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thanks rich!

Well, after an arduous 3 hours at UPS (and don’t let me even get started on the jungle I had to hack my way through to get there, and the wild boars that were attacking, and the poisonous snakes that were hunting me down), I collected the latest in a series of parcels of gear (from US online gear stores) that people have been sending my way (the plan being that I parcel the gear together, and post it home to Australia as ‘gifts’ ). This one was special though. This one had a present for me, in return for all of my efforts. A shiny shiny Black Diamond C4.

shiny shiny C4

With the help of Vegas, I proceeded to scratch it up by placing it in the hand cracks at the climbing gym. I feel I’ve sullied an innocent cam. Will it be forever tainted? Only time will tell.

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it’s christmas!

I have a functioning laptop again, hooray! Despite the UPS man’s best attempts to escape with it, I saw him out of my window, and chased him down the street, barefoot.

shiny new laptop

(Oh, and I didn’t throw my old one out the window, despite earlier threats. It is, however, sitting in the corner in disgrace.)

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precious precious treasure

After a day spent chasing the UPS truck around the suburbs, I finally managed to get my parcel of Australian treasure – it’s glorious, just look at it:

australian schwag

(This doesn’t mean that all of you who have promised me food don’t have to send it now! There are some obvious things missing – timtams anyone? … Send more food! I’m starving over here! Starving I tell you! All of the chocolate tastes like cooking chocolate, and has peanut butter in it.)