surely there are more important things to worry about

everyone knows the burger king bikini girls are stupid.
the ads are dumb and they have nothing to do with eating greasy grilled burgers loaded with carbohydrates and fat.
no you will not look like a burger king bikini girl if you eat this food.
neither will you be fabulous and have a lot of friends.

but to complain that your kids shouldnt have to watch them?
some weiner lodged a complaint with the broadcasting standards authority as their child saw it during home and away. someone should call child services on their ass for letting their kids watch home and away for starters.

get your kids asses off the couch and down to the tennis court. or football field. whatever.

new zealanders have differing views on the subject but there seems to be more people up and arms against the ads. the new zealand herald ran a submit your views link - interesting. i wonder if these moms are the same ones that let their 7 year olds walk around looking like britney spears but wont turn off the tv.

the ads probably would have lasted longer here - and had a better response by males and females - if they were slightly more humourous like the tui ads.
america gets the burger king king. we're a lot more funny than that. so come on ad men (yes we know youre all men) give us something tongue in cheek. pardon the pun.

cant help myself

as you may have read in previous posts - i fancy myself as an amateur photographer and have been spending a lot of time working on the composition of my images.

i selected to complete the PADI underwater photography speciality as i was extremely lucky to be able to complete it with andrew simpson. andrew (affectionately known as great white) is one of my instructors from dive hq in greenlane and hes rather a good photographer too.
i have a casio z-1000 which is great for learning on and now i have the marine housing for it, a lot of my dives are photographic dives.

but i still want more.

i spent a few hours yesterday doing research and having a look at a basic SLR camera. the one i have decided that i quite like is the nikon D80.

this is oxygen. it will help you. may i give it to you?

i'm a PADI rescue diver!!
today, i passed my certification with the final open water dive.

this morning nell picked me up about 7:15 and we went down to dive hq in greenlane.
andrew is our instructor and we are off to matheson's bay, about an hour north of auckland.

we completed the school and pool sessions over the past 2 weeks.we learn the theory in class with videos and knowledge reviews (and loads of discussion and stories) and then we complete exercises and demonstrations in the pool.

i'd already completed dive one back in march but i couldnt finish the course then due to travelling for work but it was fun to repeat mask removals and swapping regulators and that kind of thing.
basically the rescue diver course is about self rescue, diver stress, rescue techniques in and out of the water, missing diver searches, surfacing unconscious divers and all the reporting and management that comes in an emergency.
i totally recommend this course as well as emergency first response and secondary care!