Awesome Website and Goodbye!

So today I stumbled across the best web sites ever! They literally had me in stitches laughing, my face was bright red and I even started crying! Not Joke. I strongly recommend you check out http://failblog.org/ and http://epicwinftw.com/ The first one is all about stupid things people do which are known as 'epic fails'. If you find the lady in the clown mask dancing to 'all the single ladies' let me know :) It was the best. The second site is the opposite - totally awesome stuff that people have done which are known as 'epic wins'. Some people must have warped minds to come up with this stuff.

On another note, this will be my last blog until Sunday. I am heading down with friends to the Aus Open tennis. I am a huge tennis fan but I have never been to a live match before. I have heard that it is completely different to what you see on the TV - they hit the ball a lot faster than you realize. So Wed/Thursday we have both day and night tickets to the tennis. Friday and Saturday are going to be shopping and having my tennis rematch with Corin. Friday/Sat night is clubbing (hopefully with Jenna, Nathan and Corin) before heading back home on Sunday. Catch you then :)

Big Bang Theory

Ok, so I can't be certain, but the Big Bang Theory could well be in my top three favourite TV shows (Survivor is definitely number one, and Beauty and the Geek has to be up there as well by default).

For those of you who have not seen it, it is on WIN and it is about four major Geek guys and a hot Beauty who lives across the hall (sound familiar?). It shows the contrast between their lives and all the awkward moments that Geeks face from relationships to dealing with people in general. What I think I like most about it is the humour. I don't think that it is necessarily that funny, but all the jokes are science, computing or geeky in some manner. I guess that it makes me laugh more simply for the fact that I understand the jokes, when a lot of people wouldn't. What's even more fnuny is when Sheldon goes rambling on and on about some Physics theory of his which is supposed to confuse viewers. But I always seem to understand it :) I even try and pick holes in his arguments. I think the rest of my family also love the show too because they sit there and say - hey look! Its Jeremy! I don't think that I am as Geeky as these guys, but maybe I am still a Geek in some kind of denial. I understand their jokes and I was on a TV show called Beauty and the Geek after all.

I highly recommend you watch it - simply to cringe at how awkward the characters are. But just remember - some of us are really like that

Rubiks Cube

Ok - so who knows how to solve a Rubiks cube? I could do it when I was younger, well only if you count peeling of the stickers and re-arranging them :) Now I am a bit older, I would love to learn how to solve it the proper way. I am sure there are a number of sites on the internet that teach you how but I am going to start at www.rubiks.com and also the wikipedia entry.

From memory, Alan had one in the house and he knew how to solve it. But I never got a chance to learn :( I love mathematical puzzles and I have heard that there is a mathematical solution! So I think I will have to go searching around my house to see if I still own a Rubiks cube and get cracking. If you are reading this Alan, could you bring your cube to QLD and you can teach me how.

Segways!!!

So I got a wii fit for Christmas and have been playing everyday this week. It is actually pretty fun keeping track of your achievements. It also tells you your 'wii fit' age where if you do poorly on your balance test it tells you your body is older than your true age. (my over 50 dad was very happy today to hear he was 31)

Anyways....in one of the balance games you have to ride a Segway!!! When the Geeks first got to ride them in the B&G mansion it was awesome! We seriously considered stuffing up the filming just so we could ride them again. They are not that hard to steer, but they keep banging into the curb if you don't stop them properly. Just ask Nathan! (bless you by the way - just an inside joke). And if you are really good at it, it is almost like you are skiing (Corin) or moon walking (Toby).

So if by any chance in the universe someone from the Segway company is reading this blog, I would be more than happy to take one of the Segways off your hands and promote it around everywhere I go. Seriously!!!

If you have not tried one of these devices, go and find someone who has one.

Did I Break The World Record?

Due to a confidentially agreement I signed before I tried, I cannot say whether I broke the record or not. The show will go to air some time after Easter, so you will have to wait until then :)

World Record Attempt

So tomorrow I am attempting to complete one of my New Years Resolutions - break a Guinness World Record. If anyone is in Sydney then head on over to Warringah Mall (food court) at 1:30 and see how I go.

The record that I am attempting is to make five balloon animals blindfolded in less than 64 seconds. The balloons are a poodle, sword, snail, caterpilla and flower. Since I am blindfolded, I need an assisstant to pass me the next balloon. It is going to be Emma!

If you can't make it, it is (hopefully) going to be on the TV show Australia Smashes Guinness World Records.

Not sure whether I will be able to post whether I was successful or not (in case their is a confidentially agreement). But we will see tomorrow.

Nathans Marathon Part 2

So Nathan ended up completing the marathon in less than 5 hours which was a totally awesome effort for someone with no training! From what I remember him telling me, he walked parts of it but ran most of the way.

The thing about long distance running (from my experiences) is that it does not necessarily matter how fast you train, even whether you are walking or running - it is more about the distances you train. Can you ever remember the last time you were on your feet walking or running for 5 hours straight?!?

I myself found out what it feels like the hard way, but it was really funny when Nathan did. He told me that being on his feet for that long made his legs feel like jelly. After going to bed after the race, he forgot that he had not recovered. So when he tried to get out of bed, his legs completely gave way and he fell out of bed :)

No matter - completing a marathon is a totally awesome achievement and I want to say a big congrats to Nate.

Marathon

I have completed two marathons in my life - I did the Canberra Marathon in 2008 in a tick under 3 hours 30 minutes after hurting my knee and running/limping the last 7 km, and I ran/walked a marathon at the end of my Ironman triathlon in 2009 in just under 5 hours.

I reckon everyone should run a marathon at least once in their lives - it should be on every persons 'To Do' list I have convinced two of my best friends, Patrick and Julian, to do the Canberra marathon in April this year. I have printed off a training program for them and they are totally freaked out. I don't think that I would have survived my marathons without training. I hope they can keep up with the training and finish the marathon.

But who needs training?!? A week after I got out of the B&G mansion I get a call from Geek Nathan saying he needs my help to run a marathon. Now I assumed he meant like a 10 km fun run or something and was just calling it a marathon, but he said "No, that it is a proper 42.2 km marathon!" So I said to him, "OK, I can help you train. When is the marathon?" He says "Tomorrow". I laughed and asked him "How much training have you done?" and he says "Oh, I have run twice this week". Well I told him how hard it was and that he was in for pain.

I will leave the second part of this story for tomorrows post :)

Lil Knickers

So I thought that I would post a link to the business website of Hadassah and her family. The site is called 'Lil Knickers' where they sell georgeous baby clothes. I have had a look at the site and I have to say, I absolutely love the packaging of the clothes. It is very professional and cute too :) So if you are looking for baby clothes, I would recommend having a look at http://www.lilknickers.com.au/default.asp

B&G Wars

So here is a video that Alan shot of Hadassah and Toby having a Jedi fight! It would have been good to see a pretent death scene or loss of limbs. So maye the B&G Wars saga will have to continue... Cue music: da, da da da da da, da da da da da, da da da da da

If the video does not work, you can see it on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=377aRJWIhvs