Australia's next top hermit

DRINKIN':
* Bitch extra-strength premium lager.

EATIN':
* Goji berries and Coconut Pocky. Which should boost my credibility with Tibetan lamas and Asian schoolgirls, respectively.

LISTENIN':
* "The Incident" (2009) by Porcupine Tree. Ta, LA.

PERVIN':
* Hegre-Art.com. Our magazine has dealt with Petter Hegre in the past and found him to be a difficult customer. But damn, he can photograph naked women.

RANKIN':
* The "M:TG - Alara Reborn" intro-pack round robin finished as follows. B/U (4 matches, 9 games); B/R (3,8); U/W (2,6); G/W (1,5); G/R (0,2). I daren't count the hours I spent testing them.

READIN':
* "Batman - Cacophony" (2009) by Kevin Smith, Walt Flanagan and Sandra Hope.
* "Oishinbo A La Carte 19 - Vegetables" (originally collected 2006, English edition 2009) by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki. Foodie manga!
* "Inside MMA" Vol. 1 No. 1. Star-studded, 136-page, homegrown effort from the makers of "Blitz".
* "The Lost Symbol" (2009) by Dan Brown. Wangled a review copy.

RE-READIN':
* "Whiteout" (1998-99) and "Whiteout - Melt" (1999-2000) by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber. In order to inform my assessment of the Hollywood adaptation.

RETRO EARWORM:
* "Miss Divine" (1990) by Icehouse. "I was so surprised, I was comprised..." Go on, ya know ya want to - www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk62eHILcik

WATCHIN':
* "UFC Fight Night 19" (Diaz vs Guillard) - a card as rock-solid as a hill giant's head.
* "Hitler's Stealth Fighter".
* "Skippy - Australia's First Superstar". At the height of the prog's popularity, there were 300 million viewers in 129 countries!
* "Stephen Fry In America". Top-dog travelogue of '09?
* "Breaking Boundaries - Ireland's Extraordinary Cricket World Cup". Happy for them, but sad to relive the awful circumstances surrounding Bob Woolmer's death.
* "The Trials Of J. Robert Oppenheimer" (pts 1 & 2). David Strathairn was a superb choice to portray the detached genius of JRO.
* "The Ultimate Fighter 10 - The Heavyweights".
* "Dexter" x3.
* Crufts 2009. Somewhat hilarious.