc, later - hence more cockroaches later. You have been warned....

Sorry I haven't been talking for a while but I logged myself out and I couldn't remember my password, but hey I found it again! Nice to see you are re-adapting to civilised (ahem) habits, like a bed and all but isn't it a shame about all those cockroaches? I mean you get that satisfying crunch when you tread on them and now you find that that is only doing them a favour? What sort of justice is there in that? I think that they have adapted themselves to an environment containing heavenly bodies that squash you on sight, it is not unreasonable wouldn't you agree? Of course you couild also argue that it is a selfless sacrifice to weirdos pleasure, more cockroaches means more crunching, feeding on itself in an exponential frenzy. But to other things, I had no idea you had gone cold turkey with the staple of gaming. Are you thinking of getting another toy? Christmas maybe, it is always a good excuse.