The Mobile Revolution

I got an SMS this afternoon from my bank to inform me that they are not longer carrying through with phone banking opting for the Smart Phone revolution, forcing people to have to obtain a new phone with smart phone capabilities if they with to keep a mobile track of their finances. There is another option to have balances TXT to them but they have to remember to put in the correct codes, so not only do you have to remember you card number and password you have to remember a code word, I call BULLSHIT on this, its ridiculous to think that they are cutting out, and then give people less than a week to get yourself organised.

Sunday morning

How times have changed as a child I used to climb out of bed, creep down the the loungeroom and watch cartoons. As a teenager I would stay in bed as long as possible and read, mostly books but whatever was at hand. As a young adult living in Sydney I would walk to the bakery in the wee small hours of the morning get some croissants and the Sydney morning herald and read eat and drink French coffee. That gave way to stumbling home on a Sunday morning after partying all night. Today i'm heading home after spending another Saturday night working the night shift. Oh how times ahve changed.


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I'm not that belligerent!

I listen to the conquests of my friends and it has recently occured to me that I am grossly out of date in the matters of dating and hooking up. Ten years ago when I was on the meat market we didn't have pre shot penile pictures on our mobile phones if we showed somone our body it was in private and it meant something. Nowadays people have a variety of pictures available, is this because they have so little regard for their bodies that they feel that they body is public domain or is it that they have so much regard for themselves they feel they should be seen by one and all. I'm just not that belligerent I have done it once and felt so ashamed and then I found out that that person was out on a date with someone that I know I felt so cheap. As far as I am concerned I will never speak to him again I won't subject myself to any more humiliation from him - sleazy got. No one tells you that dating changes with technology. I really am lost in the way of the world. Any tips dear reader???


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Blogging take two

Sorry dear reader that it's been so long between posts. After moving house my life Has become quite busy and I'm hoping that it has now settled down again so I can start blogging again. Till next time. Hugs

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In over my head

The words connect us, I write them and you let them wash over you, cleansing your soul and quenching the thirst of my knowledge. With every drop I become dry, my tears creating an ocean. And I'm in over my head again. I see your face, gasp for air and swallow my own tears in the process. I no longer fall in love with I drown in the unknown.


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Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

So yeah, I'm moving house this week. Couple of things about the new place...
* I have yet to see inside
* The rent is 33% more than the one I currently live in
* It is closer to the city
* There are no wardrobes
* The hallway is L shaped and quite large
* It has wood all the way through

So I know a bit about my new place but it worries me that I havn't seen it.


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Alice In Wonderland

I saw Tim Burton's new creation 'Alice in Wonderland' and loved it. It was another triumph for the dynamic duo of Elfman and Burton. Not only was it visually stunning but it had a soundtrack that audio magic. Certain people I know won't enjoy it because it is a reconstruction of a great peice of classic literature. This is a reimagining of a beautiful fable asking the question... "what would happen if it was all real?"


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But when I...

When I go to certain social gatherings I quite often run into this particular couple. I'm sure we all know the type that have seen, been, done, held, and know more than anyone else in the group although they have no evidence or willing to provide any when asked. They often let other people direct and start conversations and then chime in with "That's fine but when I..." And then have a story to tell. These people also have a talent of putting other people down and promoting their partners. I had the pleasure to be invited to their place for a meal recently after they came to my place for a stir-fry meal. One of the couple claimed that their partner makes a better stir-fry then this and I should come to their place and try it for myself. So a week later I sat at their table only to be served something so dry and flavorless that I had to eat it with a knife and fork, just to cut the meat. I said it was pleasant meal and they bragged that they had impressed me. I asked how long they marinated the meat for and they told me that you don't marinate meat as it makes it go off. Hmmm. Still I bit my tongue. One thing I can always say is that these people may drive me mental but at least I'm practicing how to keep my patience.

This same couple recently purchased blackberry's so they can access particular apps. But still call those who use apps on iPhones ans iPods pretentious, funnily they are one of the first people to whip out their new blackberry's to google something if it comes up in a conversation, just so they can be the first with the info. They also find ways to bring their phones into conversations, constantly. I have noticed though in our circle of friends that they are being invited to less and less social gathering. They believe they are witty but are often rude, they offend people more often than not and when asked for help are the first to come up win an excuse for not doing it. However, when they asked for help and noone showed up they slagged people off on facebook, charming ain't they?


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How to be attractive?!?!?!

The attractiveness of someone is a two fold thing the external and the internal. Granted alot of people judge a book by it's cover, whether it be their clothing or their physical appearance. I recently joined a facebook group that basically said that you can be attracted to someone's personality but it's not something you can whack off too. Recently I have joined in in the gay bear community where appearances are not the primary goal, it really is quite inclusive of anyone of any size, shape, and physical parameters. I can hear you say OMG can this guy really be that naive? Well, from my experience it's been that way. I have never been one to follow the latest trends in fashion, mind you if it's comfortable I'm all for it. I'm getting a little fed up with these perfumed pretty boys that have no personality, great to look at but nothing more than an empty shell, you may as well have sex with a PVC blow up doll, they fill a physical need but nothing more. They can be fun to hang with as you don't have to truely mentally have to be there. It's very relaxing as you don't have to think to hard. However to be truely attractive you need to be filled with something such as personality and brains. The most beautiful thing a person can have is a opinion and an educated mind.

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Recipe for happy...

Give half the chance people would prefer to be alone, noone to answer to, noone reliant upon them and noone to tell them what to do. I used to be like that, that is until I found the love of my life a Shih Tzu X Lhasa Apso named Malakai. He is the most handsome boy in all of the city. He is so dedicated to me, loyal as and so full of unconditional love. Ok so i'm not a highly active person, love reading and would never be likened to an oil painting, but there he is when I get home ready to be cuddled and huggled with a smile on his face. I must admit it is my favourite part of the day to come home to such eagerness for affection, I feel the stress of work just drop away leaving me wonderfully relaxed for a great sleep, ready for another onslaught of the physical and emotional job of care work on the nursing home. Add that to joining a social group for Friday night drinks and yakking and you have recipe for a very nice week. Great friends, loads of unconditional love and enough money to pay for my book/reading habit and I am a happy man.


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What does it mean to be a bear?

During last years picnic in the park a friend encouraged me to embrace my the bear within. I had grown a moustache for movember (p.s. I raised $145.00 for it - bonus) and found it suited me so I decided to keep it and was encouraged to grow a goatee, I don't blindly follow my friends advice usually but it seemed like a laugh so I went through with it. Three months down the track and here I am I have full on Ginger goatee, and strangely enough I don't mind it. So I read as much as I could on bears, bear culture and the community. The one thing that was always mentioned in the stuff about bears is the open and friendly atmosphere, so I decided to take the plunge and go to a bear club meeting. I haven't met a bigger bunch of benevolent boys for a very long time. The major conclusion I came to was that to be a bear in the gay community is to be friendly, open and have a love of life, friends and the community.




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It's been a while

I know it's been a while since I blogged... Sorry :(

Since I last blogged my other half and I have finally got our bicycles off lay-by or as Americans call it lay away on Saturday and I have gone for a ride each day since, I forgot how much I enjoy riding. Over the years I've put on a bit of weight and riding around on this limited size seat has caused a slight aching around the buttocks area. I'm sure it will sort itself out soon enough. The next issue is to get a basket on the back so I can take the dog out and about with me, something I am really looking forward too, more puppy / daddy time. Something I definitely have to organize before the million paws walk in May. Next week hopefully we get our new futon.


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Move over Harry Potter

Move over Harry Potter there is a new hero in town. Percy Jackson is America's attempt at gaining a literary/film hero genre back. How better to do this, than the man that brought Harry Potter into the cinema, Chris Columbus. For many years the American youth have been looking to a British boarding school wizard for inspiration, Percy still lives with his mother and alot more gritty and although being a demi-god is more down to earth. The books are self contained stories and by the looks of the film the 2 hour long story arcs will be too. Granted there is a mega arc of Percy becoming a man and finding himself but so much teenage fiction deals with that as well. Chris Columbus has done the incredible by bringing a second series to life, what next for this amazing producer/director?


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This I promise you...

On Sunday free tickets to see Percy Jackson for Wednesday night 10/02. My other half said that he was going to have the evening off work, now I find out that I will be going alone as my other half will be going to work even though 4 days notice to change shifts... I did and an glad I did. It just seems to happen more and more often lately. I get the "yeah yeah yeah I will do it" and then one the day oh "sorry babe I can't do it because I forgot" or "sorry babe I didn't budget for it" I'm not angry just disappointed. I've now taken to giving 3 months notice in advance i.e. The RSPCA Million Paws Walk 16/05. We'll see what happens.

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Trying to make friends (trial 1)

I was sitting on the bus one night on the way to work I believe it was Australia day (26 Jan). A night I hate anyway as there are so many drunken idiots around. Anyway I was sitting on the bus reading (as you do), and this young girl, couldn't have been more than 17 and drunk as. Her and her girlfriend wee siting in some seats diagnally across from me giggling and carrying on like drunken tools. She get up and heaves herself into the seat next to me I will lay out the dialogue as it needs repeating...
GIRL: What ya doin? (with alcohol breath and partial souring)
ME: Reading!
GIRL: What ya readin?
ME: A rare as is it for you generation to use them, a book!
GIRL: What is the book about?
ME: I'm sorry do I actually know you?
GIRL: No, I just thought you looked lonely.
ME: And if I was lonely what part of me looks like I would want to be speaking to you?
GIRL: Huh?
ME: (Getting pretty annoyed at this stage) I asked what part of me looks like I want to be talking to you?
GIRL: None
ME: Pardon?
GIRL: Nothing
ME: Well in that case go away.
GIRL: But...
ME: Go Away!
So she did she went and sat back with her friend Nd started giggling again. Really dislike teenagers, especially those ones that think they are just it. Add alcohol into the mix and I am extremely unable to warm to them. I try to be nice I really do just sometimes...

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The art of communicating

Professionals talk about what percent is verbal and what percent is non-verbal when communicating. Working in aged care you need to up the non-verbal skills dramatically in order to communicate with the client/resident. The number of non-English speaking people in aged care facilities is raising dramatically year after year as they forget how to speak English and reverting back to their mother tongue, another side effect of the populate or perish policy, thank you oh so wise government. It's interesting to see just how much I have taken this non-verbal into the wider community, ordering a coffee today I realized I pointed to the menu board behind the serving girl, she took it in good humour, I realized I was turning into one of those people that live to work, not work to live. I NEED TO GET OUT MORE!!! All in good time dear reader, all in good time.


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Can you see the future?

From the time I was a young child my parent where do I see myself in the future? My usual answer was I have no idea. As a teenager I dreamed of the future where I was no longer under the thumb of my parents and teachers and I could make my own decisions. Nowadays I dream of a future where my student loans will be paid and I will will be able to make future decisions. I can see the future now alot easier changing from PC to EN.


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Avenue Q

So I went and saw avenue Q over the weekend at her majesty's theatre, one word could only describe the performance... Incredible! I have known the music for years in the lead up to the performance I was happy to say the actors were brilliant. And by adding a few Australian references made it their own. The one thing that made me squirm in my seat was the song 'what do you do with a BA in English, as it really made me think about my bachelors degree in media and its honours degree. Now that I have them my life has not really changed, I'm still working as a personal carer in aged care cleaning dirty dots and general shit kicker. Besides discovering my love of writing and concept development e.g. Story arcs, character design and development. I've started writing a novel and enjoying the journey that my characters are taking me on, I'm so glad I can type fast to keep up with my brain.


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Every little bit counts

So the apple iPad was released yesterday among a whole heap of celebration and pats on the back for the designers etc of apple... After getting over my initial apple-gasm, I read the specs and realized that once again the apple team are just off the mark. Sounds great on paper what it can do, my disappoinment comes from the lack of camera, pixilation of the app icons and several other silly little things, that if added would have kicked the ass of iPod and the iMac. I kept saying to friends and family that I was going to get an iPhone once they got all the bugs out of it but by the time they fixed it they brought out the next in line, the iPad. Leaving me happy for the step up in technology but I would have prefer to have had the iPhone issue not transferred to the iPad. Maybe iPad 2.0???


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Sleep while standing

Working night shift can take a hell of a lot out of you. When employment legislation was created the governing body decided on an 8/8/8 style day, 8 hours working, 8 hours personal time, 8 hours sleeping. I work my 8 hours, I have my 8 hours personal time, but not 8 hours sleep. I'm lucky to get 2 - 5 hours sleep during the day and because it's during the day it's not real solid REM sleep. I can feel it taking a toll on my physical and mental health. My fuse is shorter and I have put on weight, both because I have no energy to do much. Once the loan is paid off and have my financial health is worked out, I won't have to work as much, and I can then concentrate on my physical and mental health. Eye on the prize!!!


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Can you be inoculated again discrimination?

Being someone from within a minority you would assume that I would be more tolerant toward others from other minorities. Alas no, I am mentally racist towards other races, creeds, and colours. Where did I learn this, partially from my parents and partially from experiences that I have personally had. Growing up in a town, that I won't name, on the south coast of New South Wales my parents always taught me to be very wary of who you have contact with as they will more than likely rip you off or steal from you. Case in point as soon as soon as my younger brother became friends with a local aboriginal boy my house was robbed by him and several of his family, a lesson learnt the hard way. My mother told me the story of a friend of ours who owned a cafe, a drunk aboriginal picked up the tables and chairs and threw them at passing cars, the person throwing the furniture was let of in court with a warning, and the cafe owner was charged with neglegent behaviour and made to pay damaged to the owners of the cars both for their vehicles and emotional damage, yes he had to file for bankrupcy within a year. My friend was chased down and accosted by a number of girls for her watch. She didn't give it to them jumping into the car of my brother speeding away. Years have passed and things have not changed much, I have backpacked throughout several continents and been in a relationship for 9+ years. Nowadays I still get nervous around drunk people especially aboriginals. On the bus going back about a month ago two drunk aboriginals had passed out on one of the seats one had obviously urinated themselves the heat of the bus made the bus stink and the drunkard continued to wet himself. Passengers and myself asked the driver if he could do anything about it, he said if he did he would be fired for discrimination, leaving about 10 passengers to suffer. The other way I mentally discriminate is feel angry towards those from international locations, the state government fly them here, give them free education in courses such as aged care, free accomodation, and pay employers half their wages for the first 12 months. There are thousands of people homeless and others that could do with the leg up and the government discriminate against them as well. So once again I miss out on work as the people who have half their wages paid get by the government get the work. Great Australia day when the people who were born here can't even get work even though they are crying out for it. The one thing that the government can't understand though is that the aged care residents that they care for have a very hard time understanding them as they have limited English speaking skills and refuse to listen to or follow instruction because they themselves cannot understand us. I don't commit hate crime but I mentally discriminate.

See Saw Seen

I see you all coming and going trying to be subtle so the world not what you are doing. I was once like you hiding in the shadows, hoping and praying that noone would recognize me or my lastest conquest. I surrender my legacy to you the young the needing and wanting of your drive. The eye I made at others are now being used on me. You have an undefined future, while mine is half over. If you take something from our transaction let it be this... Don't conform to societies rules, be you, follow you heart not your head and never, ever let others box you.


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Premium Student Accommodation

By the end of 2010 I plan to be debt free and living a much easier lifestyle. Granted at the moment money is a bit tight but to be debt free is going to be great. I've pretty much dropped out of the social sphere to save money I have my eye on the prize and this way I can save to get my dreams... House, motor vehicle, I really am looking forward to the days when I can give rentals away open my front door and say this is mine. A place for me to write, a place where I can just be me. Selfish maybe but I dare to live the dream.


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The lost art of reading

Sitting on the buses and trains leaves me cold with the amount of people that actually read books these days. I took a quick head count 28 people on this train carriage the number of people reading (mind you I'm not including myself in this) 0, zero, zilch, nada, noone. They are happy to sit and tap away text messages or listen to their iPods. Noone is actually reading. We are living no longer in a macro-society but thousands of micro-societies consisting of unilateral decision making, based on the question "How does this effect me?"


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