Legends of the Seeker work again for Maz, however after sitting around for 5 hours and waiting to play dead, she & a couple of others were wrapped before going on. So I guess we will try again next week.
Straight after finishing work (an hour early) Russell picked up Maz and they went to Ginger Minx (Russell was working). The dishwasher was out last night, which meant when the bar got slammed the glasses were stacking up hard. So Maz gave a hand and jumped in clearing a few tables.
Maz also has a willing model to be painted as the female version of the horimono that was painted on Chris for the body art awards.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A
CURRENT WEIRDNESS All that Maz has seen recently has been work & her bed...sad really
DAILY FOF MOMENT The dishwasher at the Ginger Minx broke, which meant all glasses had to be taken into the kitchen, washed and then brought back out. It added so much time to the job. Fail!!!
Maz had the day off Seeker today, after dying last night it just a case of waiting for a call back. Which she got this afternoon, they want to do another scene with her dead. Ummm Russell went and signed up to Fresh Talent today, they might cast him as a Canadian for some up coming show...and then we went into Ginger Minx to say howdy.
Leaving a dog tied up until the chain grew into its neck has cost a Rotorua woman $1180. Hinengaro Enoka was fined in Rotorua District Court after admitting she failed to provide for the needs of her sharpei, Missy, the Daily Post newspaper reported. The SPCA found a new home for Missy, but Enoka avoided a ban on owning pets and her family had acquired a new dog which was being treated better, her lawyer said.
Aftershocks are still rocking Fiordland, after the massive 7.8 quake two weeks ago. Two quakes measuring 5 or more on the Richter scale have struck this morning. The first was a quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale which had a focal depth of 12km and struck 110km west of Tuatapere this morning at 7.59.
The man shot by police in Auckland on Monday was charged with two offences at a court bedside hearing in Auckland City Hospital last night. Actor Robert Mokaraka, 36, was shot in the chest after allegedly threatening police with what they said appeared to be a firearm, outside a house in Pt Chevalier. A police statement last night said charges of possession of an offensive weapon and assault with a weapon were laid during the Auckland District Court hearing in the hospital. Mokaraka was remanded on bail to appear in court on August 19.
ANSWERS FOR QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERYTHING... 1. The one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends is boxing.
2. The only two vegetables that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons are asparagus and rhubarb (others suggested taro).
3. The only vegetable or fruit never sold frozen, canned, processed, or cooked is lettuce (although, maybe watermelon too).
4. Six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with 'S' include shoes, socks, sandals, sneakers, slippers, skis, skates, snowshoes, stockings, stilts ...
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 15°C Min: 8°C (overnight) Humidity: 88% Mainly fine, the odd shower. Westerlies. (Translation: Pissed down this evening...)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS The rain that came out of no where this afternoon/evening
DAILY FOF MOMENT The Ginger Minx indoor waterfall. No they don't have a new feature...the louvers have been boarded up and well it rained and it wasn't known that they were wide open due to an eletricial fault...so we had rain inside. Fail!!!
Maz got to play dead again and it was a very, very bloody death. Maz has been told to tak eher portfolio into the Legend of the Seeker people, so she will do that when she is back on next.
The Spartacus trailer is out and you HAVE to check that shit out. Maz can be seen twice in it and Dee can also be seen as well. YAY!
SIDESWIPPING IT... Dutch pranksters have dumped dozens of the tiny two-seater Smart Cars into Amsterdam's waterways and police fear the bizarre trend will spread to the UK and the rest of Europe. Eco-friendly Smart cars are small enough to be picked up by just a few people and dumped into the Dutch capital's canals, reports De Telegraaf newspaper. One victim, Casper de Jong, was woken by police after they found his Smart floating in the waterway outside his apartment. Mr de Jong said: "Several weeks ago the same thing happened to my companion's Smart. Both cars were a complete write-off." One Smart sales worker said: "We're not supposed to talk about this because the police don't want the craze to spread but we've had quite a few drowned cars returned to us."
QUIZ FOR PEOPLE WHO KNOW EVERYTHING... 1. Name the one sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the leader until the contest ends.
2. Of all vegetables, only two can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. All other vegetables must be replanted every year. What are the only two perennial vegetables?
3. Name six or more things you can wear on your feet beginning with the letter S.
4. Name the only vegetable or fruit that is never sold frozen, canned, processed, cooked or in any other form except fresh. (Answers tomorrow).
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Maz has died four three times in three days...no wait four times in three days.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Doesn't look like that Maz will be back on Seeker unless its a call back. Fail!!!
Maz was on set again. Her call time was 7am and she made it just in time (the extras get bused out to location). Maz was significantly seen in one shot, which meant that she couldn't be used too much during the day after that...and she got to play a dead body again.
Maz has a boo boo at the moment, she doesn't know how it happened or what is wrong...but seeings as she has been working she hasn't had the chance to get to the doctors yet.
A drink-driver woman who claimed that swine flu made her body more susceptible to alcohol has lost her case. Deborah Karen Graham, 48, manager, was convicted of drink-driving when she appeared in Queenstown District Court yesterday, The Southland Times reported. Graham was randomly breathalysed on July 4 and blew 530mcg, 130mcg over the legal limit. She told police she had drunk three glasses of wine. Defence counsel Nicole Murphy told Judge Kevin Phillips Graham had been ill. "She had swine flu. She was just getting over it...and she thinks because she had the flu (the alcohol) may have hit her harder. "She is highly embarrassed and remorseful about her actions." But Judge Phillips commented: "Swine flu seems to be the 'in' submission for everything at the moment. I reject all that." Graham was fined $550 and disqualified from driving for six months.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Overcast with showers in the evening. The wind was chilly.
Maz worked on Seeker again today. Was a stunner of a day for too...she even got to play dead, saw a crew member kill a possum with a stick and had to work a bit late. Back to it again tomorrow...7am call time.
Highlights from body art awards (Chris is on it...YAY), click here
Police have shot an armed man in the Auckland suburb of Pt Chevalier. Police say the man was armed with a meat cleaver and two other knives when he advanced on police who were observing him while waiting for the Armed Offenders Squad to attend. Police spokeswoman Noreen Hegarty said this afternoon that he had been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after the shooting at 1pm. The 36-year-old - believed to be actor Rob Mokoraka - is now in a stable condition at Auckland Hospital after he was shot. Rob Mokaraka's agent refused to speak about him tonight, telling the Herald they first had to speak to their client.
Aftershocks continue to jolt the Fiordland region following the massive quake two weeks ago. A 4.8 magnitude quake was recorded at 7.37am today, GNS Science reported. It was centred 100km west of Tuatapere, 87km west of Invercargill, and was 12km deep. A series of aftershocks have been shaking the region following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on July 15. The tremor was the largest recorded in the world this year, but because of its remote location, caused very little damage.
Police are baffled by the discovery of several litres of blood in a central Hamilton street. Police said they were called to the "bloody mess" at Anglesea Street early on Saturday morning. The blood appeared to have been dropped from a plastic bag off the seventh floor of a nearby carpark building, police said today. They were investigating whether a man who walked past the scene carrying three stainless steel soap dispensers, similar to those used in public toilets, had anything to do with the blood.
Auckland Harbour Bridge has been left off a list of highway upgrades needed to cope with heavier trucks, despite a report last year warning of a need for further strengthening.
Parkour has hit the streets of central Auckland. Its agile players use concrete steps, park benches and even rubbish bins as gym equipment for their leaps, vaults, drops and somersaults. Parkour has sprung from the suburbs of Paris to a world-wide following glamorised by films of participants leaping from building to building. Less-dangerous but thrilling moves were executed by a score of youthful Aucklanders yesterday in a demonstration on the hard concrete structures of Aotea Square. "It's about trying to find your way around your environment using your body," said sixteen-year-old Levon Baird of Takapuna. "You can do it anywhere."
SIDESWIPPING IT... A quick romp in a bush during a storm ended when a bolt of lightning struck the ground nearby, making the earth really move for a love-making couple. The couple in western Germany had parked next to a busy motorway, progressing to the nearby bushes for more privacy. They stripped naked and were so carried away that they didn't stop - until a bolt of lightning struck the ground nearby. The terrified pair ran out of the bush naked, lost their way and were spotted blundering around in the dark by another motorist, who called the police. (Source: Metro.co.uk)
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13°C Min: 2°C (overnight) Humidity: 91% Fine. Light winds. (Translation: It was a fuckin stunner of a day)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Maz laying dead while stunties ran near her and jumped over her...didn't even flinch!
DAILY FOF MOMENT Car almost hitting the bus we were on, on our way to set this morning. Fail!!!
After a super long day and not getting to bed till about 5am, Maz slept till about 5.30pm. She must of been super tired. She wishes she didn't wake up though...Maz & Russell found out that James (person who was living here before them) hadn't signed papers to say he had moved out. Tina had told him to do it weeks ago. But now because he hasn't done it, Maz & Russell have 90days to move out. FUCK!
Other than that Maz has work tomorrow (7.30am start).
Child advocates have slammed a risque range of baby clothes that created a storm of controversy in Australia and are now on sale in New Zealand. The T-shirts and suits are on sale in Australian chain Cotton On Kids' 17 Kiwi stores and feature slogans including "I'm a tits man", "The condom broke", "I'm living proof my mum is easy" and "Mummy likes it on top".
A website designed to look like the TV3 homepage has been uncovered as a creative ad to promote a new brand of party pills. Pill manufacturer Evolve Technologies created the fake website, www.3news.net.nz, featuring an almost identical layout to the broadcaster's site, including a "breaking news" video about the new drugs. TV3 confirmed its lawyers had issued the fake website's administrators with a cease and desist notice, forcing them to pull the site this week. It declined further comment on the site for fear of giving the manufacturer publicity. The "speedy" and "sensory" party pills were launched in Auckland this week and have a Facebook group dedicated to their promotion. Group administrators posted a message on the site on Tuesday expressing surprise that the fake TV3 website had not then been pulled down. It read: "Oh my! it looks as if we've had the 3news.net.nz site for over 24 hours now.
THE REMEDY New Little Boots video clip for Remedy
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 12°C Min: 3°C (overnight) Humidity: 80% Fine with light winds. (Translation: wouldn't know)
Dooms day (Body Art Awards) happened. Maz woke up late because she was up till about 4am working on stuff for the competition. This also meant that she was late at starting, rather than starting at 8am she didn't start painting till 9amish.
It was a super long day and at 2pm Maz wasn't sure if she would finish in time. The judges thought that Maz's piece was beautifully painted and they could see the amount of detail in the piece. Chris did a fantastic job on stage, jumping and cartwheeling...he was brilliant. Maz was also told by Gino (from Weta) that her work has really improved over the years...that was probably the highlight of Maz's day.
Maz had a few tickets for the competition, so JayJay & Sandro came to watch and scream for Maz & Sam's work.
Sadly (and she isn't surprised) Maz didn't place at the awards. Carmel was the winner of hand painted and Kelly Ren was the Surpreme Award winner (she won Best Novice last year). Photos of the day can be found below.
Maz really wants to re-paint the horimono on Chris and take some photos of his leaping in the air etc with the weapon.
Next years theme for the Body Art Awards is Bollywood. Oh dear lord save us...how narrow is that?!?!?
After the body art awards Maz, Russell, Chris, Dee and Sam headed off to Ginger Minx and met up with Hez, Tina, Dave and Sarah. We would of been there much sooner, but Dee's car broke down at Onewa Road. So Sandro (Chris's partner) came and saved Chris & Maz. Dee & Sam (after parking the car in a side street) got a ride with Russell.
2009 BODY ART AWARD PHOTOS
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Bollywood is the theme for next years competition
DAILY FOF MOMENT Dee braking down on the way to Ginger Minx after Body Art Awards. Fail!!!
Maz finally had a day off Seeker, so she got the chance to work on her stuff for Body Art Awards. So much to finish before the competition and with rehursal at lot of time was lost. Chris was brilliant at the rehursal and Maz thinks that he will be brilliant for her piece.
Again...shite blog.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Body Art Awards is tomorrow
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz went to Body Art Awards rehursal and never left till about 11pm, so much time wasted. Fail!!!
I could of posted a naughty picture, but we have already done that so it would be...well old.
BWAHAHAHAHA...LIKE IT COULD HELP IT!!!
Maz was on Legends of the Seeker again today and has a call back with two others for tomorrow as well. It was an early finish so she got a chance to do some work on her stuff for Body Art Awards...only 2 days to go now!
The transtasman bond has become a wee bit tighter following last week's big earthquake in Fiordland. The quake last Wednesday night was the largest to strike the country in 80 years. The 7.8 magnitude quake which was centred in Fiordland appears to have twisted the South Island out of shape, moving it closer to Australia. According to the Land Information's New Zealand-GeoNet global positioning system, Fiordland town Te Anau is now 100 millimetres closer to Australia. The South Island's southwest tip Puysegur Point is 300 millimetres closer.
New Zealand's Milford Sound has been nominated to compete for a spot on a list of the New Seven Wonders of the World. Over 260 natural landmarks were nominated from people around the world. Experts chose the final 26 from the 77 landmarks with the most votes. The list will be reduced to a final seven in 2011.
Customers and employees of businesses in the Albany Basin will soon be able to assess traffic delays before choosing whether to set off - thanks to webcams aimed at seven main entry and exit points. Congested roads serving the huge industrial estate have long been a frustration at peak times. Yesterday, approval to install the cameras was given to the North Harbour Business Association, which serves 1300 businesses, which, in turn, employ 13,000 people.
A jury has found former Otago University tutor Clayton Weatherston guilty of murdering his ex-girlfriend Sophie Elliott. The jury returned its verdict at the High Court in Christchurch about 11.20am. Weatherston, 33, was charged with the murder of Ms Elliott, 22, in Dunedin on January 9 last year. Weatherston accepted he was guilty of manslaughter, but denied the charge of murder. Woman's refuge described the trial as a "national disgrace" which gave Weatherston the opportunity to persecute Miss Elliott and her family after her death. "This trial turned justice inside out - the killer became the victim and Sophie Elliot was portrayed to us all as he chose to describe her," chief executive Heather Henare said after the verdict. "Unfortunately for Clayton Weatherston, the jury didn't buy it and nor did the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who watched him giggling on their televisions."
SIDESWIPPING IT... A reader writes: "I was reading a book in the departure lounge at Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport when the PA burst into life (names changed to protect the innocent): 'Laura Kelly, paging passenger Laura Kelly, please contact your hotel. You have left your pyjamas behind.' Smiles exchanged between passengers. Twenty minutes later: 'Laura Kelly, paging passenger Laura Kelly, it's okay, your mother has picked up your pyjamas.' The feeling of relief throughout the terminal was palpable ..."
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY After midnight yet again so we have to write this one. It was a nice day today, sunny with no rain (well not out west) and one point it looked like it was going to rain, but it was just a threat. Oh and there was some thunder & lighting late last night.
CURRENT WEIRDNESS How many call backs and extra work Maz is picking up...
DAILY FOF MOMENT That because of a few people the extras were given a speech on what to and what not to do on set...like being quite when they call 'action' Fail!!!
This is (I think) going to be fairly short...but we will see since the blogs have been getting longer over the past few months.
Maz spent here day on set out in the cold (not really cold, it just sounds better) and didn't wrap till midnight. She is back at it again tomorrow, has Thursday off and then could possibly be working on Friday. Awesome way to spend the week leading up to body art awards huh?
Maz got the most awesome surprise this evening when arriving home, sat down at the computer as normal and went about the catch up business, till Russell said "do you notice anything different with the computer area". She didn't though, well besides the odd looking pen sitting on top of the monitor. And then Russell showed her...*ta-daaaaaaa* her very own drawing tablet for the computer. How fuckin awesome is that? Maz can't wait to try it out, but it is going to have to wait till she isn't on set or doesn't have body art stuff to sort out.
About 200 Inland Revenue staff at an Upper Hutt mail room were evacuated this morning when staff opened a package containing white powder, which later turned out to be harmless. Preliminary ESR analysis suggested the powder was not a dangerous substance but until further testing was done it could be described as "a white powder", said Upper Hutt police area commander Inspector Michael Hill. About 7.30am a mail room worker apparently opened the envelope, saw the powder and said "Wow, I'm getting out of here," Mr Hill said. There was a large emergency services response and IRD staff were evacuated for about an hour. Those who came into contact with the package underwent a Fire Service decontamination process. Police were conducting a criminal investigation and the envelope would be forensically tested to try and determine who sent it, Mr Hill said. The results were expected in the next day or two.
A Maori couple say they will think twice about helping others after being pepper-sprayed and arrested when trying to help a seriously injured man on the Gold Coast.
Kararaina Ngoungou and Munro Waerea, both 24 and from Whakatane, were out on the last night of a holiday with two other former Otago University friends and another acquaintance. The group of five had left their motel in Surfers Paradise just before midnight on Saturday when they saw a man who appeared to be in his mid-20s lying in a pool of blood on the footpath. Police were standing by the man but left before the group reached him. Ms Ngoungou, a dental hygienist, said she was worried about the man's condition because no ambulance had arrived. She took off her jumper and was looking for a wound so she could apply pressure while Mr Waerea checked for a pulse. "I was thinking, 'Did he fall?, was he stabbed?' I was worried that no one was applying pressure to stop the blood. He was unconscious, this guy looked almost dead." Moments later police returned to the scene and immediately approached the friends. One reached for his pepper-spray straight away, Mr Waerea said. None of his group was given a chance to explain that they were trying to help. (Read More...)
A resident of Muff Road in the town of Orari 130km south west of Christchurch is asking for his street to be renamed. Not only would a name change prevent the street signs thefts that have plagued the road, but it would also be a chance to recognise the original geographic name of the district, resident Roger Payne said. "Because of the ongoing problem with signage, I would like to see the original geographic name restored so the road could have safe signage." Mr Payne said old survey maps showed the road as Ohapi Rd, and he suggested that would be a good alternative as it ties in with the name of a local creek, the Timaru Herald reported. It would also recognise Ohapi Settlement, an area given to returned servicemen to farm after World War II.
A big British supermarket chain, Waitrose, is refusing to stock New Zealand-caught hoki - which is certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) - because bottom trawling is used in the fishery.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY The figures are unavailable but the day started out beautiful, then in typical Auckland style it turned to shitty grey clouds, followed by some rain, then some sun, then some spits and a bit of a chilly wind. However it wasn't an overly cold day.
CURRENT WEIRDNESS 3 days till Body Art Awards
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz recieving messages on Stalkbook asking why they (person sending message) was deleted from her friends list. Some have even tried adding Maz back as a friend...she deleted you, deal with it. Fail!!!
Ummmmmmm...really nothing to go in here today. Maz has work on Seeker tomorrow and with a 10.15am start she likes them so far, that could all change tomorrow though. Maz distroyed her friends list on Stalkbook this evening, about 100 people didn't make the cut "I'm sorry, you are the weakest link...now fuck off".
Shit all in the news besides a whole bunch of crap about people dying or some boy trying to rob a member of the public with a toy gun...OH and today (informed by Tina) marks 40years since America faked walking on the moon...hahaha. COME ON THE FLAG DIDN'T MOVE RIGHT!!! Anywho some monkey landed on the moon 40years ago, woot woot for man!!!
The worst of winter may be over for Auckland but weather forecasters are warning it will get wet and windy again before next weekend. MetService weather ambassador Bob McDavitt said although signs of spring had started popping up in the city two weeks early, it was too soon to celebrate winter's end.
A range of imported drinks marketed as fruit juice has been recalled after the Commerce Commission found the products contained little or no trace of fruit. Armenian Imports Limited, trading as Super Juice, distributed four juice products from Armenia under the brand name Yan. An investigation by the commission found at least two of the products were incorrectly labelled. Beverages described as 100 per cent blackcurrant juice, peach juice and pomegranate juice were tested by an independent laboratory.
SIDESWIPPING IT... A frustrated dad sold his family trampoline for $1 after a series of expensive mishaps. He explains in his Trade Me listing: "If I had a chainsaw, I would hack it into small pieces on a stormy night while cackling like a maniac ...I got it for free from a neighbour, and thought, 'Bargain' ... Little did I know that it would end up costing me $742. Incident 1: Tandem jumping collision. One kid jumped up, other was coming down, downward one's front teeth went into the head of the upwards one. Tears, blood, cracked teeth ... Result - $48 at A& E (kid number one's head), $84 at dentist (kid number two's teeth), $24 painkillers. Incident 2: Son sneaks out at 8pm for sneaky jump. Can't see edge, falls off into tree stump ... Result - $72 x-rays, $48 at A&E. Incident 3: Two kids decide to throw stones on to neighbour's roofs while jumping. Smash one neighbour's leadlight window. Old lady with the wobbly head next door thinks tapping on roof is demon/lava/dead husband/Jesus/Santa in May. She 'comes over all queer' (that's what she told me, hatefully, may I add) and rings ambulance in case she's dying/possessed. Ambulance man tells me off. Result: Leadlight, $140; ambulance, $90; flowers for wobbly head lady, $38; flowers for leadlight lady, $38. Incident 4: After just four weeks, I decide to kill trampoline. Try to dismantle its springs. Trap finger. I'm sure I heard trampoline chuckle. Result: $58 A&E, $78 x-ray, $24 wine and painkillers."
LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 14 °C Min: 7°C (overnight) Humidity: 89% Cloudy periods and the odd shower. Southwesterlies. (Translation: meh day)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Blank moment...so no weirdness...
DAILY FOF MOMENT Well the original fail of the day was going to be Tina tripping on the edge of a bit of wood under a mat and looking like a total dick...hahahaha. BUT something far more entertaining happened.
Brought to you yet again by Tina...
She was trying on Matt's work harness...Matt said "try that on", so she tried it on...he then told Tina to tighten it up, so naturally she listened (like the good little bitch she is)...HOWEVER, while she wasn't paying attention Matt flung it up over the beam and lifted her off the ground. Meanwhile Maz was on the computer after culling her list when she heard Tina then screaming like a bitch cause her balls were hurting. Maz ran in saw what was going on, ran back, got her camera, realised there was no card, managed to go grab one and take a photo all before she was let down...."hahaha...what good help I was. Such a good friend I am"
Tina didn't want you to see her crying like a bitch because of her balls, so we have blurred her
SO that is the FAIL OF THE DAY!!
At least Tina learnt, Never trust Matt when strapped in a harness!
After not rolling in the door till about 4.30am Maz never got to bed till almost 5.30am. So she slept all day...well till around 2pm.
Hell must of froze over this morning because Tina, Matt and the kids went to church. WTF? They never go to church, but somehow they were talked into go by Matt's dad.
Other than that nothing much to report on today.
With swine flu cases soaring in New Zealand and schools resuming tomorrow, health officials are advising teachers and students to stay home if they are sick. In New Zealand there are now 2255 confirmed cases of swine flu (Influenza A H1N1) and the virus has led to the deaths of 10 people.
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook Hawke's Bay about noon today. The quake was centred 40km south of Hastings, at a depth of 50km at 12.03pm, GNS science reported. It was felt in the Hawke's Bay.
Blue Chip co-founder Mark Bryers has racked up another debt - this time $11.2 million to Westpac. The High Court last week awarded summary judgment to Westpac NZ Ltd against Bryers after he guaranteed a company debt.
A man who was fatally hit by a car outside a hospital emergency department lay injured for nearly 24 minutes before an ambulance transported him inside. Ross Stuart Andrew, 54, was hit outside Waitakere Hospital in Henderson, West Auckland, just before 8.15am on July 9. He died in North Shore Hospital two days later. Police said Andrew was walking across the hospital's access road when he was hit by a car turning into the site. A witness called 111 and an ambulance was dispatched from central Auckland.
Celebrated Kiwi painter Frances Hodgkins has joined Beethoven, Hemingway and Rembrandt - by having a crater on Mercury named after her. The Hodgkins crater is among 16 discovered by Nasa's Messenger spacecraft last October. All such landforms on the closest planet to the sun are named after dead artists, authors and musicians. The names are suggested by members of the Messenger team, the public and the International Astronomical Union.
A Kiwi flight attendant has been at the centre of an internet controversy while competing for a spot on the New York Knicks cheerleading squad. Melissa Rodriguez, 27, auditioned to become the 18th member of the Knicks City Dancers and made it to the final two. Fans were then asked to vote for their favourite. The winner is due to be announced by the end of tomorrow. However organisers wiped all the votes for both contestants after allegations were made that Rodriguez was cheating, according to a fan site run by her brother. She was alleged to have told people how to set up an automatic vote for her on the site.
THINGS THAT MAKE YOU GO AWW... The long-lost love who stole Hank Hartel's heart has been found. The 69-year-old Australian was searching for New Zealander Jan Grace, whom he met on a ship from England in 1965. Hank was thrilled to learn Jan contacted the Herald on Sunday after his story appeared last week. "It's beautiful," he said. "It'll be nice just to be able to send her an email." Jan, who has been happily married for 40 years and has two adult children and four grandchildren, said she remembered Hartel well. "A lovely, sincere, handsome young man with a good sense of humour,"she said. "We shared a lot of fun and good times until he left the ship in Melbourne to start his new life in Australia."
SLIGHTLY TWISTED How do you know that your gf is really hot?
When you stick your hands down her pants and it feels like youre feeding a horse
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 9°C (overnight) Humidity: 79% Passing showers. Fresh westerlies. (Translation: wind, showers, bit chilly)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Just over 5days till Body Art Awards and Maz isn't stressed!
DAILY FOF MOMENT No fail, besides Maz still having a plague and not putting two & two together. FAIL just for having a lame/no fail!!!
This is being written on Sunday evening as we weren't around last night.
Russell worked at Ginger Minx (Yay), so Maz spent the night hanging out there. There was an All Blacks game on at Eden Park, so it was a whole different crowd to normal...lots of rugby heads. And you know what time we rolled in the door from there. Maz was highly productive while there though, worked on her concept designs (shading & drawing the designs for the arms) and got a shoe order. YAY!
Tonight also marked 4months open for Ginger Minx!!!
Uber-cool New York band MGMT will DJ a fundraising night in Auckland for recovering Kiwi musician Chris Knox. The 56-year-old, known as the godfather of left-field New Zealand rock, had a major stroke last month and was admitted to Auckland City Hospital. He was discharged about two weeks ago and has since been undergoing speech therapy and work on relearning motor skills.
A convicted Rotorua policeman is still a sworn officer receiving full pay, despite being found guilty of choking his wife unconscious.
An 11-year-old boy has been shot dead while he and a cousin played with an unsecured high-powered rifle.
SLIGHTLY TWISTED What do you call a dead baby, a rat, 6 week old bread and a gherkin?
A Big Mac
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 14 °C Min: 10°C (overnight) Humidity: 63% A few showers and fine breaks. Strong southwest. (Translation: some rain, some cloud, some sun...a mixed up day really)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS That Maz used her brain before going out and saved the forecast.
DAILY FOF MOMENT Forgetting how bad traffic and parking would be around the Minx last night, and having to park two streets up. FAIL!!!
Maz has the beginning of kiddie plague. Completely not cool seeings as we are so close to the body art awards. Frickin kids and their damn germs! Other than feeling the effects of kiddie plague and being completely sick of hearing kids yelling, jumping, screaming and crying, Maz did some more sculpting today of little wee things that will become pendants, while watching "Confessions of a Shopaholic" this evening.
Russell is working at Minx tomorrow night.
Police are warning Hawke's Bay motorists to expect delays after a house being towed on a trailer blew apart this morning. The incident occurred on State Highway 50a just south of Omahu Road.
A southern right whale and its calf are attracting lots of attention in Waiwera, north of Auckland. The whales have been in the area for about a week and are quite close to shore, but conservators say there are no fears about beaching.
Southlanders are being urged to prepare for a civil emergency as strong aftershocks continued to rock the southern region today, following Wednesday night's 7.8 earthquake. Four tremors measuring over five on Richter magnitude hit the area this morning . The first, measuring 5.3 in strength jolted Southland residents at 4.13am. It was centred 120km west of Tuatapere and was 30km deep. The second at 5.27am measuring 5.6 was centred 130km northwest of Tuatapere and was 12km deep, the third at 10.18am measuring 5.5 was centred 150km west of Tuatapere and was 5km deep, and the fourth at 11.01am measuring 5.2 was centred 100km west of Tuatapere and 5km deep.
One person was taken to North Shore Hospital and 50 others evacuated from the Takapuna Aquatic Centre last night after a chlorine leak just before 6 o'clock. Police road blocks kept people away from the scene. AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 10°C (overnight) Humidity: 96% Outbreaks of rain. Brisk easterlies. (Translation: rain...cloud...dark...gloomy)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS That Maz's absolute hatred and loath for children increases everyday...
DAILY FOF MOMENT JayJay forgot to send the shop order last night, she found out today when she got to work and wondered where is was. FAIL!!!
Maz has been a busy beaver today. She had an interview for the North Shore Times this afternoon, had a wardrobe fitting for Legend of the Seeker, then it was off to look at washing machines (Tina's one is broken) and then FINALLY at long last it was back home to start working on stuff for the Body Art Awards. 9 days to go now and she is still laxed about the whole thing.
JayJay had a customer today called No Moon Soon. For real and that spelling isn't made up either. She has also been served at the post office all week by the same person, Cartia, like the asprin tablet. What's with the weird names? JayJay also had somebody ask her if she got a new tattoo and what it meant, because of the placement of the JadedSphnix logo on her Facebook profile picture.
Lots happening in the news today so lets get to it...
Officials are today checking for damage after a huge earthquake rocked parts of the South Island last night. People ran from restaurants in Queenstown as buildings shook and lights went out. Phone lines went down as people overloaded the lines. GNS recorded the quake as 7.8 magnitude at 9.22pm followed 20 minutes later by a 6.1 magnitude. The quake was followed by violent aftershocks felt as far north as Wellington. GNS seismologist Bill Fry said the aftershocks would last for the next few weeks.
The effects of the 7.8 earthquake and aftershocks that struck Fiordland last night were felt as far away as Australia. The quake, which was centred 100km northwest of Tuatapere and 12km deep, struck at 9.22pm and triggered an alert from the Pacific tsunami warning centre in Hawaii. In Sydney, a performance at Bondi Pavilion was cancelled and the theatregoers were evacuated, while other Sydney residents were warned to keep away from the water's edge. However, there was only a small surge of water, about 17cm high, and the tsunami warning was cancelled after its size was confirmed on arrival at Bluff at about 10.30pm.
A 10th person has died of swine flu, the Ministry of Health says. The latest death was a Gisborne man in his 40s with serious underlying medical conditions. (seems that everybody who has died from swine flu in NZ have all had underlying medical conditions)
A sharp-eyed prison officer foiled an attempt to have cannabis delivered to an inmate at Tongariro/Rangipo prison on the weekend. "One of our guys was on his way into work when he spotted what looked like a tupperware container tucked into the grass by the prison entrance," acting assistant regional manager Diane Brophy said. "The way the container was placed aroused suspicion so the Corrections officer stopped to investigate further. "Inside he found approximately an ounce of cannabis leaf - enough for several tinnies and considered a valuable commodity by some prisoners." While there was no indication of who the drugs were for it was likely somebody planted it for a prisoner on an outside work party to pick up later, Ms Brophy said.
A Queenstown schoolboy is facing possible suspension after creating an "abusive and derogatory" online quiz about his teachers on the social networking website Facebook. The quiz, littered with profanities, referred to one teacher as a drug user, while others were described as circus freaks, The Southland Times reported. The 15-year-old invited friends to compare themselves to staff members at Wakatipu High School by answering five questions.
A New Zealand man spent a "wretched" night in a Fiji prison cell after frightened residents and police raided his Freemasons meeting, suspecting witchcraft and sorcery. The man, who didn't want to be named, blamed "dopey village people" for the raid in which 14 members of the Freemasons Lodge of Lautoka were herded into police cars and jailed for the night. Police also seized lodge paraphernalia, including wands, compasses and a skull.
and if you haven't seen it already, the footage of the pepsi ad that Michael Jackson did in 1984 (the one where his hair caught fire) is below...
SIDESWIPPING IT A reader writes: "A friend of ours thought he was pretty clever for finally finishing fencing the backyard so the new dog couldn't get out. A full day of hammering and sawing, doing 'man stuff' ... After the job was finished, his wife returned home to view the final product. She was overjoyed, but then asked, 'So you're not going fishing any more?' A confused hubby didn't get it, until his wife pointed out he had not only fenced in the dog, but the family boat and trailer as well. Nice one, Dave."
New Zealand actor Sam Neill has been fronting a pro-meat television ad saying red meat is a vital contributor to brain health and featuring lines such as, "Meat - you'd be silly not to eat it". This has angered Jason Baker, director of PETA Asia-Pacific, an animal ethics group, who sent him a letter suggesting alternatives, such as, "Meat: it's what's rotting in your colon". In a letter to Neill he says: "Seeing you pimp for an industry that is linked to the main killers of human beings as well as of animals is, well, sad ... Human beings don't have to die of meat-related causes, such as cancer of the bowel and colon, and hardened arteries."
SLIGHTLY TWISTED How long does it take for a black woman to shit?
9 Months
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 15 °C Min: 9°C (overnight) Humidity: 93% Fine. Westerlies turning northeast. (Translation: Sunny enough that there was a sunset...oOo...photo below)
taken from Maz's house in Bayview
CURRENT WEIRDNESS There was a sunset *gasp*
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz & Russell stopped in at Gull this afternoon, Maz went in and paid and was in her own world walking back to the car. She didn't notice that Russell had pulled up near the entrance so she didn't have to walk as far and in her own little world walked towards the pump. Till Russell tooted. FAIL!!! and I'm sorry that's as good as we can do today for a fail.
Lets see...it's July 15th which means that today is JayJay's birthday!!! Maz sent her a somewha annoying text this morning...basicially the Happy Birthday song but sent as it is sung (line by line).
CHECK IT OUT...LOVIN IT RIGHT NOW...
Amber made a complete dick of herself while at Denny's having breakfast with Hannah. She (Hannah) was telling Amber something about elk, and Amber was like "whats an elk?". Hannah was like "really? its a reindeer!". And then Amber looked like a dick by saying "whoa I thought reindeer were made up!!"
Maz was up at the crack of dawn (not even dawn) to boot Russell out of bed to drop Matt off at work. Then helped Tina get Jamie & Joelle ready to go on set for the first time, they were super excited. Domestic morning, washed dishes, cleaned windows (how thrilling). Took photos of Biccie & Doughnut pendants, they are now available to buy...YAY!!!
TVNZ has apologised for a swear word being repeatedly broadcast on One News last night. The F word featured in court footage from the Clayton Weatherston murder trial in Christchurch.
A man who watched his bus burn in front of him is unimpressed the fire communications centre did not know where Southland was. Greg Sayers was outside his family's partly converted small bus in Edendale, 39km northeast of Invercargill, when he noticed it was on fire and called 111, the Southland Times reported. The operator put him through to fire communications, but told him no one was answering, Mr Sayers said. The operator then tried a different number, but the new operator was unsure of where he was in the country, he said. "I said Edendale and she said 'where's that?' and I said Southland and she said 'where's that?"'Police have confirmed that as part of a review of equipment used by frontline officers some speed radars will be taken out of patrol cars and not all will necessarily be replaced. Frontline officers say they had been advised 400 Stalker detection units, which are leased, are to be removed from police vehicles as part of efforts to cut $21 million from the police operating budget. There are 1000 Stalker units in patrol cars around the country. Officers said they feared many speeding motorists would now escape without penalty. SIDESWIPPING IT A reader writes: "While heading north at the weekend I spotted a hitchhiker with a sense of humour hoping for a ride in the other direction. To up his chances of success he held a sign reading 'Won't kill you'. I have no doubt he would have been picked up in no time at all by a passerby or, if not, a marketing agency with a little foresight."
An American toddler did such a good job of hiding during a game of hide-and-seek that the family had to call police to help find her. Emergency crews and friends frantically searched the neighbourhood for an hour before the family dog found Natalie, 2. She had fallen asleep in a drawer underneath the washing machine.
SLIGHTLY TWISTED How do you get a leper out of a bath tub?
With a sieve
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 15 °C Min: 11°C (overnight) Humidity: 89% Cloudy spells. Late rain. Dying westerly. (Translation: Auckland weather being well...Auckland weather)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS 10pm and Maz is thinking about bed...
DAILY FOF MOMENT A couple of Tina's friends came over and failed when turning around in the drive. Mushy clay + car front left wheel = FAIL!!!
hmmmm...it's raining again and blogger is being a bit of an arse. Surprised? No. Well I'm not either.
Maz was meant to get some clear nail polish tonight, but ended up with two new t-shirts, two pairs of heels and a New Moon poster (as well as nail polish), she thinks she might have a wee problem. In more productive news, Maz finished the cookie & doughnut pendants today and has also going to be getting interviewed for the North Shore Times about body art. Awesome huh?
An Auckland Prison visitor has been arrested after trying to smuggle in drugs and a cellphone in his shoes. The man was visiting the prison with a woman yesterday when a search revealed the contraband, prison manager Kelly Puohotaua said. "On the female visitor we found a cellphone, brand new, that she had no idea how to use ," he said. "The male visitor was picked up by the metal detector on his way to being searched, indicating an object possibly concealed in his shoes. "Staff began the rub down search and could strongly smell glue. The inner sole and outer heel of each of his shoes had been removed and cannabis and a cellphone packed inside them, before they were glued back together." The man was detained by staff until police arrived, arresting him and cautioning the woman.
Healthcare lobbyists have criticised the Government's funding cuts in the face of a report showing New Zealand is the third fattest nation in the developed world. They fear disease and complications caused by obesity will lead to higher healthcare costs in the future. The Health Care Data 2009 report, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, focused on 30 nations. Of those that reported on weight issues, all showed they were getting fatter. The obesity rate among adults in New Zealand in 2007 was 26.5 per cent. This compared with figures reported the previous year by the United States at 34.3 per cent and Mexico at 30 per cent.
Giving Maori title over the seabed and foreshore could result in charges for commercial recreational activities, such as surfing or surfcasting competitions, says a controversial legal academic. David Round, a law lecturer at the University of Canterbury, said that if any form of title was given to Maori - or anyone other than the Crown - it was likely iwi could charge for any commercial use of that area.
Television and film producer John Barnett supports the concept of a super city but doesn't want the film industry to be its first casualty. He fears that might happen if diversity or suburban identities disappear under a bland, single-brand Auckland Council. Barnett says he is concerned the "holistic" environment in Waitakere city for the film industry, where his company South Pacific Pictures is based, might be affected by local government reorganisation. SLIGHTLY TWISTED Did you hear Vaseline is coming out with new labels for its petroleum jelly?
They're going to have a picture of missing gerbils on it.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 9°C (overnight) Humidity: 84% Rain with gusty northwesterlies. (Translation: and the rain came AGAIN!!!)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS How much shopping Maz has been doing...
DAILY FOF MOMENT Tina was about to post a letter off. Thing is she hadn't written the address on it or who the sender was, but at least it had a stamp right? FAIL!!!
Maz slept like a retard monkey last night, so has felt like that she should be wearing a neckbrace all day. But it did stop her from painting the doughnuts or going shopping...a fine form corset top for herself and a couple of dvd's (Edward Scissorhands & Nightwatch)...AND two hoodies & a t-shirt for Russell. One of the hoodies reads "SINGLE...ish". Naughty Maz!
JayJay is still finding blue paint on her...surprise, surprise. Today it was blue snot...how I have no idea, especially since she wasn't airbrushed. She must of been snotting smurfs or something.
The winning tender for Auckland's $406 million Victoria Park tunnel project has been announced. It has been won by the consortium 'V Formation, made up of Fletcher Construction, Beca Engineering, Higgins Contractors and Australian consultancy Parsons and Brinckerhoff. Building of the "cut and cover" tunnel will start no later than March 2010 and Fletcher Construction said the whole plan could be completed in time for the 2011 Rugby World Cup.
Bewildered passengers found the platforms unusually green and springy at Britomart Station in Auckland yesterday, after the concrete floor was temporarily transformed into a "meadow". A milk company spent all night laying 1250sq m of grass - ready to greet the first train of travellers that arrived just after 7am. The station remained open throughout the day of filming for eight Meadow Fresh commercials. One train driver spent all day driving in and out of the station amid the actors, buttercups, bushes and grass needed for the advertisements. Northcote Intermediate students will be next to walk on the grass. It will be laid between new classrooms being built at the school.
A 50-year-old Mt Maunganui woman died after lying for hours in a roadside ditch between Tauranga and Te Maunga during heavy rain early yesterday. The woman was a passenger in a car travelling along State Highway 2 towards Te Maunga - or 'The Mount' - when about one kilometre past the Maungatapu bridge from Tauranga she asked to make a toilet stop. She got out, climbed over the metal crash barrier on the roadside and is thought to have fallen, ending up lying in the ditch. It is believed she had been drinking.
Next Magazine announced the winner of the fiction section of the Montana New Zealand Book Awards - before the judges have even made their decision! The magazine published who it believed had won the fiction category in the August edition of its magazine.
The number of people claiming the unemployment benefit has topped 50,000 - almost three times the 17,710 at the same time last year. Aucklanders account for almost half of the increase. About 15,000 more are on the dole than in June last year.
SIDESWIPPING IT The Most Memorable Kiwi One-Liners: Get a perm (Instant Kiwi ad); Bugger (Toyota ad); You're not in Guatemala now, Dr Ropata (early Shortland Street); Beached as, bro (Australian web animation making fun of the Kiwi accent); That is a moustache on a lady (Paul Henry, Breakfast); Start a group (Paul Henry, Breakfast); That's how John Rowles (Dancing with the Stars); O for awesome (David Tua); Jeez Wayne! (McPhail and Gadsby); Front bums (what John Tamihere calls the ladies).
A reader who went to Moyes in Panmure with his 67-year-old mother wasn't impressed with the service. "She was looking at a Suzuki Swift. I test-drove a car and said I would go away and think about it and the salesman told me and my mother to 'f*** off' and go and waste someone else's time. I complained but heard nothing back. Great service from a so-called reputable car yard. Mother bought a new Suzuki Swift, but not from Moyes."
About 200 pre-teens in London were given pedometers to count how many steps they walked, as part of a study into obesity. The study required 11- and 12-year-olds to clip a pedometer to their waists, with researchers at the Mile End Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine collecting the readings by satellite. Researchers were surprised by the activity levels recorded in some obese children; further investigation revealed some had attached their pedometer to their family pets.
SLIGHTLY TWISTED Me not silly, me not dumb. Me stick cork up dogs bum!
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 3°C (overnight) Humidity: 78% Fine. Southwesterlies dying away. (Translation: cold, but sunny. So really a nice winters day...)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS That Maz now has Russell & Tina both doing little bits and pieces in her bid to take over the world...
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz slept like a retard monkey, so has a sore neck and back...FAIL!!!
We've hit it...can you believe it, we are at the...
HALFWAY POINT!
It seems like you have been gone a lot longer that 59days. Although now that you are halfway it is going to go alot quicker...that's how it normally works.Maz worked on making some cookie pendants today, they will be super cute like the doughnut pendants. Fun times.
Amber is currently working on a new track for Codeine Like Candy, it's the one with the weird male voice in the background. However since Amber doesn't believe in ghosts "it's some weird frequency thing that i cant explain right now". It's all very weird. But what's weirder still is that she heard the voices when her headphones were off and the song wasnt even playing. She thought it was someone outside, then thought i was going skitso...but then Lauren heard it too. Amber didn't tell anyone about it and when they were having band practice and Lauren was like "who sings those male vocals in there?"
JayJay learnt (well tv taught her) today that when milk carton's die, they go to heaven. I don't know what she was watching but I think she could of been watching Blue - Coffee & TV...
A New Zealand taekwondo athlete has opened a brothel to help fund his bid to compete at the 2012 London Olympics, local media reported Sunday. Logan Campbell, 23, told the Sunday Star-Times newspaper he hoped his Auckland "gentleman's club," which provided escort services, would help him raise about $300,000 toward his London Games campaign.
A morbidly obese man so big he had to be cut out of his home for hospital treatment could have been lying there for days. Eight firefighters and three ambulance officers were called on to get the man, who is believed to be in his 50s, out of the second storey of his Rotorua home. The team lowered the man - estimated by one firefighter to weigh 400kg - to the ground with a forklift after cutting a hole in the wall. They manoeuvred him to the forklift by dragging him across the ground on a sheet. "We got him on to the back of a truck, which a member of the public kindly offered to drive, because he wouldn't fit in the ambulance," said firefighter Derryn Davidson. Senior Station Officer Jim Prescott said the man could have been lying on the ground for days after falling and being unable to get up or help himself. Because he had made his home in a workshop in an industrial area, it was likely no one knew he was there.
Scott Dixon has a little girl racer in his life - although she did make a slightly premature start. New Zealand's Indy Car champion and wife Emma are the proud, first-time parents of Poppy Davies Dixon, born in Indianapolis this week at a healthy 6lb 8oz (2.95kg).
The number of deaths involving swine flu has risen to seven, after a Taranaki man who died earlier this week was confirmed as having the illness.
Highly skilled military pilots are flying Air New Zealand-owned passenger aircraft to boost their training. Air Force pilots Jonathan Pound and Rudyard Andrew, both in their early 20s, are working as first officers on Air Nelson flights, flying 50-seat Q300 Bombardiers between Blenheim, Wellington and Nelson. The loan is part of a trial between Air New Zealand, which owns Air Nelson, and the RNZAF to help train pilots on "glass cockpit" aircraft.
Prince William may visit New Zealand next year after he let slip a planned Down Under tour that was meant to be top secret. The Daily Mail reported the 27-year-old prince accidentally told a teenage tourist he planned to visit Australia next year.
A bargain hunter has struck artistic gold after buying a $5 oil painting in a "nasty old frame" from a Whangarei charity shop. Swedish artist Edward Fristrom's A Breezy Day at Seatoun, Wellington was bought for $5 at the Whangarei Allsortz Hospice Shop and is now set to fetch more than $7000 in an online auction. The shop raises money for North Haven Hospice, which is now reviewing its art assessment policy after the valuable painting slipped under its radar.
and surprise, surprise Tony Veitch's former partner, Kristin Dunne-Powell, is now "speaking out" about the events that happened. First with the Herald today and next with television. YEAH...MILK IT!!!
SLIGHTLY TWISTED How do you make a 5 year old cry twice? Wipe your bloody dick on its favourite teddy bear
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 12 °C Min: 5°C (overnight) Humidity: 62% Cloudy. Strong southeasterlies. (Translation: cold, wet...seems to be the norm)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Why was Lenny dressed up at 7 of 9 on the Simpsons tonight? mmmmm 7 of 9...
DAILY FOF MOMENT Nick not remembering his phone call with JayJay last night about being stuck on K Road. Nick not texting through a number and JayJay waking up Corey when getting back to the house cause the dog decided to go nuts. Oh and JayJay having to wash the body paint off herself... UBER FAIL!
Maz, Russell & Tina went to Ginger Minx last night. And we must say the music was pretty good (mainly because we turned up at 11pm & benwah was on). Tina really enjoyed the Minx, it was way different to what she expected, but she can see now why we go and hang out there.
They have some yummy new drinks now as well...we tried the the mulled wine (sooo good), Sensual Seduction and Hubba Bubba.
Sensual Seduction (left) - cafe boheme cream liquer, cherry marnier and dark chocolate liqueur, paired up with fresh grated cinnamon & nutmeg, lashings of shaved dark chocolate and fresh cream Hubba Bubba (right) - as good as it sounds - grape or apple hubba bubba martini served with bubblegum olives. choose from three olives apple or grape vodka. (we had grape)
This evening we christened the house with it's first body paint and JayJay nakie time, as Maz was painting JayJay up for Kinky Slinky. Maz is stoked with how it came out...not bad considering she hasn't had much pratice at painting clothing.
All up it took about 4 hours of painting. So not bad at all.
Kinky Slinky was okay, but it was just another Slinky event. The dancers wore their usually stuff, even though they were told to push the risk factor a bit. So all in all a non-event on the kink side of things. Justin Sanes had the crowd cranking in the front room, while the main room was well...the main room.
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY N/A as this is being written on Sunday! It was raining though.
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Being so tired after the trip to the Minx last night. Geez was in bed by 2.30am...
DAILY FOF MOMENT It was going to be the dancers at Kinky Slinky...not really dancing but really just pose, pose, pose. But then we got back to where JayJay's car was and well it was there...but not anymore. Yes JayJay's car got towed...so we were out in the wind and the rain, it was fuckin cold so we had to text around to get picked up (especially since she couldn't pick it up till 7am). So...RUSSELL TO THE RESCUE!!! That was a MAJOR FAIL!
The halfway point looms ever closer! Only a few days to go before you hit it...I wonder how quickly time will go after halfway.
Maz had another productive day, this time making Doughnut pendants. YUM!!! (doughnuts not really eatable) and tonight she is going to pop into Ginger Minx with Tina & Russell. Should be good.
Tomorrow night Maz is body painting JayJay for Kinky Slinky. Exciting stuff, especially since Maz is going to try out a few new things. And don't worry there will be photos (possibly before anybody else sees).
Nearly 400 jobs at New Zealand Post Group have fallen victim to the recession. Acting group chief executive Sam Knowles said there had been 237 redundancies in the first half of this year, 86 jobs were lost through attrition, and 61 fixed term contracts not renewed. Not all the news was bad, with 90 new jobs created.
Police have arrested a male cross-dresser after two bank robberies in Manawatu. The man and a woman were stopped in a car by police in central Palmerston North soon after a Kiwibank was robbed about noon yesterday. The man, wearing a skirt and high-heeled boots, made off with about $800, police said.
Organisers of the annual Starlight Symphony concert in Auckland may have been thrown a lifeline. The concert, one of the city's most popular events, faces being axed after its major sponsor, SkyCity, announced it was pulling out. But sponsorship broker Murray Stott - managing director of Database Publishing - told the Herald he was willing to step in to help save the event.
All New Zealanders can get a free flu jab as the Ministry of Health moves to ease pressure on struggling medical centres and hospitals. Eligibility for a free seasonal influenza vaccine has been extended to all New Zealanders, not just those with underlying health problems. It is available from general practices from now until the end of September. The vaccine would not protect individuals from swine flu.
It has been touted as a successful treatment for everything from insomnia and depression to Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis. Should marijuana be legal in NZ on prescription only? (yes the debate is back on)
NATIONAL ANTHEMS I know it was a few weeks ago, but it's about time some photos are put up here
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 8°C (overnight) Humidity: 87 % High cloud increasing. Light winds. (Translation: It was a nice day again. Nice weather surprises me in winter.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Two productive days in a row...what is going on???
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz's starting conversation with Sara (Nick's Sara)... hey...your i get need to paint the om nom nom that was well not english i meant...I just need to paint the om nom nom for you FAIL!
What a productive day it was today for Maz. She handed in the physical copy of her NZ Body Art Award concepts (& payment), posted off her Style Pasifika designs (& payment), PLUS she has sculpted two Om Nom Nom's today as well (possibly may make more tonight). Maz also went to Spotlight again and spent a further $20 on lace, ribbon, string of pearls and gold 'rope' (stuff for the Kinky Slinkybody paint & Body Art Awards). She even picked up a 'stick' at Mitre 10, so she can make the weapon for Body Art Awards. FUN TIMES!!!
Check out The Rapping Flight Attendant as well. Wouldn't that be frickin awesome!?!
The weather was warm enough for some girls today to be out in shorts and singlets. It was a wonderful sight driving along Wairau Road, but you must remember...it's the school holidays, it could be wrong to be looking at them.
Oh and the kids spotted Maz in the 2Degree advert. Orange shirt, white scarf! woot!
The swine flu death toll has officially reached six with a seventh case unconfirmed.
One of Auckland's most popular summer events is at risk after its major sponsor yesterday pulled hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding. The SkyCity Starlight Symphony - which has been running for the past 17 years - is in limbo as its promoters look for a new sponsor. SkyCity - the naming-rights sponsor for 11 years - has announced it will no longer fund the show.
While some females would argue this has long been the case, British fertility researchers are on track to proving it, having created sperm using stem cells from an embryo. Scientists at the Northeast England Stem Cell Institute say that with some minor adjustments, the technique could theoretically be used to fertilise an egg to create a child - taking real men out of the equation.
John Key says the "door is wide open" for former All Black Michael Jones to stand for National if he decides he wants to be an MP. Mr Jones is on the Prime Minister's trip to the Pacific, as is Va'iga Tuigamala. Mr Key said he had tried to encourage Mr Jones to stand in 2008, but he had chosen not to for family reasons. He said if Mr Jones changed his mind, "the door is wide open".
The bodies of a man and a woman have been found outside a Rotorua address after a fatal shooting this afternoon. The incident took place in Rotorua's Sunset Rd. A police spokesperson said the two victims were not shot by police. Traffic is being diverted from the area.
A Maori cloak and a diamond-studded silver fern are among some of the Queen's most treasured gifts to be displayed in London this month.
The Queen and Commonwealth: The Royal Tour exhibition will run in Buckingham Palace from July 26 to September 30, displaying gifts given to the Queen on her various trips around the world. They include a cloak presented to her by Maori chiefs in 1953 when she visited Arawa Park in Rotorua. The Queen was invested as a Maori chieftain and given the brown kiwi-feather cloak as well as a korowai - a flax cape covered in tassles. A diamond-studded fern brooch gifted to her by the Women of Auckland group on Christmas Day 1953 will also be displayed, as will the intricately patterned dress she wore for the state opening of Parliament on a 1963 visit to New Zealand. Other gifts from the Pacific in the exhibition will include traditional handheld fans from Tuvalu, a Fijian whale tooth necklace and an Aboriginal carving from Australia.
And to international news...
John "Junior" Gotti has lost another attempt to be freed on bail before his New York trial on racketeering charges. Judge Kevin Castel rejected his latest bid during a hearing on Wednesday afternoon in federal court in Manhattan. Gotti's defence lawyers had asked Castel to free him on bail while he awaits a trial in September.Prosecutors have accused Gotti of being involved in three slayings in the late 1980s and early 1990s and possessing and trafficking more than 5 kilograms of cocaine. His three previous trials have ended with hung juries and mistrials.
Police say a 22-year-old worker died after falling into a vat of boiling chocolate in New Jersey. The accident happened at a plant owned by Lyons and Sons in Camden.Police tell WPVI-TV in Philadelphia that the chocolate was being mixed
It is Australia's national gemstone, mined in the deserts of the Outback and prized worldwide for its brilliant plays of light and colour. But the opal industry is struggling, with the market flooded with synthetic stones and demand plunging thanks to the global recession. The situation is so dire that the world's only tertiary-level course in opal cutting, in the South Australian mining town of Coober Pedy, has just been scrapped. Stuart Jackson, who founded the course 20 years ago, said yesterday: "Opal is a luxury item and times are tough. You can't eat it, you don't need it, so people aren't buying it." Coober Pedy calls itself the "Opal Capital of the World", but even there, shops in the dusty main street are selling synthetic stones, made from plastic and silica and imported into Australia, mainly from Japan.
U2 and Bono's long-held commitment to "save the planet" has been questioned after it emerged they have a combined carbon footprint big enough to fly the band the distance from the Earth to Mars. The Irish rockers have campaigned to fight poverty and Aids in Africa and Bono called on the world's population to take better care of their planet. Speaking in Tokyo last year he said: "My prayer is that we become better in looking after our planet." However, according to an environmentalists' website, the band's 100-date 18-month world tour will see the multi-millionaires clock up 70,000 air miles (113,000km) in their private jet.
One's a rising soccer star. The other's a self-described jealous boyfriend. One had no physical evidence linking him to a rape. The other had matched DNA and teeth marks. One's black. The other's white. One was convicted. The other was never a suspect. Please check out the story here and Digg it or Twitter a link to it #FreeEric. It hasn't had much publicity at all, just a single story on ESPN.
HAWT RIGHT NOW Beyonce has a new track out and it is HAWT. Awesome, awesome hook! Check out the video clip below.
SLIGHTLY TWISTED (BY MISS CADAVER) A dyslexic kid sold his soul to Santa
SIDESWIPPING IT An empty billboard is an ugly thing in a recession and a tempting canvas for taggers, but a group of street artists from Cut Collective have come up with a great idea to brighten up unbooked billboard space. Together with billboard company OGGI, the Cut Collective will add its street art on empty billboard spaces around Auckland. The first artwork, measuring a massive 6m x 3m, will be auctioned on Trade Me, with the proceeds going to Kenzies Gift, a charity supporting families of children with cancer. Come on, corporate Auckland with large dull foyers, dig deep!
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 13 °C Min: 2°C (overnight) Humidity: 84 % Fine, with light southeasterly winds. (Translation: It was a beautiful day, the sunset even had colour *gasp*)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Maz had a productive day for once *gasp*
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz shaking her ass at Russell while opening the door and Tina opening the door at the sametime to snap her. FAIL!
(Adam) Freeland...check that shit out!!! Click here!!! So hawt today. now there is a reason behind knowing about Freeland, PEREZ! But anywho apparently Black Eyed Peas have stolen a sample of the song "Mancry" by Freeland. According to reports, B.E.P. member and producer Will.I.Am was at an event last year where Freeland performed this song in question. The B.E.P "version" is called "Party All The Time" and is to be on their new album The E.N.D. We will have to see what happens. Let's see...Maz was up at the crack of dawn (it wasn't even dawn, it was still dark outside) to watch the Michael Jackson Memorial on TV, and she was surprised that it wasn't the circus that she was expecting it would be. It was like a normal funeral service, but with a few thousand more people. Beautifully done. Maz has finished all of her designing now (both NZ Body Art and Style Pasifika are down). This afternoon she went and picked up the fabric needed (SPOTLIGHT)...one of the fabrics was $26.99 per meter, Maz is rather shocked that she paid it and all up spent close to $80 on fabric for what is basicially a skirt. While in Spotlight though Maz found these things called Face Paint Sticks...and began to think. They are basicially like a crayon but paint. Could possibly make life a lot easier and very interesting. Bring on the competition!!!
Nine Wellington bus drivers have been sacked for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars in fares, but they won't face charges if they repay the money, bus company Go Wellington says. The drivers were fired over the past three months for stealing at least $20,000 between May and June, the Dominion Post reported.
More New Zealanders are cutting their spending because of the recession but the dollars they do spend are going on food, fashion and fun, a survey shows.
The cost of living in Auckland is cheap compared with major cities measured in a global survey. Out of the 143 cities measured by consultancy firm Mercer, Auckland placed 138th, down from 78th in 2008. Mercer's 2009 Worldwide Cost of Living survey compares the cost of housing, transport, food and other goods, and is used an indicator for compensation for companies who send their employees abroad.
SIDESWIPPING IT One way to keep those Swine Flu carriers away: "You wash your coffee mug and leave it to dry in the office kitchen. Next thing you know, Nasty Joe from three cubes down is using your coffee mug. Our Dirty Mug is sure to fend off other people. Even when it's clean it looks ... well, dirty. No one will ever steal your mug again." (PerpetualKid.com)
Megan writes: "It's nice to know that Post Haste Drivers sign for your parcels themselves. But rather than asking your name or letting you sign it yourself, they use nicknames. A driver I encountered signed me as 'Old Lady'. I am 24. Maybe he shouldn't be driving if he thought I looked that old."
SLIGHTLY TWISTED (BY MISS CADAVER) Whats the difference between a baby and a sandwich?
You dont fuck a sandwich before you eat it
AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY Max: 14 °C Min: 4°C (overnight) Humidity: 89 % Few showers possible. Westerly breezes. (Translation: It was cloudy, I don't remember seeing any rain.)
CURRENT WEIRDNESS Tina doing a little dance at Pizza Hut, Wairau Road to some song on Futurama..."Jimmy got something and I don't care..."
DAILY FOF MOMENT Maz got her hair caught on a nail this morning. Russell had to un-hook her, or though Tina thought it would be funny to leave Maz there for a bit justtofuck with her. FAIL!
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