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Having seen Ali, Monnie, and Fifi have a go at this thing, I decided I'd try it myself...

1. St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, 2. Bacon on a MacBook Pro, 3. homeschool, 4. Maroon Bluebonnets, 5. the devil wears prada (project 365 - day 77), 6. Trio, 7. celebration of light 2007 - vancouver, canada, fireworks, 8. tiramisu, 9. Philosophers Club, 10. All the living people, 11. Susan, our adopted and redeemed Apache, 12. Clunts schmients! - PTUB #2.0

Go to http://www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/mosaic.php and create a mosaic using the answers from these questions. Take your answer to Flickr and search for it.. Pick an image from the first page of search results, put it into the mosaic maker and post your results!

1. What is your first name? Andrew
2. What is your favorite food? Bacon
3. What high school did you go to? I was home-schooled! (yes, all the way through)
4. What is your favorite color? Maroon
5. Who is your celebrity crush? Anne Hathaway blushes
6. Favorite drink? scotch & dry
7. Dream vacation? Canada, west coast
8. Favorite dessert? tiramisu
9. What you want to be when you grow up? a philosopher
10. What do you love most in life? people
11. One Word to describe you? redeemed
12. Look up my flickr name and found something someone dedicated to me - not dedicated to me per se but I was honoured to be around when the word clunt was coined (on the PTUB live video feed), and my username appears in the screenshot, so in it went...

As many of you would know, I have just been on a short trip/holiday to Sydney. To distill it to its shortest possible length, I had a "great time." In the likely event that you are interested in slightly more detail, though, I'll try and give a brief outline of the shenanigans I got up to in the Harbour City.

The trip started well, when Jetstar put me in an exit row for the flight out. Smooth flight, clean aircraft, helpful staff - just the thing to get a holiday off on the right foot.

Unfortunately, that was dampened when, upon landing, I discovered that my mobile had died. I was worried that it was on its way out after my trip home to Melbourne, and this suspicion was confirmed when it stubbornly refused to boot up. Not an ideal state of affairs - thankfully, I had my phone book backed up, but a nuisance nonetheless.

Upon arriving in the CBD and checking in at the YHA hostel (conveniently located right next to Central Station), I decided to sort out the "no mobile" predicament, and headed down Pitt Street. The 3 shop I came across ended up making me a deal - I got one of their Skype phones for nothing, in exchange for a 12-month contract. Oddly (but pleasantly) enough, this 12 months will run concurrently with my existing contract, so I effectively agreed to a 5 month contract extension for a new phone. It almost makes up for the fact that I really don't like the phone itself... Ah well, it's functional, I suppose.

Anyhow, I digress. Most of Saturday afternoon was spent meandering around the city, exploring QVB, Circular Quay, and of course the Apple Store!

I was glad to catch up with a new friend of mine in the afternoon - she wasn't feeling very well at all (and had missed exams because of it) so we just hung out and chatted for an hour or so. Good times :)

But the biggest highlight of Saturday was the miniSTUB in Glebe. Enjoyed some good food and great company - thanks Ali, Luke, Jodie, Linda, Matt, Pong, Stilgherrian, and Robyn! Thai food + chocolate affogatos + James Squire + good live music = WIN :)

I'm excited - in 7 hours or so I'll be flying to Sydney for a few days; a chance to catch up with friends from all sorts of networks and circles. One of the highlights of this trip, though, will be a miniSTUB just for me! I can't wait to meet all you crazy Sydney Twitter people - I know a number of you are coming already, so I hope to meet as many as possible tonight...

Now, to go and pack...

For some strange and inexplicable reason, I've been receiving a whole stack of new Twitter followers - 21 in the past 4 days. For the past few months, the number of new followers was relatively stagnant, not growing much at all.