Mmmm… butter.

Ballads, Beer, and Buffy.

It’s really over, folks. The Snook and I watched the first ten minutes at the Sandringham Hotel, the pub around the corner. We soon tired of peering around people’s dreadlocks so we made a mad dash for home during the first commercial break. I’d already read the spoilers so I knew everything that was going to happen, but it was still nice to see it. The Snook – who is unspoiled about pretty much everything after Season 5 – thought it was disappointing. “On the grand scale of Buffy episodes,” he said, “I’d rate that one about a ‘4’.” He did get a kick out of the Trogdor reference though.

Now all we have to do is fill in three more seasons worth of missing episodes… Thank heavens for DVD.

Can someone in California please go to 826 Valencia next time you’re in San Francisco and verify that Dave Eggers really is running a pirate supply store? Because that’s nutty. Thanks.

Attention Australians! The Snook has just discovered that The Amazing Race Series 4 will finally premiere on Channel 7 this Wednesday night at 10:35 p.m. About damn time. I’m happy to report that we’re technically only an episode behind though (at least in my house), thanks to the Snook’s mad downloading skillz. We had a marathon yesterday and watched episodes 5-10 (up to the octopus eating in Korea). Right now I’m cheering for the clowns, but honestly I wouldn’t be upset with any of the teams left winning. This must be the karmic payback for enduring Flo/Zac and Teri/Ian last year.

Oh, and please don’t spoil the last episodes for me! I’ve been really good about looking away whenever I see anything Race-related. (I actually screamed and covered the monitor with my hand when I saw the word “clowns” at the top of Max’s site.) I’ll probably have to unplug from the Internet altogether before we get the last episode though…

The lush who sits behind me at work was just giving one of the temps crap for saying she wanted to watch “Australian Idol” tonight. This from the woman who plays Celine Dion loudly at her desk. Rolling your eyes repeatedly can’t result in long-term damage, can it?

Put me out of my misery, please!
What TV show was it that had the theme song “Thank you for being a friend”? It’s driving me nuts. “And if you threw a party, and invited everyone you knew. You would see the biggest gift would be from me, and the card attached would say, ‘Thank you for being a frieeeeend…’”

I just downloaded the new iChat AV Beta and I’m itchin’ to try it out. I don’t have a camera up here just yet (I can’t bear to lose CouchCam), but I can do a voice chat. Anybody got it that can chat with me? I also understand that it’ll work with PCs that can do voice chat via Instant Messenger. If that describes you, add “krisinsydney” to your buddy list and keep your eyes open for me!

Argh! As soon as I made the decision to back up Boudicca (my computer) and take her in for service, the darn thing came good! The monitor flickered a few times but it hasn’t troubled me in hours. I just know that if I take it in now they’ll never be able to reproduce the problem and I’ll get laughed out of the store. How annoying! I always talk about my computer like she’s a sentient being, but this is getting ridiculous. What a brat!

1. What’s the last place you traveled to, outside your own home state/country?
Well, on our last trip we touched down in Los Angeles, Chicago, Goshen, Boston, London, Venice, Florence, Naples, Rome, and Singapore. Those round-the-world tickets are nice. 🙂

2. What’s the most bizarre/unusual thing that’s ever happened to you while traveling?
Bizarre and unusual? Nothing really. The Snook and I don’t really go places where bizarre and unusual things happen. Although, EuroDisney was kinda trippy…

3. If you could take off to anywhere, money and time being no object, where would you go?
I’ve always wanted to go to Reykyavik, Iceland. I just like the sound of it. I’d also like to take the Snook on a Great Beer Tour of Germany one of these days.

4. Do you prefer traveling by plane, train or car?
Hmmm. I guess I like all three. I like long road trips in the U.S., where you can go on fun side trips and eat in truck stops. I also like flying on airlines where they load you up with free alcohol and food and give you a mini-TV. And thanks to our time in Italy, I now know the joy of train travel. They’re always on time and if you book the right ones – Eurostar, baby! – they’re pretty luxurious.

5. What’s the next place on your list to visit?
I think it’ll be a while before we take another big trip. We’d like to see some more of Australia though, so hopefully I’ll get to see Melbourne and Canberra before the year is out.