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1. Prior to being introduced, Australia did not have any members of the cat family, hoofed animals, apes or monkeys.
2. It takes approximately seven years for a lobster to grow to be about half a kilogram.
3. The strength of all the hairs on one human head can support the weight of approximately 100 people.
4. The palms of the hands and soles of the feet contain the most amount of sweat glands in the body.
5. The average speed of an avelanche is 35km an hour.
6. One brow wrinkle is the result of 200,000 frowns.
7. Chocolate contains the same chemical that your brain produces when you fall in love - phenylethylamine.
8. A blue whale's heart beats nine times per minute.
9. Pandas spend approximately 12 hours per day eating bamboo.
10. Animals that lack defensive structures, such as teeth or claws, are said to be muticous.

Deep Thought For Today

"A spoken truth should not cause offence to those without a guilty conscience."

I hope I have not plagiarised anybody... was just something that came to me after a yet another disappointment from my family.

Sad But True

I've just gotten home from seeing Harry Potter again with Kristina & Tony - I had also gone to see it last night with Belinder in Gold Class!!

As Belinder has 5 kids, it has been a while since she has seen a movie in the cinema, and she had never been to Gold Class before. It was rather disappointing as we had already eaten and planned to have the chocolate mud cake, but they had run out!! I was deciding whether or not to get the ice cream, but as I have just had a root canal, my teeth were still a bit on the sensitive side. Belinder did end up getting the ice cream and loved it.

She really liked Gold Class, but was annoyed that the seats we were in was where the ushers kept waking past throughout the movie (they were the only seats available when I booked).

When we go to see New Moon, we will be doing it in Gold Class & hopefully I can get back row seats this time.

Disappointed...

Right this minute, I should have been enjoying myself at the New Kids On The Block concert, instead I am home, listening to them on my Ipod instead & reminiscing about their last concert... a long time ago!!

*Grrrr*

Movie Review: My Life In Ruins

Enjoyed a lovely night out with an ex-work colleague tonight.

We started out with dinner at Sizzler's then went back to the place she is housesitting at the moment.

We just spent the time chatting about her travels abroad - she has some funny stories!! We were laughing so hard that I almost wet myself!

Plot: Georgia has lost her kefi (Greek for “mojo”). Discouraged by her lack of direction in life, she works as a travel guide, leading a rag-tag group of tourists as she tries to show them the beauty of her native Greece. While opening their eyes to an exotic foreign land, she too begins to see things in new ways—finding her kefi in the process.

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1. Owls are reportedly the only birds that can see the colour blue.
2. Green tea has 50% more vitamin C than black tea.
3. 80% of all rose species in the world come from Asia.
4. A large cumulonimbus cloud can hold enough water for 500,000 baths.
5. A mysophobic person as an intense fear of infection.
6. A building in which silence is enforced, like a library, is referred to as a silentium.
7. Botanically, true berries include the grape, tomato and eggplant, but not rasperries and blackberries.
8. During menstruation, the sensitivity of a woman's middle finger is reduced.
9. Seals sleep underwater and surface for air without waking.
10. Podiatrists state that the average pair of feet travel about 190,000km in a lifetime

Movie Review: Ice Age - The Dawn Of The Dinosaurs

I headed out to the movies today - to avoid being in the same house as my step-dad (we're not getting along at all & very rarely speak to each other) - and decided to see this.

It was okay, not as good as the first, but when really, are sequels better? I can only think of a few... the Bourne Identity Trilogy being one of the them.



Plot: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a baby, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently.

Movie Review: Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

It feels like I have been waiting for this movie for ages! I had organised 2 days of work when it was supposed to come out in December, but then it got pushed back to this year. Luckily I already had organised to have the entire month of July off work, so that means I can see it again and again and again!!

I was slightly disappointed that they didn't keep the ending true to the book, nor that the Dursley's, Dobby or Kreacher were in it :( (I will not say anymore so as not to spoil it for those who have yet to see it)

Plot: Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent on preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defences and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information.

Meanwhile the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rampage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas,. And Lavendar Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates. And then there's Hermione simmering with jealousy but she's determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air but tragedy is ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

Movie Review: Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen

I have been hanging out to see this. In preparation I watched the first one again this weekend.


It was awesome!!! There are quite a few funny scenes - I love "Wheelie" - he is so cute, and the 'twins'.


Plot: The battle for Earth has ended but the battle for the universe has just begun. After returning to Cybertron, Starscream assumes command of the Decepticons, and has decided to return to Earth with force. The Autobots, believing that peace was possible, find out that Megatron’s dead body has been stolen from the US Military by Skorpinox and revive him using his own spark. Now Megatron is back seeking revenge and with Starscream and more Decepticon reinforcements of their own, may have more to deal with then meets the eye.

Movie Review: Night At The Museum 2

I was never a fan of Ben Stiller, but he is slowly growing on me.

I saw this with a friend from work - I've only just seen the first one in the last few months and thought it was hilarious! This one is pretty good for a sequel.

Plot: It's a new "Night" and "Museum" for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history -- including Amy Adams as famed aviatrix Amelia Earhart, Hank Azaria as villainous Egyptian pharaoh Kahmunrah, Christopher Guest as Russian tyrant Ivan the Terrible and Alain Chabat as Napoleon. Owen Wilson is back as cowboy Jedediah, and Robin Williams again rides into history as Teddy Roosevelt. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair.