007

Well, Well, Well. A new year is here. I have to say i was sorry to see double oh six leave us because it was a really good year.
However no one moves forward by dwelling on the past. 007 right now is full of promise, I only hope that I can make it more successful than last year. To that end I will list my new years resolutions, becuase if they are down on 'paper' than I will be reminded of them each day.

• Learn to play guitar.
• Diversify my investment portfolio to include shares.
• This includes researching, and buying shares.
• Double my savings, this may be difficult, I am not counting every cent i have, I have just set an average figure and hope to double it.
• Move out. Either for the job Im applying for, or one overseas. This is the year I really start MY life, outside of family expectations.
• Run the Sutherland to Surf.
  

Anyway, this is the list im working on now. I will keep it updated as i go on.

My new years eve was great, went to a small party and had a really good time, although I did drink too much. Which annoyed me because I really don't like getting that drunk.

A little close to the boob don't ya think

Hello all.
Life Update: Work goes well, having basically finished my website, its now in its testing phase so theres nothing for me to do for a while.
Got some bad news this week, really bad news. But honestly i think it picked the wrong person. If there is anyone on the planet who can get through this he will. Stronger than Superman doesn't come close.
I have a whole Christmas cake to eat. Mmmmm.

I have a super power. Its not especially cool, like flying, or useful like X Ray vision, but its better than nothing. M y power is the ability to 'call' baked goods to me. If I feel like, say a cookie, within the next hour or two one will cross my path. I wont go looking for one, it will just show up.
Hey, at least I have A super power.

If your like me and have a whole bunch of photos on your computer that were taken by a digital camera, had their file name created automatically and now mean nothing, get Picasa. I had neglected my photos for ages, and now I have them named, time stamped and organised. Honestly, Its a great program, Its free and its google. How can you go wrong.

Weird Wide World:
Ok, this article, should help clarify what I mean when I say I'm a programmer. It shows just how absurd of an idea is portrayed.
Also this is a funny read. Now i know my sister had one of these toys, how many did you have?

Anyway, I have to go to sleep if I want to get up at 6:00 to go to the gym.

Never Let Them See You Bleed

I CANT BELIEVE I LEFT OUT LANA's GRADUATION. It was her second one, because she's too smart to graduate once. Anyway what that means is that she is now officially the most technically educated person i know. She can also teach. Which is what she wanted so its good. The ceremony was excellent, I was so proud because I know she was unsure of things, and had problems with some parts (& people) in her course, but she did it, with style. Sorry.

Life Update: Ok so since my last post I have:

• Won a poker tournament. 100 players and I was the best. Damn i rock at that game, and im starting to read people, or at least really try.
• Spent 13 hours drinking. Thats how you have a farewell party. Nothing says goodbye like watching the sun come up and people go to work from the inside of a pub.
• Graduated. I am now officially a Computer Scientist. It was such a great day. I didnt think it would mean that much. I thought that getting there was the best part, but the ceremony kicked ass.
• Passed an aptitude test for my job. Now i move on to the next phase fingers crossed.
• Quit from the Club. I worked my last shift ever. Woo Hoo.
• Won a poker night. Only 10-13 people or so but i still got $55 out of it.
• Hung out heaps with Lana.
  
• Saw the latest Bond movie. A must see, it kicks so much ass.
  

Yeah, its been a busy couple of days / weeks hence the lack of blogging. As it is, this is all I am going to write right now, as i have to drive my parents around. Not exactly how i wanted to spend my first weekend off but whatever.

Man of Steel.

Ok, first things first LANA WOUNDED MY CAR. She didnt quite kill it, and i dont really care, but still. Its fun annoying her.

Life Update: Work is coming along nicely, god willing the site will be up and running on friday, so i can show what it looks like. Went for some testing today for a job, tough stuff but i got to wear my suit. Heading up to a big weekend. Work party on friday night, work saturday & sunday, work party sunday night. work on monday will not be my best effort.

News from across the world: Preacher, a really excellent comic series is going to be produced by HBO. My prediction is, if faithful enough to the comic, this will be the greatest action / drama series ever better than 24, The Shield, Angel, Alias or even Deadwood & The Sopranos. But it will be controversial.
If anyone caught the Daily Show the other day it had a great bit about Kramer and his rant.
"My people have endured a lot, but I've never heard of the upside down anal forking, is he offending a brother or a turkey?"

Hmm, ranting
Ok, this guy is awesome.


But no one, on earth (I exist outside of this earthly dimension, I just choose to walk it) is cooler than my man here:

Ok so this guy is actually committing a crime against humanity, but still. Nope i got nothing he sucks and its literally painful to listen to. Im sorry for unleasing it on everyone.


Quote of the day: "Hope is an aspiration, a beacon that shines...lighting the way for all mankind. Hope is the refusal of the inevitable. Born to greatness is a lie and fate was invented by cowards, but destiny is something we hold in our hands. I am a man. I hope." Lex Luthor

You Shouldnt Wound What You Cant Kill

ok, moving back to a more traditional post today, as i figure posting something is better than nothing.
This blog is officialy Google'd. If you search for Divine Words, i come up on about the third page.
I am still writing the 'script' for the video blog so i wont have that up for a while.

Life Update: Hmm, this week I have...
Been offered a job at the place i work at locally. It looks like a good job, with average salary, I havent accepted yet because,
I have moved on to the next round in the hiring process for another job. This is the job I would prefer, so I am going to see how it goes before accepting the first offer.
Quit my bar job. This is pretty cool. It also makes me a man of my word, I said I would never be in the staff profile of the newsletter, nor would I serve them once I am a scientist. Both of which are true.
Played some poker. In preparation for Casino Royale coming out next week I got in a game at the local RSL with Chen, Nick & Lana. I had the chip lead for the whole tournament at one stage but ended up coming 15th. Better luck next week i hope.
Goit involved in some road rage. On the way to work on Saturday some guy cut me off, coming up the lefthand lane. He waved back at me, so I gave him the finger. He kept gesturing at me, so I responded in kind. After a while I pulled in front of him. Here he starts giving me some hand signs, 'speed up' etc. Eventually were side by side and he's leaning over his SO and has wound down his window to give me an earful and some more gestures, because my window doesnt go down, i miss, what was surely a brilliant tirade, and respond, once again with the finger. Such an idiot.

If i could, Id have the James Bond theme play whenever I enter a room, not the start but the cymbal crash, the real meat of the theme.
Anyway im off to dinner.

Scotch, Scotch, Scotch I love Scotch.

Take a guess what I'm drinking right this very second.
Johnny Walker Green Label.

Life Update: Yeah. Another great weekend, thats two in a row.
This one consisted of hanging out at lana's on friday night, drinking, candy, coke and x-box.
This lead in to a saturday which consisted of me bailing out on work to go ice skating. This was only the second time i had done it, and it was great. The only drawback was that my skates didnt fit and i was wearing shorts. Next time however, things will be different. Yeah I had to work today, but damn was it quiet. Now im chilling watching YouTube and having a quiet scotch. Life is good.

Wierd Wide Web: I was reading TIME, the inventions of the year article. Number 1 was YouTube. I am starting to realise why. Its more than just a site for, "look at this isnt it funny videos". Its starting to take the reigns when it comes to new media. A perfect example is my latest addiction, lonelygirl15, (which is in no way related to anything sexual before you get ideas). This is a video blog that was presented as genuine for a long time, before being revealed as elaborately constructed. It is intriguing viewing, and tells a story.\

Anyway, im still working on a top 5 list, and the video blog, i may throw one up this week, just so ive got it up there. It will develop as time goes on though.
This scotch is excellent by the by.

Ok, here is a quick post, the ones in bold i have done. There are so many that i want to do.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice (Does the Casino count?)
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an “expert”
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language (Give me time)
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Batmans a scientist. So am I.

Ok, the last post should have gone up ages ago but i was stuck on a top 5 list. Anyway

I PASSED MY EXAMS, IM A GOD-DAMN SCIENTIST

Yes, as you can see. I am now done with uni, i graduate with a Bachelor of Computer Science. It took me a year longer than i thought it would, but it feels so good. I have been smiling since i found out.

Ive been wokring all day so i dont have much to report.
Bagels don't really toast, they just kind of boil & burn. Its weird.

Man, Kramer is a jerk.

Anyway, I PASSED.

Difficult takes a day. Impossible takes a week.

Ok, this is the definitive guide to what was one awesome weekend.
Friday:
The weekend starts, after work on friday, even work was good because for the first time ever i got to have a beer with work.
Why? You ask.
Because I had walked there from Gran's. Because Dean, Lisa, Joel & Mitchell had come down, so i had spent most of the day playing with them. After work i went back to play with them, then Alana came over and we had a baked dinner. After the dinner when my cousins had gone to sleep, Lana and I went to see 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan'. A really funny movie.
*Side Note: Borat stays at the same hotel that Lana & I did in New York, the fabulous Wellington Hotel. *
Anyway, Lana went home and I went to bed.
Saturday:
Got up at 7, which isn't great, but it was so I could be ready in time for the train to go to the RACES. After some mucking about getting there, which really didn't affect the day at all, we got there at eleven, and the drinking began. At first it was light beer, till 12:30, which sucked but oh well. Anyway, of the 8 races we won on 6 and of those 2 were winners (One picked by Gamblor himself).
At about 5:30, after we backed the second winner and the races were done we tried to figure out a game plan. First was an attempt to get into the Parramatta Rydges, we didn't because we lost interest. SO we went back to the 'fern. Had a few drinks there. Blake blew the roof of with a rendition of 'Without Me' by Eminem. Then we kicked on to the 'Tradies'. Here the night wound down, as we had been drinking for 13 hours. I found my brother and got a lift home.
Sunday:
Work sucks. But after work Lana came over. She bemoaned me stealing her friends. Which i clearly have not. Anyway we hung out for a while then she had to go home. After this Blake asked me to drive him & his GF home, cus he had had a few drinks. I did and we passed a cop car on the way, two minutes later he comes up behind me, pulls me over, tries to threaten me with a fine and breath tests me. To quote Will Smith 'Im a nice guy, why ya'll harassin me for?'.
Thus ends one kick ass weekend. I know it only the start of things to come once i quit my weekend job.

Look, Up in the Sky

Its me, and its been awhile.
No picture of the scar yet, it is really disgusting.

I never thought I'd be so busy with nothing to do. I have finished uni but still seem to be always doing something.
I can't really complain though considering it consists of going to the U2 Vertigo Tour, Alana's Grad Ball & The Ladies Day at the races.
Id just like to sleep in is all I'm saying.

I like the idea of Ragnarok for those of you who don't know what it is, and i admit there is no reason you should. Its from Norse Mythology. It deals with the end of the world, for the gods. It is a battle waged between the gods & monsters, mostly Loki's children.
I like it because of the part the gods play in it. They know, from the moment their born that they will one day perform certain events which will lead to their downfall.
Thor knows that Jörmungandr (A serpant that can encircle the earth) will kill him. Its foretold, it will happen & he knows it. Yet when the time comes Thor picks up his hammer and goes to battle. He knows he will win, but he also knows he will die and I think thats something to be respected.
Doing the right thing, no matter what the cost.

Anyway trying not to sound to preachy. Heres a top 5:
Top 5 Movie Battles (Comic Book Movies) - Contains Spoilers:
1. Wolverine (& Some X Kids) Vs Strykers Troops: Quite simply the best scene in any comic book movie (apart from Superman 2 for personal reasons). Its hinted that Wolverine is a killer in the first movie but you don't really see it until he goes off on the troops who invade the mansion. Also seeing Colossus for the first time in the movies makes it even better.

2. Superman Vs The Three Kryptonians: Ok, so its not exactly sticking to the comic in terms of his powers. Being in several places at once is cool, but unexplainable, as is the wierd shield net thing he throws. But all is forgiven when Superman & Lex 'team' up. The double cross, leading to the hand crushing. This was what made Superman for me.

3. Spiderman Vs Doctor Octopus: The fights between these two were incredible. Spiderman uses everything he has to try & put Ock away. Referencing the first movie and just the speed of the fight make it one to remember.

Ok here is a copy of the trailer for Spiderman 3. If you haven't seen it and liked the first two i strongly suggest grabbing it before Sony pulls it down.

4. The Incredible Hulk Vs Everyone: Ok this isn't from the boring Hulk movie with Eric Bana, its from the Ultimate Avengers animated movie. Hulk first takes out an alien menace then fights with the rest of the Avengers. Not as good as the fight from the comic but still damn cool.

5. Fantastic Four Vs Doctor Doom: Ok, the whole movie leads up to this. It looks like Doom has it won. The Thing is human again, Johnny was being chased by the rocket, Reed is frozen and Sue is being attacked. When Doom looks to have won, the Thing bursts in and he and Doom have a great fight out of the building into the street, where Doom has to deal with all four at once.

Come on! I'm like R. Kelly at recess here!

Anyway
I suppose I should get this out there. I had a melanoma cut off me. It left a big scar and I saw the smoke from me as they lasered me shut. Like I said, anyway I have another scar and six stitches. This is the perfect time to get it too, considering I just started a six week program at the gym & i had plans to go to the driving range on Saturday morning.
I will post a pic of the scar when i take the bandage off. More to freak people out than anything else.

Going to hold off on getting a 360, heard too many stories of the 'three red lights of death'. Ill hold off till they fix it up.

Alana, read 'Pride of Baghdad'.

The republicans lost the senate, Rumsfeld out. Bush is having a bad week, It started off well with the revelation that Iraq was months away from WMD's even if they weren't built & Saddam getting his news. Things can turn around that quickly, remember that.

Its Getting hard out here for a pimp!

Ok, for the first (and hopefully last) time ever my title kinda relates to the post. This story will break the hearts of everyone world wide. I mean if K'Fed & Britney can't make it work how do the rest of you mere mortals stand a chance.

Bush lost control of the House, looks like a change is coming. Will he be forced to withdraw from Irag early?
Should he?
One way or another i think we'll get some answers in the next two years.

For those of you with Office 2007, I just found out that if you rename the .docx files .zip, you can see the XML packages that make each document. Pretty cool. Ill have to exploit this when I start using the .NET 3.0 framework.

I just realised how you can customise google. Damn that web site just keeps getting better.

I know it'll end up costing me damn near a grand but Matty want.

Today I found my friends, their in my head

Just had my second exam. Can someone answer this little question for me:
In an exam where, due to line limits stated on the questions, we can write a maximum of 39 lines (five of these being TRUE or FALSE) do we get three hours and two twelve page books to do it in?

Seems like overkill, but im not complaining. I wish all exams were that easy.
Java tomorrow will be hard, man i hate it when you have no idea how the exam will be structured.

Listening To: David Bowie - Heroes


Oh yeah if you haven't heard, Saddam is going to hang. Can't we find a more painful way to kill the S.O.B?

Anyway, back to study, and line rider etc.

Its been a long time (long time), we shouldnt have left you..

Ok, sorry its been so entirely sparse with the updates, but here is the weekly big one.
Going to try new things, etc.
Life Update: Well, I have been studying, and doing exams, and...
Yeah had my first exam, it went ok, i guess. The one on tuesday im not looking forward too, but the one tomorrow should be ok. Went to see my sister in a ballet concert last night. She was incredible. The concert, ehh, I'm not a supporter of getting kindy kids dressed up like dancers and having them run around on stage, it just looks unprofessional, and purely to put in to satisfy the over bearing stage mothers.
Meanwhile my sister killed, she played an 'Ugly Sister' (It was Cinderella), and she was great. Her and the other sister got to act as well as dance.
With the video Blogs, yes they are coming, eventually. After the exams i will have more time so ill do them then.
I already have some features planned. This includes: 'Whats on my desk?' & if i can ill get Alana in for an interview.
Anyway, should probably get back to studying.

Wierd Wide Web: Ok, for those of you who dont know Valve is a company that makes the game Half Life. (The first was ok, the second WAY WAY overrated). Anyway, this is what happens , when a kid tries to scam some random he met on the internet. This kid must be such a moron, not only does he fail, but he gets the old switch a roo pulled on him. Its classic.
Also , if you want to surrender your life to a game that is strangely addictive give Line Rider a go. You make some lines and a little guy on a toboggan rides them. Its eating away my study hours.

Daily Top 5 (Top 5 Babes) :
Alana
Brooke Burke
Adriana Lima
Jessica Alba
Elisha Cuthbert

Quote of the Day: Rochester: Allow me to be frank at the commencement. You will not like me. The gentlemen will be envious and the ladies will be repelled. You will not like me now and you will like me a good deal less as we go on. Ladies, an announcement: I am up for it, all the time. That is not a boast or an opinion, it is bone hard medical fact. I put it round you know. And you will watch me putting it round and sigh for it. Don't. It is a deal of trouble for you and you are better off watching and drawing your conclusions from a distance than you would be if I got my tarse up your petticoats. Gentlemen. Do not despair, I am up for that as well. And the same warning applies. Still your cheesy erections till I have had my say. But later when you shag - and later you will shag, I shall expect it of you and I will know if you have let me down - I wish you to shag with my homuncular image rattling in your gonads. Feel how it was for me, how it is for me and ponder. 'Was that shudder the same shudder he sensed? Did he know something more profound? Or is there some wall of wretchedness that we all batter with our heads at that shining, livelong moment. That is it. That is my prologue, nothing in rhyme, no protestations of modesty, you were not expecting that I hope. I am John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester and I do not want you to like me. "

Its Here
The future of fear and loathing online. Never fear this blog will still be updated this will just complement it.

This blog will be overhauled soon. New features added, some features tweaked. I will probably move to more frequent smaller posts with one big post set out like the ones now (but with more). Expect a lot more of everything.

Its Coming

Yes, there is something bug, no HUGE planned for fearandloathingonline. blogspot.com. I wont spoil the surprise just yet, but rest assured, it wont dissapoint.

Life Update: Well, work and study is where its at. I went to the gym, had a session with a personal trainer, it was great. He destroyed me, just one thing after another till i could barely raise an arm.
I went to buy a dvd rack the other day, which i have mentioned. When i bought it, it cost $70, i went up and paid with a $100 (leftover from casino winnings) and got $70 change. At first all i could think was "God i hope i get out of the store before she notices". And i did, but midway up the escalator i realised that going back was the right think to do so i did, and fixed it all up. I feel thats one way to judge a person, if they take responsibility and do the right thing, regardless of how it affects them. Just because its right.

Trawlin the Web: Hmm, not much to report sorry. Wait i just rechecked my blog, and blog related bookmarks, and there is something. Steve Wynn, designed and owns some casinos in Vegas, you know them even if you havent been. The Bellagio, the one Oceans Twelve rob etc. Anyway he was all geared up to sell ONE of his Picassos, damn him for having more then one, and he put his elbow through it. Yep $139 million dollar painting ruined in about three seconds. Now im not the biggest fan of Picasso, BUT i respect his impact on the art world, so i realise how upsetting this is. More then that i love this story becasue it is SUCH A STUPID THING TO DO. I mean really, its just moronic.

Art of the Now (The Persistence of Memory):

The well-known surrealistic piece introduced the image of the soft melting pocket watch.
Dalí began painting to one of his favorite themes, a landscape of the seashore of Catalonia at Cape Creus. He was moved to include the famous melting-clock imagery after a vision he had following a snack of Camembert cheese — the clocks, therefore, have the texture of the soft cheese. The painting shows four soft watches, one of which has a fly showing that time flies and another is being devoured by ants that shows decay. This is widely seen as a commentary that time is less rigid than people usually assume. In the center of the picture, under one of the watches, is a distorted human face in profile. This face, widely understood to be a self-portrait, also appears in Dalí's earlier work The Great Masturbator.


Daily Top 5 (Top 5 Gadgets):
iPod
HipTop
Camera
Mobile Phone
Laptop

Quote of the Day: Hannibal Lecter: [on telephone] "I do wish we could chat longer, but... I'm having an old friend for dinner. Bye."

World of MathewCraft

Not much of a pre post rant.
Life Update: I am now a member of a gym. Hopefully this will work for me. If i can get up there twice a week i think i will see serious improvements.
Been studying for the most part the last few days, so very few stories.
Bought a lamp for my desk. I realised i dont know where you go to buy a lamp. I guess i just figured there would be a lamp store. There wasnt.
Bought a DVD rack. Man i have a lot of Xbox, PS2 games.
Playing some more World of Warcraft. Man it sucks you in so simply. Just want to finsih this quest, just want to level up, just want to sell these things, then ill go to bed, at 2:20.

Wierd Wild World: Ok, when i get my mansion, i am painting a whole wing like this. Its the greatest thing ever.

Art of the Day:
Michelangelo was originally employed to paint the 12 Apostles, but protested for a different scheme, and eventually completed the work with over 300 Biblical figures in a composition which has attracted many different interpretations. His figures showed the creation, the creation of Man, the creation of Woman, Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the drunkenness of Noah and the Great Flood. Around the windows he painted the ancestors of Christ. On the pendentives supporting the ceiling he alternated seven Prophets of Israel with five sibyls, female prophets of the Classical world, with Jonah over the altar. On the highest section Michelangelo painted nine episodes from the Book of Genesis. (Taken from Wikipedia)

Daily Top 5 - Top 5 Shows (Drama) :
Deadwood
Oz
The Sopranos
CSI
Law & Order

Quote of the Day:
"You know another class I took at Harvard? Business Ethics. I don't steal other people's mother fucking clients, but in your case I'm going to make an exception. I'm going to take everyone; your B-level sitcom stars, your reality-TV writers, when I'm done with you, you're gonna be repping sideshow freaks. You need Jo-Jo the Dog-Face-Bitch-Boy? Call Josh Weinfuck, the lightweight pen-stealing fuckface." - Ari Gold (Entourage)

The Rated R Superstar

Wow, it has been a boring couple of days. Thanks in large part to preparing for the tradeshow, the show itself and the fact that i have spent every other hour working.
The tradeshow went well-ish. The lecturers enjoyed what they saw, but i dont think we wowed them enough. I did 70% of the talking, and the rest was done by one other guy. There was one guy in my group who stayed at the stand for about 20 mins all up, in three hours, he sucked.
Havent got a whole lot else to say in the pre post rant so ill get too it.

Life Update: Covered a lot of it already. Got World of Warcraft its pretty good. Still levelling up, it will take a while before i can think about raids and what not, which is what i really want to do. Have been watching a lot of Curb Your Enthusiasm, very funny stuff. I had my own Curb moment today. There were eyedrops for sore eyes, and ones for tired eyes, how do i know which one i need. The symptoms are the same for both.
It feels so good knowing i dont have to get up tomorrow.

Wierd Wild World: Only works if you get it, (www). Not much out there, got a few links for firefox, things like AVZ Calculator, & Text to Image, which is good if you read message boards, it converts text links to picture to thumbnails.
Definately check out this place, if your looking for a costume, of any kind, ;)

Daily Top 5 (Top 5 Websites):
Wikipedia : This site was created to be the central repository for all the knowledge on earth, i think its doing a good job.
Snopes: This is an urban legends website that is definately worth the visit. You'll spend hours reading each of them, and then go to the message boards, always new & entertaining.
Google: If you have used a computer in the last 5 years you know what this is.
Break: Ok, so the site is more suited to guys but its entertaining, you get some wierd things showing up there too.
My Site: Joking
Wrestleview: For those of you who watch wrestling, and really, who doesnt, there is no better place.

Quote of the Day:
"Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may. " Tyler Durden

live from the trade show

Oh man this is going better than I thought its looks like it won't entirely suck

The long hard road out of uni.

Tomorrow. Four years worth of studying leads up to tomorrow. My last day of uni classes ever. I can't enjoy this moment like i should because i have a lot of assessments breathing down my neck, all of which are also due tomorrow. It is for this reason i dont have a whole lot to pass on. There may be some random streams of useless in this post. Such as:
In Smallville, whenever Clark goes to visit Lex, Lex is always drinking scotch. Why doesnt he ever offer Clark and, i know he's supposed to be underage, but its not like he has to accept it. Lex is supposed to be his friend, and as i always say, any friend who wont offer you some scotch, is no friend at all.

Life Update: Well as i said, busy, busy, busy with uni. Not so much with work, but its still there. My sister got a job at the only coffee place i regularly go to, so annoying i cant describe. Kinda bored, miss not seeing Lana being able to talk to her about all the little things.
I love my phone, it is so damn good, seriously everyone needs to get one. Everyone go and get one. NOW.
Bought 'Pride of Baghdad' yesterday, i have very high hopes for the book, supposed to be brilliant.

Stories from the 'road': I am stealing this first bit from someone (took me 5 tries to write that word) elses blog but its still cool. Anyway the American retailer Wal-Mart has demanded from music industry to lower the prices of CD's. They want all CD's to be under ten dollars, and heres the kicker, odds are they'll get it because WalMart makes up almost 20% of the music sales in America, yet all those sales account for only 2% of Wal Marts sales, 2. Dont mess with Wal Mart.
Also if you havent been introduced to the world of Chad Vader, Darths younger brother then you must see it now.

Daily Top Five (Top 5 Main Meals):
Spaghetti - Any kind
Steak
Baked Dinner
Enchiladas
Seafood

Quote of the Day:
Lex Luthor (Superman 2) - "He switched it. He did to them. The lights were on out here, while he was safe in there."

We now return to your regularly scheduled blogging

Ok, as much as possible i will try and refrain from any more BUI (Blogging Under the Influence) which is what lead to the last post. That and i wanted to see how hard it would be to do from my phone.
For the record, its easy.

Life Update: It has been a busy couple of days since my last post, so ill catch every one up. Lot of uni work being done / still to do.
BUT
This marks the last week of uni i will ever do. Typing that just now makes me realise how screwed i am and how big a deal this is. Anyway, ill be glad when all the work is done.
Spent Friday night at Alanas house. Again a great night. Spent part of it laying down on the road, talking & listening. Just as good as someones roof.
Work has been frustrating, because i want to quit more and more everyday. Call me arrogant but that place is beneath me, god that place sucks.

Stories from the 'road': Informatio super HIGH WAY, get it. Huh. Funny, no. Honestly i really dont have anything to add this time. I have been too busy for any real recreational browsing.
Follow up to an earlier article ('The amazing web of spiderman') the Esquire sexiest woman in the world was Scarlett Johansson, so i was on the right track, even if i don't 100 agree.

Daily Top 5 - Top 5 Shows (Comedy):
Arrested Development
Sienfeld
The Simpsons
Scrubs
Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Quote of the Day: "My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

first blog from my mobile

Typing this from my new phone will update the rest later

House of Mathew. I think it will catch on.

Coming to you live and direct from the McKinnon Cafeteria, at lunch time, its your next installment of divine words. Don't have much to say to start this one off. Lots of stuff to do, so ill get down to it.

Life Update: As i said, pretty busy with Uni. I have a list of all the things i need to do, and once i cross off everything i am done with uni. That will be a huge feeling of accomplishment. May have to cut work out for next week, at least the web developer job. Too much other stuff to do.
Have to race home today, because after months of me harrasing the people at Telstra, and for that guys im sorry, they have finally release my next mobile. It may not have all the toys other phones have, no 2MP camera for example, but it does have the internet & messenger. Both of which will be so useful.
While writing this i am also, watching videos, typing a user manual, using software for the manual and surfing the net. I need to relax.
Shamrock Vs Ortiz 3 was a bit of a let down, ended much the same way thier second fight did (TKO in the first round). Shame, well doesnt mean i cant still enjoy classic fights from YouTube, or Sherdog.

The Amazing InterWeb: Im still not happy with this title, so ill try something new each time untill i hit upon gold. Speaking of gold. YouTube, everyones favourite viral video site was bought by Google for the price of 1.68 BILLION dollars. I can make websites, i can do this. I need a good idea first.
Nothing else major to report. No especially great videos, at least nothing worth mentioning.

Daily Top 5: Top 5 Games:
Rome Total War (PC)
No Mercy (N64)
The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion (PC)
Fight Night Round 3 (PS2)
Lego Star Wars(PC)

Quote of the Day:
"Al Swearengen: Sometimes I wish we could just hit 'em over the head, rob 'em, and throw their bodies in the creek.
Cy Tolliver: But that would be wrong. " - Deadwood

Avengers Assemble

How does one keep a blog interesting. Apart from jotting down any interesting, or less than, events that happen during the day, there is not much to talk about.
So i will try and write each post with a purpose. Nothing heavy, just not rambling streams of my mental collapse (they will be kept to one a fortnight).
As you can tell this is more of a mission statement blog, promising you, my loyal reader, the best damn blog worth reading. I think ill break it into sections, like a magazine.

Life Update: Spent a fair but of time working, at my web design job and at the club, as well as uni work. Finally got Java Path Finder working, but the code i got sent has no errors. Yay. I am 'aquiring' (dont steal TV Show's) Arrested Development Season 1 for ipod, as well as the pilot for 'Heroes', it looks interesting. Alana is away which sucks. I realise just how much i miss her when i have some stupid comment i want to tell, or sms her and can't. Its annoying, and not something i want to get used to.

The Amazing Web of Spiderman: Great video at this link of Biff from 'Back to the Future' singing about his life. Really funny stuff.
Also if you want to have a guess at this its esquire sexiest woman in the world 06. Right now my money is on Scarlett Johansson or Charlize Theron.

Daily Top 5: Songs 1. Johnny Cash - Ive been Everywhere
2. AFI - Miss Murder.
3. Will Smith - I wish i made that / Swagger.
4. Save Me - Remy Zero
5. Nelly Furtado - Turn off the light.

Quote of the Day: "Dad, you have no idea what I'm capable of." - Lex Luthor (Smallville).

Will Smith still kicks ass

Spent a lot of time catching up with some old dvds lately. If you havent seen Deadwood or Arrested Development you should go and get them now, Ill wait.
Seriously, its 11:20 at night i have nothing else to do.
...
Got them? Good.
They are the pinnacle of scripted drama and sitcom. Too many quotable lines to list here.

Uni is going well, except for the extension given the day the assignment is due that everyone BUT us knew about.
Two weeks to go. Its to good to be true.

Money, Money, Money. I wish you could buy free time. $100 dollars buys you 2 hours where you have nothing to do but relax and do anything. No worrying about assignment, no work. Nothing.
I do get some free time, watching dvds, but even then im doing something else, during Arrested i was cooking, and i did a little uni work during Deadwood.

My drawing is showing signs of improvement. Practise is definately the key.

Wish i had angel wings.
Think ill go buy something off eBay, havent decided what just yet, something cool though.

Go and check out this trailer 300 Trailer. It will knock you out and destroy your thousand nation army.

Quote of the day (From the Trailer):
"Our arrows will blot out the sun"
"Then we will fight in the shade"

Ok, This Bacons Done.

Got that from the Simpsons, still funny.

Seriously want to play the new Superman game. Need a 360 for it though. Wont get myself one of those till i graduate. I suppose the wait is good.
I was thinking about that earlier, the on demand way I, and i suppose many live their life. I feel that although i have patience i have no need for it, if i want to watch something i put the DVD in, if i want to hear a song, i download it. Is this a better thing? Im going to say....yes. Getting most things on demand makes you appreciate things you have to wait for even more.

Today had its highs and middles. Didnt do a whole lot, i mean some assignments but still, a feeling of a day wasted. But I did see Alana, and that makes everyday that much better, hell it makes even a bland day like today seem worthwhile.
My group is so not going to have anything to hand in tomorrow, its all on me, and I am the man.

it seems like a tradgedy something i love to do, drawing, ill always suck at. Such a shame, but i will keep trying though, i am slowly getting better, and i suppose i compare myself against some pretty good artisits, such as:
I suppose, this being divine words i should impart some wisdom.
Never, ever give up. Never even think about giving up. This is what stops so many people. It comes down to a matter of perspective. Rather than thinking, "I could never do this", think "How can i do this, what will it take etc"
Thats all you get for now.


Quote of the Day:
" A good friend will bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be sitting right next to you sayin "That was f*%king awesome!!!" "

Divine Words Seat of Heat (Totally Ripping off the Daily Show, I know):
"If time stopped for the rest of the planet, for 48 Hours, what would you do?"

An interesting weekend.

Any weekend where at one point your sitting on some random persons roof with a friend drinking is probably heading towards being a good weekend. But i have a skewed sense of what fun is.
The topic of TV came up. How in the last few years reality has been, watered down to a select few shows that have proven themselves (idol, dancing um i dont know but assume there are more), and in direct contrast to this a number of scripted shows are burning up the charts (Prison Break, Lost, Desperate etc). I realise this has been going on for a while....
MY POINT IS:
my favoutire TV shows are - Simpsons, Arrested Development, Sopranos, Curb / Sienfeld, Deadwood, Entourage, Scurbs & Boston Legal.

Bought my very first thing from iTunes today. I feel like now im part of the party, the keep it legal party. Dont steal music.
As im writing this i find out that i cant move the stuff on unless i update my ipod, not a big deal, just annoying. Speaking of annoying why cant i buy things from the american iTunes store.
The thing i bought from iTunes, Pixars - "Boundin". The four minute movie from the start of "The Incredibles".
I also just bought the second season of "The Ricky Gervais Show".

Quote of the day:
"Well, then, business will have to suffer, alright? And listen -- do me a favor, Tom -- No more advice on how to patch things up. Just help me win, please, alright?"