Blog Drought

I still haven't set up my other blog.

My parents are here visiting so I don't have time to blog.

I'll be back to regular programming in a week.

Hmm...

As you can see, I've made a few changes.

I tried changing my URL address as well but it made all external links to my blog defunct. What should I do? The simplest way might be to migrate to a different hosting site...

I'll think more about it.

eBaying

I think I'm addicted to eBay. Seriously.

How does one know? I'm very worried. I think I spend too much time on that site. Not too much money yet though. Well, not alarmingly anyway.

But they're all bargains! I swear.

And I really REALLY needed each item I bought!

Well, not really. Aside from my fm transmitters (itrip knockoff but works way way better), I don't think I would have bought all the other stuff. Not paying retail anyway.

Some of the recent stuff I've bought:

NEW BLUETOOTH HEADSET H700 FOR MOTOROLA(BLACK)

Sony Ericsson Car Charger K750i K800i W800i W850i Z530i

SOLAR GARDEN LIGHTS X 4

200 Channel LCD FM Transmitter+Car Charger for iPod MP3

New Portable Digital USB Speaker for PC Laptop MP3

Yeah, I think I may have a problem.

Midnight Madness

We went to bed last night without any inkling that it was going to be one helluvanight.

Around 1.30am or so, we woke up to loud voices. It seemed that there were 2 guys outside, in the middle of the street, arguing very very loudly. I couldn't make out most of what they were saying but they sure were making a ruckus.

D climbed out of bed to have a look-see. I was too sleepy to be bothered, and hoped they would go away soon.

D came back with a status report: Apparently, they were both drunk (pissed, as they call it here in Oz) and Drunk 1 wanted the Drunk 2 to drive him somewhere. Drunk 2 was refusing.

After a few more shouting matches, we heard garbage bins being toppled over (it was trash day so we had to leave our bins on the curb). Another look-see confirmed that our bin was lucky enough to be part of this bin-tipping activity. All our garbage was now nicely strewn out on the street.

We'd hoped that this was the end of their public disturbance and they would crawl back under whatever rock they crawled out from. And for a moment, with their voices fading away, we thought it was.

We were wrong. We again heard their voices outside our window. And then, there was a crash. I had no idea what had happened, until I heard D calling the police, saying, "There are two drunken guys outside having an argument and they've just smashed a brick through my car window."

What the f@*k?? I peeked through our blinds and there it was: D's truck with a hole on its side. Poor truck--innocent bystander injured.

D went out to wait for the cops. It probably took them under ten minutes to come.

This is what I saw as I watched through the blinds of our bedroom window:

- Cops come, they talk to D.

- Cops leave.

- Cops come back within ten minutes. They talk to D again. D goes and looks inside the cop car. D and the cops talk some more.

- Another cop car comes. The cops have a meeting. The second car cop drives away.

- D starts cleaning up our garbage while the cops talk to the suspect in the cop car.

- A neighbour comes out to find out what's going on. More talking.

- Cop 1 writes something and hands it to D. D signs and the cop gives D a copy.

- Neighbour goes back in.

- Cop car 2 comes back and the cops have another meeting.

- The cops drive away.

Make sense? Well, apparently the cops caught one of the guys and D confirmed that the suspect was involved but wasn't the guy who smashed D's car. Suspect was refusing to give Drunk 1 up. He was also denying that he was part of the disturbance.

Unluckily for him, Drunk 1 kept shouting out his name while they were arguing. "Ari, you're such a .... Ari this, Ari that." Well, guess what he said when asked what his name was? Ari.

The second cop car came to look for Drunk 1 but couldn't find him.

The paper that D had was a "Notice to the Victim."

Nothing more could be done, apparently. Well, nothing I saw anyway.

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As we were going back to sleep, I told D, "This is like living in a ghetto! How very exciting."

And to think earlier that evening, I was bemoaning the fact that I felt so poor as I was folding my own laundry. I felt so destitute, not having a maid to do it for me.

In a span of one night, I went from being poor to living a ghetto. What a night.

We went back to sleep at around 3am.

And, just to add to the mayhem, we woke up at around 5am, when one of my picture frames (which I hung on the wall over our headboard) fell on D. How utterly bizarre. My poor husband thought somebody threw a brick through our bedroom window.

I'll say it again. What a night.

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Here are some pictures I took in the morning. Yes, I know. They don't capture any of the night's excitement. Believe me, I was tempted to go out and take some pictures but I was too afraid.

It's been a while

I haven't blogged in more than a week.

I've been busy with work (ugh), reading lots (at least I've been updating my reading blog), getting ready for when the parents come to visit (in less than 2 weeks! woohoo!), ebaying (it's very addictive), practice driving and watching DVDs.

Besides, there has been nothing new to warrant an interesting post. Oh well.

I've been driving more lately. Mostly weekends and errands. D's going to the mechanic tomorrow to get my new old car serviced to make sure it's at least safe. I have a parking slot at work already. I've been taking the online practice knowledge test (yes, I still have to take a silly test even if I have been driving for over ten years) to make sure I can pass the actual test.

Been watching a few DVDs which have been interesting: Kolja (Czech, must see), Le Placard ("The Closet," funny but typical French comedy), L' Appartement ("The Apartment," French, original version of Wicker Park, recommended), and Pulse (Hollywood version of Japanese film, Kairo. Had my eyes closed for most of it, D really liked it as it was creepy. Very Japanese horror.).

Also watched a few which were trying, to say the least: An Inconvenient Truth (everybody raves about this. Literally made me fall asleep. Haven't gone through the whole movie yet. I don't like Al Gore.), Havoc (Stars a very different Anne Hathaway, looked promising but got boring. Haven't finished this either. Too annoying.) and Crank (What in the world has happened to Jason Statham? Silly, silly movie. Nothing redeeming about it at all.).

We also watched Spiderman 3. That warrants its own post...