Last year my BF had a recurring hip injury from running. Being the caring girlfriend that I am I decided to get out the deep heat (see Wikipedia: a topical rubefacient heat rub) to massage into his glutes and give him some relief. The injury being in an awkward spot to get at, it was easier to massage sans pants.

Lets just say a rather large glob of the heat rub ended up on a dangly bit. I apologised profusely amongst giggles. But the deep heat started to burn. The BF was being stoic saying it was okay and that he would be alright but he couldn't disguise that he was in some discomfort. I was still trying to stifle my laughter but recovered sufficiently to suggest it might be a good idea to have a shower and wash off the rest of the heat rub.

He thought we were in the house alone as he walked naked to the bathroom however, unbeknowst to us my daughter had come home from work. Just as he began his trek, he caught sight of my daughter in the kitchen. He then ran, sliding across the floor nearly causing a third injury. It was like something out of a bad sitcom.

There is a valuable lesson here:  don't use deep heat sans pants. I have his permission to tell this story and I thought I would end #blogeverydayofjune with a laugh. He does love a good story.

To those who kicked off this month of madness thank you. It reaffirms that the information industry in Australia/NZ is vibrant and diverse. I have learnt so much reading the blogs of other participants. I have been challenged to:

• Be more creative in my work
• Think seriously about writing more peer reviewed papers
• Considering being a mentor or being mentored
• Rethink information litearcy 
• Be part of designing the libraries of the future...
• Considering keeping chickens
• Have a pile of recipes to try and I;
• Can't wait to go to ALIA Access in September to meet fellow bloggers in real life

During the month I have witnessed many informal mentoring relationships establish themselves in the twitter stream and I know talking to others that some of these relationships have moved offline. I am so impressed by the openess of participants. There is an authenticity and frankness in the posts that I for one appreciate and it is one of the main canons of blogging and participating in social networking: be authentic use your own voice. 

It will be interesting to keep an eye on google analytics to see what happens to the views on my blog over the next month. I suspect they will fall off dramatically.

Having started off the 30 days, 30 posts challenge with a blog post on the sound track to my life, I will leave you on a musical note with a video from my favourite Australia band  - Angus and Julie Stone.

This is Hollywood

Kia kaha, kia ora (be strong, be well) and visit again.