And now, the moment you've been waiting for...
I've moved this essay on image elsewhere, because it was bugging me in the blog space.

I'll put a link to it somewhere, when I work out what's going on with my web page...

In the mean time, you might like to try the garlic bread.

*UPDATE* (I could have just deleted the other stuff, but i've done enough of that for one day)

The essay hes bee moved to here

Coming soon...
Yep, that big blog on image is on its way. I'm getting the mileage up on this one. In the mean time, Pirates was great.

Not as scary as I'd expected, and heck of a lot funnier. Johnny Depp was fantastic. I think I'm a fan, I'd like to see it again.

and now a word from our sponsors
it may be a little later than i originally thought. I'm going to see Pirates of the Caribbean...

Partly because it looks like a good movie, but mostly because i'm sick of being in conversations with people about it, and not being able to contribute to them intelligently.

Seeing the movie may not change that.

but hey, it's a movie.

don't go away...
I know, it's been a couple of days. I'm slack. Unfortunately, i'm going to keep this slackness happening until a bit later. After work hours.

Then i'll make another real entry.

so i hope you can hold out until then...

forgetfulness
i really can't remember what i was going to blog about today. I had it all worked out this afternoon, but then i got caught in traffic for a half hour or so, and there was all this stuff that i'd forgotten to do, so it's kind of slipped my mind.

On another note, I wish i listened to people better. I don't think i do too badly, but sometimes, i feel like i'm just not saying the right thing to help the other person properly.

practice makes perfect i guess...

there's those ellipses again.

It takes a lot of energy to listen to people properly. I like doing it, because i like being listened to, and i know how valuable it is to me. Sometimes, i just go quiet though, because i don't know what to say, and i don't want to come across as a 'parroting technique' listener. But maybe that's the problem. Maybe i get too caught up in how i'm coming across, rather than what's happening for the other person. Not that it's all i think about, but you know, sometimes.

Which has just reminded me of what i wanted to blog about: IMAGE

but i'm all blogged out now. I'll regale you with some more thoughts about image tomorrow. Or maybe Friday, because Thursdays are reallly busy for me.

Are you free on Friday? I'll see you then then. Ciao

anniversaries
I'd like to take a moment to honour the first person to comment on this blog. Gunners, I salute you.


Today is the three month aniversary of my relationship with Kaia - our 'understanding'. However, the running total of days in which we've had face to face contact is now at 11 (or is it 12?)


Hmmm, there are some things about long distance relationships that are very hard indeed...


I think i've come to a crisis point in my blogging. I'm not really sure why i'm doing it. What is my purpose in blogging? Why do people blog? More to the point, why do i want to blog? Is it jsut self indulgent, attention seeking drivel, as Kaia (i think) would claim? I would like this blog to be something more than that.


Problem: I'm not really sure how to go about that...


ellipsis are cool...


or is the plural ellipses?


ellipses are cool...


Hmmmm, so much for high ideals.


This is a ponderer. I'll get back to you when I come up with something. In the mean time, I'm going to eat some left over pizza for dinner.


mmmm, anchovies...

989 times 747 equals 738783
I'm about to fall asleep at my desk.


It's been a long week, and I am bushed. There'll be a bunch of people from Morwell coming around tonight. They'll also be visiting the Twelve Apostles tomorrow morning. At least that's the intention. I'm not sure if they realise that the Twelve Apostles are pretty much halfway to Adelaide from here. Adelaides about 9ish hours drive away. Good luck to em though.


Random


Going to a 25th Birthday part tomorrow night. Will be good to catch up with some friends.


I think i'll have a nap when I get home. As long as the Morwellians aren't there yet.


Hmmm, not sure that i am living the lifestyle i imagined a 23yo would be living had i imagined the lifestyle of a 23yo when i was say 14.


Not sure if the previous paragraph made sense.


am okay with that, as am too tired to care.


Random


the title of this entry comes from the way i test if calculators work. Just in case...


I mean, it could be a government plot to corrupt the minds of the young so that...


whatever, i'm going home

Stop. Smell the roses
I finished yesterday feeling somewhat overwhelmed at what I had to do. The funny thing about that overwhelmed feeling, is that it is seldom based on the actual things I have to do, but rather on the sense that there's a lot of things i have to do, and I'm not doing them.


Make sense? No? Okay. Well maybe it will when i desribe how i got out of that overwhelmed feeling. It was as simple as sitting down in front of my trusty notebook, and listing, in order, all the things i could think of that i have to do.


And as i sit here and look at it, i think, "hey, that's not so bad. Busy, but not difficult."


It also helped that I had a quiet time this morning, which i felt way too busy for yesterday. Taking that moment to just slow down, read the bible, pray. It really helps having God in mind.


So, yeah. I stopped to smell the roses, and I got more done than I thought was possible.

Fruit
Woke up a bit late this morning. oops


Have been a bit sick the last few days. I woke up with a cold on Saturday morning, and have been a bit sniffly since.


Picked up a copy of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" from my grandfather on Sunday. I've read a bit of it. It's an interesting read. It's kind of like a travel journal, mixed with a philosophical text. It works for me. I'm still waiting to see where it's going - what the bottom line is. But i have this sneaking suspicion that there will be no bottom line - that there is no amazing plot twist. Sort of like those european films you see on SBS from time to time. They just are.


Or like "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". You keep waiting for the drama - for something to go wrong. But it never really does. It's just a journey - life.


I've started eating only fruit for breakfast again. Summer approaches, and i feel the need for fitness...

Glenn's birthday - Happy Birthday Mate!
Glenn is my friend, who is an artist. It's his birthday today. It's also the first day of Blackstump, which I'm not at. These two events (the birthday and the stump) often occur simultaneously. It's the bane of Glenn's existence...


So, where have i been for the last week? That could be a very long story...


But in the interest of sanity, I shall keep it brief. I've just spent the past week or so at Fusion's international Conference. I was inducted as staff, so I'm a company boy now. That was pretty exciting.


Also, got to see Kaia for a record of eight consecutive days. That brings the total number of face to face contact days since the beginning of our 'relationship' to eleven (I think). Anyway, it was great - we got to talk about a whole bunch of stuff. I thouroughly enjoyed it.


I was also able to meet Howie, a long-standing friend of Kaia's, of whom i have heard a great deal, and now have a face to put to the name. I like having a face to put to the name of people that i'm hearing about. it makes it so much easier not to get confused about who's who.


And Jen was cool too


If anything else about the week comes to mind, i'll let you know, in the mean time, it's Friday, i'm young...


I think i'll go have a bath, a hot chocolate, and watch some movies...