I thought that I should blog before the weekend. I have it on my To Do list for today, so thought taht it must be done. I really dont have much to say. Sob!
I finished TAFE yesterday. It was a pretty boring day coz all we had to do was drop off two asessments and make sure that we have completed everything. So, it was just a lot of sitting around and wasting time between classes. So, I am done. It has not hit me yet that I have finished my formal education. This is probably for two reasons; 1) I am so used to ending the uni year and having nothing to do for three to four months. 2) I have a few things planned for the next while. It is Newcastle (Michael is picking me up less than 2hrs) and Broulee (it is on the south coast) next weekend.
i called a few production companies on Wednesday and today. I also wrote to 10 this morning. I am asking for any role in a production office or the like. I just wanna get experience so that I can work my way up.
I will be on the Dole in less than two weeks. i told myself that I will never become one of these people. There are some really honest people who are on this payment - people who truly want work, but just cant get anything. Then there are people who apply for one job in half a year, but make up that they apply for jobs everyday so that they can get money. These are the people who give people on the Dole such a bad reputation. I dont want to be on the Dole. I want to work. I want somewhere to be. So I am hoping that i have employment before my seminar in two weeks. One must always be positive!
I WANT A PHOTO WITH SANTA TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been looking around and so wanna get a photo with Santa! I was not gonna blog tonight, just read a few messages, and answer them another time. But i couldnt resist to write about the Santa thing.
Meanwhile, I dont know how many of you watch Today Tonight and those shows. There was this story on it today about Santa being banned at a Melbourne child care centre. They have not had Santa for about 4 years. This year they will have a clown instead. Now, clowns, I believe, are scary. But, more than that - you cant replace Santa with a clown! Why have they banned Santa? Coz he is not politically correct. When I first heard this I thought it was a gender thing, as most PC things are. I would like to be Santa, but Santa is meant to be male, I reckon. Anyways, it wasnt a gender thing. It was an ethnicity thing. It is coz of the minority groups at the centre. Thing is, the majority of Australian children celebrate Christmas. And those who do not, are around the whole concept anyway. They can not escape Christmas and Santa and all those things that are so alive in Australian culture. Its like saying that Muslim women can not wear their traditional clothing, in case they offend a Jewish woman on the same shopping line. It just is not something that can be avoided. We are a multicultural country. And, if we start getting rid of things that are of one culture and not anoither, we are gonna end up with nothing. But, themn our nakedness will offend someone else. The point of all of this is that SANTA SHOULD NOT BE BANNED!!!!!! plus, i love Christmas and everything that goes with it!
Wow V you're right. It is a bit of a dead zone right now...I can hear the cyber echo of my own cyber voice cause the place is so empty...come back!
I have been back for about a week now but didn't log on cause I guess I felt I needed a break from the Internet...not you guys of course! but just the net overall. Queensland was fantastic. We went to Surfers Paradise and I cannot say this more seriously but I swear I wanna live there. Aside from the Schoolies period (grr) it is friggin' fantastic. I was walking around at 3am in the morning and I felt completely safe. Elderly couples were walking around with us! The shops don't close until 11pm every night and there is beach as far as the eye can see. I was in such a great mood that when I caught Jus perving on some girl when we were out, I would just go up and take a photo of her. So yeah, there are a lot of ass shots in our rolls of film....Jus got a pic with the meter maids who are these women who are dressed in bikinis and who put money in almost-expired meters across the beach. They were really sweet and so pretty! As for me, I loved being able to walk along in short skirts or a bikini (eh gads! that will not happen in sydney!) cause everyone else was doing the same. Eighty year olds were letting it all hang out as they did the shopping or going to the bank...you could wear skimpy anywhere! Here, I wear a skirt and I get woof whistles and all that crap but there, it's the uniform!!! ... we went to MovieWorld and stalked the Scooby Gang....we got so many friggin' photos with them. I wanted a photo with Batman but I think I would have blushed too much ...yeah yeah Im a wuss with a crush. hehe!
The only downside was the Schoolies people. We were there on the day of the stabbing and this other guy was run off the road. Thousands of schoolies were walking down the street and screaming at non-schoolies people. Guys were hanging from balconies screaming at women below and when they refused to acknowledge them, they swore at them and called them sluts. I was like "woah! where was I?" I don't remember any of us being like that when we were that age. They walked up and down the streets as if they owned the place and some were spewing in the streets and it was only like 4 in the afternoon but they were already drunk! So yeah, we were glad to be going home and we came home on an el cheapo coach ride. It was like a road trip! We stopped at truck stops and got huge meals for like 3 bucks each! Friggin great!
Hey V, I can relate. I too am looking for work cause my formal study has finished and I have to say I feel a bit scared. Maybe we could job hunt together? Now there is a crazy idea! I actually thought u were going back to uni to do your honours so didn't think you would be out in the workforce just yet.
Thanks for your reassurance a few blogs back. I had thought that of your parents and Wayne etc for a while. I think it was borne from a vibe I got early on and then it never went away even when we had stopped talking and then started talking again. Bear in mind my paranoia.
I am so sorry ! I did't get the Subway info cause I didn't read the blog before I went ... I will find it out somehow though! ... lol noticing that this blog is basically aimed at you V! ....a short note to Arvin! I wish you well in whatever exams you have left! Can't wait till you come home soon and the same goes for T ! Geez, I thought Aol was a good ISP. I gotta stop believing in hype.
When I was in Surfers I kept thinking of what a mad time we would have up there. We can do it real cheap if we go at the right time...when I went, it was during a "low season" so stuff was dirt cheap and the getting there cost more than being there. We gotta do it guys!
I might write off now.....I will blog again soon but hopefully not be as rambling as I was here. I missed you all! We should get together for Christmas and maybe get a photo with Santa...you're never too old for Santa...and I'm sure Santa loves people who won't pee in his lap out of fear.
Luv ya all!!!.......... Love B :: posted by us friends 9:03 PM [+]
Thursday, November 21, 2002
hello people,
nobody has written in a while!
I am in class right now and we are having a test. I finished ages ago and have done some stuff for another class since then. I ahve also daydreamed and handed up my work. I can hardly believe that in one week - ONE WEEK!!!!!! - I will be finished with my formal study. I am then gonna be unemployed for as short a time as possible. If you see ANYTHING that you believe I can do, please tell me. Ph: 0404026798! I am aplying to a lot of places because I dont want to be unemployed in a week's time!
B, How was your holiday? Wayne said that he spoke to Justin yesterday morning and told me you were home.
B, I hear that you are gonna see "Harry Potter" next week with Wayne and Kaz and Justin. I am allowed to tag along too. So, I shall be following you!
me again people, im getting annoyed with this restriction thing coz i gotta log on again every 20mins. so im am going offline for a few weeks till the restriction is over. pls sms or leave message on the answering machine at the house for need to know info.
cheers folks! good luck in exams! this is T signing off. :: posted by us friends 9:00 PM [+]
hello all.
first of all. forget about my last blog. me just expressing the need to 'fly from the nest' you might say. secondly, i might get cut off any minute now coz AOL has restricted my access for the month. thirdly, went to the doctor and the cream he gave me makes my face itchier! i am so ITCHY! anyway, i look HORRID! there is this red half mask like thing under both my eyes and on my left cheek. i had to go to TAFE today so it was really weird walking around with a red face. yes people did take a second look at me. but strangely enough i felt more condident. its as if i really was wearing a mask and i could do anything i wanted to because i was in disguise and could get away with anything. weird. it was my last exam today so no need to leave the house at all until this rash clears up.
cheerio! gawd im itchy T :: posted by us friends 8:50 PM [+]
Good almost afternoon,
I am sitting in class right now and trying to waste as much time as possible. i could be doing Excel stuff, but we dont have the books in here. I have finished all the Word stuff. There is still an hour to go of this class. I think we should go to our next class in half an hr (ie end now) so that we finish an hour earlier so I can meet michael earlier. SO BORED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
T, whats with ur last blog? I dont understand... am I missing something? And, hows the rash?
I have nothing to say... la la la.....
Just handed up my portfolio. I fel guilty for writing a blog when i should be doing class stuff. Problem is, I dont have class stuff to do!
direction? im not sure. i just know i really wanna move out of here soon. T :: posted by us friends 1:16 AM [+]
good early morning people.
just wanted to say hello. havent been home since thursday so havnt blogged. been watching dvds and videos although i really should have been studying. anyway i am now being punished as i seem to be having an allergic reaction to some lotion. my face has broken out in a red rash and it is not a pretty sight, not to mention very uncomfortable. havnt been to the doctor yet, thought it would go away. if its still there in the morning (later this morning) i shall go see the doctor. arrrgh! we dont even have camomile lotion in the house! so itchy!
goodnight, sleep tight, sweet dreams T :: posted by us friends 12:44 AM [+]
Saturday, November 09, 2002
hello A and T, this shall be a very short blog. Just wanted to know when B is coming back. And, if anyone talks to her or anything, could you ask her about the subway thing. Thanks to you both... Love V :: posted by us friends 7:20 PM [+]
Friday, November 08, 2002
as it turns out, i was the last one to write before B. So i have nothing else to write... V :: posted by us friends 6:36 PM [+]
Hello all,
It is SO HOT!!!!!!!
B, why would my family blame you at all for the whole Wayne thing? It is Wayne that they do not like. It has nothing to do with you! When read that, I was really surprised that you felt that way. My family, honestly, know taht you and I have not exactly been the best of friends since mid 1999, but it has nothing to do with Wayne. It was a you and me thing. They'd be shocked to see you and I in the same place. But, I talk to my mum and she knows that we're on friendly terms now. And, i don't care at al what my family thinks of my friends. It would be a shock at first, but they'd get over it.
I thought that maybe you might not feel comfy being at my place. I was gonna suggest that we go to someone else's house, but taht would mean that I am asking someone to cater for us. If anyone wants to volunteer their home, please say so.
The chemist across from Blacktown station do reprints for 50c, but they do lake longer than an hour. Depends on how soon you want the reprints done.
I did not know B was going to Queensland. Have I not been reading? Or did you not mention it? I knew you were going somewhere, but had no idea where. Could you do me a huge favour? Could you go to Subway and tell me the salads?
B, I so want you to not feel lost anymore. if there is ANYTHING I can do to help you find, or travel along, a path, feel free to ask. I always watched you and you were doing stuff like writing (and you're really good at it! I always wanted to be able to write like you) and thought that you knew what you wanted to do. I thought it was much more likely to happen than what i wanted to do. I may be on the way to wht i want to do, bt it was only because of an opportunity that I took advantage of at uni in Sept last year. The first step is always the hardest. Bec, I know that you are still a writer in your heart. Not to discourage you, but I am reading a book about writing for TV/Film and it is really hard to get the scripts out there. But, i am thinking you'd have more chance in Australia than America. But, it is all about persistance! And, as the guy on the Slimfast ad says, if you fall or whatever, get back on tomorrow.
I will blog again later... this blog was mainly at B. I apolo\gize. its just that her's was the only one i had the chance to read.
V, I can't come on the 17th cause I'll still be on holiday. Right now though, I am free from the 28th. I would love to see ur pics! I didnt get mine developed yet cause I still have some shots of film left on it but can't wait to see how they turned out. I love the pic on our blog page! I would love it if I could have a copy of that Arvin! I doubt my camera took such a clear photo of all of us from that close up.
Hmm things happening in B world....I am having a few sloth-like days of late which has been nice but I have been ending up feeling guilty. Since my last few exams that Friday, my mind just went "see ya!" and doesnt want to focus on anything. I have to though cause I have a final coming up so my slothness is coming to an end.
A screening day eh? Interesting. I must admit I winced when I read the idea of it being at your place V cause I know I am a bit at odds with your family especially cause of Wayne which I kinda suspect they blame me in part for...anyways. If I wuss out, I would love to be able to meet up with you guys later to look at all our photos and go and get reprints...Big W do them for about 85cents each and in an hour ! And I am pretty sure we could kill time together...haha who would think Blacktown could be so fun? But as I said to A one time, it's all about the company. I could be in Disneyland but if my company was, oh say, Theresa Fenech, I'd be begging for someone to shoot me.
Man I completely forgot about the Melbourne Cup. I had another "where the hell was I?" moment. So yeah, no betting, no nothing. That's great to hear about your winnings though. You always seemed to have luck during the Cup cause I remember a couple of years you would come out successful.
I still can't believe I am leaving for Queensland in a bit over a day's time. It is a very budget-y trip as I'm sure I blah blahed about before...but Jus and I have had a lot of stresses so need a change of scenery. It will be torture though to be doing all that window shopping and little buying. I still plan to postcard trek though!
I must say I am envious of you V ! Not that I want to produce film or be a film maker but I have always been interested in that industry and you are out there and you are a part of it! As for me, I am lamely still trying to find a path. For years I was going to be a journalist and I did the course and it was all good and then stuff happened and I lost all focus. I tried going back but I felt like I was a different person and I didn't have that passion for it anymore. I have not written or done anything creative in years. It is why I will say sometimes in my blog how I feel I am doing lots of things but yet feel I am doing nothing. I am doing this course cause the Tafe counsellor recommended it. It's basically aimed at the "don't know what u wanna do" crowd. Thing is, truthfully, I don't like feeling lost in this way. I read so many articles and hear of all these people that are on a path, some from the time they were three and it's all good and then here I am who is 21 and has no friggin' idea. I feel very left behind. Argh! I will stop now. I don't want to seem like a pity monger but there is something about this blog thing, I feel comfortable here in just saying stuff and being me. Sometimes, and its weird, but I don't feel I am being 'me' enough of the time. Not that I'm faking but I feel less real with some other people....oh god does that make any sense??
I might blog off now. Gotta write up my commercial law notes...loads of fun awaiting! hehe ..part of me is serious too, I love studying. ...I will blog when I return to Sydney.....
Luv ya all..... B :: posted by us friends 12:19 AM [+]
Thursday, November 07, 2002
Good afternoon A, B and T,
I am in class right now and we are meant to be warming up our fingers. I say i warm up my fingers for the typing test by writing to my fave three virtual people who are actually real people. I have actually did the warming up task (typing out three paragraphs three times) plus more. Just cant let the teacher see what I am really doing.
I was talking to T today and she said that she would like to see the videos i have made. She also said something about A wanting to see something too. So, I was wondering if we could have a screening day. I also wanna see everyone else's photos and get reprints, especially of the ones at the end of the day (coz my film ran out). I was thinking SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER!!! At my place. Tell me what you think. If that day is not good, pick another.
Well, we did our peed test. I did not go as well as I did last week at the interview, but still better than most people in the class. I shall continue to write to you guys during the rest of this class, and I might even do some f the work that I am meant to be doing.... if i must. I finished the work last class, but could do some editing.....
Hello Catherine..... Just thought id say something since i know you read about our lives. If you wrote, we'd have A, B and C! lol.
I just did some stuff that I am meant to be doing, and am taking a break. This seat is so uncomfortable today! I am NOT impressed! I dont know what it is.
T, do you think that your recruiting place would take me on and give me that job? Doubt it!
Also, T, I know about the $1.49 leather at Spotlight. I bought 6m of it a few weeks back and made my belt. Thanks anyway!
Oh, about my winnings... I got $7.90 from betting 50c on a the win and $1 on the place. I also got $19 for Beekeeper coming third in the sweep at Michael's work for $2. So, I bet $14 altogether and got back $26.90! Yey!
I am not at all interested in doing Word stuff anymore. There are 17 minutes to go of this class... then I get to go shopping. Yey! But, it is only wrapping paper that I get to buy. Sob! Shall do one more editing thing.
I can hardly believe that I have 3 weeks of study left. I feel very anxious right about now. I am pretty sure that in 3 weeks i will not have a job to go to the next Monday or whatever. I Do not want to be on the Dole all that long. I dont want to go on it at all, but I do believe I will need to in order to survive. Without that money I wouldnt even be able to go to interviews so that I can get rejected. I know I should think positively, but it's hard, especially when you hear of all the people who go to 50 interviews a month and get nothing. Great, now I have made myself sad! Good on ya Ness!
I still have not written in my diary about last Saturday! I have been SO busy and have hardly been home. I shall write tomorrow.
I have exciting news.... I will be working on 3 films in the next two months (actually its all in one). I am a production assistant on two, and a production manager on the other. I am nervous about the manager job, but i will be fine. it is all voluntary stuff. But it is more to put in my long resume and more confidence and knowledge for me. I have hardly done anything filmy in ages, and now I am gettng into it again. :)
Only a few mins to go. I shall now post this, print out some edited stuff, and pack up. By the time that is done, it will be time to go.
good early morning bloggers! ha your all still fast asleep probably.
Anyway about the job thing, i was really excited about the prospect of having a regular weekly income but having had time to think about it, i really would rather get this studying over and done with first. So im forgetting about the fulltime job idea. and to answer Bs question; yes it was a work your way up kinda thing. i wouldnt have minded working full time there till february but the boss man wanted longterm as in years and as i mentioned before id like to get the studying over and done with.
Ness, i shall entertain you on thursday, bring the photos pls. I didnt bet on the CUP i actually forgot all about it, didnt even see it on telly. oh well. wanna share your winnings with me? harharhar!
Arvin, are u gonna put the rest of the photos on your site for a limited time so we can see them? ah, i'll just take a look see right now.
Err der ness, I won something on the Cup today! I bet overall $14. I dont know how much I got back. I'll keep you updated. I got the first and third horses. Did anyone else bet? Lose? Win? :: posted by us friends 8:07 PM [+]
hello all,
i got my photos developed. Good stuff there! If anyone would like to see them, i will be in blacktown at 1:30-2pm tomorrow, as well as most of thursday. I so would appreciate it if someone could amuse me between 12 and 1:15pm on Thursday! t is such a long break! Anyways, give me a calkl if you wanna see them. for the two people who dont have my number: 0404026798. I won't be home, so its useless calling me there.
I had much fun on Saturday. Everyone got in before me. To be expected! I've hardly been home or in the mood to blog. My mum came home today, so I am in a much better mood a home. Goodio! Anyways, thanks for a fun day!
Arvin, I'd love a copy of that photo on the webpage. Can I see the rest of the photos?
Hey there guys!!! Hehe you beat me to it A and T ! But yes! I just wanted to say I had the most awesome time with you guys. It was truly fantastic. And V! Who would think we would have so much in common via Wayne? We could start a support group! ... and Arvin! I looovee the new layout...like T though, I was like "woah!" when I saw my mutt right there on the page cause I am a bit self-conscious and don't think I have taken a really good photo since Year 6 but I love it because I look at it and go "ahhh! memories!"...hehe just like one would say about house renovating I will say " I love what you have done with the place"..it looks fantastic! But yes, we have to do more meet-ups like that! It felt so good to just talk and talk about stuff and vent and blah blah the day away. I mean we went from talking about serious things to talking about fake nipples...now how cool is that? ...and Arvin! U gotta teach us oh wise one!! when you learn from this class...it is soo interesting!
Yay! Good luck with the job T! What is the job exactly? Like assistant sort of thing and then you work your way up or something else? By the way, I reckon that corporate clothing would suit you,...I can definitely see you in those Ally Mc beal suits ..though maybe not with a micro-mini skirt....I don't know how that girl bends over successfully! .....I'll blog again later cause I am in such a good mood that I am just going on and on and on.....haha as you can see! so I will blog off now....
Luv ya all!!!!!.... B :: posted by us friends 3:07 PM [+]
hi folks!
yes i am on at a strange hour. its only 2.45pm! so i shall give the reason why first of all before i comment on anything else *my superego is saying blahblahblah, rolling her eyes* I went to the agency today to see if i could get a part time job. But as it turns out, they have a full time junior position job that would be perfect. (Yes i do wana go to Uni but if i get this job then im going to take it. i NEED some professional experience.) So i had to come home to email my resume to them because stupid me forgot to bring it with her. Only problem - i have to look "corporate" meaning more shopping.
THROW THAT MOJO MY WAY...PLEASE!
Arvin i like the new layout. the photo scared me at first(seeing my own face always scares me :P) but its cool. GREEN, i like green and big text is good, green, and purple and did i mention green?
hey all! i just wanna say i had an AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME time!!! we have to do it all again!!! it was so much fun!!! its nice to see and talk to you guys in person!
i had no idea people visit this, we had no idea. give us a shout once in a while to know u came...anyways hello!!!
last week of uni for me before final exams so wish me luck! it will be ok!
im so happy we did the picnic (T.V.B.A.)
xoxoxoxox arvin
ps. i changed the layout! if u guys dont like it or the pic just tell me! yeah i will be making a better one when i finish my exams...i just thought this pic we took was nice! ok later! :: posted by us friends 9:49 PM [+]
Saturday, November 02, 2002
hey folks, i just got home half an hour ago. today was cool, we should have thought of it before! And i gotta appologise to the people i didnt know actually do visit us here at 'home'. We gotta do some iceskating soon! and abseil, and rock climb, and horse ride and bunjeeeeee...etc.
have a great evening everyone! T :: posted by us friends 8:32 PM [+]
chatterbox!
