Day Fourty of being Aflickionless...

We've made it to DAY 40! YEH BOI!

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


AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
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!