Sunday, September 04, 2005

Calm, peaceful, happy with a herring and an aquavit

Until a particular time of night, when they snap and reveal a certain maniac side. That was Eurovision commentator Terry Wogan's brilliant analysis of the Norwegian personality. If anyone can bring the Eurovision spirit to my party, it's you Guro. Hung out w/ Marcus and Mags a bit on Saturday after the dive, they're definitely gonna be there.

Another nugget of pure gold from Wogan (I think it was about the french act): Last time I saw legs like that they were standing in a nest.

Warning, long post follows, yots of photos.

At Mahon's pool, we didn't see any sunfish, but we had a seance to summon any sharks in the area:




And sure enough, immediately afterwards we came across a family of five or six little port jacksons, lazing in the sand:




Click here for an extra closeup of that last one, cuz its wicked

Ermine tried to dance with a baby one, but he wasn't too interested:




Update: I reckon some of these pics look better in black and white. What do you guys think??













Twas an early start and an active day on Sat, so that night I just sat at home and watched Star Wars. (Sounds pretty nerdy I guess, but hey, I'm writing a blog on the internet, so what have I got to lose?)


Sergeant: What seems to be the trouble, constable?
Constable: This man claims to be an automatic teller machine, sir.
Sergeant: Well, he appears to be out of order.

14 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

what are those stripey fish called?

10:38 AM  
Blogger I-Rock said...

If you mean the little ones, they're Mado
(see here)

Or the big ones, Port Jackson Sharks

p.s., who's "me"?
Katie?

10:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

see! I dont even have to identify myself! Having said that - weirdly psychic... do de do do.

10:52 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

are angel fish the triangular ones? they are very aggressive - one tried to eat my belly ring.

10:53 AM  
Blogger I-Rock said...

Yeah, Angelfish are kinda traingular.

Ermine, a dutch girl who dove with us, managed to get bitten by a clownfish (nemo) when she went to the reef, and it drew blood!

It takes real talent to get bit by one o' them!

10:58 AM  
Blogger K said...

Cool - I bled too.

That makes me rad too.

That Nemo is supposed to be a good guy! That's morally reprehensible of the people at Pixar - millions of trusting children bleeding to death! The horror!!!!

11:55 AM  
Blogger I-Rock said...

argh, here too?

p.s. I've updated all the b/w pix so they're more contrasty.

if you do a shift-refresh you should see all the new ones

11:58 AM  
Blogger K said...

I'm everywhere at once - omnipotent... kinda like, say, a secret ninja!

Much better... really brings out the stripes!

12:06 PM  
Blogger I-Rock said...

you're an enigma, enshrouded in mystery, wrapped in a kinder suprise.

I love ninjas with all of my body (including my pee pee).

(Brett, remember the ninja night at Alana's party?)

12:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

does that make me the toy inside the egg inside the surprise? it IS sometimes mysterious as to what they are... very enigmatic indeed.

3:08 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

PS: I don't like the implication that you like me with your pee pee, Ian. You haven't even bought me dinner.

3:10 PM  
Blogger I-Rock said...

if everything goes well I'll buy you breakfast

3:33 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i'm flattered, maybe even a little curious...

5:23 AM  
Blogger I-Rock said...

woot!

2:00 AM  

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