Renee wanted a light brekky, so she ordered some Vegemite toast. But where the hell is the Vegemite?! Talk about a stingy spreading....

Joining some of the peeps from work for breakfast at Bar Roma this morning. Hope my coffee and brekky arrives soon - I'm soooo hungry!

A shiny black stand with the impressive title "Dragonplus Compact Charger Stand". Not much to say about it except - good fit; robust build; excellent non-slip base; pretty blue LED when the power lead is stuck in it. Once again - about $8.00 on eBay.

See this little black knob? Superb. It's part of the Dragonplus Analog Stick Armor Kit that arrived today.

Provides a massive improvement to the effectiveness and comfort of the PSP's analog controller. The standard knob is almost flat to the body of the PSP and is shiny a metallic mesh about 10mm in diameter. Nightmare to use.

This replacement sits almost 10mm higher; is 50% wider and is made of a more tactile rubber combound. Found these on eBay for $5.00 ex Hong Kong (for a set of five in various sizes/heights). Highly recommended!

Every time I see this see this sign it makes me smile. Located adjacent to the car park at Surry Hills Shopping Centre, it's generally full of... well.... old people waiting for a taxi or family member to collect them and their groceries.

But by 9.15pm last night Edna, Dorris, Marge and Friends were probably all rugged up at home watching Blue Heelers and sipping on their mug of Horlicks, which gave me an opportunity to photograph "their" seat without upsetting them in the process.

But I think this would be a better photo if shot with about 20 degrees wider angle with some "golden oldies" sitting on it. Might need to sit in my car with the SLR and a big lense to get the image.

This is Jess and Luke (aka 'Bot') at the airport last night. We dropped them off and had a drink with them before they boarded their flight to London. Three weeks in Europe... oh yeah!

A tiny weenie piece of useless history for you....

For the last 18-or-so years I've worn glasses. While I'm not exactly Mister Magoo without them (about -2.50 both sides), the world seems just a bit too fuzzy when I don't have them on. So, I generally have them slapped on my face whenever I'm moving about.

I've toyed with the idea of contact lenses every now and then. Actually, every 12 months to be exact - when I turn up at the optometrists to get checked and get some new specs. But, I am *terrible* when it comes to putting things in my eyes. I am *so bad* that even putting in eye drops is as frustrating (and painful) as giving a cat a bath.

But, I bit the bullet yesterday and made an appointment to come back (today) to get fitted with contacts and start a trial to see how I go with them.

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I would like to use this opportunity to apologise to Stephen, the most understanding optometrist in the world. For almost 40mins he put up with "f*ck!"; "agggh....sh*t!"; "I give up! I'll never get them in"; "this is f*cked"; "stuff it...I'll never get them out" (and other carefully-chosen words muttered under my breath) as I squirmed in the chair; pushed his arm awayl and generally acted like a patient/customer from hell.
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Well, my eyes are tired and red from the thrashing I gave them while fitting/removing them under the optometrist's supervision. I think they're going to take a bit of getting used to. My sight is still a little 'soft' on the focussing at this stage, but I'm told that will improve as my eyes settle down. But they ARE in, and the glasses are sitting on the desk next to me. One micro-step for optical dispensing - one giant leap for DJ.

Having said all of that, I've just remembered that I have to take these things OUT again tonight. Noooo..........

Our dentist has a great sense of humour and he proudly states that he "Caters for Cowards".

To help with the stress levels, he's even had a fresco painted on the ceiling. It's like the roof has been torn away and you're surrounded by flying pigs; balloons; birds; hot air baloons etc

(I wonder if he means THIS one?)

Seeing your dentist at 6.00am just isn't right. But I'll do anything to get rid of this horrendous tooth ache.... including getting up at 4.30am to get ready to get here!