Bachaelor Weekend

So Sharon was away Saturday to Wednesday - lots of nerdy television (Lexx, Scrapheap Challenge), games (Metroid Hunter) and books (Short History of Progress) to keep me entertained... a 'guilty' delight, but only because it's so rare that I can partake :)
And then last night I got to teach Capoeira again! Yay.
Sharon was at a conference. She had an up and down time - one of the ups was going to a Calidh, or K-lee, which is a scottish dance. It sounded pretty good, and I'll admit I am somewhat jealous. But we are going to see if we can attend one in London - I do love a good organised group dance.

Just some fun...

Pure Nerd 69 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 26% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally smart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking up all of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer. Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even more so as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely be replaced with the following label: Purely Successful. My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 77% on nerdiness You scored higher than 43% on geekosity You scored higher than 40% on dork points Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test

Went to Tallinn

So the other weekend (9/10) Sharon and I headed to Tallinn to check out the various venues... and what a great time we had. Again it was wonderfully relaxing to wander around this medieval town, and even though we were there for only 1.5 days, we were reassured that it will make a fantastic wedding setting.
We checked out the reception hotel - where we will be staying, but probably not too many others. Jonathan, the GM, was ill but we met the Head Chef whose food astounded us on that night when we dined there.
We also went to the Brothers of the Blackhead where the ceremony will be - a 14th century building with magnificent ballrooms. The only problem might be having to few people....
We checked out another place too, but it was more expensive and not as good.
Starting to become a reality

Surprise Party

Wedding planes are coming along in a stop/start manner. The Medieval Restaruent proved to have unimaginative management, so we are not going there for the wedding, but have found some nice hotels who are helping us get everything together.
We just booked our flights 'round the world today - very exciting! So no matter what we'll be in Vancouver and Brisbane in May next year - woo hoo!!!!
Our project is starting to hit milestone season, but I'm still enjoying myself when I have real work to do. Nice, long honeymoon I have to say!

And the biggest news was my surprise birthday/congratulations from all my mates back in Brisbane. Mark had the idea and then he and my family (thanks Neeka!!) got in touch with all my old friends and had them around to my parents place where they rang me and we had a 2hour over the phone party (as it were).
Thanks to everyone involved, it was fantastic and made my heart yearn for BrisVegas.
Loves yous all