Another update! I'm on a roll.

So, it's time for another update. After a particularly emotastic two-weeks, I had a weekend which afforded me the opportunity to cheer up a little.

I went to Monash University on Friday (August 24th) for a Transition Day. Overall, it was pretty pointless, as they didn't really teach me anything about Monash that I didn't already know/want to know. However, it wasn't all bad, as it meant missing a whole day of school (in your face, double Maths!), and it finished at 12:30.
That being said, after catching the bus to Huntingdale Station, we found the train had broken down, so there'd be a delay of 25-30 mins. Then, after 25-30 mins, they told us that there would be a bus coming to take us to Caulfield Station. Turns out there wasn't, which meant catching the public bus (the 900, if anyone is really that interested). Which meant having to wait a further 20 mins because the first bus was full. Why oh why didn't we just stay on the first bus until Caulfield Station?

Then Saturday involved firstly work (8am-1pm, which was fun considering I'd had barely and sleep the night before. Insomnia for the win), then finding a costume (explained later).
After that I ventured into the city to watch a discussion about the life and works of W. H. Auden (which was part of The Age Melbourne Writers Festival), which was ideally meant to help for our Literature exam, but really involved nothing more than two old men reminiscing about Auden.
Finally was Chris Rosetti's 18th, which involved travelling all the way to the far away land of Berwick. The party was a costumed 'Heroes' theme, so I decided to take the cheap way out, and simply rented a long black overcoat (which I now want to buy, or one similar to it), and wearing a black T-shirt and jeans underneath. And voila, instant Neo. I'll try and find some pictures, and post them somewhere (I might have to dig out my old Photobucket account, le gasp).
The party itself was pretty uneventful, but some of the costumes were interesting (Nathan Holt as Captain Planet, Jonothan Wills as a spandex-clad Batman).

And finally, a very beautifully sunny Sunday, which involved nothing more than finishing off my damn draft for my Literature SAC tomorrow, which is worth a whopping 60 marks out of the total 200 for Coursework in Literature 3&4. We were given the tasks several weeks ago, so I picked something I thought would be easy and entertaining. Turns out trying to transpose Dylan Thomas' Under Milkwood to a modern upper-class suburbia setting is rather difficult, and resulted in the urge to slam my head against the wall.
Also, I attempted to mow the lawn. Note the word attempted, as I discovered, to my elation, that the lawn-mower was ill, and decided to alert me of that fact by blowing out rather sick smoke, and idling in a rather strange fashion. So, calloo, callay, I was able to put the mower away and enjoy the sunshine instead by sitting amongst the amusingly long grass.

And that's it for my weekend. Coming up next week, watch me go insane as I start my healthy eating diet (you know that you're unfit when you become out of breath just from running up the stairs). Apparently eating grass is good for you.


じゃ、みんな、まったね。

An update, oh my!

So, it's been over six months since my last update. And, sadly, not much has happened....

However, it seems this blog has slowly been deteriorating in my absence (much like the pride and morals of Haileybury since Aikman left), so I might do some updating in the next few days (such as changing links, because Matt and Luke are conformist sheep. Wordpress, pfft).

I guess the most exiting things are as follows:

- I'm once again trying to give up WoW. Hopefully, however, it'll be for good

- I'm now going out with Yaz, who I met through work. She's a weirdo too, and completely accepting of my nerdiness. Hooray!

- School is almost finished! And I have a course lined up already, so I hope I get accepted (Bachelor of Arts (Languages) at Monash, if anyone is interested. A Major in French and Linguistics, and Minors in Translating and Interpreting (it's one subject, not two seperate ones) and another language (most likely German or Spanish. Bye bye Japanese!).

- Fame is underway, and close to performance time. Although my input has been minimal (read: thwarted by Nazi parents and an evil Maths teacher), I hope to be doing something useful on nights, unlike Inheritance, where my greatest accomplishment was putting Mr Frame in his place.

Oh, and last night I went to see the Phantom of the Opera starring Anthony Warlow. Even though he has been sick, he still managed a brilliant performance, alongside his co-stars. And the technical aspects were amazing too (such as hundreds of tiny lights embedded in the floor, set and backdrops to resemble flickering candles and stars, dry ice to create a floor-hugging mist, pyrotechnics, incredibly detailed costumes, and a giant chandelier which swung from the roof and crashed into the stage). It was definately worth enduring my family for a night in order to see it.

There's more, but I'm tired (and suffering from insomnia), so I'll finish here and add more when I think of it.

Until next time,
Doomsayer, over and out.