Learn from the mistakes of others

10 years ago:

August 1995 - nearly finished first year of my first law degree program. Living in Darwin, trying not to go mad.

5 years ago:

August 2000 - second wedding anniversary rolling round. son well on his way to his first birthday. nearly finished the law degree.

1 year ago:

August 2004 - nearly finished the grad dip in education. i think at this point i was back in the place i had my teens in, teachign at the school i did high school in, trying to think of reasons why i wasn't escaping ...

Yesterday:

See my earlier post.

5 snacks I enjoy:

1. biscuits - especially tim tams.
2. chips.
3. chocolate - especially from haigh's.
4. other stuff i can't think of right now.

5 songs I know all of the lyrics to:

ah. nope. but i do know the choruses to about 500 songs ...

5 things I would do with 100 million dollars:

1. clear my debts
2. set up a
   trust
3. start my own business.

the rest would follow from there.

5 places I would run away to:

1. Cambridge, UK
2. Boston, USA
3. The Hague, The Netherlands
4. Lima, Peru
5. Phuket, Thailand

5 things I would never wear:

hard to say, really. especially in light of the things i have actually worn in my lifetime. such as the peach skirt-suit number ... for a rocky horror evening. complete with high heels, stockings ... back when i was still weight-lifting ...

5 favorite T.V. shows:

Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, Deadwood, The Daily Show,

honourable mentions would include:
ReGenesis, Lexx (especially Season One: Eva Habermann - enough said), Stargate franchise, NCIS (Abby!), CSI franchise, first season of Law & Order when it was still original, Numb3rs, Without a Trace, ... OK, so I like good Sci-Fi and have fun with legal/criminal/sci-tech drama.

5 bad habits:

1. talking
2. thinking
3. questioning
4. reading
5. writing

5 biggest joys:

my son, graduating with honours for the first time, discovering that i'm not a stubborn prick - i'm autistic, meeting lorelei, sitting on a balcony on a summer evening watching rain storms come in and the steady downpour that follows.

5 favorite toys:

i don't have 5. five i'd like to have? well:

1. a decent pda/palmtop
2. an mp3 player
3. a mazda rx-8
4. an alienware computer
5. nokia 8800

5 people I tag to do this:

meh. you pick.