Hi ! Since it's the 01/01/02 I decided to make myself a blog so that I can crap on about all sorts of stuff this year. So yeps anytime you want to see Epod crap on (and on and on), feel free to visit me here!
I Spent a rivetting New Year at home cleaning the apartment and putting heaps more stuff up to sell on Ebay. I'm going to try to put up at least 10 auctions a day this year - dunno if it's going to happen but yeps, I am going to try!
My friend tried to talk me into going out for New Years...but well...I've
been sick as for the last 5 days with a nice mixture of Laryngitis and Asthma and going out into the city with all the pollution courtesy of the Sydney bushfires at the moment wasn't the best thing to do me thinks! Also, being a non-drinker kinda makes me feel left out anyway..so I figured that staying at home was the best option!
LOL she tried to talk me into going out by saying that I could paint the guy that she's been seeing's fingernails with nail polish! See I visited her last week and she had convinced him that it was a good idea (well...after a few drinks!) So yes, of course I thought this was *cough* a perfectly normal thing to do...and I mentioned it to one of my (male) supervisors at work and he cracked up laughing and said "I would never let anyone do that to me!". I was like, "Well I think you might if you saw this girl!" hehehe. I haven't introduced
them...*yet*...
I lost my voice two days ago and have had to work both days...worked all day yesterday and had all these IDIOT people coming through saying "Oh...are you sick?" DER DER DER - felt like saying..."Well...what do YOU think?"...one of the supervisor's assumed that I had lost my voice due to a big night out...LOL - I *don't* think so!
I haven't really made any New Years' Resolutions but well...I have decided that this year I'm going to do all the things that I want to do...going to try to get my website design and Ebay businesses going...I *have* to try to get some DJ work happening as well...also going to get started on the standup comedy I have said that I was going to do for aaaages, already put in my entry for this years' Raw Comedy and am going to look into a few open mic nights also...also still
working on my Big Brother 2 application...yeps I want to go into that house!!! Up to three months away from the outside world sounds good to me!
Grrrr...I'm *still* sick...cough...cough...cough...I've had no voice for three days now...hmmm...maybe I need new batteries!!! Been having heaps of troubles sleeping too grrrr...Today I called back someone who had offered me a job...without realising that I had no voice...the poor guy got to hear this squeaky, raspy, drunk sounding voice on the end of the line...haha oops - lucky I was calling to tell him that I wasn't interested
in the job hehe...Gotta go to work tomorrow...grrr 9 hours of torture...lets hope I get my voice back soon so that I can fight with people there again hehehe!!! Was going to walk around aimlessly today but felt crappy so stayed home and listed some more stuff on Ebay instead!
Had another sleepless night last night...trying to work out if it's because I'm still sick or perhaps its the combination of being sick and having way too much of that evil fizzy drink, Coca Cola, accompanied by chocolate before bed...hehe...yeps, I have a *really* healthy
diet.
Ahhh...what a rivetting day I had at work today...10.5 hours of complete and utter bliss...NOT...and got sucked into staying back for 1.5 hours after I was convinced that I would **allegedly** be paid for it. (*Allegedly* being the operative word - I can almost guarantee that there will be some problem with my pay...grrrr...)
I didn't see someone today that I was hoping to see...grrr...I came to the conclusion that the only way I can guarantee to see this (mystery) person daily is to take up the tender advice of Tripod...or maybe just get a better pair of binoculars LOL. Maybe not.
I finally got some photos developed today...from a few months ago when a friend and I visited The Chinese Gardens in Darling Harbour...bought back some memories...The Chinese Gardens are amazing - we spent hours there! To think I worked next door to it at Segaworld for so long and never visited them *kicks self* - very inexpensive to visit also! Hmmm...I *must* go back there...Another place we visited that I hadn't been to was the Centrepoint Tower, and although it was waaaay expensive (and the other attraction, which the entry fee covered - the sky tour kinda sucked) it was *very* cool to see Sydney from waaaaaay up there!
Oh...one more thing - I wish the IDIOTS would stop lighting fires. Yay to the groovy Elvis helicopter and all the firefighters though!
GRRRRR. I was having a nice, peaceful sleep today at um...1237 pm when it was rudely interrupted by the manager of the (delightful) place I work. He was wondering where I was. I told him I was in bed and that if he wanted any more information than that he had to pay $4.95 a minute for it.
Well...actually I didn't actually say that...but anyways...he wanted to know where I was as I had
*allegedly* not turned up today for a shift that I was allegedly rostered on for. Now, keep in mind that I am NEVER late, never mess this sort of stuff up EVER...also add to that the fact that I set TWO alarm clocks so that there's absolutely NO reason for me not to be awake and at work on time.
So...basically I said to him that I wasn't there because my shift didnt start until 430pm this afternoon and finished at 830pm. He then said that the roster he had in front of him said that I was to work from 1230pm to 930pm. He then went on to suggest that I might have made a mistake. I was like, me? Me make a mistake ??? NEVER!!! I double check all my hours when I write them down...
So he's like, so how long will it take for you to get in...and I was like (keeping in mind that I'm already traumatised by waking up with this guys voice in my ear eewww)...I'm not sure...(even
though if he wasn't being a prick about it and I *really* wanted to help him out and run in I could have been there in about half an hour *cough*)...he kept persisting going "I NEED a time"...I just kept saying "I will get there as soon as I can"...he wasn't happy with that so I reminded him (again) that the fault of me not being there was not mine.
He gave up trying to get a time eventually. He should've learnt by now that I will NOT be pushed around...After I'd finished talking to him, I took my time to get ready, check my email, eat, etc etc and I finally got my butt into work at 205pm...then I sat in the lunchroom for 10 minutes having a drink while he and my other supervisor were hanging about just to reinforce the fact that I was in absolutely NO hurry to start work. Ah, the model employee - that's me.
Found out they'd done the same thing to another guy who works there as
well...they'd rung him asking where he was and he wasnt even rostered! Note our rosters are written in lead pencil so what looks like has happened is that we've grabbed our rosters which had then been changed AFTER we had written our hours down to something else. Woulda been a good idea to let the staff know that their hours had been changed hey? Nah. that would be too easy.
(((((((((( I would have preferred the above title to be a four letter word beginning with "F" (maybe you Wheel of Fortune champs can you work that one out?) but well...I have good manners and all
and would hate to scare anyone away.))))))))))
Hmmm...it's only 403 pm and I've already chosen to *disregard* the events of today.
Same story with my sleep situation...couldn't sleep...got up in the early hours of the morning (after trying to go to sleep in the early hours of the morning) and grabbed some cds and sat in the dark listening to them for a (long) while.
Went to work at 930am. About an hour later there was what one would call an (ahem!)..."incident".
A couple of our staff members took it upon themselves to help our security guard (yes, our one security guard!) apprehend a shoplifter. I was serving a customer at the time so I didn't see anything but could hear the shoplifter go absolutely mental (this happens like this all the time, it's not an isolated incident)...then one of our
staff ran back and said for someone to call an ambulance...
I was like thinking...oh it's cool...as long as it's not one of our staff that is hurt...cause the supervisors who were dealing with it are nice people who don't deserve to deal with that sort of crap...and there isn't a lot of nice people where I work...so yeah I appreciate when they're there cause it makes the whole experience a bit less painful...on the other hand, I wouldn't mind it so much if it was the manager I referred to below (in yesterdays' entry) who needed an ambulance...*chortle*....but when it's *nice* people it scares the crap out of me hoping they'll be okay...
But...well...yeah...anyways...it *was* one of our staff who got hurt...and well...seeing someone that you're buddies with hurt and covered in blood isn't the nicest way to start the day. Anyways the ambulance came and they rolled him out,
right in front of me on a stretcher and I nearly lost it...Went on my break straight away, threw up and had a massive coughing fit out the back...then I came back to work...
Anyways, *allegedly* the supervisor is going to be fine...except for the broken nose that is...*cough*. Funnily enough, the actual security guard escaped the whole incident relatively unscathed...
See, the thing that shits me is that these supervisors who are called on to assist when there is a shoplifting incident AREN'T security guards. They haven't been trained to do this, they're on close to the same wage as me, they get treated like crap by management...and...bottom line - the store doesnt really care what happens to them anyway (although management
would say they do, that is crap) - they'd rather recover as much stolen property as possible and an injury here or there to one (or more) of their employees isn't anything they really give a crap about...until maybe they recieve the compo claim *snigger*
I just think it sucks how they have to approach these people...It's a really bad area of Sydney and well...you never know when someone you're dealing with might have a knife/gun/etc...Shit can happen so quickly and so easily (hey, I was born wasn't I?) and well....arrrrghhhh...all I'm saying is it sucks!
Thing is, that I was close to getting injured the other day due to the way our security apprehends shoplifters. This guy was running into yes, that's right into the store with the security guard right behind him...the security guard basically crash tackled him...*almost* right into me and an old lady who were
standing there at the time...unbelievable - there has to be a limit somewhere surely?
I think I want to go back to my nice *safe* data entry/call centre temp work...hmm...lets see if there's any work for me!
Ahhh...insomnia has its benefits :) Switched on the telly around 130 am this morning and Rage was playing an old Countdown episode!!! It was co-hosted by Cyndi Lauper. Was also funny to laugh at Molly Meldrum trying to string his sentences together without insulting anyone. That man really
does('nt) have a way with words.
So far my day hasn't contained any dramatics...yet...I believe it is because I haven't had to go to work today, hence nothing to complain about...Hmm...I am sure that I will make up for it tomorrow!
I got an email this morning from Paymate. For those who don't know who Paymate are, it is an Australian based company where people can send online payments via the internet from all over the world. Kinda similar to Paypal, only in Aussie dollars, and much cheaper to use. I use both of these services a lot to recieve payments from my Ebay auctions and they are great.
Anyways...back to the email I recieved from Paymate...They have been authorised to receive donations to the NSW Premier's Bushfire Appeal. The Department of Community Services have set up a Paymate account and email address (bushfire.appeal@community.nsw.gov.au) to which people can make donations via bank debit or credit card via the Internet on the Paymate site. To donate, simply go to the Paymate site, and follow the instructions from there. This is legit - you can see links to the Paymate site on the smh and Ebay (.au) home pages also.
Anyone who wants to see Epod onstage and
trying to be funny for 5 minutes...read on...I got a call today from Access Entertainment about my Raw Comedy heat. It's going to be this Sunday, 13th January at The Basement, 29 Reiby Place, Circular Quay, Sydney...from around 730pm..ish if anyone wants to check it out!
Bahaha! Well, everyone will be happy to know that Epod slept well last night...a bit too well actually...LOL woke up at around 2pm today...oops!!! I went for a wander to Bondi Beach
today...well...actually more of a "trek" to Bondi...it takes a couple of hours to walk from my place to Bondi...but hey it's a good chance to think about stuff...
When I got there I wandered right up to the end of the beach where the steps are, right by the water...surprisingly no one else was hanging around so I sat down for ages and watched the waves and did some writing...and...also got stuck thinking how brilliant Mobile Home woulda been there on New Years...ahh...maybe next year...After a while I saw someone walking towards me, so I left just in case they were an axe murderer/freak or something LOL...I'm sure they were probably fine and perfectly sane...but well...that's just me!
If anyone was wondering why the kids have been lighting fires, I think it comes down to having parents like this. Here's a choice quote from the kids father in the above story :
"Nobody was trying to start a bushfire - these kids aren't arsonists. Now we're all going through hell."
Sorry? Not trying to start a bushfire? Standing in the middle of bushland with a lighter and setting stuff alight? - HELLO??? You're going through hell? What about all the people who lost their homes/pets/etc etc? What about the firefighters who have been working hard to put fires out lit by IDIOTS like your kids? I would like you to say that quote to the firefighters and see what their reaction was. What about all the people (like me) who have had health problems due to inhaling all the
pollution around due to the fires? Do you understand the costs involved in both the fighting of and the cleaning up of these bushfires???
This guy is obvioulsy not the brightest crayon in the box.
This *cough* "responsible" father also goes on to suggest that the tougher new penalties that Bob Carr is trying to introduce are simply just a political stunt. Now...just letting you know...I hate politics - I don't even vote properly - ever - because I detest politics so much...but...I don't think there are too many people who would disagree that tougher penalties are necessary. Something that I suggest though that no one seems to be mentioning would be that it is a parents responsibility in the first place to supervise their kids adequetely, as well as let them know what the dangers of fire (etc etc) are, AND to also let their kids know that they are each responsible for their
own actions.
THERE IS THIS PLACE INSIDE WHERE ALL THE GOOD THINGS DIE
I only worked for 4 hours today but was totally wiped out by the end of it. I am totally over being treated like crap, not being paid properly and dealing with drugged out spaced out loser people every day. I need to leave before this place sucks the last bits of life I have away from me.
Finances aren't the best at the moment either, and getting screwed around with my pay at work hasn't been helping either. I have also had so many non paying and/or
unresponsive bidders with Ebay lately that I am beginning to wonder what is going on! In all my auctions, I state quite clearly the methods of payment that I accept, plus the timeframe that payments must be made in...but people just don't care! They bid on something and either don't respond to my emails or they give me the runaround for weeks saying they'll pay but they don't - amongst other things! Click here for an example of what happens when someone messes with me on Ebay. In case you're wondering what provoked that...this bidder won 8 of my auctions and then piked out when it came to paying!
I've been considering doing a lot of stupid stuff lately...like just quitting this job and giving notice to
the real estate agent that I'm leaving my apartment...then...selling lots of my stuff and then running off going traveling somewhere...it's just that I can't bring myself to do it (yet). I worked so hard to get this place and to suddenly not have somewhere to go that I can call home would be pretty scarey. I've lived in this apartment for three years now and it is so nice and clean and comfy and very...um...me.
Oh, my old work said that they would have me back when my job becomes available again. I have some security issues to sort out with them before I go back...but yeah, that is one positive thing to write about today!
Hmm...yesshies...it's 132 am in the morning and I start work at
umm...930am...ahhh...someone's going to be a bundle of larfs at work tomorrow...um...today...LOL...oopies...anyways...just found this spanky as site...umm...yeps...should get some sleep...but well...this is exciting!!! They're going to put ET in cinemas again as it is the 20th anniversary of the release of ET! No idea if it will be released like this in Australia, but still very cool just the same. A really nice official site too :)
I've just walked out of work...well...I'll rephrase that...I didn't actually quit (dammit!)...I just kinda well...got a bit *cough* upset and told them I was going home. They were smart enough not to argue with me about that.
Today has just been waaaaay too much. Combine the crap happening at work with the crap happening at home and well...I've had a seriously bad day. I mean...the day didn't start off too badly....the *very* nice, (ie. not narky or unresponsive) supervisor was on...but then it just went downhill as the day progressed.
I knew today was going to be bad the moment they put me on an express register. Express registers suck. Instead of dealing with huge trolley loads of stuff (ie serving less people), you deal
(well...fight with) lots of customers because they only have a few items to go through, hence one serves more people...hence...the odds of getting narky people increases dramatically.
So did I get any narky people? Did I ever! First dramatics for the day was when I asked to check this guy's bag. He went berko and threw his bag on the counter in front of me. I asked him to please open his bag for me (as legally we are not allowed to touch them). He still refused and said that I could only check it if I actually opened his bag.
This incident basically escalated to the point where my supervisor was called as well as three security guards - all over something that could have been over and done with in a couple of seconds had he just opened the bag himself. In the end, he was asked to leave the store - without what he wanted to purchase as he did not co-operate with
the bag checking request. All I can say is that at least the guy wasn't violent - I don't think I could have handled seeing *this* supervisor get beaten up like the other one!
Um...next thing that happened...pretty much right after this was the security guards had to deal with this guy that was totally off his face who had *allegedly* stolen something. Not bad entertainment...but well...seen it all before really...
I also checked my roster next week and I am working pretty much 9 hour shifts for 5 days in a row...this adds on to my (already) 6 days worked, making it a total of 11 days straight. I pointed out to the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor that one was only supposed to work six days in a row. She said she was able to do that because I asked for the weekend off. That is (of course) crap. If work actually let us read our enterprise agreement (or whatever
they call it) I am sure it would say that no more than six days can be worked in a row UNLESS the employee agrees to it. I didn't have the energy to fight about it though...
By the way...I'm only having the weekend off because I have (finally) decided to celebrate my birthday. I am always at work during birthdays, Christmas's etc...like I've missed basically everything from my 18th through to my 24th birthday so I figured I'd celebrate my 25th...not that being 25 is a milestone or anything...but yeah...I've invited a few of the special people who I've met during my work travels...hope most of them can show up ;)
The thing that really got to me today though was that they messed up my pay last week (again) and I have been trying to sort it out and not get stuffed about in the process...but...as you can imagine...I'm getting stuffed around. I saw the chick from the pay office
this morning and she said that she hadn't looked into it yet, but that she would let me know before the end of my shift today...so anyways...I went and asked my supervisor (this is the narky unresponsive one) after lunch whether she had heard from her about this. The answer was (and, yes I expected this) "No".
So...anyways I went back to work (obviousy) not in the best frame of mind. Had a few fights with some customers about the usual STUPID things...like...for example...one guy was arrogant enough to suggest that it was not necessary for him to sign the credit card slip. This is where a customer signs for their credit card purchase and we compare the signitures on the card to the one that they've signed to verify that it is their card.
Anyways...because the way he signed was different to what was on the back of the card I asked him for photo ID and...that's when he cracked up
about it. This is the same customer I'm sure who would be first to critise the store had someone stolen his card and successfully used it, providing a signiture completely different and spending lots of $$ on his account. Not checking signitures defeats the whole purpose of verifying whose cards it is. FOOLS!
Anyways...after having minor dramatics with another few customers I decided to go on my break before making things any worse. I asked the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor to please call the pay office while I was on my break to confirm that my pay had been sorted...so that I would definatley know before I had finished what was going on...and she said that she had already spoken to her and that she'd said that she hadnt looked at it at all and wouldnt be doing so until MONDAY. As you can imagine, hearing this didn't make me particularly happy. I pretty much lost it at some stage
there and just said that I was going home...
So...you might be wondering what non work related stuff is getting to me...well...basically...the main thing is...well...I am having some financial hassles and I am considering moving out of my wonderful apartment (as mentioned in the diary a few days ago) and in with my (wonderful) friends. This would cut the rent I pay at the moment more than in half. (I currently pay $240 a week - and yes, that is by myself, no flatmates) Problem is that I'm *very* attached to this place. When I moved to Sydney I stayed in really icky disgusting boarding houses for over a year before I got my feet on the ground enough to be able to afford the huge rent and deposit on this place. Leaving it would be very sad :(
On the other hand, living with my friends would be great. Another problem though is I don't know what to do with all my furniture...see a few
months ago, I spent a lot of $$ to buy this huge funky couch and *that* wouldn't fit into my room at this place...probably...so I'd have to try to sell it :( ...plus all the other crap that I would have to try to squeeze into my room. Their place recently got burgled too so I'm a bit edgy about that also.
Ahh...decisions decisions...
I really have to go...I'm going to try to get some sleep, my eyes are burning and I am totally exhausted. You might wonder what I'm doing sitting in front of a computer when I feel like that...but well...I thought it might help to write about it...it hasn't really helped...but anyways I guess it has given you something mildly interesting to read...
Well...anyways...after I wrote yesterdays diary entry I passed out for a few
hours...well...actually...I went to sleep, but passed out sounds better :P I woke up though after having a nightmare featuring the wonderful place I work. Lovely. I couldn't sleep last night so I had a very loooooong conversation with my friend and her boyfriend via their speaker phone at um...around...2am this morning.
I hadn't made up my mind at that point what I was doing, but this morning I have. I have written out my resignation letter - I have resigned as of the 31/01/02. I am going to give my real estate notice on Monday and will be packing all my stuff up ready to go, either to my friends place or to put in storage while I get my life sorted and go on a bit of a holiday (maybe).
I'm off to work now *chortle*...I'm sure I'll have more to write about later today ;)
Went to work and was (of course) so happy (not) to see (the narky and unresponsive) supervisor there. All was going well...until I wanted to go on a break...see the management try to not give you all the breaks that you are entitled to...but I checked the paperwork a few weeks ago and wrote down all the breaks that I was entitled too, so well...I'm one step ahead of them ;)
Anyways...I was working a 6 hour shift...so I was entitled to one ten minute break and one half hour break...problem is (the narky and unresponsive) supervisor wanted to have an argument about that. She was under the WRONG impression that I only got a 1/2 hour break. I was like...no, its in the paperwork that I looked at and wrote down last week...show me the paperwork which says that I only get a 1/2 an hour break and I'll be happy to go for only 1/2 hour. She didn't give me the paperwork.
So anyways, I
asked the other supervisor to get the folder that I knew contained the information about breaks in it and he wouldn't so I was like...well I'll get it myself (and I did)...and he said "no, these are the old break times, they're from 1995". I'm like WHERE on this piece of paper does it indicate that this is from 1995??? There was absolutely NOTHING on there whatsoever that indicated that it might be outdated. Note that this page with the breaks on it was actually given to me by another supervisor a few weeks ago.
So basically I said to the supervisor that I was going to go on my break and that I would be going for 1/2 an hour...then I saw the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor in the lunch room and basically let her have it because she was so narky at me about this. She said she didn't want to be bothered as she was on lunch but I was like...I really don't care. You've made a
big issue about this, you're WRONG so you can listen to me go berko for a little while.
Hmm...yeah...anyways I got dragged to the managers office to get "counselled" (ie. into trouble) about what happened yesterday. This was with the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor and the (acting) store manager. So basically this guy tried to play all heavy with me and I was just like...I so disregard!!! He wanted to know what happened yesterday.
According to (the narky and unresponsive supervisor) I didn't actually tell them I was leaving early yesterday. I was like noooo way I definately made it quite clear I was going home. She was just basically covering her own butt because she would be getting into trouble if she told the truth that she let me go.
See...the problem was that I left work before counting my cash drawer...and that is *norty*. I was kind of
like...well...I really was in no state to count anything yesterday and counting my drawer was really the last thing I was thinking about when I left anyway. So he was treating me like an idiot saying "You've been here a couple of months you know that you should count your drawer before you leave" I was like yes, I am aware of that. Fact of the matter I was in no state to do anything when I left...plus the supervisor was aware that I was going and didnt bring up that I had to count my drawer before I left. I said to him basically, in case you are unaware, I am an intelligent, smart person and to basically stop patronizing me.
So yeah, he rambled on for a bit and I was like...disregard...I sooooooo don't care...I kept looking at my watch actually because I was finishing at 415 and I was stuffed if I was wasting my personal time on this crap. He eventually noticed me doing this and
asked why I kept looking at my watch and whether there was somewhere I needed to be. I was like, no there is no where that I need to be but I do finish at 415 and I will be leaving this room at 415.
He also brought up the fact that I had put my resignation in today and asked if I wanted to reconsider the date that I put on my resignation letter (31/01/02). I was like...no. Why would I do that? He said to me well...have you thought that this job perhaps isn't for you and that you should be looking for another one? The IDIOT didn't know that I knew when I applied for this job that this job wasn't for me.
Basically, I applied for it because I needed $$ - simple as that. I knew what to expect. I got messed around working for another large store for three years. Been there, done all that already...in fact, I nearly walked out during the original job interview session because the
test we had to do was such an insult to my intelligence.
Anyways...at the conclusion of the *cough* counselling, they made me sign the form to say that they had counselled me and they gave me a copy of it...Note that during the counselling session I had laughed a bit and the manager was like, "Do you find this funny?" and I was like, "Yes". When he gave the paperwork to me I asked him whether there was a bin in the room and he said yes, so I threw it away straight away.
I seriously don't care! All in all, I found my "counselling" mildly amusing and a good waste of 1/2 an hour :) I really don't know why they bother.
PALM READ EPOD
Found this site while wandering around the internet aimlessly...and while I'm not one to really believe this sort of stuff usually...I
was bored and well...it's kinda cool...it's a web page where you can actually read your own palm.
Oh...and...LOL...there's also one where you can work out your compatibility with your co-workers. Allegedly it will tell you if you will get along with your co workers or not. Hmm. wonder how I'd go testing my compatibility with the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor at work bahahaha.
Anyhows...here are the palm reading results I got, and...well they do pretty much describe me...I guess...cept for the relationship one hehe.
# You are intelligent and practical, very likely to have a good memory and the ability to make and follow plans. Leadership skills are among your useful traits. # You have so many interests that you may have trouble deciding which ones to pursue. # You are a
warm hearted person, with much love to give. # Sometimes you feel jealous, and must avoid becoming overly possessive in your relationships. (lol - what relationships? - epod) # There may be times in your life when you give in to feelings of sadness or depression. # You are likely to make decisions based on intuition or feelings rather than intellect. You do have the capability to detach yourself emotionally and look at situations objectively, but you may not have developed this trait as well as you should. # You have a basically strong constitution, and should enjoy good health most of the time. # The most productive time in your life will probably occur in middle age. # No matter what other factors influence your personality, there is an under lying sense of practicality that you can draw on if you wish.
I had a visit from a friend last night..well this morning...we watched a bit of a Henry Rollins spoken word performance I got recently on DVD. I'm trying to introduce his awesome work to as many people as I can - this guy is amazing! It's like...when he's talking about a lot of stuff it's like he's ripping thoughts straight out of my head and saying them aloud. I got to sit in the front row of one of his Sydney shows last year and it was absolutely incredible. He talked for around three hours onstage and I swear it was the best, most powerful thing I have ever seen in my life. This guy has been everywhere, done everything...well...almost. Yes, btw...she was impressed...basically she was liked his intense stage prescence and well...she's got a thing for
tattoos...so well she liked his tattoos too ;)
Anyways, I got up and was feeling pretty crap again and was considering calling in sick for work but I figured that they would think it was because of what happened yesterday...so I went in. Within half an hour I had a mad coughing fit and threw up...didnt have time to go out the back to get the drink of water I had asked the supervisor for because she had asked me to finish serving the people standing in line first. Gotta love compassion hey ;) So anyways...I threw up into (an empty) shopping bag when the last customer was just leaving. The customer noticed this and said "Aye love, gee I hope you're not pregnant". Not likely. One has to do certain things to get pregnant and I can assure you that none of that has been happening.
Well...then I went and disposed of the bag into the bin outside and the security guard guy actually asked if I
was alright...which was nice...I was like..well...not really but yeha...and he actually took the time to tell the supervisor that I was sick...so yeah. Went out the back, had a drink of water...then I told them I was going home...so...we counted the drawer and I went home.
I went to sleep pretty much when I got home and got woken up by another friend who called to say hi. Ended up roping her into filming my Big Brother audition tape ;) It has to be in by the 18th of this month...not long to go now!!!
I hope I don't have a mad coughing fit on stage at Raw Comedy tonight...*crosses fingers*...
Ohheer..I just got an SMS message saying good luck for tonight ;) sweeeeet! I dunno who it's from though...oopies. Dammit I have no credit in my phone either at the
moment so I can't write back!!! Arrrrr!!!! :( Hmm..might try to work out the number and give them a call later...my phone doesn't show the full number though so working that out could be a problem. Grrr...I need a new phone!
I'm just back from my Raw Comedy heat, and I am sooooo happy that I did it! My friend and her boyfriend went along for moral support (as well as being my official chauffers!) There were 11 contestants that went on. They drew the names out of a hat and I was hoping for mine to be near the front
so that I got it over and done with...but in the end I got to go on second last! They also went through all the rules with us...including warning us not to do anything norty with the big Club Luna prop on the stage...hehe..damn ;)
I spent almost the entire time waiting to go on coughing my guts out and drinking lots of water to try to stop it...good thing though about The Basement is that it was (surprisingly) a smoke free venue...so I didn't have any cigarette smoke to make it worse...I did however have many trips to the bathroom due to drinking too much water to try to stop me coughing...LOL. How embarrassment.
Anyways...I went backstage just before I was ready to go on and Tommy Dean (the MC) was there talking to Penny Pederson. I hung around and didn't really say anything...just coughed...and coughed...and coughed...oops. I wasn't really stressing about going onstage...I was stressing more about if I had a mad coughing fit on stage like I did yesterday morning at work.
I got onstage and didn't cough once and didn't freak out or anything either. I was seriously impressed with myself. Hehe. The whole thing flowed really well...and my friends told me that I was very natural onstage and that they were proud of me ;) Hehe. So yeah, I didn't win of course - not that I went in expecting to - but it was awesome to get up onstage and talk crap for a while. I'm going to do a lot more standup/open mic things around
Sydney so stay tuned and I will let you know the details here :)
I've decided to have the day off work today. Finally going to see a doctor to see what the hell is wrong with me.
I put my terminaton notice in to the real estate agent today. Lucky I'm on a continuation lease so I only have to give them 21 days notice :) This means I will be moving out on the 3rd of February. I still can't believe I'm doing this after living here for three years.
Well...what can I say about today? Absolutely nothing dramatic happened at work today. As an added bonus I didn't have to deal with (the narky and unresponsive) supervisor today as it was her day off :) Ahh...what a
shame...she's probably on stress leave or something after the counselling session she had with me the other day LOL. Hmm...maybe not.
Ooopies...it's been two days since I've written anything here - sorry to anyone who cares! Believe it or not, I've been really busy doing stuff...like...um...sleeping...working...and also getting my Big Brother application stuff sorted.
I was up until 4am yesterday morning adding the finishing touches to my Big Brother stuff - I was really happy with how it all turned out! I then trekked out to Crows Nest post office yesterday morning to post it. I decided it was safer to actually take it to the post office personally where the PO Box
for applications were going rather than post it in the city and risk it getting lost in the mail or not arriving on time. Applications close today at 5pm!!!
Work has been uneventful. No major dramas...well...no major dramas that involved me!!! I did however have a bit of a (heated) discussion with a customer about his swearing today which was good fun. The (narky and unresponsive) supervisor has been remarkably reasonable to deal with...I'm not sure why??? The *nice* supervisors are still getting screwed around (as usual - nothing new). Latest major dramatics was last night after work when a customer who our supervisor wouldn't give a refund hung about in the parking lot and rammed his car. Lovely.
I went to my friends house after
work tonight and left at about 2am...oopies...this is the place that I am probably moving to...they just have to *cough* ask the other flatmate to *ahem* leave...*crosses fingers*. We talked about all sorts of stuff...like (amongst other things)...relationships and...crushes...um...yah...they tried to say that crushes were pointless...well...yesshies they are...but oh well...if you can't have it, you might as well have a crush on it (or stalk it - [kidding] ) instead.
They did a lot of drinking....i did a lot of watching them drink...then I went home...
Woo Hoo! Free listing day tomorrow on Ebay Australia...I must dig up some more crap to sell!
Well...as I said earlier, Big Brother
applications closed at 5pm today. I've just had a look at the official Big Brother website and it says that 27 000 applications were recieved! Big Brother will be interviewing the top 150 stand out candidates *crosses fingers*.
Here's how I answered some of the questions in the first stage of the application process. These questions were answered online on the Big Brother site.
Relationship History: Non existant! Have had a long relationship with my tickle me Elmo though...
Why do you want to take part in Big Brother? While most people would see it as a negative being shut off from the outside world for up to 12 weeks, I see it as a positive and would really like to see what life would be like without all the distractions and hassles of the outside world.
Three items you'd take: Elmo, a
Henry Rollins book, chocolate.
What would you miss most? My music collection, and also being able to log onto the internet, also not being able to log onto the Big Brother live feeds *lol*
How would you spend $250,000 if you were the winner? I'd make sure Elmo was looked after really well, I'd also finally go travelling to the US (I've wanted to do this for ages) to see Conan O Brien + visit all the theme parks + also buy DJ equipment!
Do you have any special dietary requirements? Chocolate and microwave meals (kidding)
I've been spinning out a lot this week wondering what the hell I am doing with my life and still trying to convince myself that leaving my apartment in the city is
the best decision. I keep thinking of how much I will miss this place! I may have found a solution to this problem though...don't leave! (the apartment that is, I'm definately still leaving my current job on the 31/01/02).
Earlier this month I emailed the manager of the last place I worked and she said that I could have my old job back when the position became available again...soooo...hopefully that will work out and I can be back at work there around the same time I finish my current job *crosses fingers*. Also, the pay is heaps good so I would then have no problems paying rent!
I'm still lost and confused though...Hmm. stay tuned.
OOHer...I'm having my party tonight. Seems like a couple of people will be showing up :)
Well...lets just say that my party didn't really turn out as I had hoped...I basically lost the plot and got a bit too upset to really want to go anywhere. The party was meant to start at 7pm and then move on to The Bristol Arms...but well...it didn't really *start* anywhere...so...well...I stayed at home.
But...all was not lost! My friend and her boyfriend came over and cheered me up. These are two seriously special people. For them to spend the most part of Saturday night with me when they could have been doing other stuff was very cool...oh...and they also bought me a big box of Cadbury Favourites
chocolates so well...yeah...pretty special stuff :)
After they left I went to sleep and then I heard a knock on my door a few hours later and it was them again! They wanted to take me for a spin on their motorbike. LOL. I don't like motorbikes cause they scare the crap out of me but well...still very sweet to offer ;)
Ah. The pendulum has swung again - Epod is moving out. Geez. I really have to get my head together. Time to go to a shrink methinks...hmm...or maybe just time to eat more chocolate...or look at some prawnography!!! When you're finished looking at the prawn, check out this very cool site ;)
IF YOU'RE ALL ALONE, PICK UP THE PHONE...WHO YOU GONNA
CALL?
Well...today I woke up with a major chocolate/Coca Cola hangover. Actually...correction...I didn't actually wake up on my own accord at any point today...I was woken up by other people on three separate occasions via that lovely bit of modern technology called the telephone...
First caller was someone telling me happy birthday and sorry they couldn't make it last night. (pfffft...their loss!!!) Second caller...well...sms message was from someone who had called me in the middle of me losing the plot last night...they were checking I was okay...(yeah...I haven't walked in front of any buses...yet...) Third caller was my friend inviting me for a swim at her boyfriends house. I said nah thanks...I wanna go back to sleep :P
LOL...but yeha...I decided to go over cause she had mentioned that I could stay at his place if I didn't move into the other
place I was maybe moving into...and I was curious what his place was like...plus I wanted to be sociable and see them both again...so yeah...I went there and his place is amazing...so different from my place...but very cool!
It was funny to see a "normal" persons' place after living in my sterile little box in the city for so long. The place is soooo open as opposed to my small apartment which is soooo closed in (possibly due to the fact that the windows in my current apartment don't actually open.)
Allegedly one can even sit on the roof of the place and get a really awesome view (it looked good from the ground thanks!)...um...and there's a pool too...I haven't been swimming for a very long time!
Also...very interesting to see how "normal" people live in the suburbs...cause living right in the city I don't see all that
either...there was a kerb side collection thing happening (where people leave all the crap they don't want on the footpath)...I tell you I was very tempted to look through some of the stuff to see if it was worthy to be sold on Ebay! I didn't though...I had to go to work...boohoo!
Hmm...now...here's the news...I've decided to move in...but I haven't told them yet ;) I only told them that I was 99% sure today hehe. Guess they'll have to read it here first ;)
Work was uneventful...cept for a kid who somehow managed to spray softdrink all over himself, his brother and his mother - without even opening the can LOL. That was sooo funny...I didn't actually laugh...I was sort of just going..."...what the?"...and then I realised that the *nice* supervisor was standing right behind me ready to ask me something and had seen my (inappropriate) reaction to all this...oopies. LOL
LOL!!! I was looking at this kid who had his finger over (what I would assume) the hole where the drink had sprayed out of...and I just kinda looked at the supervisor and said..."so what do I do?!"...bahaha. I am such a dickhead!
See...the thing that made this whole (ahem!)...incident so amusing was that the drink spraying all over the place reminded me of a part of The Doug Anthony Allstars act which involved the three members of DAAS grabbing a couple of cans of beer in each hand, shaking them up lots...and then knocking them against their belts until they punctured the cans, which then sprayed all over the place.
Ahh. memories...they allegedly got into a lot of trouble for doing that at the Mackay Entertainment
Centre when they were there cause they allegedly damaged a fair bit of equipment doing this. Bahaha. I will have to explain that story to the *nice* supervisor when I see him again ;) Maybe he'll understand. Maybe he won't ;)
Ahh...he was trying to ask me to stay back on Tuesday to do stocktake...I had already been asked this a few days ago by (the narky and unresponsive) supervisor and had said noooo...so yeah...I said no again to him...don't think he was too impressed...but hey, I was already working for 9 hours on Tuesday...anything more than that would drive me seriously insane!
Speaking of work...I got into (another) "why don't you drink?" discussion today. Suggestion was that if I was to ever take up drinking it would be a good idea to do it before I went to work...on my last day. I said..."I don't think so"...haha. Great idea though ;)
Bahahaha...I should really
be asleep but I've gone and got myself all inspired. I've had chocolate, Coca Cola, and also those very spanky nacho things you get from the 7-11 for "dinner"...and...put on this very groovy retro mix video tape that I programmed while I was working at Sega World, Sydney.
It's full of a heap of *very* dodgy retro videos...woohoo...ahhh...more memories...when they first put this video mix on one night in the park, I had pretty much everyone working there dancing around to it...even the guy in the AV room videoed us singing and dancing around and put it up on all the big video screens around the park...that was a totally awesome night :) Awww...I soooo miss working there ;(
Remember way back...last Monday when I said that I emailed the real estate that I would be finishing up with my lease
here on the 3rd of February? Yes?
Well...after getting no paperwork in the mail or any phone calls from the Real Estate about it, I figured I would call today and see what was going on. Note that last week before emailing the real estate agent about this I had spent a considerable time talking to their dopey receptionist who said that yes, I could send in notice via email. I also asked her to contact me if they did not recieve it.
I got to speak to the same receptionist again today when I called and I asked her if she had recieved the email and she said "Yes". I asked her if she had passed it on to my property manager and she said "Yes. But the property manager hasn't got me to follow it up, would you like me to get her to call you?" Yes please...she also mentioned that the property manager who she forwarded the email to had said to her "Why didn't you tell me that the
tenant was moving out?"
Anyways...I waited around for an hour and thought stuff this I'm not going to stay home waiting for this person to call (because from past experience, when this receptionist says that she will pass on messages she doesn't...and when people say that they're going to call, they don't)
So...I gave her a call back and said "Is the property manager there?" She said "Yes". I asked if she remembered that she was supposed to get this property manager to call me. (yes - allegedly). Told her that I was going out and that she wouldn't be able to contact me after 330 pm if she tried calling at home...so could she please get the property manager to try to call me before then...she didn't.
Anyways I went off to the Post Office to send off another lot of Ebay stuff...then I kept walking down Oxford Street thinking that I was maybe going to go on one
of my long walks to Bondi...and my mobile phone rings. It's the real estate agent. I say to her...so...did you recieve my email, as that is what I was calling you about...Ermmm...no...I didn't recieve it says she...
I mentioned to her that I had spoken to the receptionist earlier that day and she had actually said that she had passed it on. She still claimed that she hadn't recieved it. I said that that was not my problem. Bottom line was, I sent it on Monday 14/01 plus before I had sent it I had a long conversation with said receptionist about sending it! I also mentioned that the receptionist had said to me that this particular property manager had said to her "why didn't you tell me this tenant was going to move out".
Well...this is what the property manager said...and I can not believe that she said this..."I said that because another tenant in
your building had witnessed you moving your stuff out". I was like...EXCUSE ME?...I can assure you that I have not been moving anything out - if you want to be petty and unproffessional about this, please feel free to come right over now and look at my apartment if you need proof that I have not moved anything out.
So...anyways...I said...well...I will be paying you rent up to the original date on the email where I gave you 21 days notice. The property manager basically said...well no...I didn't recieve it...the best I can do for you is to count the 21 days from Friday because that is when [insert IDIOT receptionist name here] spoke to you. I said...but I DID NOT speak to her on Friday, I spoke to her on Monday, just prior to me sending off the email.
Is this the best way to treat a good tenant who has rented a property for
three years? I think not.
Hmmm...sooo yeah...I dunno what's going on there...all I can really say I guess is that I detest stupid, incompetent, unprofessional people. *storms off*
Ahh....ha ha...tonight while everyone else at work is doing stocktake (nerrrr!!! the stocktake I was smart enough to say no to...twice!!!!)...I should be onstage at The Comedy Store....I get another 5 minutes onstage to try to appear to be mildly amusing. Should be fun. I also get to meet Mr Pedro.
Bahaha. I forgot it
was my birthday today...then I got some sms messages saying happy birthday and went...oh...that's right...I'm 25 today...Oh...and I got a lovely birthday present at work today! Got asked to leave :) I don't think they realised that they were doing me a favour ;)
See...I was a bit norty to a customer...again...allegedly...this bundle of laughs person cracked up because she thought that green and orange capsicums are the same. Went right off at me when I went to put them through separately. I tried to explain to her that the different colours are put through separately. Green capsicums are put through as green capsicums and orange capsicums are put through as (funnily enough) orange capsicums. She went berko at me before I could even put them through properly for her.
This chick tried to be all threatening and said to me "I can get you into a lot of
trouble!!!". I was like..."Like I care." So...anyways...of course because not knowing the difference between green and orange capsicums is pretty much like...um...the end of the world she goes and talks to the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor about it.
Didn't hear anything from the (narky and unresponsive) supervisor until after lunch when she said to (ahem!)...follow her out the back to the managers office. I was like *yes!!!* I get to go to the managers office again and waste some time...but...not this time...the manager basically said to me that instead of me leaving on the 31st that he wanted me to leave now...logically speaking they probably couldn't do that...but well...as you know...I'm already over it anyways...leaving 9 days before I was supposed to is no great loss to me...cept the $$ would have been helpful...I can make up for it on Ebay though methinks :P
Emailed the few people I actually give a crap about at the store that I didn't get to say goodbye to personally - I hope to catch up with them sometime though.
- EPOD -
Wednesday, January 23, 2002
EPOD IS RIGHT...AGAIN!!!
Today I got an email from the real estate agent who yesterday very clearly told me that they did not recieve my email about moving out which I sent on the 13th of January. Bahahaah...well...surprise, surprise...the email that they sent me today said that they did recieve my email on the date that I sent it and that I am welcome to move out on the 4th of February. Why thankyou.
Tonight the open mic thing was very cool. I walked from my place to the Comedy Store at Fox Studios (and back!) actually! The MC was Tom Gleeson who was brilliant :) I went okay...aside from being "trapped" when I didn't untangle the mic cord from the mic stand lol. Tom found this extremely amusing and went on (and on) about it and all the other things that can go wrong with microphones. I have definately learnt my lesson. LOL. The other open mic peoples were okay too, though the standout to me was someone by the name of Mandy. I can't remember any more details than that but yeah...she was very good. The featured comic, Michael Hilder was also fantastic!
I was nice and peacefully asleep at umm...10am...yesterday when I heard a knock on the door. It was the real estate agent...I was like...haaaaang on...what is the real estate doing knocking on my door? Allegedly she had accidently knocked on the wrong door as she was visiting someone else in the building...so she apologised and then left...without coming into the apartment. I figure she was just checking to see if I had moved out yet.
So...anyways...I went back to sleep and then the phone rang...it was the (not so bright) receptionist from the same real estate. She wanted to know when they could organise to inspect my apartment...next week...(ie. before I moved out). I reminded her that I had already had the discussion with her that I would
be moving out on the 4th so why was she calling me to organise an inspection?! I also told her that I didn't appreciate being woken up first of all by the property manager and then woken again 2 hours later by her. She reminded me that it was 1200 pm. *smirk*
Oh my gawd! Yesterday my friend and her boyfriend turned up at my place with a very yummy chocolate cake (with candles!) singing Happy Birthday to me!!! I almost died! Was spanky as! They also kidnapped me last night and took me to his place hence there being no update last night cause I wasn't at home!
We all talked for ages about all sorts of things...including some house rules (cause this is the place where I'm going to be moving into soon)...one of the more interesting house rules was..."Don't let any naked guys out of your room...make sure that they put some clothes on first." I don't know how I'd get a naked
guy into my room in the first place let alone have one leave my room!!! LOL.
Anyways...in his lounge room he has a huge tv projector screen thingie...watching telly like this is seriously cool...Got to watch the Channel Nine news on the big screen...they didn't share my fascination of watching Mr Hugh Rimington on the big screen though ;) Oh well...there's no accounting for taste :P
I stayed overnight cause they had both had a few too many drinkies...I have'nt stayed at anybody's place for a very long time...was lonely without having Elmo there to cuddle though ! ;) I got home at around 1130 ish today and crashed cause I really needed to get some sleep. I didn't sleep too well last night cause I missed Elmo and I also ended up with really itchy eyes for some reason...must have
been the fresh air LOL.
Got a couple of calls today...one from a friend who had (stupidly - bahahahaha) wiped out an entire mini disc worth of (very important) recording that she had done...oops. The other who was busy trying to evict a lizard from her place cause she doesn't like lizards!
I've been doing much wandering the last couple of days searching for stuff to put up on Ebay. I've found some really good stuff and will be listing it (hopefully) very soon. Oooher! aaaaand...I'm almost up to (100) feedback comments on Ebay...so...very soon I will have a different coloured star next to my username soon :) Woohoo.
Went to Oporto in Newtown today and
witnessed one of the employees getting abused by a customer...this employee tried to get me to stick up for her cause I saw the whole thing...but...I was like...nah I'm not going there...this customer looked too out of it to know what they were doing anyways...I really could not be bothered...didn't feel like getting the crap beaten out of me by the customer either...
I got a call from my friends boyfriend early this morning trying to clarify something that had (or had not) been said the night before when I was at his house with his girlfriend. He figured that because I don't drink that I was the best one to ask. So...basically I got stuck in the middle of their domestic at around 1am in the morning. Not the nicest thing to have to deal with cause I like
them both and I hate seeing people I care about fight like that. *shakes head*
Wandered down to Next Level Records in the city and bought myself a *very* spanky Townhallsteps t-shirt. Also grabbed a camera on the way home to take some happy snaps of my place before I pack everything up to move.
I stayed up until around 5am this morning sorting out and listing stuff on Ebay. I passed out shortly after that...I set the alarm for 930am so that I could double check with the real
estate agent whether they were opening up my apartment today or not so that I could be ahem!...appropriately clothed in case anyone dropped in.
I figured that they probably wouldn't since it was the Australia Day long weekend...but well...they had put today's date in the email that they sent me saying that they would be having an open house...not that they bothered to confirm this with me or anything...but oh well...I didn't want to go out and leave them with anything to use against me because I wasn't there when they wanted to show people through. Sooooo...I rung their number and got (surprise!) their after hours paging service. Left a message with them and (surprisingly) no one called me back.
I decided then it was time to go back to sleep. Got a phonecall inviting me to an Australia Day pool party (ie excuse for pissup). Well actually...I
knew about this for a couple of weeks...I've just been stuffed lately having all this moving/etc crap to deal with and I didn't think I would go. But...yeah...I went...was craving Mc Donalds (dunno why, I haven't craved Mc Donalds for aaages)...so I stopped by there on the way to their house.
Unbelievably I was served by someone who could speak English and as an added bonus, they also got my order right - the first time! ...I then got to my friends house after assuring myself I wouldn't get lost cause I had a map (yeah I still got lost anyway)
Met lots of drunk people and then I went home. LOL I got asked to make someone an ahem!...alcoholic beverage today. I was like...do you realise that I have absolutely no idea of how to make an alcoholic beverage cause I don't
drink!!!! Anyways...they gave me the instructions on how to make said drink and I am proud to say that I got it right...allegedly the only thing I left out of the drink was ice cubes. Ah well...next time maybe.
Well...after much agonising over whether I really have an attitude problem or not I decided to find out for sure...so...I took a personality test...here. Now...let me tell you, I am disappointed. I only scored 24 from a possible 36 on the 'Attitude' Test! That means that I only have a little bit of attitude as opposed to a HUGE attitude problem. Anyways...this is what the results of my attitude test said :
You have times when you give some attitude, but you also have times when you stay calm and cool. You feel guilty when you disrespect the people you care about.
But that's not enough to get you to give up all your attitude, your not always an angel and you know it. Play nice. Think about what you say before you say it and you should be all right.
Well...not much to say for my day today...except that I have continued madly listing stuff on Ebay...spent most of the early hours of this morning (again) listing things and then started again later in the day after I had a few hours sleep. I finally have started to clean through some of the stuff I should have gone through already in preparation for my move. I just couldn't be stuffed going through any more at the moment...ahh...maybe tomorrow.
I've decided that I must be at Fox Studios
on Tuesday to see Jamiroquai and then probably on to check out the open mic night at the Comedy Store...I think I will just watch this week though ;)
After much deliberation, I decided to get rid of my huge spanky modular couch. I really didn't want to get rid of it because I only got it a few months ago but...well...I need the $$$ plus it's not really going to fit into where I'm moving...well...it *will* fit but it's not really necessary cause they've already got an ample amount of lounge chairs...sooooo...if you or anyone you know are after a really groovy (newish) funky blue couch, click here to check out my Ebay auction listing for it! Make sure you check out my other auctions while you are there...there's 51 of them running at the moment, with more to come later today once I get some sleep!!!!
Woo! I paid my last ever rent for my apartment today! That makes me unbelieveably happy! I also sold my couch to some *very* nice people, that also makes me unbelieveably happy!!!!
I haven't slept for around 12 hours. Smart me decided to see what happened when one combined a *V* drink with a Viking bar at around 2am in the morning. Needless to say, I found out ;) LOL.
Well...anyways...I had about...um...one hours "sleep"..."woke up" around 330pm...realised it was TUESDAY....realised that I was *supposed* to be at Fox Studios today at 4pm to see Jamiroquai at Channel [V]...decided not to go cause I was feeling very screwy. Instead, I just stumbled into the city to buy something from Subway...and the lady in there who knows me went "You're looking REALLYgood!!!" I was like...I am? Are you sure? People are funny like that. Whenever I feel crappy people say "You look GREAT!!!". Whateffer...thanks...I guess... ;)
Grrr. I am SICK of hearing about the whining refugees
and all their dramatics !!! If they don't like the treatment they recieve when they come into our country ILLEGALLY...well...as far as I'm concerned, they should be sent home. There are proper LEGAL channels to go through to get into Australia, if they can't abide by our laws they have no right to be here.
The refugees are using shock tactics like sewing their lips together/hunger strikes/suicide threats, etc to try to appeal to the "do gooders" of our society who are sucked in by this sort of behaviour saying it is "inhumane" (etc). Of course they have got the support they wanted from this group of misguided people. *smirk*.
The refugees have accomodation, food, (ahem! needles and thread) etc given to
them while they are waiting for their applications to be processed. I am sure these people have it much better than a lot of low income families in Australia. Another thing that really irks me is how parents have got their kids involved, some sewing their kids lips together. Also, the kids threatening suicide were almost certainly prompted by the (older) people around them (...the news reports say these kids were *allegedly* unaccompanied...hmm).
All I can say is...sew your lips together, go hungry, threaten to commit suicide...in fact...GO HOME!!! I really don't care!!!
Hmm..sorry...didn't write anything yesterday so this is going to have to cover yesterday as well as today...
I had another sleepless night last night...unfortunately no cans of *V*
or Viking bars were involved...neither were any young males ;) I wish that I had more exciting excuses for being up all night...but...well...I don't. I could say it was stress but well...yeah...I don't know. I've actually got to the stage where I'm actually excited to be moving so I *should'nt* be stressed. Hmm. having *another* sleepless night at the moment actually.
I've spent the last couple of days taking all the "personality" out of my apartment. Packing stuff up, throwing stuff out...and...taking down the hundreds (no, I'm not exaggerating) of posters that I have blu-tacked to my walls. Oh such fun I am having removing each and every tiny piece of blu-tack from my posters and the walls...not.
I deflated the airbed and also the huge inflateable whale thats been sitting on it in my loungeroom (the whale is the one I won on Ebay from the Big Brother house!). Problem is
that the bloody inflateable things don't want to deflate!!! Grrr. well...they sorta have...but they both have a *lot* of air in them and I'm too scared to squish either of them in case I puncture them!
I rang around a couple of removalists today to find out how much they charged...the first one I rang said that it would be $110 an hour. The person I spoke to was *very* nice...but yeah...I'm NOT going to pay that much to get my crap removed I can tell you! I rang around a few other places and they wanted around $65-$90 an hour also...then I found one that only wanted $55 an hour! So...yeppies...I'm happy with that. They said that I had to pay for a minimum of 2 hours + $10 travelling time...SOLD!!!
Woohoo...I sold my fridge! Well...I'm selling it today to the same person who bought my couch! Yay!
Checked my bank balance yesterday morning and spewed big
time cause my pay wasn't in...they owe me for about 5 hours work from last week...I was seriously unimpressed. Then I remembered that Monday was a public holiday...so...well...I thought (well...hoped) that it was because of that. I went into my work to grab a few things (cleaning stuff) and caught up with one of the *nice* supervisors and mentioned it to him...he said it was because of the public holiday and that he had panicked as well about it until he had realised what had happened! Yay. I just checked my online banking and I got paid today ;)