here’s a prime example of

here’s a prime example of the crap females have to deal with from aussie males. and just this afternoon i heard a news story that some guy died in this manner last nite.

i need to get grey matter working i think. i’m annoyed that blogger isnt publishing. i just hope i can grab all my posts from blogger and transfer them over.

i had a final paper/presentation this week. i think it went really well. i think i’ll get a HD (at the least ill get a D) in this class. i spent tonite working on my org final paper. i thought i had it pretty much in my head but once i sat down to write it, i didnt. so it’s a long process. it’s not like you’re researching things, this is much more introspective with theory mixed in.

somehow i dont think may

somehow i dont think may 10th was the last time i posted to blogger. i think it’s eating my posts. great. first i could post but not publish and now i cant even post.

today i went lawn bowling. take the skinheads bowling. take them bowling

on the way to the train this afternoon i noticed something great. there was a woman sitting at a fold out table with some paper in front of her. she was writing. i figured she was with some charity or something wanting money. but the sign on the front of her table said “spontaneous writing. for a donation, i will spontaneously write about a topic”. i hope she made some money.

it is almost 3am and im finishing my mktg for 2morrow morning. and then i want to write some more for opp eval. and then i’d like to read a bit of my book and then go to bed. ahhhh. at least i had a good wknd.

after my (now regular) 5

after my (now regular) 5 hours of sleep, i got up a little before 10a (yes, i’m sleeping from roughly 5a-10a these days) so i could go to my 1030 pilates class. i was running a little late so i was pretty annoyed when the elevator @ the pilates place wasn’t working. it’s in this semi mall type thing so i’m looking for stairs…. found one door that said emergency only – alarm will sound so i stayed away from that one. then i found another with no such warning. of course as soon as i push it the alarms go off. loud loud like someone is committing a crime alarms. so i left. it didn’t look very promising in terms of getting upstairs so i figured i’d take off. oops.

i did go to the 1130a class and while i was stretching to warm up, a security guard came in & talked to the guy at the desk. funny.

while i was waiting for the 2nd class, i bought a food processor. decided i want to make soups. this one has a blender attached to it. never seen one like this. and i went to the body shop to buy some face wash. i couldnt find it so i had to ask and the woman noticed my JU sweatshirt. she asked if i went to school in jax. turns out she lived in jax for 3 or so months a few years back working at a summer camp. that was pretty weird.

last nite i had a meeting from 4-6p, then spent a few hours figuring out my finance paper (due in 2 wks but i got an extention) and finished off a chapter of org dyn. spent some time looking for tech recruiters cause i want to find a job for the month & a half break i have coming up. today i’ve been working on marketing. i’m going out tonite and before that i want to read a chapter of mktg, do some swot/5 forces/pest analysis stuff and then i could either do some competitor rsh for my opp eval project or write my org paper due wed or finish a scarf i’m making for a friend. oh and take a shower & get ready… all w/in the next 2 hours or so. now u see why i’m sleeping 5 hrs a nite.

i am absolutely in love

i am absolutely in love with this company called trident. they make this sweet chili sauce that i’ve been putting on my noodles. so damned good. i bought a mondo sized bottle yesterday (well bought 2.. first one fell out of the bag & broke as i was leaving the train station). tonite i stop to get milk & see these seaweed flavored rice crackers. and holy crap! they’re amazing!! they are small thin crackers that vaguely taste like those flat icky puffed rice crackers but these have bits of seaweed so it’s almost like you’re eating crunchy sushi! (btw, the website seems to be down. or dead)

i’ve been meaning to comment

i’ve been meaning to comment on how small this town is. i knew this before i came over – at least had an idea of its size. it’s something like 3 million people but it seems like a small town in some ways. the bizarre thing is i keep running into people. but i don’t know all that many people!!!! here’s 2 examples. i went to a party a few weeks ago. it was a small party – maybe 10 people. and about 3 days later on the way to my pilates class i get on the tram & here’s one of the girls i met at the party. also, a little while ago i was drinking at this pub & got to talking with the owner. again a couple of days later i ran into her at vic market. oh yeah, i ran into some folks on the street i met. and i prob have another example if i think hard. it’s a weird place in that way. but i’m still liking it.

i do have to say i’m feeling a little homesick right now. watched 2 sex in the city episodes tonite and now i’m flipping between the today show & david letterman.

archives are working now although

archives are working now although yes, there’s still a script error.

it’s sunday morning here. this afternoon i’m going to a beer festival. and i need to read a chapter of marketing first and start work on a case study. my wknd so far… friday i went to this uni of melb networking thing called first friday. it was in this ritzy private hotel bar with a great view and cool pool that hangs out over the street (you can see it in one of the pix on the site). it wasn’t the friendliest group prob because lots of people were sitting down which isnt the best way to break into a group & introduce yourself. finally i found the organiser & then he introduced me to some people. all in all, it was ok. ill check it out again. then i got a drink with friends & then came home. i worked on one of my org papers til 5am.

saturday i got up, went to pilates, bought a transformer so i could use my cd burner over here and then read 4 chapters of opp eval. went out & had a few drinks, came back & started to read marketing.

today, prob after im drunk from the all u can drink beer, i need to work on the case study, finish marketing & do some research for 2 group meetings this week.

i think i want to find a full time job over here & go to school part time. it’s something i’ve been tossing around this week because i think i’m really starting to miss work.

oh yeah…. here’s something i’ve

oh yeah…. here’s something i’ve noticed. (for your amusement) my hair has become really really soft. even with using the hair gel i’ve brought from london (yeah, that hair gel that 1/2 of you have had to run around london helping me find) and fudge hairspray (hair is getting a little bit longer so i need that extra help for spikes). but yeah, it’s really really soft. like it’s never been.

and with that profound comment i think ill go to sleep. or at least go to bed and read a magazine. or maybe this accounting for non finance people book i picked up at the library. (btw, i got 13.5 out of 20 on my finance test which means I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whooo hooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!)

btw, now that i can

btw, now that i can actually update the blog, ill fix the font issues & the javascript errors & such. maybe this weekend between the beer festival (won by sam adams last year & they’re attending this year), my case study for opp eval, my paper for org dynamics and all the readings for next week.

ok, i’m confused. for almost

ok, i’m confused. for almost a month i havent been able to post to my blog. everytime i publish, it just never reaches my server. the logs show it’s not connecting at all. dreamhost, my really cool hosting company, checked it out & it seemed to be blogger. just now i try it & voila! it worked! of course just 5 minutes ago i downloaded greymatter to replace blogger. hmm. i have an attachment to blogger but greymatter looked pretty nifty. i might have to make the change.

this was my first full week back from easter break. lots of group meetings. we had our opportunity evaluation presentation tonite to pitch our new sexy mobility device (ill have to put up a pix later) and that went really well though we have a lot of work to do for the next presentation in 2 weeks.

i’ve been reading a bit about social software these days. or rather reading a bit about it on blogs, havent had the time to dig into it.

tomorrow nite (er, tonite, it’s freaking 4am already) i’m going to this networking thing called first friday. it was started as an uni of melb mba networking thing so we’ll see how that is. maybe i can snag a job.