Saturday, November 28, 2009
Quick Random Thought
#1. It's weird typing when the outer two or three fingers on both hands are numb.
Ticks and Crosses
- Thunderstorms
- Nice Customers
- Walking In The Rain
- Stretching
- Drenched Hair
- Nice Bus Drivers
- Prawns
- The Smell Of Rain
- Big Fish In Little Ponds
- Burma
- Breadshift
- Coworkers
- Not Being Able To Sleep
- Bad Writing
- Waking up at 5.30
Friday, November 27, 2009
If You're Nerdy And You Know It
http://www.supanova.com.au/
MELBOURNE 2010
April 16-18, Royal Showgrounds
Be there, or be slightly saner than me.
I most definately plan to be there, and possibly volunteer for it. We shall see.
Hope everyones exams went well.
At least they're over.
We is totally the big fish in our pond now.
huh.
MELBOURNE 2010
April 16-18, Royal Showgrounds
Be there, or be slightly saner than me.
I most definately plan to be there, and possibly volunteer for it. We shall see.
Hope everyones exams went well.
At least they're over.
We is totally the big fish in our pond now.
huh.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Ears
Two sets are always better than one. Total abuse of power, I know. He doesn't look very zombie-like though, bad Han. Must be hard to put on make-up when you're cardboard though.... ^_~
Friday, November 13, 2009
It's only been forever since I last posted
not long at all really.
Nothing much has changed, as I'm sure you're all aware.
another thing i am certain you are all aware of is the joyous knowledge that school is almost over for yet another year!!
of course along with this is the demon of exams. at least i only have three.
of course, of those three, im fairly certain i shall only get a decent grade on one of them, but it is what it is.
quick side note, to all those who i was talking to about the short story with the awake-y gas and the stuff, i found the link for it. my retelling was totally more detailed and scary, but whatevs =p
http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2009/08/29/russian-sleep-experiment-the-best-short-story-i-ve-read.html
this isn't actually the website i read it on, but its fundamentally the same story, just with more inconsistencies. if you're a normal person you may not notice them. but i do and they slightly irritate me. for example in the same paragraph (the first one) its said that the participants will be kept awake for 15 days, it then says 30. in the same paragraph it also states there are 'beds for sleeping on - but no bedding' ... i thought NOT sleeping was what this was all about???
anyroad, if you ignore these and just read, its a good story. creeptasticly enjoyable.
you know what sucks? unexplainable mood swings. you probably all know what im talking about. you'll start the day, and itll just be kinda 'meh' nothing happening to tip it to the realms of 'bad day' or 'fantastic day' just quietly enjoyable. then good things will happen. an increasingly hilarious conversation, a water fight, an ice fight, something that makes you feel incredibly content and happy and all those other silly things. that'll last for a while, but then the slightest thing will tip it into the realm of 'bad day'. not even a big thing, just something as simple as the tone a person uses when talking to you, condescending being the most aborred of these. and from then on the little things just get on your nerves. and then something as simple as a phone call can make it all better again. or maybe no one knows what i mean and my instability is showing itself here.
one of the things i did accomplish while in my 'meh'/quite enjoyable state of mind what actually commit to paper the story we had begun to weave on the oval a week ago today (oh, happy Friday the 13th everyone). Obviously it's as high class as the rest of our long lunch endeavours. my current plan (which will most likely not last beyond a week) is to make it a kind of chose your own adventure story. i see two paths for this to take, i am leaning toward the second because it seems likely to have hilaritius results. one, is that i post it here and people comment suggesting what should happen next. the second, is that i post it here and people comment with a bit they'd like to add. from as little as a sentence to as much as a paragraph or two, all will be appreciated. then the story could either continue being told in comment form, or whenever i or someone else feels like it we could re-post with either the whole up-to-date story, or just the bit they'd written and we could start posting on that one. this would continue until we felt the story had reached a conclusion, and if successful, could be the beginning of a multitude of stories from the dark realms of our minds. i quite like that idea.
i shall post it tomorrow or the day after at some point for you all to view, but as i have to get up at 5.30 tomorrow morning for work, i really must vamoose.
Nothing much has changed, as I'm sure you're all aware.
another thing i am certain you are all aware of is the joyous knowledge that school is almost over for yet another year!!
of course along with this is the demon of exams. at least i only have three.
of course, of those three, im fairly certain i shall only get a decent grade on one of them, but it is what it is.
quick side note, to all those who i was talking to about the short story with the awake-y gas and the stuff, i found the link for it. my retelling was totally more detailed and scary, but whatevs =p
http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2009/08/29/russian-sleep-experiment-the-best-short-story-i-ve-read.html
this isn't actually the website i read it on, but its fundamentally the same story, just with more inconsistencies. if you're a normal person you may not notice them. but i do and they slightly irritate me. for example in the same paragraph (the first one) its said that the participants will be kept awake for 15 days, it then says 30. in the same paragraph it also states there are 'beds for sleeping on - but no bedding' ... i thought NOT sleeping was what this was all about???
anyroad, if you ignore these and just read, its a good story. creeptasticly enjoyable.
you know what sucks? unexplainable mood swings. you probably all know what im talking about. you'll start the day, and itll just be kinda 'meh' nothing happening to tip it to the realms of 'bad day' or 'fantastic day' just quietly enjoyable. then good things will happen. an increasingly hilarious conversation, a water fight, an ice fight, something that makes you feel incredibly content and happy and all those other silly things. that'll last for a while, but then the slightest thing will tip it into the realm of 'bad day'. not even a big thing, just something as simple as the tone a person uses when talking to you, condescending being the most aborred of these. and from then on the little things just get on your nerves. and then something as simple as a phone call can make it all better again. or maybe no one knows what i mean and my instability is showing itself here.
one of the things i did accomplish while in my 'meh'/quite enjoyable state of mind what actually commit to paper the story we had begun to weave on the oval a week ago today (oh, happy Friday the 13th everyone). Obviously it's as high class as the rest of our long lunch endeavours. my current plan (which will most likely not last beyond a week) is to make it a kind of chose your own adventure story. i see two paths for this to take, i am leaning toward the second because it seems likely to have hilaritius results. one, is that i post it here and people comment suggesting what should happen next. the second, is that i post it here and people comment with a bit they'd like to add. from as little as a sentence to as much as a paragraph or two, all will be appreciated. then the story could either continue being told in comment form, or whenever i or someone else feels like it we could re-post with either the whole up-to-date story, or just the bit they'd written and we could start posting on that one. this would continue until we felt the story had reached a conclusion, and if successful, could be the beginning of a multitude of stories from the dark realms of our minds. i quite like that idea.
i shall post it tomorrow or the day after at some point for you all to view, but as i have to get up at 5.30 tomorrow morning for work, i really must vamoose.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Its a joke, Joyce
During an IRS audit, the auditor looked at the tax payer and exclaimed...
... "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."
"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ralph. "How about a demonstration?"
The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead."
Ralph says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."
The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet."
Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops. Ralph says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."
The auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet.
Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.
"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."
The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.
Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, and urinates all over the desk.
The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.
"Are you okay?" the auditor asks.
"Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it."
[ http://www.elertgadget.com/palert/Todays_Humor_-_Be_Careful_What_You_Bet_On_165084.htm ]
... "Well, sir, you have an extravagant lifestyle and no full-time employment, which you explain by saying that you win money gambling. I'm not sure the IRS finds that believable."
"I'm a great gambler, and I can prove it," says Ralph. "How about a demonstration?"
The auditor thinks for a moment and said, "Okay. Go ahead."
Ralph says, "I'll bet you a thousand dollars that I can bite my own eye."
The auditor thinks a moment and says, "No way! It's a bet."
Ralph removes his glass eye and bites it. The auditor's jaw drops. Ralph says, "Now, I'll bet you two thousand dollars that I can bite my other eye."
The auditor can tell Ralph isn't blind, so he takes the bet.
Ralph removes his dentures and bites his good eye. The stunned auditor now realizes he has wagered and lost three grand, with Ralph's attorney as a witness. He starts to get nervous.
"Want to go double or nothing?" Ralph asks. "I'll bet you six thousand dollars that I can stand on one side of your desk, and pee into that wastebasket on the other side, and never get a drop anywhere in between."
The auditor, twice burned, is cautious now, but he looks carefully and decides there's no way this guy can manage that stunt, so he agrees again.
Ralph stands beside the desk and unzips his pants, and urinates all over the desk.
The auditor leaps with joy, realizing that he has just turned a major loss into a huge win. But Ralph's attorney moans and puts his head in his hands.
"Are you okay?" the auditor asks.
"Not really," says the attorney. "This morning, when Ralph told me he'd been summoned for an audit, he bet me twenty thousand dollars that he could come in here and pee all over your desk and that you'd be happy about it."
[ http://www.elertgadget.com/palert/Todays_Humor_-_Be_Careful_What_You_Bet_On_165084.htm ]
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