To the Mutha-land

For those of you interested, Miss R and I are jetting off to the UK on Saturday night for three weeks. I can't wait. I was last over there in 2003 as you may know, and the term' working holiday' is an absolute fallacy. I worked back then, it was no holiday that's for sure. Yes, I managed to take a few trips over to the continent, but in truth it was never enough times and I was always struggling to make ends meet. This time however, things are a little different. After saving our collective bums off for the past 8 months, Miss R and I can finally enjoy the fruits of our labour. Our hermit lifestyle will be finally put to rest for a while. So, we'll make our way to London and stay with super sis, which is fan-bloody-tastic that's for sure, but the real treat is going down to Brighton to see my super grandma. She's 97 (I think!) and still going strong. If she doesn't crack the ton I'll be very surprised. I would also like to point out that my English side of the family are tremendously long lived, at that rate I'd only be 30% way through my life span. I do like London, great place to visit, but in truth, I could never live there. Too many people living too close together. If I could live in the UK it would be down at Brighton. I've always loved it down there, alot less manic, and yet still uber-hip. Nick Cave and Fatboy Slim live down there....but then so does Jordan, so they kinda cancel each other out I guess.

The upcoming U.S. Election

I'm not American, but please, for the love of god and world peace, I would hope that these two don't get voted into office. I shudder to think how these two would deal with Putin. Putin: "I'm going to invade and occupy Georgia now to secure our oil reserves." McCain/Palin: "Goddam, the Russians are coming! Nuke the Commies!" Hmmmm, a one way ticket to an uneducated hell.

You are what you eat.....

I did an online calculation of my daily calorie needs the other day and the result was that, to maintain my weight, I need to consume approx 3,000 calories a day. This is based on my age and how much exercise I do a day. So, what does 3,000cal give me? Nearly 4 Hungry Jacks Whoppers with cheese; 4.5 Hungry Jacks whoppers without cheese; 5 Big Macs; 63 Chicken nuggets with no dipping sauce; 10 McDonalds Chocolate Sundaes; 9 McDonalds Cheeseburgers; 10 Litres of coca-cola; About 10 Krispy Kreme doughnuts; 3 Foot long roast beef Subways with mayo and Italian Herbs and Cheese bread; 2.4kg of Cookie Dough ice cream; 60 Man Size Salada crackers; 30 Tim Tams; 600g of Arnotts Pizza shapes(Is that all!); 576g of Twisties; 1.8kg of scrambled eggs (not to mention the 6.3g of cholesterol); 34 slices of white bread; 43 slices of whole grain bread; 970g of Mozarella cheese; 6 servings of butter chicken; and...... 2.3kg of rice. I'm hungry now.