It's November? Is it?

It's been way too long since I last put a rant in, and all I can muster up is probably one that wouldn't do the hiatus any sort of justice. So what's new? As you can probably tell, I've just went and watched Quantum of Solace...twice. Gemma Arterton really is someone to look out for, I mean Kurylenko really is exotic, but Gemma simply lingers in the mind really. I'm really a little appalled that most of the people I have met did not enjoy the movie, yet alone think it was great. It was well choreographed, the DBS scene was lovely, and I think it was quite well balanced for a movie as such. Did anyone even remember the horrible horrible Die Another Day? Either ways, my end of the year break has just begun, well, as soon as I hand up my practically finished design doco anyways. It feels like a holiday already anyway. I've got work tomorrow afternoon so can't really do much now at all. This holidays was meant to be action packed, but the momentum it has built over the past few weeks have slowed down into a slow, lazy crawl. I'm not sure myself what's been going on this semester really. It's been a full thirteen (or fourteen) weeks constantly juggling insanity with work and assignments, kept in check by the consumption of way too much alcohol at home (which I'm on at the moment) , lack of any actual relationships (although that doesn't mean I didn't have any time to get a bit..naughty.) Getting bored...will continue this rant in a bit.

Australesque Days

I got myself a bike. No. Not the one in the picture. It's a bicycle. Wanted to upload a picture of it, but this looks...so much prettier. But this is the bike I keep stopping to stare endlessly at when riding along Elizabeth on my way back from work. That's right. I got work. I'm not sure how long they'll let me keep doing what I've been doing. But I do hope they pay me real soon. Because I've spent most of my money on the bicycle. And a wii. The bicycle's pretty specced up, 21 gears, speed meter and all the bells and erm..lights. I was planning to hook up the N95 to it but have yet to do so. GPS and Rihanna live on the go sounds pretty nice. On a bicycle. Well it's all in the works (and by that I mean someday soon probably). Anyways, the wii was a sudden thing as well. I was playing on my housemate's wii and almost finished Sonic 2 on it when I realised that this will be as close to a NES that I'll ever get. And that's something I've wanted since 1985. And so I went ahead on that front. Classes have been good and bad. I've been going but assignments are accumulating as usual. Life's been kinda surreal these past weeks. I don't think it's good or bad. Just different. I have a lot less PGR4 time, but it's not really such a bad thing. It's nice to have that to come home to but it's been less of a relaxation compared to some bourbon and sleep. Am also toying with the idea of rearranging the room. Taking the minimalist approach this time around. Something calm yet stylish. At the moment it's all the very messy. But a functional mess. It's like layers of stuff that's connected somehow. I've always wanted to give the minimalist approach a shot, but it always seems distant considering my inner OCD wants everything to be on demand. What makes this attempt any different? I figure with this much change happening around me, maybe I should just ride it out. Make a real change. And see where that takes me. Maybe it'll take me to that bike shop on Elizabeth selling that beautiful yellow CBR1000RR. And that ain't half bad.

Times like these..

I'm bothered. I'm not sure by what. Oh, that's right. I'm annoyed that class starts in 2 days. I'm annoyed that I haven't done anything to mark the end of the holidays. I'm annoyed that the Tattslotto numbers I got on 8/8/08 didn't turn out the way it should've. I'm annoyed that it's raining and the weather outside is just too cold to do any form of venturing or any sort of partying. I'm annoyed at my $100 mobile bill. I'm annoyed by the fact that I'm not sure why I got The Corrs DVD. I'm annoyed that the only thing that was worth watching on TV was Star Wars Episode II (NOT the Olympics). I'm annoyed that there hasn't been some miracle that has somehow made me an owner of a brand new Skyline. I'm annoyed that I was too full up from dinner to have Pacific duck rice or the Shanghai dumplings after. I'm annoyed that I'm starting to sound like I'm bitching over trivial things. Silver lining? I saw a massive rainbow today. I met a really really cute waitress at a nice Japanese restaurant today (the food was nice as well but pales by comparison to her). I've managed to play a few songs on hard mode in Guitar Hero. I managed to not splash on a PS3 today (although who knows what spending spree tomorrow holds?). I got the definitive Foreigner remastered CD and liked it. I have fallen in love with chocolates again and have surprisingly no worries on how many calories they might hold. And I got my lovely chicken chips. I managed to contact some old acquaintances too.

Negativity wins. I'm bothered. Good thing for me (and you lucky readers!) I have the picture on this post to stare endlessly at. Whoever she is.

At Holiday's End

I hate the feeling that I get when a new semester is looming beyond the weekend. Given that most of my semesters are kinda like my holidays but with commitments and trips to Glenferrie dotted about my calendar, it's still annoying really. It's like having this whole commitment shadow over you. It takes the fun out of everything. Which is why I've literally gone mad about going mad for the past week or so. It's like a release to kick off the semester. It started with the notion of what if? and continued to what if I got a macbook? what if instead I got a VAIO? (I've been wanting the lightweight TX series for ages) what if I got myself a bike? what about a car? what if I just bought a ticket to Tokyo? or Hong Kong? It was all physically possible. This idea to go mad. None of it was really viable though. First off I already have a laptop, and all those that I wanted had a similar specification. Secondly, a learner permit only allows me to ride a 250cc bike, which ruins all superbike aspirations. I could get a car, but would have nowhere to park it. Or pay for the maintainence for a 1980s BMW 5 Series. And the globe-trotting trips just cost more than a bike and laptop combined. So I've just bought myself some Nelson County and Wicked Wings (that's bourbon and fried chicken to all you non-Aussie folks) and some chicken chilopolatas (chicken sausages), and did a few hours of PGR4. It's one of those times where I'm glad I bought that 360 steering wheel. It really helps me cruise (I'm referring to my state of mind). But it's annoying that after awhile you realize that you're cruising in circles. Might need Import Tuner Challenge. Perhaps that's something to do tomorrow. Along with FFIV. But that's just...pointless. Hmm...well I had no problem with Melbourne until now. Not like I have a real problem with the city. Well I do actually. It's too damn small. Maybe I'm just limited by my insistence that I DO NOT LIKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT. All the very..pedestrian. It's good for exercise or what not; but it'll never beat driving the GTi down any given highway. And now that it's sold, I'll be coming home to...ugh. I don't even want to think about it. It's at least a year before I see a replacement, and I hope PGR4 and GRID really does it's job. But there's a bright side to the sitch you say? How's buying a bicycle? I'm seriously thinking about it; but apparently it doesn't do any favours for my manhood. It's on the internet, so it's gotta be true. Alters and kills your kids apparenly (and get this..even before you get that tofu-breasted supermodel you see on Project Runway). I feel as though the city doesn't want me to get transport of any kind, kinda like a sick joke that happens to be real. Very real. What's worse? M3s and Skylines and S15s are aplenty. All driven by korean hippies that wouldn't know the difference between traction control and ABS. Well OK so that might be an exaggeration. But it's really starting to make me wonder. Is the want of an RB26DETT that big of a dream? Is the 355 GTS really more capable that the FQ-400 as it implies in PGR4? I think the correct answer to that is whatever. Tomorrow comes whether you're content or not.

Might as well put whatever to good use.

July

It's been ultimately a very long time since my last post. I'm well aware of that, and what better time to update the blog now when all traffic has probably come to a halt? It'll make a good update anyways. Tons have happened since the last post that I'm not sure where to even begin. Let's see, there was the semester (which wasn't the smoothest of semesters I might add, but it's all good at the moment), and Uni probably starts in about a month. That leaves me with much less time to finish what I started out to do. Given, so far this holiday has seen MGS4, GTA4 and Halo 3 finished so far, but it's a far cry from what is my everyday life. That was all done in a span of about a week. What about the other month or so? I can't really remember much about it except that I've been spending the past week or so getting best times for PGR4's Quebec grand city tour route. It's really a very brilliant course. Made real by the 360 steering. I can't say I've felt a more realistic driving simulation solution atm. It's really brill until Sal decides to get the G25 for GT5 (although he's probably going to use it to run Daytona USA on emus) , which is basically a date TBA. Oh, and been guitar heroing around the house every so often, esp with the new Top Gun Anthem available free. Besides that I've been really just been watching the Long Way Down (which is absolutely brilliant) and dreaming of buying superbikes for a week or so. It's terribly annoying that there's no job replies yet. But like Rachel once said (in SE01 EP01 more accurately) "I'm qualified for nothing!" and then goes on to be so cheerily happy because she got her new boots boots with her dad's credit card. Or something like that. I would like to say I'm in a similar dilemma, except I didn't run away from a wedding, or have a credit card for that matter. I suppose my dad probably had an epiphany that I'm more than capable to buy a bike had I been given said card. Wise. But that doesn't change the fact that I don't have personal transport to Sydney for my year end extravaganza. Well, it's still a few months away and I need to get a license as well. All this ranting seems too...amateurish! Annnyways..it's about 13 degrees outside and it's kinda lovely weather especially with Daft Punk's Technologic playing in the background. It's been one really different year. It's not that much better, but then I can't say it's that much worse as well. It's just been horribly weird. Changes are good they say. Really? I've thought about it. People adapt to changes in two ways. One, they (sooner or later) accept their fate, and give in to change. The second, adapt to the change but do not accept their fate, trying to make the change controllable, or more to their own tune. This is both good and bad as it is directly related to the intensity of action versus the probability of change. Increased intensity increases probability but does not guarantee a good change or change at all. So the bad would be failure to change what is, and increased intensity only allows for a higher probability of failure as well as increased height to which we fall from. So which is better? There is no direct answer simply because it's down to contentment. If change makes you content, then intensity remains the same (or in most cases) a negative figure. Therefore you stay where you are when you are content. So really, change isn't always good, it either makes you long to preserve the present, envious of the past, or trying to change the future. It's all work anyways. And all this even after I had those seven days in sunny June.

Seven Days In Sunny June

It's 6:23 in the morning, and I'm still awake having just watched what seemed like a few hours worth of some Friends documentary on E!. Okay, so I was supposed to complete my 1,000 word essay on some Unreal Tournament level; and I've barely started, bar testing out the capabilities of my newly setup workstation (I just had to brag about it). Today's been rather uneventful bar the morning readings on bsp, a trip to the city, and dinner at Coretto's. I've also tried to straighten my already straight-ish hair (with mixed results, and an odd smell). Oh, and Earth Hour too. We turned off all the lights and watched Black Adder reruns for an hour. I'm not really one for the environment, but hey doesn't hurt to participate yeah? Pics later perhaps. Since my trip back; (and my extended hiatus from this blog) I haven't been doing much except being focused on way too many video games. Granted that I'm supposed to be considering it's relevant to my course, I think it's taken much of my normal time. Aside from the alcohol that seems to just appear every now and then; life has pretty much been Guitar Hero and Xbox live. Well this really isn't much of a rant as it is a worry. I just hope this semester works out (again) and that everything too does work out; and I can finish those games and shows I've started. Gym too perhaps. Ooh and finished FFXII finally, along with DMC4 and some obscure H-games that well, just had to be finished. More goals to complete, including juggling this sem's subjects with sleep, games and work. I suspect, only when it's all done, can I have those seven blissful days in sunny June.