Day TwentyThree of being Aflickionless...

Packing, packing, packing...two MudShakes and a couple of Cornish Pasties later and it's time to write the blog. Mmmm chocolate & vodka, the best of both worlds! OoO and System of the Down...yeha!

A woman who set herself ablaze in central Nelson 10 days ago has died in Hutt Hospital. A passerby dragged the 39-year-old woman into the nearby Maitai River after he saw her pouring a liquid over herself and setting it alight. But she suffered severe burns and was flown to the special burns unit at Hutt Hospital.

The whereabouts of fugitive and accidental millionaire Leo Gao and his partner Kara Hurring is a mystery.

The early-morning chill that has gripped Auckland and Hamilton with severe frosts looks to have passed. But while conditions will probably remain clear, a good book, a hot milo and a selection of DVDs look a safe option for the weekend. Yesterday, temperatures as cold as minus 3C were reported in Waitakere about 6.30am.

Christobelle Grierson-Ryrie won New Zealand's Next Top Model. She seriously needs some food...it's not really a true representation of NZ beauty, fashion or models. It's just what the rest of the world...what the media want fashion to be.

A Weta Digital researcher, Iain Matthews, has joined university academics in Britain and the United States to develop a way of "cloning" facial expressions.

A blaze at a historic Antarctic hut which was Sir Edmund Hillary's favourite place to stay at Scott Base has destroyed a piece of Kiwi history. The A-frame hut went up in flames on Saturday (23rd May) night after a fuel leak from a heater. Staff desperately tried to douse the fire in temperatures as low as -35C.

And just so we can all remember the day when Maz's farm on FarmTown spoke the truth...

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 15 °C
Min: 4 °C (overnight)
Humidity: 84%
Few showers, gradually clearing. Southwesterlies. (Translation: clear, cloudy, showers, clear, showers...make up your flippin mind)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
How quickly my piercings are closing up...noooooooo

DAILY FOF MOMENT
Wire from my bra is digging into my side. It has been for awhile now, but have I fixed it...nooooo!