Listening to: “Impromptu in A Sharp” by Shubert. Awesome piano skills. O_O

Gah, Sydney smells like a barbeque again. I guess we’re already fortunate that bushfire season began a bit later, as last year was much worse, fires all over the place by Christmas. At least more families were able to have their New Year in relative peace. The fires are too close to me (perhaps about a 30 minute drive) but because of the strong winds, the smoke is very smellable. Really hope it dies down. Fucking arsons should find a better hobby.

I was watching a current affairs program today, and it brought up this interesting topic. Apparently, a chain of food stores selling chicken has come up with a catchy new slogan to target more healthy eaters, with the phrase “no fat chicks”. People have been very angry over this, as they see it as discriminatory towards overweight people (read more). When I first saw the slogan, I didn’t think it was targeted at overweight people or deliberately making fun of them. I thought it was quite a catchy pun, a tongue-in-cheek play over the sensitive issue of obesity. But then again, perhaps some people see it as unfair jabbings. Ah but with all sensitive issues, they have both sides eh? What do you think?

Went over to Fiona’s today and came to 3 conclusions.
1. Reconfirmed my belief that Studio Ghibli is probably the most awesome anime company in existence. Watched Nausicaa and Grave of the Fireflies, I personally loved the latter, it was very touching and disquieting in the typically elegant way of Studio Ghibli.
2. Playing (and watching) Street Fighter makes me very dizzy.
3. Alcohol isn’t as bad as I thought it to be. In fact, it is veerrrry nice. :D Well, I’ve only had a bit of Baileys and some other one, and it makes me happy. The former is addictive, the intial taste a bit icky, but the after taste is mmmmm nice. ^^ Being sober is a very refreshing contrast, but being a bit tipsy is exhilirating too. It’s a bit like going high when stressed except without the stress part. Mmm… must try again someday.