<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2152399175276461352.post-8147140878765057819</id><published>2009-07-10T11:45:00.002+10:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T11:51:56.561+10:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='meme'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hydro building'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='list'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='black and white'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='architecture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dailyphoto'/><title type='text'>It's not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what's required.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BHH3Bu1mtzc/SlLJiT4J12I/AAAAAAAADfM/MQnDhqQTepk/s1600-h/DSC08608.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 800px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BHH3Bu1mtzc/SlLJiT4J12I/AAAAAAAADfM/MQnDhqQTepk/s800/DSC08608.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355564498185475938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Straight lines are the order of the day today. Here are Hydro Tasmania building, old and new, presented to you in &lt;b&gt;stunning&lt;/b&gt; black and white.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In order to bail me out of having to think too hard about today’s post, I’ve embraced the meme and take up the challenge presented to me by &lt;a href="http://lizabee-lizabee.blogspot.com/2009/07/and-awards-go-to.html"&gt;Lizabee &amp;amp; Co&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s a well known fact that I simply &lt;b&gt;reek&lt;/b&gt; of awesomeness. Like Old testament God, people quake and tremble in wonderment at my feet on a daily basis. At least, I think that’s why they quake and tremble at my feet. It could be something to do with Swine Flu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First though, a definition:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Awesome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Adjective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement. So impressive or overwhelming as to inspire a strong feeling of admiration or fear.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now, the list!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Seven things that make ME awesome&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Charm&lt;/b&gt;: like George Clooney on charisma steroids, I have &lt;c&gt;charm oozing from every pore.&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;b&gt;Intelligence&lt;/b&gt;: in terms of intelligence, it’s best to think of me as HAL from 2001, only with higher self esteem and less psychopathic tendencies&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;b&gt;Looks&lt;/b&gt;: dude, have you &lt;b&gt;seen&lt;/b&gt; me?&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;b&gt;Grace&lt;/b&gt;: imagine the offspring of Audrey Hepburn when mated with a gazelle (work with me here), that’s how I glide across a ballroom to the swoon of all in attendance. &lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cool&lt;/b&gt;: you know Michael Holding’s voice and Viv Richard’s swagger? Where do you think they learned that then?&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;b&gt;Character&lt;/b&gt;: honesty, respect, integrity, and fairness. I once shot a man for insulting my Mother’s chicken, that is how much I value &lt;b&gt;honour&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;c&gt;&lt;b&gt;Modesty&lt;/b&gt;: only the most modest of men could possibly compile this list with such honesty, integrity and (not least of all) &lt;b&gt;modesty&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/c&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;c&gt;So there we have it, the secret to my success!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/c&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you also are assured of your own awesomeness, please feel free to take the challenge and explain it to the world.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2152399175276461352-8147140878765057819?l=thiswillhurtme.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thiswillhurtme.blogspot.com/feeds/8147140878765057819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=2152399175276461352&amp;postID=8147140878765057819' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2152399175276461352/posts/default/8147140878765057819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2152399175276461352/posts/default/8147140878765057819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thiswillhurtme.blogspot.com/2009/07/its-not-enough-that-we-do-our-best.html' title='It&apos;s not enough that we do our best; sometimes we have to do what&apos;s required.'/><author><name>Kris</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13789355638389350528</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14554559635914966212'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>17</thr:total></entry>