This is so entertaining. Its from DragonCons mass Thriller Dance. Here is the link to padawansguide post of the Youtube video. This person really knows their Thriller moves . I found it strangely addictive.

www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/06/gallery_embroidery/
"Open source programmers and crafters may seem like they come from different worlds. Still, the two communities have much in common, says Ele Carpenter, the founder of Open Source Embroidery, a largely British movement."

Interesting article with pics.

When I first read the description on Wikipedia I though it was a joke. The Tardis gets painted pink and two men run off together at the end (and Captain Jack is nowhere in sight). Then theres a robot called Kandy Man who drowns people in fondant for being unhappy and people living in candy pipes underneath the city.
But it's not a joke it's for real. The epsiode(s) are a 7th Doctor one called "The Happiness Patrol".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happiness_Patrol
It was alo novelised.
I'd love to know what inspired the writers. Maybe one of them has issues with Willy Wonka and this is his revenge. Hands up who thinks drugs must have been involved.

Red Cross annual bookfair is on Saturday June 13th at the Alexandra Park Function Centre, level 2, Delightful Lady Lounge, Greenlane West, Espom.
Goes from 8am till 4pm - entry is FREE

www.redcross.org.nz

( My Ramblings )
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For several months now I have been following Mary Corbet's blog Needle'n'Thread. Not only does she write about, shows and give tips or how to's on her own stitching but points out other stitching and stitchers online.
Her posting today showed sneek peeks of a goldwork on a crazy quilt square. she has done for an upcoming article in CQMag Online. I've never really looked twice at crazy quilting but the goldwork combined with the stitches and fabrics she has used is just luxurious and yummy and inspiring. I can see a lovely Christmas Stocking being done this way. So yet something else to add to the "Do one day" list.
Here's my fav pic form her blog entry.

Saw these on a piece of qulting material...

Being Me is a full time job.

Yes, it is always about me.

Treat me like a Queen and we'll get along just fine.

Everybody is entitled to my opinon.

I'm not bossy, I just have better ideas.

Rascals free sample arrived yesterday in a gorgeous black box (which I have plans to recycle if I can find something as equally gorgeous to go in it) with a small note inside addressed to her which included a discount voucher. I think I might save the wet food sample for Christmas Day. She usually has cat biscuits and only occassionally has wet food, unless my Mum is visiting, in which case she gets biscuits for breakfast and wet food for dinner. Well, technically it's not just cat biscuits as she gets a few small pieces of whatever meat I am eating.
I was reading the note and marvelling at how many different flavours there were. This will show my age, I can remember when there was only type of wet cat food and it only came in one flavour - good old jellimeat. Jellimeat and a saucer of tea for breakfast (the tea was taken at the dining table with my Mother) and jellimeat and maybe a few veges mixed in for dinner. Until we got the dog and then the cat would start eating whatever was in the dogs bowl while the dog whined and circled behind wanting someone to get the cat away from his food pleeaaasssseeee.
Every year I think about getting Rascal a packet of those kitty loveheart treats for Christmas but then remember how she nearly takes my hand off in her eagerness to get the treat and decide against it. She has got one of those balls that you can fill with food and it falls out as they roll it around, maybe I could put a mixture of treats and biscuits in that or maybe I'll just have a trail of buscuits on the floor as she works to get the treats out. Decisions decisions.

found in the Spotlight catalogue (magnets NZ$4.99 each)

Saw it, wanted it, threw a tantrum, got it.

Damn right I'm good in bed. I can sleep for days!

Housework is evil. It must be stopped.

I childproofed my house but they still get in.

No husband has ever been shot while doing dishes.

As I was driving home last week They were putting up gorgeous blue and white light swags along some of the buildings on Custums St around Britomart. I decided I then take a detor up Queen St to check out the Christmas decorations there. Smith and Caughy, as usal, had a stunning window display but the rest of Queen St was rather bland. The decorations strug across the street at intervals are hardly visible at night. even more so when the streetlights around them seem to have all blown. The palm trees lit in green I suppose are festive.
The decorations on K Rd annoy the OCD part in me. They are front profile Angels but they only have 1 wing. I t looks like someone walked down the street and knocked them all off. In Leighland this Angels would be in profile. Much better methinks.
Also went past KZ7 outside the Maritime Museum. Very pretty with strings of lights on it. And the giant colour/pattern changing tree in Victoria Park. WOW. I love getting red lights at the intersection by there now.
Ponsonby Road always puts on a good show. I love the red and green lighting Tikis in Minnie Coopers windows. I so want to make one like it.
I have been for 1 drive up Franklin Road and yet again the residents have outdone themselves. I think I'm going to need several more detours up there to take in everything.

Any other areas of Auckland worth checking out?

hehe that was fun.

Let me know what you get :-)

Pick the month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March--------I karate chopped
April----------I licked
May----------I jumped on
June----------I smelled
July-----------I did the Macarena with
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2----- --a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7---- ---m y mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbor
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------ - a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White----because I'm cool like that
Black-----because that's how I roll.
Pink-----because I'm NOT crazy.
Red------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green----because I think I need some serious help.
Purple----because I'm AWESOME!
Gray-----because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange---because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown----because I can.
Other-----because I'm a Ninja!
None------because I can't control myself!

Last night I checked my gmail account for the first time in about 2 years. I decided I was going to hook it up so my email program can get the emails for me. I knew I had about 20 emails in there from when I'd redirected one of my yahoo groups which had large size image files to it.
It had 3200 emails in it!    Oh and in the spam folder was 1 email.
Looking through some of the emails they are not spam, just sent to me cos people entered the wrong email address for someone with the same name and spelling as me. Also discovered that as my email name has a dot in it and if someone enters the name without a dot or a dot after every letter that gmail ignores the dots and sends it to me cos i bagged my name first (insert Nelson ha-ha).
Anyway I'm down to 2782 emails left to wade through. Wish me luck.

in Canberra April 17-19. Find out more here

SEASON TICKETS

Before 30 Jan 2009 $150
Before 30 Feb 2009 $170
From 1 April 2009 $190 This sounds like so much fun. Shame the bank balance thinks otherwise.

I've just finished responding to Rascal's correspondence. Yes, my cat gets mail and occassionally email.
She has requested a free food sample and entered 2 competitions and has now settled down for a nap.

I also discovered the other day her vet has terrible handwriting. I misread her year of birth as 1999 when in fact is was 1997. Making her a middle aged 9 year old.
I wonder when she need to move onto seniors food?