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11:09 am: Ode to poo
Hello my little poo-let
How nice of you to stay
Hello my little poo-let
You should have been flushed away

Goodbye my little poo-let
You can't stay for tea
Goodbye my little poo-let
It's time you met the sea

It's just gonna be one of those days :)

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12:28 pm: Yes, yes, yes, I am alive, just :)

Man, will short people never leave me alone!? :) I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while but the Universe has been hectic and well frankly my dog prefers I walk him than type on a journal! Hmmm, no, I'm not very funny. Anyway, I promise to write something here, soon. Maybe.

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11:26 pm: Uh oh, slacker alert!
Looks like I've been slacking it again with no entries! Lucky I'm bored shitless tonight then isn't it? :)

What have I been up to? All sorts of things really. Probably the highlight was the day a couple of weeks ago where my poor dog got sick and crapped/vomited all over the laundry, and my lawn mower man dumped me! That's right, apparently our job was "too hard". Our lawnmower man is a very odd bloke, he seemed to find it very difficult to ring the night before a mow to check I'd be home so I could take the dog in and let him out the back. Good riddance to him I say! If only I knew where he lived so my dog could crap on his front door step :)

Probably the only other really interesting thing I've done is go to some Perth Festival events, with the two standout events being:

La Veillée des Abysses
http://www.perthfestival.com.au/festival/index.cfm/fuseaction/events.detail/pkEvent/104320/pkEventCategory/101045

Tim Minchin: Darkside
http://www.perthfestival.com.au/festival/index.cfm/fuseaction/events.detail/pkEvent/104664/pkEventCategory/101078

The first event is hard to describe, it's really a sequence of nonsense events involving acrobatics, drama, slapstick and sheer whimsy! But it was absolutely fantastic and Gallic :)

Tim Minchin was awesome, basically a cabaret with singing and comedy, with little bits of his life sewn in. Very enjoyable, visit http://www.timminchin.com now :)

I also went to a political discussion on the current state of freedom in Australia by Frank Moorehouse, which promised to be quite interesting, but was let down by someone with fairly average public speaking skills and a very rough general outline. I still enjoyed it however as I like thought provoking pieces. It was interesting to find out just how similar the Aust Govt was to the USA in chasing Communists in the 1950s - with freedom of information laws providing insights into the crap they collected and neighbours spying on neighbours. And did you know that until 1970 Australia had the worst censorship laws in the world basically, with no mention of sex in any book, so many classics were banned it was amazing! But I felt really he didn't go into the current issues we see now enough.

So where do we draw the line on free speech? Should an Iman be allowed to promote the view of Australia becoming a Muslim state? I'd argue yes, even if I don't want it to happen. Should they be allowed to say that all non-Muslims are cockroaches and should be eliminated? No. And that's why just recently a UK cleric who did exactly that was sent to jail for over 10 years, as it's an incitement to violence and hate. Interesting times we live in.

Finally, how could I end a Perth blog without a comment on ex-Captain Benny? Jesus, grow up son. You got the warning last year and you didn't listen. To be frank I'm sure we've all made the mistake of driving when we shouldn't, but when you're already well in the shit, you want to be a lot more careful on what you do. If Juddy is the Captain to hold up the Brownlow and the Premiership Cup this year you're going to be a very sorry lad! But I'm over the Benny jokes now folks, stop sending them please :)

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06:40 pm: Just another hot Sat baboon, I mean, afternoon!
My gf has fallen asleep on the couch after another busy day at work and playing softball, so I'm bored and in front of the PC again :)

So, what was the highlight of my past week!?

Last Sunday I went to the Big Day Out, by myself. Do you know how weird that is?! My gf is saving money for our wedding and wasn't 100% keen on the lineup, and my usual wingman is in the bloody UK, and just about all my other mates have kids now. So whereas even just a few years ago we'd have 10-15 people there, this year the only people I knew going were a mate's wife, a couple of my employees/friends, and one mate of mine who'd never normally go, but went with his new gf. Now the only issue is, my 2 staff listen to different music to me, so the opportunity never really happened. As for my other good mate, he never really gave good instructions as to where he was! I think he wanted to be left alone :)

So, did I still enjoy myself? You bet. I just moved round all the bands I wanted to see, listening to a few songs here and there and moving on. But I have it was very weird not being able to enjoy it with people you know. The longest conversation I had was to a girl who asked for a look at a timetable, and some bloke who wanted to fight me because he was pissed and aggressive. Unfortunately as night sets in, sometimes the BDO can get a bit ugly as the booze and the heat start to wear people down. I saw a lot of people get thrown out of the drinking area come night time, and was very glad I wasn't security.

Annnnyway. The bands, and who I chose to see. I arrived near the end of Faker, and although the lead singer is somewhat of a knob, they sound great. Gerling were on next, and I think they disappointed a few people with their move back to guitars and away from synth. They can play an awesome half set some days, but usually disappear into a drugged out haze for the second half. They kept it together pretty much today though, and I quite enjoyed the set, particularly their new Mexican tune Hey Senorita :) Next on were Magic Dirt, with a set that was half great, half wandering background music. Jeez Adalita is hot though :) Pity about Mudvayne. That they played that is. That was my lunch time, and my first intake of food that was overpriced and bad for me :)

Next up we had the fine lads from Wolfmother. Saw them at Rockit and quite enjoyed them, same around this time, although I wandered off to the back stages half way through. Caught the last few songs by Sarah Blasko. I'm not the hugest fan, and she dances like she has Parkinsons or something (no offence to people with Parkinsons!), but her voice is great. Next was a few songs from End of Fashion, local guys that are pretty good. There I ran into the only person I knew all day, someone else in my industry, and someone I tend to run into in random odd places. Next off the rank was the Magic Numbers, a UK 2 brothers/sisters outfit, who basically look like fat hippies, but to be frank provided my "moment" of the Big Day Out. The moment is that sublime point when you listen to a song and it just takes you to another emotional place. Call me a sop, but I love my music. Great voices, great playing, great vibe, my pick of the day. Unfortunately my idols, the Kings Of Leon, were starting to call, and I had to fight my way back to the main stages.

The KOL are probably best off on a small stage like a couple of years ago here where they played an awesome set, but they're way too popular now. Everyone was singing along though, so it still made for a good set. Now, I hate to say but I abandoned the Living End next and disappeared off to see the Beasts of Bourbon out the back, and my mate Tex. Tex is now in his forties, and still looking great, whereas his old band look like fossils, but by God do they still rock! Tex is a great front man, and can punt a water bottle about 40m into a crowd, repeatedly. I think he'd prefer a night time venue and beer cans tho :) I wandered off eventually and fed myself again, it's important you know. Mmm, satay, rice and spring rolls :)

I caught the end of Living End, and they sounded good, but now it was time for Franz. I thought they were a bit bland quite honestly, but you couldn't deny they still sounded good and the audience loved them. Next came the Iggmeister and his original band, the Stooges. Erm, they're beyond fossiles into one foot in the grave, but they still play great, and realistically that's all they need to do, with Iggy, now almost 60, still bouncing around like a crazed lunatic. It was all his old music, not his solo stuff, so I didn't know much, but it was interesting to see him again. So. Finally. Probably one of my favourite bands of the last few years, the White Stripes. Jack is an incredibly talented guy - great singing, great song writing, great guitar playing, great piano playing, even great Xylophone playing, I kid you not :) He and Meg put on an awesome show, and had the crowd eating out of their hand. On my way out, I stopped on the back stage to hear a couple of songs from Shihad, great as usual, but I needed to be on my way for my lift :)

Hmmm. That's a lot of drivel above, but that was my day. It was funny seeing people who I watched one band with reappear at other bands or just somewhere on the grounds, and I saw some people 3 or 4 times. But none of my mates. What a weird but good day. With the stubbie holder I bought my gf in one pocket, and less money in the other, I found my way out, tired, but satisfied, to get a nice smooch from my ever loving gf who came to pick me up :)

Monday was a write off at work I'm afraid, even though I didn't get badly sunburnt. I must be old :) More on the rest of the week when I feel like typing more!

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10:25 pm: To update or not to update, that is the question!?
Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, and bore the shit out of you lot by posting dribble! Why yes, of course it is.

It's Friday night, my gf was too tired to go out drinking like I wanted to (I don't mind too much, don't worry), and not long after a yummo chinese takeout meal she falls asleep watching the cricket.

Soooo, what is Super Geek to do!? Plan a new web site that encompasses world domination, update my LiveJournal, and er, chat on IRC. I'm really a super deep thinking kind of guy, honest :)

It's been an unexciting but busy work at week, nothing too notable to mention, or at least nothing that won't give away my super secret identity :)

Until next time!

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04:40 pm: Please Lord, let me rest!
Ever been so tired and yet so busy that you turn into a mindless zombie and drool on your co-workers?!

Neither have I, but I tell ya, I'm damn close today :) I'm on my second coke, and wishing that I bloody did drink coffee!! Maybe I should stop staying up late at night playing on the Net? No, you're right, that's silly.

It's fun making daily work lists and seeing yourself fall hopelessly short because there's not enough hours in the day. I should really be working more at home, but I'm not feeling inspired.

Yes, that's my theme for today. Mindless uninspired zombieism.

See you at my next totally random post that no one ever reads, except for the short blonde lady :)

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11:25 am: Just another day in paradise? :)
Some days I can understand why the people of your felt the Earth was flat, because I certainly feel very flat today!

I think it's a combination of a lack of exercise in the last couple of weeks, my relationship not being where it should be for someone getting married later this year, and so much work it sometimes gets a little overwhelming. My dog also annoyed me this morning by digging more holes through my nicely growing grass, and my neighbour informing me he has also cracked our shared fence by continually running into it because it drives him batty when my neighbour does stuff in his yard. My dog is very cute, but not the brightest canine this planet has ever seen :)

Anyway, I'm in at work with a couple of loyal employees, whilst the rest of my slackers have the day off. My fault for giving them the day off I guess :) Anyway, I'm not achieving a great deal here, I should probably just go home, but I won't, things to be done. It's going to be a long day!

On a political note, what an amazing situation in Israel. Since Sharon's stroke everything just seems to have gone downhill. With Hamas suddenly finding itself in power, what on Earth is going to happen? Apparently they gained power because they're actually very good at keeping general law and order, and in helping people in their area of Israel. But no Government will deal with them, and formally they're dedicated to the destruction of Israel. It will be interesting to see how this one plays out. Any overt sign of agression will lead to Israel reoccupying the area the Palestinians control, and then, who knows. I hope for a miracel where Hames actually uses its new position to try and lead the area to peace. Perhaps I'm too optimistic :)

Oh, last note, it was my birthday yesterday. I think I'm outdoing myself in celebrating now. It's been years since I bothered to even look at the fireworks. Last year I came off an International flight and slept for the day :) This year I managed a nice breakfast at a cafe with some friends, but when we got home my fiance was so tired she slept for 3 hours, and we ended the day with junk food for tea and a DVD. I didn't mind it at all actually, and my fiance kept singing me happy birthday all day the nutter, but it does somehow seem to be a little lame doesn't it!? What can you expect at the ripe old age of 33? GRIN

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09:58 pm: Another week over...
Another busy week at work, and as outlined an odd week at home. Slept ok Friday night, but Saturday night I dreamt of a man next to my bed and work up with a bad feeling someone was nearby. It took a while to get back to sleep. But I'm hoping I'm imagining things. My gf seems sure it's all ok now, and I trust her sense more.

So, other weekendy stuff? I saw Garbage last night at the Burswood Theatre, they put on a great show. It will apparently be their last for quite some time as they're taking a break, so I think they put extra effort in. They played a few new songs but mostly stuck to classics which was just great. Shirley is quite the character too. Leaving was funny though, Burswood have 2 ticket machines for a 500 car parking facility next to the theatre, so you just imagine everyone leaving at the same time :)

Getting home to find out about another bombing at Bali was not great. I think it will really damage Bali as a tourist destination for years. They'd almost recovered from the first, I think many people thought it wouldn't happen again, so this may put the nail in Bali's coffin tourism wise, which is really sad. Sad for the locals, and sad for people like my sister who works for an airline that depends on Bali. Obviously the worse is the people who lost their lives or lost family :(

Today was fairly chilled out, didn't do a great deal, bit of gardening, bit of tv, bit of shopping. A quiet Sunday for once, just what I needed...

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01:28 am: Life returns to normal...
So it seems my house is back to normal. Not that I ever felt anything myself, but hey, neither did I really want to. Now back to normality and another busy week at work, deprived of sleep. Landed some new jobs, will have to look for more staff, but I guess I shouldn't complain.

Last weekend was great though, even though the Eagles lost. Caught a 6am plane to Melbourne on Sat morning, dropped bags off where I was staying in the Docklands, then straight to the game at the MCG. What an atmosphere with 92 000 people, probably over 60 000 of them in the bloody red and white! Tight game, with the Eagles coming back from way behind but not being able to finish it off. They had their chances, but they made too many errors. Well done to Sydney for cramping their running game, although it is an ugly style of footy they play.

Aferwards found me out at a bar in South Bank with my old man and friends, followed by a long boozy night at a bar in the Crown Casino with my step-brother and step-sister and their mates. My step-sis picked up a guy who my step-brother and I both threatened with violence to defend her honour, but we found out the next day that "Tor" the brick shithouse was a Marine in the British Navy, a de-miner, who could probably kill me in 3 seconds with his bare hands :)

A good night anyway, except for the hangover and forced family lunch next day! Quiet night in that night as I wanted a good Sunday, which lead to a great Italian lunch, some shopping and sightseeing, followed by a great chinese dinner and many drinks. Then back on the plane at 6am and straight to work. Did I feel good?! No :) Good time though. And I'll be back there in a month for another wedding.

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12:39 pm: Eerie nocturnal happenings...
Having just got back from Melbourne, and the Eagles losing (sigh, I'll leave that to another blog), I came back to an unsettled household. My gf told me some strange things had been occurring over the weekend whilst I was gone, that they'd been happening a while, that she just didn't want to worry me previously, but it had gotten too much. It's probably easier if I chronical them:

1) a few weeks after we moved in, we had a night where we were sure someone was in the house due to some noises we heard, but I couldn't find anything. It spooked us, but I never thought about it again, it happens sometimes, the night playing tricks on your mind when the noise could be almost anything.
2) one night my gf had a dream within a dream where she imagined there was someone at the foot of our bed, again I didn't think much of it at the time because it was a bad dream.

Now, the bits I didn't know:

3) 2 different people who have stayed at our house in the months since we moved in have mentioned to my gf that they were worken up at night by the sensation of someone with their hands around their throat. Both I would consider people to be reliable and unlikely to imagine something, or be spooked easily.
4) The neighbour told my gf in an unrelated conversation regarding the previous owner and the work they'd done on our house before selling it that the owner thought the house was haunted
5) On Sunday night my gf was washing dishes, and felt a physical assault where someone was pushing at her from the front and from behind
6) That her Dad, who is a somewhat spiritual guy, came round and did a small ceremony in each room where he tried to get whatever spirit might be on the loose, to leave the house.
7) That when they let our dog in, it raced to the last corner of the room they were in, and growled in a very unusual and deep way, and generally went bananas, very unlike our dog. When my gf and her Dad went to that corner, there was a foul smell which couldn't easily be explained as it wasn't outside the room or anywhere else. So they redid that corner and the dog was ok when it came back in.
8) That night my gf was awoken my sharp banging noises and the sounds of drawyers moving. By this time, she had the dog sleeping in with her. She didn't have a good night's sleep funnily enough.

So, I get back on Tuesday to be told all this and I have to say it freaked me out. I'm one of those people that believe the after-life (and aliens of course!) could exist, but I need proof to believe. But let me say that my gf isn't the sort to make anything up, and I spoke to her Dad and he said the same thing and he's very straight down the line too. Soooo, guess who spent most of Tuesday night listening for bad noises and got a very crappy sleep? We had my gf's Dad over again last night and he repeated his ceremony, and they both feel the house is now clean, but I'm still feeling really uncomfortable in my own home despite not sensing anything. I slept really badly again last night, and any noise is freaking me out more than a little.

What on Earth could have happened in this house in suburbia in the past? I'm thinking of ringing the Police to find out if any violent crimes were committed there as I'm more than a little curious. One other thing I should mention, this isn't the first time my gf has "felt" something. She told me when my Gran passed away recently that in the hours before she passed away and we were at her bedside that she saw my Gran's soul escape her body. She also saw her own Nanna 3 times in one day, the day after her Nanna passed away. And yet I've seen or felt nothing at that time or in our house, which really does surprise me, I felt sure I'd be empathic. Unfortunately I think death is however lingering around me a little at the moment, as I've lost all my 3 remaining grandparents in the last year. Is it possible this spirit has picked up on the grief around it? Who knows. I just hope we can both sleep soundly tonight without the night terrors...

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03:29 pm: Totally random entry!
Hello world. I think my life has gotten a little too mundane these last few years in some ways. I've left some of my myself behind and I'm not entirely sure I'm happy with it. I think I'm going to start blogging properly again for a little self analysis of my Universe. Random comments from complete strangers should they stumble across this blog are just fine. Just try to be nice ok?

My rant for the day is regarding time. This little commodity never seems to be in enough supply, and your friends and family seem to think it must be easy to fit them all in with the free time you do have. I'm Godparent to a friend's child, and I'm very fond of the little mite, but recently I decided to go to a football final rather than a lunch that was organised for my friend's birthday, and my partner also decided to stay home and get some work done. This resulted in a somewhat dismissive email from his wife when we told them, and another email from him later saying he hopes to catch up before Christmas. It's unfortunate, but sometimes you just have to disappoint people for your own sanity, particularly as to be frank I haven't felt terribly social since my grandmother passed away recently. But as people live in bubbles of their own influence they sometimes can't see beyond their own needs. I think we're guilty of it sometimes of course. It's just all due to time. Damn you Father Time! I'll forgive you if you let my hair grow back though :)

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10:39 am: Yes, I am still alive :)
I really am slack aren't I when it comes to writing these things down? It's a shame really, a lot goes through my head that I certainly find interesting, and I'm sure a few more would too, if only I could remember to update this once in a while!

Should I do a synopsis on life of late? Yup, let's start there. My business has come out of the industry wide slump that existed, and is doing extremely well again. You don't say much to other people at the time, but in hindsight I'm glad we survived the period, as many of our competitors didn't. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger they say :)

Gf wise? Remember I had two girls I was interested in? Well, I decided I wasn't interested in one, and things just happened with the other. I'm still with her 5 months later :) It hasn't always been smooth, we've had a couple of large arguments, but on the whole it's been really good. It's lucky she has a good social life, as since all my friends started getting married, my own group of main friends has just wound right down! The only problem with her is she had an overseas trip planned (she's an overseas junkie) and in a few months is off overseas for 9 months. That could make life interesting...

Anyway, my topic for now is, aging. This month I get another year closer to being 30, and I can tell you, I'm pretty darn close :) Unfortunately, so many things change after you hit 25. If you'd told me that I'd stop clubbing by 26 or so when I was 24, I'd have told you you were mad, I'd be doing it until I looked stupid at 35/40 or so! But your energy levels drop away, when you do go you feel old with so many young people around, you get hangovers WAY too easily etc., it's all just bad! Frankly although you might like to dance a bit, you just can't be bothered and you just don't care!

BUT there's worse to it than that! You find it harder to stay up late, you find your knees creaking at times, you grunt when you bend right over, and you actually just find you're not as sprightly as you used to be! I'm used to jumping around when I have lots of energy, and used to my body taking it. If I jump around, now things feel like they might break gosh darn it, I'm nowhere near as flexible, and that just sucks! How are 40 and 50 gonna be!? Dang, where is a good alien with a de-ager when you need one!? :) Now, let's not even mention the fact I have less hair, and more fat and grey hairs. When will it all end!?

Who knows, but I have to say, I'm still enjoying life a lot :)

10:46 pm: I'm bored so I'll do an entry :)
Now I damn well have to remember what I've been up to of late! Too much alcohol I am sure of that :) That's why I never remember!!

First. Women! I caught up with a friend of a friend a few weeks back. I've known her for years, but never that well, and I wasn't interested in her previously. But I caught up with her at this friend's wedding earlier this year, and realised we had a lot in common. But for some reason I never got back in contact with her. But anyway, I ran into her and lo and behold, sparks again, so we've been chatting a lot of late...

BUT, within the same 24 hr period someone ICQed me who had seen me on RSVP and we struck up this amazing conversation. I was chatting to her all week via email. I didn't think she'd meet me in any hurry, and then she asked me out on Saturday night! It went pretty well, and we caught up again this week too. But then the previous girl asked me out. Ack! No one I've been really interested in for ages, and then I get two at once?! Scary! Wait for another update on that one tho :) I DID let both know about the other too for those concerned, I went with the one who asked me out first...

Ok. Movies? I'm still waiting to see Bridget Jones. All the girls I know have seen it, and none of my male mates will go, ROFL I've seen Final Fantasy (ok - gfx good), Enemy at the Gates (good), Evolution (average), and ummm Swordfish (pretty good, Jackman is great). Going further back I saw Shrek (great!) and Doolittle 2 (gently amusing)...

Ok, timelog of what I've been up to. I'm not feeling too self introspective of late, so it's more a chronology for your weirdos who actually are curious as to what I'm up to :)

Ok, last weekend, apart from the date, I had a quiz night for a friend's netball club. It was going to be fun anyway, but was enhanced through excessive consumption of semillon. I think it affected our performance, we only got 5th :) I did win some prizes tho by guessing a spot quiz, and also in a raffle :)

Weekend before I had a chocolate party. There were chocolates going round on a tray, and you had to guess what they were from a list, for various prizes. There were door prizes and it was cocktail dress too, not a bad night! On the Friday night my old work had a leaving their building party (they moved to a newer one). It was a tad dull apart from catching up with old workmates, that was until I started saki shots with someone :) Then I found myself shortly after in a sumo fat suit doing wrestling :) Shortly after everyone left and I was like, hello, party, why are you all bloody going home!? :) Ah well....

The weekend before I have no idea what I did on the Friday any more! But on the Saturday I had a friend's going away party. I seem to remember having a good time, I was certainly drunk enough to have one, GRIN I drove my friend there, and she drove me home, goooood deal :) Altho she was a bit worried when she saw a booze bus (she worries too much, she hadn't had that much), and we took a biiig detour around, was quite funny!

Anyway, that'll do for now, I'm off to annoy people online :)

10:18 pm: An update in less than a month! :)
I hate flus. I get sick so rarely that when I DO get sick it really annoys me, all that wasted time, ack! Even worse, the previous weekend I spent Saturday night at home, with no energy, and 3 parties went to waste. Siiiigh..

Mostly better this week though! Had one of those weekends that you call "a mixed bag of results"! ROFL Friday night caught a Warren Miller (skiing/snowboarding movie) with some mates and had a few drinks. Saturday night went out for two mate's 30ths. Had Thai food first, everyone was plastered, had fantastic fun!

But I was spotted walking past a pub by a girl who's a bit too keen on me, and she came to the same pub with us. And didn't leave me alone much of the night, siiigh. Nice girl, but just not interested in dating her. Thought I'd let her know politely, guess I might have to be a bit more blunt next time I see her. Anyway, something in my stomach backfired, and I had to run off home anyway. Siiigh...At least the Eagles won the footy when I went Sunday arvo!

Anyway. One other little thing, recently I've been talking to someone online, a LOT. But it's one of those situations where it's unlikely anything will ever happen. She's temporarily broken up with her bf of many years, and will probably be back with him very soon (even though it sounds like she shouldn't).

As usual, the ones I want I can't get, and the ones I can, I don't want. So, I'm going back to old habits, MONKDOM! ROFL Yes, I'm going to swear off women for a while. Maybe forever! Who needs em?! Not me! Noooo.

I'll stop ranting now, and go and annoy some people :) BFN

02:43 pm: I live :)
Yes, I'm still around!

I can only describe my existence in the last six months as a variety of ups and downs, with little progress against a Universe of indifference!

The thing is, I'm still smiling :) Why? Who knows, some other people might not be. But then, I'm not other people! At least I know where I'm heading...

My last heading was about "my new love". HA! I have been spectularly unsuccessful with women in the last 18 months. The only ones who want to date me are the ones I don't want to date, ack. But hey, persistence is a good thing. I think I've also reached that age where people look at you and say, hey, why the hell ain't you settled down or married?! Maybe I don't want to be!? But the good flipside of their argument is that they keep finding me women to date, so it's not a bad thing. Altho my staff keep calling me Seinfeld :)

Ah yes. One interesting piece of information. My secret Live Journal identity was picked on Saturday night by another LJer. DAMN! My secret is out :( Ah well, I'm still not telling anyone else, and the lady in question better keep quiet, or else you short person you :)

Outta here for now...

11:13 pm: Update on luuuuurv!
I spoke to my new friend for three and a half hours tonight. I have a date on Thursday :)

Stay tuned!

02:42 pm: Luuuuurv...
I think I'm in love with someone, in the space of 3 days via email. Scary :) Will keep updated...

P.S. Eye is much better now :)

01:11 pm: Another entry!?
I'm going to shock Nikki here and UPDATE in less than a week!

Been an unusual week. I sacked someone at work, never a pleasant thing. I also got an eye infection and ignored it for too long before going to the Doctor, which was stupid, I could have ended up hospitalized. So I looked pretty ugly for 5 days, thank God today I look human again!

A couple of unusual thoughts this week. For some reason many of my thoughts relate to comparing my youth to now, many people say I'm obsessed by my age, and yeah, I probably am. But it's still interesting anyway.

I have been listening to some early 90s music, which was when I was in my late teens and early 20s, a time when I was really discovering myself. I listened to one of my favourite bands from then, DefFX, which some of you may know, but are probably more familiar with the lead singer, Fiona Horne - self declared witch. Anyway, I had plenty of their CDs, went to their concerts, had great fun moshing to them etc. But now the music doesn't do much for me! Musically it's pretty average, especially her voice, although it does still have a raw energy and the synth music is pretty good.

Then I listened to Depeche Mode today. I don't have shitloads of their stuff, never been mad about them - but did like them But now the damn stuff sounds so much better. Isn't it funny how our opinions like that can change so radically?!

I'm also trying to get some work that needs to be done this afternoon, and suddenly that old feeling from Uni and school days hit me. The deadline feeling, and the oh why don't you do some work you lazy bugger? GRIN

Enough reminiscing, I'm getting back to my book, and my lazy weekend :) No more weddings for another 6 weeks!

10:57 pm: Hmmm, what was this for again?!
I suppose since I haven't touched this diary since October, I REALLY should make an entry! But rather than making one reeeeeally long entry to explain what has happened in the last 5 months, I've decided I'm going to summarize :)

Starting...

- I returned from my trip to Queensland and Sydney, where I'd visited my grandparents and went to the Olympics (awwwwesome fun, once in a lifetime kinda thing).

- I was best man for my mate Hans' wedding (and his lovely wife Beck) a week after I got back. I recommend AGAINST having a blade shave at the barbers, and recommend FOR getting rather drunk before giving excellent best man speeches, GRIN

- I also went to my mate Gav and his wife Jenny's wedding 2 weeks later. Hmmm, I got drunk again. Now just how did that happen?! His was a killer buck's night too :)

- November, hmmm, can't recall anything amazing happening in November!

- In December nothing much too amazing happened earlier in the month, apart from doing a semi-double date, my mate Markus and I both met this girl off RSVP at the same time. I ended up inviting both of them on my staff boat trip as I knew they had the hots for one another, and indeed they hit it off. Off, I met two redhead sisters off RSVP too, one was particularly evil!

Anyway, on December 30, I left for San Francisco! After a very long flight (with a 3 hour stopover in Singapore and a 1 hour stop in Hong Kong) I arrived in San Fran, and my net friend Robin picked me up.

I'll leave the details of San Fran (I was there for 3 days) for another message!

- On the 2nd of January I headed off to Vancouver! FAST net connections in the cafe there, GRIN On the 5th I headed off to Whistler for skiing. Cue lots of skiing, good food, good times, etc :) I had my friends Cameron and Betty and Markus with me. Cam and Betty got married in Hawaii before coming, :) All too soon I had to go back to Perth :(

- First Saturday night back I had to go to Jonno's bucks night. Now THAT was a killer, great fun though :)

- Hmmm, bad news happened just after my birthday on Australia Day. Two of my staff were in a terrible car accident, and one was very badly injured. She won't be back at work for months, which has caused some problems, but thank God she'll be ok.

I didn't know about the accident till the next day either, I had to go to ANOTHER wedding! Jon and Lorinda this time, and this time I was a groomsman. It was a GREAT day actually! Pity the next day was such a shock. I didn't even notice I had a hangover until the shock wore off.

- 2 weeks later, ANOTHER wedding! Juli and Shannon now. He tried to escape without a buck's night too, so we had one on Thursday night which I rapidly organised. Friday was harsh!

Anyway, each wedding has been different, but great in its own way. Thank God I don't have another one for a while!

- Anyway. With all these buck's nights, weddings, and extra work with less staff in the office, I'm exhausted! I really need some sleep :)

Sayonara!

10:51 pm: Update - sporadic as ussssual!
I've been nagged by little Ms Showbag (GRIN) to update my journal, or else. I guess I'd better update :)

Well, back to Sydeeeernee. On the first day we went along it was the first day of athletics, on the Friday. Despite everyone being sure Sydney's train system would melt we got there ok. But a big walk was ahead, and the grounds are huuuge, but pretty impressive!

Anyway our first morning session saw men's 100m round 1, 20km walk, shotput and javelin qualifying. We also saw the women's 100m and 800m round 1. I saw all the big names of the 100s :) Matt Shirvo ran great! And I discovered long distance runners have a tendency to vomit on the track when they finish, altho I doubt you'll ever see it on tv :)

About the only thing I can say bad about the Olympics is that they didn't organise enough rest areas for the people hanging around outside the venues in between the morning and night sessions. It was pretty warm, and there was almost no chance of finding a seat to sit anywhere. I found a nice spot under an arch (on some comfy concrete!) but Mum insisted we try find a table. An hour later I found some more concrete in a food hall, :)

Oh. Food. EXPENSIVE! $4.40 for a coke, $12 for a BAD plate of chinese, :) Between Mum and I I think there were 3 coffees, 2 plates of chinese, 2 hotdogs, a hot chips, and a beer that day and it was almost $80! But anyway :)

Ok that night our seats were as good as the mornings (we had A class seats, 4 storeys up, right down the front), but on the opposite side. That night we saw the men's shot put final, qualifying of the high jump, the 2nd round of the 100m, and round 1 of men's 10000m. Women's we saw the women's 5000m round 1, 400m round 1, qualifying of triple jump, and the 100m round 2. We saw Kathy Freeman run which was great. One thing really annoyed me tho, the men's high jumpers were practicing and kept on encroaching on the track where the women were doing the 5000m. It REALLY annoyed me, particularly one guy who'd stand less than a metre away! Why didn't the officials clear them away? I don't know.

Anyway, a great night, but very tiring. It did take a little longer to get home. Then of course I chatted to people on the Net, I'm so hopeless, :)

Next day I mellowed out at the relly's place, and decided they were all a bit odd, :) I was supposed to go out that night but unfortunately my friend I was going to a free concert with is a airline hostess and was on call. She ended up flying off to Bali! She actually ended up in Japan when we were sposed to go out Monday too, siiigh. So didn't get to do any socialising in Sydney which was most annoying! I did get to stay and see a rellie bash that night, meeting lots of rellies I never knew I had, but it wasn't quite as exciting, :)

Anyway, Sunday, and I finally made it into the Olympic Superstore, which was always busy. LOTS of great stuff in there, :) I bought a t-shirt, a hat, a pin and a coin, a fluffy ollie for my sis, and a hat for her boyfriend. Oh, I already had one hat, a t-shirt, and a small fluffy ollie, ROFL

That morning we saw the women's marathon, and that was great! The Japan girl who won was really nice, she was just so happy to win! And the audience go wild cheering. When the first Australian girl came in at about place 6, the place went crazy, with lots of "aussie aussie aussie, oi oi oi" going on, :) Being in the stadium is so much better than tv! But the biggest cheer probably came for the girl who came in an hour late. She was from El Salvador, everyone gave her huge cheers! We also saw the long jump for the women's heptathlon, the men's discus qualifying, and the men's 110m hurdles round 1.

I took lots of pics, and some video too. Our seats that morning were similar to the night before. Lunch was a little better that day, I didn't even bother looking for a seat, just found my usual concrete in the food hall, :) Had a chat to a guy who was from the states but weirdly enough lived in Perth, married to a local, GRIN He said he sat next to the Johnson family (100m sprinter) and that they didn't clap the fellow American running as apparently the families didn't like one another. How poor. The Aussies cheered everyone, and in general the athletes were all so nice together! The only bad thing was when an athlete would crash out or not make a final. On tv on Saturday night Shervo was GUTTED when he missed out by one spot. He ran a much better time the day we saw him!

Anyway, the final session that night was SPECIAL. We sat right on the track, at the bottom, 2m off the track, right next to where the athletes came out, it was amazing! I took heaps of pics, but my digital camera is a bit poor for fast shots. I had a PERFECT shot of Kathy Freeman set up, from one metre away, when a guy stood up in front of me, :(

That night we saw the women's javelin for heptathlon, round one of 400m hurdles, the final of the triple jump (won by a CUTE russian woman!), the semis of the 400 (go Kathy!), and the 800m of the hepathlon. For the men's we saw the final of the hammer throw, round 2 of the 110m and 400m hurdles, the 400m semis, plus the final of the high jump. I DID get a great pic of Michael Johnson the 400m runner at least!! I also got a pic of a poor guy crashing out in the 400m semis, he got carted off in a wheel chair the poor bloke, but he got a standing ovation from the crowd!

It was a great last night but it had to come to an end sooner or later! After one more night at the rellies we moved to Mum's friend's place, a fantastic apartment with a great river view. I just mellowed out for the day, which I think I needed anyway. So next day was home on the plane...Ah well, it was a good holiday!

Now, I'm tiiiired as. I should go into lots of detail about the wedding I was best man for on Sunday, but it's just tooo late! Let's just say my speech went down a treat, but I'm NEVER getting a cutthroat razor shave again, :)

Nightyall