Lana's feeling better and "over the worst" they say. It's strange that The Herald's been filing her illness under the Entertainment section. I would have thought her illness more News, than Entertainment.
Entertainment is a word to use loosely around the NZ Idol show. Billy Connolly described our contestants as "talantless fucks" at the beginning of the competition and really, on a par with the other shows of this format, we don't fare so well.
But the format works. Okay - the format works on me. I can't help it. Aussie Idol, American Idol, NZ Idol, World Idol. I just love sitting on my couch, feet on the coffee table saying "yep, yep, nope, no way, oh-my-god-what-was-THAT?" every Sunday night. I had opinions on Clay Atkin and the Teddybear guy; I gasps with the rest of the Idol audience when Cosima withdrew from the competition leaving the woefully inadequate Shannon "He should have been knocked out in any of the last 5 rounds" Knolls and Guy "go the 'fro" Sebastian; I was impressed to all hell and back by the little hobbet guy who took out the World Idol with his fabulous "Stars in Their Eyes" performance of U2's Beautiful Day.
I don't bother with the Monday night elimination round because, quite frankly i've already decided who goes and sometimes they agree with me and sometimes they don't - and of course, I *never* vote.
I'm expecting Camillia to go tonight, and the Live Final to be between Ben and Michael. I'd love to see Michael win if only because he's the only one who doesn't crouch when he's singing - the other two have been to the Shania Twain School of Performance and can't keep their legs together.
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Oh thank goodness. After committing to a season pass I was beginning to think I'd put a jinx on our Sarah's Garden
It rained and rained today. And then in the afternoon it bucketed down. I was in-and-out in the rain most of the day. I bought myself one of Sarah's Garden's new mugs (its the Mug Green one) and now I'm drinking hot lemon-barley and thinking it's the perfect mug for that beverage.
The woman in the store remembers me from when I bought the teapot a few years back. She must have a sharp memory. She knows I don't want to buy the entire set, but I like to get pieces I like. I saw a beautiful piece while I was in Sydney and I wish like crazy I'd had the brain power to have bought it. I've never seen it here nor in any catalogues or at the Wedgewood site. It was a china lemon juicer, and it was even on sale and I picked it up and put it down about half-a-dozen times and knew I would regret not buying it, but my sensibles butted in saying things like "you don't want to travel with china in your luggage, what if it breaks, what if it cracks." and "you can get this at home, don't be a silly-mish, put the lemon juicer down and step away from the China Department."
Sometimes it pays to listen to your sensibles but sometimes it doesn't.
If you will look to the left, you will notice some of the Interweb's largest known link buttons. Please do not be alarmed, but we suggest you keep your arms inside the vehicle at all times. You might even note, that there are a few additions to the list. Danny Gregory scans lots of his drawings and shows them on his site Everyday Matters; Effing the inEffable is a kiwi guy who has just moved to Australia - I like him for a couple of reasons, but most of all because he links back to me - I love people who do that happy sigh; and New Zealand dot com really is a very attractive site with information and nice images from around the country.
This is a very nice little button generator for those of you who prefer the new fashion of *small*.
Lana's still really sick. That really sucks.