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I met Gandalf near Flinders Station over the weekend. Recognised him by the staff, two lengths of wood curled around one another and topped with a crystal ball, which unfortunately was not glowing at the time. He was dressed entirely in maroon, his turban and his robes. He had rings of silver and shiny medalions swinging from his neck. Not sure what he does when he is not out fighting the forces of evil. Probably has a boring day job. Kept a look out for hobbits and cute elves but didn't see any. drats.

Still on the topic of fashion, the 80s and punk thing is really big. Have seen some ghastly fashion mistakes wondering around - striped leg warmers, polka dots and hot pink. Places that play 80s music are really hot too and, as lingam put it, frequented by people too young to remember the 80s or those who were cool in the 80s.

Retro is very big too, with new, pseudo-retro clothes going above the $100 mark, and second-hand, actually retro items at less than $10 from the thrift shops around. Go figure.

The suburban shopping centres here are huge, but in that bland colourless way. While the clothes didn't tempt me, I walked away with 2 $15 DVDs and a $9 one. Terry Gilliam's Baron Man-can't spell his name something, Muppets take Manhattan and Basquiat ( it has david bowie and gary oldman. And it was $9.)

Tonight is sex and the city and american idol on the telly, so it looks like I'll get very little done.