So, I'm at work again, and not taking calls ! This shit is great, I could STL all day!

*Waits for STL's to comment on how shit their job is*

Sure, its not great (aka boring at times), but its not taking calls, and that’s a good thing. Although, the dreaded 6am tests are still to come. It seams a change is a good as a holiday at the moment.

More to the point the team seams to be riding on the shoulders of a dedicated few at the moment, and my thoughts are that this will be common place untill we all bail ! As Menzies and I just discussed, look at the management team ... the ship is sinking, and all the rats want out. I'm not at all implying that our managers are rats, but it looks as though we are on borrowed time.

That’s a shame cos this place (as evil as it can be) can be bloody good for uni goers like me. Its pretty good cash (best for students in Ballarat) and doesn't look to shabby on a resume. I'm not concerned about the work that we do going elsewhere, frankly I couldn't give a fuck, but it's the students, and the impact that this may have on the IT scene in Ballarat in general that is concerning. I mean, apart from the place, the IT presence in Ballarat is far from huge, so what will bring IT students to Ballarat if there is no job opportunities ??

Hey, I just changed a wallboard, GO ME !! 

 

So, here I am, another overnight, bored out of my skull.

In other (some would say more interesting) new, I've finished university !!!! Well, I say that, but I still have some cisco classes to go (their at smb, so they don’t count) and I've still gota pass my exams (but I'm the smartest guy around, so they don't count either). Either way, I'm pretty stoked.

To celebrate that, I had a pretty good weekend. Friday night was spent in the matrix (will mean something to some people ) at home, was very good times ! Saturday saw a night at karova which was not huge, but pretty good, and I only spent $50 !! How (good) is that !?!?!

In the theme of more random updates, my poor old car needs some major TLC. See the list :

• Figure out if her transmission can be resurrected (leaking oil everywhere, and then slipping gears)
• New suspension all round. Including springs, shocks, bushes, and god knows what else. I'm thinking ill go for some FE2 gear (same as the cops use) so she sits down a bit, and doesn't wallow around on the road like a 1970's Cadillac.
• Brakes need work, very doughy.
• Service, and some other little niggles.

So that will set me back a bit, but hopefully I can do most of it myself, with some assistance from a mechanic friend. This should see her well past the 400,000 km mark that is coming up fast. If you can't tell, I love my car and will spend more than its worth to keep it going, we've had some great times!

This is all part of a grander plan that will see me overseas (with any luck, the bludgers that I associate with will come as well ) around the middle of next year. So that means plans for the purchase of the new Death Star (car) will be postponed.

The trip itinerary will go something like this; fly into LA, buy a car (something like the afore mentioned cady !) and drive through the desert, Vegas and Yellowstone into Canada. From there, its through the Rockeys and all the way up into Anchorage in Alaska. There, sell car and fly into somewhere in eastern Europe, and head west toward GB, and most importantly, Amsterdam. Where we visit along the way depends on a lot of things, cos there is so much that I want to see.

Anyways, thats about it for now, enjoy !

Hi All, I have a new page here
Its going to have some serious thougts in it from time to time, but check it out. Ill link it off to the right.