Rules for the use of the internet:

Prohibititions

1. No blogging until after graduation. (Date: November 22nd)
2. No Instant Messaging until after the bulk of work required for graduation is completed. (Date: September 20th)
3. No over-doing Instant Messaging until after the last of the exams. (Date: October 22nd)
4. Don't read every blog post that comes into the Google Reader...just the ones that are important to read.
5. Watch Daddy's videos on YouTube and school-related YouTube videos. Don't waste time on other videos, however interesting.
6. Don't feel sorry for yourself or martyr-like about any of this. One can definitely live without any of these (very nice) things.
7. Don't feel proud about yourself if you keep these.
8. Don't break them nonetheless.

Permissions

1. Do make a concerted effort to keep in touch with friends (both "online" and "real"- tangentially, see my post in David Ketter's thread, Online Life on the forum to see my thoughts on the topic of "online" and "real" friends).
2. Do answer and act upon emails and messages that friends and acquaintances kindly send.
3. Do comment on the blogs of friends.
4. Do approve comments on this blog post and reply if necessary.
5. Do enjoy your school-work!
6. Do stop writing this right now, publish it and go do music analysis.

Crocodile Bird

This Friday we went on a walk in a local nature area. As we were walking along, we saw a Rainbow Lorikeet bouncing around in a bush beside the path. Mike was greatly impressed by this brightly coloured bird.

Mike: Ooh! What's that Daddy?

Daddy: Oh, that's just a crocodile. Come on.

{fast-forward to early this morning}

Mike: And King Peter [his hero] opened up the present from Peter Pan and found a birdie!

Me: Oh, that's nice. What sort of birdie? One like Sammy? (Our budgie.)

Mike: No, no. *thinks for a minute* It was a crocodile bird.

Me: What?

Mike: A crocodile bird! Like we saw at the picnic! With the lots of colours.

This reminds me of the time when I asked Daddy where dolls came from and he told me they grew on trees....

[I was (sort of) tagged by Anya. On further inspection, I think I've already done this one by email...but I'll do it again.]

Two names I go by
This is difficult, because apart from the obvious, most of my nicknames are derivations of my RealName. However.

1. Anika Qing (The Qing dynasty in China is my favourite Chinese dynasty.)
   
2. Chicken (My mum still calls me this- it's not an assessment of my courage, but a term of endearment.)

Two things I am wearing right now
My mother would never forgive me for revealing just how bad a dress-sense I have.

Two of my favourite things to do
I was complaining to my father about this the other day. As soon as you identify yourself as Reformed, the conversation is over. If you are Reformed it is almost guaranteed that you like reading, theology, church history, conservative politics, courtship, classical music and Christian philosophy. What else is there to discover? What arguments are to be held? So, in protest:

1. I am currently in a heavy metal band that is putting the works of Charles Finney (a theologian from the 12th century) to music.
2. I spend my weekends inciting the proletariat to revolution with my 10th boyfriend who is a member of the nihilist club.
   

But, I am very glad to say that neither of those things have a trace of truth to them. (Though, I don't mind heavy metal from a moral standpoint, but from an artistic standpoint....)

Two things you want very badly at the moment

1. I wouldn't mind a copy of Alister McGrath's Dawkins Delusion handy.
   
2. I wouldn't mind a cup of Ribena.
   

Two pets you had/have

1. Thomasina (had)
2. Samwise Gamgee (have)

Two things you did yesterday

1. Worked on the biography.
   
2. Read a third of the way through God Delusion.
   

Two things you ate yesterday

1. Pepper Sausages
2. Porridge

Two people you last talked to

1. Mike- about fluffy toys
   
2. Mummy- about breakfast
   

Two things you're doing tomorrow
I don't really know...probably reading...or if I'm better, doing maths. And probably ranting about how wonderful or terrible Prince Caspian is. :-)

Two longest car rides

1. From my capital city to the country town of my childhood.
   
2. From home to holiday spot. (Mummy quickly vetoed my idea of using the noun 'vacation'. I fear I am becoming Americanised - spelled, as my mum says, with an "s".)

Two favorite holidays

1. Christmas
2. Australia Day

Two favorite beverages
I don't know, as there are so many. I like hot chocolate...but there are all the others, too. So, two beverages I do not like are:

1. Red cordial (especially the kind rampant at church morning teas)
   
2. Coffee (not that I've ever tried, but I dislike the terrible addiction into which it has enslaved my father)
   

I might tag three people, in the understanding that they don't have to do it. :) I'm just doing it because I like being tagged...and I think you might too.

+ Lloyd
+ Mummy
+ Tiffany