Peanut Butter Buckeye Bars. *droooool*

I need to make a sign like this for my garden.

Cousin Jenny posted the second part of her adventure meeting Robert “Undead Hottie” Pattinson in a mall. He totally checked out her boobs.

Eek! ThinkGeek now has a Geek Kids section. Almost makes me wish I had an anklebiter myself!

Huh. Tim Tams will now be sold in the US for the first time ever. Man, there goes what little power I had as the family supplier of Tim Tams from abroad.

George Bush “is a dill”
Is the whole “What’s the G20?” story getting any airplay in the US? Because it has amused me to no end over here. A month ago, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was hosting a dinner party at Kirribilli, when he received a phone call from George Bush. Apparently, at some point during the conversation Rudd mentioned the upcoming G20 Summit, to which Bush replied: “What’s the G20?” A prominent journalist happened to be at the dinner, and soon the story had been leaked to the newspapers. Rudd’s staff says it never happened. The Americans say it never happened. The Federal Opposition say it happened, but that Rudd made it up to impress his dinner guests by making the American President look like an idiot. And oddly enough, Rudd himself has refused to answer the direct question of whether he told his guests about it. These politicians have been spending hours of time in Parliament actually discussing how dumb the American President is, who leaked the news to the press, and whether this revelation will damage US-Australian relations. It’s all pretty hilarious. And this week we’ve all been on tenterhooks to see how Bush would greet Rudd at the big G20 Summit. (Verdict: “frosty”.) Meanwhile, I bet Rudd is feeling sad that his dinner parties next year won’t be enlivened by any calls from Sarah Palin.

Holy crap. They’ve released a promotional video for the Tough Bloke Challenge, the race that me and Snookums and Emily and Clare are doing next month. It’s just… ludicrous really. The whole concept is making me laugh. I can just picture myself right now getting stuck in one of those tubes, or hanging motionless on the monkey bars (like George Michael) over a mud pit. I’m resigned to bringing up the rear. In fact, given that there’s a ten minute penalty for each obstacle you fail to complete, I have a feeling that we could be in the realm of EPIC FAIL here.

My cousin Jenny waited in line all night with a bunch of teenagers to score tickets to see Robert “Cedric Diggory/Edward Cullen” Pattinson at a book signing. Her verdict? “Um, he’s honestly the most beautiful man I’ve ever seen in person.” Yeah. This guy.

The Knitting Robot Strikes Again
It’s really unfair of me to make fun of the Snook for playing his videogame all weekend. The truth is, I spent just as much time sitting on the couch beavering away on my knitting projects. I made a start on the Space Invaders socks I’m knitting for the Colony of Gamers Child’s Play Drive, and I added several inches to the aran jumper I’m knitting for next year’s Easter Show.

I’ve modifed the bmp socks from the originals a little bit. I’m using Easy Care 5ply instead of a traditional sock wool, and I’ve gone up to a 3mm needle. I know from experience that I tend to knit fairisle fairly tight though, so I’m hoping they’ll still fit without much adjustment. As for the aran, it’s my first official Starmore: Na Craga. I’m knitting the front and back at the same time on a long circular, but the pieces are still separate. (Consensus is that the seams will give it some needed stability.) The cable patterns are very simple once you get going and I don’t even need to refer to the charts anymore.

While I was knitting, I also managed to watch all of Seinfeld Season 6 on DVD…