saffiter | Holy frackin' dust Batman!

I woke up this morning to low visibility and the faint smell of smoke. I thought "Grea~at Yarrahbah's on bloody fire, again". (This happened a couple of weeks ago and you just couldn't see anything. Visibility was low and everything stunk of bush smoke for about a week).

Turns out I was kinda half right. It's not Yarrahbah that's on fire, it's the Tablelands, but that's only come down into Cairns a little bit. It's not bad enough to cause the haze that we've got now. Seriously, Cairns is surrounded by mountains. I know that the mountains are there... I bloody well live against one of them! but can I see them? No~o. I can't see much more than a really faint outline if I squint.

WTF?!

The answer to what's causing this: Dust storm.

I repeat: WTF?!?!?! This is FNQ. We don't get dust storms! (and I asked Mum, who grew up here as a little girl. She said she'd never seen this up here either).

I have pictures of the main drag I took with my camera-phone today when I went down to Central for lunch (boy was that a bad idea. I felt scungy for the rest of the day after that plus wheezy and sneezing like you wouldn't believe). I'll post them up later.

In other news I can now officially call myself a Jedi Master *grins* or at least that's what the DoS (Director of Studies), said to me.

Confused?

We were having a conversation about the strangest student names we've had (I won, btw. I've had Dong Ki and Hong Ki. It took me about 3 weeks to learn how to keep a straight face when calling the roll). The DoS was sitting behind his desk listening (and giggling... most disturbing to see a grown man giggle like that let me tell you) when he suddenly he bounds up from behind his desk and flings himself out the door. He's still hanging on to the door frame, grinning maniacally, and points to our group. "I can top that!!! I interviewed a Korean with the name Jedi today! And he's in your class!" *points his finger at me and gives me this manic grin*

Needless to say I won the "Strangest Names" competition.

So I am now known as the Jedi Master in the staff room ^____^.

The DoS's antics aren't over yet. This man is a card, an absolute card... he keeps the office interesting.

I look over at him about 20mins after this conversation to see him slouched down in his chair with some sort of pink bottle in his hand. I couldn't work out what it was until he unscrews the lid, takes it off, and then proceeds to blow bubbles out his office door.... o.O

I kid you not! He was blowing bubbles.

Me: Ah, our DoS. The epitome of maturity.
DoS: Shut up! It's been a hard day! *blows more bubbles out of his door*

I love my job!

Also, I went back and re-did that iTunes meme that was going around as I now have iTunes and can answer all the questions.

Total length:

2006 songs, 5 days, 13.08G (considering I've got a 120G iPod... this is gonna take me a while to fill and that's not counting the 33 fanvids I've got on there either)

First and last songs (by title):

ABC Cafe/Red and Black - Les Miserables 10th Anniversary Concert
4Ever - The Veronicas - The Secret Life Of

Sort by time - shortest and longest:

Dismissed - Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Robinson (10sec)
The Battle of Kinsale: The Great O'Neill - Phil Coulter - Celtic Horizons (16min 30sec)

Sort by Album - first and last:

The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
101 90's Hits

Sort by Artist - first and last:

A-Ha
Xie Ting Fung

Top five played songs:

1. Hella Bar Talk - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
2. Star Trek - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
3. Nailin' the Kelvin - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
4. Door of Destiny - Klaus Badelt - Epic Choral
5. You Know My Name - Chris Cornell - James Bond 007: Casino Royale

Find the following words. How many songs show up?

Sex: 1
Death: 6
Love: 75
You: 134
Home: 11
Boy: 17
Girl: 39

First five songs that come up on Party Shuffle:

1. Father and Son Reunited - John Williams - Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
2. Trap the Worm - Bryan Tyler - Children of Dune
3. Dinner is Served - Hans Zimmer - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
4. Burning Down the House - The Used - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Soundtrack
5. Coronation - Harry Gregson-Williams - Kingdom of Heaven

Five Most Recently Added:

1. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - Aerosmith - Armageddon
2. End Credits - Alan Sylvestri - Cast Away
3. I Love the Night Life - Alicia Bridges - The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
4. People Get Ready - Alicia Keys - Glory Road OST
5. Grandstand Theme - BBC - The Great Sporting Experience

Five Songs Most Recently Played:

1. Hella Bar Talk - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
2. Star Trek - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
3. Nailin' the Kelvin - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
4. To Boldly Go - Michael Giaccino - Star Trek
5. Inama Nushif (montage) - Bryan Tyler - Children of Dune

SPELL YOUR USERNAME IN SONGS:

M - M!ssundaztood - Pink - M!ssundaztood
A - Accidentally in Love - Counting Crows - Shrek 2 Soundtrack
S - Sadie (the Cleaning Lady) - John Farnham - One Voice: Greatest Hits
I - I'd Do Anything - Oliver Twist -
T - Take a Chance on Me - Erasure - 101 90's Hits
F - F-22's to the City - Steve Jablonsky - Transformers
O - O Come All Ye Faithful - Celtic Woman - A Christmas Celebration
O - Oil Fields - David Arnold - 007: Quantum of Solace
T - Talamone - David Arnold - 007: Quantum of Solace