HP&TDH

All done! Finished on Monday night at about 2am. Had a sleep in this morning to recover.

I wouldn't have been in such a rush to finish it if I wasn't so scared of someone spoiling it for me! I swear some people need to learn to speak a little bit quieter!

Other people even tried to spoil it for me before it was released. I'm sorry but I just wasn't interested in your opinions!!! What if you had been right!!!??!!

Everyone I've spoken to so far has loved it... has anyone heard of people being disappointed??

( WARNING! - People may put spoilers in comments - I can't be expected to keep tabs on my HUUUGE readership - you have been warned)

Still awake....

....trying to finish my talk for SALT.

Should have done it ages ago - just can't stop procrastinating and DO IT!

Will pray again.

HP and the OOTP

Nixter asked how Harry Potter was at IMAX...

It was fantastic!

It was the first time I had been to IMAX so I didn't really comprehend how HUGE the screen is! It's ginormous! I think it added an extra element to have everything so BIG. Having said that, I am looking forward to getting the DVD so I can digest everything at a much smaller scale.

The 3D part of the film was good fun. 3D films always look half "really impressive" and half "a little bit awkward". Some things leap off the screen at you, other things just look a little fake. It was a good call just to do the last 20mins I think.

I thought the characters of Umbridge and Luna Lovegood were very well done. Especially Luna.

Can't wait til this Saturday!

What did you think of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?

Tagged

I was tagged by Libby (and Matt)
1. I have to post these rules before I give you the facts.
2. Each player starts with eight random facts/habits about themselves.
3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules.
4. At the end of your blog, you need to choose eight people to get tagged and list their names.
5. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them they're tagged, and to read your blog.

1. I am sick.
2. On Sunday, I vomited A LOT.
3. When I vomit it comes out my nose.
4. I am a huge Harry Potter fan.
5. I hope I am feeling better by tomorrow night, because my wife, Adri and I have tickets to Harry Potter at Imax.
6. Adri is sick too, but she has gone to work today cos she is a trooper.
7. I love my wife - not random, but fact. She has looked after me very well while I've been sick.
8. I wish I made better use of my time.

I don't have eight people to tag - but I will choose two... andym and david.
Hope that's ok with you gentlemen.

Larkham and Gregan

I'm a rugby fan. Australian rugby hasn't been at its best of late but I can still remember the glory days of the 1999 world cup.

So it is a little bit sad to bid farewell to two of the greats of the Wallabies as they play their last game on Australian soil this weekend: Stephen Larkham and George Gregan.

(It's not quite goodbye yet as there is still a little thing called the World Cup to be played in France later this year.)

But another chance to get all reminiscent, as per my past post.

Both these players had career defining moments. Larkham had THAT drop goal and Gregan had THAT tackle. Both moments give me a little shiver when I watch them. Both moments stand out, even in remarkable rugby careers.

Do you have a "career-defining moment"? If so, what is it? And if not, what would you like it to be?!?

ahh... the memories!

A significant milestone like 1000 hits brings out the nostalgia in a blogger.

What an ideal opportunity to reminisce about my time in the blogoverse and carry out some 'analysis' on my blog posts to date.

This is my 43rd post. Of these, the most frequent subject is holidays (mainly due to photos) followed closely by Coffee-related and Christian-related posts. Poo makes up an astonishing 5% of all my post topics. Some would argue that closer to 100% of my posts are poo.

I have had a total of 182 comments - 60 of these are my own. That's 32.97%.

I have averaged 4.33 comments per post from an average of 3.36 commenters. 2.31 of these comments per post were made by me.

In terms of popular topics to comment on, 'Coffee' received 70 comments, 7.78 per post on average, from 4.22 different commenters on average. The single 'Beer' post got a good run, with 9 comments from 4 different commenters. 'James Bond' did OK too for his only appearance - 11 comments, 5 commenters.

My posts peak in June and October - 9 and 10 respectively.

The most popular day for posting is Thursday with 18, double the next highest, Wednesday, on 9. Sunday is the quietest with only 1.

Does all this tell me anything? Maybe not. But it was fun!

What do you think I should do with this information?
What other analysis would you like to see done?

Got it....

...thanks to the good people at Caffe Bianchi.

But It is quite small. Smaller than I was expecting. Haven't got the hang of pouring in it yet.