Well.

This may be my last entry for 2006.
It�s Christmas Eve. That means tomorrow it�s Christmas. They day when Jesus died. Or was born. Or something. I don�t really remember too good.
He was a Jew though, wasn�t he?

Makes you think.

Anyway. It�s Christmas. Then we�re off camping for a week and a bit. That means no power or phone line. I�ll try and post a little something I prepared earlier during that time. It just depends on whether I find time to prepare a little something before I leave.

I have been busy giving away home-made beer and kowhai trees to friends.

I gathered the seeds, then grew them. This is not easy, seeing as the trees tend to grow on river banks and then cast their seeds into the water, where they spend months being smashed over rapids until they find the perfect spot to put down roots.
But I managed to grow them without putting them in the washing machine first.

My dream is that one day the trees, with help from the beer, will grow strong and overthrow the humans and reclaim the earth.

Friday marked the last day of work for a fortnight. We did Secret Santa, which is where you pull someone�s name from a hat and spend $10 on a gift.

I went to a lot of effort. I got to know the person I was buying for and discovered that he liked playing guitar and listening to Asian music (he�s Chinese) and Christian rock.

Jesus.

So I went out and bought a pick holder and the left over cash on an assortment of guitar picks (because he wants to learn guitar solos, so I figured he�d need them).

Then I put together a CD of western music for him, and professionally labeled it.

AC/DC�s Back in Black and Led Zep�s Stairway to Heaven were on the track list. Because I figured they were good Christian songs.

He loved it.

And what did someone get me for my $10 Secret Santa gift?

$2 worth of Bubbles, from the $2 Shop.

Fuck you, Santa!

They say it�s better to give than receive.

I gave the bubbles to D-Girl. She loved them.

How did I spend the first day of my holiday? (Yesterday).

Painting the house.

It started raining five minutes after we started painting.

We kept painting.

We didn�t even stop when the light rain turned into a violent downpour and started washing the paint off the house and down the drain.

Because we are Hard Core.

Hard Core Stupid.

Oh yeah:

Happy New Year!

And it�s pretty much Christmas here now (in like 45 minutes), so, if you can handle the thought, Happy Christmas!

Or whatever you celebrate in your Non-Metric System world.

Merry XXXmas?

Mmmmmm�.

As I said, I don�t know when I�ll be back here. I�m on holiday till the 8th, but bits of that holiday have yet to be planned, and they are all weather-dependant.

If you�re worried, you could join my Notify List .

Otherwise, I suggest you compulsively check back here every day to see whether I�m back.

Peace out.