Shit happens and then you get shat on again

Hrm, where to start? Well life never goes well for long does it? There's always a problem of some kind.

My cousin, who is from Auckland and 15, has run away from home, and straight down here, and I'm stuck in the middle, I feel as if I'm being ripped in half, torn between her and her parents, it's hard to do the right thing when you're not 100% sure of what that is.

Work, has been piling up, and i'm not going to be getting any kind of a break until Monday, which means 3 very stressful days of Jurassic Park 3 (which, by the way, sucks) with many stupid Hoyts customers (75% of Hoyts customers suck) asking stupid questions, and then... well I'm going to probably be stuck dealing with things to do with my cousin.... or filling in for one of my best friends who's currently in hospital (another stress).

It's hard to talk and relax, when noone will listen.

I think Vodafone REALLY like me

Well, I won $10 on my phone, and although this isn't a huge deal, it was definatly something nice.

And now, well now it get's kinda weird, here's an E Mail (abbreviated) that I got tonight:

Dear Kat

Congratulations!

You've been selected as a regional finalist in the Vodafone Million Dollar Question Competition and are now a step closer to winning $50,000 and
being able to give $1,000,000 to a New Zealand charity.

A place has been reserved for you at the Wellington regional finals

What to expect on the day:

It's simple! All you have to do is come along on the day.

When you arrive at the venue your name will be checked off and you will be seated in a classroom-style situation. Once all 75 regional finalists
in Wellington have arrived the MC, Jason Gunn, will run you through the format for the evening.

You'll be given 15 minutes to answer 10 quick questions - with all answer-sheets marked upon completion.

Two correct entries will be selected at random by a scrutineer - and if one
of them is yours, you will go through to the semi-finals being held in Wellington on Tuesday, 18 September. (All entries will be marked and checked by an official scrutineer. You'll be notified on the night whether you've made it through to the semi-finals.)

So, even though it is hosted by Jason Gunn of all people, I think I can handle one night of Jason Gunn if I can win $50,000 y'know?

Oh yeah, and giving $1,000,000 to charity will be damn cool as well :-)

when you're at the bottom you can only go one way

On Planet of the Apes I guess no one can really write a correct review of this without having seen the original, but this is what I'm about to attempt.

I actually saw this on Tuesday with Crazywld, however I haven't gotten around to writing this until now. The makeup is amazing, the acting is beautiful. The plot however is entirely predictable. I have heard the general plot of the first one (remember, I haven't seen it) and the 2001 version is not only different, but still entirely predictable.

And there is no way in which the movie could have been ended without being pure cheese.

I give it 3/5 little gopher dudes, but I can't remember where the image is, so scroll down the bottom and look at them there :-P