poo. somehow the phrase "Jesus Christ Ninja Star" came into my head today, but it seems someone has already made a film of it.

it was good timing to buy cds before getting sick. finally bought Little Earthquakes (from the $10 section at Rocking Horse, which always seems to be full of cds i already own)

mr V or Kathryn would have been handy to have around today, people who certainly know arses from elbows in modern-type history. when she asked me when the Tiananmen Square protests/slaughter was, "1989" came straight out and sounded kinda right. but then she wasn't confident about my answer (perhaps i should have waited for a "Simon Says", or at least pushed a buzzer).

i wasn't sure either, why do people ask me these things?

the pause stretched (then it unsuccessfully stifled a yawn and went off to make a cup of tea)

and i said, "oh, hang on. maybe 1989 was the Berlin Wall. erm... no, i'm pretty sure Tiananmen was '89."
"sure?"
"uh, yeah."
(pause comes back in, settles for a minute until it realises it forgot the milk)
"want me to go check? it'll just take a minute".

okay, that was going nowhere, i think i was mostly just proud that Tiananmen and the fall of the Berlin Wall was in the same year, and i gave a right answer while having no idea what i was on about.

still unsure why i get phone calls from people with random trivia questions. however, an improvement on the "how do you make pancakes?" calls.

in other not-news, have verified that i actually can make a vegetable soup with my eyes closed, and have made further plans for when i start my own country. kinda like the idea of nudity or nude-suits as the ceremonial national costume. this means that we would be the most popular country at Olympic opening ceremonies. the current national anthem is "wheeeeee!", so i'm kinda hoping that other countries will let us win some events just so everyone can join in.