Day FourtyOne of being Aflickionless...

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!