ok. THAT is one helluva clumsy word. I'm on free rice at the moment. I got it right...but only cause i've watched 'the prestige'.

prestidigitator = magician.

try getting your tongue round THAT one. It's so common in conversations, isn't it?
"oh, yeah, i'm pretty good at card tricks, so i'm thinking about becoming a prestidigitator when i grow up."

by the way, (if you are there) i cracked up at the whole 'potato in wig thing'. I'm sure your egg artwork will stun the world, snort.

i just mispelled snort, and said snot. I didn't know them words were so chummy.

Talking about artwork, there's this famous australian artist who's been arrested or something, because his latest exhibit was bordering on pornography. The art world's outraged. It's ART, they're saying. There are no limitations on ART. They're photographs of this young naked girl. hmm. i'm not buying it. Next thing you know, we'll be exhibiting guts strung in pretty patterns, or (will my moral side let me? aw, what the hell, i feel indulgent) male genitals proudly on display. Ok, so maybe i'm going a bit far. still, dye see my point?
Rudd's not happy about it either. Poor Ruddy- i saw the headlines today. Looks like he's screwed up with the "Fuel Watch" scheme- instead of lowering petrol prices like its supposed to, its only esculating 'em. And, what's more, they were warned of it happening by their own experts. That's politicians for ya. Stubborn bastards.
I don't mind Ruddy though. He makes me laugh. haha, i don't think that's what he's supposed to do...but Australia's way past that whole 'revering the leader' kind of thing. We know he needs us more than we need him. Hahaha, on the news the other day, Ruddy was being interviewed. There was this guy beside him, i think it was another member, but you should have seen the look on his face! His eyes were shining with puppy-like awe as he looked up at the PM! Hilarious. hilarious. Well, i'll say this. He's better than Johnny. (i'm being extremely and unfairly prejudiced here. I really don't know a flea's bonnet about politics...but you know, its so easy to despise a government member who's been stagnating in his term for too long).

Isn't it so aggravating to know there's this exciting world all around you, but you just can't see it? You admire all these people who, i dunno, write books, paint amazing artworks, make music. And its all within our reach, to be great, just like them, to see the world as our oyster (to use a terribly hackneyed term). But- sometimes you just can't see the world around you as anything but boring. Sad, sad. By the way, usually when i say 'you', i mean 'i'. It's just a cowards way... as if i know what it's like for everyone else! But its comforting to be general.