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Things seem to be slowly improving so that’s good news I guess. I guess about this time last month I was panicking about my financial situation and then there was a death in the family which was a bit of a shock and hard to handle in a few ways and I guess it all got to me. Financially I guess I blew a bit of cash throughout the year so I’m looking to tighten that up for now. Hopefully with my next pay I’ll completely pay of my credit card with my pay and the crap I’ve sold. And yeah, I’ve sold some things on EBay and the like, a few things I would like to keep but for the most part it was just baggage, things I wasn’t using now or haven’t in years and given I live in an apartment with limited space selling some crap I don’t need is probably a good idea regardless of where my finances were. The end game here I guess is to drastically reduce my credit card limit so its never more than what I can pay off at the end of the month and hopefully save some money. That’s been a bit of an issue but I have a few holidays I’d really like to make so perhaps with an actual goal this will be easier. See how I go and I think I just need to stay proactive because most of my expenses come from me being bored and looking for toys to distract me.

As for the death, it’s kind of weird how that effects you. It wasn’t so much the fact I lost an Auntie (I have a few memories of her which I hold fond) that upset me but the realisation that not only did I not know her anywhere near as much as I would like, but going to Sydney and meeting the rellies was such a fantastic experience that upon arriving home it’s hard to deal with the fact that I don’t know any of the extended family. One relative joked when saying good bye that we’d all catch up again when either ‘someone dies or gets married’ which is actually a rather unfortunate truth. Anyway I might make an effort to get there in Jan, not only to see the family but friends in general. It’ll also be an opportunity to visit Sydney on my own time table, which I’ve never been able to do in the past.

Anyway, I guess my PMS is subsiding and I feel better about how things are currently on all accounts besides my best friend moving out but I knew this day was coming.

Here is a late upload of a selection of pics taken from the Gold Coast trip. Most are already available on my facebook account.

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This is basically the main reason I got the Headphones
Was for Listening to Lecture Tapes
Very Pleased with the Purchase

Wow, I’ve never heard of anyone buying $350 headphones to listen to lecture tapes. Whatever floats your boat.

Edit: To be nice to Troy, what he meant is he ordered them when he did because Uni was starting now.

Anyway the holidays have come and gone rather suddenly as I am sure most people will agree. Second semester for me always feels much less pleasant than the first, usually because your just so tired. Never the less life goes on and I won’t make too much of a complaint about how the holidays felt so short because I’m sure everyone will be hearing that from Troy anyway (Tonight I think was the third or 4th time).

Anyway I’ll have to update the uni section later on down the track but for the benefir of others heres a very quick uni timetable rundown.

• Mon – 10:00 – 12:00
• Tues – 09:00 – 02:00
• Wed – 12:00 – 04:00
• Fri – 11:00 – 01:00

In other news I have a variety of concerts lined up including Marilyn Manson, Silverchair + Powderfinger (Powder chair/Silver Finger) and My Chemical Romance. Fun times indeed and for two of the three I’ll even have company. How pleasant.

And in other news almost as monumental as the arrival of Vista, I am now moving off Bigpond and getting onto iiNet in order to get ADSL2+. Overall the plan costs $10 more but offers me 60GB download a month as opposed to 12GB and at an expected 10x the speed although theres no real way to know what I will achieve speed wise. I’m awaiting confirmation tomorrow morning although I did get one email saying a port on The Gap exchange has been reserved for me although I would like some more concrete email notification to address other account related issues. If all goes well I may even go to Umart on the way home and purchase an ADSL2+ Gateway. I had played with the idea of spending $100 more to get a Draft N version but ultimately I don’t think I need it just yet for the tasks I will be doing.

Other thing’s I’m considering buying soon are the Ultimate Ears Earbuds which are 15% off currently. That said I dont like the fact the clear model costs $20US more than the other two so either I can go the others, pay more, or hope they go on sale again. I have a few days until I have to make any real decision regarding that.

Ohh and lastly I need to get back to applying for work and will be going to a careers expo Thursday to cover that. Along with that I need to submit my tax which I believe I have completed as well as a possible Youth Allowance form which I believe I am able to claim.

OMFG! It’s TWO days until Transformers. I so can’t wait. I don’t think it could possibly live up to 300 which was the most kick arse documentary I have ever seen (Michael Moore eat your heart out), but the movie none the less looks so fucking awesome. The girl at work said she didn’t really get the appeal. I was like, “Dude, their big fucking robot cars that turn into robots and fight”. I would love to say that at that moment her mouth hit the floor but unfortunately she just starred at me. Ahh well, another Notting Hill fan I guess.

Anyway just sent an sms to the boss asking for permission to use him on my CV for the applications to Global-Roam and Boeing for vacation work these holidays. I’ll see how they go. I’ll also need to pick up some job search papers or something and just phone around I think. I’d say realistically I won’t get the full 60 days done these holidays but if I can get anywhere over 40 to 50 I will be quite happy.

And now I have a big choice. Do I play some Viva Pinata or do I start actually trying to sort these 150 cd’s here so I can start ripping them. I think I’ll put them in alphabetical order for the moment and burn them later or something. That seems like the smart way. Ohh and while I’m at it I’ve almost finished the worms game I believe so thats GREAT news.

Ohh and Uni results are out in just over a week too. I’ll post how they go I guess. I’m also tempted to update this site over the holidays, maybe make or find a more distinctive theme. Just an idea anyway. I might cull some of the less quality header images. You may or may not have noticed I got rid of two of the bad offenders.

Last but not least I’m strongly considering just buying my sound card now for the new PC. I just need to investigate one or two things and also whether I’m better off ordering international or not. That will depend partially on Creatives warranty policies along with how much shipping would be.

Ohh and BTW. We NEED to get tickets to the Silverchair + Powderfinger concert. That really should be a good show.