I love apple, but sometimes they do stupid things that really annoy me. Like with the apple mouse; it’s a good looking mouse with great functionality but give it a couple of months and it will start to give you the sh#ts. Stupid scroll wheel fails after a couple of months.

After burning through 4 apple mice I figured it’s time to start looking for an alternative. Yes, it took me 4 mice to realise I shouldn’t buy them anymore. Bit slow, I know.

My beloved Macbook, which has served me well for the past 5 years, is slowly falling apart (literally, bits of it are breaking off) so I thought it was time for an upgrade. Although I was a bit reluctant at first because I love my not-so-white-anymore Macbook, my new 15-inch Macbook Pro is way awesome. Bring on the speed baby!

When Lisa came back from the UK a couple of months ago she got me this totally awesome (and giant) beer pint. It’s huge and I was pretty impressed that she carried it all the way back to Oz for me. Oh and she also got us a cute leaning shot glass from Pisa. Thanks Lisa, you must think I’m an alcoholic or something; shot glass and a pint. Hm..

Anna and Marc recently went to Hawaii and before leaving they asked if I wanted anything. I jokingly told Marc to bring be back a hot Hawaiian surfer dude and boy did he deliver.

Also the Hershey’s kisses that Anna got me are fantastic. They’re not going to last very long so hopefully they go back to Hawaii again soon.

Thanks guys!

The phrase “practice makes perfect” makes total sense in most case and one would think that it apples to making desserts too, but for some reason it doesn’t apply to me when making portuguese tarts. I’ve made them a couple of times now and each time they taste worse and worse. The first time I made them, fumbling and guessing along the way, turned out the best and with each subsequent try I seem to take one step back. It’s very annoying. Might take a break from making them and try another dessert.

My pups is the biggest scaredy cat; she’s scared of the vacuum cleaner, thunder, other dogs, and she’s scared of the cold. In winter you’ll often find her snoozing next to the heater, lounging in spots of sunlight or snoring under the doona (which is very annoying!).

To keep her nice and toasty this winter I got her a new jumper which came with a bonus “pet parent scarf”. I’m either going to be the coolest kid on the block or the biggest dork. I’m thinking it’s the later.

I attended a facebook event presented by the the CEO of Facebook Australasia, very cool guy. His email address is [firstname]@facebook.com (Obviously I’m not going to publish his email address online, don’t think he’d appreciate that). But how cool is his email address!

Before his presentation he had a few t-shirts to give away to those who could answer some facebook pop quiz questions. Being an early breakfast meeting (and before I had a chance to grab a coffee) I was pretty out of it. So he asks the first question and a bunch of people yell out the answer. Somehow he thought I had answered the question so he hands me tee. Sweet! Just scored a free facebook tee from the CEO of facebook Australasia. Being the geek that I am, I was a bit star stunned.

It’s a shame the tee’s so big, I’d totally wear it.

One of our friends recently bought a place and after an enlightening evening talking all things property and investment I took one little step closer to owning my own place – Baby plants.

My ideal place would have to have some sort of outdoor entertainment area whether that be a backyard, a courtyard or a balcony. Whatever it is in the end, I’ll need plants. Sure I could wait till I’ve actually found a place then buy some full grown plants, but why not start now and start small.

These two were about $8 each, but by the time they’re full grown and ready for my place they’d probably be about 5 times the price. I know it’s only one teeny tiny investment (if you could even call it an investment), but I’m super excited to watch them grow (gee my life is exciting!).

After six year of religiously watching Lost I’m still confused. For the final season I wanted to wait till the whole series had screened so I could watch non-stop hour after hour of Lost, which is exactly what I did yesterday (and my head is still buzzing). And with the series finale screening in Australia last week I knew it was only a matter of time before someone would ruin the ending for me, so I had to act fast.

Now that it’s all done and dusted I’m really sad … and still lost, so over the next couple of weeks (or months, or even years) I’m going back to where it all started – Season 1. Can’t wait to start all over again and pick up all the little hints and clues along the way. Oh and if you want some help with clues and story analysis, check out Lostpedia – my new favourite website.

With Nat moving to the UK next month we’re about to start a series of farewell dinners, drinks and BBQs. Oh heck, whatever we do in the next few weeks we’ll just label as “Nat’s Farewell”.

We started at Kuleto’s in Newtown because we all love 2-for-1 happy hour, then slowly made our way down King Street. In the hunt for food we stumbled upon Cafe C. Good service and good food, what more could you ask for (maybe some lamb meatballs aye Lisa?).

Polenta chips with what’s suppose to be aioli but I think it was fetta.

Some spicy potato tapas dish. Can’t remember what it’s called but I was yummy.

Even though most of us ordered our own separate dishes, by the end of the night there were forks and spoons going all over the table. Felt like I was sitting at the family dinner table – love it.