Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIIa : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 253706 times)

Allybee · « **Reply #1500 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 06:15 »

that's a whole lot better than being there and not being interested in what you're studying, I think.

Lines · « **Reply #1501 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 07:22 »

Altogether or are you just taking a break?

Patrick · « **Reply #1502 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 08:54 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 09 Nov 2010, 03:24

American friends! If any of you are into comics can you do me a favour and try and find me a copy of X-Force Volume 4: Necrosha? Amazon have been fucking me around for about 8 months and I can't find anywhere else that has it or any reason it might be out of stock. If anyone is able to find it I will give you money if you buy it and send it to me.

Dogg there's a place that sells comics downtown, I can call them after they open and I'll check for you.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1503 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 10:10 »

Just for the year. Horrible decision that kind of made itself for me

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1504 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 10:13 »

May, that is kind of sucky, but hopefully you can use yr time off in a constructive way and get back into it next year feeling much more confident.

Quote from: scarred on 08 Nov 2010, 20:13

it is a hot dog wrapped in bacon, deep fried, and served on a bun with grilled onions, chili sauce, and cream cheese

it is THE MOST DELICIOUS THING.

Tubby Dog does pretty much exactly the same thing, minus the cream cheese I think. I was severely tempted to try it, but common sense prevailed. Eventually.

scarred · « **Reply #1505 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 11:15 »

Alex C · « **Reply #1506 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 12:06 »

There is nothing "common" about passing up mountains of deep fried junk food here in Amurka.

Ladybug · « **Reply #1507 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 14:12 »

Ugh. I was (am?) going to a screening interview for a summer job tomorrow. The dude sent me an e-mail last night at like 10PM saying they wanted me to come in to a screening interview on Wednesday, and that we could set up a time during the company presentation at school today, and that I should contact him before lunch today if I couldn't attend the company presentation. I replied to the e-mail right after I got it (which I count as contacting him before lunch today?), saying that I would be unable to attend the company presentation, but that Wednesday would be fine for an interview.

It is now 11:07PM on Tuesday evening, and I have still not heard back. I hate job interviews because I'm ridiculously shy, and this is stressing me out even more. I don't even know if the interview is happening? I can't exactly call him after 11PM, and they will be starting the interviews at 8AM tomorrow, and I can't call him before 8AM, and I can't exactly call him during the other people's interviews. Gaah. Job hunting sucks. Especially when your grades aren't top, you're not good with people and you have few extracurricular activities.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1508 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 14:19 »

You have done exactly what you should have done, and it sounds like he is just a bit flaky or maybe really busy. Don't sweat and don't worry about ringing during an interview, he'll either have his phone off or it'll take thirty seconds

Drill King · « **Reply #1509 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 14:20 »

I just realized that when Dovey mentions sam it's probably his lady friend, not Sam Knight.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1510 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 14:30 »

Oh, haha yeah. Maybe I should say Samantha?

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1511 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 16:19 »

Today we got a water bill! It is a big, big water bill. This is because our toilets run constantly and we need to have the showers running for at least two minutes for any hot water to come out... between us, that's about ten extra minutes every single day. Thanks, Real Estate, for not fixing these things for the past six months despite the all the emails and the inspection where I made very specific note of it.

Add this to the $700+ I have spent on doctors and specialists and funky diets this month.

So now I am not going to buy any clothes or nice things or delicious foods or nights out until like, February, because in January I have car registration and insurance. I'm not sure what to do about Christmas presents. Hmm.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #1512 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 16:28 »

OK so I was going to go to bed but there is someone crashing around in the kitchen. What kind of person cooks at half past midnight? And this isn't a drunken one off either, it happens like almost every night.

Aha just looked out of the spyhole in my door and it is the girl opposite who has no concept of cleaning up after cooking. Grr.

Inlander · « **Reply #1513 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 17:44 »

Hey no it's okay she wasn't talking about you she was talking about a relatively obscure Australian Rugby player.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1514 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 17:44 »

Yeah, I thought his last name was actually just K.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1515 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 17:49 »

Quote from: Patrick on 09 Nov 2010, 08:54

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 09 Nov 2010, 03:24
American friends! If any of you are into comics can you do me a favour and try and find me a copy of X-Force Volume 4: Necrosha? Amazon have been fucking me around for about 8 months and I can't find anywhere else that has it or any reason it might be out of stock. If anyone is able to find it I will give you money if you buy it and send it to me.

Dogg there's a place that sells comics downtown, I can call them after they open and I'll check for you.

Thanks dogg!

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1516 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 17:53 »

So tomorrow I have a job interview with a travel agency. I have to take the day off work to do this which is annoying but it means I don't have to go to work which I guess is an upshot of it all. The only thing is is that I'm not sure I want to work as a travel agent as the base salary is shit and most of the pay is based on commission which I do not agree with on principle. Also they want me to bring written references which I don't have and it's too short notice to organise them. I guess I'm not really looking for advice, just wanted to complain that I've been looking for work for so long and one of the few interviews I get are for the jobs I don't really want. Fuck.

Tom · « **Reply #1517 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 20:22 »

Tomorrow is my final first year exam. It's a theory exam for my introductory Anatomy course. I'm not ready for it, I have a strong feeling I will fail this exam (it's 50% of my grade) but not the course as I've received Distinctions for my two spot tests so I still get to take Pathology next year.
I incorrectly assumed: "hey, I'm not in high school anymore. I don't need to do/have homework anymore." I now understand that this is never the case and I actually do need to do more than go to lectures and cram for tests. Next year, I'll actually do textbook exercises so I won't be so generally unprepared for anything.

I actually learned an important life lesson in first-year.

Tom · « **Reply #1518 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 20:28 »

Quote from: Jimmy the Squid on 09 Nov 2010, 17:49

X-Force Volume 4: Necrosha

X-Force and Necrosha were my least favourite things on the X-line (next to Land's art in Uncanny, of course) this year. Probably because they slowed down New Mutants and Blackest Night was doing super-powered 'zombies' so much better.

JD · « **Reply #1519 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 21:15 »

Offer made on the house! Our realtor is pretty aggressive and only gave them 7 hours to make a decision.

scarred · « **Reply #1520 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 21:17 »

Sounds like it worked. My mom has been trying to sell her condo for like six months, and they finally settled on a less-than-savory bid. Better than nothin', I guess.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1521 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 22:32 »

Ugh I just got retweeted by Jeph, now everyone knows that I actually read the comic.

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #1522 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 23:03 »

How uncouth of you.

JD · « **Reply #1523 on:** 09 Nov 2010, 23:15 »

I thought you didn't do the twitter thing.

scarred · « **Reply #1524 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 00:31 »

My right upper eyelid keeps intermittently twitching, has been for about a week. It's not noticeable to anyone else but I can feel it and it's annoying. If it keeps up I will probably have to go get another eye exam, which is silly because I just had one. The most obvious answer is that my new glasses have the wrong prescription. WHICH IS EVEN SILLIER. Bahh

Eris · « **Reply #1525 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 00:40 »

I get that too, normally when I have been working too much and am really tired. When I did a lot of double shifts at Citrus my eyelid twitched for about a week and for some reason just stopped after a while.

Jace · « **Reply #1526 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 00:41 »

Now you know what the universe is doing to pay you back for all those silly faces, scarred.

scarred · « **Reply #1527 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 00:47 »

nooooo

the Scarred Silly Face is (spoiler alert) actually just the result of my own hatred towards my smile. I think my face just looks goofy when I do it so when people are taking pictures, I don't.

Also a lot of the time I am drinking!

look out! Ninjas! · « **Reply #1528 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 02:10 »

I got an interview at the barristers' chambers I applied for. It is only for work experience, and thus they won't pay me a fuckin' dime, but it'll be that springboard that will maybe get me a job when I graduate in a year, and it might count towards the practical training unit of my diploma. Plus I want it badly. The only problem is that it will make me largely unable to get a proper paying job for the next several months.

Wish me luck.

Tom · « **Reply #1529 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 02:19 »

Good luck, dude.

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #1530 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 03:16 »

Dear World,

how the hell do you keep your computer screens clean, it is like, the hardest thing.

Thanks,
Simon

McTaggart · « **Reply #1531 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 03:33 »

On crts I just ucleaned it like I would any glass, but I wouldn't try that on an lcd. I have no idea what I'd do with an lcd. I haven't had one get dirtier than I can fix with a a very gentle rub with a tissue.

JD · « **Reply #1532 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 08:18 »

Okay they've pretty much accepted the offer on the house.

Christophe · « **Reply #1533 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 09:34 »

well I shaved my pitiful novembeard. I am only participating in Cleanshavember from here on out.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #1534 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 09:55 »

Yeah I'm considering the same. At least part of the reason why I'm unemployable right now probably has to do with my uncouth+super patchy face fuzz

tania · « **Reply #1535 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 11:22 »

i just got a text message from my phone provider informing me that i get free unlimited calls all day because it's my birthday.

today isn't my birthday, telus, my birthday was two months ago but that's okay! thanks anyway!

valley_parade · « **Reply #1536 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 11:23 »

Happy phone company thinks it's your birthday, Tania!

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #1537 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 12:49 »

This is fucked. I was going to call in sick to work today so I could go to this job interview I have in the morning. I am now actually sick and have to reschedule. Fuck you body. Fuck you right in the face.

Alex C · « **Reply #1538 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 14:18 »

I tried my hand at making miso soup today for the first time. I made a big batch because I love the stuff and because I also wanted to drop off some for my mother and sister, neither of whom have tried it before. Long story short, I just ate 6 servings worth of soup and will probably die of sodium intake. There is none left over for my family. I can't stop thinking "Son, I am disappoint."

StaedlerMars · « **Reply #1539 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 15:18 »

Quote from: Metope on 07 Nov 2010, 04:43

Okay so, I used to like Mersault before, but after yesterday night I absolutely love them. What an amazing gig! The singer's voice was just so powerful it completely blew my mind, he started singing in the middle of the crowd without a mic, and you could hear him perfectly clear over all the usual 'between opening band and main band' noise. They ended the gig doing an encore in the middle of the crowd as well with just a ukulele, right next to where I was standing. Everyone was singing along and it was just the most amazing vibe ever.

Neil Pennycook's voice is absolutely fantastic. I've never seen them play as a band (I know right? I've been living here for four years, what is wrong with me?) but I've seen him play on his own a number of times and it's absolutely so powerful.

jhocking · « **Reply #1540 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 16:24 »

yesssss big review in big journal

http://famousaccountants.wordpress.com/2010/11/10/tunneling-at-famous-accountants-reviewed-in-art-in-america/

vegkitkat · « **Reply #1541 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 17:43 »

I was in the lab from 10-7:30 today. I know this is what I should expect being in grad school. I am just so tired. Tomorrow is a holiday, but I still need to go in. I should also be going in this weekend. Bleurgh.

I would feel better about this if I actually had something to show for the 3 months I've been in school so far. I haven't gotten any goddamn research done. I feel like I'm letting my supervisor and my entire team done. What's worse is that he hasn't mentioned my lack of progress at all. I am drowning in (possibly) undeserved guilt.

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1542 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 18:28 »

I have decided that since it is the end of Spring I am beginning a lunchtime office ritual that involves a walk to the bakery and a nap in a sunny spot in the park.
Today was Day 1, it pretty much rocked, also I found a new food court with a nice manicured grassy area on the way back to the office.
Now I just need to find a second-hand bookshop in the CBD (probably impossible) and everything in my life will be perfect.

Lines · « **Reply #1543 on:** 10 Nov 2010, 19:09 »

Some of my ladyfriends and I have decided to go to Ohayocon in January and we're all going to cosplay. I feel like I am stepping into an unknown world, but I'm excited about it. Also I get to make a kimono, heck yes.

Other than that, uh, school is stressing me out right now? But my friends aren't anymore! So that is good I guess.

valley_parade · « **Reply #1544 on:** 11 Nov 2010, 06:42 »

Left my wallet in the jeans I wore yesterday.

I AM NOT WEARING THOSE JEANS TODAY HOW WILL I GET LUNCH?

(Ally where the hell do you work that you have time for naps?)

Lines · « **Reply #1545 on:** 11 Nov 2010, 06:47 »

She probably gets a real lunch break, not that half-hour, sorry excuse of a lunch break.

Elizzybeth · « **Reply #1546 on:** 11 Nov 2010, 09:06 »

I take my comprehensive exam for my master's degree tomorrow and Saturday. Eight hours, six-essays: all of American and British literature from Beowulf and the Native American creation stories through Rita Dove and Salman Rushdie. Plus linguistics. And composition theory.

If I pass, I get my degree! But it is nerve-wracking.

Tom · « **Reply #1547 on:** 11 Nov 2010, 11:33 »

Quote from: Lunchbox on 10 Nov 2010, 18:28

Now I just need to find a second-hand bookshop in the CBD (probably impossible) and everything in my life will be perfect.

Lunchy, I know they're there I just haven't found any. My old one in Waverley closed down and got replaced by a yuppie fashion boutique so I've had to use a pretty all right one in Randwick near the Ritz. In other words, I suck at finding second hand bookstores.

jodizzle · « **Reply #1548 on:** 11 Nov 2010, 14:22 »

OH MY GOD I AM SO BORED WHY ISN'T IT MONDAY SO I CAN GO BACK TO WORK ARRRGGHHH!

I have an appointment at the fracture clinic on Tuesday where I ask them 3 important questions:

How long do I have to wear this sexy sling and shoulder brace?
How long until I can skate again?
How long until I can smash bitches again?

And if the answers to the last questions involve 'months' I am going to cry right there and then they will be sorry.

Guys I don't know what to DO without derby. I am going to get unfit and my butt will get all squishy and I will get slow and won't be amazing anymore! I NEED TO WEAR MY WHEELY SHOES AND SKATE AROUND AN KNOCK BITCHES DOWN! THIS IS WHAT I DO!

Lunchbox · « **Reply #1549 on:** 11 Nov 2010, 14:24 »

Tom I have found one supposedly on George St, it is a bit out of the way but I will try and find it IRL today.
Also yes, I get an hour lunch break. But I have to be at work from 8:30 to 5:30.

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