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There are no words for how much I want to do this. I may make this my main aim for New Zealand, because oh wow.

Except, now I just have to work out a way of getting there because it's right at the end of the south island. I wonder if I could fly into Auckland, travel down by bus and fly out of Christchurch? My Rough Guide keeps saying it's totally possible for not much more than a return flight. Clearly I'll have to hit the flight sites some more. I just found a spot-on bus ticket for me though and okay it'a dawning on me that I'm going to be real well acquainted with my new overdraft by the end of this trip but... it's going to be worth it. I can't look back and think "I wish I'd done that in NZ."

I need to get either a YHA or a VIP Backpackers card. I kind of want the YHA one because it's a little cheaper but I don't know if it's as useful. And I could really do with getting it tonight because it could take up to 14 working days to get here and you know, I don't know if I have that many days left.

...Yes I should've planned this earlier, but you really should remember that I'm the girl who wrote a year's worth of 10,000-word-dissertation in under two weeks. Sh.

Right. Pick a card, any card...

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Okay, I've been enjoying this Hardy boys feud. It's been more interesting than a lot of the storylines going on right now (there's only so many times I can watch Triple H chase Orton with a sledgehammer, as funny as it is. Maybe if they were in chibi form...).

But. There're lines. Lines that you do not cross because it is creepy and wrong. WWE doesn't have a great track record with picking up on these lines before they tear across them fast enough to leave tire tracks but it's still pretty rare I'd say, storyline-wise.

Having Matt essentially taunt Jeff with the death of his dog, the real life death of his dog when his house burnt down - I mean, I don't know. For me that crosses all kinds of lines. It makes this whole feud less entertaining and more... it just leaves a bad taste behind, even though I know they'll have agreed to it and clearly Jeff's okay with it or okay enough to have it done on international TV.

But... seriously, what? Who thought it'd be a good idea? I can kind of get behind the idea of the house fire being Matt but having him offer Jeff a half burnt dog collar? I couldn't use a pet's death as fodder for a storyline. To me it's creepy and wrong and I sort of want to turn Smackdown off though I've been looking forward to a Hardy confrontation since last week.

Is this just me? Is this line-crossing or am I overreacting? Does anyone on my list even watch Smackdown anymore?


edit: Okay I laughed at "You tried to blow me up!" and then felt bad again. WWE, I need to stop watching you.

Except I won't, because Jeff sitting in the ring with his head resting on his knees just broke my heart. Jeff, it's your fault I'm still watching this. Can't you go be an actor now like apparently every other wrestler out there? Then I can just buy the DVDs and be done with it.

In other bitter news, verified by VISA just screwed up my attempt to buy a YHA card, just like it's screwed up every single transaction I've tried to use it with since they started it. It doesn't help that I keep forgetting my password, no, but it doesn't work with my Firefox add-ons, it takes forever to change your password if you've forgotten it and sometimes it just plain doesn't work. I'm all for better internet security, but when it repeatedly makes it impossible to buy things without four or five attempts? It is not working.