Day SixtyThree of being Aflickionless...

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.

Day FiftyFive of being Aflickionless...

(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!

Day FiftyTwo of being Aflickionless...

After the bank card phail last night Maz had to go into the bank this morning to get out cash and replace her bank card. She was totally surprised that they could replace it right then, rather than waiting, so that was super awesome.
After the trip to the bank Maz & Russell went up to In Hair to see Sally & Gene. They were doing head shaves in support of Dylan Ward to raise money for the cancer socity. Dylan has recently been diagnosed with Leukemia, his sister has started up a fanbook page too. Check it out here.
On the spur of the moment Maz decided that Russell was to shave his head...and that he did, thanks to Gene. So the goldy locks have gone, no more looking like a chick from behind now...haha.

Maz was also working on set as an extra today. She played a hooker...haha...was working hard for her money. No surprise it wasn't hard for her to dress like one. Red & Black lace dress, black coat, knee high boots, hoop earrings and some red lippy.
Oh yeah and the advert that Maz worked on the other week (for 2Degrees) and its up on YouTube, so check it out (Maz hasn't spoted herself in the crowd yet). Spartacus tomorrow (5.30am start).



JayJay's photos STILL aren't up. Hopefully they will be soon, it's been a week now (well just over).

Oh interesting video Maz found today. It's about the animatronics for the Hall of Presidents at Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort. Quite amazing how life like they look.



New Zealand Michael Jackson fans in three of the main centres have gathered to remember the king of pop. The memorial services were held yesterday in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch. Organiser Rose Van Wylich says New Zealanders needed a place to say goodbye. She says living so far away from Los Angeles, it was important people could gather together to support one another.

Some eastern areas of the South Island are experiencing heavy snowfall. Gerard Barry from MetService says around 15-20 centimetres of snow is forecast for the Canterbury foothills and south of the Rakaia River this morning. The Mt Hutt ski field has had to close for the day after around 20 centimetres of snowfall overnight and it is still snowing hard, with the access road closed because of the risk of avalanche. Mr Barry says snowfall is expected to continue until around midday.

Fair Go presenter Kevin Milne is battling a brain tumour which has taken him off air and left him fighting a "dreadful" lack of energy and enthusiasm. Although the tumour in the pituitary gland is benign, Milne may need surgery to protect his eyes and other parts of his brain.

Most people would shudder at the thought of seeing photos of their mother in lacy underwear and suspenders. Not Auckland student Michael - who twice tried to auction such saucy shots on Trade Me. The first time was to annoy his mother Jennifer after an argument. Her instruction to clear out the garage and sell unwanted items on Trade Me backfired when Michael started an auction titled "5 naked photos of my mum".It was removed by Trade Me the day after, but the 18-year-old posted a second series of "glamour photos" last Sunday - with Jennifer's approval. Although she was wearing more clothing, one was an underwear shot. The auction had more than 11,000 views before Trade Me removed it on Friday.

A Westport couple celebrated selling a queensize bed for $302,600 last night with a free historic six-bedroom guesthouse attached. Kathy Wahrlich and Wayne Saggers listed the bed and free house with a $1 reserve on online auction site Trade Me.

Twenty homes and a hospital were damaged when a tornado ripped through the Far North yesterday afternoon. Residents were evacuated as the twister made landfall at Ninety Mile Beach and left a trail of destruction as it headed south east through Kaitaia.

Next time you're enjoying a classic Kiwi dinner of fish and chips, think twice about what you're eating. New rules allow the import of frozen fillets of Vietnamese catfish or basa, a super-cheap species farmed in the polluted Mekong Delta. The move has raised concerns about health and the impact on the New Zealand fishing industry, and renewed debate on the need for compulsory country-of-origin labelling on food.

A Hamilton teenager with swine flu died at home without being diagnosed with the illness. He was one three New Zealanders to have died in the past week with swine flu more than likely to have been the cause, the Ministry of Health confirmed today. Zachary Wilson, 19, had been ill for three or four days but had not been to hospital before he died last Sunday

SLIGHTLY TWISTED (BY MISS CADAVER)
Whats the definition of disgusting?

Shoving 7 oysters up your grandma and sucking out 8

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 15 °C
Min: 8°C (overnight)
Humidity: 86 %
Showers, fine breaks. Fresh westerlies. (Translation: Fresh, indeed it was...but yet again, where the hell was that thundery weather?)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
Russell has short hair and Maz is planning on going to bed early...

DAILY FOF MOMENT
We had hot dogs for dinner. Tina ate her first one and it was "mean", but on the last bite of it she thought she could smell perfume. She smelt the mustard and thought it smelt like perfume so was put off eating her second hot dog. Funny thing is, it didn't smell like perfume to the rest of us. FAIL!

Day FiftyOne of being Aflickionless...

Hmmmm Cirque du Soleil is back in town and the school holidays have come around again. Okay is it just me or does it seem like they are always on holiday?

Maz is off to see Transformers tonight (will either update after the movie, or it will be in tomorrows blog). UPDATED: Okay so Maz WAS meant to go see Transformers tonight, BUT after getting there and putting in the order her card decided it wouldn't read. Even tried the ATM and it wouldn't read...FUCKIN RAAAA!!! Russell had her card in his jacket, so Maz is thinking his keys scratched it to fuck (even though they were in the pocket infront). So now she has to manually withdraw money till she gets her new card.
Maz is also regreting have such big flippers after looking at shoes on TradeMe, why are all the cute or cool ones for little feet? She is in love with the two pairs of shoe below, BUT they are both size 7

However, she also kinda wishes her feet were bigger (see shoes below)

Besides drooling over shoes, Maz has also been working on a new painting. Below is the first look at it, titled "Opps, I threw up custard"

Michael Jackson stuff for sale on EBay...
Moonwalkingmichael.com (just the domain name). Buy now is $21,000,000.00
Michael Jackson autographed Moonwalk shoes...buy now $20,000,000.00
Heaps more stuff on there, its just nuts. And before we get into the daily news and keeping with the Michael Jackson theme, below is a tour of the Neverland Ranch.



New Zealand appears to have had its first swine flu deaths following confirmation today that three people who have died in the past week had the virus.

Up to 15 houses were left with missing roofing iron and tiling, along with broken windows, after what appeared to be a tornado ripped through Kaitaia this afternoon.

Health officials are working to contain a measles outbreak in Christchurch. Four teenagers at Christchurch Boys' High School have caught the potentially lethal infection, with a fifth case suspected.

How many Unilodge employees does it take to change a lightbulb? One, provided you pay them $12. This is the joke told by Canadian student Graeme Clarke who was not forced to pay only $6 to replace the blown lightbulb in his former bedroom but also a $12 "installation fee" after leaving his $275-a-week room at Unilodge, in Auckland's inner city.

A couple of infrequent visitors to New Zealand waters were spotted off Auckland's Milford Beach this week. Steve Barham photographed this southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) and her calf on their way to Whangaparaoa.

Massey University marine ecology lecturer Karen Stockin told the Weekend Herald the whales - considered an endangered species in New Zealand waters - were probably spending time in warmer, safer, coastal waters before the youngster made his first journey to sub-Antarctic feeding grounds. When fully grown, it could measure up to 18m and tip the scales at 117 tonnes. The calf could live up to 70 years.

The owner of a hotel in small west coast town has died after being punched in the face by a woman patron. David White, the owner of the Little Wanganui Hotel, which is 20kms south of Karamea, was fatally assaulted after trying to intervene in an argument between to females early on Friday morning.

Lockwood Smith has become the first Speaker of the House to be married at Parliament. Thirty-nine years after meeting his sweetheart, the pair finally tied the knot in a ceremony Mr Smith described as a fairytale.

MICHAEL JACKSON HUMOR
Michael Jackson's ashes with be made into a violin. they are going to call it the the kiddy fiddler.

Micheal Jackson did not die in hospital after a heart attack, really he was found in the childrens ward having a stroke.

The family of Michael Jackson is sewing the paramedics,they said he would have been just fine if they had brought him to a Children's Hospital.

Did you hear that Michael Jackson wanted to be cremated and put into an Etch A Sketch so that little boys could still play with him.

SLIGHTLY TWISTED (BY MISS CADAVER)
What do 9 out of 10 people enjoy?

Gang rape

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 16 °C
Min: 10°C (overnight)
Humidity: 92 %
Rain, some thundery with hail. Fresh northeast. (Translation: Bit colder than it has been lately, don't believe them about the thunder though...not after the other night.)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
Maz is actually going to the movies tonight (rather than DHnF), she hasn't been since Christmas Day *gasp*

DAILY FOF MOMENT
Bejeweled has been broke on Facebook all day. FAIL!

and the BIGGEST FAIL of the day goes to Maz's bank card, for not working, even though it was working fine yesterday. BIG PHAT PHAIL!!!

Day FourtyEight of being Aflickionless...

Day 48 which means we are only eleven days away from the half way point. Can you believe it, your almost half way through your trip!

JayJay got her hand/finger caught in her glasses, so now she has a cut on her palm and a blood bluster on her middle finger. How she managed that, I have no idea!

Maz's boo boo from her PHAIL yesterday is feeling pretty good today, must of been the deep heat. Although she slept wrong so is suffering from sore shoulders instead...MAZ IS BROKEN! haha!
DeviantART is having a HUGE sale on prints at the moment, you can save up to 80% on the normal retail price (discount only applies to your own prints available on DeviantART). So Maz is deciding if to get some prints and if so what OR if she should get something of hers printed for somebody. Hmmmm...click here to check out the prints Maz has available.

Garlic Butter on fresh bread...YUM!
Another thing you are missing...The Nation's chip CHESSEYMITE FLAVOUR! The Marmite and chip sandwich in a chip...now you can make the sandwich without the Marmite.

The 2009 NZ Body Art Awards are coming up...only twenty five days to go *gasp*. Saturday 25th July 2009, Bruce Mason Centre. For more information on this years competition visit bodyartawards.co.nz
Maz will make sure that she gets as many photos as humanly possible while doing a body paint at the same time. (and as a side note: "hahahaha you don't need to kick my ass for not entering. Although it would of been interesting how you would of done that from all the way over there.")

A Northland family have lost all their possessions after a cat knocked over a candle, setting fire to their house. Their barking dog alerted the family to the flames engulfing the house by State Highway 12 at Kaikohe last night.

Pedestrian hit by train in Auckland suburb of Newmarket. A person has reportedly been struck by a train on Kingdon Street in the Auckland suburb of Newmarket. There is a train station located on Kingdon Street but it's not known if the accident happened there.

A Christchurch postal worker has admitted stealing hundreds of items of mail over the last six years. Stephen James Cadigan has been employed by New Zealand Post for 35 years.

Police and fire safety officers are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged a Nelson kindergarten early today. Firefighters were called to Waverley Street Kindergarten in the suburb of Richmond about 4.30am, Richmond chief fire officer Ralph Lonsdale told NZPA. The blaze was started on a sofa that was sitting in front of a window on a patio outside of the building. The kindergarten was known as a place where people gathered during nights and on weekends, Mr Lonsdale said. "But the people must have had some sort of heart because they'd moved the rabbit hutch out of the way. "The rabbit lives," he said.

The discovery of a supernova by a North Canterbury farmer has been confirmed by the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand. Dairy farmer Stuart Parker captured an image of the exploding star with a computer-controlled camera mounted to an amateur 14" telescope.

Dresses made from toilet paper will be among the outfits showcased at this year's New Zealand Fashion Week. Three students from NZ Fashion Tech in Auckland City have been given the opportunity to have their toilet paper creations displayed in the Designer Selection Show - the biggest show of Fashion Week.

Auckland Zoo's otter family has two new additions - the first of their kind born in Australasia in more than six years. The 5-week-old Asian small-clawed otters weigh about 400g each. Team leader of primates Amy Dixon said the pups were developing well. "They're putting on weight and looking like real little otters."

New Zealand's official count of swine flu cases jumped sharply again yesterday - the same day as the world's first case was reported of the virus being resistant to Tamiflu treatment. The Ministry of Health reported 64 new cases of confirmed swine flu yesterday, taking the tally since the illness emerged in April to 653. However, the real number will be much higher, since routine swabbing of potential cases has stopped.

Armed police have cordoned off two Christchurch roads near a high school after reports of gunshots in the suburb of Mairehau this morning. Mairehau High School has gone into lockdown after reports of the shots just before 11.30am today, Inspector Alan Weston of southern police communications told NZPA.

A fire in Gisborne last night caused "catastrophic" damage to the city's business heart, fire authorities say. Fire engulfed the top two levels of the historic Adair Building and incinerated floors and the roof. Flames could be seen leaping up to 15 metres above the building's former skyline.

Earthquakes that have rocked a Lake Taupo village and forced the evacuation of residents are likely to continue, a volcanologist says. The lakeside township of Waihi, the home of Ngati Tuwharetoa leader Timi Te Heuheu, was in lockdown yesterday as an emergency zone after about 60 residents left the area on Monday on the advice of Civil Defence staff who feared slips would follow the quakes. The threat of landslides comes from a large thermal area on a known seismic fault line above Waihi known as the "Steaming Hills". The area has not had a major slip since 1905.

American rockers Green Day have added a second date to their Auckland concert in December after tickets sold out within minutes this morning. A second and final concert has been added for Friday, December 18.

Michael Jackson's doctor reportedly waited up to half an hour before calling paramedics after he found the King of Pop unconscious at his Los Angeles home last week, a lawyer representing the cardiologist said. Online reports claim that devastated Michael Jackson fans have committed suicide after learning their icon had died. It has been claimed that 12 devotees have allegedly killed themselves in the wake of the singer's death, according to the founder of an online fan club devoted to Jackson.

A Swedish software firm has bought the popular Pirate Bay filesharing website and said it plans to overhaul the site's operations to make the sharing of copyright-protected material legal, company officials said.

A four-year-old girl has suffered severe facial burns after an aerosol explosion in the Bay of Plenty today. The Fire Service was called by ambulance staff to give medical assistance at a house in Otimi Street in Maketu, about 40km from Tauranga, about 3.15pm today. A Fire Service northern communications spokesperson said an aerosol can had exploded but there was no fire at the scene.

Fire crews are at a blaze at The Press newspaper offices in Christchurch's Cathedral Square. (fire, fire everywhere)

SIDESWIPPING IT
A reader writes: "I am insanely irritated by One News presenters referring to Jim Hickey as 'Jimmy'. He's not a friggin' 10-year-old kid who's just washed your car. That buddy-buddy, over-familiar garbage does not friendly up your news bulletin. It reeks of an in-house audience-alienating pap. Same goes for calling sports reporter Andrew Saville 'Sav'. Stop it. Please."

Sharon Newey says she must've missed the announcement that GST was to rise to 38 per cent. "But no, it's just Telecom getting my phone bill wrong. It was by luck that I saw it, so all you Telecom customers, please check your bills. The nice lady at Telecom happily corrected it but didn't seem to take my request that they check other people's bills that seriously."

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 13 °C
Min: 5°C (overnight)
Humidity: 66 %
Long fine spells. Southwesterlies easing. (Translation: I see blue sky, oh yes I do!)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
That Jackos fans are topping themselves. A bit extreme don't you think?

DAILY FOF MOMENT
There are still no photos up from National Anthems OR Mardi Gras. What the hell is going on? IT'S WEDNESDAY! Slow websites. FAIL!

Also JayJay's injury from her glasses is pretty FAIL!

Day FourtyFour of being Aflickionless...

Right about now Maz SHOULD BE deciding what to wear out tonight and doing her hair (well sorting everything out). But no, the blog has to be done first. Originally (okay not originally, but as far as things went last night) Maz wasn't going to National Anthems, but that's changed now and she has decided to go; especially since she enjoyed Voyager.
Tonight also means that at long last Maz & JayJay are going to see each other. It's been over a month now, so prepare for them to get their rape on.

Mardi Gras is also on this weekend and a fair few people have hopped off down the line for that.

The wake up call that Maz got from the Little Boots gig was awesome, even if it was 6.30am. What a way to start the day huh? And she is so jealous she wasn't there, although for a moment it felt like she was, bopping along to the music in bed...haha!
How awesome was it? It sounded amazing...mind blowing...something that would be overly hard to discribe. But very awe inspiring.

Maz almost passed out in the shower this afternoon. The whole faint feeling, a ringing head and muffled sound of the shower (to the point of not hearing the water running). Lucky Russell was around to keep an eye on her.

Divine Brown Deluxe: Chocolate Cookies & Fudge. There is a God when it comes to ice cream. It is sooooo good.

Also while we are at it...
"75 days till Haydn gets back, 75 days till he returns, wake up one day and fuck around, 74 days till Haydn returns"

Music stores around the country were swamped yesterday by fans buying Michael Jackson albums and videos after his sudden death. Cameron Brewer, head of the Newmarket Business Association, said music retailers were urgently requesting more stock. "Music retailers told me that people were literally grabbing what they could. It seems that Thriller and his Greatest Hits went out the door first, followed by literally anything with Michael Jackson's name on it," Mr Brewer said.
At lunch time in Auckland City, office workers and university students of all ages queued outside the Real Groovy store on Queen St. One man bought $550 worth of Michael Jackson music in vinyl. (wonder if it was Mr Collings...hmmmm?)

Westpac, which last month mistakenly transferred $10 million into the account of a Rotorua businessman who is still on the run, has made another big-figure error. Hamilton computer firm Elite Business Systems received a Westpac fax telling them $4.3 million had been transferred into its account on behalf of a client paying a bill. Administration manager Graeme Richer couldn't believe his eyes because the sum owed was just $43,000. (I am so with the wrong bank)

Rock musician Chris Knox has been released from hospital two weeks after suffering a stroke. Knox, 56, was taken to Auckland Hospital after collapsing at his home on June 11. According to a blog, updated by friend Roy Martyn, Knox was allowed to return home this week "apparently in good spirits", The Dominion Post reported. It is understood that he has not been able to speak, although he has been writing in a journal.

The Turangi and Taupo region was shaken by two earthquakes overnight. The first, at 1.01am, had a magnitude of 4.3 and was centred 10km north-west of Turangi at a depth of 3km. The second, at 5.21am, was centred in the same area at a depth of 5km and measured 4.4.

Criminal investigations in Auckland are now codenamed after shades of paint because of fears that an off-colour label could cause offence. Detective Inspector Scott Beard has created a list of codenames for police operations from a Resene paints colour chart. Recent examples include Operation Anakiwa - a shade of blue - in which police laid charges against Glenn Mills, 40, who allegedly deliberately infected sexual partners with HIV.

P Money just Twittered the following: "Damn MJ is killin it on iTunes; 4 songs in the Top 10 singles, 7 albums in the Top 10, 14 videos in top 15!!"

Customs officers yesterday destroyed about $9 million worth of drugs and the chemicals used to make them. About 180kg of Contac NT, a form of pseudoephedrine that is used in the manufacture of P, was encased in concrete and buried in a secret location. It is part of 311kg of drugs products seized by Customs this year. The chemicals were poured into steel drums where they were mixed with concrete and left to set before being placed into deep burial sites that are lined and sealed to prevent leakage. Acting investigations manager Bruce Berry said Customs expected to have seized 1000kg of the chemicals by the end of the year.

The rising number of patients who weigh more than 150kg has forced St John to kit out New Zealand's first emergency ambulance for the severely obese.
Until now, these people have sometimes had to be dragged across the floor before being manhandled into a standard ambulance and strapped down on a mattress on the floor, after the vehicle's two stretchers have been removed. All this takes time, which is scarce in medical emergencies. It is unsafe for both patients and ambulance officers, says St John's Auckland patient transfer manager, Simon Bird, who notes the increasing rate of officers having back problems as the rate of obesity rises.
New Zealand's adult obesity rate has doubled in 30 years: more than a quarter are obese now, and around 3 per cent - more than 60,000 adults - are classified severely obese.

Lisa Marie Presley has written a statement on the passing of Michael Jackson on her Myspace blog. Read Here.

It was to be the comeback of the young century: Michael Jackson using the "This is it" tour to retake his throne as King of Pop, lord of the dance and darling of the masses. What grander stage than London for this late career magic? Jackson's much hyped revival was to be a marathon, 50-gig tour that gave him a shot at redemption - not to mention repairing his tarnished image, lifting him out of debt and making millions for promoters. Eager fans spent more than US$90 ($141.75) million on tickets despite widespread doubts about the pop icon's stamina.
Now the star is dead - and one of the city's biggest arenas has 50 open nights. London, the city that was to be Jackson's launch pad back to glory, has become a symbol of the wreckage of his life.

and if you are interested, one of Michael Jackson's final interviews.


AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 15 °C
Min: 10°C (overnight)
Humidity: 95 %
Areas of mist or low cloud, late rain. Easterlies. (Translation: Gorilla's in the Mist anybody? It is Bayview/Glenfield after all...haha. Dismill all day really, the fuckin annoying not rain, but it's rain type rain)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
After a month of being a hermit Maz is going out. Should be interesting.

DAILY FOF MOMENT
Maz almost flaking out in the shower. FAIL!

Day FourtyThree of being Aflickionless...

Who would of thought that in 2009 there would be a black man in The White House and one of the biggest entertainers of all time would kick the bucket...and so suddenly. I recieved the news by text just before 11am and I couldn't believe it, I thought it was a joke, so straight away I checked out online news sources and was shocked to see it was true.
I think it's one of those things that you will always remember where you were when you heard the news and always remember how you heard.
The jokes are already flying around too, but more on those later.

Maz had a fairly laid back day, nothing overly exciting. However she did update her Weta profile and applied for a Make-Up Tutor job at Cut Above. No hopes on it, purely because she knows how it goes there.
Maz can't get enough of Little Boots, she really should go out hunting for the album instead of just listening to the music on her Myspace page. Haha!

I'm gonna take you out tonight
I'm gonna make you feel alright
I don't have a lot of money
But we'll be fine
No I don't have a penny
But I'll show you a good time

Maz was hoping to go to National Anthems tomorrow night, she even put her name in early to do photos for it, but no. So looks like another weekend at home.

Update on the life of JayJay! She got home this evening just before the rain started, so no wet shirt show. JayJay spent last night in a hotel room with Nik and they didn't get it on...mainly because his friend was on the other bed, about a 1meter away from them.
JayJay is also over booked this weekend...so much to do, so little time. Also, Maz is editting a photo for jayjay of a chick flashing her

I totally forgot to mention in the blog the other day, Miss Amber Cadaver has a new tattoo (surprise, surprise). It isn't finished, only lined at the moment but man it looks awesome. She is so the "tattooed lady"...almost like crazy cat lady, but not as cool.

Phloss won a trip to Samoa in October from 91ZM's competition "The ZM World Tour".

HE JUST DIED BUT!
Plastic companies are bidding for Michael Jackson's body. They want to melt him down and make toys for little boys to play with.

It is said they are going to turn Michael Jackson into snowflakes for little boys to eat...and so he can come out of their ass one more time.

If Michael gets cremated will his ashes be black or white?

Thanks Phloss

Found today by Maz
Nice ad placement YouTube.

Search and rescue dogs have been brought in to find a person trapped under a collapsed house which has claimed two lives in south Auckland. The men were killed when a digger knocked the house they were working on off its foundations at Manurewa Marae this afternoon.

The Warehouse is offering online shopping, starting with books, DVDs, CDs, gaming software and gift cards. The discount retailer also intends to soon sell jewellery and electronics online.

A Westport couple are selling their six-bedroom historical home on Trade Me - under the beds category - with a reserve of $1. Owners Wayne Saggers and Kathy Wahrlich said they were dead serious about selling their Derby Street home. The house, known as the Stone House, has a QV of $300,000 and is listed with Landmark Real Estate at $370,000. The couple put the house on Trade Me last night. It was listed as a queen sized bed with a free grand old home and guesthouse attached.

AUCKLAND FORECAST TODAY
Max: 16 °C
Min: 11°C (overnight)
Humidity: 89 %
Rain, some heavy falls. Fresh northerlies (Translation: No heavy falls yet, but more than likely that will come later tonight)

CURRENT WEIRDNESS
Michael Jackson died! Wow!

DAILY FOF MOMENT
Maz missing out on photographing National Anthems even though she put in weeks ago for it FAIL!