Monday, August 30, 2004
"When Mike met Sam"
Well, it has happened! I have actually confirmed that everyone over there actually exists! How freaky! and I think you guys can rest safe in the knowledge that Mike has affirmed that I am NOT a "60-year-old Truck Driver from Arkansaw" (as he put it!) but am in fact, one, 20yo male from Brisbane! :D
Yes, it all started this morning! heading into teach Sunday school, at 8:30am, i get a message! It was from Mike! :D Huzzah for mobile technology! bridging the cultural gap! :D from that humble beginning we established a meeting place. 'the Kodak Beach' at South Bank at 12:30. So, i heads over to SOuth bank, park, and get another message. '2nd storey, plough inn, blue T-shirt, look for the Koala'. So i get out of the car and have a ten minute walk!
On that walk, many things entered into my head. Like:
"Remember, be cool! the image you make will be imprinted into his head. You represent Australia!"
"I know what HE looks like, but he has no idea what I look like!"
"This feels so surreal. Meeting someone you only know through the net."
"Thats an ugly bird"
"I wonder if i remembered to lock the car."
"Oh. Here we go!"
So i reached the plough inn, and proceded with some amount of apprehension up the stairs. look around, and there, out on the balcony, is a group of four, one of whom, has his back to me, and looks vagueley familiar?
Mikes Dad is the first one to see me, and Mike turns around, and gets up.
"Hello!"I say. i cringe inwardly at myself. mean come on. i could have said somethign much more witty than that! :D anyway, lots of greetings and hand shakings later, Mike hands me an envelope addressed:
"Mike :)
For the giant-dragon-boy in Australia...or maybe just Some Australian Maniac"
:D lol
ANYway.. moving right along.
Mike and I head off! on our big adventure number 1! :D First we headed for the ferry. which we missed thanks to me thinking it was going the wrong way! :P (gee, i really know my own city!) :D so we chose to take the long way round. walk over the 'goodwill bridge'. Known effectively by all Brisbanites as the: "Eyesore" but yes! :D we went into the grounds of QUT - Queensland University of Technology "University for the Real World" (otherwise known as the concrete jungle that will never be as good as UQ! :D") and tried to break into the engineering building. failing this, we walked through, into the botanic gardens, where there was much talk about NZ and Aussie Birdlife. no really, Birds. the animals. You guys have some really HUGE parrots! :P
Moving thru the botanic gardens, and into the city proper, first stop is "The Daily Planet" :D my 'work'place! ^_^ SO, Mike got to see where all the cool people go! (btw, im really not as insane as i sound buying $500 worth of comics..really! just...a heap poorer...but im still on track for holiday saving amazingly! :D dont look at me like that! :P) Then into the 'Myer Center' which is the HUGE shopping complex in Central Brisbane. having walked around there briefly, We decided we were hungry, and stopped for a bite to eat at: "Hanamachi" Japanese fast food restraunt! Mike had Teryaki as i recall, and i had Japanese Curry. with LOTs of chili! :P After finishing the meal, i opened the aforementioned envolope! Mike helped Name all the people. Then after all that effort, I turned the photos over and saw the writing on the back! :D wow! Michelle! you did a very cool job with the names there! And Kudos for the Photos! they shalt hang on mine wall! when referring to blogs now, i can look over, and see who's saying something! :D
After this we went on an expidition to 'shop' well.. not really. but Mike did end up buying something that will ensure that i am anonymous no longer! :P
We took this back to Mike's apartment, here is where i learned that Mike is actually a serial killer. seriously! ask him about it! :D
Next was the walk back to the ferry, which we caught this time! :D and back to south bank (stopping by the 'Australian Lolly Shop') and to my baby! :D my lovely blue buggy! my Odysseus! My beaaauuuuutiful Kia Rio! :D Which, Mike commented, was almost as nice as Andrew's car! ^_^ yay! :D
Took Mike on a drive to da Sout Saide! where he experienced his first 'Lutheran' church service! :D not many people, and a guitarist who seemed to do way to much talking and not enough singing (IMHO) but was good hopefully!
Maccas was the meal of the night! (although Mike went for a mocca cino from Mccafe) and we progressed onto one of my friend's places to hangout! :D which included Playing a round of 'Spoons' (which did in the end, draw blood! :D) and drinking some interesting flavoured tea!
Took Mike back to his apartment, and that was the end of the day! :D but no doubt will see him either tomorrow night for LAN/Poker or Tuesday for stuff and small group!
Things i have learnt today:
1) Tis very very surreal to meet people that you already 'know' through blogging in real life. Very weird, sitting around talking about all you guys, when previously no one else here would know who i was talking about! Another surreal moment. Seeing the writing on the envelope and photographs! someone wrote that with their own hand! WEIRD! i know everything is typed on the net, but weird! i dunno, cant explain it! :D
twas very cool though! and OH the things i have heard about all of you! all the goss and rumours! ;) (juuuust kidding! :D.. or AM i? ^_^)
2) Mike seems like a great bloke! although, he is DEFINATELY an engineer! i mean, the amount of comments he made about the architecture around Brisbane! :D lol...
3) found out that SMS works no matter what country and is still the same price! SWEET! so even when Mike goes back to NZ i can still text him! BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
4) SOme things are universal:
Taxi drivers are insane
Maccas is eternal
Christian Youth are pretty much certifiable! (confirmed by Mike! ;) )
there were a couple of others. just cant remember what they all were right now! :D
5) Not all Kiwi accents are that noticable! I mean, Mike said fish and chips almost normally! quite impressed! ^_^
btw, Brehaut? Sorry about calling you the 1337-master! didnt know you actually disliked all forms of 1337-sp34k. Will desist!
WoW! very cool day! you all exist! :D i feel a lot saner now i know im actually talking to real people! :D
planning my itinerary already for trip to NZ! :D Mike has told me about HEAPS of great places to go! ^_^
looks as though ill probably be going either Early December, or Late Jan/Early Feb, Im thinking the second one is more likely.
But thats enough for now! :D glad to meet Mike! and you all ! (if only by courier!) :D
SAM
Well, it has happened! I have actually confirmed that everyone over there actually exists! How freaky! and I think you guys can rest safe in the knowledge that Mike has affirmed that I am NOT a "60-year-old Truck Driver from Arkansaw" (as he put it!) but am in fact, one, 20yo male from Brisbane! :D
Yes, it all started this morning! heading into teach Sunday school, at 8:30am, i get a message! It was from Mike! :D Huzzah for mobile technology! bridging the cultural gap! :D from that humble beginning we established a meeting place. 'the Kodak Beach' at South Bank at 12:30. So, i heads over to SOuth bank, park, and get another message. '2nd storey, plough inn, blue T-shirt, look for the Koala'. So i get out of the car and have a ten minute walk!
On that walk, many things entered into my head. Like:
"Remember, be cool! the image you make will be imprinted into his head. You represent Australia!"
"I know what HE looks like, but he has no idea what I look like!"
"This feels so surreal. Meeting someone you only know through the net."
"Thats an ugly bird"
"I wonder if i remembered to lock the car."
"Oh. Here we go!"
So i reached the plough inn, and proceded with some amount of apprehension up the stairs. look around, and there, out on the balcony, is a group of four, one of whom, has his back to me, and looks vagueley familiar?
Mikes Dad is the first one to see me, and Mike turns around, and gets up.
"Hello!"I say. i cringe inwardly at myself. mean come on. i could have said somethign much more witty than that! :D anyway, lots of greetings and hand shakings later, Mike hands me an envelope addressed:
"Mike :)
For the giant-dragon-boy in Australia...or maybe just Some Australian Maniac"
:D lol
ANYway.. moving right along.
Mike and I head off! on our big adventure number 1! :D First we headed for the ferry. which we missed thanks to me thinking it was going the wrong way! :P (gee, i really know my own city!) :D so we chose to take the long way round. walk over the 'goodwill bridge'. Known effectively by all Brisbanites as the: "Eyesore" but yes! :D we went into the grounds of QUT - Queensland University of Technology "University for the Real World" (otherwise known as the concrete jungle that will never be as good as UQ! :D") and tried to break into the engineering building. failing this, we walked through, into the botanic gardens, where there was much talk about NZ and Aussie Birdlife. no really, Birds. the animals. You guys have some really HUGE parrots! :P
Moving thru the botanic gardens, and into the city proper, first stop is "The Daily Planet" :D my 'work'place! ^_^ SO, Mike got to see where all the cool people go! (btw, im really not as insane as i sound buying $500 worth of comics..really! just...a heap poorer...but im still on track for holiday saving amazingly! :D dont look at me like that! :P) Then into the 'Myer Center' which is the HUGE shopping complex in Central Brisbane. having walked around there briefly, We decided we were hungry, and stopped for a bite to eat at: "Hanamachi" Japanese fast food restraunt! Mike had Teryaki as i recall, and i had Japanese Curry. with LOTs of chili! :P After finishing the meal, i opened the aforementioned envolope! Mike helped Name all the people. Then after all that effort, I turned the photos over and saw the writing on the back! :D wow! Michelle! you did a very cool job with the names there! And Kudos for the Photos! they shalt hang on mine wall! when referring to blogs now, i can look over, and see who's saying something! :D
After this we went on an expidition to 'shop' well.. not really. but Mike did end up buying something that will ensure that i am anonymous no longer! :P
We took this back to Mike's apartment, here is where i learned that Mike is actually a serial killer. seriously! ask him about it! :D
Next was the walk back to the ferry, which we caught this time! :D and back to south bank (stopping by the 'Australian Lolly Shop') and to my baby! :D my lovely blue buggy! my Odysseus! My beaaauuuuutiful Kia Rio! :D Which, Mike commented, was almost as nice as Andrew's car! ^_^ yay! :D
Took Mike on a drive to da Sout Saide! where he experienced his first 'Lutheran' church service! :D not many people, and a guitarist who seemed to do way to much talking and not enough singing (IMHO) but was good hopefully!
Maccas was the meal of the night! (although Mike went for a mocca cino from Mccafe) and we progressed onto one of my friend's places to hangout! :D which included Playing a round of 'Spoons' (which did in the end, draw blood! :D) and drinking some interesting flavoured tea!
Took Mike back to his apartment, and that was the end of the day! :D but no doubt will see him either tomorrow night for LAN/Poker or Tuesday for stuff and small group!
Things i have learnt today:
1) Tis very very surreal to meet people that you already 'know' through blogging in real life. Very weird, sitting around talking about all you guys, when previously no one else here would know who i was talking about! Another surreal moment. Seeing the writing on the envelope and photographs! someone wrote that with their own hand! WEIRD! i know everything is typed on the net, but weird! i dunno, cant explain it! :D
twas very cool though! and OH the things i have heard about all of you! all the goss and rumours! ;) (juuuust kidding! :D.. or AM i? ^_^)
2) Mike seems like a great bloke! although, he is DEFINATELY an engineer! i mean, the amount of comments he made about the architecture around Brisbane! :D lol...
3) found out that SMS works no matter what country and is still the same price! SWEET! so even when Mike goes back to NZ i can still text him! BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!
4) SOme things are universal:
Taxi drivers are insane
Maccas is eternal
Christian Youth are pretty much certifiable! (confirmed by Mike! ;) )
there were a couple of others. just cant remember what they all were right now! :D
5) Not all Kiwi accents are that noticable! I mean, Mike said fish and chips almost normally! quite impressed! ^_^
btw, Brehaut? Sorry about calling you the 1337-master! didnt know you actually disliked all forms of 1337-sp34k. Will desist!
WoW! very cool day! you all exist! :D i feel a lot saner now i know im actually talking to real people! :D
planning my itinerary already for trip to NZ! :D Mike has told me about HEAPS of great places to go! ^_^
looks as though ill probably be going either Early December, or Late Jan/Early Feb, Im thinking the second one is more likely.
But thats enough for now! :D glad to meet Mike! and you all ! (if only by courier!) :D
SAM
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Thursday, August 26, 2004
"Busy Busy Bu..no, wait...oh. Still Busy!"
ARGH! what a hectic week so far! i havent blogged since Sunday and tis now Thursday, well technically Friday. Meh. Whatchagonnado?
SOOO busy every day. good news is that my 2000 word Education 'write what they want you to' assignment is over and done with. but now i am working on what is possibly the most annoying assignment ever given by the History department! Tis a 1 page, referenced summary of a larger essay due at the end of term. now ordinarily this would be no problem. But you see, having underestimated the complexity of the task, i have foolishly left myself less than 17 hours from now) to hand it in.
Not only do I have to do ALL the background research you would usually be doing for a 3000wd+ assignment, but i have to do it tonight. well, before 5:30 this morning anyway (cause i have to open at Civic, after closing tonight, and getting home at 11)
Ah Procrastination. I could insert a very astute quote here, but i will not. as it is not only astute, but is also not the sort of quote one would use in polite society! :P
But on the bright side at least i have an interest in the topic. TIs on the Maori people, and specifically, how they adapted their warfare after the coming of European settlers! good fun! ^_^ i think the face tatoos are just about the coolest thing ive seen in a long time! :D i even may consider getting one! ;)
So yes, this week=busy. There have been numerous other highlights... I won Poker for the second time on Monday night! w00t! $10 to me! i like poker! :) Tuesday worked all day at the Daily planet and bought a horribly large number of comics (but..but..they were on sale!) oh and smallgroup was pretty good too! and that reminds me! :D Mike, if you're gonna come to smallgroup next week, we are doing a very brief study on the book of Ruth. so, if you want something to do, Ruth would be the way to go! because after all that work you'll be craving more right? :D
Wednesday, what happend.. oh yes. Uni! wake up late after oversleeping (i slept from 1-8!!!! dude! thats 7 hours sleep! thats freaky for me!) scoffed brekkie, rushed into Uni, went to lectures until 3, then stayed in Comp labs doing Educ assignment till 7:30, then went and researched some Maori stuff and got books from Library, at 10, i decided i needed a break from studying, so a friend and i got together and had a late night LAN session at a Gaming place in Toowong. got home around 1:30, slept till 7am this morning, got up, drove groggily over to mates place to pick him up and go to uni together for History of Warfare Tute at 9, and lecture till 12. Drove home, and well.. studied till 2, when my VERY SPECIAL EVENT happened. :D :D :D
It wasnt my first time on Ebay, ive been a member since 2001, but had only bid on about 3 items since, which i lost. but i saw it two days ago... THE catch of the year. now, non comic fans are going to go: 'what the..' and call me insane! but be that as it may, i am fairly pleased with the result. What i found was this:
'Ultimate Spiderman Issues 2-63'
Ok, now a little background here. i started collecting this series about 7 months back now, around issue 58. i had got back issues back to number 50 so far, but due to the popularity of this series, the other issues are really hard to get your hands on, and the first 20 issues are all but impossible. I know. I work in a comic store! ;) But yes, cutting to the chase, this offer was too good to pass up. so, summing up my currently favorable bank situation (meaning it was feasible, if a little extreme), i decided to go for it! the auction ended today, and I WON THE BID. the end price however, with shipping added onto it, was $510 Australian. yep. i paid 510 dollars for 61 comics (a little over 8 dollars each). Now before you call me insane, hear me out!
using my various resources and contacts i have gotten a hold of almost all the pricings of the individual issues. And the proper value of the whole lot is over 4 times, maybe even 5 times what i paid for it. :D not that i would sell mind you, but its the thrill of the chase that matters! the dizzying highs and lows, of finding it, then staying in the running, and the incredibly tense last seconds of the auction, wondering whether someone will snipe you or not!
Then the simultaneous elation and queasy feeling that youve won, but youve spent about 3 weeks worth of savings on it!
Its all about the chase! :D and this is an example of the life of a collector!
So, anyway! after this event, i studied some more for this Maori thing, and then went to work from 4-10:45. I got back, and fulfilled several of my obligations online, (this being the last one? although not quite an obligation!) ANd now, into my assignment, which i must finish tonight. otherwise i only leave myself the hours between 11:30 and 2:30 tomorrow to finish. (i work till 11 at civic, and it has to be in by 5 at uni, but I am working 4-8 at the comic store!) maybe if i get it finished tonight it wont matter if i sleep or not, because i can get some sleep in the three hours there.
BUt yes! this is all pretty shallow stuff today i know! but i have planned (in my mind) several topics i want to talk about comign up. So, inspired by Nato here is my list of upcoming blog topics:
1) "Help I've Fallen and I can't Get up" - a look into the Fallenness of Man, and why we truly are a completely fallen race.
2) "Cradle 2 the Grave" - Work vs Profession. Life's work, monotony?
3) "The Missionary Position" - Where is our Mission? What is a Mission? Who is a Missionary?
4) "He's A Bloke!" - Being a guy and the 'F' word. you know what i mean? Mike? fellas? *grunt*
More to be added soon i bet! im sure i had one and ive forgotten it now! but meh! these posts wont come one after hte other, but theyre stuff ive been pondering for a while, so theyll make it up sooner or later! ^_^ interjected, that is, with shallow whiny everyday stuff! and the best thing? NO ONE CAN STOP ME! BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! *cough cough*
ahem.
anyway! sorry for being really antisocial, not on MSN and not replying to email! Me promise that after today I will be back into it! it will be fully shick mata!
SAM
*EDIT*
LOL just had to share this bit of info with someone! :D came across this just now:
"Maori say: "The Genitals of Women are Killers of Men." Behind that too is the myth of the origin of death wherein the trickster, Maui, in a vain attempt to win immortality for mankind, is crushed in the vagina of the ancestress-guardian of the underworld."
this is part of Maori Mythology! heh heh heh.. i just found that incredibly amusing!! ^_^ what a way to go eh?
ARGH! what a hectic week so far! i havent blogged since Sunday and tis now Thursday, well technically Friday. Meh. Whatchagonnado?
SOOO busy every day. good news is that my 2000 word Education 'write what they want you to' assignment is over and done with. but now i am working on what is possibly the most annoying assignment ever given by the History department! Tis a 1 page, referenced summary of a larger essay due at the end of term. now ordinarily this would be no problem. But you see, having underestimated the complexity of the task, i have foolishly left myself less than 17 hours from now) to hand it in.
Not only do I have to do ALL the background research you would usually be doing for a 3000wd+ assignment, but i have to do it tonight. well, before 5:30 this morning anyway (cause i have to open at Civic, after closing tonight, and getting home at 11)
Ah Procrastination. I could insert a very astute quote here, but i will not. as it is not only astute, but is also not the sort of quote one would use in polite society! :P
But on the bright side at least i have an interest in the topic. TIs on the Maori people, and specifically, how they adapted their warfare after the coming of European settlers! good fun! ^_^ i think the face tatoos are just about the coolest thing ive seen in a long time! :D i even may consider getting one! ;)
So yes, this week=busy. There have been numerous other highlights... I won Poker for the second time on Monday night! w00t! $10 to me! i like poker! :) Tuesday worked all day at the Daily planet and bought a horribly large number of comics (but..but..they were on sale!) oh and smallgroup was pretty good too! and that reminds me! :D Mike, if you're gonna come to smallgroup next week, we are doing a very brief study on the book of Ruth. so, if you want something to do, Ruth would be the way to go! because after all that work you'll be craving more right? :D
Wednesday, what happend.. oh yes. Uni! wake up late after oversleeping (i slept from 1-8!!!! dude! thats 7 hours sleep! thats freaky for me!) scoffed brekkie, rushed into Uni, went to lectures until 3, then stayed in Comp labs doing Educ assignment till 7:30, then went and researched some Maori stuff and got books from Library, at 10, i decided i needed a break from studying, so a friend and i got together and had a late night LAN session at a Gaming place in Toowong. got home around 1:30, slept till 7am this morning, got up, drove groggily over to mates place to pick him up and go to uni together for History of Warfare Tute at 9, and lecture till 12. Drove home, and well.. studied till 2, when my VERY SPECIAL EVENT happened. :D :D :D
It wasnt my first time on Ebay, ive been a member since 2001, but had only bid on about 3 items since, which i lost. but i saw it two days ago... THE catch of the year. now, non comic fans are going to go: 'what the..' and call me insane! but be that as it may, i am fairly pleased with the result. What i found was this:
'Ultimate Spiderman Issues 2-63'
Ok, now a little background here. i started collecting this series about 7 months back now, around issue 58. i had got back issues back to number 50 so far, but due to the popularity of this series, the other issues are really hard to get your hands on, and the first 20 issues are all but impossible. I know. I work in a comic store! ;) But yes, cutting to the chase, this offer was too good to pass up. so, summing up my currently favorable bank situation (meaning it was feasible, if a little extreme), i decided to go for it! the auction ended today, and I WON THE BID. the end price however, with shipping added onto it, was $510 Australian. yep. i paid 510 dollars for 61 comics (a little over 8 dollars each). Now before you call me insane, hear me out!
using my various resources and contacts i have gotten a hold of almost all the pricings of the individual issues. And the proper value of the whole lot is over 4 times, maybe even 5 times what i paid for it. :D not that i would sell mind you, but its the thrill of the chase that matters! the dizzying highs and lows, of finding it, then staying in the running, and the incredibly tense last seconds of the auction, wondering whether someone will snipe you or not!
Then the simultaneous elation and queasy feeling that youve won, but youve spent about 3 weeks worth of savings on it!
Its all about the chase! :D and this is an example of the life of a collector!
So, anyway! after this event, i studied some more for this Maori thing, and then went to work from 4-10:45. I got back, and fulfilled several of my obligations online, (this being the last one? although not quite an obligation!) ANd now, into my assignment, which i must finish tonight. otherwise i only leave myself the hours between 11:30 and 2:30 tomorrow to finish. (i work till 11 at civic, and it has to be in by 5 at uni, but I am working 4-8 at the comic store!) maybe if i get it finished tonight it wont matter if i sleep or not, because i can get some sleep in the three hours there.
BUt yes! this is all pretty shallow stuff today i know! but i have planned (in my mind) several topics i want to talk about comign up. So, inspired by Nato here is my list of upcoming blog topics:
1) "Help I've Fallen and I can't Get up" - a look into the Fallenness of Man, and why we truly are a completely fallen race.
2) "Cradle 2 the Grave" - Work vs Profession. Life's work, monotony?
3) "The Missionary Position" - Where is our Mission? What is a Mission? Who is a Missionary?
4) "He's A Bloke!" - Being a guy and the 'F' word. you know what i mean? Mike? fellas? *grunt*
More to be added soon i bet! im sure i had one and ive forgotten it now! but meh! these posts wont come one after hte other, but theyre stuff ive been pondering for a while, so theyll make it up sooner or later! ^_^ interjected, that is, with shallow whiny everyday stuff! and the best thing? NO ONE CAN STOP ME! BWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA! *cough cough*
ahem.
anyway! sorry for being really antisocial, not on MSN and not replying to email! Me promise that after today I will be back into it! it will be fully shick mata!
SAM
*EDIT*
LOL just had to share this bit of info with someone! :D came across this just now:
"Maori say: "The Genitals of Women are Killers of Men." Behind that too is the myth of the origin of death wherein the trickster, Maui, in a vain attempt to win immortality for mankind, is crushed in the vagina of the ancestress-guardian of the underworld."
this is part of Maori Mythology! heh heh heh.. i just found that incredibly amusing!! ^_^ what a way to go eh?
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Sunday, August 22, 2004
Away! Away with Badness and Sadness and all sorts of madness!
I will thusly classify this weekend as GOOD! :D although i do have that 2000 word assignment to do before tomorrow! but meh! plenty of time!
Yesterday was cool because I worked 8:30-4:30 at the comic store when we had our MASSIVE sale. it was very cool! I was 'security' for the first half of the day, so, in order to acclimatise with the role, i shed my usually yellow attire, put on a black shirt the Boss had given me as a gift, and put on an old "Daily Planet" Cap I found out the back. Oh yes! I was intimidating! :D I also altered the way i spoke, speaking an octave lower than usual, you know..to fit the image!
Coolness! so many comics sold.. so many trades and games and manga and cards etc sold! was a long day of work, but i enjoyed it!
But yesterday wasnt over yet! (theres somehting wrong with that sentence, i just cant tell what...meh!) Catch the bus home, and quickly change into penguin clothes! (White long sleeved shirt and Black pants complete with Fancy black leather shoes) and rush off to the Church hall, (picking up a youth kid on the way) to begin the second event of the day! We (our youth group) scored an opportunity for 'service' stuff! We were the waitors and waitresses for our Kindy's "Christmas in July" (In August) Dinner! :D was lots of work! but fun! we had pizzas for ourselves, but managed to serve and clean for 52.5 people having a three course meal! (at 6:30 i had to go to 'Brodie's' to pick up $210 worth of Chicken, Peas, Carrots, Gravy and Potatoes, and as a result my car now smells slightly of chicken! :P) we accidentally burned a few desserts, but wonder of wonders, we didnt need those ones! there were JUST enough good ones! So we served good and then cleaned up even more good. betterer. better than gooder. that. yeh. (Me speak GOOD English!)
BUT WAIT there's more! what! tis only 9:30! day is nowhere near finished yet! then we went and picked up some movies from my work, and took the youth kids back to the other leaders' house, and watched "The Haunted Mansion" (Bit of a let down Eddie!) and planned what the third part of the youth event of the weekend was (leading the church service on Sunday) So. after that, and planning, and some messing round, it was only 2am. So I took off home because I had to add some photos from a camp onto our powerpoint presentation before church! and organise some stuff for the video we were making
SO, getting to sleep at 4am, I woke up at 7:30, and went down to Church. (i didnt teach the 1/2s this morning, because we had to practice at church). So we practiced our songs, and got everything set up! then we had church. and everything went pretty well (cept the mic we were using didnt work properly! :P So we sang louder).
Im very happy about the way this morning went. We managed to get all the youth in church, and some extended families as well! (eeexcellent!) and our Pastor came to our youth night on Friday, and he worked with us today in Church! :D It was almost as if everything was back to normal again! ^_^ hoooray! Thank you God for working in our plans! Thank you for inspiring with that idea in the first place! Thanks to you we pulled it off!
W00t! so here i am now, procrastinating! ^_^ I have a 2000 word due tomorrow that ive done 500 words of, so id better get to it (maybe after i check emails...^_^) But yes, Thanks God! you=Awesome!
And thank you to everyone who replied to the last post! you guys are pretty damn good yourselves!
w00t! Assignment time.. does this mean the return of the 3/4am blog? we shall wait and seeee! ^_^
SAM
I will thusly classify this weekend as GOOD! :D although i do have that 2000 word assignment to do before tomorrow! but meh! plenty of time!
Yesterday was cool because I worked 8:30-4:30 at the comic store when we had our MASSIVE sale. it was very cool! I was 'security' for the first half of the day, so, in order to acclimatise with the role, i shed my usually yellow attire, put on a black shirt the Boss had given me as a gift, and put on an old "Daily Planet" Cap I found out the back. Oh yes! I was intimidating! :D I also altered the way i spoke, speaking an octave lower than usual, you know..to fit the image!
Coolness! so many comics sold.. so many trades and games and manga and cards etc sold! was a long day of work, but i enjoyed it!
But yesterday wasnt over yet! (theres somehting wrong with that sentence, i just cant tell what...meh!) Catch the bus home, and quickly change into penguin clothes! (White long sleeved shirt and Black pants complete with Fancy black leather shoes) and rush off to the Church hall, (picking up a youth kid on the way) to begin the second event of the day! We (our youth group) scored an opportunity for 'service' stuff! We were the waitors and waitresses for our Kindy's "Christmas in July" (In August) Dinner! :D was lots of work! but fun! we had pizzas for ourselves, but managed to serve and clean for 52.5 people having a three course meal! (at 6:30 i had to go to 'Brodie's' to pick up $210 worth of Chicken, Peas, Carrots, Gravy and Potatoes, and as a result my car now smells slightly of chicken! :P) we accidentally burned a few desserts, but wonder of wonders, we didnt need those ones! there were JUST enough good ones! So we served good and then cleaned up even more good. betterer. better than gooder. that. yeh. (Me speak GOOD English!)
BUT WAIT there's more! what! tis only 9:30! day is nowhere near finished yet! then we went and picked up some movies from my work, and took the youth kids back to the other leaders' house, and watched "The Haunted Mansion" (Bit of a let down Eddie!) and planned what the third part of the youth event of the weekend was (leading the church service on Sunday) So. after that, and planning, and some messing round, it was only 2am. So I took off home because I had to add some photos from a camp onto our powerpoint presentation before church! and organise some stuff for the video we were making
SO, getting to sleep at 4am, I woke up at 7:30, and went down to Church. (i didnt teach the 1/2s this morning, because we had to practice at church). So we practiced our songs, and got everything set up! then we had church. and everything went pretty well (cept the mic we were using didnt work properly! :P So we sang louder).
Im very happy about the way this morning went. We managed to get all the youth in church, and some extended families as well! (eeexcellent!) and our Pastor came to our youth night on Friday, and he worked with us today in Church! :D It was almost as if everything was back to normal again! ^_^ hoooray! Thank you God for working in our plans! Thank you for inspiring with that idea in the first place! Thanks to you we pulled it off!
W00t! so here i am now, procrastinating! ^_^ I have a 2000 word due tomorrow that ive done 500 words of, so id better get to it (maybe after i check emails...^_^) But yes, Thanks God! you=Awesome!
And thank you to everyone who replied to the last post! you guys are pretty damn good yourselves!
w00t! Assignment time.. does this mean the return of the 3/4am blog? we shall wait and seeee! ^_^
SAM
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Friday, August 20, 2004
Howdy Howdy Howdy! two days have past so quickly! tis now the 19th (well, now its actually the 20th! Good morning!) and tis time for another Blog post! :)
You ever get the feeling that you dont know what to Blog about? theres heaps of issues youd LIKE to talk about but for one reason or another, you cant or wont. for instance. Id like to talk about what i think about Original Sin and the Fallenness of man. But that would require a lot of research and backing up (Biblical old school style) and Recentley ive been so tired :( Hopefully ill be able to come back to this soon enough!
I would like this Blog to be readable! not just a random collection of thoughts! i want it to be entertaining! cause Comedy is cool! :) I dont want whining, because thats self-serving. AND I DO HEREBY SWEAR THAT I SHALL NEVER EVER MENTION THE PHRASE "The One" or "THe One for Me" EVER AGAIN ON THIS BLOG! :P jeez, i mean i look back at some of my archives and i go.. what the heck was I on at that stage?! well, at least i can learn from my mistakes! :D
Well, i guess Ill talk about My lack of Passion for Music teaching! thats not whining, but its something id like to get some opinions on, cause its really bugging me. Especially since i know there are a lot of musos out there in Blog-land who could lend a hand?
Why do I want to teach music? whats the purpose? How can I serve God through teaching Music? I mean, Music can be used for Praise and Worship, true enough. But how can you teach praise and worship in class?
Some may say that its the relationships i build, and the way i act in front of my students that will help them in their paths towards God, but with today's increasingly grey world of equality and post-modernism, teaching is so heavily drugged with policies and legalities that you arent allowed to say or do anything like that without fear of losing your job and your professional respect.
Music. One of my lecturers, a great bloke who i look up to a lot, said that one of the goals of music teaching is: "To make whole human beings". Thats cool. I like that. but its not what i want. I want to make human beings see God. I also think that the performance and carreers of musicians.. what are they? i have many muso friends who are taking that route, and why are they doing it? to earn a living yes. but what do they gain out of it. the personal satisfaction of being able to create music, and having that talent recognised by others through concerts and the like. music like this seems to be very self-serving. thats why i worry. unless we are using musical skills to worship God, we seem to be focusing on ourselves. i dont think i want to do that.
I love History. I love the grounding it gives you. it helps you understand the context of things, and especially religion. I think it helps you make a firmer case about Christianity. I enjoy it. i have a passion for it. I would love to spend time in Europe and the Middle east studying dig sites and delving into ancient manuscripts, to find some kind of truth that i could use to convince others of God's existence and love for them.
Not so with music. I have lost the passion i once had for it. and my marks are reflecting this. I am just getting the pass mark - (4) for my music subjects, because i just cant seem to gather together the effort to do well in them anymore (usually at least 5 or 6).
Why do i Play Viola? Why do i Play Piano. is it because im just too stubborn to give up? what happens when i achieve my AMus in Piano. what does that prove? to who? how does it help serve God?
We had a lecture in Education the other day that kinda put things in perspective. it gave us the 'stages in a teacher's life' thing. spanning from the first 5 years, to the 5-10, 10-25, 25-30, 30-40, 40-50. How depressing is that. I definately dont want to be teaching for the next 50 years of my life! I dont want it to be like that! I think theres so much more stuff i can do! so many better things that i could devote myself too.
Missions, telling people about God.
Ideally I want my carreer to be one that involves God on a daily basis. I want to talk and discuss him all the time. i want my life to be about God. Because he is the only thing that matters.
ARGH! why music! I started playing Piano because my parents took me to lessons when i was in Grade 1. Now here i am, planning to make a carreer out of it. but why? because i was ok at it i kept on going. because i didnt like the idea of quitting, i perservered. I took up Violin in Grade 3, and in grade 7 changed to Viola. I was in Bands, Orchestras, Ensembles, Choirs, Musicals, Music classes, outside school lessons, Music camps.. My life was very musical, my brother too plays piano. i dont know.. after all this time.. i cant see the point to it.
The point of life as i see it, is to serve God. If i cant see myself doing that in my chosen career, then am i heading for the wrong one? i need inspiration i need direction. I need to know that what i am doing is for God's glory, and that i wont be more effective in other areas!
My friend (who is an Ex-Kiwi! :D) told me about the 'Mercy tours' today, where you pay about 6k dollars and you go on a mission work thing in the Middle east and other locations. that sounded so so so cool. but so did archaeology when he was talking about it. I want to learn Hebrew and Arabic so i can go over there and i dont know!!!!! I just cant see the point to being a teacher, well, more specifically a MUSIC teacher here! my life revolving around parents, other teachers, choirs orchestras, musicals, students and music... argh... opinions would be very much appreciated!
Ecclesiastes is a damn depressing book. :P
SAM! (im not unhappy, just uninspired! (oh krap.. the ads are going to come back arent they! :P)
You ever get the feeling that you dont know what to Blog about? theres heaps of issues youd LIKE to talk about but for one reason or another, you cant or wont. for instance. Id like to talk about what i think about Original Sin and the Fallenness of man. But that would require a lot of research and backing up (Biblical old school style) and Recentley ive been so tired :( Hopefully ill be able to come back to this soon enough!
I would like this Blog to be readable! not just a random collection of thoughts! i want it to be entertaining! cause Comedy is cool! :) I dont want whining, because thats self-serving. AND I DO HEREBY SWEAR THAT I SHALL NEVER EVER MENTION THE PHRASE "The One" or "THe One for Me" EVER AGAIN ON THIS BLOG! :P jeez, i mean i look back at some of my archives and i go.. what the heck was I on at that stage?! well, at least i can learn from my mistakes! :D
Well, i guess Ill talk about My lack of Passion for Music teaching! thats not whining, but its something id like to get some opinions on, cause its really bugging me. Especially since i know there are a lot of musos out there in Blog-land who could lend a hand?
Why do I want to teach music? whats the purpose? How can I serve God through teaching Music? I mean, Music can be used for Praise and Worship, true enough. But how can you teach praise and worship in class?
Some may say that its the relationships i build, and the way i act in front of my students that will help them in their paths towards God, but with today's increasingly grey world of equality and post-modernism, teaching is so heavily drugged with policies and legalities that you arent allowed to say or do anything like that without fear of losing your job and your professional respect.
Music. One of my lecturers, a great bloke who i look up to a lot, said that one of the goals of music teaching is: "To make whole human beings". Thats cool. I like that. but its not what i want. I want to make human beings see God. I also think that the performance and carreers of musicians.. what are they? i have many muso friends who are taking that route, and why are they doing it? to earn a living yes. but what do they gain out of it. the personal satisfaction of being able to create music, and having that talent recognised by others through concerts and the like. music like this seems to be very self-serving. thats why i worry. unless we are using musical skills to worship God, we seem to be focusing on ourselves. i dont think i want to do that.
I love History. I love the grounding it gives you. it helps you understand the context of things, and especially religion. I think it helps you make a firmer case about Christianity. I enjoy it. i have a passion for it. I would love to spend time in Europe and the Middle east studying dig sites and delving into ancient manuscripts, to find some kind of truth that i could use to convince others of God's existence and love for them.
Not so with music. I have lost the passion i once had for it. and my marks are reflecting this. I am just getting the pass mark - (4) for my music subjects, because i just cant seem to gather together the effort to do well in them anymore (usually at least 5 or 6).
Why do i Play Viola? Why do i Play Piano. is it because im just too stubborn to give up? what happens when i achieve my AMus in Piano. what does that prove? to who? how does it help serve God?
We had a lecture in Education the other day that kinda put things in perspective. it gave us the 'stages in a teacher's life' thing. spanning from the first 5 years, to the 5-10, 10-25, 25-30, 30-40, 40-50. How depressing is that. I definately dont want to be teaching for the next 50 years of my life! I dont want it to be like that! I think theres so much more stuff i can do! so many better things that i could devote myself too.
Missions, telling people about God.
Ideally I want my carreer to be one that involves God on a daily basis. I want to talk and discuss him all the time. i want my life to be about God. Because he is the only thing that matters.
ARGH! why music! I started playing Piano because my parents took me to lessons when i was in Grade 1. Now here i am, planning to make a carreer out of it. but why? because i was ok at it i kept on going. because i didnt like the idea of quitting, i perservered. I took up Violin in Grade 3, and in grade 7 changed to Viola. I was in Bands, Orchestras, Ensembles, Choirs, Musicals, Music classes, outside school lessons, Music camps.. My life was very musical, my brother too plays piano. i dont know.. after all this time.. i cant see the point to it.
The point of life as i see it, is to serve God. If i cant see myself doing that in my chosen career, then am i heading for the wrong one? i need inspiration i need direction. I need to know that what i am doing is for God's glory, and that i wont be more effective in other areas!
My friend (who is an Ex-Kiwi! :D) told me about the 'Mercy tours' today, where you pay about 6k dollars and you go on a mission work thing in the Middle east and other locations. that sounded so so so cool. but so did archaeology when he was talking about it. I want to learn Hebrew and Arabic so i can go over there and i dont know!!!!! I just cant see the point to being a teacher, well, more specifically a MUSIC teacher here! my life revolving around parents, other teachers, choirs orchestras, musicals, students and music... argh... opinions would be very much appreciated!
Ecclesiastes is a damn depressing book. :P
SAM! (im not unhappy, just uninspired! (oh krap.. the ads are going to come back arent they! :P)
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Tuesday, August 17, 2004
me=slack
well, slack in the existential sense. ive been really busy, but am now so buggered that i cant post anything. must get up for Gym early tomorrow.. then to meet someone. then to Uni.. 1 hour tute, 3 hour lecture.. then.. freedom? no, not really! :P argh... ive done my social calander for the next 5 weekends and theyre ALL booked :(
plans are so depressing. and i have two assignments due next Monday that i havent started, and i just realised today that the library books i borrowed for it are due on Friday! ARGH! krappity krap krap krap. me soo tired, exhausted. need to pray a bit.
Ive also been slack with posting on other people's blogs recentley! sorry bout that. im really reading! but i never have anything interesting to say at that moment! :P I will work on this! :) This post is really slack. i havent said anything. I will definately make a come back soon! just wait!
Till next time we meet, always value the moment. treauser it. dont let it go! cause if you do it wont come back!
SAM
well, slack in the existential sense. ive been really busy, but am now so buggered that i cant post anything. must get up for Gym early tomorrow.. then to meet someone. then to Uni.. 1 hour tute, 3 hour lecture.. then.. freedom? no, not really! :P argh... ive done my social calander for the next 5 weekends and theyre ALL booked :(
plans are so depressing. and i have two assignments due next Monday that i havent started, and i just realised today that the library books i borrowed for it are due on Friday! ARGH! krappity krap krap krap. me soo tired, exhausted. need to pray a bit.
Ive also been slack with posting on other people's blogs recentley! sorry bout that. im really reading! but i never have anything interesting to say at that moment! :P I will work on this! :) This post is really slack. i havent said anything. I will definately make a come back soon! just wait!
Till next time we meet, always value the moment. treauser it. dont let it go! cause if you do it wont come back!
SAM
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Sunday, August 15, 2004
"A Gripe, and some Goals"
*sighs of discontent*
or is that malcontent? uncontent? no, i think ill stick with Discontent! :D well, here I am back from the Jetboats! and twas a good day, there was this one massive stack, when a boat tumbled 3 times in the water, hit the main bank, went soaring 3m in the air, flipping totally over, and landed right side up, splitting the fibreglass hull! but aside from that, it was a relatively calm meet!
The discontented sighs is me worrying about the situation brewing in my home church, especially between my two fellow youth leaders and the current pastor. We have a youth night this Friday. I had this idea, that if we make a video for church, and plan a service, then we can get kids into coming to church, and combining this with another thing, we are also fliming Kindy parents, and hopefully getting them to come to church as well! :) BUT the problem is that the strained relationship is there between the Pastor and the other youth leaders (theyre married, and its a long story! :P) and the Pastor has decided to come on Friday to our Youth night to see what we're planning. Im cool with this, but the others arent. and i think that wether conciously or subconsciously, this video is going to be turned into a propaganda piece against the pastor. this is SO not cool. and the opposite of what i had planned out. I want to bring the church together, but this may splinter it even more.
Argh. why are Christian people so stubborn sometimes? My Dad is friends with and supports the Pastor, and he sees me hanging out and listening to what my friends (my fellow youth leaders) are saying, and takes this to mean im trying to bring pastor down. whereas, when i talk to my fellow youth leaders, they see me trying to support pastor, and putting what they say down. no matter what i do im gonna be the evil one! :P This situation Sucks. Very unsettling, and sad. 'Nuff said! moving on!
I have decided that i am drifting too much, and therfore i need to set some goals down in concrete, both short term and long term, and what i am doing to accomplish them! (gee, now i sound all 'pro-active' and 'self actuated!' :P)
1. Grow closer to, and get to know God more - because he is the only thing that matters in the end! - Church,SNL,Small Group, Prayer, studies, Read Bible, Speak with CHristian friends. We never stop learning. I feel like whatever i should end up doing as a profession, that unless it is for the glory of God, i wont enjoy it, and in the end its not worthwhile!
2. Gain 5-10k of muscle. this is a mid range goal. its gonna take a while, but it needs to be done. why? because the ladies love it! ;) No, but seriously, i guess self-respect will be helped, and yeh! twill get my Parents off my back (you're looking skinny!) therefore, going to gym at least 3 times a week, no excuses! :)
3. Travel Overseas. - End of Year - NZ, 2006/7? Europe/Mid East. to that end, ive already started saving! ^_^
4. earn over 15,999 in an 18 month period, thereby making me independant, then claiming AUSTUDY (3000 more dollars to earn in 5 months!)
5. Write My Trilogy - A bit stunted atm, but i have written a few pages. i have an outline of where i want it to go, but have decided on a new tactic. will write full biographies of each character so i can understand them better! :) slow process, time is precious!
6. Compose Music - I have an idea for a Symphony, and im sure i have several worship songs in me somewhere! A long term goal! :)
7. Get Married, Raise a family - long term. not exactly working on this one yet! ^_^
8. Get AMus in Piano, and possibly Viola as well. next March, doing Grade 8 AMus, so hopefully get AMus for Piano in 2006/7?
Thats all i can think of at the moment. Im sure ill add more on as time goes by! :P
THe thing im a tad concerned about is that my long term goals dont include being a teacher. hmm... ill post about my lack of passion for this very soon! :) but enough for tonight! i have much to do, and also must fit sleep in somewhere! :D hope the Ball went well!
SAM ^_^
*sighs of discontent*
or is that malcontent? uncontent? no, i think ill stick with Discontent! :D well, here I am back from the Jetboats! and twas a good day, there was this one massive stack, when a boat tumbled 3 times in the water, hit the main bank, went soaring 3m in the air, flipping totally over, and landed right side up, splitting the fibreglass hull! but aside from that, it was a relatively calm meet!
The discontented sighs is me worrying about the situation brewing in my home church, especially between my two fellow youth leaders and the current pastor. We have a youth night this Friday. I had this idea, that if we make a video for church, and plan a service, then we can get kids into coming to church, and combining this with another thing, we are also fliming Kindy parents, and hopefully getting them to come to church as well! :) BUT the problem is that the strained relationship is there between the Pastor and the other youth leaders (theyre married, and its a long story! :P) and the Pastor has decided to come on Friday to our Youth night to see what we're planning. Im cool with this, but the others arent. and i think that wether conciously or subconsciously, this video is going to be turned into a propaganda piece against the pastor. this is SO not cool. and the opposite of what i had planned out. I want to bring the church together, but this may splinter it even more.
Argh. why are Christian people so stubborn sometimes? My Dad is friends with and supports the Pastor, and he sees me hanging out and listening to what my friends (my fellow youth leaders) are saying, and takes this to mean im trying to bring pastor down. whereas, when i talk to my fellow youth leaders, they see me trying to support pastor, and putting what they say down. no matter what i do im gonna be the evil one! :P This situation Sucks. Very unsettling, and sad. 'Nuff said! moving on!
I have decided that i am drifting too much, and therfore i need to set some goals down in concrete, both short term and long term, and what i am doing to accomplish them! (gee, now i sound all 'pro-active' and 'self actuated!' :P)
1. Grow closer to, and get to know God more - because he is the only thing that matters in the end! - Church,SNL,Small Group, Prayer, studies, Read Bible, Speak with CHristian friends. We never stop learning. I feel like whatever i should end up doing as a profession, that unless it is for the glory of God, i wont enjoy it, and in the end its not worthwhile!
2. Gain 5-10k of muscle. this is a mid range goal. its gonna take a while, but it needs to be done. why? because the ladies love it! ;) No, but seriously, i guess self-respect will be helped, and yeh! twill get my Parents off my back (you're looking skinny!) therefore, going to gym at least 3 times a week, no excuses! :)
3. Travel Overseas. - End of Year - NZ, 2006/7? Europe/Mid East. to that end, ive already started saving! ^_^
4. earn over 15,999 in an 18 month period, thereby making me independant, then claiming AUSTUDY (3000 more dollars to earn in 5 months!)
5. Write My Trilogy - A bit stunted atm, but i have written a few pages. i have an outline of where i want it to go, but have decided on a new tactic. will write full biographies of each character so i can understand them better! :) slow process, time is precious!
6. Compose Music - I have an idea for a Symphony, and im sure i have several worship songs in me somewhere! A long term goal! :)
7. Get Married, Raise a family - long term. not exactly working on this one yet! ^_^
8. Get AMus in Piano, and possibly Viola as well. next March, doing Grade 8 AMus, so hopefully get AMus for Piano in 2006/7?
Thats all i can think of at the moment. Im sure ill add more on as time goes by! :P
THe thing im a tad concerned about is that my long term goals dont include being a teacher. hmm... ill post about my lack of passion for this very soon! :) but enough for tonight! i have much to do, and also must fit sleep in somewhere! :D hope the Ball went well!
SAM ^_^
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Saturday, August 14, 2004
Ah Salaam and good evening! (Well, tis actually mid day but meh!)
thought id just post something now, because I will be going away until late tomorrow night! Going up to Marybourough to be safety crew once more at the Aussie Jetboat Championships. Always good fun! :)
What really is bad about it though, is that my friend has won (through a radio station comp) 10 tickets to the Ekka, and the Triple M Concert there, and THEN they get to go backstage and Meet and Greet with the band: "The Living End" you know: "west end riot", "Roll on", "Prisoner of Society", "One said to the other". ARGH! the bitter irony of it all! :P Oh well, ill live
That same mate who won the tickets had his birthday party at Gilhooley's Irish pub in the city last night (again i was designated driver! well.. i designated myself, but still!) I must say though that for an irish pub, there was a surprising lack of Irish music (although they did play '1000 miles' :D)... and WAY too much Britney.. although the live band that was there was pretty cool (all covers though) :)
I hope all you CU'ers have fun at your ball tonight! SOmeone try to sneak in a digital camera so i can make fun of...i mean, appreciate your costumes! :)
Thats enough for now.. work made me vewy sleepy, so im gonna turn in for half an hour before i go to music, then on to marybourough! a three/four hour drive North! :) Adios amigos!
SAM
thought id just post something now, because I will be going away until late tomorrow night! Going up to Marybourough to be safety crew once more at the Aussie Jetboat Championships. Always good fun! :)
What really is bad about it though, is that my friend has won (through a radio station comp) 10 tickets to the Ekka, and the Triple M Concert there, and THEN they get to go backstage and Meet and Greet with the band: "The Living End" you know: "west end riot", "Roll on", "Prisoner of Society", "One said to the other". ARGH! the bitter irony of it all! :P Oh well, ill live
That same mate who won the tickets had his birthday party at Gilhooley's Irish pub in the city last night (again i was designated driver! well.. i designated myself, but still!) I must say though that for an irish pub, there was a surprising lack of Irish music (although they did play '1000 miles' :D)... and WAY too much Britney.. although the live band that was there was pretty cool (all covers though) :)
I hope all you CU'ers have fun at your ball tonight! SOmeone try to sneak in a digital camera so i can make fun of...i mean, appreciate your costumes! :)
Thats enough for now.. work made me vewy sleepy, so im gonna turn in for half an hour before i go to music, then on to marybourough! a three/four hour drive North! :) Adios amigos!
SAM
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Well Hello Hello!
I kinda lied when i said id post last night, after working 9-5 at the comics store we had small group, and i fully intended to go home, but there was an impromptu (meaning totally random) trip to the Valley to go to karaoke, (which we didnt end up doing any of! :P) and i ended up getting home at 3:30, so i was a bit buggered!
We went to the Empire hotel among others, but I was designated driver! so the evening was a bit less manic than it could have been! Met some random guy, name Toby, who apparently goes to UQ too! argh! meeting and talking to randoms who you could end up meeting again!
Oh well! :) alls well that ends well! some of the clubs in the valley are really interesting. one we went to, the floor was SOOOO incredibly sticky everywhere. really wrong. and there was this guy on the dancefloor with one of those V shirts that go down to the waist... WRONG! but he was very flamboyant, so i guess that explains that.
Today is the Ekka Public Holiday! for those who have no idea what im on about, the Ekka, or Exhibition, is our Yearly 'Show'. its on at the RNA showgrounds and you can have rides, see all these cool events (sheep-dog trials, Fireworks, Wood Chopping contests, Railyway building contests, Fruit creative displays,) etc etc.
You can also get showbags for exhorbitant prices, but some are very cool! there is over 300 showbags you can buy, ranging from $1 each up to $40. there is the sideshow alley too! the carneys are weird! :P
But this year, my family went without me, leaving me to suffer at work! ack..the ignomy! :P But they got me showbags! :D check it out!:
Sorry about the bad quality image! but meh! just found my old webcam! so what are you gonna do! :D
On the Left, thats the 'Phantom Comic Collector's Showbag' (11 phantom comics for $6) and on the right there is the 'Neslte Big Bag' which includes the Mintie bag (which you can kinda see in the middle there) and several Bertie Beatle showbags, and some assorted redskins/smarties/fruit tingles bags! :) mmm...junky food! im stocked up for the next few weeks! :D
On another completely unrelated line, i have decided to start Saving a lot more than i have been! this means, cutting down unnecessary expenditure to $100 a fortnight (that INCLUDES comics and goin out, lunch, all that jazz).
This way, working two jobs, i figure i can save about 300 dollars a fortnight (currently only saving about 200) :) which, of course will go towards paying off my lovely baby buggy! but after that, i can save to actually GO somewhere! I am planning NZ in January. but there have been rumours, whisperings if you will.. of a trip to Europe and the Middle East in and around 2006! :) who knows! I would REALLY REALLY like to go to Turkey ASAP because theyve just recentley opened Mt. Ararat for the public! :)
Also, i figure i should go overseas now, before i start teaching, so that i can have some interesting anecdotes to tell my students of far off and distant places to inspire them! :D to that end, i NEED to save money! :)
Next year will be good because then I will have earned over 16,000 dollars in a 18 month period, thereby declaring me independant, and allowing me to claim AUSTUDY! :) Yay! another 180 per fortnight i think! :)
hah! I have a plan! i feel psyched about it! :) I can actually plan for something two years in advance! :D
w00t!
And Mike is going to be in good ol Brissie so soon! :) tis weird. knowing someone only by the net, and then actually confirming their existence in real life! Im looking forward to it! :D heh heh heh!
SAM
I kinda lied when i said id post last night, after working 9-5 at the comics store we had small group, and i fully intended to go home, but there was an impromptu (meaning totally random) trip to the Valley to go to karaoke, (which we didnt end up doing any of! :P) and i ended up getting home at 3:30, so i was a bit buggered!
We went to the Empire hotel among others, but I was designated driver! so the evening was a bit less manic than it could have been! Met some random guy, name Toby, who apparently goes to UQ too! argh! meeting and talking to randoms who you could end up meeting again!
Oh well! :) alls well that ends well! some of the clubs in the valley are really interesting. one we went to, the floor was SOOOO incredibly sticky everywhere. really wrong. and there was this guy on the dancefloor with one of those V shirts that go down to the waist... WRONG! but he was very flamboyant, so i guess that explains that.
Today is the Ekka Public Holiday! for those who have no idea what im on about, the Ekka, or Exhibition, is our Yearly 'Show'. its on at the RNA showgrounds and you can have rides, see all these cool events (sheep-dog trials, Fireworks, Wood Chopping contests, Railyway building contests, Fruit creative displays,) etc etc.
You can also get showbags for exhorbitant prices, but some are very cool! there is over 300 showbags you can buy, ranging from $1 each up to $40. there is the sideshow alley too! the carneys are weird! :P
But this year, my family went without me, leaving me to suffer at work! ack..the ignomy! :P But they got me showbags! :D check it out!:
Sorry about the bad quality image! but meh! just found my old webcam! so what are you gonna do! :D
On the Left, thats the 'Phantom Comic Collector's Showbag' (11 phantom comics for $6) and on the right there is the 'Neslte Big Bag' which includes the Mintie bag (which you can kinda see in the middle there) and several Bertie Beatle showbags, and some assorted redskins/smarties/fruit tingles bags! :) mmm...junky food! im stocked up for the next few weeks! :D
On another completely unrelated line, i have decided to start Saving a lot more than i have been! this means, cutting down unnecessary expenditure to $100 a fortnight (that INCLUDES comics and goin out, lunch, all that jazz).
This way, working two jobs, i figure i can save about 300 dollars a fortnight (currently only saving about 200) :) which, of course will go towards paying off my lovely baby buggy! but after that, i can save to actually GO somewhere! I am planning NZ in January. but there have been rumours, whisperings if you will.. of a trip to Europe and the Middle East in and around 2006! :) who knows! I would REALLY REALLY like to go to Turkey ASAP because theyve just recentley opened Mt. Ararat for the public! :)
Also, i figure i should go overseas now, before i start teaching, so that i can have some interesting anecdotes to tell my students of far off and distant places to inspire them! :D to that end, i NEED to save money! :)
Next year will be good because then I will have earned over 16,000 dollars in a 18 month period, thereby declaring me independant, and allowing me to claim AUSTUDY! :) Yay! another 180 per fortnight i think! :)
hah! I have a plan! i feel psyched about it! :) I can actually plan for something two years in advance! :D
w00t!
And Mike is going to be in good ol Brissie so soon! :) tis weird. knowing someone only by the net, and then actually confirming their existence in real life! Im looking forward to it! :D heh heh heh!
SAM
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Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Just a quickie now!
Which Naruto Character are You?
quiz by orangeday.net
Thanks to Mike for trapping me into procrastinating at 2am! :P
Tired now. post tomorrow. sleep. mmm...sleep
SAM
Which Naruto Character are You?
quiz by orangeday.net
Thanks to Mike for trapping me into procrastinating at 2am! :P
Tired now. post tomorrow. sleep. mmm...sleep
SAM
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Sunday, August 08, 2004
"Bums!"
Bums. homeless people. There are plenty of them in the city, and i guess i have to make a distinction here. not all homeless people are bums, and not all bums are homeless!
Working in the city you see a lot of people who live there on the street corners, down alleys and the like (well, you pretty much smell them [or where they've been] before you see them!) They often just sit on the benches and ask passers by if they have any spare change or 'i haven't eaten in days, could i get some money?' Its kinda getting to me because as part of my job i have to walk back and forward past them about 5 times a day.
I have given money before. not often, but i have. I just have issues with this. These people, by begging, even if only 10 peope give them a dollar each hour, make almost as much as i do by working my butt off. And most of this money probably goes towards buying things that wont help them at all (cigs, drugs, booze). I know this is a generalisation, but this is a very true generaisation, here are two examples.
Case 1:
A mate of mine was approached by a bum who said to him: "Hey brother, can you spare some money? i havent eaten in three days." My mate felt sorry for him, but because he didnt have any money, he went back to work and got his sandwich he had made himself for lunch, and went back and gave it to the man. The man looked at the sandwich and said 'er..thanks' and walked away. A while later, my friend passed by again and saw the bum there begging again, and his sandwich thrown in the bin, uneaten, next to him.
Case 2:
Ziggy. He is the bum who lives in Toowong, near my University. He is also known as 'the bag man' because of the HUGE collection of bags of stuff he has all around his 'home' which is generally in the large median strip in the middle of high street. Now, the thing everyone loathes about this guy, is that he is a leech. he gets a pension from the government. enough to give him decent accomodation should he so choose. But he doesnt. He chooses to live there for the time being, he has been interviewed in the past, and said he has a plan for his life, and that its no ones business how he lives. He uses the money to buy groceries and saves quite a nest egg out of the rest. He also said that the only thing he sometimes craves for is "Female companionship, which some young uni students are happy to provide for a fee."
I really dislike this. he is squatting in the street there, making a packet off not paying rent/electricity/rates etc. Police have told him to move along (even come and moved him before) but he just comes back. If they put him in jail, he wouldnt mind, because then he wouldnt have to pay for ANYthing and get free meals and the like! argh!
recentley though, he was fire bombed by some Uni students (who were arrested) they threw an old crate for carrying bread at him, that was set on fire. hmmm.. were they doing what we were all thinking? ;) (just kidding!)
But yes! My issue here is this. We are supposed to love one another right? and the good samaritain stopped to help the guy. should i be giving change to these people? when most likely they will use it for bad stuff? when they cant get up and get themselves a job like everyone else?
Jesus did say to Judas that there would always be poor people, and we do not have the resources to care for them all. What should I do? i mean, there are soup kitchens that these people can go to! why do they always make me so guilty about not giving them money! ARGH!
Oh, and I'd just like to gloat for a while, if i may! :D BRONCOS defeat AUCKLAND WARRIORS, and, WALLABEES defeat ALL BLACKS! w00t! 0WNZ0R3D!
Oh! and msn is a wonderful thing! :D Had a very random convo with Mike and Fraser last night! very VERY random! :) IM not sure how many subjects we transferred to, but included was: the ancient art of Cow tipping, Rock and Commercial Worship music, Giant Mutant Grasshoppers, Americo-Russio-Swedish Global weather conspiricies, Sects, and, of course, IGNlish! :)
Well thats about it from da west saide of the river!
Make sure you're alll procrastinating people! :)
SAM
Bums. homeless people. There are plenty of them in the city, and i guess i have to make a distinction here. not all homeless people are bums, and not all bums are homeless!
Working in the city you see a lot of people who live there on the street corners, down alleys and the like (well, you pretty much smell them [or where they've been] before you see them!) They often just sit on the benches and ask passers by if they have any spare change or 'i haven't eaten in days, could i get some money?' Its kinda getting to me because as part of my job i have to walk back and forward past them about 5 times a day.
I have given money before. not often, but i have. I just have issues with this. These people, by begging, even if only 10 peope give them a dollar each hour, make almost as much as i do by working my butt off. And most of this money probably goes towards buying things that wont help them at all (cigs, drugs, booze). I know this is a generalisation, but this is a very true generaisation, here are two examples.
Case 1:
A mate of mine was approached by a bum who said to him: "Hey brother, can you spare some money? i havent eaten in three days." My mate felt sorry for him, but because he didnt have any money, he went back to work and got his sandwich he had made himself for lunch, and went back and gave it to the man. The man looked at the sandwich and said 'er..thanks' and walked away. A while later, my friend passed by again and saw the bum there begging again, and his sandwich thrown in the bin, uneaten, next to him.
Case 2:
Ziggy. He is the bum who lives in Toowong, near my University. He is also known as 'the bag man' because of the HUGE collection of bags of stuff he has all around his 'home' which is generally in the large median strip in the middle of high street. Now, the thing everyone loathes about this guy, is that he is a leech. he gets a pension from the government. enough to give him decent accomodation should he so choose. But he doesnt. He chooses to live there for the time being, he has been interviewed in the past, and said he has a plan for his life, and that its no ones business how he lives. He uses the money to buy groceries and saves quite a nest egg out of the rest. He also said that the only thing he sometimes craves for is "Female companionship, which some young uni students are happy to provide for a fee."
I really dislike this. he is squatting in the street there, making a packet off not paying rent/electricity/rates etc. Police have told him to move along (even come and moved him before) but he just comes back. If they put him in jail, he wouldnt mind, because then he wouldnt have to pay for ANYthing and get free meals and the like! argh!
recentley though, he was fire bombed by some Uni students (who were arrested) they threw an old crate for carrying bread at him, that was set on fire. hmmm.. were they doing what we were all thinking? ;) (just kidding!)
But yes! My issue here is this. We are supposed to love one another right? and the good samaritain stopped to help the guy. should i be giving change to these people? when most likely they will use it for bad stuff? when they cant get up and get themselves a job like everyone else?
Jesus did say to Judas that there would always be poor people, and we do not have the resources to care for them all. What should I do? i mean, there are soup kitchens that these people can go to! why do they always make me so guilty about not giving them money! ARGH!
Oh, and I'd just like to gloat for a while, if i may! :D BRONCOS defeat AUCKLAND WARRIORS, and, WALLABEES defeat ALL BLACKS! w00t! 0WNZ0R3D!
Oh! and msn is a wonderful thing! :D Had a very random convo with Mike and Fraser last night! very VERY random! :) IM not sure how many subjects we transferred to, but included was: the ancient art of Cow tipping, Rock and Commercial Worship music, Giant Mutant Grasshoppers, Americo-Russio-Swedish Global weather conspiricies, Sects, and, of course, IGNlish! :)
Well thats about it from da west saide of the river!
Make sure you're alll procrastinating people! :)
SAM
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Friday, August 06, 2004
"We are not brainwashing! are we?"
Heya all! :) feeling fighting fit? for finding fine friends from far fields forms firm foundations featuring fun!
now i dare ya to beat that alliteration! really, it makes sense! :D well it does to me! :P had a history of Warfare lecture today (well..yesterday now!) that was about Oceanic warfare! The Maoris had a segment in there! :) a fierce lot indeed! (does anyone know the words of the haka?)
I have decided to stop with the randomness for a while and deliever this medium depth post about indoctrination.
The Other day when i dropped into work for a quick bite to eat, I was talking to a co-worker of mine, and he mentioned to me that his son had just seen had the Moses story (Prince of Egypt) shown to him at his state school, and had come home to ask: "Daddy, Who made the World?" Now My work mate is an agnostic, and he was pretty stumped as to the answer to this question. He told me that he told his son that some people believe that God made the world, and others believe that No one made the world, and it just evolved on it's own (Creation and Evolution). He said to me that this situation is so hard, and what should you say in this?
Now, before i get to the juicy part, id just like to say how i think it's very cool that a state school is showing the Prince of Egypt to it's students. I'm wondering if this is part of an RE course? if so, this is an EXCELLENT idea. that movie is so cool. It obviously had an effect on My co-worker's son! :D
THe main part here, is that I worry we may be indoctrinating our young people. Tying back into the blind faith issue, children believe what their teachers and parents tell them without questioning. as we grow, we build on those beliefs, and only later start to question.
I believe that it is everyone's right to make their own decisions in their faith lives, even though there is only one Love, one God, one Way, there is also free will. How can i equate this with telling my children one day, that God made the universe, knowing they will take my word as absolute without questioning. I think this is a good thing.. but im conflicted. Am i presenting one side of the story without giving equal weight to the other? should i give my children that option?
i know thats what society says I should do, but i feel i shouldnt. but then the historian inside me says you have to look at all sides to know the whole story, and the informed faith part of me agrees. i just dont want to be seen to be forcing my ideas onto my children. But at the same time, i want them to know the God that loves them!
What to do?!
Meanwhile, good news! :D The Daily planet has called me into work tomorrow (this) morning, from 9-12! this means i can have 2 hours more sleep than i usually would (usually waking up at 5:30 to work at Civic Video)! :D
Another dilemma: Tomorrow (tonight) night, I am doing A Bible Study for our youth group. I think i will be doing Sects Education! (thanks for that Fraser! ^_^) its kinda shaping up to be good, but i hope God will make it even better! :D
Shalom my Brothers and Sisters!
SAM
Heya all! :) feeling fighting fit? for finding fine friends from far fields forms firm foundations featuring fun!
now i dare ya to beat that alliteration! really, it makes sense! :D well it does to me! :P had a history of Warfare lecture today (well..yesterday now!) that was about Oceanic warfare! The Maoris had a segment in there! :) a fierce lot indeed! (does anyone know the words of the haka?)
I have decided to stop with the randomness for a while and deliever this medium depth post about indoctrination.
The Other day when i dropped into work for a quick bite to eat, I was talking to a co-worker of mine, and he mentioned to me that his son had just seen had the Moses story (Prince of Egypt) shown to him at his state school, and had come home to ask: "Daddy, Who made the World?" Now My work mate is an agnostic, and he was pretty stumped as to the answer to this question. He told me that he told his son that some people believe that God made the world, and others believe that No one made the world, and it just evolved on it's own (Creation and Evolution). He said to me that this situation is so hard, and what should you say in this?
Now, before i get to the juicy part, id just like to say how i think it's very cool that a state school is showing the Prince of Egypt to it's students. I'm wondering if this is part of an RE course? if so, this is an EXCELLENT idea. that movie is so cool. It obviously had an effect on My co-worker's son! :D
THe main part here, is that I worry we may be indoctrinating our young people. Tying back into the blind faith issue, children believe what their teachers and parents tell them without questioning. as we grow, we build on those beliefs, and only later start to question.
I believe that it is everyone's right to make their own decisions in their faith lives, even though there is only one Love, one God, one Way, there is also free will. How can i equate this with telling my children one day, that God made the universe, knowing they will take my word as absolute without questioning. I think this is a good thing.. but im conflicted. Am i presenting one side of the story without giving equal weight to the other? should i give my children that option?
i know thats what society says I should do, but i feel i shouldnt. but then the historian inside me says you have to look at all sides to know the whole story, and the informed faith part of me agrees. i just dont want to be seen to be forcing my ideas onto my children. But at the same time, i want them to know the God that loves them!
What to do?!
Meanwhile, good news! :D The Daily planet has called me into work tomorrow (this) morning, from 9-12! this means i can have 2 hours more sleep than i usually would (usually waking up at 5:30 to work at Civic Video)! :D
Another dilemma: Tomorrow (tonight) night, I am doing A Bible Study for our youth group. I think i will be doing Sects Education! (thanks for that Fraser! ^_^) its kinda shaping up to be good, but i hope God will make it even better! :D
Shalom my Brothers and Sisters!
SAM
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Wednesday, August 04, 2004
"Missing Persons"
HAH! HAH! and HAH again! Read the ad and weep! :D the first line reads: "Only when the last tree has died" heh heh heh! :) the plan works! >:)
But onto the topic of today's post! Have you seen this man?
Name: Wally (aka Waldo on US passport)
Weight: Uncertain
Height: UNcertain
Age: Uncertain
Distinguising characteristics: Always wears the same clothes. red and white with pom pom beany, blue jeans, and a walking stick.
Information:
This man has been missing for quite some time now, and his friends and associates are requesting help from the public to locate him. A close confidant of Wally, a mister W. Whitebeard has stated: "I always knew that lad would get into trouble one day, all this walking about in foreign countries, exotic and dangerous places, i told him he'd get lost in the crowd. but he wouldnt listen to me."
Another associate of Wally's, Mr. Odlaw, had this to say: "Frankly I dont care about Wally, It's his own stupid fault. I mean honestly. Who goes around in huge crowds, in the midst of warzones, and the like, just to walk around aimlessly searching small artifacts like scrolls? And you want to know something else? he never takes those clothes off. i think they have actually bonded with him on a molecular level!"
Urgently seeking Wally is his canine Companion, Woof. Often seen alongside his master, Woof had this to say: "Bark Bark, ruff, yip Bark!"
We are hoping to locate this man. we have information that he has last been seen on the grounds around the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus. All information on this man's whereabouts should be forwarded onto Sam immediately!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ok, for the REAL story! :) The Union has put on a Where's Wally hunt as a part of the Re-Union week. :D there are 30 to find all up from the 2nd to the 6th of August (Mon to Fri). Prize is $500! My friends and I have spent crazy amounts of time searching him out, and have thus far come up with 26 found out of 30! ARGH!
so frustrating! :D
for full info, check here: Where's Wally?
Hmm... this non sleep is starting to hurt a bit! Time to crank out the Caffeine and the Sugar! mm...Coffee, strawberry creams and some m and ms! ill be workin in no time! :D
I was going to post on how bad post-mordernistic Education readings are, but when it comes down to it, i think its quite obvious to all that post modernism and post modern academics suck! and since a post like that would involve big words, i said 'Meh!' Oh, and Hugs for Michelle, who seems to be having a really rough week!
I think ill post a bit later, cause i sense the urge for procrastination will overtake me once again! ^_^
But for now... Adios Amigos!
SAM
HAH! HAH! and HAH again! Read the ad and weep! :D the first line reads: "Only when the last tree has died" heh heh heh! :) the plan works! >:)
But onto the topic of today's post! Have you seen this man?
Name: Wally (aka Waldo on US passport)
Weight: Uncertain
Height: UNcertain
Age: Uncertain
Distinguising characteristics: Always wears the same clothes. red and white with pom pom beany, blue jeans, and a walking stick.
Information:
This man has been missing for quite some time now, and his friends and associates are requesting help from the public to locate him. A close confidant of Wally, a mister W. Whitebeard has stated: "I always knew that lad would get into trouble one day, all this walking about in foreign countries, exotic and dangerous places, i told him he'd get lost in the crowd. but he wouldnt listen to me."
Another associate of Wally's, Mr. Odlaw, had this to say: "Frankly I dont care about Wally, It's his own stupid fault. I mean honestly. Who goes around in huge crowds, in the midst of warzones, and the like, just to walk around aimlessly searching small artifacts like scrolls? And you want to know something else? he never takes those clothes off. i think they have actually bonded with him on a molecular level!"
Urgently seeking Wally is his canine Companion, Woof. Often seen alongside his master, Woof had this to say: "Bark Bark, ruff, yip Bark!"
We are hoping to locate this man. we have information that he has last been seen on the grounds around the University of Queensland's St Lucia campus. All information on this man's whereabouts should be forwarded onto Sam immediately!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ok, for the REAL story! :) The Union has put on a Where's Wally hunt as a part of the Re-Union week. :D there are 30 to find all up from the 2nd to the 6th of August (Mon to Fri). Prize is $500! My friends and I have spent crazy amounts of time searching him out, and have thus far come up with 26 found out of 30! ARGH!
so frustrating! :D
for full info, check here: Where's Wally?
Hmm... this non sleep is starting to hurt a bit! Time to crank out the Caffeine and the Sugar! mm...Coffee, strawberry creams and some m and ms! ill be workin in no time! :D
I was going to post on how bad post-mordernistic Education readings are, but when it comes down to it, i think its quite obvious to all that post modernism and post modern academics suck! and since a post like that would involve big words, i said 'Meh!' Oh, and Hugs for Michelle, who seems to be having a really rough week!
I think ill post a bit later, cause i sense the urge for procrastination will overtake me once again! ^_^
But for now... Adios Amigos!
SAM
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Tuesday, August 03, 2004
"Munt is the word!"
And I bet everyone thought it was Grease! hah! wrong again! :P But yep! I am officially a munt.. perhaps i am also munted. does this make me a muntee? which begs the questions, what is a munter? can someone (the munter) make someone else munted? (the muntee?) and has anyone noticed that if you say a word too many times it starts to look weird? thats right. It becomes munted too! and thus, the cycle perpetuates. Forgive this munting, maybe i should munt along and actually say something! otherwise this whole blog is going to go to muntsville.
Why am I a munt today? well, i gets up early to get to work in the city at 8:45. All the effort of dragging myself out of bed on a rainy morning, having a shower, tossing down a quick breakfast, and being stuck for half an hour in the traffic, then catching a bus. So i arrive at work and see my manager and another co-worker there.
I look at him, He looks at me. I look again with mouth slightly open and raised eyebrow, and he returns the favour. Its about now that i realise something munted has happened. I check the roster, and yep! Im not meant to be working today! oh well! back home i go! :P And here I am now! well, i guess the whole situation wasnt exactly muntised, because I got to pick up my weekly comics hit! Avengers #500 this week! new creative team, new direction! and its gonna be a biggy! :D
Oh, and As promised, I have kept some munted quotes from our Feminazi Lecturer from yesterday morning. Ahem:
"My Girl Friday" - Famous theatrical quote reference. should be "My Man Friday"
"I would get angry if someone called me motherly"
"We are a bunch of White Anglo Saxons" -take a look round the lecture theater Miss.
"Blokes, you don't need a hand, you're doing fine."
I really dislike this one:
"If you're male, you need not be in a classroom with a student alone."
And the clincher? wait for it!...
"Obviously some gender discrimination happening in Queensland"
Truer words never spoken! :)
And thats about it for this munted post! :) Operation: Kill Bad Ads goes ahead as planned! and keep an eye on that bush outside your window. Its up to no good. ^_^
S.A.M
And I bet everyone thought it was Grease! hah! wrong again! :P But yep! I am officially a munt.. perhaps i am also munted. does this make me a muntee? which begs the questions, what is a munter? can someone (the munter) make someone else munted? (the muntee?) and has anyone noticed that if you say a word too many times it starts to look weird? thats right. It becomes munted too! and thus, the cycle perpetuates. Forgive this munting, maybe i should munt along and actually say something! otherwise this whole blog is going to go to muntsville.
Why am I a munt today? well, i gets up early to get to work in the city at 8:45. All the effort of dragging myself out of bed on a rainy morning, having a shower, tossing down a quick breakfast, and being stuck for half an hour in the traffic, then catching a bus. So i arrive at work and see my manager and another co-worker there.
I look at him, He looks at me. I look again with mouth slightly open and raised eyebrow, and he returns the favour. Its about now that i realise something munted has happened. I check the roster, and yep! Im not meant to be working today! oh well! back home i go! :P And here I am now! well, i guess the whole situation wasnt exactly muntised, because I got to pick up my weekly comics hit! Avengers #500 this week! new creative team, new direction! and its gonna be a biggy! :D
Oh, and As promised, I have kept some munted quotes from our Feminazi Lecturer from yesterday morning. Ahem:
"My Girl Friday" - Famous theatrical quote reference. should be "My Man Friday"
"I would get angry if someone called me motherly"
"We are a bunch of White Anglo Saxons" -take a look round the lecture theater Miss.
"Blokes, you don't need a hand, you're doing fine."
I really dislike this one:
"If you're male, you need not be in a classroom with a student alone."
And the clincher? wait for it!...
"Obviously some gender discrimination happening in Queensland"
Truer words never spoken! :)
And thats about it for this munted post! :) Operation: Kill Bad Ads goes ahead as planned! and keep an eye on that bush outside your window. Its up to no good. ^_^
S.A.M
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Sunday, August 01, 2004
Ok! so, that kinda worked, but my ads are still what the academics would call: "Crapola!"
Thereby, I authorise myself to take drastic measures *sound of siren in background* release, THE RANDOMNESS! *crowd gasps in horror and awe*
I have not been entirely true with everyone here, and have indeed been living a double life. I am involved in an international effort to protect and serve all humans, and the time has come to tell you about a danger that threatens our way of life, nay, our very existence! And not only OUR lives, but the lives of our children, and our childrens children!
This danger that so many have overlooked, have even defended. Well now its time to fight back before its too late. What is this danger? Trees. Trees are our enemy, and since the beginning of the history of man, they have been scheming to destroy us, and make the world their own. Both Creationists and Evolutionists agree that trees were here before mankind. Trees and all plants having been made by God on the third day (Genesis 1:11). Mankind did indeed come afterwards, and this is what started the conflict. Trees and Treekind think that the world is rightfully theirs, and that we are subject to them. Ever since this moment, trees have planned our demise.
Many times in History, Great men have realised the danger that Trees represented. Jesus himself, recognised their evil when he cursed a fig tree, which then withered. (Mark 11:12-21). He also promoted the destruction of palm trees. The Trees however gained their revenge, by a mass conspiracy involving many, including carpenters, chief priests and even Romans, they made a deadly weapon to kill the Messiah, to attempt to stop human redemption. The Cross.
The Buddha was supposedly enlightened underneath a Bodhi tree, the results of which produced a religion that has spread rapidly over the last few centuries. But this was all a part of a huge long range plan by the Trees. The Tree fed false information to a young Gautama Buddha, in order to divert our attention by focusing our gaze inwards. This plan is so far succeeding. But they will not prevail. We will warn the world!
George Washington, first president of the United States, was another who recognised that Trees were a threat, and from a young age, took to chopping down his father’s Cherry trees.
Many people think that George washington's father was congratulating his son for his honesty. Not so. The young boy was commended for realising the threat that Trees represent.
To further prove the truth about the evil scheming trees, here is some damning evidence:
• Trees are dangerous! for centuries trees have made up Gallows, Guillotines, Bow and Arrows, Spears, spikes and many other weapons, all lethal to humans
• Trees are known to house deadly poisonous animals such as snakes, spiders and ants to mention but a few.
• Trees Produce Oxygen, through an evil process that they have termed ‘Photosynthesis.’ Through this insidious act, they release high amounts of Oxygen into the air. A single bubble of oxygen introduced to the human bloodstream is lethal.
• As if the production of oxygen isn’t enough, Trees also absorb Carbon Dioxide from the air, and at night, while we are sleeping, use it to grow larger, and more powerful.
• Trees have known terrorist links. It is true that in the desert - where 7 out of 10 terrorists prefer to hide – there are not many visible trees. This is because they have gone underground. The ferocious Cacti often serve as watchmen above ground.
The Secret movements of Tree forces. none of us are safe!
• Trees have the basis for a stable economy within their ranks. In 50 years one tree recycles more than $37,000 worth of water, provides $31,000 worth of erosion control, $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and produces $37,000 worth of oxygen. They earn more than almost the most highly paid professional per annum. And yet, do we see them paying taxes?
• A tree-line buffer between fields and streams helps remove farming pollutants before they reach the water, but does anyone know what happens to these pollutants and toxins? That’s right. Trees store chemical and biological weapons!
• Trees are fuel for fires, and fires are deadly not only to humans but to the entire animal population. Some Trees have even adapted to their human destroying roles so that they can resist the fiercest of fires while homes burn.
A Eucalypt ablaze, as a part of an attack on a human settlemnt. this tree will prosper after being burned, While Humans are not so lucky
• Trees have even insinuated themselves into our culture, and every year millions of pines are set up around the world and worshipped as a part of the Tree’s cunning plan: “Operation Christmas Tree”.
headquarters for a local nest of operatives involved in Operation: Christmas Tree.
Trees far outnumber humans in our world today, and yet there are still those who would defend their cause. Perhaps these so called ‘greenies’ are not just naieve Hippies, but have been placed under the control of Evil Trees, ala, the pod people! They actively promote the preservation of trees.
Greenies as Pod People? See the documentary: 'Invasion of the body snatchers'
So what can we do about this threat? Luckily there are a brave few who have committed their lives to the business of ending Tree plans for world domination. These heroic men sleep all night and they work all day, they’re called lumberjacks, and they’re OK!
The Noble and Heroic Lumberjack. Our last line of defense.
Many will scoff at this, and say I am insane, but true genius is never appreciated in it’s own time. My only hope is that I can warn you all now before it is too late. Remember, its them or us!
A Lumberjack looks on in horror as a huge forest surrounds him
This is the official Head of the World Anti-Tree campaign.
Good luck fellow human brothers and sisters! Fight the good fight, and we will triumph. Warn your friends! Support lumberjacks! Let our battle cry be TIMBER!
S.A.M
Thereby, I authorise myself to take drastic measures *sound of siren in background* release, THE RANDOMNESS! *crowd gasps in horror and awe*
I have not been entirely true with everyone here, and have indeed been living a double life. I am involved in an international effort to protect and serve all humans, and the time has come to tell you about a danger that threatens our way of life, nay, our very existence! And not only OUR lives, but the lives of our children, and our childrens children!
This danger that so many have overlooked, have even defended. Well now its time to fight back before its too late. What is this danger? Trees. Trees are our enemy, and since the beginning of the history of man, they have been scheming to destroy us, and make the world their own. Both Creationists and Evolutionists agree that trees were here before mankind. Trees and all plants having been made by God on the third day (Genesis 1:11). Mankind did indeed come afterwards, and this is what started the conflict. Trees and Treekind think that the world is rightfully theirs, and that we are subject to them. Ever since this moment, trees have planned our demise.
Many times in History, Great men have realised the danger that Trees represented. Jesus himself, recognised their evil when he cursed a fig tree, which then withered. (Mark 11:12-21). He also promoted the destruction of palm trees. The Trees however gained their revenge, by a mass conspiracy involving many, including carpenters, chief priests and even Romans, they made a deadly weapon to kill the Messiah, to attempt to stop human redemption. The Cross.
The Buddha was supposedly enlightened underneath a Bodhi tree, the results of which produced a religion that has spread rapidly over the last few centuries. But this was all a part of a huge long range plan by the Trees. The Tree fed false information to a young Gautama Buddha, in order to divert our attention by focusing our gaze inwards. This plan is so far succeeding. But they will not prevail. We will warn the world!
George Washington, first president of the United States, was another who recognised that Trees were a threat, and from a young age, took to chopping down his father’s Cherry trees.
Many people think that George washington's father was congratulating his son for his honesty. Not so. The young boy was commended for realising the threat that Trees represent.
To further prove the truth about the evil scheming trees, here is some damning evidence:
• Trees are dangerous! for centuries trees have made up Gallows, Guillotines, Bow and Arrows, Spears, spikes and many other weapons, all lethal to humans
• Trees are known to house deadly poisonous animals such as snakes, spiders and ants to mention but a few.
• Trees Produce Oxygen, through an evil process that they have termed ‘Photosynthesis.’ Through this insidious act, they release high amounts of Oxygen into the air. A single bubble of oxygen introduced to the human bloodstream is lethal.
• As if the production of oxygen isn’t enough, Trees also absorb Carbon Dioxide from the air, and at night, while we are sleeping, use it to grow larger, and more powerful.
• Trees have known terrorist links. It is true that in the desert - where 7 out of 10 terrorists prefer to hide – there are not many visible trees. This is because they have gone underground. The ferocious Cacti often serve as watchmen above ground.
The Secret movements of Tree forces. none of us are safe!
• Trees have the basis for a stable economy within their ranks. In 50 years one tree recycles more than $37,000 worth of water, provides $31,000 worth of erosion control, $62,000 worth of air pollution control, and produces $37,000 worth of oxygen. They earn more than almost the most highly paid professional per annum. And yet, do we see them paying taxes?
• A tree-line buffer between fields and streams helps remove farming pollutants before they reach the water, but does anyone know what happens to these pollutants and toxins? That’s right. Trees store chemical and biological weapons!
• Trees are fuel for fires, and fires are deadly not only to humans but to the entire animal population. Some Trees have even adapted to their human destroying roles so that they can resist the fiercest of fires while homes burn.
A Eucalypt ablaze, as a part of an attack on a human settlemnt. this tree will prosper after being burned, While Humans are not so lucky
• Trees have even insinuated themselves into our culture, and every year millions of pines are set up around the world and worshipped as a part of the Tree’s cunning plan: “Operation Christmas Tree”.
headquarters for a local nest of operatives involved in Operation: Christmas Tree.
Trees far outnumber humans in our world today, and yet there are still those who would defend their cause. Perhaps these so called ‘greenies’ are not just naieve Hippies, but have been placed under the control of Evil Trees, ala, the pod people! They actively promote the preservation of trees.
Greenies as Pod People? See the documentary: 'Invasion of the body snatchers'
So what can we do about this threat? Luckily there are a brave few who have committed their lives to the business of ending Tree plans for world domination. These heroic men sleep all night and they work all day, they’re called lumberjacks, and they’re OK!
The Noble and Heroic Lumberjack. Our last line of defense.
Many will scoff at this, and say I am insane, but true genius is never appreciated in it’s own time. My only hope is that I can warn you all now before it is too late. Remember, its them or us!
A Lumberjack looks on in horror as a huge forest surrounds him
This is the official Head of the World Anti-Tree campaign.
Good luck fellow human brothers and sisters! Fight the good fight, and we will triumph. Warn your friends! Support lumberjacks! Let our battle cry be TIMBER!
S.A.M
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