Gah. It's morning and I've got that mouth-stuff that people daren't mention - like going to the toilet in a movie, it be.
I think I owe somebody 20 Things About Me that nobody else knew. I'm sure she's lovely, or I wouldn't have remembered. That's not strictly true, but I'm fucked if I'll find any other way to work in a veiled compliment this early in the day. The list will grow as I think of more stuff.
1) I have a phobia of balloons. It seems not to apply when they're the helium filled kind.
2) I like to sleep in the car on the way home, because it reminds me of when I was little.
3) I like to take long night-walks on my own, with no destination in mind. I prefer to be alone, or to be in the company of one other, and not talk.
4) I think I honestly prefer holding hands to kissing.
5) Choc-mint Ice Magic is my kryptonite.
6) I absolutely cannot stand anybody who has trouble spelling in his or her own langauge. Do these people also miss their mouths when they eat? For fuck's sake!
7) My darkest shame is that sometimes I secretly wish I was popular and attractive instead of a nerd.
8) I wish I had a deeper technical understanding of the sciences, but I'm scared to try, because it might take me on a radically different path in life, and I can't stand the risk of indecision.
9) I have a mild allergy to celery.
10) In highschool, a girl I knew asked me out for a joke. The idea was that nobody would want to go out with me, so the fact I said 'okay' was made all the more amusing. I hope she dies having never known love.
11) I am incredibly punctual, to the point that I often arrive so early I go and do something else, then wind up being late.
12) I don't think I'll ever buy a car - I'm going to choose work based on the availability of public transport. The thing is -- I can't be sure if this is because of a moral conviction, or only because I can't drive.
13) Most of the time, I just wish people would SHUT RIGHT UP.
14) I can, at a moment's notice, identify the straw that broke the dromedary.
15) I have trouble sleeping if there's not some music, or a favourite film playing in the background.
16) I actually care that I might not get this list finished by the time my account expires. That says much about my thoughts on deadlines.
17) I think I lose sight of my own personality when I spend long periods of time away from my friends - I enjoy getting it back, though.
18) As I've done with my account, I mentally phase out an attachment to things I know are going to end soon.
I think I owe somebody 20 Things About Me that nobody else knew. I'm sure she's lovely, or I wouldn't have remembered. That's not strictly true, but I'm fucked if I'll find any other way to work in a veiled compliment this early in the day. The list will grow as I think of more stuff.
1) I have a phobia of balloons. It seems not to apply when they're the helium filled kind.
2) I like to sleep in the car on the way home, because it reminds me of when I was little.
3) I like to take long night-walks on my own, with no destination in mind. I prefer to be alone, or to be in the company of one other, and not talk.
4) I think I honestly prefer holding hands to kissing.
5) Choc-mint Ice Magic is my kryptonite.
6) I absolutely cannot stand anybody who has trouble spelling in his or her own langauge. Do these people also miss their mouths when they eat? For fuck's sake!
7) My darkest shame is that sometimes I secretly wish I was popular and attractive instead of a nerd.
8) I wish I had a deeper technical understanding of the sciences, but I'm scared to try, because it might take me on a radically different path in life, and I can't stand the risk of indecision.
9) I have a mild allergy to celery.
10) In highschool, a girl I knew asked me out for a joke. The idea was that nobody would want to go out with me, so the fact I said 'okay' was made all the more amusing. I hope she dies having never known love.
11) I am incredibly punctual, to the point that I often arrive so early I go and do something else, then wind up being late.
12) I don't think I'll ever buy a car - I'm going to choose work based on the availability of public transport. The thing is -- I can't be sure if this is because of a moral conviction, or only because I can't drive.
13) Most of the time, I just wish people would SHUT RIGHT UP.
14) I can, at a moment's notice, identify the straw that broke the dromedary.
15) I have trouble sleeping if there's not some music, or a favourite film playing in the background.
16) I actually care that I might not get this list finished by the time my account expires. That says much about my thoughts on deadlines.
17) I think I lose sight of my own personality when I spend long periods of time away from my friends - I enjoy getting it back, though.
18) As I've done with my account, I mentally phase out an attachment to things I know are going to end soon.
Mein account will die on the 10th. I'll be back once I have more moolah, but until then I'll make constant and silly journal updates to entertain you one and all. 
Get ready.
Get ready.
I write stuff in my journal, comment in the journals of others, then they return the comments and read my journal while they're here. It's almost as simple as economic rationalism, with the added bonus that it doesn't ruin people's lives.
A number of things are going on right now -- I'm doing a translation for mum, and I gotta tell any and all of you still harbouring illuisions: Japanese is a fairly difficult language, especially before the daily coffee. That would certainly explain the popularity of Starbucks in Japan, since it would have been almost impossible for them to communicate otherwise. でもスタバがあんなに人気がもってるからってそこで売ってるのがコーヒーと言えるわけじゃないだろな。
ADSL is taking control of my life, but I've used the opportunity to learn Mandarin off that podcast. It, too, is hard. I really need to learn something indo-european. That way I can coast on the blind admiration you get when you say 'I speak six languages' but don't let on that they're all pretty much identical.
I've run out of excellent coffee places to go. Atomica is obviously the best in the city, but you can only tolerate the delightful staff to a certain degree -- sometimes you just want the coffee, rather like that cop's relationship with 'the facts', or Bruce Willis' satirically similar relationship with 'the fax'. I bet Bruce Willis doesn't have trouble getting chripy counter guys to shut up. I wish Milla Jovovich would make out with *me*. (If you followed that all - 10 points!)
Nintendo's wi-fi network launches here (that's 'Australia', one of many parliamentary democracies that can't reconcile its hatred of the government it has voted in, like, four terms in a row now). I'm astonished Nintendo think a nation that would have serious problems were it not for velcro shoes could appreciate the wonder of wireless videogames... but I'm not complaining. Once I'm dongled-up, I'll be playing MarioKart with my cousin now safely snuggled up in America's wang, and soon to be jetting his way to the People's Republic of China, a thoroughly interesting name for a parliamentary republic. Hopefully he'll, I dunno, meet some sort of a smokin' hot babe there, or something. That or he could have fun in other ways - he's a versatile guy, which is not to indicate that his sexual preferences are in any way up in the air. Which in turn is not to say that I'm not saying they aren't.
Did I mention I hadn't had a coffee yet?
A number of things are going on right now -- I'm doing a translation for mum, and I gotta tell any and all of you still harbouring illuisions: Japanese is a fairly difficult language, especially before the daily coffee. That would certainly explain the popularity of Starbucks in Japan, since it would have been almost impossible for them to communicate otherwise. でもスタバがあんなに人気がもってるからってそこで売ってるのがコーヒーと言えるわけじゃないだろな。
ADSL is taking control of my life, but I've used the opportunity to learn Mandarin off that podcast. It, too, is hard. I really need to learn something indo-european. That way I can coast on the blind admiration you get when you say 'I speak six languages' but don't let on that they're all pretty much identical.
I've run out of excellent coffee places to go. Atomica is obviously the best in the city, but you can only tolerate the delightful staff to a certain degree -- sometimes you just want the coffee, rather like that cop's relationship with 'the facts', or Bruce Willis' satirically similar relationship with 'the fax'. I bet Bruce Willis doesn't have trouble getting chripy counter guys to shut up. I wish Milla Jovovich would make out with *me*. (If you followed that all - 10 points!)
Nintendo's wi-fi network launches here (that's 'Australia', one of many parliamentary democracies that can't reconcile its hatred of the government it has voted in, like, four terms in a row now). I'm astonished Nintendo think a nation that would have serious problems were it not for velcro shoes could appreciate the wonder of wireless videogames... but I'm not complaining. Once I'm dongled-up, I'll be playing MarioKart with my cousin now safely snuggled up in America's wang, and soon to be jetting his way to the People's Republic of China, a thoroughly interesting name for a parliamentary republic. Hopefully he'll, I dunno, meet some sort of a smokin' hot babe there, or something. That or he could have fun in other ways - he's a versatile guy, which is not to indicate that his sexual preferences are in any way up in the air. Which in turn is not to say that I'm not saying they aren't.
Did I mention I hadn't had a coffee yet?
I'm at home - proper home - and the internet here is slow. I'm so desperate to update, but when you're at 38k it just seems like a chore. Plus I want to write a lengthy ream of verbiage, much as it makes sense, and it might take hours to upload. Risky business. Here's the condensed version.
1) Saw StarWars 3. Why oh why couldn't he have just made it GOOD? It's not hard - they have laser guns, lightsabres, and spaceships... and yet it was boring. Hmmm.
2) Watched an ace doco abot Sparta vs Athens, but it cut off at the most interesting bit. Fuckles.
3) I eat too much... if only food weren't so tasty.
4) I'm going back to uni next year - it is certain. It's a fucking luxury, and I am eternally grateful.
5) It is, or was, Veterans' Day. I know of no war I have supporrted, or would support.. there are ALWAYS other ways. But the fact is, these are people who busted in there and risked being shot. With actual bullets. You know - PAIN. I disagree with the motives, the reasons, the politics... but y'all are hardcore. Much respect.
1) Saw StarWars 3. Why oh why couldn't he have just made it GOOD? It's not hard - they have laser guns, lightsabres, and spaceships... and yet it was boring. Hmmm.
2) Watched an ace doco abot Sparta vs Athens, but it cut off at the most interesting bit. Fuckles.
3) I eat too much... if only food weren't so tasty.
4) I'm going back to uni next year - it is certain. It's a fucking luxury, and I am eternally grateful.
5) It is, or was, Veterans' Day. I know of no war I have supporrted, or would support.. there are ALWAYS other ways. But the fact is, these are people who busted in there and risked being shot. With actual bullets. You know - PAIN. I disagree with the motives, the reasons, the politics... but y'all are hardcore. Much respect.
Gah, I've become subdued almost overnight. I hope something happens soon, because this is getting fucking boring.
Something's taken the wind from my sails -- and it might possibly be all these chocolits I've been eating. Tunnock's fucking chocolate wafers -- as dastardly as the Scottish plan to win Wimbledon. If you don't know already, you won't appreciate being told. People who can't recite every Python sketch in full are, almost as a rule, less than their Python-aware counterparts. I'm not one of them, but I'm happy to bow down to my more knowledgeable masters. We happen *not* to be an anarcho-syndicalist commune.
.... okay, fuck 'subdued', now I'm just randomly angry, and with a level of aggression (as distinct from 'passion') that I've never felt before. If only I could direct this at the people who deserve it, but they're long gone. Ah, fuck it.
Something's taken the wind from my sails -- and it might possibly be all these chocolits I've been eating. Tunnock's fucking chocolate wafers -- as dastardly as the Scottish plan to win Wimbledon. If you don't know already, you won't appreciate being told. People who can't recite every Python sketch in full are, almost as a rule, less than their Python-aware counterparts. I'm not one of them, but I'm happy to bow down to my more knowledgeable masters. We happen *not* to be an anarcho-syndicalist commune.
.... okay, fuck 'subdued', now I'm just randomly angry, and with a level of aggression (as distinct from 'passion') that I've never felt before. If only I could direct this at the people who deserve it, but they're long gone. Ah, fuck it.
I gots me a shiny new PC. Good times.
Not much news besides that. I think I really dodged a bullet with that girl I've been, you know, mentioning off hand for the whole year. As if that wasn't clear already.
... new PC had only 1/5 the HDD is was meant to have. Back to the shop.
Not much news besides that. I think I really dodged a bullet with that girl I've been, you know, mentioning off hand for the whole year. As if that wasn't clear already.
... new PC had only 1/5 the HDD is was meant to have. Back to the shop.
Damn, I need a drink. Still do, but I've had to settle for a beverage of the plainest variety. Fortunately, I was able to supplement it with some spiced ginger biscuits, but there's still a need that must be met.
Aside from seeing The Proposition, which was wunderbar but far less violent than I was led to believe (violent, perhaps, if you've never watched a film before), awesomeness in recent days has come in the form of my getting Advance Wars for my now beautifully weathered DS. Unlike ipods and PSPs, when a DS is scratched or ages in any way, its matte coating makes the scratches look like badges of honour rather than damage accidentally dealt to a once-virginal piece of flimsy technology.
It's basically the game it's always been, the new Advance Wars. Coupla new units, new COs, new maps and a much harder campaign (and wireless play, which is a new experience for me). The real deal for that game is being able to use the stylus to play. Directing your units on the touch screen makes you feel like fucking Patton (without the crushing defeat, and with 'fucking' read as a qualifier and not a verb). Your tanks and your funky little guys whizz around the map as you direct them with an effeminate and dismissive flick of your wrist, like a sexually ambiguous military character from a completely unamusing Thai film.
Sami remains beautiful and unattainable. For Elana's benefit, the MP-5 isn't in the least bit attractive.
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The new wi-fi dongle will also support wireless networking for the Revolution. It's a genius way to prevent users from having to pay for things they don't need, for who that has broadband access does not also own a compatible PC? That fucker's coming out in November in the US, and probably never in Australia. LikSang is my friend.
Aside from seeing The Proposition, which was wunderbar but far less violent than I was led to believe (violent, perhaps, if you've never watched a film before), awesomeness in recent days has come in the form of my getting Advance Wars for my now beautifully weathered DS. Unlike ipods and PSPs, when a DS is scratched or ages in any way, its matte coating makes the scratches look like badges of honour rather than damage accidentally dealt to a once-virginal piece of flimsy technology.
It's basically the game it's always been, the new Advance Wars. Coupla new units, new COs, new maps and a much harder campaign (and wireless play, which is a new experience for me). The real deal for that game is being able to use the stylus to play. Directing your units on the touch screen makes you feel like fucking Patton (without the crushing defeat, and with 'fucking' read as a qualifier and not a verb). Your tanks and your funky little guys whizz around the map as you direct them with an effeminate and dismissive flick of your wrist, like a sexually ambiguous military character from a completely unamusing Thai film.
Sami remains beautiful and unattainable. For Elana's benefit, the MP-5 isn't in the least bit attractive.
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The new wi-fi dongle will also support wireless networking for the Revolution. It's a genius way to prevent users from having to pay for things they don't need, for who that has broadband access does not also own a compatible PC? That fucker's coming out in November in the US, and probably never in Australia. LikSang is my friend.
Yay. I feel much better. This is an entry from those of you who know certain private things. My 'friends', if you will.
I'll accept not being able to know anything for sure, but it's really amazing what a mind with the experiences mine's had will do in a situation like the one I was in this year.
It hurt. Badly-badly, like in a faerie-tale... we could both have handled things way better. No doubting I got the short end of the stick in this, but I'm glad to not be feeling like so much cack now.
Ah, good times.
I'll accept not being able to know anything for sure, but it's really amazing what a mind with the experiences mine's had will do in a situation like the one I was in this year.
It hurt. Badly-badly, like in a faerie-tale... we could both have handled things way better. No doubting I got the short end of the stick in this, but I'm glad to not be feeling like so much cack now.
Ah, good times.
Hey all you wondrous peoples. Just to let you know I'm still alive and writing stuff, even if it only manifests as a gap-filler.
Er... I ate some high fibre bread the other day, and just took the best shit of my entire life, bar none. Seriously, I would totally pwn on ratemypoo (I'm not linking, because there's a risk somebody might click the link per accidental).
I'm in a lovely state of mind now -- everything seems complicated and involved, and I feel a healthy urge to figure it all out. I also like legos. Could there... could there be.... a connection?
Er... I ate some high fibre bread the other day, and just took the best shit of my entire life, bar none. Seriously, I would totally pwn on ratemypoo (I'm not linking, because there's a risk somebody might click the link per accidental).
I'm in a lovely state of mind now -- everything seems complicated and involved, and I feel a healthy urge to figure it all out. I also like legos. Could there... could there be.... a connection?
