Gwyneth
Originally uploaded by island_girl.

Just a little over a year after my nephew came into this world, my sister has done the government family proud by popping another sproglet.

So everyone, meet Gwyneth. She's a tiny one, 2.95kg as opposed to her brother's 3.5kg. They look pretty much like each other (or perhaps all babies have the same 'look'?) and definitely a a crier. Also has more hair, which is always a good thing.

I was doing my usual round of blog surfing when I saw that Otterman beat me to acquiring the object of my lusty desire! An early birthday present for him, while I, on the other hand, had ordered it online a week ago and have been waiting for it every day since.

Well.. its a good thing I was just waiting and not holding my breath in the bargain because it finally made its way to me today. So much for 'delivery in 1-3 days.' *rolls eyes*

So even if its not my birthday today (shout out to FF cos it is his birthday - yay), it almost feels like it, cos I have a new toy! Engraving is free, so obviously, my long nickname finally got put to good use. Just two characters short of the limit.

Yay! No more TV mobile gibberish!

I unearthed this at the museum the other day. So there, I can rightfully say I've been a covergirl too. Muahahaha.

All I can remember is this; I was mucking around waiting to enter grad school and Otterman called to ask if I were available for some photoshoot at the museum. I was free that day and turned up in my dungarees. I mean, how was I to know that I had to look er.. academic and all, poring over books and examining specimens with a scholarly air?

We corrected that by borrowing GS's jacket but there weren't any hair gel or makeup to make myself look better. But its just as well. It turned out to be an accurate rendition of a taxonomist - pale skin and lips from being locked up in the collection for the longest time.

Here's a spot quiz. Can you name 3 errors in this picture?

First name out of the hat gets a slab of smelly cheese from Paris.

So we sorted it out today. In exactly two weeks, I'll be off for three works, locked up in the labs and collections of the museum.

It will be fun, I think. Just have to sort out accomodation. That is getting quite hairy. Couchsurf? KOY's ex BIL? Or how about the lab attic? I just need a place to sleep I guess. Nothing too fancy. Although I did cave in and bought some stuff for the impending trip.

Wrote to DJ as well, asking if I can come over to Perth for a quick collection. If that works out, I'll be hitting WA with a quick and dirty job in the next week too. It probably is a long time coming, I'm ashamed to say. This locality has always been a non existant link in my sampling strategy and I don't think I will have any excuses if the examiners come in and ask me what happened to that black hole that is WA. I need an intelligent answer. Or at least be able to tell them that I tried.

In the meantime, werk werk. *grunts*