This is probably the last time that I'll mention that I haven't posted in a while. since every post I make seems to be infrequent. So yeah, it's been a while since I've posted... in case you haven't deduced so already.
Tuesday 18 Apr
Stayed at the Rydges, it was my 2 month luniversary with Steven and we had a great time. We saw V for Vendetta and had a great dinner at Hungry Jacks.
Wednesday 19 Apr
Woke up at 6am. I checked out the room with EFTPOS even though the hotel had booked off $210 on my credit card... the guy in reception was apparently incompetent. I've been assured by the conciergery however that I'll be reimbursed within 5 working days. Still, really irritating as 2 separate reception staff assured me that no money would be taken out or touched. Work was alright, ran around a bit and got lots of things done, belayed some work onto my boss because I needed some stuff followed up on Thursday/Friday. Finished work at 4pm and went back to mum's to pack. I sat around a bit and talked with mum and had dinner, then caught a cab to the airport. I got to the airport waaaaaaaaay too early and yeah (9:30pm and my flgith was at midnight) ... sat around a bit. The flight was alright, but I only got an hour's sleep. The funniest thing was probably the airline announcement, which are already ruined for me thanks to good ol' George Carlin... however I swear the stewardess was making satire of herself... She described herself, the top stewardess, as the "ranking office" on the flight... that freaked me out... the whole Pilot/Captain thing is whacky enough without this "ranking office" shit. I was expecting her to announce policies in effect by Admiral Branson, didn't happen though, to my disappointment. The other announcement was that "For your comfort the cabin will be pressurized during the flight." What the fuck? The plane is pressurized so that we aren't exposed to a vacuum while at an altitude of a few thousand feet. Of course, I guess that could be construed as merely a comfort issue, in the eyes of a true military office like the "ranking officer".
Thursday 20 Apr
Arrived in Sydney without contact lenses on and didn't recognize dad, who I almost walked past. He has long hair now and looks strange. Had breakfast and went straight to his graduation, that was interesting... there was this long speech however and the damn woman concluded her speech twice... I shit you not. She said "So to conclude" twice, within 10 mintues of each other... though it really felt like 10 years, this was probably related to my lack of sleep though. Not really much around worth mentioning until dinner, that was amazing. It was by far the best food I had ever had in my life. We went to Summit restaurant in the Sydney CBD, it's sorta like the C Restaurant only good and worth the money. Each meal blew my mind and I don't think I could describe it in words... not without wanting to book the next flight back... average dinner costs were $80 per person though... worth every cent.
Friday 21 Apr
We hit the town and spent the day in Darling Harbour, that was really nice... Dad bought me a Swatch Skin watch (
http://store.swatch.com/watch/SFK207)
, so that was very generous of him, and it's a fucking nice watch. I took some shots of Darling Harbour as well, though they're gonna need some PS magic cause the overcast weather messed up the lighting and such. I also went to a bookshop and bought over $200 worth of books, it worked out cheaper for me to get a membership on the spot for $15, just to get the 10% discount.
Saturday 22 Apr
I spent $140 at Dan Murphy's... though considering how good and cheap it all was, I feel no guilt. No alcohol shopping for a very long time methinks. We sorta bided our time after that until 4pm when Aunty Perry, her husband Peter and my cousin Angela picked Cath and I up from Dad's place. They were very nice to us and I opted that we stay the night, even if Aunty Perry had decided this was gonna happen before we knew it :P This night was very significant to me because I met my cousin Phillip whom, just like Aunty Perry, Angela and uncle Peter, I hadn't seen in over 12 years. He was awesome, I've never really spent time with a cousin who was on my level so I felt really sorta... relieved that I had extended family members that were on my level, that shared my sense of humour and perspective, to some extent.
Phil and I left Aunty Perry's and I met his mechanic friends... who spend all day long playing with cars and modding them and stuff... that was very very very different, I spent most of the time gaping at the terminology. It was kinda cool though, I'm used to being the person with all the lingo to throw around, so it was both surreal and cool to have people know more about a technical field than me, in everyday conversation. Hmm, that sounds really arrogant... *shrugs*
We went to a party at 9pm... that was raelly really bad. There were 2 notable characters at this party, both the loud obnoxious types. The first was this fat land whale bitch who reminded me of Toola (speeling?) from Fat Pizza. At one point she stuck her finger in her mouth and announced "Oh my god, I really need to pee"... at another point she slid off the couch and got STUCK *STUCK* under the coffee table. That's right, this chick was so goddamn fat that she slid off a couch and got STUCK under a coffee table... the table had to be lifted off her as she was too fat to be lifted out.
The other character at this party was the dickweed type, the crazy guy that is always at parties, drinking 1000 times faster than everyone else, small dick and hated by the females... he shared some pretty disturbing stories with us about his time in jail and gay bashing... nevertheless, he was pretty funny because of just how fucked up he was. After the party Phil and I went to Wollongong beach, which was cool. It was damn cold though, so cold that with just one jacket I was so cold I was spasming, as was Phil... so we had to layer up. 'twas nice though, we talked a bit - but mostly just sorta walked while I drank a bottle of Yellow. He was drinking so he couldn't drink. I slept on Aunty Perry's couch and got a bruise across my back from a piece of wood... doens't matter.
Sunday 23 Apr
Cath and I got dropped off at Dad's and we lounged around and had lunch. Mariko (dad's GF) made an amazing Japanese curry lunch, I wish I knew how to make it. I had cravings for it ever since. Mariko then went to work and I headed into town to hang out with Daniel (sych). I spent about 2 hours with Daniel, we walked around and went to his place and walked some more. Towards the end we wrestled in a park in front of St Vincent's and fell into dogshit... that was great. It was really good seeing Daniel again. He walked me back to Dad's car and Dad, Cath and I had dinner at a really nice Thai place in Newtown. The food was incredible, however the most notable thing was the chef, who was wearing a welding mask because the stove he worked with was constantly shooting fire. Dad dropped me off at the airport after that and I lounged around until I had to board the plane. I bought 3 dozen Krispy Kreme's for everyone back home.
Monday 24 Apr
Work. I should've booked the day off, didn't realize ANZAC was coming up. Went to Steven's at night, that was awesome, I really missed seeing him.
Tuesday 25 Apr (ZOMG! Today)
I spent all day watching Stargate with Steven. His mum dropped me off home. So now I'm here, writing this really really long thing that no one will probably bother to read. *shrugs*
Extra points
- I finally understand that in the song "Another Day" Mimi is actually saying "Forget regret", and not "Forget, regret"... which didn't actually make sense at all.
- I read a book on ethics called Godless Morality... that totally put my philosophical mind into overdrive. I also read Eats, Shoots & Leaves... however that was really for English teachers and people with too much time... so I felt a bit left out by the type of humour. Still a good book though, I and have a whole bunch of "The Panda Says NO!" stickers to put up everywhere.
- I've begun playing FFX and have NFI what's going on... I'm on some island with a hot island guy where everyone seems to be Hawaiian... It reminds me of Wind Waker
- Moving on Saturday, so very excited :)
- Up to season 2 of Stargate SG-1 with Steven
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