so i have started to recover from how robert downey jnr is a hunk. i have also almost recovered from going out on thursday night. you know you're old when this happens. which is too depressing for words.

thursday night i went to the launch of the matariki stamps by nz post.

i am not really one for stamps, and i find networking stressful. but the hors d'eourves kept coming and the entertainment was stellar. plus afterwards i got to go to zibibbo for dinner and then to hawthorne lounge to hang out with all blacks, serbian body guards and celebrate cpw's birthday in drunken style. but of course because i'm lame and have to wait for my electric blanket to warm up before i go to bed this all equated to staying up past one am and feeling very very grumpy when i woke up again at six.

which is probably why my eye balls felt like they were being stabbed all day friday. which caused me to want to stab other people's eyes.

today though, i'm feeling more generous. even though i spent hours at work. today, i'm ready to raise some money for mnd. especially when it involves barnaby weir. are you coming along too?

it's a bird. it's a plane. no it's.... ironman. reow.


so tonight i broke my strict sleep work sleep rule and introduced a movie to my workaday routine. ironman at empire cinema. number one: i'm part of the group island bay massive on facebook. that says it all as far as i'm concerned. number two: robert downey jnr was my second favourite cast member on ally mcbeal. number three: i ordered a large hot chocolate. this all added up to a great night out.

well sort of. i could have ended up with the man of my dreams. two guys were getting tickets behind us. i took a table for my hot chocolate and brownie (i didn't mention the brownie before because it was so rich i still feel ill) and while i was waiting for my flattie to join me i heard the guys. guy one is like "where shall we sit". guy two is like "with those girls". guy one is like "reow [or its less cool equivalent] i know you're away from home a lot, but you're married". so this princess misses out on another prince.

also robert downey jnr and i are two peas in a pod. i was at a press event today (if you watch te karere you will see me being a loser in the background waving my arms around like i'm telling the most interesting story in history). and i really wanted to get up and tell everyone that i was ironman. and that was before i'd even seen the movie.

anyway, i'd give it five out of ten. 10 points for robert, minus five for being a boy movie.