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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