Day FourtyTwo of being Aflickionless...

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!"

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 14 °C
Min: 9°C (overnight)
Humidity: 66 %
Cloud increasing. Northerly winds. (Translation: cloudy, keeps looking like rain.)

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!