Was just watching A Current Affair where they had an interview with an animal liberationist whose group fed ham to a bunch of sheep to stop them being exported to the middle east, and a Muslim leader. The interview was absolutely hilarious because the muslim dude was telling the activist that the stunt was pointless because it wasn't going to make any difference after three days when the pork passes through the sheeps' system.

But talk about a stoopid thing to do in the first place. Yes I can see why people would want to stop the sheep getting shipped on hot/humid transportation for weeks, but ultimately all they're doing is hurting the farmers, who struggle enough as it is without wingnuts like that trying to screw things up for them.

Had my first paid masseur gig tonight. Two hours, 20 people, $100. Not sure if it was worth it or not. I didn't know anyone except Sami, and the whole room was so noisy it was next to impossible to listen to conversations anyway. Not to mention I'm thoroughly exhausted, I've never gone for that long before. Still, $100 and dinner isn't anything to complain about :)

It's late.
Been making one of these after getting home from George's for dinner.

And to again prove that people have way too much time on their hands: http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/lp/lasdiag/enterp.shtml

My problem is definitely one of forgiveness. To forgive someone is actually very liberating. It means you can start afresh and don't have to hold up the whole act of holding a grudge. I've always had problems with forgiveness. Usually with people that give me suicidal thoughts. For some reason I can't get past those. But I have two big opportunities, and a myriad of little ones, in the near future to practise forgiveness. I'll try it out and let everyone know how it goes.

Although probably not enough tonight. Which may or may not have been a good thing. Probably a good thing. The potential for crashing is far too high. Especially when *he* is there and it gets rubbed in all the more how much he likes other people more than you. Oh the horrible feelings that went through me tonight. It sucks big time.

Gonna have to wait it out for a bit here before I go home. Don't wanna get arrested or anything silly.

*sigh*

/me goes off to watch a dvd for a bit.

Good grief, it's been 10 years since Jurassic Park was released. I saw it the day it was released. I was at uni at the time and saw it on the first morning. I'm now watching it again for the first time in years.

If it hadn't been for that movie, this web page very well may not exist. There's a whole story behind it here. The movie influenced the major I took at uni, which led me to the people I met and the career I ended up in.

It wasn't even that great a movie. I enjoyed the book more. I actually read the book in a day and a half the same day my mid-year 2nd year exams finished in 1993. But watching the movie has brought back all sorts of memories.

Another thing I did was write a review on all the reviews on the movie for a "general studies" subject. So I did all sorts of reading about the movie and all the associated stories on genetics, and taped and watched at least a dozen different documentaries and specials. Fun times :)

My todo list is still out of control.

Not helped by a blackout in Glebe during UPS maintance at the exchange, meaning all cia's servers crashed in a heap, and chasing people to make sure gamera was rebooted and all it's services were working. This was after a day and a half battle with a $#!%load of "bounced" spam sending the mail server's queue through the roof. Campbell and Daniel have spent two days fighting with it trying to keep it under control so that mail can be processed for customers. It's basically been one disaster after another, and Campbell is understandably, totally over it.

Then, after shopping, went to my parent's place for me little brother's birthday dinner. Had a couple of fun games of 500 afterwards - including one game, where the first call of the game was to Dad and he called Open Misere. He won it, and so I won a game without even playing a card. In fact the game was declared won on the second round of play, when it was decided that noone would be able to beat him. Funny stuff. David was declared the loser of the night after losing the three games he played.

Dave introduced me to Skype tonight which is a lot of fun - the quality is fantastic!

Also spent way too much time tonight playing with and reading about Lego. I got a bunch of old stuff in the mail today, including six classic minifigs that have a sticker on their torso instead of the printed logo. I'm trying to find info on them - it seems they were very early minifigs and Bricklink only has one red one worldwide. I have six of the things - three red and three white. I'm sure they'd be worth something, but the hard part would be finding who. Maybe I should open my own bricklink store!

And to support my theory that some people have way too much time on their hands, check this site out!

It was totally unreal in Sydney during the Olympics. The majority of people were on holidays, so there was noone on the roads. I chose to continue working, so had dream drives into work, and then spent half my time watching "ip tv" olympics coverage, as there wasn't really much work to do any way.

Everyone was in a party/holiday mood. There was stacks of free entertainment round the city. The public transport system performed absolutely flawlessly.

We went out to Olympic Park to see a few things, and while it was insanely crowded, it was all very organised, thanks in no small part to the army of volunteers, and there was hardly any queueing for anything.

My biggest regret was not getting to see the opening ceremony. When I saw the opening ceremony for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles I thought at the time that it would be a such a once in a lifetime event that if it ever came to Sydney I'd *have* to see it. My mother and I both applied for tickets, but we didn't get them. I didn't regret not having to pay $1345 *per ticket*, but I still really would love to have been there. I also wanted to go to one of the dress rehearsals, but you couldn't get tickets for that (you had to know people or be involved). My friend Liz was a volunteer, and her "beat" was Stadium Australia, so she got to see it for free.

According to my weather pixie, the temperature at Sydney Airport hit 34C at 5pm today. We're only three weeks into spring!

And because I haven't done one of these in a while..

1. Who is your favorite singer/musician? Why?
I don't have a favourite anymore. Previous favourites have included 1927, David Bowie, Queen and Billy Joel

2. What one singer/musician can you not stand? Why?
Shrug. Don't care too much. I thought Brittany Spears was a bit of a fake

3. If your favorite singer wasn't in the music business, do you think you would still like him/her as a person?
Sure

4. Have you been to any concerts? If yes, who put on the best show?
I've only been to a few. The best *shows* were from international acts - Billy Joel and Brian May

5. What are your thoughts on downloading free music online vs. purchasing albums? Do you feel the RIAA is right in its pursuit to stop people from dowloading free music?
Sure. But I do think music is ridiculously expensive to buy, so can see why people would do it. It's also good for getting stuff that's next to impossible to find in the shops. Like does anyone know where I could buy a copy of Transvision Vamp's Pop Art in Australia? Probably on the internet somewhere I guess, but certainly not in stores.