cardboard or life?

which is cardboard? which is real?

tasha's bro wins a trip to LA

liberachi

i feel my 16 years of lessons have been leading up to this piano...

avant gaurd or vandalism

i have the darndest time telling avant guard furniture stores from vandalism

first kiwi helicopter

needless to say, the first kiwi helicopter was not as successful as everyone had hoped...

how many sheets?

how many sheets are on your toilet paper roll?

NZ has 190.

it feels like i'm ALWAYS changing the roll.

sickness

two things i have learned from suffering a cold this week:

1. watching a die hard each day of a cold is an excellent way to pass time (and dream about things blowing up)

2. chips sound crunchier when you're filled with sn*t.

disappearing car door

i wonder how long before my bus gets a disappearing door?

antipodes wedding

today i made my list of people i want to fly to the opposite side of the globe so they don't cause problems at the wedding.

the good news for new zealand trouble-makers: they go to spain.

americans, however, will be sent to the indian ocean.

black barbie

cnn says: "The new black Barbies released by Mattel have fuller lips, curlier hair and other features that the company says more accurately represent African-Americans."

... because the one thing Barbie is known for is "accurately representing" Americans

outliers

i've been reading the outliers and learned that there are no rags-to-riches geniuses who magically rocket to a successful life through some super-human intelligence or ability.

they all (bill gates, the beatles, etc) put in 10,000 hours of "practice" before their lucky break launched them into a phenomenal career.

i've got quite a few more hours to log before i hit my 10,000.

(although i do have 80,000 hours of sleep under my belt!)