JayJay had 6 cupcakes and ice cream for dinner last night. RIGHT ON! Paving the way of heathy eating she is...haha.
Maz has some more work on Spartacus this Friday. Woot woot! (predicted Friday weather: rain/few showers/cloudy). Other than that had a pretty chilled day looking through and sorting out photos for a showreel. Fun times! If you want to check it out, look at the video below...yay!
Lawyers for John Campbell and four other TV3 staff today argued in court they should not be summonsed as witnesses in a possible trial of two men charged with stealing bravery medals from the Waiouru Army Museum.
Rising river levels are expected to isolate several settlements north of Gisborne this evening, but homes and properties should not be affected, Civil Defence says. Up to 80 people would be evacuated from settlements north of Tolaga Bay tonight as the Hikuwai River got close to flooding its banks. This afternoon, the river had reached 11.4 metres, and would overflow at 12 metres.
A man appearing in the Wellington District Court today was rushed to hospital after stabbing himself in the neck with a screwdriver while in the dock. (WTF? He got into court with a screwdriver?)
Adding to the gloom of winter and a recession, the price of booze is likely to rise when the Government increases the excise tax on alcohol by 2.8 per cent tomorrow. Some retailers tried to resist passing on price rises from the main breweries in March but would be forced to increase prices now.
A 15-year-old Taupo girl faked her abduction so she could meet her boyfriend yesterday, leading police on a wild goose chase.
SIDESWIPPING IT Fifteen-year-old Max arrived in Pukekohe 15 minutes before his appointment to sit his restricted drivers licence. Having trawled the area adjacent to the testing office, which was the recommended parking area, and been unable to find parking, he parked the car about 300m from the testing office ... only to have an instant failure because the car was parked too far away. AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 8°C (overnight) Humidity: 85 % Cloudy. Remaining showers clearing. Southerlies. (Translation: showers...cloudy...pretty typicial day)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS It's July...CRAP!!!
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz failing it off the chair and now having a sore back. That's what you get when you sit your little ass on the edge of a chair. FAIL!
Thought of today is if this blog will continue on your return, get it out there more, use it was a way to educate the masses on music, fashion and news from both here in New Zealand and overseas. There is a lot of cool stuff out there, but people are stuck in their little groups and pigeon holes that they don't realise what they are missing. For example, Beat Torrent! 4 x World DMC Team Champions they are and FUCKIN AWESOME! DJs Pfel & Atom. As one half of the C2C team, Pfel & Atom have won the DMC world Team Championships a record breaking 4 times in a row, an achievement matched by no other artists in the history of DMC. Check out their myspace page here and the video below. "Whole Lotta Love BeatorrentRMX" and "Beatorrent Live Mix Slice 1" are the shiz! Crap they are just the shiz, so check em out!
Nocturne magazine is out and they have done a review on the Codeine Like Candy EP. Not sure how good or bad the review is yet, but woot woot for CLC! (update...the CLC EP got 8/10 in the review).
Maz made pikelet's this morning, YUM! Also she is going to do a showreel today of her photography, why? To show Corey. Why? Because she is looking for photographers for UPFM ("hint hint" I was told).
Auckland and Northland were hit by more than a thousand bolts of lightning last night and meteorologists are predicting the bad weather will be around for some days. The foul weather has caused slips and flooding across the North Island and snow has closed some South Island roads. Deafening claps of thunder shook buildings in central Auckland, where the cavernous nature of some of the streets bordered by towering buildings seemed to amplify the intensity of the noise. (It was FUCKIN AWESOME. Some of the best lightening I have seen in a long time. It was loud and close together. Woot, fun times! Naturally there are a lot of weather warnings out today, because of high winds, slips and ice.)
A New Zealand Post scheme to recycle its old office equipment has proven so successful it is being offered to other businesses. Postal services chief executive Peter Fenton said the organisation was finding new uses for equipment that would otherwise be sent to the tip. It had sold equipment online and supplied a number of small businesses. Staff came up with the idea.
Long-promised measures to improve motorway peak traffic flows for Waitakere and North Shore motorists and bus passengers come into operation this week. From today, a managed priority lane opens on the city-bound onramp from Te Atatu Peninsula. On Wednesday, the first ramp signals on the Northern Motorway are switched on at the northbound onramps at Tristram Ave and Upper Harbour Highway. The Te Atatu priority lane can be used by cars with two or more people, buses, taxis, motorcycles and trucks. These vehicles can also reach the lane from Te Atatu South, turning right from a new slip lane. This would give priority vehicles faster access to the motorway during peak times, said NZ Transport Agency acting regional director Tommy Parker.
Ministers have been told that they cannot take their spouses on trips overseas unless they pay for it, Prime Minister John Key said today.
A person infected with swine flu is in a critical condition in Hawke's Bay Regional Hospital's intensive care unit. The person was admitted into intensive care on Thursday in a critical condition, with lab test results confirming swine flu infection on Friday night.
Only 13 of the 85 people eligible to become a knight or dame under the return of titular honours have declined. Prime Minister John Key said the names of the 72 who have said they would take the title would be forwarded to Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, "then they're approved and we'll have a final list". Tomorrow was the last day for people to indicate whether they wanted to take up a titular honour and the names of the new knights and dames would be released on August 1. The titles were dropped in 2000 by the previous Labour government, which instead instituted titles of Principal and Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Relations hit a sour note between two Westport youths yesterday, culminating in one allegedly hitting the other over the head with a violin and the armed offenders squad being called out. Senior Sergeant Geoff Scott, of Westport police, told NZPA the pair had been drinking at a Romilly St house during the afternoon, when the 17-year-old showed his 18-year-old friend a pistol, which he tucked into his waistband. The pair later argued, with the younger man threatening to kill the other man, who hit him over the head three times with his violin. He then fled to a neighbour's house and called police.
IMPORTANT: The official campaign has started to make it easy for people to take part in the Citizens Initiated Referendum on the question “Should a smack as part of good parental correction be a criminal offence in New Zealand?”. The referendum runs from Friday 31 July until Friday 21 August, but to take part people need to be correctly enrolled. Visit elections.org.nz for more information.
THOUGHT OF THE DAY... Friends.. Friends are like bum cheeks. Crap might separate them, But they always come back together. MAZ'S PHRASE OF THE DAY... "..besides, it's only cute when I do it"
PON & ZI (CAUSE IT'S SUPER CUTE)
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 14 °C Min: 10°C (overnight) Humidity: 80 % Periods of rain. Strong or gale southeasterlies. (Translation: it was wet, DUH!)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS The blogs seem to be getting longer & more random(content wise).
DAILY FOF MOMENT It's barely after 5pm and Maz is sleepers. And NO, I'M NOT A FUCKIN NANA...fucking nana's is just wrong...haha FAIL!
Who's a lucky, lucky person, seeing 6 acts front and centre?
Last night was National Anthems @ 324. Nick Collings set was wall banging awesome, but Joe Johnson had glasses vibrating off tables (Joe did a 3 hour set, because Sam Hill pulled out). Both were wicked, wicked sets anyway...although I thought Voyager was heaps better. Currently waiting for JayJay to edit her photos (Corey is going to teach her how to), once they are up I will post a few here.
If you expect everything to be or turn into a drama then it will, but if you just let things be then it will just be.
That's the theory, but it's amazing how people just enjoy turning things into drama's when they don't have to be.
Maz just sent Russell to the supermarket for Chocolate Primo, Cornflakes and milk...it's almost 4pm. Hang overish much? Last night Maz also (FINALLY) got "Woody Woodpecker"...she's gone far to long without hearing it. Also Maz did her weekly media radio research survey today and is horrofied that "Day and Night" is still on the list (it's been on it for months now), but she is pleased to report that Little Boots "New In Town" is now on the list. YAY!
Miss Cadaver has started a blog to, shits and giggles naturally. Check it out!
Lotto first division was won last night by two tickets, bought at Brookfield New World in Tauranga and City Mart in Hamilton. Each takes away half a million dollars. Lotto Powerball jackpots to an estimated five million dollar prize next weekend.
The West Coast was shaken by two earthquakes this morning. The quakes, in the Lord Howe Rise region about 100km northwest of Ross, both happened at 6.32am. The first, at a magnitude of 5.0, struck at a depth of 12km, and the second, a 4.8 magnitude, at a depth of 90km.
Teens ages as young as 16 are being declared insolvent as the number of people succumbing to debt balloons. A 16-year-old, three 17-year-olds and 16 18-year-olds were among the 810 people under 25 declared insolvent in the 2009 financial year - more than double the 2005 figure. Insolvencies, which include bankruptcy and two new alternatives, shot up by 77 per cent overall, from 2986 in the year ending June 30, 2005, to 5292 so far this year.
The NZ Herald coverage of Glastonbury. You were there (I see what you mean by the valley of tents). Thought you would find it interesting to see what they said about it. Read here.
When they worked together and argued together, TVNZ's power couple just emerged stronger. But when their work schedules separated them, the distance proved insurmountable. Simon Dallow has now moved out of the Remuera home he shared with wife Alison Mau and their two children, friends told the Herald on Sunday. But yesterday he picked up son Joel, 8. There had been signs of trouble as long as 10 years ago, yet this week's announcement that Dallow and Mau were separating after 19 years of marriage surprised even some of their closest friends. (slow news day huh?)
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 15 °C Min: 11°C (overnight) Humidity: 93 % Rain, some heavy falls. Strong easterlies. (Translation: It's wet (outside, your head is in the gutter isn't it) and it doesn't look like it is going to get better any time soon)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS JayJay is cooking potatoe bake and hasn't burnt down the house yet.
DAILY FOF MOMENT At JayJay's place they have a big 4L bottle that they make juice in. Mark had brought the raro in 3 sachets so it needs four of them to make a bottle full, so JayJay pulled one off another set of three and it ripped open spilling raro all over the floor. She thought to herself "fuck! I wont do that again but I will tell maz for the fof". So she cut the next one off fine, and the next one she was shaking the powder to the bottom so that she could rip the top off and the fucken thing ripped apart spraying raro all over the floor again! JayJay was extra careful with the fourth one, which went fine. Now she is walking raro through the house coz she's too lazy to clean it up and its all over her socks. FAIL!
Right about now Maz SHOULD BE deciding what to wear out tonight and doing her hair (well sorting everything out). But no, the blog has to be done first. Originally (okay not originally, but as far as things went last night) Maz wasn't going to National Anthems, but that's changed now and she has decided to go; especially since she enjoyed Voyager. Tonight also means that at long last Maz & JayJay are going to see each other. It's been over a month now, so prepare for them to get their rape on.
Mardi Gras is also on this weekend and a fair few people have hopped off down the line for that.
The wake up call that Maz got from the Little Boots gig was awesome, even if it was 6.30am. What a way to start the day huh? And she is so jealous she wasn't there, although for a moment it felt like she was, bopping along to the music in bed...haha! How awesome was it? It sounded amazing...mind blowing...something that would be overly hard to discribe. But very awe inspiring.
Maz almost passed out in the shower this afternoon. The whole faint feeling, a ringing head and muffled sound of the shower (to the point of not hearing the water running). Lucky Russell was around to keep an eye on her.
Divine Brown Deluxe: Chocolate Cookies & Fudge. There is a God when it comes to ice cream. It is sooooo good.
Also while we are at it... "75 days till Haydn gets back, 75 days till he returns, wake up one day and fuck around, 74 days till Haydn returns"
Music stores around the country were swamped yesterday by fans buying Michael Jackson albums and videos after his sudden death. Cameron Brewer, head of the Newmarket Business Association, said music retailers were urgently requesting more stock. "Music retailers told me that people were literally grabbing what they could. It seems that Thriller and his Greatest Hits went out the door first, followed by literally anything with Michael Jackson's name on it," Mr Brewer said. At lunch time in Auckland City, office workers and university students of all ages queued outside the Real Groovy store on Queen St. One man bought $550 worth of Michael Jackson music in vinyl. (wonder if it was Mr Collings...hmmmm?)
Westpac, which last month mistakenly transferred $10 million into the account of a Rotorua businessman who is still on the run, has made another big-figure error. Hamilton computer firm Elite Business Systems received a Westpac fax telling them $4.3 million had been transferred into its account on behalf of a client paying a bill. Administration manager Graeme Richer couldn't believe his eyes because the sum owed was just $43,000. (I am so with the wrong bank)
Rock musician Chris Knox has been released from hospital two weeks after suffering a stroke. Knox, 56, was taken to Auckland Hospital after collapsing at his home on June 11. According to a blog, updated by friend Roy Martyn, Knox was allowed to return home this week "apparently in good spirits", The Dominion Post reported. It is understood that he has not been able to speak, although he has been writing in a journal.
The Turangi and Taupo region was shaken by two earthquakes overnight. The first, at 1.01am, had a magnitude of 4.3 and was centred 10km north-west of Turangi at a depth of 3km. The second, at 5.21am, was centred in the same area at a depth of 5km and measured 4.4.
Criminal investigations in Auckland are now codenamed after shades of paint because of fears that an off-colour label could cause offence. Detective Inspector Scott Beard has created a list of codenames for police operations from a Resene paints colour chart. Recent examples include Operation Anakiwa - a shade of blue - in which police laid charges against Glenn Mills, 40, who allegedly deliberately infected sexual partners with HIV.
P Money just Twittered the following: "Damn MJ is killin it on iTunes; 4 songs in the Top 10 singles, 7 albums in the Top 10, 14 videos in top 15!!"
Customs officers yesterday destroyed about $9 million worth of drugs and the chemicals used to make them. About 180kg of Contac NT, a form of pseudoephedrine that is used in the manufacture of P, was encased in concrete and buried in a secret location. It is part of 311kg of drugs products seized by Customs this year. The chemicals were poured into steel drums where they were mixed with concrete and left to set before being placed into deep burial sites that are lined and sealed to prevent leakage. Acting investigations manager Bruce Berry said Customs expected to have seized 1000kg of the chemicals by the end of the year.
The rising number of patients who weigh more than 150kg has forced St John to kit out New Zealand's first emergency ambulance for the severely obese. Until now, these people have sometimes had to be dragged across the floor before being manhandled into a standard ambulance and strapped down on a mattress on the floor, after the vehicle's two stretchers have been removed. All this takes time, which is scarce in medical emergencies. It is unsafe for both patients and ambulance officers, says St John's Auckland patient transfer manager, Simon Bird, who notes the increasing rate of officers having back problems as the rate of obesity rises. New Zealand's adult obesity rate has doubled in 30 years: more than a quarter are obese now, and around 3 per cent - more than 60,000 adults - are classified severely obese.
Lisa Marie Presley has written a statement on the passing of Michael Jackson on her Myspace blog. Read Here.
It was to be the comeback of the young century: Michael Jackson using the "This is it" tour to retake his throne as King of Pop, lord of the dance and darling of the masses. What grander stage than London for this late career magic? Jackson's much hyped revival was to be a marathon, 50-gig tour that gave him a shot at redemption - not to mention repairing his tarnished image, lifting him out of debt and making millions for promoters. Eager fans spent more than US$90 ($141.75) million on tickets despite widespread doubts about the pop icon's stamina. Now the star is dead - and one of the city's biggest arenas has 50 open nights. London, the city that was to be Jackson's launch pad back to glory, has become a symbol of the wreckage of his life.
and if you are interested, one of Michael Jackson's final interviews.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 15 °C Min: 10°C (overnight) Humidity: 95 % Areas of mist or low cloud, late rain. Easterlies. (Translation: Gorilla's in the Mist anybody? It is Bayview/Glenfield after all...haha. Dismill all day really, the fuckin annoying not rain, but it's rain type rain)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS After a month of being a hermit Maz is going out. Should be interesting.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz almost flaking out in the shower. FAIL!
Who would of thought that in 2009 there would be a black man in The White House and one of the biggest entertainers of all time would kick the bucket...and so suddenly. I recieved the news by text just before 11am and I couldn't believe it, I thought it was a joke, so straight away I checked out online news sources and was shocked to see it was true. I think it's one of those things that you will always remember where you were when you heard the news and always remember how you heard. The jokes are already flying around too, but more on those later.
Maz had a fairly laid back day, nothing overly exciting. However she did update her Weta profile and applied for a Make-Up Tutor job at Cut Above. No hopes on it, purely because she knows how it goes there. Maz can't get enough of Little Boots, she really should go out hunting for the album instead of just listening to the music on her Myspace page. Haha!
I'm gonna take you out tonight I'm gonna make you feel alright I don't have a lot of money But we'll be fine No I don't have a penny But I'll show you a good time
Maz was hoping to go to National Anthems tomorrow night, she even put her name in early to do photos for it, but no. So looks like another weekend at home.
Update on the life of JayJay! She got home this evening just before the rain started, so no wet shirt show. JayJay spent last night in a hotel room with Nik and they didn't get it on...mainly because his friend was on the other bed, about a 1meter away from them. JayJay is also over booked this weekend...so much to do, so little time. Also, Maz is editting a photo for jayjay of a chick flashing her
I totally forgot to mention in the blog the other day, Miss Amber Cadaver has a new tattoo (surprise, surprise). It isn't finished, only lined at the moment but man it looks awesome. She is so the "tattooed lady"...almost like crazy cat lady, but not as cool.
Phloss won a trip to Samoa in October from 91ZM's competition "The ZM World Tour".
HE JUST DIED BUT! Plastic companies are bidding for Michael Jackson's body. They want to melt him down and make toys for little boys to play with.
It is said they are going to turn Michael Jackson into snowflakes for little boys to eat...and so he can come out of their ass one more time.
If Michael gets cremated will his ashes be black or white?
Thanks Phloss
Found today by Maz Nice ad placement YouTube.
Search and rescue dogs have been brought in to find a person trapped under a collapsed house which has claimed two lives in south Auckland. The men were killed when a digger knocked the house they were working on off its foundations at Manurewa Marae this afternoon.
The Warehouse is offering online shopping, starting with books, DVDs, CDs, gaming software and gift cards. The discount retailer also intends to soon sell jewellery and electronics online.
A Westport couple are selling their six-bedroom historical home on Trade Me - under the beds category - with a reserve of $1. Owners Wayne Saggers and Kathy Wahrlich said they were dead serious about selling their Derby Street home. The house, known as the Stone House, has a QV of $300,000 and is listed with Landmark Real Estate at $370,000. The couple put the house on Trade Me last night. It was listed as a queen sized bed with a free grand old home and guesthouse attached.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 16 °C Min: 11°C (overnight) Humidity: 89 % Rain, some heavy falls. Fresh northerlies (Translation: No heavy falls yet, but more than likely that will come later tonight)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Michael Jackson died! Wow!
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz missing out on photographing National Anthems even though she put in weeks ago for it FAIL!
Maz was up to about 3.30am working on her entry for the Body Art Awards and giggling her ass off at how long a bus ride can take.
Although Maz wanted to start the body paint for the media launch early, she never got started till aboout 11am, which meant she only had about 2.5hours to do it in. However she got it done (used the design she was going to paint on Jenna for Slinky)...but then it all just fell apart from there. Rocked on over to the Lake House to find the media launch wasn't being held there (nobody had told me otherwise), so we went over to the Bruce Mason Centre to find it wasn't there either. But we found out it was at Spenser on Byron, so we went there and because of all the running around trying to find them Maz was late. Thus meaning that Maz wasted the day painting a body paint that wasn't even used in the end. So in a shitty (because of the lack of organisation of NZBAA) she didn't even hang around and gapped it home.
The winners of last night's $36 million Big Wednesday prize package are an extended family syndicate formed because a great grandmother could no longer afford to buy a weekly ticket on her own. They are a great grandmother, two sisters - a nurse and a bakery worker - and a full-time mother from Masterton.
Police will have new powers to deal with drivers on drugs under legislation passed last night. Under the Land Transport Amendment Bill (No 4), which comes into force on December 1, police can decide through a compulsory impairment test whether a driver is impaired. If the test shows a driver is impaired, it will be followed by a blood test to determine whether drugs are present.
When David Bull lost his hotel maintenance job at the start of the recession last year, the last thing he expected was to lose his right to live in New Zealand - a land he has called home for 30 years. Mr Bull, a former Royal Navy sailor, says he found out he had been overstaying almost half his life only when he applied for the benefit at Work and Income, where he was asked to produce his passport and proof of residency.
Work and Income has signed up for a McJobs combo deal with McDonald's to provide about 7000 jobs to those in the dole queue as unemployment rises. Under the deal, about 7000 staff will be recruited and trained through Work and Income over the next five years to work at McDonald's.
Roundtop, Funky Monkey, Porky, Fuego, Digit, Miracle and Magic made a splash at Kohimarama and St Heliers yesterday. The pod of adult and baby orca whales came in close to the shore to hunt for rays, much to the delight of hundreds of spectators. Elizabeth Meadows was out for her morning walk when she saw the pod at St Heliers Bay. "I followed them to Kohimarama. They were leaping out of the water chasing stingrays. It looked like they were teaching the younger ones how to hunt."
FUN GAMES (SLIGHTLY TWISTED TOO) Use your partners sock to releave yourself. Later tell them you did so. Then sit back and watch the paranoia start, "Which sock? Is it this one? Did he really?"
Alternativly make your partner their morning coffee and say "I boogered in that" as you give it to her. And walk out the door to work, or sit back and watch the paranoia start, "Did he really?Nah, that's gross. Or did he?" SIDESWIPPING IT In this day and age of PC and paranoia (swine flu and Bull Rush) it is great to see a school in Tokoroa is still operating as in the good old days! Recently seen in the local school newsletter: "Caught Being Good Award: Robert for letting Kate use his mouth guard so she could play Bull Rush."
Marketing failure No3: "Vodafone has twice mailed me a silver envelope containing a teabag and a card saying, 'Put the kettle on ...' So imagine my annoyance when both teabags ripped when I tried to remove and use them - and then my amusement at the tart little note in small print, 'Tea bag for promotional use only and not intended for consumption.' My conclusion? It has demonstrated ineptitude and mixed messages: great for a communications company!"
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Back on the V after not having any for a few months.
DAILY FOF MOMENT NZBAA didn't tell Maz that the media launch wasn't at the Lake House Art Centre OR the Bruce Mason Centre, and that it was actually at Spenser on Byron. Thus meaning that Maz's body paint from today was a waste of time as it never got used because she was too busy tracking the damn thing down. FAIL!
And the Glastonbury jealousy begins...I think some Victoria Beckswith, you mean Victoria Hesketh...aka Little Boots lyrics are in order to ask the questions.
"So what do you think so far Is it all you're hoping for Does it live up to your every dream Or do we disappoint Well you made the choice When you wake up you can hear the scream"
Yes "New In Town" is by far track of the moment. But can you blame me? NEED THE ALBUM!
Tomorrow is the media launch for the 2009 NZ Body Art Awards. Maz was going to be painting JayJay for it, but seeings as she can't get out of work she will be painting Russell instead. Photos will be taken and will be up here in tomorrows blog (don't worry though she isn't doing a full body paint, so you won't be blinded). Maz is currently working on her entry for the Body Art Awards. It's due in tomorrow, last minute Charlie huh? You might get to see the concepts IF you are lucky!
Maz helped Jamie (one of Tina's daughters) with her homework last night. It was to create a tapa cloth type picture (you know draw a picture on paper, and use tea & coffee to stain it). Well Jamie got home from school and told Maz it was for a competition and well she won. Haha! Oops! Slight cheating there.
Three people have been injured, one critically, after a boiler room exploded at Orewa College, north of Auckland.
The younger sister of a Wellington boy who disappeared without a trace 68 years ago is relieved a "very, very tragic" family story has come to an end. Nine-year-old Ronald "Ronnie" Alfred Oldham was last seen playing alone at the Miramar Wharf in Wellington on the evening of February 17, 1941. Police believed Ronnie fell from the wharf, hit his head and drowned, but his body was never found. This week, Ronnie was officially declared dead by Wellington Coroner Garry Evans.
Tenants living in state houses will be given an opportunity to buy their house from September. Housing Minister Phil Heatley told The Dominion Post the scheme would be available to most Housing New Zealand tenants - but not all. Exclusions would include homes on land subject to Treaty of Waitangi claims or land not owned by Housing NZ, blocks of flats which were not on separate titles, and any homes considered strategically important. Housing NZ would not have to sell any house, buyers must live in the house and could not live in a state house for three years after their purchase.
A South Canterbury man has been convicted of ill treating a child after he "strung up" the 11-year-old girl when she refused to have a bath.
About 200 onlookers have gathered on Auckland's Tamaki Drive to watch a pod of orca hunting close to the shore. Five or six killer whales have been chasing stingrays within five to ten metres of the shore - moving from Okahu Bay, past Kohimarama and towards St Heliers. Onlookers have been watching what appear to be two adult and three or four juvenile orca throwing stingrays into the air and eating them. New Zealand orcas are the only known orca group that eat stingrays as a staple food, often hunting them into shallow water and sometimes beaching themselves.
The NZ dollar had risen more than 1-1/2c overnight against the greenback, which was heavily sold off. The euro and sterling also rose. The NZ dollar was at US64.07c at 5pm from US62.77c at the same time yesterday. It traded between US63.73c and US64.19c during today's domestic session.
The longest sentence for animal cruelty in New Zealand was imposed on a Dunedin man yesterday.
Jeffrey Hurring, 19, a supermarket shelf-filler, was sentenced in the Dunedin District Court to 12 months' jail for killing an 18-month-old male Jack Russell dog in Dunedin on February 2 this year. He was also barred from owning an animal for 10 years. Hurring admitted killing the dog, named Diesel and owned by a friend, by first trying to strangle it using a chain, his hands and his feet. When the dog did not die after 30 minutes, he poured petrol down its throat, stuffed a pillow-case down its throat and finally hit it on the head with a spade. The impact broke the dog's back and jaw, killing it. (why can't he get death penalty via the same way he killed the dog? It's fucked up how can you kill the pet of a friend)
Three more people have been tested for the HIV virus and another 10 are booked in for tests after reporting sexual contact with the man charged with intentionally infecting people. Last week, name suppression was lifted from train driver Glenn Richard Albert Mills, 40, who is facing criminal charges in the Auckland District Court in relation to seven alleged victims, six men and a woman. Five of the men have since tested positive for the virus.
And in entertainment news...
Ed McMahon, the loyal Tonight Show sidekick who bolstered boss Johnny Carson with guffaws and a resounding "H-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Johnny!" for 30 years, has died. He was 86.
Megan Fox dismisses comparisons between her and Angelina Jolie as the product of a lazy media. The two actresses are both brunettes with tattoos who are known for their candour - and that has been enough for some to proclaim Fox the heir apparent to Jolie's crown. Fox says the parallels are the product of a lack of media creativity, but adds, "you live with it."
Cameron Diaz has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
and Movie star Keisha Castle-Hughes says motherhood turned her into a greenie. The busy Aucklander, who gave birth to Felicity-Amore in 2007, is adding Greenpeace ambassador to her list of commitments.
SIDESWIPPING IT A reader was walking into the supermarket behind a group of four young blokes: "Bloke #1 says "Okay what do we need?" Bloke #2 replies, "Everything, bro." They walk straight past the fruit, veges and milk section and when I met the same four at the checkout, in their trolley was beer, pizza, bread, biscuits and Coke ... The new 5+ a day? AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 12 °C Min: 5°C (overnight) Humidity: 81 % Cloudy periods, odd light shower. Southwest breezes. (Translation: cloudy for most of the day, spits of rain...bet it will pack in tomorrow.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS One month till the NZ Body Art Awards, entries due in tomorrow and Maz isn't freaking out.
DAILY FOF MOMENT JayJay can't get out of work to get nakie for Maz. FAIL!
Maz spent the day standing in a paddock out in Muriwai, raising her hand in the air. Hard work huh? And no it wasn't about tractors or cows. Last night Maz submitted her design for the Van's Warpped Tour competition that they are running on C4 (of course you've seen the design). Fingers and toes crossed. The photo "Piha: III" that was posted here recently has had 4 votes so far. Yay! But still nowhere near enough to get into the magazine.
Little Boots, Little Boots, Little Boots. You are so lucky! Can't wait to see the Glastonbury photos, but totally digging the english countryside photos, castles and what not.
"79 days till Haydn gets back, 79 days till he returns, wake up one day and fuck around, 78 days till Haydn returns"
Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey is calling for a new public holiday in July. He wants it to mark Matariki, or Maori New Year, celebrations. "I think we need a mid-winter fun event and this of course is in the Maori calendar but it's our calendar too," Mr Harvey told TV3. "Let's go and have a ripper of the weekend in July...I think we need something in the middle of winter, as a nation, to cheer us up." He said Waitangi was a serious occasion and it would be good to have a light-hearted day that was unique to New Zealand.
Bodyguards have been employed to protect Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast after she received physical threats. The suspect made an "abusive and threatening" call to the council call centre on Friday afternoon, police said.
A stalemate over privatising prisons has put the government's plans to double-bunk more prisoners in jeopardy, forcing it to resort to other measures such as using shipping containers as cells instead. National had planned to introduce double bunking of up to 1000 more prisoners to cater for the growth in prisoner numbers until a new prison was built. However, the prison officers' union has withheld its permission for the plan, saying it wants the government to provide an assurance it will not privatise prisons first.
Budget airline Jetstar has been accused of treating passengers like "dirty rags" after closing its check-in gates to at least eight ticket-holders on a flight from Auckland to Wellington.
Big Wednesday's biggest draw - a $30 million jackpot of cash and prizes - will definitely go to at least one ticketholder tomorrow night. And while the winner, or winners, will probably want to share the wealth with family and friends, such generosity can be taxed.
AND in entertainment news...
Photos of Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND! *Squeel*
DOWN ON THE FARM
Fields of green and skies of blue?
GIGGLE OF THE DAY
Max: 12 °C Min: 3°C (overnight) Humidity: 81 % Fine with light winds. (Translation: Nice fine day and that sun was nice as long as the wind held off, fuck its was chilly.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Maz is so full she has a serious muffin top. *gasp* is that even possible?
DAILY FOF MOMENT Matt went to work this morning (at 10am, not 6.30am), found a carpark, jumped out, looked down and realised "OOPS, I'm wearing my DC's. Not my work boots". So had to drive all the way home, get his work boots and then go back to work. FAIL! Matt's having a great week!
Almost 40 days without us! Miss us yet or glad to be rid of us? We miss you!!!
JayJay and Nik have been seeing each other for a month now, but she hasn't seen Maz in a month (Stink). JayJay also thinks Maz has lost weight in the last month (from looking at photos), Maz tends to disagree.
Mud cake, brownies (from Dominos) and French Vanilla ice cream...there is a god! YUM!
Maz is working on an advert tomorrow as an extra (aka "background talent"). She spent the day working on her entry for the C4 Vans competition (COMBI VAN POWER!) and listening to (among other things) Britney Spears.
You know you love it! (pity it's not released as a single, would go off in the clubs I think...*hint* *hint* CUT THAT SHIT UP LIKE CHEAP COKE!)
Russell is now on the board of doing house chores too. He did the dishes and also cooked dinner tonight, since Tina or I couldn't be assed and well Matt has been working all day so he automatically gets out of doing it.
A Lotto winner who left his ticket on the front seat of his unlocked car for two days is thanking his lucky stars it was not stolen, after learning he won more than $300,000. The winner from Whenuapai in west Auckland says he brought everything else inside, but for some reason left the ticket sitting in the car, in his driveway. He says once he and his wife realised they had won, they locked the ticket in their safe until they claimed it.
New Zealand now has 303 cases of swine flu, with the majority of people experiencing relatively mild to moderate symptoms. The number of confirmed cases is rising rapidly, up 45 from yesterday.
National retailer Farmers Trading Company has been fined $10,000 for selling a returned and repaired television set as new.
A furniture store has been fined $28,000 after admitting providing misleading information about the savings to be made on sale goods.
CADAVER PICK UPS "Hey baby. Does this rag smell like chloroform?"
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 2 °C (overnight) Humidity: 89 % Fine and cloudy periods. Southerly breezes. (Translation: Fine, yes. Cloudy, yes. Rain, no. Southerly Breeze, dunno.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Russell accually did something AND likes that Britney song!
DAILY FOF MOMENT Matt left this morning with a total of $20ish, realised on the way to work that he had to put gas in the car, $7 for parking (he works in town) and then it dawned on him that he didn't pack his lunch. So he only had $6 for the day. FAIL!
It's not even midday yet and I have figured today will be a non-event, so might as well get the blog done now (which also means there could be a bit of an edit done later in the day or as/if stuff happens). It's a another beautiful winters day here in Auckland! More than likely this can't continue for much long, so be expecting rain in the next few days or by the end of the week (come on it's Auckland).
Notice the new "feature" on the left of the page? Yup, that is a slideshow of your photos on Flickr!
Last night while at Ginger Minx, Hez noticed that if you turn the "Oh Hai" sign up sidedown it says "IAH HO" (I AH HO...get it). She also go to try out different seating spots than the usual (table by fire, seat in back corner and the couch), yes we were seating sluts last night...haha.
Maz and Russell were woken by screaming and yelling children this morning...so not cool. Currently Maz wishes she had her back-pack, because right now she wants to pack it and leave...but how is she meant to pack her shit if she ain't got no bag. It's still undecided if Maz is going to end updoing NZ Body Art Awards 2009. She has until Thursday to do and hand in her concept designs. Will she do it? Fuck knows.
A huge fire has erupted in the west Auckland suburb of Henderson, in an industrial complex. Fire communications confirmed there was a large fire in Rabone Street. The building on fire is owned by a furnishings company called Ultimate Finishes. A local church has been evacuated with some churchgoers unable to reach their cars. Flames have been seen from as far away as Beachhaven on the North Shore and in Westmere.
A chilling, graphic road safety campaign hitting screens today aims to send young people an "unashamedly strong" message about drink-driving. The "Trapped" television commercial features two young men in a ute that crashes on a rural road. The driver survives, but he is left trapped in the vehicle with the body of his dead friend staring lifelessly at him. (don't they always say the ads are graphic?)
The Zion Wildlife Gardens in Whangarei re-opened yesterday with a bizarre incentive for visitors - to come and feed the tigers. The troubled centre was shut down by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry last month, after keeper Dalu Mncube was mauled to death by a tiger. But yesterday, the incident appeared a distant memory as dozens of visitors were allowed to feed some of the park's 40 tigers through a fence. Zoo fix-it man Tim Husband insisted the feeding was safe, saying none of the visitors was put at risk.
A sexually provocative ad campaign for a clothing company co-owned by Rich Lister Eric Watson is under fire for being too "pornographic". The Australian television ads for American Apparel feature half-naked women, many of them staff from the Melbourne store, writhing around in bed and exposing their breasts. The ad is under investigation by the Advertising Standards Bureau in Australia. (uptight Aussies)
GINGER MINX
OH HAI
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 3 °C (overnight) Humidity: 69 % Fine, with bright blue skies. Southerly breeze. (Translation: Well they weren't lying about the bright blue sky. Haven't been outside though so can't say how cold it is.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Already writing the blog and it's not even midday.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Being woken up by scream children after only 4 hours sleep. FAIL!
Now lets see if we can get the day right on todays blog...haha.
JayJay went to Space's 3rd birthday this evening. So far no update on what it has been like, but I'm sure we will have photos soon enough.
This afternoon Maz got a phone call regarding some work for Russell, which of course she was more than happy to pimp him out for. Where was the work you may be pondering? Ginger Minx. So Maz finally "went out" for the first time in a month. She spent the night by the fire drawing some concept designs. Dee & Hez also came along to keep Maz company (she was about to start singing "Lonely"). Clowned around and took some clown photos which will be in tomorrow's blog.
This blog would be longer, but Maz has to take off the make-up, have a cup of tea and do all the other stuff you do before you go to bed.
CHEAP LAUGHS A bear, a lion and a pig meet.
Bear says: "if I roar in the forest, the entire forest is shivering with fear." Lion says: "if I roar in the jungle, the entire jungle is afraid of me." Pig says: "big deal.... I only have to cough, and the entire planet shits itself."
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY sorry I was at Minx. But by time we left, we had ice starting to form on the windscreen, so it must of been cold. It was sunny all day too!
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Random people talking to you because your sitting at a bar drawing. Got a shot out of it though...haha
DAILY FOF MOMENT Russell used the word..."Shucks" at Ginger Minx infront of Adam, after closing. Come on we're all friends, just say Fuck! What's a little bit of fuck between friends, right? So he had to do the rubbish...hahaha...Shame...FAIL!
Maz was unfairly woken at about 3.40am this morning, due to the cat (Florida) thinking that it would be awesome if she threw up her furball on the bed. Best part, she threw it up on Russell's side of the bed. Then Maz had to clean up the cat pee in the bathroom (at least it was there and not on the carpet right). It's also Friday, which means it's rubbish day. So at about 7.30am Maz walked down the drive to put the rubbish out...BUGGER...she was too late, it had already been collected. Brilliant start to the day huh? So what did Maz do? She cleaned the pissy mood away.
This evening brought about domestic Maz, when she cooked dinner for everybody (Matt, Russell, the 3 kids and herself). Even cleaned the kitched and loaded the dishwasher after. How fuckin domestic. Currently listening to the kids thumping and yelling upstairs, I so know why I don't have kids...argh they are so annoying...and remember they know everything. Why because they are DICKS! And this is why I didn't want to move in! FUCK!
Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. The original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of bone crunching zombie action. (Can you say "AWESOME"?!?!)
Russell was a good bitch today and did all the washing. As his Facebook status currently says "Braid my hair and call me 'Washer Man'"
And before today's news in brief...it's time for the song... "82 days till Haydn gets back, 82 days till he returns, wake up one day and fuck around, 81 days till Haydn returns"
The distributor of Mary Lou wooden dolls has launched a partial recall, after independent researchers found some of the beads on the teething toys could be pulled off.
Whangarei's Zion Wildlife Gardens has been allowed to reopen, following the mauling of a lion keeper on May 29. The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) and the Department of Labour gave approval for the Northland park to reopen today after keeper Dalu Mncube was killed by a white tiger last month.
Researchers looking into the cost of milk say its high price is detrimental to the health of children. Dr Louise Signal and Moira Smith are researchers at Otago University's Department of Public Health. They say the de-regulation of the milk market since the 1980s has significantly reduced milk's accessibility and affordability. Despite the price being paid to farmers plunging this year, the retail price for two litres of milk remains the same as a year ago at around $3.21. They say just 38 per cent of children drink milk daily - and 17 per cent do not drink it at all.
A teenage boy has been arrested after a woman in her 70s was sexually assaulted in her Taranaki home early this morning. The 17-year-old, also a resident of the Taranaki town of Eltham, was arrested by police about 12.30 today - about six hours after the 6.15am attack. He faces three counts of sexual violation, one assault with intent to commit sexual violation, one count of burglary and one of being unlawfully on a property. (WTF?!? That is just fucked up)
SIDESWIPPING IT
Snapped at a church in Mt Roskill
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 4 °C (overnight) Humidity: 65 % Fine spells and cloudy periods. Southwesterly. (Translation: Yup it was fine all day, fuckin cold now though)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Haven't been to Ginger Minx in ages...
DAILY FOF MOMENT Russell went to do the washing at his mum's, Maz reminded him to take the washing powder (so her's didn't have to be used)...and what do you know. Russell forgot the washing powder, but not only that...he also forgot his wallet. FAIL! (would of been a better fail if he ran out of gas...)
BUT...
The biggest fail has to go to me (Maz). I should of known by the number of blogs to number of days written on the blogs that something was up...but did I? NO! Maz screwed up the blog days...I was one short...I skipped day 29. Well it wasn't skipped, it was there...but it was titled as Day Thirty. Oops! It's all fixed now and its how it should be...but it also means that the song it wrong. It should be... "83 days till Haydn gets back, 83 days till he returns, wake up one day and fuck around, 82 days till Haydn returns"
Let's see...business as normal today for Maz (for those of you playing the home game, that means she didn't do a hell of a lot, but the thought was there). However she did manage to go out shopping, nothing exciting just odds and ends for home, but wow that new Pack 'n' Save in Wairau Valley is cheap.
The media launch for the 2009 NZ Body Art Awards is next Thursday. Which means that entries for the event also close next Thursday...Oh Crap!
Current wind chill is 6°C...boy don't you wish you were here. Haha...yeah right.
The CLC tattoo is underway on Amber's calf (photo below).
Tyler (JayJay's nephew) is 1 today. JayJay has also been living in her flat for 1 year today...and she still hasn't burnt it down. Maz & JayJay haven't seen each other in about a month, so more than likely they will be getting their rape on sometime soon.
And guess what time it is..."83 days till Haydn gets back, 83 days till he returns, wake up one day and fuck around, 82 days till Haydn returns"
A leading New Zealand entertainer accused of indecently assaulting a teenage girl is fighting to keep his name secret. The charge relates to an incident involving a 16-year-old after a show in Wellington, The Dominion Post reported. The accused's name and details were suppressed by Wellington District Court judge Denys Barry yesterday.
The Bay of Plenty region was shaken by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake this morning. The quake at 5.57am was located within 5km of Rotorua at a depth of 170km. There were no immediate reports of injury or damage.
Maori students should be granted open access to universities at any age with no qualifications, says Maori Affairs Minister Pita Sharples. Dr Sharples, who is also Associate Education Minister, said allocating Maori places regardless of their qualifications would boost Maori participation at higher levels of study. Maori involvement in tertiary study was higher than for any other ethnic group, but was centred around low-level courses, he said.
A man who lit up a cannabis joint in the public gallery of the debating chamber in Parliament yesterday has been charged with possession of a class C drug.
Maori Affairs and Associate Education Minister Pita Sharples says he wants Maori to have free access to universities but only if they pass a course showing they have reached required standards. In a speech yesterday Dr Sharples, who is Maori Party co-leader, said Maori should be able to go to university without any qualifications. (hmmm way to go back on what the original statment said Pita)
A Taser used on a man who died after being stunned went off 28 times at the time of the incident, say police. Queensland Police say data downloaded from the Taser used on a 39-year-old Antonio Galeano in Brandon, near Townsville, showed it operated on 28 separate cycles at the incident on June 12.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson is to head a review of the Film Commission - a body he once accused of making poor funding decisions. Jackson had agreed to lead a ministerial review of the commission to ensure it served the needs of the local industry and community, Minister for Arts Culture and Heritage Christopher Finlayson said.
THIS IS YOUR...LAST NIGHT IN AUCKLAND! Wasn't sure if you had seen this or not, but I thought I would post it here anyway.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 12 °C Min: 3 °C (overnight) Humidity: 57 % Fine. Light southerly. (Translation: I see skies of blue...no red roses though. It's a nice day!)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS How well Maz knowns the soundtrack for The Labyrinth (the kids are watching her dvd upstairs)
DAILY FOF MOMENT Did you know that vagina is accually spelt "vigina"? Well according to JayJay it is.
Codeine Like Candy released "Get On Your Knees" today and to celebrate Miss Cadaver is getting the CLC logo tattooed.
Maz hasn't heard from JayJay in a while, so there is still no update on those fails. We just hope she isn't working too hard. Maz had a bit of a Fatty Mc Fat Fat moment this afternoon when she eat about 5 or 6 pieces of pizza, 2 pieces of cheesy garlic bread and however main glasses of coke.
Florida has ventured out into the big wide world that is Bayview/the new house today. So far she has spent a good few hours outside, came in for a feed and is back out there again. aslong as she comes home and doesn't kill the tui's Maz doesn't mind.
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia is putting herself up for auction to help three brothers to continue their sports careers. The highest bidder will win a two-hour dinner with her. The Trade Me auction begins next Monday.
A three-day tramp in Arthurs Pass National Park ended painfully for a woman who fell 200m down a slope and her son, who jumped after her. Both survived yesterday's incident and were picked up by rescue helicopter after setting off their locator beacon, One News reported. Andrea Short suffered a dislocated thumb and bruises after falling down a slope covered with rocks and ice.
Cadbury is recalling 200g blocks of Old Gold Dark Chocolate after a labelling error left off a warning that it contains milk protein. The product itself is fine but anyone allergic to milk protein should return it for a full refund, the company said.
A Belgian teen is suing a tattoo artist for thousands of pounds after waking up with 56 stars tattooed across her face - after she says she asked for just three. The Daily Mail reports that eighteen-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck paid NZ$145 (£55) for the work in her hometown of Courtrai, Belgium. She says the Romanian tattooist misunderstood her request in French and English - and that she fell asleep while he applied the tattoo. Rouslan Toumaniantz, who runs the tattoo parlour called The Tattoo Box in Courtrai, denies her claim. He said she knew 'exactly what she wanted'. He added: 'She was awake and looked into the mirror several times as the procedure was taking place. 'The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit. 'They are saying things now like I doped her or hypnotised her. What rubbish! 'She asked for 56 stars and that’s what she got.'
A 65-year-old woman lay trapped in her upturned car desperately sounding her horn for help for about 10 minutes before anyone stopped to help. Dozens of cars drove right by and swerved to avoid Anne Kiwi's car which lay partly on the road after the Rotorua woman crashed when cut off by a passing vehicle on SH5 near Tarukenga. Mrs Kiwi had been driving home to Rotorua after a weekend away when the crash happened on Monday. She was unharmed but was terrified as she was trapped upside down in the car.
An Auckland bakery was wrecked yesterday when an 87-year-old woman mistakenly stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake and ploughed into the shop. Police and ambulance services were called to Bakers Delight at the Pakuranga Westfield shopping centre, at around 12.30pm. The car narrowly missed a child. However, two women - a customer and an employee - were taken to hospital. The customer suffered serious leg injuries while the employee was treated for cuts to her head caused by flying glass.
Public health authorities are restricting the number of people they test for swine flu, now that the pandemic is escalating rapidly in New Zealand. The total of confirmed cases rose by 31 to reach 117 yesterday, up from 35 last Friday when the number began rising fast.
SIDESWIPPING IT
Il Bordello brothel in Wellington - like an "all-you-can-eat" restaurant.
VOTE FOR IT Maz's submission for Issue 22 of JPG Magazine. Piha: III.
Submitted to JPG Issue 22: Color Theory. Is it a good fit? Vote Now!
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 11 °C Min: 2 °C (overnight) Humidity: 57 % Fine. Evening cloud in the west. Light winds. (Translation: It was sunny, but fuck was it chilly. Seriously I could be making cash as a glass cutter)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS There is sun, but it's still freakin cold.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Russell was about to get into bed and then he remembered he was meant to get milk last night. signs on old age huh? To add to that Tina had also forgotten to get milk at 3 other points in the day...it was even written on the shopping list.
It's a hell of a lot colder today, it has't felt this cold for about a week (wish it was summer though).
Maz just found out that she missed Auckland Photography Day (it was on June 6th) and she really wanted to take part this year in the competition. Oh well looks like it will have to wait another year.
This afternoon Maz made some yummy pikelets for Tina, Russell and the kids this afternoon (yes she was nice to the little kiddies & didn't hiss). And no need to pass out, Maz has not had kids while you've been gone, the kids are Tina & Matt's.
She (Maz) has also fallen in love with the most awesome looking shoes...WANT! Peter Pan Style Ankle Detail Shoe...*sigh*. Check them out here
The number of confirmed swine flu cases has risen by nearly two dozen in the past 24 hours to reach 109 and is expected to rise further tonight, the Ministry of Health says. Of the 23 new cases reported today, 13 were in Canterbury, seven in Auckland and three in Wellington. Christchurch seafood processing plant Seafood Products Ltd sent all of its staff home after two workers contracted swine flu, while the Royal New Zealand Police College in Porirua postponed new courses. (Yes it is hitting NZ somewhat hard. Read More).
The Rimutaka Hill road north of Wellington has closed again after briefly opening this afternoon during a break in the freezing weather that has hit much of the country today. State Highway 87 in the South Island was also closed because of the chilly conditions.
Celebrity chef Delia Smith - a champion of British cooking for more than 40 years - has frustrated her fans by telling them to eat lamb from New Zealand. (mmmm lamb)
The number of abortions performed in New Zealand dropped last year. According to Statistics New Zealand figures released today, 17,940 induced abortions were performed in the year ending December 2008, down 440 (2.4 per cent) from the 2007 year.
A rubbish truck left the road in the Kaimai Ranges yesterday, taking a chunk out of a bank before its trailer flipped and spilled waste over the road. State Highway 29 between Tauranga and Matamata was closed for about three hours while the road was cleared. Diversions were in place on each side of the highway.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 14 °C Min: 2 °C (overnight) Humidity: 72 % Showers clearing. Southwest turning cold southerly. (Translation: Oh yeah it feels a bit colder today...current wind chill is about 9°C and its 7.30pm)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS The whole "new" computer thing. So annoying and weird.
DAILY FOF MOMENT The reason why we didn't have the internet connected after the reinstall of windows was because Russell (the genius) forgot to put in the DNS numbers.
No internet...again the lights are on but nobodies home!
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Not being online.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Tina lost the battle that Russell should do the dishes because she forgot that Russell's claim that he did the dishes the other day was false. You see Tina loaded the dishwasher (the main dishes), Russell loaded some more dishes and turned it on...SO he didn't really do the dishes.
Late Saturday night Maz's computer spat the dumbie. Naturally Maz was not impressed. So turned off the computer and went and watched a couple of movies ("The One" and "Pathology"). "The One" was pretty cool and was an enjoyable watch, not as good as I expected though. As for "Pathology" DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME. Yes there are some nice titties in it, but yeah pretty slack...although I should of guessed it would be with Milo Ventimiglia and Alyssa Milano in it.
We spent the day cleaning the computer and reinstalling windows (well Russell did). It's all runnng. ADSL light is on but nobody is home.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A
CURRENT WEIRDNESS It's beenover 2 years since we serviced the computer.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Computer rebuild and no internet :(
Maz has done nothing productive all day, besides making a video for today's blog. Yay! Down side of making a video is waiting for it to upload...and come on we know Maz has no patience. I suppose I was a little productive today, I mean I did Tina's make-up...does that count?
Maz currently has a lot of ideas floating around in her head, and seeings as she isn't going out tonight she will probably work them out...or she will end up watching a DVD.
We have received word that we should be expecting to hear about a whole lot of JayJay fail sometime in the near future...see what happens when your away for more than a day.
Amplitude is on this evening, but seeings as Maz is Sneezey Mc Sneeze Sneeze she isn't going anywhere. Matt & Tina are going out however (it's their wedding anniversary this weekend), which means that Russell & Maz have the house to themselves. Did you know Maz hasn't been out since Frantic? Shocking huh?
Another cold snap is on the way for New Zealand with snow to low levels and extremely low temperatures, says WeatherWatch.co.nz. A southerly is expected to arrive on Sunday in the deep south reaching Auckland by Tuesday.
Pioneering New Zealand rock musician Chris Knox is in Auckland hospital after suffering a stroke on Thursday.
A 22-year-old man died at the scene of a two-car collision early today on Auckland's Upper Harbour motorway. Police said the crash happened soon after 1am near the Greenhithe Bridge. (that's like the 3rd serious crash they have had there since the "new" section of motorway opened).
Five of the eight people accused of manslaughter over the drowning of a mother-of-two during a ceremony to lift a curse were found guilty late last night.
SIDESWIPING IT The top 10 celebrities Britons would like to bring back from the dead are:
1. Jesus. 2. Princess Diana. 3. William Shakespeare. 4. Albert Einstein. 5. Marilyn Monroe. 6. Leonardo da Vinci. 7. Elvis Presley. 8. Roald Dahl. 9. Freddie Mercury. 10. Martin Luther King. (Source: The Telegraph.co.uk)
CRANKING IT
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 16 °C Min: 9 °C (overnight) Humidity: 86 % Showers, some heavy. Southwest change. (Translation: so much for the showers, I didn't see them. Although it was really dark at one point today.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Have a ticket for Amplitude and I'm not going...
DAILY FOF MOMENT The amount of times the computer has died on Maz today, while she has been in the middle of something (like this blog). Payback for not using it since Monday aye?!?!
Now I'm up to date with the blogs (sorry for being so slack). Today has been another day of sorting and unpacking for Maz, and also a day of looking after Russell as he is a bit worse for wear after the move.
Maz is still sneezing like a mofo, hopefully it will be all over with soon. She also brought a new dress today...oOo...
A section of State Highway 25 through Waihi is closed due to a large hole in the road. Land Transport Agency says the hole is the size of a ute and is between 1.5-2 metres deep.
A New Zealand Air Force Orion has been hit by lightning off the coast of Canada. Wing Commander Nick Olney said the plane was taking part in a joint "exercise" and was carrying 16 people when lightening struck on Monday afternoon (NZ time). He said no one was injured.
One of Auckland's busiest thoroughfares, Ponsonby Rd, may be converted into a reduced-speed zone. Auckland City's transport committee yesterday agreed to put a proposed limit of 40km/h for the 1.5km length of the road up for public consultation.
Waikato Hospital is urging people with minor illnesses to stay away after 12 of its patients and a staff member contracted the highly-contagious norovirus.
Auckland is officially one of the nicest places to live on the planet, says an international survey. The City of Sails has been ranked the 12th best city to live in, in the Economist intelligence unit's liveability survey. Wellington is ranked 23rd. (haha shame)
The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in NZ stands at 27.
BTW...WHERE IS YOUR BLOG? I need updates on how you've been!!!
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 16 °C Min: 12 °C (overnight) Humidity: 92 % Rain, some heavy falls. Fresh northeast. (Translation: It's been wet all day and if it isn't raining or showering, its about to)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS How warm this house is compaired to the old place.
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