Australian Idol is finished… and the good Guy won!
I’m almost embarrassed to admit that I watched the whole damn show. I liked seeing Courtney Act again (he has better legs than me!) and Stu is pretty cool. I winced all through Rebecca’s song. (If I never hear “I Believe I Can Fly” again I’ll die happy.) Marcia Hines is a legend. Once they got inside, I cheered when Millsy sauntered out for his song. “Now that’s a pop idol,” I said. “Yeah, he shagged the biggest hootchie in the world!” Rodd replied. Does anybody else think Cle is kinda weird? I admit I rolled my eyes when they all launched in to “I Still Call Australia Home.” (I thought you Australians weren’t super patriotic?) The Snook and I had a running argument over whether Shannon’s stupid coat was more Matrix or Garth Brooks. I can’t believe after six months he still doesn’t know how to move on stage. He was fiddling with his coat in the middle of his song! I was so happy when Guy won. He totally deserved it, even if he is a little troll doll.

By the way, I’m taking Guy’s victory as a sign that the Wallabies will win this Saturday. I’m normally a huge jinx but in the past few weeks all the teams/people I’ve cheered for have won: Australia, Notre Dame, Guy. Obviously I’ve tapped into the fates of the universe. Australia will win the World Cup!

My mom forwarded me a message from The Breast Cancer Site announcing that they’re having difficulty getting enough clicks to fund needed mammograms this month. If you’ve got five seconds to spare, go to that link and click on the button. It doesn’t cost anything (other than you looking at a few ads) and it could save a life. I’m going to add it to my daily surfing ritual.

Ron is back with a vengeance! I loved his post about the coming war over gay marriage in Massachusetts. Ron, if you and Marlin get married in 180 days, you’ll have a knitted wedding gift on the way, I swear. 🙂

Today I found an article about Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. The film was Peter’s only movie role and he went on to become a veterinarian. Sounds like a pretty nice guy!

Kirsty has created a page for all her knitting projects. They’re gorgeous. I especially love the Shooting Stars Jacket. I feel a sudden surge of inspiration!

[Fellow Knitters: That jacket looks like a raglan, right? I’m wondering if I could Sweater Workshop it and thus knit it without seams. The only difficulty would be doing the sleeves in a different color from the body. I guess I’d need to do a kind of intarsia-thing, where I’d twist the two colors together there at the raglan seamline to keep it from falling apart. Hmmm… may be worth thinking about. Done in cotton, this could be an awesome jacket for the fall. Ooh ooh ooh! Now I’m picturing it with a hood!]

Sometimes my job rocks. I just scored a projector to watch the Rugby World Cup Final on this weekend!

A co-worker just sent me a link to an online spy game that’s about to start in Sydney and Melbourne. Apparently you have to solve clues on the Internet and via SMS, and the person who wins gets a trip around the world. At the very least, it sounds like a brilliant marketing ploy.

Blogger spells out what every blogger needs to know: What to do when your Mom discovers your blog. Luckily my whole fam have known about this from the get-go so I don’t have to worry so much. In fact, last I heard Ma was working on her own site!

Last night I saw promos for two more American shows that will be starting here soon: Extreme Makeover and The O.C.. Are either of them worth watching?