Remaining

Il me reste vingt huit jours.
Jeszcze jest dwadzieścia osiem dni.
There are twenty-eight days remaining.

I know it's been a while

... and I don't really have anything worthwhile to write about at the moment, so I'll just paste the lyrics to a song that I really like called "In The End" which is the final song from the film Shortbus, which is a beautiful film. It's topical because I watched the film again on Saturday night and acquired the song afterwards.

Well, here are the lyrics:

we all bear the scars
yeah, we all feign a laugh
we all cry in the dark
get cut off before we start

and as your first act begins
you realise they're all waiting
for a fall, for a flaw, for the end

and there's a past stained with tears
could you talk to quiet my fears
could you pull me aside
just to acknowledge that i've tried

as your last breath begins
contently take it in
cause we all get it in
the end

and as your last breath begins
you find your demon's your best friend
and we all get it in
the end

Why? Well, why not?

I just wanted to insert a photo of a perfectly harmless rabbit:

Dumb people can argue too

The word "dumb" in the title of this post refers to the inability of the group of people to communicate verbally, it is not a reflection on their cognitive abilities.

I walked through the Anzac Square shopping mall on my way to the train station yesterday afternoon. This in itself is not an unusual event, and hardly worth blogging about but I happened to pass a group of people engaged in what looked like a heated debate over something. This group of people was noteworthy because they were signing rather than verbally speaking to each other and the body language (no pun intended) indicated that there was some contention in the air. It was the first time that I'd seen an argument in sign language. Of course, to an Italian, they would probably have just appeared normal.

Kat was also at Bunya

There she is, sitting at the table on the lower deck:
And here's a similar picture with the view in the background:
I know you all wanted to see a close-up of the vegemite on toast that she was eating:
I hope that satisfies a certain person's wish to be photographically included on my blog.

Good News!

I have just seen an advertisment on SBS for the EUROVISION 2007 SONG CONTEST from Helsinki! It's coming soon!

Photos from the weekend at Bunya

Here are some photos from the recent weekend:

First, the beautiful cheese-knife set. I wanted to liberate it from the cabin as I felt I would appreciate it more here than anyone else would at Bunya:
This next picture is a photo of the view from the downstairs balcony:
And here's the view (though to the left) just 3 hours later, after it started raining, right when we wanted to go for a walk in the bush:
Here's a photo of the cabin we stayed in:
Being a rural and bushy area, there were, of course, wallabies:
And here's a shot of our cabin from a walking track in the not-too-far distance:
Here's a picture of me, just to prove that I was there, standing on the balcony with the view behind me:

Bunya Mountains

I went to Bunya Mountains on Friday afternoon with a group of friends; Kat, Rowan, Klaus, Nick and Oddur. We stayed in a cabin until this morning, when we had to be out by 10am. The weekend was good, though it rained a little more than we'd have liked. We had a great cabin with a fantastic view, with the Bunya Mountains Accommodation Centre. We stayed in Eagle's Rest, which is a well-laid out cabin with two living areas and two fireplaces. The weather was cold, which was good. It got down to about 14 or 15 degrees, I think, which was definitely cold enough to switch the fires on, so we were able to experience a little bit of winter, or autumn, if you're from somewhere European.

It took a few hours to drive each way, but I feel it was definitely worth it.

Milestone ages

For those who are interested:
On Tuesday, the 25th of March, 2008, I'll be exactly 10,000 days old.
At 22:49:00 on Friday, the 15th of May, 2009, I'll be simultaneously 15,000,000 minutes and 250,000 hours old at the same time!!!

And on Sunday, the 16th of November, 2228, I'll be exactly 1 Pluto year old.

Flight update

I purchased a ticket for a flight from Brisbane to Darwin during the week, which means that all flights that I need to get to London are accounted for. I'll leave Brisbane before I get to London.