Road Trip!

If you're wondering what I mean, then wonder no more, for today, [yesterday. Bare with me. As has happened before, I'll post like it happened today, even though it happened yesterday.] the whole family went down to Canberra. And it has the net, thank god. And I know that I'm posting a day late, but that's because I went to a movie, and I had to share the computer with my brother, and we went out to dinner... you get the picture. But, this means I can say everything that happened during the day. So let's see.

I woke up, and as usual, went on my laptop, until breakfast. Then we had to pack for our trip to Canberra. I went on my laptop up until we had to leave, with me going on MSN and surfing the net, as usual. Then, around 12, it was time to go. I went with Dad, and EJ went with Mum. In the first few minutes, I read 'The Host' by Stephenie Meyer, before my dad put on Billy Joel. I listened to that for about an hour and a half, reading on and off. Then I figured it was a good time to work on a bit of my book, specifically character development. I still need a lot more time, though. After Billy Joel, my Dad put on Queen, which I sang along to. It still scares me that I know almost all of the words. So that was the car trip. It was over 3 hours. It got kind of repetitive, but it seemed shorter than the ride home on Saturday, probably because I was actually doing something. When we arrived at my Dad's place in Canberra, Uncle Nudge was already there, with his daughter Darcy. He was watching the match between Melbourne and Richmond. I bring this up because Melbourne were winning. So that's my tips shot for the round, after a win by West Coast as well. I only got 3 for the round. If anybody got 8 I'd be amazed. Anyway. After we unpacked, I got my Dad's internet dongle out, and went straight back on the net. I had to share with my brother, though, so I get it about half the time. At around 6 we went out for dinner, all 5 of us. We got home an hour later (well, not home so much as where we're staying. But it's a lot easier to say 'home'.) Then after a while on Spore and MSN, at around 9 we left for the movie. We went to watch this movie called 'Knowing,' which was pretty good: for about an hour and a half. I'm not going to spoil it, but just know that the last 20 minutes were both unsatisfying and an excuse to use up the special effects budget. Great effects, don't get me wrong, but overdone, in my opinion. It was unsatisfying in that, yeah, all the loose ends were tied up, but not in a way that was particularly enjoyable. The movie ended around 11:30, and on the car ride home, we discussed the movie, and tried to work out what some scenes meant. If you thought about them, they only really served as a function of the movie, rather than as something that naturally followed on from the preceding events. But that's just my opinion. And so that was my day.

Comments now. 4, again, but from 3 people, which is a bit better, or so I think. Anyway.
*Victor: Um... what?
*Karen: Indeed! Seriously though, how do you comment within 4 minutes?
*Karen: I go for the Blues because my Dad does. If they played anyone besides Carlton, I'd be all for the Swans. But just not when they're playing the Blues.
*Ebony: Bloody hell. What is with that "Victor/Ebony is cool" thing, anyway? And if you go to my blog after I went to an AFL game, expect commentary.

I'll just wrap up here. Sorry for the (incredibly) late post, I didn't have much time to do it in. Hopefully I'll be able to do the next post a little earlier.

It's not my fault I posted so late,
AB