urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes Sarah Sarah 2009-05-11T08:43:48Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:231994 2009-05-11T08:43:48Z 2009-05-11T08:43:48Z Now in what business world can you do the following: Ignore an email for fave days then clearly acknowledge how OTHER people are more important hence the lack of a response to the initial query. (Spelling an grammatical errors included for good measure!)<br /><br />JUST SAY IT: YOU ARE AN AFTERTHOUGHT.<br /><br />************<br /><br />Mon, May 11, 2009 at 7:36 AM<br /><br />Dear Sarah,<br /> <br />I have been waiting for a couple of other tentative meeting committments early this wek to resolve to finalize my availability. Tomorrow morning before 9am would be fine. It is rather late notice now, but this morning about 10am or late in the day today. would also be OK.<br /> <br />Regards,<br />Lea.<br /><br /><br />*************<br /><br /><br />The paperwork for my degree came through this afternoon. I got a shit mark and feel like a complete fucking failure. Three years of dealing with the above is not acknowledged at all in my degree. God, I just want to bang my head against the wall as hard as I can. Give me the last three years back. Please. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:231894 2009-05-10T02:19:52Z 2009-05-10T02:22:31Z I dont post in here very often. For most of the last 8 months I have lived somewhere with no internet or sporadic unreliable internet. Welcome to Australia. Anyways, the internet is not my complaint today. <br /><br />This could be the first (or most recent) entry of perhaps a new blog of dealing with Grad School supervisors who clearly don't give a fuck as shown through their behaviour of treating you like a complete afterthought.<br /><br />The only thing I edited out was email address and signatures. Pay attention to the dates of the emails and the lack of "dear/ to" and actually signing the emails in some cases. I can't decide if that is better or worse then pretending we are in an episode of Gossip Girl and using only first name initials. The one word or one line responses unfortunately or something of an commonality. But again, is it better or worse than no response at all?<br /><br />Maybe the next chain of emails will be when she arranged two meeting with me then didn't bother to show up!<br /><br /><br /><br />****************************<br /><br />Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:00 PM<br /><br />Dear Lea,<br /><br />I have attached my Thesis files that have been submitted to Mark for his review. He has said he will be consulting with you on these amendments.<br /><br />In preparation for my Thesis to be finalized and printing the final copies, does your offer for the lab to pay for Thesis binding and submission in final form still stand?<br /><br />Regards,<br />Sarah<br /><br /><br />Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 5:23 PM<br /><br />Thanks for these files Sarah.<br />The lab will make a contribution to the costs. If you obtain information /quotes about the specific costs involved I can give you a firm indication in advance or if you provide me with the receipt when you are done I can dermine at that stage.<br />Regards,<br />Lea<br /> <br /><br />Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:47 AM<br /><br />Dear Lea,<br /><br />Thank you that would be appreciated for the lab to make a contribution. The lowest quote I have received is $240 all up for final submission of the Thesis. If you can let me know if this is suitable that would be good.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Sarah<br /><br /><br />Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:08 AM<br /><br />Can you forward me details of quote please?<br /><br /><br />Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:26 AM<br /><br />Printing $55 at SGS print room + Binding $65 verbal quote over the phone = $120 per copy. x 2 = $240.<br /><br /><br />Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:36 AM<br /><br />Sarah,<br /> <br />The lab can cover the cost of 3 bound copies - the two that need to be submitted and one for me. I will reimburse you - you will need to keep the reciept. Hope this helps.<br /> <br />I understand that Mark will be getting back to you very shortly if he has not already done so.<br /> <br />Regards,<br />Lea.<br /><br /><br />Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 10:09 AM<br /><br />Hi Lea,<br /><br />That will be much appreciated. Just to clarify, the lab is willing to cover $360 of the submission process? ($120 x 3)<br /><br />Regards,<br />Sarah<br /><br /><br />Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:50 PM<br /><br />Yes.<br /> <br /><br />Wed, May 6, 2009 at 10:46 PM<br /><br />Dear Lea,<br /><br />I have a copy of my Thesis for you as requested. I can drop it off Monday or Tuesday morning prior to 9am if you are available.<br /><br />The total cost of the submission process was $327.10. It would be appreciated if you could reimburse me at that time.<br /><br />Sarah<br /><br /><br />Sun, May 10, 2009 at 11:32 AM<br /><br />Dear Lea,<br /><br />Did you receive my previous email? I await a response from you.<br /><br />Sarah<br /><br />*****************************<br /><br />And how long will I wait for a response to this one!? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:231551 2009-01-01T10:22:42Z 2009-01-01T10:34:03Z QOTSA - You Think I Ain't Worth A Dollar But I Feel like Millionaire i saw someone else posting a list of all the good things that happened over the last 365 days. 2008 was far from a perfect year, but some absolutely fantastic things happened among all the bullshit drama i could have done without. i will focus on those and leave out the items that i will preferably be deleting from memory.<br /><br />all the good stuff:<br /><br />ringing in the 2008 New Year with Marian and Ciaran at a house party<br />having my Mum come to visit<br />40C weather in Melbourne<br />going to Byron Bay and a return to Surfers Paradise<br />holding a koala (again) at the Australia Zoo<br />NEW ZEALAND<br />cruising on Milford Sound<br />doing the Lord of the Rings Tour and dressing up in costumes<br />everything about Queenstown<br />Emma and Stu visiting from Sydney<br />Gaby visiting from Japan<br />arvo beers at the Belgian Bier Cafe with friends<br />the UNKLE show at the Prince of Wales<br />watching Pearl Jam videos and drinking too much at WoyWoy<br />Polly Jean Harvey @Hamer Hall<br />my birthday @Bimbo Deluxe<br />the last Saturday in Melbourne drinking with Steph and Megan @the Deck, Phoenix and back at Cherry Bar<br />kebabs from Stalactites<br />last night in my apartment hanging out with Sonia, Dawn, Nadeen and Claire<br />going home<br />getting the window seat I wanted 'upstairs' on Qantas<br />seeing friends again<br />being able to DRIVE<br />the many trips to West 50<br />seeing Karen and Steph on Easter weekend<br />flying out West to Vancouver<br />staying with Carol and Matt<br />hanging out with Jen<br />drinking beer with Jeremy<br />driving to Seattle<br />staying with Grant in Capitol Hill<br />QUEENS OF THE MOTHERFUCKING STONE AGE TOUR<br />losing 5 pounds due to sweat in Saskatoon<br />the intoxication in Regina<br />Infinity (OMG!.. lol)<br />the club district in Toronto<br />Bloor Street<br />Lee`s Palace<br />seeing Sex and the City with Michelle<br />New York City<br />finally meeting Charlene<br />meeting Josee<br />MADISON SQUARE GARDENS<br />the Drake<br />American friends at the ACC<br />hanging with Jason NIN preshow<br />the Loose Moose<br />Lauren`s friends bachelorette @Flirty Girl Fitness<br />having lunch with Robin after about 12 years<br />visiting Montreal<br />Eddie Vedder shows<br />hanging with Josee and driving to Ottawa<br />Massey Hall night 2<br />roading trippin` to the USA<br />LIGHTS IN THE SKY<br />shopping for cheap commodities at Target<br />more NIN<br />returning to the land Down Under (and not being in tears on the plane)<br />seeing friends again<br />falling alseep at Spleen<br />getting a job for the first time in over 2 and a half years<br />having an awesome boss<br />learning more about Melbourne and the fab transit system<br />working a conference at the casino<br />dinner on the Tram Car Restaurant<br />the work cocktail party and the afterparty<br />Mads' 30th<br />Melbourne Cup (members style!) with Jacci<br />getting free members tickets to Stakes Day<br />moving and having great housemates<br />corporate life<br />finally submitting that MF Thesis<br />Kirsty's 30th<br />sitting at the airport with Gaby and Steph<br />still employed at the end of the year<br />Christmas in the country --my first UDL<br />NYE with the ETS crew<br /><br />too many drinks to count<br /><br />all of my friends<br /><br />MFO LULZ urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:231259 2008-10-17T23:29:33Z 2008-10-17T23:29:33Z look how l337 ive become, using a mac and everything.<br /><br />i now living beside flemmington racecourse. i was warned yesterday that spring carnival is going to be the worst two weeks of y life with people everywhere. oh joy. i was looking forward to having the trains running to that station or the week. just not the hundred thousand people in my way.<br /><br />still working on the thesis things. the amazing things that the supervisor have said to me include: 'i didnt think you were going to finish once you left melbourne', 'have you been working as a waitress while at home', 'have you been traveling?' (that one was between our first and second meetings. the next suburb i am going to try out will be kensington, because it seems like money grows on trees there!<br /><br />new sporadic internet at this house. telstra is retarded (we all knew that anyways) and didnt realize new houses were being built, so didnt bother to have cable connected for phone, internet or tv. december before all that fun stuff is supposed to be connected.. when it will actually get done who knows.<br /><br />its birthdays weekend.. i have a 25th and a 30th to go to today and tomorrow. should be fun to go back to 'my old house' in camberwell and meet the parents ;-) that side of town was fun to live in. seems like everywhere means going through the city at peak hour in the morning. the most surprising best way to do that was from carlton north. hardly any traffic and i already had a seat on the tram by the time it got to flinders. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:231108 2008-10-10T10:50:10Z 2008-10-10T10:51:17Z I think Ive been back for a month now. Very busy time indeed. I have lived with two extraordinary people who let me sleep in their spare rooms or living rooms and it was very generous of them. I was supposed to move into a 3rd persons house tonight, but not surprisingly she bailed on me yesterday. Pretty sad when a so called friend cant tell you in advance, but you have the foresight to see it coming. Maybe Ill talk to her more when i get back to Canada since the line of communication has been out for weeks. Thankfully I have other awesome friends and I will be moving now on Monday night to North Carlton for the rest of the week. The city tour it is. <br /><br />I am actually scared of what the election on Tuesday will bring. I cant vote since im overseas, and its not like my riding goes anything other than red. From what I have heard and read the the stock market crash has made the media even more left wing than before, enticing continued bashing of Harper for the millions of bad things he has done.. like not imitating American policies so that banks are completely fucked. Isnt good that we have a working class Prime Minister? No really. Most people dont know whats its like to have everything handed to you on a silver platter the way former leader have. Some one who had to work for a living seems like they will be more in touch with what regular people want than, I dunno, lawyers with money pouring out their ears? If the liberals get back in, im not coming home. Ugh. Dion as a leader would just be a joke, not to mention I hate how one sided the policies are. I too would love to have qualified for student loans to fund my higher education. Thank you Chretien government for putting me in debt. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:230676 2008-09-20T00:54:15Z 2008-09-20T00:55:13Z It is incredibly difficult to do this round of edits on the Thesis. I continue to get more and more mad as this morning goes on.<br /><br />I know why I went to the gym so much and spend so much time procrastination online over the last six months.<br /><br />This morning alone, I have unsubscribed from at least 10 mailing lists of garbage that fills up my inbox. WTF.<br /><br />The light rain has stopped, for now.<br /><br />More alcohols tonight, and I really dont want to fall asleep on this one. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:230618 2008-09-06T14:39:44Z 2008-09-06T14:39:44Z The last week has been pretty much a blur. Trying to get organized and sort out everything in Mississauga and prepare to leave. I have been to the doctor's 4 times in the last month.. yay fun. That took up a lot of my free time waiting in their waiting room. Promptness means nothing. Little trips to places that involve organization so that I could have a car to get there in. I cant wait to get out of the suburbs. <br /><br />Coincidentally one of my oldest friends was home for the last few weeks and we got to catch up a couple of times. We tried to figure out when the last time we saw each other was and could pin to 3 years ago, but we werent certain about it. That was nice, I hadnt talked to her since right before Christmas of last year.<br /><br />My Thesis draft is finally completely. Lack of communication all the way. I have nothing nice to say about the University or the lab at the current time. After doing a Hons.B.Sc. in a school that more than 70,000 people attended I have never felt more like a number in a situation where I was supposed to have direct interaction and contact with my "teachers". What a joke.<br />Because the supervisor has no idea of anything that doesnt relate to work, I had to relive the poisonous time of 2006 when I was trying to leave Grad House. I feel like sending them an email saying I am suing them for harassment. I have never wanted to watch anyone be beat over the head with a brick more than that cow that works at the front desk of that place. DIE. How come the top people I cannot stand are all in the same city?<br /><br />My Dad's birthday is today so we have more family fun tonight. The house is full which is shit cause my packing room has someone sleeping in it currently and I cant kick them out..<br />Hrmm. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:230173 2008-08-11T23:15:53Z 2008-08-11T23:23:28Z The Montreal shows were a lot better than I expected. All the Pearl Jam songs I dont particularly care for in live shows.. stuff that stalls the first encore and loses momentum, yah well, Eddie rocks them.<br /><br />Highlights:<br /><br />Man of the Hour, Driftin', TYYAM w/ Liam, Masters of War, Let My Love Open the Door, the NEW SONG!, Blackbird, Lukin and Motherfucking PORCH!!!<br /><br />EV teasing DTE the first night and RVM the second when someone shouted for it.. doing the guitar behind his head and everything. He's been taking guitar lessons with Mike McCready ;-) And Mike is doing fine, he's still handsome (erm, or something like that).<br /><br />People that ask for attention need to DIE. Sit you ass down Eddie does not need to see you act as a conductor during Small Town. Although, that idiot STFU after he got a beer. But for real, if it isnt people yelling stupid shit, its them still competeing with "I can wave my arms more than you can!" Youre clearly over 35: GROW UP.<br /><br />The guy who got his kid pulled up on stage was a real douche. No one wanted to see your dumb ass walk out on stage. The girl looked petrified and hardly looked at the crowd. Apparently this is the new way to live through your children: bring them to a Pearl Jam or related show, have band members spot them and give them items off the stage like tambourines or guitar plects, so that you can feel gratified your ugly mug didnt get anything. Seriously?<br /><br />Playing "Ooh Boston!" was entertaining too. <br /><br />Liam and EJ: Aside from the fact they are RAD, how cute were they the second night drinking water because they were still hung over from the night before.. At 8pm. I know Aussies go hard.. The first night they both had a glass of red wine.<br /><br />oh, and I got in <i>trouble</i> during Trouble.. (haha) for taking photos with no flash. Second song in, I am told I will have to check my camera I say I will stop and put it away. Asshole venue security says that if he sees it again I will be kicked out. Two people in front of me have a cell phone and/ or a camera using flash out for the rest of the show. WTF? Yah, its fucking rude to use flash so I wasnt. Everyone else WAS and got to keep their cameras. <br /><br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3133/2754317751_915152e23a_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2754318201_8a20cecde9_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3029/2754318771_7a311c25bf_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2754317423_5ea1ab015c_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3228/2755149302_ea67e71208_m.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3289/2755148110_b7d77dcccd_m.jpg"></center> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:230063 2008-08-03T03:35:14Z 2008-08-03T03:46:13Z here's TR watching that poser 'we need money so lets have a reunion' band aka. rage against our bank accounts, at Lolla today. is it weird that the second thing i noticed about this photo is 'hey, there's Pete!'<br /><br /><centre><img src="http://www.nin.com/uploaded_images/photo-771351-771426.jpg" length="300" width="400&quot;"></centre><br /><br />lots of not so much going on recently. three people i know decided to fly to chicago this morning.. from buffalo. i am jealous they have cars to get themselves to america and the land of cheaper domestic travel that leaving from my local airport. these guys decided on wednesday that it would be fun to go to chicago for the long weekend. when i found this out last night i was thinking, good on ya for finally seeing my way of thinking: "hey, lets go to &lt; insert city here &gt; um, now!" anyways, they left at 7am to get to the border and make sure they got into america in time for their flight. <br /><br />my brother and his gf left this morning just after 6.. so my Dad tells me, i was fast asleep.. with the intention of missing border queues as well. i think they made it across without any dramas because at 10:30 am they were just north of pittsburg ready for a full day of shopping. <br /><br />tonight i had a most random aural craving of listening to REM. instead of just d/l'ing albums i went to go find my cds. what a completely foreign concept these days to go back to those silver discs.<br /><br />my kick ass long weekend involves my usual of procrastinating and working on my totally awesome thesis. booyaa. beat that people who actually leave their houses! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:229519 2008-07-23T07:21:31Z 2008-07-23T07:29:16Z when i was editing drafts in february.. yes THAT long ago, M used to marvel at how marked up they were. maybe i am that stupud. this is either draft 3 or 4 of a result chapter, that has been corrected multiple times already. i literally LOLed at this because i wasnt expecting it to be this penciled over.<br /><br /><center><img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p41/SarahCanada/Random/DSCN9587.jpg" length="384" width="279"><img src="http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p41/SarahCanada/Random/DSCN9588.jpg" length="384" width="279"></center><br /><br /><br />best comments on everything i got in the mail today include:<br /><br />"this paragraph is completely elusive- what is the point?"<br />"this is an unfortunate choice of terminology."<br /><br />thank goodness my hormones are at a low point this week. two weeks ago was one of the worst weeks in my life, i would not be able to handle that again. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:229244 2008-07-21T18:49:21Z 2008-07-21T18:49:48Z i think ive watched this about 40 times already.<br /><br /><lj-embed id="8" /> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:228918 2008-07-19T06:49:39Z 2008-07-19T06:51:52Z wow was the google earth scavenger hunt entertaining to watch today. at best, im on a lazy person on pacific time so the map went up as i was getting out of bed.<br /><br />TR gets full marks on original ways to run a "contest", so fucking awesome. it was a fabulous idea because most fans are more than happy to put in some effort to get to a show (maybe? the radio contest winners are apparently getting a movie screening so ill just assume its an event). i was chatting with someone earlier about how radio contest winners, in the case of randomness, are not usually the ones who really deserve to be there. more often that not its casual fan who happen to like the latest radio single or the big hit from the 90s. anyways, this was a bad ass way to give out tickets and did i feel for the people in LA who were at work and couldnt leave to drive around the city. that would kill me too..<br /><br />i went to see the dark knight tonight.. basically because id heard good word of mouth on it from people who are not comic book geeks. and i liked it, but it was way too long. like an hour too long so that i was waiting for it to finish because id already been sitting there for two hours. not that it didnt keep up the pace, but it was just too much. i loved it when the location changed to hong kong and batman jumps off the IFC tower. happy nostalgia for hk right there...<br /><br />heath did a fabulous job as the joker. there was only once or twice, where it really looked like him shining through the makeup. the last thing i saw him in was brokeback mountain.. but when the joker is sitting in the police cell, behind bars it was a trademark heath pose. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:228613 2008-07-17T04:38:22Z 2008-07-17T05:03:34Z not that i am a big believer, ok not at all, of horoscopes, this s what mine read today:<br /><br />"There are many who would be willing to swap their concerns for yours. You may be waiting for something or someone. Its making you anxious. But if you get a quarter of what you are hoping for, youll be laughing. And you will get that at least."<br /><br /><b>who wants to TRADE??</b><br /><br />today felt like it should have been a friday. it was just shitty in that way that i want the week to be over, cause weekends are so much better /sarcasm.. so um yah the week is only half over. <br /><br />over last weekend at my gym there were some extremely annoying girls in the studio after class the classes were over. from my understanding of the studio, is outside of structured class times its basically a free for all to use the light free weights and mats for stretching that they use in the aerobics classes. these girls were doing neither. they were practicing a dance routine. first, their music was way too fucking loud such that i could not hear the music coming through my headphone. and they would stop the stop and go back every 30 seconds when one of them would fuck up. it was indian music.. which on a normal day i wouldnt have a problem with other than the volume. i wouldnt go as far to say that i like indian music but it has a good beat and its happy music. and who dances to indian music? yep, stereotypical indian high school girls. cue loudness and screaming and general annoying behaviour. some people just are their stereotypes. on sunday i went elsewhere to my do stretching because i could not take any of incessantly loud music being played over nd over. they were there again on monday and i went and complained about them. the guy at the reception desk said that i should have said something sooner, before i finished what i was doing in the studio because they didnt have permission to use the sound system and he would have told them to leave. thankfully i have not seen them and their annoying behaviour since monday. <br /><br />tonight the studio was empty.. i was doing a bit of a leg work out and decided it would be a good idea to do lunges across the length of the floor. the last time i did that exercise i was still swimming so i was probably about 15.. and it hurt like hell to do it because i have bad knees (or i used to). i had a little practice to make sure my form wasnt total shit and then went to pick up a bar. the lightest bar is 10 lbs. yep, that was the one i was gonna go with. i was doing ok on the first length, coming back was ok too.. then halfway through the 3rd length a muscle in my inner thigh felt like it was about to tear and that was the end of the that. probably wont be trying it again for a few weeks. i hate lifting weights but feel that i should be doing something because cardio really doesnt much muscle toning. i try to incorporate a couple of things inbetween cardio sets so that i mentally feel like im making an effort. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:228602 2008-07-15T23:56:28Z 2008-07-15T23:57:28Z im going to complain about something other than my thesis for a change. <br /><br />last friday i get a call on my cell phone from the wireless provider asking to speak to my Dad. we have the family plan thing, so the account isnt in my name. im not sure why but i said he wasnt there, i certainly didnt want to talk to the person, and they asked when they could call back to speak to him. i gave them a time. firstly, i was annoyed because i hate getting telemarketers on my cell phone. this is what land lines are for: so you can ignore them.<br />i got calls everyday since friday, including at 9:10 yesterday morning when the fucking phone woke me up. since the caller id shows an 1-866 number i ignored all the calls. until this afternoon, i picked up because i dont want them fucking calling me again and again. the girl asks to speak to my Dad again, this time i flat out say its not his phone number. is my name on the account?.. yes. oh goody, that was the answer they wanted so she could pester me with questions. first question is are you happy with your Rogers services? i ask is she means all services because the answer to that is fuck no, or just wireless, where the answer is still no. just wireless. yah i am unhappy with the text charges for overseas and the text price to send to the US went up by $0.10 per text in july and that i charged an obscene amount to send text from the US while im roaming there. oh well would i like to put an international text plan on my account. no i wouldnt. i continue to voice my displeasure of how i think its a bit much to be charged for incoming calls when i am outside of my local area code. i am under the impression that in the US most providers have basically all long distance outgoing and incoming is priced as local calls. thats how it was in AUS too. when i am in burlington i am on incoming call roaming charges. its a 30 minute drive away and the same area code. i tell the caller this, politely, and her response is that all services are like that. i give her my examples of in other countries it is not this way and i dont remember what her response was but something along the lines of all service providers will charge you when you leave your local area. i politely say that you asked me my opinion and this is my opinion of your service, i am charged too much and you dont offer what i, the paying customer, wants.<br /><br />at least now they wont have to fucking call me everyday. <br /><br />i was watching something on the bbc recently about how in europe there is some sort of legislation going to come into play forcing all airlines to include all mandatory fees in the advertised price of their fares. it wont include everything because you dont <i>have</i> to bring a carry on or checked piece of luggage with you, but all the airport taxes and other bullshit they hide after the advertised fares must be in there. according to the news story, all the big name airlines were backing this.. <i>that</i> doesnt come as a surprise because if everyone is under the same rules the advertising wars are going to be exaclty the same, only the price you see will be higher than it was before. <br />randomly i was looking up flights to the UK the other day.. its $1500 to fly to London. yah.. holy crap. cheap(er) fares to Madchester but still well over $1K. as recently as a few months ago when i was still thinking of flying to NYC when i went, it was $790 CAD to LHR. okay, i know its peak season to go to Europe but still its retarded since i can get to the South Pacific for $2K which is a lot further. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:228272 2008-07-14T23:54:38Z 2008-07-14T23:55:08Z so, if 'rock star' doesnt work out so well, at least he has the trucker image down pat. :P<br /><br /><img src="http://i348.photobucket.com/albums/q324/wildpearl/Rock%20Honors/70.jpg" width="246" length="300" border="1"><br /><br /><br /><br />i was going to write something for real but i spent my 'free time' online doing random shit and now have to make myself go back to work. i could bitch about that later, and i probably will. exciting. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:227904 2008-07-11T07:05:48Z 2008-07-11T07:05:48Z The most important news is always passed on via text message:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24000089-5012980,00.html">Oh, Stoney</a>. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:227584 2008-07-09T00:21:40Z 2008-07-09T00:21:40Z my weekend was pretty shitty. see previous post. at some point last night i started to feel better as if i flicked a switch and decided i was over it. im not and i still lack advice and communication, but maybe the worse is over. for this week.<br /><br />we are getting a massive thunder storm at the moment. nice, the lights just flickered. i was out driving a little while ago before it started to rain, and lightning was intense. electrifying. its been ridiculously humid all day.<br /><br />squee time? i managed to pull tickets to both ed shows here. first one was easy, in and out in less than a minute. they fixed the links to "the bank" from the us tour sales because that was instant. the second onsale was a test of stress and anxiety. why would anything else go simply? 16 minutes of refreshing got me the "buy" icon and a clickable link. by that time i also had to re-login and i was sure they were going to be gone. during my 16 minutes of bland nothingness i was consoling myself that it really didnt matter if i dont make it to the second show.<br /><br />fangirl <i>that</i> son ;)<br /><br />i miss the days of mailing in ticket request forms. yes, having to go to the bank for money orders and the post office was a task in itself, but it worked without trying my patience. of course canada has the most expensive shows.. and of course they are more expensive than the full band show price. wtf? how big is the entourage that he's bringing?<br /><br />i saw ladytron for free last friday night. i was impressed with their show, since i paid nothing, and the crowd was pretty decent. D says their albums sound exactly like their live show, so i had intended on checking that out a few days ago. but, we reached our monthly d/l cap by then so i couldnt d/l anything else. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:226836 2008-07-02T21:34:10Z 2008-07-02T21:34:10Z EDDIE IS COMING TO CANADA.<br />YAYAYAYAYAY!<br /><br />now i just need to find some monies. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:226564 2008-07-01T05:46:33Z 2008-07-01T05:47:07Z happy canada day to my fellow canadians! today we collectively turn 141. (i think, im sure thats what i hear on the radio earlier, but i tend to hear what i wanna hear)<br /><br />just came back from watching the movie wanted with D tonight. it was good, but total cliche resistant newfound hero thing. ehh.. and angelina jolie was the only chick in the movie aside for the 'cheating girlfriend'. angelina + cars + guns + stuff blowing up = boy movie. everyday is exactly the same on the soundtrack brought back some less than fond memories of shitty time last year.<br /><br />i had a marathon phone call the other night to melbourne. it was awesome. with all the talking and texting and photos, sometimes i feel like i didnt leave. then i am reminded i did when i cant get the good tea, but i have a whole diary aisle of coffee cream at the supermarket. win some, loose some. i could totally go for some devonshire tea and scones with clotted cream right about now.<br /><br />new york was awesome.. would have been nice to stay longer and one day when i am employed i will go back. shows were great as expected. i fucking hate arena shows and that was reinforced to the max at these events. and when did pearl jam become such a sausage fest? this is an american thing cause the crowds in canada, australia, and europe are a lot more even and not everyone is 35. more females than the random girlfriends that get dragged along. the guy in front of us playing air guitar, make that rock band air guitar, to state of love and trust had us lolling for good reason. the stage is the other way buddy.<br />the floor, stage, rigs, lighting and everything else shaking during betterman on the second night was unreal. eddie fucking up the lyrics was pretty good too. the new/ old songs were pretty rad, the background singers were a bit lame but no where near as bad as sleater kinney doing whatever it was they did. mikey having a bit of a sing was cute as. still continuing those singing lessons mr m?<br /><br />of course it was a pleasure to see people again and hear how they randomly ran into members of led zepplin in unexpected places. JW said it to me a couple years ago after the AU tour, it just doesnt feel right when certain people are missing. next year we do it again, adelaide 2009.. or was is brisbane? ;-) urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:226430 2008-06-27T13:36:55Z 2008-06-27T14:13:33Z What year is it again? This is so fucking stupid. Great to be living in a corporate monopoly. <br /><br />"An important message about your Rogers Hi-Speed Internet Service<br />Our records show your household has reached 75% of the 95 GB monthly usage allowance provided with your Rogers Hi-Speed Internet Extreme service.<br /><br />You will receive another notification when you reach 100% of your monthly usage allowance. To track your usage and learn more, visit rogers.com/keepingpace.<br />I acknowledge that I have received this message.<br />You will continue to receive notifications if you reach 75% of your monthly usage allowance in the future."<br /><br />The end of the month better be the end of the calendar month and not some random day on the billing cycle of their choosing.<br />F.U. Rogers. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:226011 2008-06-20T21:41:58Z 2008-06-20T22:00:23Z this week sucked! yah. it got worse than the last previous (locked) post makes it seem. i dunno why some people like to go on major power trips because they can. really, what is the point of making other people's lives as difficult as you can <i>just because you can</i>.<br /><br />i phoned C today to touch base before sunday when i get to NYC. one of the things we ended up chatting about was jobs that re boring vs jobs that make you want to pull our hair out. i had the latter. im on the other side of the world and still losing sleep over it. im practically on melbourne time anyways, which means i can see feedback via email fairly quickly. reading emails at 4:30am when all they do is make me furious is a really bad idea. usually i have to wait 24 hours to response or i will write something inappropriate. the whole experience is just a massive WTF?<br /><br />to everyone that has listened to me complain in the last month, in person or online.. thank you.<br /><br />this morning 10am became 2pm way to fast. i dont like it when time does that to me. <br /><br />in more positiive news,. sunday, new york, being a tourist, and going to pearl jam. fuck yeah. havent seen a show on the atlantic side of the world for a while.. ;-) im now basically counting on hearing all night at one of the shows, which should be good. and stone needs to sing. yah, stonebot warm up those vocals and give us some mankind.<br /><br />edit: randomly looking at online crap and i see the ad "non stop flights from los angeles to auckland." umm,. where the fuck would the plane stop between those two cities? is that aimed at people with no geography skills? urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:225420 2008-06-15T02:10:44Z 2008-06-15T02:13:20Z i had hoped i was going to be able to watch the stream from bonaroo tonight.. but apparently they are not showing pearl jam. i guess they wont have to censor them then huh? oh well. and my $0.02 on new old songs. it would be cool to hear who you are, cause ive never heard it before, but it is far from on of my favourite songs. kinda like id rather hear lukin 7 times in a row than crazy mary.<br />this week ive been listening to the 2003 shows heaps. they were less structured with the set lists back then compared to last tour.. well 2006. even 2005 there was more variety in the first encore instead of closing it with alive, all the time. ok, i dont mind alive, but black and crazy mary. pick one, i want to jump around, they involve too much standing. <br /><br />a band that was not censored, was my friend josh when he <a href="http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/376800">called out some asshole</a> for throwing shit at him. poor guy was sick too. that link is actually the whole show, not just the rant. <a href="http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&amp;newsitemID=99043">here</a> is a better link and the reaction the next day from ben and ian of billy talent. oh and they managed to play in my head at that show after conveniently leaving it out at every show i went to :P<br /><br />we got a massive thunderstorm in the gta last night. weird cause they were calling for rain all day and there was maybe 3 drops. i was out in burlington at a friend place had been there for 20 minutes then the skies unleashed their wrath. the lights flickered for a few second, which i have not had happen in years. now that i think about the last time was the day the air france plane crashed at pearson, when it was hailing in the middle of summer. anyhow.. so when the lights flickered we all just sort of sat there and then karen says, maybe i should get a candle just in case. lol. i can only imagine sitting in candle light. cell phones are brighter. it as still raining when i had to drive home and i am not a fan of driving in the rain. <br /><br />if i started this post with a point ive totally lost track of what it was supposed to be. oops. urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:225128 2008-06-13T05:41:25Z 2008-06-13T05:45:27Z my phone bill from april/ may is retarded. rogers is perhaps the worst service who charges for every fucking thing possible. eh, i take that back im sure bell is exactly the fucking same. corporate whore. when i was in seattle i was charged $0.60 per text message sent. um, what? i thought the point of texting is that its cheap! and i guess im used to the non-existence of 'roaming' and all incoming calls being free with my plan in AU, cause i didnt realize i was getting charges $0.30/ minute to receive calls. thats just stupid. i just went on the rogers website and found that text send to the USA will be going to to $0.25 per message as of july 15, which is the price for overseas txt. gay gay gay. i can call most civilized countries from the land line for less than $0.10/ minute of speaking time.<br /><br />got a pleasant surprise of an email tonight from someone who ive been meaning to email for a couple of months. yah, im a little slow on that. i have two drafts sitting in my mail box of stuff to write to friends. i just never got around to finishing the garbage i wanted to say.<br /><br />ive seen commercials for the hulk movie about a 1000 times tonight. i love the fact that production companies dont try to hide the fact that movies are filmed in canada. hollywood north is where its at. one scene in the commerical the hulk runs past zanibar and same the record man. zanibar is a strip club on yonge street just south of bloor. sam's flagship store and one of the few left of this <i>canadian</i> landmark chain is on the north side of dundas sqaure. thank you for not hiding our awesomeness. and yes, ours is longer.. (yonge street is the longest street in the world). urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:224935 2008-06-09T23:48:37Z 2008-06-09T23:57:01Z qotsa 5.7.08 i thought about writing an update oh, last week but i decided to continue doing whatever it was i was doing instead. <br /><br />so a random itemized-ish list of things i have been doing recently.<br /><br />the majority of my time is dedicated to writing me thesis. no i am not done yet, thank you for asking. in doing this i have become mostly nocturnal. its a really hard pattern to break out of. basically im on melbourne time if i chose to get up at 5am each morning. i sort of did this for about 3 days last year right after i went back but the whole idea of being a morning person didnt last all that long. the communication break down still exists so i dont have nearly as much feedback as id like, but that happened when i was physically in melbourne anyways.<br /><br />a few mondays ago i went to a baseball game. D got free ticket from work and his boss gave him the afternoon off, which was great for him but he had 3 tickets an d whole bunch of friend who have jobs. enter me, the unemployed student. bang on. we sat in the club level in the seats where a smiley waitress brings you your $8 hot dog and $6 soda. yep, it was a fun day. jays won too. since it was an afternoon game there were a lot of school groups there, and possibly because of all the kids they had an invite to run the bases after the game. no, we didnt go, but i wanted to.<br /><br />i saw the presets a week ago saturday at lee's palace. it was excellent. the last and only other time i have seen them was at the myer music bowl opening for daft punk.. outside in the middle of the day. change the setting to a small club in the dark.. well it was hotter here but anyways a different atmosphere. lee's was ridiculously hot that night, i walked and started to get sweaty. it was a fun show, the crowd was really into it, everyone dancing around. no pushing and shoving and i was up at the front for about the second half of it.<br />after the show we went up to the dance cave for like 10 minutes were about to buy drinks until we found out T didnt get in cause he was too drunk. he wasnt really that drunk but apparently walking to a wall in front of the bouncer was not a good move. so we 'had' to leave and ended up at the bruny. that was ok, but had crap music and was filled with frat boys. seriously it was all guys and no pretty ones that i wanted to look at. we didnt stay there that long cause it was 2 or 3 by that point. this was the awesome night that the gardiner was closed. seriously, closing the highway at midnight on a saturday cause there is some charity even the next day? stupid. sat in traffic for a while in the city and then took queensway home. other that the sitting in traffic part it wasnt that much longer, but annoying none the less.<br /><br />i saw sex and the city the movie with michelle the day it came out. since neither of us had work obligation we went to a late afternoon showing. there was maybe 30 people in the theater. at the end of the show, we exited at 6:30 and the next show began at 7:15 in that theater and there was at least 300 excited women in line for that show, even more for the 6:45 in another theater. i liked the movie, and was surprised they could make it as good as they did. i love that series and was skeptical how it would transfer to the silver screen, but for what it was and what it became it was good. the people who think it should have been done by the time they went on carrie's honeymoon, well you can fuck off cause i could have sat there and hour longer. the whole carrie having an assistant things was stupid, she didnt need another accessory character. they could have give more screen time to the women that did matter. jason lewis and david eigenberg have aged the least gracefully of the men, or rather they look older than season 6 of the show. chris noth.. has still got it ;-)<br /><br />over the long weekend i was at a bridal shower and dinner party. at first it was nice to catch up with some people but by the end of things the attitudes and tenseness was too much and id dint need to deal with that. when i got home from the shower my mom asked me what the gifts were, i didnt know cause she didnt open them. my brother's girlfriend is a bridesmaid in two different weddings and on of the girls is being a total bitch about everything. my brother hates this girl but basically has to go to the wedding (lulz, poor kid). through my own experiences, the stories some of my close male friends have told me, and my brother's gf, i am in no rush to attend any more of these events because they bring undue stress and attitudes.<br /><br />this weekend i caught up with my friend nick from sydney who is doing another round the world business/ pleasure trip. the travel budget he has in his PhD is something i am jealous of and also of the freedom he gets from his supervisors. if i ever do more research in academia i am much more aware of things i need to know so i do no get walked all over again. anyhow, nick was staying with a friend, and 3 others went out to dinner. i spend most of the dinner talking to nick and not purposely ignoring the other but it sort of happened. something that was reinforced that night was expensive wine does not always taste better to the palate. and some boys have no idea how you are supposed to tip. tipping is the most annoying thing about being back in canada, not that i even go out that much but i got used to it the other way.<br /><br />after humming and hawing over travel plans for NYC i have decided to take the train. i was going to fly and use my air miles, but cause air canada is shithouse i was going to have to pay as much in tax as what the train is going to cost and hand over the points. whatever. it annoys me that they are the main choice for flying in canada, but some of the star alliance airlines are okay. airlines can stick their taxes and fuel charges where the sun dont shine cause its bullshit. we all have to pay more gas. ive sat on a plane for 12 hours before to go to one show, so on a train to get to two isnt much. people coming from europe have to do it, so no big deal. <br /><br />my mom is going to hong kong at the end of the month and i am a lil jealous. she is going to bejing too, which i think would be better to wait until after the olympics, but my opinion doesnt count. i have to make a list of fun stuff to see and <s>cool electronics and shoes to buy me</s> places of interest in the next little while.<br /><br />im so sick of this heat we are having. i really hate summer. yah its cold in the winter but at least you can put on a sweater and turn on the heat. i cant take off layers of skin. physiologically not possible. if i get to go back to australia any time soon it will be awesome since its winter there! urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:solareyes:224710 2008-06-02T22:02:53Z 2008-06-02T22:05:00Z Wooot wooot!!! :D<br /><br />Ten Club Ticket Buyer:<br /><br />You are receiving this email because you have successfully purchased tickets through the Ten Club to see Pearl Jam in concert on June 24th in New York, NY at Madison Square Garden.<br /><br /><br />Fuck yah. Now I just need to FINALLY figure out how Im getting there.