Sunday, February 5, 2006

'Front disc brake pads, 65% worn. Rear drum brakes 55% worn. ' -Ultratune Diagnosis of my little white car


I have my baby back, fully serviced thanks to Dad. I'm grateful for it because that was something I couldn't afford to do. The engine response time is much better now, so now I can do some fully sick drag racing, eh bro?

[..that line does not translate well to text..]

I'm happy now. PHT has a full compliment of cast members, all of who are talented and seem to understand where I'm going. It's all good ^_^

Once I'm done doing shopping today, I'll get started on the first post and have it ready for when Drix adds his little piece of back-story. We're entering the endgame before the good ship sails.

Speaking of shopping, I have been living off instant noodles for the past week. Unfortunately I had to pay rent as well as my car insurance on the weekend before last, leaving me with nuzzing!

...I miss fresh fruit and vegetables..

Will be back later, I have to go and pick up my pay.

EDIT: And back. Don't ask me what was going on. The otaku network didn't exist for me last night. I couldn't access anything, and Harley found it quite amusing.

Girlfriend troubles. I have the emotional depth of a kumquat, apparently. I've been told, repeatedly, that I don't share enough emotionally. Apparently all she sees is me happy.

Well, I'm sorry that you're only seeing my good side? What?

*sigh*

It's also slightly hypocritical of her, she's told me quite often that I'm too serious and don't smile enough. Blah.

I'm pretty sure that something must be going wrong in her life. This was only a problem until just recently, in the past...week?...so something must be happening that causes this to spill over into our relationship.

I offered myself, saying I'd be happy to help or even be a shoulder to lean on, but I was told that it wouldn't work.

She told me that "there's no point." She then went on to say that, as I'm always happy/laughing all the time, she's not comfortable telling me what's wrong. She feels I would make a joke about her problems [see: trivialise them]

Yes. Because I do that all the time.

I mean, it should be funny. I should laugh. It's ironic, even that after the hell I went through in year 12, that someone would say to me that I would laugh at someone's problems.

Wee.

Now I just feel fine and dandy.



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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Urge to BURNINATE rising...rising...


Where's Trogdor when you need him?

Okay, currently I'm cleaning up the kitchen after my idiot house mate started a grease fire. No burn damage but the kitchen is now covered in olive oil and meat juice. Also, every pot, pan and plate is filthy. Did I mention I have only used one bowl, for breakfast this morning, because I was away for the weekend?

Liam is very, very unhappy. Basically said housemate sat on his backside for the past 12 hours or so instead of cleaning up the mess. Oh no, wait. He did make an effort. The grease on the floor now has newspaper over it.

*sigh*

Someone give Trogdor a call, I have a peasant for him to burn.

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That was written as my AIM away message. I didn't end up cleaning the kitchen because the amount of dishes had doubled since I last looked, and I'm sick of being the one who always cleans up.

Also, as an interesing side note, I can't seem to stay angry at people. How odd. I can't really use a blog in the correct manner [ie: Emo ranting] unless I can really get upset at people.

Blast!

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Work has given me decent hours again [17-20 this week] so it means I have a chance of buying at least one textbook this year. I paid my car insurance so now my account has reset itself to $12.30, and my wallet is empty. I would have money this week [I did 17 hours last week], but I had to pay rent and purchase credit for my phone. Luckily I have plenty of pasta and such to live off until I am paid next Monday.

I'm pretty exhausted currently because I've been going to bed late, and continually get woken up at 8 or so in the morning by various different things. Today was a phonecall from my Dad [getting woken up by my Franz Ferdinand's "This Fire" ringtone, is still as awesome as it is frightening] informing me that he had good news and bad news.

The good news is that he'll be dropping my car back to me on Saturday. The bad news is that they'll need it back in March when the parts arrive for The Golf. [See 2004 Model 2.0L Comfortline Volkswagon Golf. Affectionately known as the "Kubelvagon"].

You see, I haven't been entirely honest with my Christmas escapades. I finally [finally!] was allowed to cruise around in the 10 speaker airconditioned beast, for the first time since I left home for university. After driving my shoebox '90 Mazda 121, it was a beautifully refreshing feeling.

*sigh*

And then some guy [who was speeding, how cliche] smacked hard into the side of it while I was turning right, crossing the oncoming lane of traffic. Hilarious. I had obeyed the road rules to the letter [friends will testify of my cautiousness], I waited and checked, and made sure it was clear before going over. I was half in the desired street [Jellico], and was driving straight then.

I had a distinct impression to look over my shoulder and saw a yellow ute come hurtling along, [abnormally close to the gutter for some reason] straight for the middle of the car. Logically, I did the only thing I could and smacked my foot down. The engine roared wonderfully to life and it leapt forward, my mother and I both throught we had made it through. We hadn't felt a thing and nothing was broken.

Unfortunately there was the whole crashing noise and such.

3 panels dented on our side, $1000 or so in damage. [will post photo up from my phone soon].

Ugh.

The guy in the ute had an illegal bullbar [essentially a welded star-picket] and as such only lost an indicator.


I'm going to cut a long story short and just say that the police [who I, responsible as ever, cooly called] were awesome. They checked out where the glass was and the damage taken and said it wasn't my fault, but they didn't have any police eyewitnesses to prove the guy was speeding or driving without due care and attention.

They sympathised with me [to a degree, of course] and told me not to let it "ruin [my] Christmas" because "these things happen, it's a part of growing up"

Also, it's going to cost me a point off my licence because I was legally in the wrong [crossing a lane of traffic to make the turn, remember?]. Oddly enough though, I haven't received any form of notification and it's been a month.

To quote one officer, "these things take time, sometimes even the paperwork may get lost"

*cough*

I was told it'd take 2 weeks, tops, to process it. I haven't received anything, lets hope it stays that way. I can't afford to pay a $150 fine.

Anyhow, what was my point?

Right right. So yeah, AAMI car insurance is awesome. Same day car repair and such...but they have to order in the parts from Germany. That leaves my parents without a car, so they need mine [they bought it for me, so I'm not complaining]. Toowoomba has no formal public transport, so there's no alternative really.

I can take public transport where ever I need to go. I still feel like I've lost a limb though.

*sigh*

And I still feel really, really bad about what happened. I've been told by my parents, and even the police, that it wasn't my fault. It was still an accident. I take some comfort in the knowledge that I acted logically and didn't panic in the situation. [I'm surprised that I didn't react at all]. I'm also grateful that we weren't driving my little car at the time, because I wouldn't be here now.

The Kubelwagon is the only car in the world to receive a 5 star safety rating, it's designed to hug the road and have a low centre of gravity, if you have a look at photos of one, you'll note that the tires are angled slightly inward to provide more balance. It deserves the name of "ole ironsides," because we didn't even feel that ute smash into us.

If we'd been in my little tin can, we would have rolled and crumpled into oblivion.

*sigh*

Okay, now I'm all depressed and emo. You may call me LEmo. I, Liam the Emo, have used a web blog for what it was designed for.

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Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

I know an SYF update has been long overdue. I'm sorry, but I've been rather lax about it. PHT is still in the dry docks [once Drix is done, we can sail!], so I can't divert your attention there. Sorry about that.

You'll just have to rest assured that it will be awesome.

On an SYF note, as I was browsing SYF: Garrotted Threats, I remembered how I always wanted to ask someone to draw out the characters of the cast in a rather nice style. [Something along the lines of http://netheroak.keenspace.com/ ]. I'm thinking of starting that hunt up again, but I honestly don't know anyone who draws in that style. I do have a couple friends who can draw anime rather well, but they're both unfamiliar and uninterested in the story.

Basically, can anyone help me out here?

I really wouldn't mind seeing Liam finally brought to life, complete with his MiH Aram shirt, lol.

Wow. That was longer than expected.

*cough*

I'll get up early and work on SYF tomorrow. You've all been so good and deserve a treat. [Particularly you, Solo. Your Enter the Net makes me chuckle so. Still can't believe I didn't know about it until just recently..]

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EDIT: A wave of nostalgia overcame me and I ended up doing some digging of my own. Remember back to the Otaku Awards of 2004?

I found something interesting, lol

[Apart from that I received quite a few more nominations than I remember..]

The Harlequin
Member most likely to be here in two years: Liamc2 (He has absolutely nothing else to do with himself, after all.)

Cloricus
Member most likely to be here in two years: Adam (if he's not here we're not here!)
Honourable Mention: LiamC2 (how could he ever leave, the chains are too tight)

Neuvoxraiha
Member most likely to be here in two years: Liamc2

...damn their ability to see into the future.

EDIT2: ...I am really not that proud of my 2002 self. Not proud at all. Apart from the...embarrassing...emotional outbursts [I claim insanity and make them void in any judgements you make of me], my 2003 self seems rather cool. Also, I believe my 2002 self was undeniably cute [and annoying, judging by my post quality]. Can't believe those photos are still attached there.

What am I doing? I've got to stop rambling about this. I don't want to encourage you lot to dig. Give me back those shovels!
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EDIT3: [It's 1am. I'm stupid. I know. Shush]

Comments on Comments..in fact, Comments Squared

Mimmi: I love you too Mimmi. ^_^

Harley: You and your spirits. What are these right reasons you speak of?

John: It's good to be back, even if I am slightly crazy from lack of sleep. Damn internet.

James: Aww James, putting yourself down uneccesarily while putting me up. Let's just say we're both awesome and leave it at that.^_^

Also, my AIM is right there, feel free to bounce it off me. I'm always up for some intellectual wordsmithing ^_^




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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

'LAMBLOR smash puny studentunion-wraith!'
An explaination for that subject line AND for my absence?

Of course!

"You still have to pay Student Guild fees: Students are required to pay Student Guild fees for enrolment in any teaching period during the first half of 2006. Payment of Student Guild fees is a condition of enrolment at QUT, and non-payment of Guild fees may result in cancellation of enrolment. For more information see Essential Facts 2006."

Basically VSU is king, but not yet. See, our "voluntary" student fees [money which is spent funding "Queer Pub Crawls" and "The Chocolate Lovers club" [[Also another reason to smash]] ] are actually mandatory. Basically I spend my textbook money on people indulging themselves on chocolate, or "Queers" [Their term, not mine] getting smashed and flirty.

Ugh.

VSU was voted in [which, everyone says it's a bad thing, but I disagree] which means that people who want clubs have to pay for it themselves instead of mooching off the students. There are lots of other things too, but I was really looking forward to not having to pay my living+textbook money for nothing in return.

Oh wait, I am paying the "not getting kicked out of uni" fee according to that memo. I'm pretty sure that the $6000 a semester, or whatever it is that the government covers, should be quite enough. I still have to pay all of that back you know.

Blast.

Not impressed in the least.

*sigh*

What was my original point?

Ah yes. Internet was down because someone moved out but didn't transfer the account correctly. Only just got the net back this morning.

I'm running away from Supanews the first chance I get. After a few weeks of earning between 100-120 a week, I had enough and started applying elsewhere. I have some good impressions from David Jones and Harvey Norman. Should be good because now I really need that money.

Also, papa would like a brand new pair of pants.

Peace Hangs Them is still in the loading dock, which is a shame, but it's gaining momentum. Drix sent me a pm, which I'm in the middle of replying to. We now have a medic, which will be nice. Hopefully others, like Drix, will become interested in PHT. Mimmi surprised me [*see girlish squeal of delight*] with her flattering mention of my RPG endeavours [my little kin, all growed up!] in the OB nifty fifty. *EDIT: James also loves the SYF? My fan base has effectively doubled! Excuse me while I squeal myself unconscious! ^_^

[A rather juvenile attitude not becoming of an aspiring young author, but you get that. lol ^_~]

I wouldn't have even found out if Asphy hadn't pointed it out to me [she had internet, I didn't. Go figure.] I'm really quite honoured to have a mention at all really. I'd say I could die happy now, but I don't like the prospect of leaving my babies in the cold and unfinished. lol.

I must say though that SYF would never have been so grand and refined if it weren't for darling Asphy. Almost every plot twist or development and twist in SYF was bounced of her [especially the emotional flares and fights between Liam and Rae] and always came back sparkling. PHT them promises to be even better. ^_^ [/shameless plug]

Also, James and Mimmi [who I have prodded before, lol ~_^] I would love to have either of you aboard the good ship SS Blow-stuff-up-but-still-havapoint

Right, that's my life currently. Uni is back inside a month, hopefully I'll get the scratch together that I need before then.


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Sunday, January 1, 2006

It's very hard to be a camp lumberjack cum hairdresser named Sven, and vomit at the same time.

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John: Actually, Vodafone has pretty cheap rates for internet. I've been downloading stuff and surfing the web a lot, and it still hasn't put much of a dint in my balance. Seriously, the only disposable income I have is the $100 I have left on my phone that I have to use by Monday.

I love the vodafone $49 cap so much. [$49=$230 to use in 1 month]

Flynn: We've already met and exchanged B.F.F. bracelets, I assure you. lol

James: Yeah, my internet seems to run around 56k in page loading times, but I think that's only because the phone lacks the processing power to load anything faster. I mean, I downloaded a 106kb photo my girlfriend emailed me in about 5 seconds, so it's quite fast when it wants to be.

My only problem with using the net on my phone is that I don't have a proper keyboard, hence the lack of html and proofreading in my last update, lol.

But yes, look into Vodafone for it =gooooood. [They should pay more for all the recommendations I've done for them ^_~]

Mimmi: Giraffes are cool, I even have a crazy toy one. I shall post a photo up of him sometime ^_^

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I'm back! I'm sure you all missed me, deep down. The internet is apparently being stupid because the modem keeps overheating. I'm not surprised considering it's been hovering around 38-40 degrees.

But now it's cooled down and it's still being stupid.

*le sigh*

Anyhow, Christmas was rather good. Terribly exciting things happening and such. Importantly, there was a whole lot of delicious ham, which is a very integral part of a pirate's diet if you have read Daniel Defoe's PIRATES!: An adventure with scientists. My family loved their gifts, and I shall list them so:

Dad: a Shintaro 512mb USB flash drive [shockproof/waterproof/shatterproof]. You see, there's actually a story behind this crazy little gadget. When I was growing up [he still does it now] whenever Dad was throwing stuff for us to catch, he would cry "shintaro!" and throw it ninja style. Shintaro was apparently a B+W show about a ninja assassin named Shintaro [obviously] and was very popular with him.

As soon as I find the boxed DVD set, I shall have a birthday present for him.

Mum: Sufjan Stevens Illinoise album. It's exactly the type of music she loves, and she does love it. As soon as I heard the Chicago track being played on Triple J, I knew it would be perfect.

Which it is, because she loves it.

Ahem. Also I purchased The Silly Side of Sherlock Holmes from my favourite little book store, Pulp Fiction. It's a rather clever little book that is filled with original Sherlock Holmes illustrations, with even more original hilarious captions. Very amusing, and also well received.

Blair: Matthew Reilly's Hovercar Racer, because it's an awesome story. My parents love Matthew Reilly's books [oddly enough it was my mother that introduced me to Ice Station] and I figured it was a good idea to get Blair started on the goodness. Hovercar Racer doesn't have the..well, vulgar language that frequents his other books, and it's also deliberately written for a quasi-disney audience. Which is nice.

Karen: A Cutterfish shirt from Threadless.com, because it's just incredibly cool. She loves it, and that's fine by me ^_^. I also got her a Jack Skellington "Tall Mug" prior to Christmas, because I knew the shirt would arrive a couple days after. Anyhow, both were well received.

The blessings are in the giving, but the receiving is still quite nice, though rather materialistic.

Mum and Dad gave my brother and I 128mb Creative MuVo mp3 players, which I have fallen in love with. My thirst for an iPod, once satisfied with the presence of the radio on my phone, has began anew with me. You may not be too interested in an mp3 player before you have one, but as soon as one is given to you it becomes your world.

Also they gave me [as I mentioned before] C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters", which I'm currently making my way through now. It's a very good read, and I'd recommend it to anyone who plans on visiting their library or local bookstore sometime.

Blair [astute as ever] gave me a Gorillaz: Dare single and a The Killers: All These Things That I've Done single. Very nice. Both have now places on my MuVo.

Karen gave me the best gift a Pirate Captain could have, my very own pirate arm patch! It comes with a rather dashing Jolly Roger AND "Captain Liam" stitched in so those lazy deck swabs will know their place around me, lol. Also, she gave me Terry Pratchett's "The Wee Free Men", one of my personal favourites in the Discworld series.

Truly 'tis the season for giving!

I should probably mention the presents of socks and such, so there we go. Ah, relatives. Bizarrely enough [now that I'm an adult, I'm assuming] I received two boxes of shortbread. I don't know why.

I suppose it's a good thing though, I've been snacking on them since I got home on thursday. Stupid, STUPID, Supanews moved the payday from friday to this coming tuesday.

I have no money. At all.

I missed the friday pay day before Christmas because I left for home on the thursday, so I didn't receive money then. It didn't matter though, because I wrongly assumed I was getting paid the day after I arrived home. Guh!

Lucky for me I had the foresight to stock up on dry goods and such, so I'm not starving to death. However, instant noodles wash the goodness of the Christmas feasts straight out of my mind.

Oh how I long for some more of that delicious ham, complete with my mother's nana's secret ham dressing of delicious goodness.

Great. Now I'm hungry again. Blah.

So yes. Lots of good things happened on Christmas, but Supanews has really upset a lot of people over this pay thing. I'm not the only person who got a rude shock when they got back from holidays.

Anyhow, I have some photos of the rockclimbing exploits we got up to. Blair is incredibly good at it, looks like he's found his niche in the sporting world. One of his time trials for one of the walls was 9 seconds flat. Turns out the manager approached mum and dad and said he'd be happy to offer him a coaching job.

Nice one!

Any how, photo's of me climbing. Even Blair says my height gives me an unfair advantage, but you can see for yourself:






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Friday, December 30, 2005

You have attained the level of super nerd. This means even regular nerds will beat you up for lunch money and look down on you in contempt
Its official. Super nerd status is now officially engaged. Why, you ask?
Well, you know my new phone? Well, I'm currently uploading this post on it right now.
Why?
Well, I just finished work and its really really boring on the train. i forgot my cs lewis book: 'The Screwtape Letters' that my parents gave me for Christmas.
Also, thanks to Gmail's latest update, I can read and send emails and such on my phone. Apparently it will even interpret pdfs for me. Way cool. I even downloaded a photo Karen emailed me. So cool. What makes it better is that it is all FREE!
Rock on.
Hey, I even browsed otakuboards. The disturbing thing is, the entire thing was configured and mobile phone ready. It was a wap site!
Adam and James' remarkable foresight continues to amaze me.
Right. Here's my stop. Sorry there isnt more substance, but the broadband is on the blink. I shall attempt a proper update when the occasion offers.
Night.
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