Thats pretty much what I did today. It actually feels really good to be able to sleep for as long as I want to. I think I only ended getting up at around 1 o'clock. I feel really tired still. It doesn't make sense how the more you sleep, the more tired you feel.
I'll leave it short, because I've got nothing to say.
Saturday, October 30, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
SAD wasn't so sad after all... hohohoho
Today I got to drive the van to uni. First time I've driven the van in a month or so (for a relatively extended trip), and it was the first time I've ever driven to uni in it. heheh =) Had to go get Joce n Kaz on the way, but we still managed to get there on time.
SAD lecture was okay, they talked about the exam. Hopefully it shouldn't be too bad. I've got like 10 days to study for it anyway, so I don't think I'll start till the end of networks and possibly a few days :)
The SAD pressentation didn't turn out too badly after all. Apparently we got a really good mark in the end, so that was awesome. We'll have to see if that the actual official mark at the end, so yeh, hopefully it'll be good. I think we got like 23/25 for the group mark. Not sure about individuals, but it looks like its the same for everyone in the group, which is great :)
I came home to eat some lunch, then went out to the Pines with Em. Its changed quite a bit. Theres an ALDI and Gloria Jeans and a Giodarno and even a Telechoice =) It looks really nice too. Problem is that there isn't enough parking for anyone, so that kind of ruined the whole experience. We had to wait for some people to unload two trolleys worth of stuff into their car before I could get into a spot. Ah well. I had one of those Oreo bashes that Em keeps raving about from Gloria Jeans. In her words, it tasted like 'ice cream chocolate with oreos and coffee'. So if you can imagine that, then thats what its like.
Oh and Joce gave me a photo from the IS ball. I forgot that she took one. Its just got Max, Joce and I in it. Umm.. thats all.
Oh and Coalition has control of the senate. Old news, but worth telling everyone anyway. Family first probably don't have a say in much that goes on now.
SAD lecture was okay, they talked about the exam. Hopefully it shouldn't be too bad. I've got like 10 days to study for it anyway, so I don't think I'll start till the end of networks and possibly a few days :)
The SAD pressentation didn't turn out too badly after all. Apparently we got a really good mark in the end, so that was awesome. We'll have to see if that the actual official mark at the end, so yeh, hopefully it'll be good. I think we got like 23/25 for the group mark. Not sure about individuals, but it looks like its the same for everyone in the group, which is great :)
I came home to eat some lunch, then went out to the Pines with Em. Its changed quite a bit. Theres an ALDI and Gloria Jeans and a Giodarno and even a Telechoice =) It looks really nice too. Problem is that there isn't enough parking for anyone, so that kind of ruined the whole experience. We had to wait for some people to unload two trolleys worth of stuff into their car before I could get into a spot. Ah well. I had one of those Oreo bashes that Em keeps raving about from Gloria Jeans. In her words, it tasted like 'ice cream chocolate with oreos and coffee'. So if you can imagine that, then thats what its like.
Oh and Joce gave me a photo from the IS ball. I forgot that she took one. Its just got Max, Joce and I in it. Umm.. thats all.
Oh and Coalition has control of the senate. Old news, but worth telling everyone anyway. Family first probably don't have a say in much that goes on now.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
IS professionals
Sometimes doing group projects make me think about stuff. That is, group projects in learning institutions. Usually its not very good stuff that I think about. I was thinking some people might identify themselves with the things I might say, so I don't think I'll say anything. (no karen, not you, u just pretend ur dumb)
Instead, I thought I'd talk about what an Information Systems professional is. If you want the short version, its basically someone who pretends to know what they're doing with computers. If you've ever actually talked to most of them though, most of them wouldn't know any other kind of operating system other than windows. Oh sure they know what a Mac is, but when you tell them it doesn't actually run windows, they look shocked (it actually runs OS X, an apple propreietry OS based on UNIX).
For most of the people who complete an Information Systems degree, they won't actually know too much more than before they started. Oh sure they'll learn that TQM stands for total quality management, and that GPRS has something to do with mobile phones, and if you're lucky, you'll find that they might even know what UNIX is. Personally, I think going to do a technical college might get you a better job.
Sure Information Systems is a new area of study and nobody really knows much about it. However, they try to teach you a lot of timewasting crap. Things such as system design, organisational change, and inefficient code. Yesterday I was told by Joey that 'for' loops are technically incorrect, and that while loops should be used instead. Now excuse me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure you can write the equivilent of a while loop with a for loop without any complications at all.
Thing is though, a lot of the academic staff in the department pretend to be experts. Rox works in the industry, and she rekons that if she does a specialist course, the company can 'sell you off as an expert' when in fact, you don't actually know that much more than anyone else. Lucky academics have the benefit of hindsight when looking at other peoples' mistakes. Case studies of information systems are usually analysed, and they can tell you what went wrong, but only after it happened. I'm sure that if they were in that situation as well, chances are they probably would have made similar mistakes.
This is actually starting to sound like economic theory. Maybe I'm being too harsh again. Students probably don't really go home and sit around on the computer everyday like I do. They probably haven't set up their own computer network at home, nor have they built their own computers from scratch. Maybe I'm just a computer science geek in denial.
Instead, I thought I'd talk about what an Information Systems professional is. If you want the short version, its basically someone who pretends to know what they're doing with computers. If you've ever actually talked to most of them though, most of them wouldn't know any other kind of operating system other than windows. Oh sure they know what a Mac is, but when you tell them it doesn't actually run windows, they look shocked (it actually runs OS X, an apple propreietry OS based on UNIX).
For most of the people who complete an Information Systems degree, they won't actually know too much more than before they started. Oh sure they'll learn that TQM stands for total quality management, and that GPRS has something to do with mobile phones, and if you're lucky, you'll find that they might even know what UNIX is. Personally, I think going to do a technical college might get you a better job.
Sure Information Systems is a new area of study and nobody really knows much about it. However, they try to teach you a lot of timewasting crap. Things such as system design, organisational change, and inefficient code. Yesterday I was told by Joey that 'for' loops are technically incorrect, and that while loops should be used instead. Now excuse me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure you can write the equivilent of a while loop with a for loop without any complications at all.
Thing is though, a lot of the academic staff in the department pretend to be experts. Rox works in the industry, and she rekons that if she does a specialist course, the company can 'sell you off as an expert' when in fact, you don't actually know that much more than anyone else. Lucky academics have the benefit of hindsight when looking at other peoples' mistakes. Case studies of information systems are usually analysed, and they can tell you what went wrong, but only after it happened. I'm sure that if they were in that situation as well, chances are they probably would have made similar mistakes.
This is actually starting to sound like economic theory. Maybe I'm being too harsh again. Students probably don't really go home and sit around on the computer everyday like I do. They probably haven't set up their own computer network at home, nor have they built their own computers from scratch. Maybe I'm just a computer science geek in denial.
SADDDDDDDDDDD
Systems Analysis and Design Design Design Design Design etc.
Yeah. I don't think I need to explain much about what I did today. THe above statement just sums it up completely.
I did get to uni late, again. Missed out on most of the legal lecture. But basically it was just a summary since its the last lecture anyway. Also, what was nice of them was to give us a 1 hour exam, and two hours to do it. They said something about the university administration only offering to do 2 or 3 hour exams. Tight huh? Apparently the lecturer is justifying it by saying that ppl who have English as a second language have more time to think about it. I wonder why nobody else seems to do that.
Loretta actually came to psych today. First time I've actually seen her in the lecture. We learnt some more about memory. Too bad I can't remember what they said already.
Read the paper, went to do SAD until about 5, spent an hour getting home, ate dinner, wrote blog.
I'm going to write something else, just later.
Yeah. I don't think I need to explain much about what I did today. THe above statement just sums it up completely.
I did get to uni late, again. Missed out on most of the legal lecture. But basically it was just a summary since its the last lecture anyway. Also, what was nice of them was to give us a 1 hour exam, and two hours to do it. They said something about the university administration only offering to do 2 or 3 hour exams. Tight huh? Apparently the lecturer is justifying it by saying that ppl who have English as a second language have more time to think about it. I wonder why nobody else seems to do that.
Loretta actually came to psych today. First time I've actually seen her in the lecture. We learnt some more about memory. Too bad I can't remember what they said already.
Read the paper, went to do SAD until about 5, spent an hour getting home, ate dinner, wrote blog.
I'm going to write something else, just later.
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Rain rain go away, come back when its really hot
Whats it with bad weather and bad days? Do they seem to go together with suprising frequency? Is it some sort of conspiracy?
These were just some of the questions I was asking myself this morning while walking through the rain in my rain soaked pants. No parking anywhere near uni, so I had to walk a long way. Not only that, I was late for class, so I didn't go. Also, when I was trying to close my umbrella, I cut myself. Didn't even notice that it happened until I started bleeding all over my soaked newspaper.
So now I've got nothing to do until lunch. Actually, i've got SAD to do, but I don't really want to do it. I just want to go on holidays right now. *sigh* Sleep some more too. Lots of SAD to do tonight, its like... till really late because I've got a group meeting at 4 till whenever. Hmmz.
I don't really want to walk through the rain to KFC. Chances are that there'll be no seats cos its raining and nobody wants to sit outside and eat. I wonder what we'll do. I don't think Nancy will want to come either, since it'll make her hair frizzy and stuff. Thats assuming that she actually came to uni today in the first place, lazy girl :P
These were just some of the questions I was asking myself this morning while walking through the rain in my rain soaked pants. No parking anywhere near uni, so I had to walk a long way. Not only that, I was late for class, so I didn't go. Also, when I was trying to close my umbrella, I cut myself. Didn't even notice that it happened until I started bleeding all over my soaked newspaper.
So now I've got nothing to do until lunch. Actually, i've got SAD to do, but I don't really want to do it. I just want to go on holidays right now. *sigh* Sleep some more too. Lots of SAD to do tonight, its like... till really late because I've got a group meeting at 4 till whenever. Hmmz.
I don't really want to walk through the rain to KFC. Chances are that there'll be no seats cos its raining and nobody wants to sit outside and eat. I wonder what we'll do. I don't think Nancy will want to come either, since it'll make her hair frizzy and stuff. Thats assuming that she actually came to uni today in the first place, lazy girl :P
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
I was thinking of not posting anything. Nobody else seems to have posted anything today. It really seems to be dying off. But I thought I'd better keep my repuatation as the one who actually posts regularly.
Early start today. One lecture about the accessability of websites. It seemed a lot like our multimedia and communications lectures, but actually provided examples and user testimonies. Would have been interesting if I hadn't done multimedia before, but oh well.
Psych... hmm.. boring as usual. I think they were talking about stage theories of memory. That is, the idea that the short term memory and the long term memory are different systems in the brain.
Came back home by bus, reading the paper. Couldn't get the nine letter word today, I'm really struggling on the crosswords too. Had lunch then had a nap. That was for a couple of hours, so I was kinda late for dinner :) Dinner was really nice, had some really tender steak. YUmmmmm...
Hmmmm.. what else... oh.. watched OC.. and thats about it really. Oh I finished Rome as the Cartheginians. YAY..
Early start today. One lecture about the accessability of websites. It seemed a lot like our multimedia and communications lectures, but actually provided examples and user testimonies. Would have been interesting if I hadn't done multimedia before, but oh well.
Psych... hmm.. boring as usual. I think they were talking about stage theories of memory. That is, the idea that the short term memory and the long term memory are different systems in the brain.
Came back home by bus, reading the paper. Couldn't get the nine letter word today, I'm really struggling on the crosswords too. Had lunch then had a nap. That was for a couple of hours, so I was kinda late for dinner :) Dinner was really nice, had some really tender steak. YUmmmmm...
Hmmmm.. what else... oh.. watched OC.. and thats about it really. Oh I finished Rome as the Cartheginians. YAY..
Monday, October 25, 2004
Yay its all done!
Well actually, its ALMOST all done. At least I finished my legal and psych last night. I actually went over to Kaz's to get SPSS, because I realised that I kind of needed it to do the psychology report. Paul and Kaz came around 1 to give me their assignments because none of us could be stuffed to go in in the morning just to hand in the assignment (it was due at 10am). So I thought I'd just get Fi to do it. Actually, she offered, and I got her to hand other peoples' in as well. Went to sleep around 2ish, woke up at around 8 to print it my legal to give to Fi to hand in for me (because I didn't want to wake Fi since the printer is in her room) and yeah.. sat around fixing up up my psychology report.
I also did the legal tute worksheet for today as well. It involved quite a bit of reading. Basically it was about a company which manufactured a radiation device that was used for treating cancer patients. However, due to several imperfections in the software and stuff, people got radiation burns and subsequently died from it. Quite interesting really. The tute was about the different parties involved and who should be the ones responsible i.e. who to blame, for these 'accidents'.
The networks lecture today was also relatively interesting because Udaya (the normal lecturer) isn't here for the rest of the week, so we had Aaron. He's such a funny guy because he's such a geek. Its kinda scary sometimes.
Anyway, thats about it. Traffic on the way home was crap, especially on Alexandra Parade, had a nice dinner, and came home.
I also did the legal tute worksheet for today as well. It involved quite a bit of reading. Basically it was about a company which manufactured a radiation device that was used for treating cancer patients. However, due to several imperfections in the software and stuff, people got radiation burns and subsequently died from it. Quite interesting really. The tute was about the different parties involved and who should be the ones responsible i.e. who to blame, for these 'accidents'.
The networks lecture today was also relatively interesting because Udaya (the normal lecturer) isn't here for the rest of the week, so we had Aaron. He's such a funny guy because he's such a geek. Its kinda scary sometimes.
Anyway, thats about it. Traffic on the way home was crap, especially on Alexandra Parade, had a nice dinner, and came home.
Sunday, October 24, 2004
update
Legal: Finished, need to proofread and fix up the bibliography (put it in alphabetical order)
Psych: 415 words, need to go get SPSS from someone. Could be up late tonight as well
Haven't slept, but feel relatively okay. I've been procrastinating too much. I don't usually take a whole day to write 600 words. It seems to go a lot faster at night when theres absolutely nothing to do.
Current song: Michael Buble - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
yeh uns uns uns
Psych: 415 words, need to go get SPSS from someone. Could be up late tonight as well
Haven't slept, but feel relatively okay. I've been procrastinating too much. I don't usually take a whole day to write 600 words. It seems to go a lot faster at night when theres absolutely nothing to do.
Current song: Michael Buble - You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby
yeh uns uns uns
i'm still up
Just took a leak. No, I didn't just get up, I still haven't been to sleep yet. The sun is out, it looks like a nice day. Remind me not to look directly at the sun like I just did then. I'm meant to go have coffee at 10am with aunties and stuff. I think I'll need a caffine hit around about then.
Currently: 1859 words of legal
0 words of psych report (I left what I'd already done at uni, so I gotta start again, well either that or I can do the rest without the method, and jsut get that on the Monday)
Currently: 1859 words of legal
0 words of psych report (I left what I'd already done at uni, so I gotta start again, well either that or I can do the rest without the method, and jsut get that on the Monday)
Saturday, October 23, 2004
argh
Spring is good for the weather, but very bad if you're the one mowing the lawn. As soon as it gets warm, the grass seems to get higher faster than you know. Watching the grass grow can actually be exciting. But that means you have to mow the lawn more often. In my case, its about every fortnight and a bit, especially when it gets into the summer season.
If you can't guess what I did today, I mowed the lawn. Meh, at least it gives me some exersise.
Also, I procrastinated a lot. Still haven't done much on my assignments. I really need to do it. I think I'll stay up tonight and finish my legal assignment, then leave my psychology report for tomorrow.
If you can't guess what I did today, I mowed the lawn. Meh, at least it gives me some exersise.
Also, I procrastinated a lot. Still haven't done much on my assignments. I really need to do it. I think I'll stay up tonight and finish my legal assignment, then leave my psychology report for tomorrow.
Friday, October 22, 2004
Bad day for good weather?
Its really good weather today, but I felt like I've had a bad one.
I've known for a long time that I'm really good at procrastinating, but I just didn't realise to what extent. I spent the whole of last night just sitting around, either watching old episodes of Naruto, or trying to find someone to chat to. Not only that, I was up till about 2 doing that. Its so sad. I'm so screwed for my assignments.
Stupid legal is due on Monday, and so is my psychology report. Chances are I won't get any sleep on Sunday night, and I'll be trying to finish the psych report in the morning and early afternoon (its due at 5pm, while legal is due at 10am). Whats worse is that SAD is gayed, theres quite a bit I need to do for that, and we haven't started.
Mum just asked me to work tonight, but I thought it might be a good idea if I actually did some work on those assignments, so I said no. Fi can't work either, so they might be a little bit understaffed.
Today's aNnOy-O-mEtEr looks like this:
[------o---]
Quite high, but don't worry, you can still talk to me, I'm mainly annoyed at myself. Actually I'd prefer the company.
I've known for a long time that I'm really good at procrastinating, but I just didn't realise to what extent. I spent the whole of last night just sitting around, either watching old episodes of Naruto, or trying to find someone to chat to. Not only that, I was up till about 2 doing that. Its so sad. I'm so screwed for my assignments.
Stupid legal is due on Monday, and so is my psychology report. Chances are I won't get any sleep on Sunday night, and I'll be trying to finish the psych report in the morning and early afternoon (its due at 5pm, while legal is due at 10am). Whats worse is that SAD is gayed, theres quite a bit I need to do for that, and we haven't started.
Mum just asked me to work tonight, but I thought it might be a good idea if I actually did some work on those assignments, so I said no. Fi can't work either, so they might be a little bit understaffed.
Today's aNnOy-O-mEtEr looks like this:
[------o---]
Quite high, but don't worry, you can still talk to me, I'm mainly annoyed at myself. Actually I'd prefer the company.
Thursday, October 21, 2004
I hope Adrian is OK
Just found this news article about the latest typhoon to hit Japan. People actually died and stuff, although I don't really know whereabouts in Japan it hit, since I wouldn't have a clue about Japanese geography. Hmm... and today he's meant to have his day off as well, I wonder if he went out last night... well hopefully he stayed at home and did homework :)
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Shaun of the dead
I've just watched it. Seriously one of the most hilarious movies I've ever watched. For those of you who've never heard of it, its basically a farcical (speeling?) zombie movie. Basically theres your average Joe, named Shaun, and its just about his story when zombies decide to show up, and everyone gets infected. I don't think its a good idea to give away the funny parts, so just take my word for it. Its bloody hilarious. Its different because its a British film, so it hasn't been hollywoodised. The accents (includes a couple who are Irish) are a welcome change to your average movie.
I'm guessing some of you won't really like it. It includes a bit of slap-stick comedy, and if thats not your type, then maybe its not your kind of movie. It also loses a bit towards the end in terms of its humourousness, but makes up for it in the rest of the movie. Of course, it is based on a horror film, so it does have to take a bit away from that genre. For those of you who have watched it, I loved the record part, and the tennis ball part the best. For those of you who haven't seen it, keep in mind that I've got it if anyone wants a copy.
I'm guessing some of you won't really like it. It includes a bit of slap-stick comedy, and if thats not your type, then maybe its not your kind of movie. It also loses a bit towards the end in terms of its humourousness, but makes up for it in the rest of the movie. Of course, it is based on a horror film, so it does have to take a bit away from that genre. For those of you who have watched it, I loved the record part, and the tennis ball part the best. For those of you who haven't seen it, keep in mind that I've got it if anyone wants a copy.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Introducing the new and improved aNnOy-O-mEtEr
Remember those few days that I was really annoyed and pissed off? Well to tell you the truth, I felt like introduciong the annoy-o-meter then, but it always slipped my mind. Either that or I didn't really want anyone to feel sorry for me at the time. Anyway, somehow I've remembered it. Basically what it does is measure my average annoyance level for the day, taking regular measures of the annoyance level every few hours. It looks like this:
[o---------]
So the brackets are the extreme ends of the meter, and the o represents the current annoyance level. The meter above shows that I'm currently not annoyed at all. This does not necesarily mean that I've had a good day, but just shows that I'm not currently annoyed at anyone or anything. Sometimes the annoyance level can have residual effects from previous days, or if the previous annoyance was big enough, the annoyance level could stay high for weeks or months. However, this is fairly unlikely to happen. Stay tuned for changes to the annoy-o-meter.
Anyway, onto today's events. Early start today. Got a ride from Karen, because I thought I shouldn't piss Mel off this week. I don't think I've driven Mel this semester, and thats probably not such a good thing. Hmmm... maybe next year, when theres a possibility of at least some of our timetables being approximately the same. Its good knowing lots of people who live around you and go to the same place everday =) We should start getting more people to drive... like June, and Fi. OO we should get Michael as well, haven't talked to him in ages, its like he's too busy with things everytime I see him. Either that or he REALLY doesn't want to talk to me. Yeh, sometimes I have that effect on people. Hmm.. theres also Wendy, but she looks like she's asleep when she's driving, so I'm not sure if its a good idea to put a bunch of people into her car. Could become quite hazardous. Plus, I haven't seen her in ages either, and I don't even know where she lives except that its around here.
Class was boring as usual. I forgot to bring my glasses, so I couldn't see anything, and like Sam, everyone seems to look better than before. :) Came back to eat lunch, get a haircut, and bum around the rest of the night.
Oh, I finished downloaading Shaun of the dead. So if anyone really wants a copy of it (its in DVD format.. woahhhhhhh ) then just ask.
[o---------]
So the brackets are the extreme ends of the meter, and the o represents the current annoyance level. The meter above shows that I'm currently not annoyed at all. This does not necesarily mean that I've had a good day, but just shows that I'm not currently annoyed at anyone or anything. Sometimes the annoyance level can have residual effects from previous days, or if the previous annoyance was big enough, the annoyance level could stay high for weeks or months. However, this is fairly unlikely to happen. Stay tuned for changes to the annoy-o-meter.
Anyway, onto today's events. Early start today. Got a ride from Karen, because I thought I shouldn't piss Mel off this week. I don't think I've driven Mel this semester, and thats probably not such a good thing. Hmmm... maybe next year, when theres a possibility of at least some of our timetables being approximately the same. Its good knowing lots of people who live around you and go to the same place everday =) We should start getting more people to drive... like June, and Fi. OO we should get Michael as well, haven't talked to him in ages, its like he's too busy with things everytime I see him. Either that or he REALLY doesn't want to talk to me. Yeh, sometimes I have that effect on people. Hmm.. theres also Wendy, but she looks like she's asleep when she's driving, so I'm not sure if its a good idea to put a bunch of people into her car. Could become quite hazardous. Plus, I haven't seen her in ages either, and I don't even know where she lives except that its around here.
Class was boring as usual. I forgot to bring my glasses, so I couldn't see anything, and like Sam, everyone seems to look better than before. :) Came back to eat lunch, get a haircut, and bum around the rest of the night.
Oh, I finished downloaading Shaun of the dead. So if anyone really wants a copy of it (its in DVD format.. woahhhhhhh ) then just ask.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Let them hate us, as long as they fear us - Some really ancient dude
Wayyyy too much Rome today, not enough thinking about doing work, or even doing work.
Got up around 11ish. Went over to the restaurant to eat lunch. That wasn't very filling, but it did the job, and early dinners are good for that anyway. Drove to uni to go to my networks lecture. Seriously didn't have a clue what they were talking about today. He started explaining something about the project, and someone shouted "Why are you telling us this now? Isn't the project due tomorrow?"
The lecturer said something about him still being asked these questions so late, and the guy who asked the question didn't have anything else to say. I could feel the tension in the lecture theatre. ooOOoo. The lecturer went on to bag the people who started late in a very fobbish kind of way. Its like he doesn't know most of us take it as an insult. The way he writes things on the newsgroups is like that too.
Anyway, gave Chris a ride back to his car and drove home. I thought I'd read the psych articles in preparation for doing my report, which is a good start.
Had dinner, came home, sat around, played more Rome. Hmm... yeh thats about it
Oh yeh and some minesweeper.
Got up around 11ish. Went over to the restaurant to eat lunch. That wasn't very filling, but it did the job, and early dinners are good for that anyway. Drove to uni to go to my networks lecture. Seriously didn't have a clue what they were talking about today. He started explaining something about the project, and someone shouted "Why are you telling us this now? Isn't the project due tomorrow?"
The lecturer said something about him still being asked these questions so late, and the guy who asked the question didn't have anything else to say. I could feel the tension in the lecture theatre. ooOOoo. The lecturer went on to bag the people who started late in a very fobbish kind of way. Its like he doesn't know most of us take it as an insult. The way he writes things on the newsgroups is like that too.
Anyway, gave Chris a ride back to his car and drove home. I thought I'd read the psych articles in preparation for doing my report, which is a good start.
Had dinner, came home, sat around, played more Rome. Hmm... yeh thats about it
Oh yeh and some minesweeper.
Sunday, October 17, 2004
Door knobs and fridges
Turns out I slept quite well last night. I got woken up by my other grandma. She came to ask whether I could fix her broken tap, again. Oh I forgot to say that I fixed it again last night. You wouldn't believe how stingey she was in buying those replacement parts. She got them from the $2 shop, and bought like.. 10 of them. So no wonder it broke again. I took it out last night to find that the rubber had come off the one that I just put in like a few days before that. So annoying. So remember, for stuff that you need for your everyday life, buy good quality stuff. This includes things like, your car, your door knob, the chair you sit on, and your fridge.
Anyway, that was at about 12:00 again, although I managed to get enough sleep, so I actually got up after a bit. Although I didn't actually accomplish that much today. Played more Rome till dinner, then had dinner :)
Came back home... sat around a bit, Karen came online and pointed out something on the networks project we forgot, so I chucked that in, read a bit of stuff for legal and ethical. I seriously need to start that essay soon. Mm... watched a bit of the arias, and now umm.. doing nothing again.
Anyway, that was at about 12:00 again, although I managed to get enough sleep, so I actually got up after a bit. Although I didn't actually accomplish that much today. Played more Rome till dinner, then had dinner :)
Came back home... sat around a bit, Karen came online and pointed out something on the networks project we forgot, so I chucked that in, read a bit of stuff for legal and ethical. I seriously need to start that essay soon. Mm... watched a bit of the arias, and now umm.. doing nothing again.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
argh! don't wake me up!
Argh! Just when I'm looking forward to a nice long sleep in, people have to go wake me up. WHY!? Maybe I should turn my phone off when I go to sleep and don't need to wake up.
So after a long night of doing my networks assignment with Chris (up until about 2ish), I go to bed after being really tired the whole day. So tired in fact, that after the SAD presentation while we were doing networks, Joce actually smsed me to say "Hey Ally =) RU ok hon? U looked tired in SAD..." Now Joce never messages me unless she needs something, like a ride, (no offence Joce if you're reading this, I still luv ya newayz :-) ) so this was fairly out of the blue.
Can you believe who actually woke me up? Ginny, of all people, it had to be her. She called, and for those of you who know what my room looks like, I had my phone next to my computer. For those of you who don't, it means I had to get out of bed, stumble across to the other side of the room, bring my phone back to bed, and answer it. Whats worse is that she didn't even really have anything important to tell me except to vote for her in the student elections. Its like getting a call from John Howard early in the morning to try and get you to vote. Just shouldn't happen.
However, it didn't end there. After falling back to sleep, I get another call. This time, its from my grandma asking me to go to lunch. Lucky this time, I had my phone next to my bed.
At 11:30
"Can you come over for lunch?"
"nrreeeehhh"
"Its at 12:00."
"nreeehhh"
"Okay see you then."
"nregghh.."
*hangup*
*Ez falls asleep*
At 12.
*brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
(my phone is on vibrate)
*Ez wakes up*
"Are you coming?"
"yeaahhhhh"
So yeah, not enough sleep.
Lunch was ok, grandma is still spooning everything she can into my bowl. Came back home to do some more networks. I think we've finished the programming part, we just found the bugs and fixed them, changed a couple of structures partially, and thats about it. Although we've got a bug that seems to happen when we run shell scripts on the program, when theres fragments of 5 or 7, but when we do 5 or 7 without shellscripts, its okay. *shrugs* cbf doing ne more on it.
Played some more Rome, talked to Karmz a bit. They've got muckup day on Monday, which is quite early. She's also going to melb uni tomorrow for some history lecture to prepare for the exam. I thought that was kind of weird.
Oh I also did a delivery, managed to get a $7 tip somehow. Helps a bit with my financial troubles. *sigh* Hopefully I'll sleep well tonight.
So after a long night of doing my networks assignment with Chris (up until about 2ish), I go to bed after being really tired the whole day. So tired in fact, that after the SAD presentation while we were doing networks, Joce actually smsed me to say "Hey Ally =) RU ok hon? U looked tired in SAD..." Now Joce never messages me unless she needs something, like a ride, (no offence Joce if you're reading this, I still luv ya newayz :-) ) so this was fairly out of the blue.
Can you believe who actually woke me up? Ginny, of all people, it had to be her. She called, and for those of you who know what my room looks like, I had my phone next to my computer. For those of you who don't, it means I had to get out of bed, stumble across to the other side of the room, bring my phone back to bed, and answer it. Whats worse is that she didn't even really have anything important to tell me except to vote for her in the student elections. Its like getting a call from John Howard early in the morning to try and get you to vote. Just shouldn't happen.
However, it didn't end there. After falling back to sleep, I get another call. This time, its from my grandma asking me to go to lunch. Lucky this time, I had my phone next to my bed.
At 11:30
"Can you come over for lunch?"
"nrreeeehhh"
"Its at 12:00."
"nreeehhh"
"Okay see you then."
"nregghh.."
*hangup*
*Ez falls asleep*
At 12.
*brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*
(my phone is on vibrate)
*Ez wakes up*
"Are you coming?"
"yeaahhhhh"
So yeah, not enough sleep.
Lunch was ok, grandma is still spooning everything she can into my bowl. Came back home to do some more networks. I think we've finished the programming part, we just found the bugs and fixed them, changed a couple of structures partially, and thats about it. Although we've got a bug that seems to happen when we run shell scripts on the program, when theres fragments of 5 or 7, but when we do 5 or 7 without shellscripts, its okay. *shrugs* cbf doing ne more on it.
Played some more Rome, talked to Karmz a bit. They've got muckup day on Monday, which is quite early. She's also going to melb uni tomorrow for some history lecture to prepare for the exam. I thought that was kind of weird.
Oh I also did a delivery, managed to get a $7 tip somehow. Helps a bit with my financial troubles. *sigh* Hopefully I'll sleep well tonight.
Friday, October 15, 2004
sleepy
Going out with the guys last night probably didn't feel how I feel today. That is, really really sleepy. Even though I had about 6 hours sleep, which is usually plenty, I still feel sleepy. Perhaps it was all the group stuff. Group stuff is the most draining thing ever.
I even slept in a bit, so I was late to pick Paul n Karen up. We still managed to get to uni almost on time, which was good. I felt like sleeping in the first lecture, which finished early because nobody had any questions. When do people ever have questions? If a lecturer asks you to prepare some questions for the lecture, how many people will actually go and do it? Hmm... there were some that were just made up on the spot, but thats it.
Since it finished early, we went down to ICT to try and fix up our class and interaction diagrams for our tute. Overall we went ok. I got a 7.25/10 Not bad, but not terribly great either. Then, onto networks with Chris n Kaz. Networks took ages, and I'm not sure if we did that much. Turns out we only left uni just before 5.
Went to the restaurant, ate dinner, went to pick up Fi, came home, sat around. Still feeling sleepy. Hmm.
I even slept in a bit, so I was late to pick Paul n Karen up. We still managed to get to uni almost on time, which was good. I felt like sleeping in the first lecture, which finished early because nobody had any questions. When do people ever have questions? If a lecturer asks you to prepare some questions for the lecture, how many people will actually go and do it? Hmm... there were some that were just made up on the spot, but thats it.
Since it finished early, we went down to ICT to try and fix up our class and interaction diagrams for our tute. Overall we went ok. I got a 7.25/10 Not bad, but not terribly great either. Then, onto networks with Chris n Kaz. Networks took ages, and I'm not sure if we did that much. Turns out we only left uni just before 5.
Went to the restaurant, ate dinner, went to pick up Fi, came home, sat around. Still feeling sleepy. Hmm.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
long day
It's been a long day. At least it feels like a long day. Perhaps its because of the early start. I think I'm going a little overboard with the punctuation and the short scentences, and I can't spell either. Do I look like a FOB? Quite possibly: can't spell, can't punctuate. Maybe I'm just stupid.
So what has made it such a long day? Ah, everything. Actually, probably just waking up really really tired does it for me. Picked up Eric and Karen, went to class. Legal lecture was just like Principles of Business Law all over again. It was all about contracts, express terms, implied terms, blah blah blah snore... Psych was just as bad. Snore... Kerry had to poke me to keep me awake. Several times in fact.
Saw Lori as well, said hi, didn't come to the lecture, again. I have noticed something different about her though.
We had another group meeting for networks, figured we need to practically start again, and its due on Tuesday, so we better get started. I'm meant to do the hashtable, I've got the code from 253, so it should be okay. I'm meant to e-mail the hashtable stuff to chris by the end of the night, but I don't think that'll happen since I haven't started it yet. Hopefully we should get a better mark than we did for the last project. If only it was like SAD, and they give marks for effort, not correctness. Actually, then I'd do really badly.
Went to get free sushi. Mmmmm... free sushi! Everything is good when its free. And yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch, if you know the right people :) Its all about connections these days, and I think I ran into like... 10 people in the Law building, so I'm on the right track. I don't even do law! Sorry, I'm such a tryhard Law student, pretending I know about contracts and free sushi.
Didn't really do much else today, came back home, drove out to Glen Waverly again to help with deliveries, came home to eat, ate, sat around.
Oo actually, I watched some of Red Vs Blue. Its actually quite funny, if you have the bandwidth to download it.
I think I'll go start the networks project.
So what has made it such a long day? Ah, everything. Actually, probably just waking up really really tired does it for me. Picked up Eric and Karen, went to class. Legal lecture was just like Principles of Business Law all over again. It was all about contracts, express terms, implied terms, blah blah blah snore... Psych was just as bad. Snore... Kerry had to poke me to keep me awake. Several times in fact.
Saw Lori as well, said hi, didn't come to the lecture, again. I have noticed something different about her though.
We had another group meeting for networks, figured we need to practically start again, and its due on Tuesday, so we better get started. I'm meant to do the hashtable, I've got the code from 253, so it should be okay. I'm meant to e-mail the hashtable stuff to chris by the end of the night, but I don't think that'll happen since I haven't started it yet. Hopefully we should get a better mark than we did for the last project. If only it was like SAD, and they give marks for effort, not correctness. Actually, then I'd do really badly.
Went to get free sushi. Mmmmm... free sushi! Everything is good when its free. And yes, there is such a thing as a free lunch, if you know the right people :) Its all about connections these days, and I think I ran into like... 10 people in the Law building, so I'm on the right track. I don't even do law! Sorry, I'm such a tryhard Law student, pretending I know about contracts and free sushi.
Didn't really do much else today, came back home, drove out to Glen Waverly again to help with deliveries, came home to eat, ate, sat around.
Oo actually, I watched some of Red Vs Blue. Its actually quite funny, if you have the bandwidth to download it.
I think I'll go start the networks project.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Not so bad as it seems
I don't think my CPU has gone that bad. I just opened the case up (actually it was already open) and took off the CPU fan. You woudln't believe how much dust was in there. Adrian might, since I think the same thing happened to his AMD 2000+ fan, but yeh. Basically, the fan was blowing at a wall of dust instead of through the heat sink grill. It didn't really make that much of a difference at the time because it was fairly cold weather. But yesterday was hot, and that kind of made the whole situation worse.
So anyway, I took the fan off, and out, and cleaned it out. I thought it was a bit dangerous to use water on the electrical fan, but it was taking too long using a cotton bud. So after the water :), I just used the hair dryer to make it all dry again, then chucked it back in.
Now its running at a pretty constant 38 degrees (thats like, almost body temperature!), so I shouldn't have any more problems in the near future. Looks like I won't be getting any replacement either. Phew, theres a few hundred dollars at least that stays in my bank account.
Uni today was okay though. SAD seemed to go for a lot longer than it normally does, and there were no more cognitive psychology labs for the rest of the semester, so I spent the time playing pool with Mica and Eric. Also, there was that 'Very Special Kids' fundraiser on, and people I knew were helpin, so I felt obliged to buy a sausage. Ah well, all for a good cause. I saw Magic Dave there too, and we killed off another hour reading the newspaper. Networks was pretty boring, but at least they told us a bit more on the project.
Had the usual KFC lunch with Sam. Nobody else came today, it was quite disappointing. But we had our traditional chat. Now that I think about it, the approach you made was pretty creepy Sam, maybe try something more subtle next time :) If there is a next time of course.
Everybody seems to be having an accident lately. So my car was almost full on the way home. Did the rounds, ate dinner, and came back home to fiddle around with the computer. Not such a bad day.
So anyway, I took the fan off, and out, and cleaned it out. I thought it was a bit dangerous to use water on the electrical fan, but it was taking too long using a cotton bud. So after the water :), I just used the hair dryer to make it all dry again, then chucked it back in.
Now its running at a pretty constant 38 degrees (thats like, almost body temperature!), so I shouldn't have any more problems in the near future. Looks like I won't be getting any replacement either. Phew, theres a few hundred dollars at least that stays in my bank account.
Uni today was okay though. SAD seemed to go for a lot longer than it normally does, and there were no more cognitive psychology labs for the rest of the semester, so I spent the time playing pool with Mica and Eric. Also, there was that 'Very Special Kids' fundraiser on, and people I knew were helpin, so I felt obliged to buy a sausage. Ah well, all for a good cause. I saw Magic Dave there too, and we killed off another hour reading the newspaper. Networks was pretty boring, but at least they told us a bit more on the project.
Had the usual KFC lunch with Sam. Nobody else came today, it was quite disappointing. But we had our traditional chat. Now that I think about it, the approach you made was pretty creepy Sam, maybe try something more subtle next time :) If there is a next time of course.
Everybody seems to be having an accident lately. So my car was almost full on the way home. Did the rounds, ate dinner, and came back home to fiddle around with the computer. Not such a bad day.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
woah it was hot
According to the 'Current Melbourne observations' site on BOM, it reached a top of 27.9 in Viewbank today. The thing is though, I thought it felt a lot hotter. Maybe its because I actually went outside and walked around.
Went to uni today, turned up to class, saw the usual people, came home. Had lunch, went to get a few light globes and some plumbing thing, went for a run/walk (about 5 kms mind you) , ate dinner, did some programming, came home, sat around.
Not that exciting today. Too hot to write anything more, I think my computer was going to explode earlier in the day.
Went to uni today, turned up to class, saw the usual people, came home. Had lunch, went to get a few light globes and some plumbing thing, went for a run/walk (about 5 kms mind you) , ate dinner, did some programming, came home, sat around.
Not that exciting today. Too hot to write anything more, I think my computer was going to explode earlier in the day.
Monday, October 11, 2004
Warmish, but not quite there
So much for a 30 degree day. In Viewbank, which is just across the river, it only reached a top of 26 degrees. Now if we were in the buearu of meteorology, we'd call this an accurate estimate. Apprently, they call it an accurate forecast if its within 5 degrees of the forecasted top/bottom. Thats a 10 degree range. Its like saying, "oh yeah, umm.. tomorrow, its going to be between 20 and 30 degrees". If you're pondering whether you should wear shorts or a skirt in that kind of weather, then it doens't help. Its especially bad if you've got an early start, and can't wake up in time to see whether it'll actually get there or not. Not so much of a problem in summer when its at least 30 degrees everyday, but at times like this, its pretty bad.
Sometimes they're early in their forecasting, and the storm you were expecting at night just happens to come by before you've cleaned up your BBQ. Other times, they're late, and the beach trip you were planning on going to after the storm had passed has to be delayed because the storm hasn't actually got there yet. Tomorrow's forecast says we're expecting a top of 32. While its true that 5 degrees in either direction is definately shorts/skirt weather (or even short skirt weather =) ), the forecast for the day after is wet. I'm just hoping that they're right about the timing, and that it actually rains on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. I don't have uni for that long tomorrow (i finish at 11am), but it'd be nice if we didn't have to go home while its raining and smell a stinker.
I suppose you can't really blame them though... meteorology, by its very nature, is an imperfect science. Jeannie, hopefully your Mr. M will be able to do a much better job when he graduates. Where did he go by the way?
I only started uni at 2 today. But I got up earlier to finish my tute work and finish off my part of the SAD assignment. Printed them off, went to the restaurant for lunch, then drove to uni. I parked really far, because they were doing road works around some parts of uni, and I couldn't find a parking spot very easily. Ah well, at least it was cheap, only $2.40 for about 4 hours or so. Class was pretty boring as usual, Lillian was loud in our legal tute again, but she was part of the SSLC (student something liason committee), and was doing a survey. We were meant to write down what we thought of the subject. I thought I'd be diplomatic, and I said something along the lines of "Felt that students were not all getting their fair share of speaking time in tutorials". For those of you who haven't been reading since the start of the blog, Lillian is the extremely loud one which spurts out useless comments to almost every question and answer. I wonder if she'll pick it up. Probably not, she seems rather brainless.
Oh yeah, I also figured the networks project won't be as easy as I thought it would be. We kind of missed some of the parts. It wasn't very clear, or obvious.
Anyway, took Eric home afterwards, ate dinner, which was some really nice fish, and came home. Gotta do some networks project later... laterz!
Sometimes they're early in their forecasting, and the storm you were expecting at night just happens to come by before you've cleaned up your BBQ. Other times, they're late, and the beach trip you were planning on going to after the storm had passed has to be delayed because the storm hasn't actually got there yet. Tomorrow's forecast says we're expecting a top of 32. While its true that 5 degrees in either direction is definately shorts/skirt weather (or even short skirt weather =) ), the forecast for the day after is wet. I'm just hoping that they're right about the timing, and that it actually rains on Wednesday instead of Tuesday. I don't have uni for that long tomorrow (i finish at 11am), but it'd be nice if we didn't have to go home while its raining and smell a stinker.
I suppose you can't really blame them though... meteorology, by its very nature, is an imperfect science. Jeannie, hopefully your Mr. M will be able to do a much better job when he graduates. Where did he go by the way?
I only started uni at 2 today. But I got up earlier to finish my tute work and finish off my part of the SAD assignment. Printed them off, went to the restaurant for lunch, then drove to uni. I parked really far, because they were doing road works around some parts of uni, and I couldn't find a parking spot very easily. Ah well, at least it was cheap, only $2.40 for about 4 hours or so. Class was pretty boring as usual, Lillian was loud in our legal tute again, but she was part of the SSLC (student something liason committee), and was doing a survey. We were meant to write down what we thought of the subject. I thought I'd be diplomatic, and I said something along the lines of "Felt that students were not all getting their fair share of speaking time in tutorials". For those of you who haven't been reading since the start of the blog, Lillian is the extremely loud one which spurts out useless comments to almost every question and answer. I wonder if she'll pick it up. Probably not, she seems rather brainless.
Oh yeah, I also figured the networks project won't be as easy as I thought it would be. We kind of missed some of the parts. It wasn't very clear, or obvious.
Anyway, took Eric home afterwards, ate dinner, which was some really nice fish, and came home. Gotta do some networks project later... laterz!
Sunday, October 10, 2004
Post election review
For those of you who don't know yet, the Coalition is back for another three year term. With only a few seats left undecided, and already having a 26 seat majority, its a rather overwhelming result. It also looks as though they will have control of the senate as well. However, this is contingent on the Family First party supporting their movies. It means they will also be able to block anything that the Senate can do, for example, hold enquiries into things, like the children overboard incident. Even though I am a Liberal supporter, this makes me a little worried.
The upper house of parliament was not originally designed to help the government do its job, but rather keep a watch on it. It has an even distribution of representatives from each state. This is in contrast to the house of representatives, which has representatives based on the population. There is a representative for approximately every 50,000 voters. The reason for the senate is that legislation passed from the house of representatives that might disadvantage states with small populations could be stopped. It also had the power to conduct enquiries into actions the government has undertaken (or not undertaken). Basically, the senate is a safeguard so that we don't have another Russian despot take over the place.
The senate could still theoretically keep a very keen eye on what the government is doing, but since it is controlled by the party which also controls the house of representatives, almost anything could be let through. I say almost because it needs one more vote to have a majority. At the moment, the Coalition has 38 out of 76 seats in the senate, with their supporters (the family first party) holding another. Potentially, this situation could also give the Family First party a big say in many of the issues that the Coalition may raise. I'm not really sure what the preferance deals they did were, but its likely that they wouldn't honor these deals if the government decided to say... outlaw Christianity.
I've got a problem with the Family First party though. Throughout the whole campaign, they have not announced any policies nor have they expressed their opinions on anything. Basically, they've just stood around waving their posters on the side of the road. Somehow, they get a whole heap of publicity on the newspaper just few days before the election. The only political thing they've done is closely aligned themselves with the Liberal party by doing a whole heap of preference deals. What I want to know is, how did these guys, who just sprang out of nowhere onto the political landscape, get a seat in the senate? My guess is that since Family First is a church based party, which they don't really tout very much, heaps of Christians just vote because of that.
So what does a senate seat for the Family First party mean? In a nutshell, proposed new laws we have in this country in the next three have to undergo Christian scrutiny before they're passed. W00t.
I'm sure it happened all the time in the form of lobbying anyway, but now it seems very formal. For those of you who are Christians, thats a plus. I'm not sure if the full sale of Telstra is in the interests of Christianity (with a name like Ziggy, I wouldn't be suprised if the CEO is a demonic fiend attempting to get "fire to the home" hohoho), but I guess we'll see.
P.S. For those of you who don't get the joke, its based on Telstra's vision to bring "fibre to the home". I.e. Get every house in Australia connected up to optical fibre for broadband internet and telephony. Its heaps better than the copper we're currently using.
The upper house of parliament was not originally designed to help the government do its job, but rather keep a watch on it. It has an even distribution of representatives from each state. This is in contrast to the house of representatives, which has representatives based on the population. There is a representative for approximately every 50,000 voters. The reason for the senate is that legislation passed from the house of representatives that might disadvantage states with small populations could be stopped. It also had the power to conduct enquiries into actions the government has undertaken (or not undertaken). Basically, the senate is a safeguard so that we don't have another Russian despot take over the place.
The senate could still theoretically keep a very keen eye on what the government is doing, but since it is controlled by the party which also controls the house of representatives, almost anything could be let through. I say almost because it needs one more vote to have a majority. At the moment, the Coalition has 38 out of 76 seats in the senate, with their supporters (the family first party) holding another. Potentially, this situation could also give the Family First party a big say in many of the issues that the Coalition may raise. I'm not really sure what the preferance deals they did were, but its likely that they wouldn't honor these deals if the government decided to say... outlaw Christianity.
I've got a problem with the Family First party though. Throughout the whole campaign, they have not announced any policies nor have they expressed their opinions on anything. Basically, they've just stood around waving their posters on the side of the road. Somehow, they get a whole heap of publicity on the newspaper just few days before the election. The only political thing they've done is closely aligned themselves with the Liberal party by doing a whole heap of preference deals. What I want to know is, how did these guys, who just sprang out of nowhere onto the political landscape, get a seat in the senate? My guess is that since Family First is a church based party, which they don't really tout very much, heaps of Christians just vote because of that.
So what does a senate seat for the Family First party mean? In a nutshell, proposed new laws we have in this country in the next three have to undergo Christian scrutiny before they're passed. W00t.
I'm sure it happened all the time in the form of lobbying anyway, but now it seems very formal. For those of you who are Christians, thats a plus. I'm not sure if the full sale of Telstra is in the interests of Christianity (with a name like Ziggy, I wouldn't be suprised if the CEO is a demonic fiend attempting to get "fire to the home" hohoho), but I guess we'll see.
P.S. For those of you who don't get the joke, its based on Telstra's vision to bring "fibre to the home". I.e. Get every house in Australia connected up to optical fibre for broadband internet and telephony. Its heaps better than the copper we're currently using.
Lets talk about Saturday
Hi there y'all! I missed Saturday's post, probably because I was too busy, or too bored or nothing had really happened yet to say anything. Hmmm.. I wonder if that actually makes sense.
Yesterday, I woke up about 9, stayed in bed until about 10:40, then got up because I realised that Em was going to come and pick me up to go vote. Luckily I got ready before she got here :) So Fi, Em and I went to go vote at the local church. I actually got past all the people handing out flyers without even getting one. I took the approach I normally take at uni, and just say "no thanks". WHats the point of them anyway? they put all the same fliers into the polling booths, so its not like you don't have enough "how to vote" cards.
Oh well, so the Libs won again, which I think is good, and Kevs still our buddy. Sorry Em, I guess your kick in the bum vote didn't count for much.
So basically, I spent the rest of the day waiting for the night. I watched a bit of tv, chatted as usual, and played a bit of games. I even did some SAD work, I think I've done my part of the diagrams, so it should be okay.
I managed to get a ride from Paul to the city for these 21sts. Went to Soh's, saw some people, drank a bit, did a speech (that was crap by the way), and listened to some other people doing speeches. Sorry I didn't stay that long, but other people offered better alchahol :) Walked down to Andrew's 21st with Joce and James.
I probably spent the majority of the time drinking with Liang. Although, I said hi to a whole heap of people, and the speeches were okay. Too bad Andrew didn't go for any higher than $25. I would have bid, but umm.. I dunno, not drunk enough obviously. No, I didn't pick up, I knew almost everyone there, so thats not a good thing. :)
Went home with Liang and Sarah (remember your next door neighbour terence?) by catching a cab. I think Sarah was a lil drunk, since she kinda sang the whole way back while everyone else was silent. Liang even fell asleep :) Got home around 2:30 or so, and then just went to bed.
It was a good night, free booze, free food, people to talk to, what more could you want??
Yesterday, I woke up about 9, stayed in bed until about 10:40, then got up because I realised that Em was going to come and pick me up to go vote. Luckily I got ready before she got here :) So Fi, Em and I went to go vote at the local church. I actually got past all the people handing out flyers without even getting one. I took the approach I normally take at uni, and just say "no thanks". WHats the point of them anyway? they put all the same fliers into the polling booths, so its not like you don't have enough "how to vote" cards.
Oh well, so the Libs won again, which I think is good, and Kevs still our buddy. Sorry Em, I guess your kick in the bum vote didn't count for much.
So basically, I spent the rest of the day waiting for the night. I watched a bit of tv, chatted as usual, and played a bit of games. I even did some SAD work, I think I've done my part of the diagrams, so it should be okay.
I managed to get a ride from Paul to the city for these 21sts. Went to Soh's, saw some people, drank a bit, did a speech (that was crap by the way), and listened to some other people doing speeches. Sorry I didn't stay that long, but other people offered better alchahol :) Walked down to Andrew's 21st with Joce and James.
I probably spent the majority of the time drinking with Liang. Although, I said hi to a whole heap of people, and the speeches were okay. Too bad Andrew didn't go for any higher than $25. I would have bid, but umm.. I dunno, not drunk enough obviously. No, I didn't pick up, I knew almost everyone there, so thats not a good thing. :)
Went home with Liang and Sarah (remember your next door neighbour terence?) by catching a cab. I think Sarah was a lil drunk, since she kinda sang the whole way back while everyone else was silent. Liang even fell asleep :) Got home around 2:30 or so, and then just went to bed.
It was a good night, free booze, free food, people to talk to, what more could you want??
Friday, October 08, 2004
Am I really evil?
If there was a poll feature on this blog site, I'd probably use it to ask everyone the above question. Alas, there is none, so instead, I'm going to use some biased and subjective self-analysis to discover the answer.
Disclaimer: the layout, content, and whatever written below is purely my opinion, and in no way represents the views, policies or opinions of The University of Melbourne :)
So why is this question asked in the first place? A lot of it actually comes from this blog. I 'read' really evil. I'm bitching about people for being annoying, I tell people to go &^%*&( off, especially in that 4 post within 24 hours period. That was bad. Fi noticed this, and pointed it out. When I look back on it, it really does make me look evil.
Normally, I don't really let too much negative emotion show. I'm not really sure why. I think I spend a lot more time smiling than I do frowning, which is a good thing. I don't really physically show anger or annoyance very often. It usually comes out in the form of a depressed look. Its like I don't like whats happening, but just unhappy because I can't really do anything about it. Its not really that though. I'm not sure... if anyone can come up with theories as to why I do so, feel free to share them with me, or anyone else. I promise I won't bag you, much. So on with the analysis.
Everyone has evil things to say, no matter how much they wish to deny it. If they don't have it to say, they're at least thinking about the critisisms and flaws of other people. If you don't, you probably don't get out enough (ooo theres another evil insult).
The thing is, I don't really have any other place to say these things. I can't tell the people directly, and to tell you the truth, theres nobody I feel really comfortable telling these things. This blog is like my confidant, yet I know that everyone reads it. Its so sad :( I think I feel a lot more comfortable putting things down onto 'paper' than I do telling someone in person. It feels a lot less awkward, probably because I'm not used to telling people, and I don't have to face their reaction directly here on the blog.
Maybe I just want people to know. This is kind of a place where I can vent my feelings in a fairly controlled environment. I mean, its only my monitor after all, and I know not to shoot the messenger. It takes the place of regular bitching, even though I guess I still do that on occasion.
I don't really care if everyone knows. A lot of people find they don't really want to express what they feel, but I don't really have anything to hide, unless of course people have asked me not to say anything. That hardly ever happens anymore though, especially after the Ginny/Terence incident. Don't worry, I don't blame you guys for not trusting me about this stuff anymore, I'd probably do the same. For those of you who don't know, I'm not to be trusted about relationship stuff, especially for people I know. I've had one black mark, and that stays with you for life. But yeh, nothing to hide. I wish I could share more with people, I really do, but I don't know who I should say it to, or what I should say. So instead, I say everything (within reason), to everyone on this blog.
Some people might say that having nothing to hide is a virtue. But its obviously not such a great one. Nobody wants to know everything that somebody else thinks. You'd get overloaded with someone else's problems, and carrying another person's burden as well as your own leaves no room for anything else, like having a good time. Its kind of like living in a customer service center. Sure you don't have to read this blog, but you'd be soooo out of it if you didn't :)
Maybe I just like the attention. If everyone reads the blog, and I've put something controversial up, then its possible that it could be the topic of conversation between people during the next day, or even some time later on. The more controversial or interesting the post, the more likely that this could happen. Just think about it, if I claimed to have conclusive proof that umm... sayy... Chi wasn't actually huge or fat, but he's actually made of flesh coloured plastic, it could make front page news! and everyone would come talk to me, and post comments. Yay. OoOo... that gives me ideas... >:)
Another possibility could be a replacement for a social life. I've obviously got nothing better to do late on a Friday night except write blog posts. Can you imagine how long it took me to write this one alone? At the moment, its 11:39 on the clock, and while I probably spend about half the time between now and the post time chatting, its still quite a substantial amount of time.
I think each of the possible reasons I've raised has a fairly evil component to it, so I'll have to conclude that I really am an evil person. Sorry.
I realise that this basically came out as a huge mess, and has almost no structure at all, but its just a bunch of crap-filled ideas made up on the fly. I'm sorry for being evil and sharing it with everyone. Being evil should be kept at home, and in private, so that at least everyone doesn't know and thinks you're a good guy. Thanks for reading, I hope I didn't bore you too much.
Disclaimer: the layout, content, and whatever written below is purely my opinion, and in no way represents the views, policies or opinions of The University of Melbourne :)
So why is this question asked in the first place? A lot of it actually comes from this blog. I 'read' really evil. I'm bitching about people for being annoying, I tell people to go &^%*&( off, especially in that 4 post within 24 hours period. That was bad. Fi noticed this, and pointed it out. When I look back on it, it really does make me look evil.
Normally, I don't really let too much negative emotion show. I'm not really sure why. I think I spend a lot more time smiling than I do frowning, which is a good thing. I don't really physically show anger or annoyance very often. It usually comes out in the form of a depressed look. Its like I don't like whats happening, but just unhappy because I can't really do anything about it. Its not really that though. I'm not sure... if anyone can come up with theories as to why I do so, feel free to share them with me, or anyone else. I promise I won't bag you, much. So on with the analysis.
Everyone has evil things to say, no matter how much they wish to deny it. If they don't have it to say, they're at least thinking about the critisisms and flaws of other people. If you don't, you probably don't get out enough (ooo theres another evil insult).
The thing is, I don't really have any other place to say these things. I can't tell the people directly, and to tell you the truth, theres nobody I feel really comfortable telling these things. This blog is like my confidant, yet I know that everyone reads it. Its so sad :( I think I feel a lot more comfortable putting things down onto 'paper' than I do telling someone in person. It feels a lot less awkward, probably because I'm not used to telling people, and I don't have to face their reaction directly here on the blog.
Maybe I just want people to know. This is kind of a place where I can vent my feelings in a fairly controlled environment. I mean, its only my monitor after all, and I know not to shoot the messenger. It takes the place of regular bitching, even though I guess I still do that on occasion.
I don't really care if everyone knows. A lot of people find they don't really want to express what they feel, but I don't really have anything to hide, unless of course people have asked me not to say anything. That hardly ever happens anymore though, especially after the Ginny/Terence incident. Don't worry, I don't blame you guys for not trusting me about this stuff anymore, I'd probably do the same. For those of you who don't know, I'm not to be trusted about relationship stuff, especially for people I know. I've had one black mark, and that stays with you for life. But yeh, nothing to hide. I wish I could share more with people, I really do, but I don't know who I should say it to, or what I should say. So instead, I say everything (within reason), to everyone on this blog.
Some people might say that having nothing to hide is a virtue. But its obviously not such a great one. Nobody wants to know everything that somebody else thinks. You'd get overloaded with someone else's problems, and carrying another person's burden as well as your own leaves no room for anything else, like having a good time. Its kind of like living in a customer service center. Sure you don't have to read this blog, but you'd be soooo out of it if you didn't :)
Maybe I just like the attention. If everyone reads the blog, and I've put something controversial up, then its possible that it could be the topic of conversation between people during the next day, or even some time later on. The more controversial or interesting the post, the more likely that this could happen. Just think about it, if I claimed to have conclusive proof that umm... sayy... Chi wasn't actually huge or fat, but he's actually made of flesh coloured plastic, it could make front page news! and everyone would come talk to me, and post comments. Yay. OoOo... that gives me ideas... >:)
Another possibility could be a replacement for a social life. I've obviously got nothing better to do late on a Friday night except write blog posts. Can you imagine how long it took me to write this one alone? At the moment, its 11:39 on the clock, and while I probably spend about half the time between now and the post time chatting, its still quite a substantial amount of time.
I think each of the possible reasons I've raised has a fairly evil component to it, so I'll have to conclude that I really am an evil person. Sorry.
I realise that this basically came out as a huge mess, and has almost no structure at all, but its just a bunch of crap-filled ideas made up on the fly. I'm sorry for being evil and sharing it with everyone. Being evil should be kept at home, and in private, so that at least everyone doesn't know and thinks you're a good guy. Thanks for reading, I hope I didn't bore you too much.
I'm annoyed
Very annoyed. Well... not very annoyed at any one particular person. Actually its only a little annoyed at some people. Its just that, when you add all those people up, it means I'm very annoyed. Normally I wouldn't even bother writing anything about being annoyed if it were only one person. Somehow... its managed to get upto... lemme count... five, at least. Now getting annoyed at five people within 24 hours is quite rare, for me at least.
Not a good day or night at all.
I'm kind of in a CBF mood for Saturday night as well. Two 21sts, possibly no or expensive way to get home. I wonder if I wouldn't mind sitting around at home. Or perhaps even watching a movie would be good. That reminds me, I have all this anime to watch, and I've hardly started it. There wasn't even any Naruto this week. That was pretty disappointing. Those guys from the water country are weird, and I wanna see them do their funky jutsu stuff.
Not a good day or night at all.
I'm kind of in a CBF mood for Saturday night as well. Two 21sts, possibly no or expensive way to get home. I wonder if I wouldn't mind sitting around at home. Or perhaps even watching a movie would be good. That reminds me, I have all this anime to watch, and I've hardly started it. There wasn't even any Naruto this week. That was pretty disappointing. Those guys from the water country are weird, and I wanna see them do their funky jutsu stuff.
Thursday, October 07, 2004
so much err... work?
I don't like early starts anymore. At least not those 9 o'clock ones. I actually get up in time, but nobody else seems to. I feel like sleeping in when I wake up at 7. Perhaps I should go to sleep earlier.
So how was my day I hear you ask? It wasn't bad. I turned upto my first lecture half an hour late, which is pretty average for my 9am starts since we got back from holidays. Only Mark turned up to that one. I could see why though. Twas pretty boring. It was about e-crime, and stuff...
Also had a group meeting with Chris and Kaz. Chris is a new member to our group, so we're treating him with caution. Although he did make a contribution, so welcome aboard :) Managed to get a bit done, and took the bus home with Fi.
The highlight of the day would have been sittin in the van while Fi was driving. She's to mum like I was to dad when I was learning. RARARARARAARARRAARRA. AHHHHH!!!! *mum pushes invisible pedal* Yeh fun :) We ate in Glen Waverley, cos thats where we were doing deliveries, and came home.
I'm meant to do lots of work, but I really can't be stuffed. I reaslie I'm gonna get screwed over in the second last week of semester... but oh well.
So how was my day I hear you ask? It wasn't bad. I turned upto my first lecture half an hour late, which is pretty average for my 9am starts since we got back from holidays. Only Mark turned up to that one. I could see why though. Twas pretty boring. It was about e-crime, and stuff...
Also had a group meeting with Chris and Kaz. Chris is a new member to our group, so we're treating him with caution. Although he did make a contribution, so welcome aboard :) Managed to get a bit done, and took the bus home with Fi.
The highlight of the day would have been sittin in the van while Fi was driving. She's to mum like I was to dad when I was learning. RARARARARAARARRAARRA. AHHHHH!!!! *mum pushes invisible pedal* Yeh fun :) We ate in Glen Waverley, cos thats where we were doing deliveries, and came home.
I'm meant to do lots of work, but I really can't be stuffed. I reaslie I'm gonna get screwed over in the second last week of semester... but oh well.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
an even more lovely day!
Woah... It was meant to be 24 degrees today. I'm not sure if it actually got there, but apparently it wasn't quite shorts weather. I'm not sure if I would have been comfortable in shorts now that I think about it. It got a bit chilly towards the end.
I drove in with Kaz and Paul in the morning, I think they're letting me give something back in return for all the rides they've been giving me, which was nice of them :) SAD was boring, as usual. I managed to get the nine letter word in the Age. It was 'implement', and Eric got yesterday's. That was handbreak.
I also should get started on my psychology lab report. We got the results for the experiment today, so yeh. They let you off your leash in 2nd year psych. I'm not really sure what to do, and they don't tell you much either. But its the last psych lab, so thats a good thing. No more classes between SAD and Networks in the afternoon. 3 hour breaks! Hmmm.... Trying to work out whether thats a good thing.
Had the usual KFC lunch, which Karen paid for. I'm really not sure why she owes me lunch for doing my part of the networks project, but hey, I don't mind a free lunch :)
I came home for dinner, helped my auntie set up the printer/scanner because we were missing the USB cable yesterday, and now I'm sitting around. Woohoo.
I drove in with Kaz and Paul in the morning, I think they're letting me give something back in return for all the rides they've been giving me, which was nice of them :) SAD was boring, as usual. I managed to get the nine letter word in the Age. It was 'implement', and Eric got yesterday's. That was handbreak.
I also should get started on my psychology lab report. We got the results for the experiment today, so yeh. They let you off your leash in 2nd year psych. I'm not really sure what to do, and they don't tell you much either. But its the last psych lab, so thats a good thing. No more classes between SAD and Networks in the afternoon. 3 hour breaks! Hmmm.... Trying to work out whether thats a good thing.
Had the usual KFC lunch, which Karen paid for. I'm really not sure why she owes me lunch for doing my part of the networks project, but hey, I don't mind a free lunch :)
I came home for dinner, helped my auntie set up the printer/scanner because we were missing the USB cable yesterday, and now I'm sitting around. Woohoo.
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
tight arse tuesday
I'm not used to getting up early anymore. Two weeks of waking up in the afternoon doesn't really help with the body clock. But I managed to get ready by 8. Mel was a little late, as usual, and so we got to class a little late, as usual. I missed about half my lecture. Oh well, was pretty boring anyway. It was about hacking, what I think I'm going to write my legal and ethical assignment on. Still boring none the less.
I saw Kerry today as well. She wrote this icq message about being sorry for not coming to the BBQ. Guys, don't worry about it, just buy me lunch :) I'm much prefer that actually. The path to a guy's heart is through his mouth, if everyone didn't know. So if you ever feel that you really need my forgiveness, all you really need to do is offer a good meal.
After uni, which was at 11, I just came home, ate lunch, and had a nap. I had a weird dream, but I don't really feel like sharing it here, its kind of disturbing in a family oriented sort of way. But I woke up all sweaty, so it was pretty bad. Anyway, had dinner, helped my auntie install a multifunction printer, and now I'm here. What a productive day.
I saw Kerry today as well. She wrote this icq message about being sorry for not coming to the BBQ. Guys, don't worry about it, just buy me lunch :) I'm much prefer that actually. The path to a guy's heart is through his mouth, if everyone didn't know. So if you ever feel that you really need my forgiveness, all you really need to do is offer a good meal.
After uni, which was at 11, I just came home, ate lunch, and had a nap. I had a weird dream, but I don't really feel like sharing it here, its kind of disturbing in a family oriented sort of way. But I woke up all sweaty, so it was pretty bad. Anyway, had dinner, helped my auntie install a multifunction printer, and now I'm here. What a productive day.
Monday, October 04, 2004
theres something about uni...
Theres something about uni that makes me feel good. Perhaps its the people, maybe its the classes, maybe its just the whole experience (perhaps its cos its starting to get warm at uni :) ). But whenever I go to uni, I'm happy. I know thats kind of sad, but oh well.
I thought I'd go in early with Eric, because studying even a bit for my Networks mid-sem would have been a good idea. Not that it happened of course, I spent a lot of time reading the paper, checking my e-mail, and I even started my psychology report, but I only spent about half an hour studying. It seemed adequate though, I'm pretty sure I passed, and might have done quite well. We'll see how I go.
Sat around chatting for a while. Apparently I'm meant to pick up on Saturday at Andrew's. Some Singaporean chick who talks a lot. I hope its not that Pheobe girl who Eric knows. Andrew said she's not bad looking, but then, we all know about his taste in women... *cough* Camie *cough*.
Managed to get a ride back from Paul, which was nice of him :) and I found Fi and mum vacumming the cars at the restaurant... Funny place to clean a car, but its convinient because its got such a big carpark.
Dinner was very vegetarian. So we got some more meat. Ah... the joys of having a family restaurant. I love it! I don't even get sick of the food, much. MM anyway, time to do some work.
EDIT - tried to make it a lil interesting
I thought I'd go in early with Eric, because studying even a bit for my Networks mid-sem would have been a good idea. Not that it happened of course, I spent a lot of time reading the paper, checking my e-mail, and I even started my psychology report, but I only spent about half an hour studying. It seemed adequate though, I'm pretty sure I passed, and might have done quite well. We'll see how I go.
Sat around chatting for a while. Apparently I'm meant to pick up on Saturday at Andrew's. Some Singaporean chick who talks a lot. I hope its not that Pheobe girl who Eric knows. Andrew said she's not bad looking, but then, we all know about his taste in women... *cough* Camie *cough*.
Managed to get a ride back from Paul, which was nice of him :) and I found Fi and mum vacumming the cars at the restaurant... Funny place to clean a car, but its convinient because its got such a big carpark.
Dinner was very vegetarian. So we got some more meat. Ah... the joys of having a family restaurant. I love it! I don't even get sick of the food, much. MM anyway, time to do some work.
EDIT - tried to make it a lil interesting
Sunday, October 03, 2004
sorry
Sorry about last night. Its not normal that I throw a spastic fit of anger. Sorry that you guys had to read so much as well. Maybe not as much as Soh's post, but still more than average, and most of it was pretty meaningless, unlike Soh's post.
Sorry to Alice as well. I don't mean to be mean, but some people need to be told they're mean. Tell your sister's bf not to critisise me when I'm trying to help, and if he really wants to, at least get off his arse to help as well or perhaps offer some useful advice. At least you were helpful, and helped me screw some stuff back in.
I'm feeling less angry today, and more apologetic. So thats a good thing if you want to be near me.
Woke up fairly late today, like 2:30. Went out with Tez, Sam and Soh for dinner. Just to la porchetta. Had some pasta, it was okay, but not great. After, we went to Tez's place to play a bit of big 2 and watched the rugby grand final on the side. Good game that. We kind of just sat in his room for a while, and Soh went home. I thought I'd leave after a while and took Sam home because he didn't drive out.
We talked, as we do, about people. Nothing ever comes of it, but its enjoyable. I hope I don't bore him too much, since I always seem to drone on when it comes to Sam.
I still haven't started studying for my mid-sem tomorrow. I'm just gonna go in early to start. That'll do.
G'night
P.S. Woah thats 4 posts within 24 hours, I'm on a roll.
Sorry to Alice as well. I don't mean to be mean, but some people need to be told they're mean. Tell your sister's bf not to critisise me when I'm trying to help, and if he really wants to, at least get off his arse to help as well or perhaps offer some useful advice. At least you were helpful, and helped me screw some stuff back in.
I'm feeling less angry today, and more apologetic. So thats a good thing if you want to be near me.
Woke up fairly late today, like 2:30. Went out with Tez, Sam and Soh for dinner. Just to la porchetta. Had some pasta, it was okay, but not great. After, we went to Tez's place to play a bit of big 2 and watched the rugby grand final on the side. Good game that. We kind of just sat in his room for a while, and Soh went home. I thought I'd leave after a while and took Sam home because he didn't drive out.
We talked, as we do, about people. Nothing ever comes of it, but its enjoyable. I hope I don't bore him too much, since I always seem to drone on when it comes to Sam.
I still haven't started studying for my mid-sem tomorrow. I'm just gonna go in early to start. That'll do.
G'night
P.S. Woah thats 4 posts within 24 hours, I'm on a roll.
Ez's new tech support company
I've decided to start one.
Mission statement: To turn the hours I've spent twiddling with computers into cold hard cash
Employees: Me
Clients: Anybody who asks for my help
Rate: $20 an hour
If anybody wants to know, this article had a lot of inspriation to help me to decide to charge. This is mainly because I REALLY can't be fucked anymore, especially if others aren't going to be helpful, and have expectations that are so high.
Jeez I'm nasty tonight. Somebody pat me.
Mission statement: To turn the hours I've spent twiddling with computers into cold hard cash
Employees: Me
Clients: Anybody who asks for my help
Rate: $20 an hour
If anybody wants to know, this article had a lot of inspriation to help me to decide to charge. This is mainly because I REALLY can't be fucked anymore, especially if others aren't going to be helpful, and have expectations that are so high.
Jeez I'm nasty tonight. Somebody pat me.
Ez - Your very evil neighbourhood tech support >:)
I thought I'd make this a different post, just for structural purposes. I also think I might offend someone with this post, but again, I don't know him very well, so whatever. After writing the post, I've come to the conclusion that I'm really bitchy tonight, so if you'll excuse me... and even if you don't.
Alice asked me to go over tonight to help her get her thesis off her bung hard drive. I thought it was pretty urgent, so I went over. This was at around 12:30am btw. The thing is, her sister's boyfriend was there, and he's apparently some hacker for the Australian government. What I want to know is, why couldn't he do anything about it? Did they really have to get me over there at whatever time of night to do something he could have done? Not only that, he was nasty. I don't know... he gives off a nasty aura.
Not only does he not even get off his arse to lend a hand, he sits there watching looney tunes. Gee thanks, real helpful. Seems like you do your job well. I mean, if we have guys like this working for our government, its a wonder we get anything done at all. No wonder it takes years for laws to be passed and criminals to be caught.
The whole point of the exersise was to get Alice's documents onto something that wasn't about to crash/explode. So once we get the hard drive onto a different computer that can boot, we try to access it. Being a guest account, I can't exactly do that. This guy comes along, saying he can use his nCase tools. Yay, if only I had $2000 to buy a copy of that. What would have been a simpler thing to do is just to log on using an administators account, which was simple enough. Gee, if this guy can be a 7334 h4x0r and get paid for it with his skills, I think I can become prime minister.
On October 9: Vote 1 Ez for the federal seat of Menzies. Kevin Andrews is still my buddy though.
Alice asked me to go over tonight to help her get her thesis off her bung hard drive. I thought it was pretty urgent, so I went over. This was at around 12:30am btw. The thing is, her sister's boyfriend was there, and he's apparently some hacker for the Australian government. What I want to know is, why couldn't he do anything about it? Did they really have to get me over there at whatever time of night to do something he could have done? Not only that, he was nasty. I don't know... he gives off a nasty aura.
Not only does he not even get off his arse to lend a hand, he sits there watching looney tunes. Gee thanks, real helpful. Seems like you do your job well. I mean, if we have guys like this working for our government, its a wonder we get anything done at all. No wonder it takes years for laws to be passed and criminals to be caught.
The whole point of the exersise was to get Alice's documents onto something that wasn't about to crash/explode. So once we get the hard drive onto a different computer that can boot, we try to access it. Being a guest account, I can't exactly do that. This guy comes along, saying he can use his nCase tools. Yay, if only I had $2000 to buy a copy of that. What would have been a simpler thing to do is just to log on using an administators account, which was simple enough. Gee, if this guy can be a 7334 h4x0r and get paid for it with his skills, I think I can become prime minister.
On October 9: Vote 1 Ez for the federal seat of Menzies. Kevin Andrews is still my buddy though.
saturday's postscript
I'm probably going to offend a lot of people with this post, but I need to say something.
First of all, I'd like to say sorry because I missed jumpstart. But to tell you the truth, I wasn't really in the mood for another conversion session tonight. If anybody wants to know, I'm pretty close to being an atheist. I won't deny that there isn't a higher being, but I see no reason for there to be one.
If there is a higher being, whats to say that there isn't any other being thats even higher? or perhaps one even higher than that? This could just keep going on for ever and ever so theres not really much point. I don't even believe in heaven. To me, its the same as having a 'dog heaven' or 'elephant heaven'. They're just stories and concepts. I don't see how people can say that just because we're human, and we can understand concepts of right and wrong (human invented concepts at that), that we should be judged on these concepts in the afterlife.
On my walk yesterday, I saw two magpies harrasing and chasing a kookaburra, even going so far as to bite its neck. It reminded me of something from one of John Marsden's 'Tomorrow when the war began' series of novels. Nature doesn't understand human concepts. Evil isn't present in a snake because its a snake. In fact, evil wouldn't exist in the world at all if humans didn't actually invent it. Something is evil only because we choose to call it so. We tend to complicate the world because of these concepts, and it doesn't help us with the bigger picture.
So what is the bigger picture? We're bags of water, held together by skin, and kept upright by bone. When we die, we let the water go, and the bag falls apart. Our soul is the interaction of nuerons within the brain and it dies with the body.
First of all, I'd like to say sorry because I missed jumpstart. But to tell you the truth, I wasn't really in the mood for another conversion session tonight. If anybody wants to know, I'm pretty close to being an atheist. I won't deny that there isn't a higher being, but I see no reason for there to be one.
If there is a higher being, whats to say that there isn't any other being thats even higher? or perhaps one even higher than that? This could just keep going on for ever and ever so theres not really much point. I don't even believe in heaven. To me, its the same as having a 'dog heaven' or 'elephant heaven'. They're just stories and concepts. I don't see how people can say that just because we're human, and we can understand concepts of right and wrong (human invented concepts at that), that we should be judged on these concepts in the afterlife.
On my walk yesterday, I saw two magpies harrasing and chasing a kookaburra, even going so far as to bite its neck. It reminded me of something from one of John Marsden's 'Tomorrow when the war began' series of novels. Nature doesn't understand human concepts. Evil isn't present in a snake because its a snake. In fact, evil wouldn't exist in the world at all if humans didn't actually invent it. Something is evil only because we choose to call it so. We tend to complicate the world because of these concepts, and it doesn't help us with the bigger picture.
So what is the bigger picture? We're bags of water, held together by skin, and kept upright by bone. When we die, we let the water go, and the bag falls apart. Our soul is the interaction of nuerons within the brain and it dies with the body.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
such a lovely day today
Woke up around 10 to go to yum cha. I seriously don't know why we go out to other restaurants to eat. Recently we've been to two just because they've 'changed hands' and we're meant to try them out. Again, we've never been to this one either, so how do we tell the difference? It was okay food, but I could have done with better company than older relatives.
After we got back home, I thought I'd play some more Rome. But, the sun was out, there were giant black clouds in the sky, sunshowers and rainbows. What more could you want? So today Fi and I went for a walk. Went all the way down to the yarra and along it and then back again. It was enjoyable, and the scenery was nice. We saw some kangaroos, big fat kangaroos.
Went back home after to play more Rome. Everyone is at war with me. They're so mean :( I don't have enough troops, and the Brutii have less territory, but more troops, so they're at a tactical advantage, and can concentrate numbers. I have to deal with crappy revolts in each territory, so I can't even make use of my numbers. Ah, if only nothern Europe had as many cities in BC as Greece.
After we got back home, I thought I'd play some more Rome. But, the sun was out, there were giant black clouds in the sky, sunshowers and rainbows. What more could you want? So today Fi and I went for a walk. Went all the way down to the yarra and along it and then back again. It was enjoyable, and the scenery was nice. We saw some kangaroos, big fat kangaroos.
Went back home after to play more Rome. Everyone is at war with me. They're so mean :( I don't have enough troops, and the Brutii have less territory, but more troops, so they're at a tactical advantage, and can concentrate numbers. I have to deal with crappy revolts in each territory, so I can't even make use of my numbers. Ah, if only nothern Europe had as many cities in BC as Greece.
Friday, October 01, 2004
I-games
Today was the all famous i-games day. That stands for international games day. Basically, its where a bunch of asians get together and play sport. Thats right, asians and sport, together. The international societies of melbourne university get members (and some non-members) into nice teams and make them play it off against other societies. While it sounds fairly competitive, it wasn't really.
So what sports were on offer today? There was badminton, soccer, basketball and volleyball. Actually I'm not so sure about volleyball, but they had that last year, so I'm just assuming they've got them this year as well. I got dragged into playing badminton for Law by Terence. He was meant to be sick, but he seemed fine enough to play soccer. Sometimes, I don't really know what he means about 'sick'. Recently, we've been insinuating meanings from lots of everyday words, like 'studying' and 'busy'. Maybe its related.
The day didn't start off well for me. Sam called at around 9:30 to ask for a ride when we were supposed to get there at 9:45. He woke me up with the call. Needless to say, we got there a little late, but still earlier than Soh. He didn't even get a game. I was really bored and quite annoyed at the fact that I didn't even get a game because he was late, and that I didn't get much game time during the day. In fact, I played 2 1/2 games all up. Sure we got to the semi-finals, but I played one game before that, I don't see how that works. It was indeed a waste of time for me. Perhaps next time, they should have less players playing badminton. Don't worry Susan, I'm not blaming you, its not entirely your fault. (plus, I can see the retaliatory implications of such actions if they were deliberate and thats ok)
At least there were some okay parts. Free food and drink. Pizza and coke, they always go together. Pizza can't really be that bad, and coke is the same all the time. Also, the game time was at least decent. I was playing people better than me, so while I might be annoying to them, at least I had a relatively good time.
Went to the dentist straight after that for a checkup. I'm okay. Teeth still decaying. I need mouthwash. Cool. Also, I'm broke. Yah, broke. $15 in my wallet, somebody can take me out to eat if they want. Heh. Nevermind.
So what sports were on offer today? There was badminton, soccer, basketball and volleyball. Actually I'm not so sure about volleyball, but they had that last year, so I'm just assuming they've got them this year as well. I got dragged into playing badminton for Law by Terence. He was meant to be sick, but he seemed fine enough to play soccer. Sometimes, I don't really know what he means about 'sick'. Recently, we've been insinuating meanings from lots of everyday words, like 'studying' and 'busy'. Maybe its related.
The day didn't start off well for me. Sam called at around 9:30 to ask for a ride when we were supposed to get there at 9:45. He woke me up with the call. Needless to say, we got there a little late, but still earlier than Soh. He didn't even get a game. I was really bored and quite annoyed at the fact that I didn't even get a game because he was late, and that I didn't get much game time during the day. In fact, I played 2 1/2 games all up. Sure we got to the semi-finals, but I played one game before that, I don't see how that works. It was indeed a waste of time for me. Perhaps next time, they should have less players playing badminton. Don't worry Susan, I'm not blaming you, its not entirely your fault. (plus, I can see the retaliatory implications of such actions if they were deliberate and thats ok)
At least there were some okay parts. Free food and drink. Pizza and coke, they always go together. Pizza can't really be that bad, and coke is the same all the time. Also, the game time was at least decent. I was playing people better than me, so while I might be annoying to them, at least I had a relatively good time.
Went to the dentist straight after that for a checkup. I'm okay. Teeth still decaying. I need mouthwash. Cool. Also, I'm broke. Yah, broke. $15 in my wallet, somebody can take me out to eat if they want. Heh. Nevermind.
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