What kind of idiots do we have for neighbours here? I was awoken at some ridiculous hour of the night (after going to bed around 1am, after work) by a couple of guys shouting at each other to be quiet as people were trying to sleep. I don't know what was so noisy to begin with, but it can't have been very loud - I'm a pretty light sleeper - so the irony was pretty thick.

Then a couple of hours or so later, someone shouted, "wake up you faggot!", then about 8am, "get up you wanker!". So much for sleeping.

In other news, I heard an advert on C4 announcing the return of 'New Zealand's shittest TV show', Back of the Y, which is totally awesome.

And in other other news, looks like the Herald's continuing its campaign serving National-voting 'middle' NZ, with or without the Electoral Finance Act. The lead story is about how wrong it is the Government stands to make billions of dollars from carbon emissions plans - because saving the environment and having more funds to put into education, health and research is a bad thing, remember. There's a story suggesting the recent (albeit not all that large) spike in unemployment is a good thing, because it means property owners' interest rates will drop. There's also more industry threats about the carbon emissions scheme. But it's not all doom and gloom, as the Herald reassures its core audience their investment properties are still going to appreciate in the long-run - the unspoken assumption being perhaps that despite overseeing the most dramatic property value appreciation in history, Labour will soon be gone and National will be back to let everyone make lots of money again.


Meanwhile, Stuff has an article about RickRolling (not a RickRoll, I promise), and an article on how violent video games don't create killers. I think Stuff wins today.