Five things

Five things I've learned in the last few days:

1. Wireless Broadband is goodness, but when the salespeople say the set-up assistant will work on a mac, they're probably lying.
2. Pluto is no longer a planet. Huh.
3. Canberra is too small to put anything you don't want RL people to see on the internet. Especially if it involves pictures.
4. Compared to some of my friends, I've had a very boring life.
5. The best lines to say after sucking helium out of balloons are 'Luke, I am your father', and 'There can only be One'. Although, V's introductory speech from V for Vendetta isn't bad either.

All in all, Life is good :)

An exercise in patience

In an attempt to fulfil this month's goal of being more motivated, I bought an exercise bike today. This particular one was chosen partly on the basis of the salesperson's assurances that it was easy to assemble (and partly because the cheaper one was sold out). HAH.

After bringing the home the box and dragging it up the stairs (which by itself probably fulfilled my exercise quota for the next month), bob_ette and I opened it up and started assembling. Over an hour later, we have one functioning exercise bike - however, we also have 4 left over screws, and the console/computer screen section of said bike is currently being held on by a section of packaging wrapped around the face and the upright. It looks like an 80's aerobic instructor. *sigh*

And yes, we did follow the instructions, dammit!