Once again, the power got cut off in Torquay this evening for around two hours. I was tempted to drive down to the supermarket to see if there would be another riot (see January 16th entry) because I was so deprived of entertainment, but I controlled the urges.
The company that handles electricity in the […]

I went and got my haircut yesterday at this place my mum usually goes to. As soon as I walked in the joint I knew I was in for a rough time.
See, I don’t even pretend to understand things like ‘layering’ and associated hairdressery words. All I want is to go in there, get […]

Today I got a phone call from a consumer survey group who I’ve signed up with. I normally hate people ringing me up for surveys, but sometimes these people call me into their offices to do surveys – and I get paid $40 for each survey so I think that’s pretty fair. So far I’ve […]

This morning I was in the shower when one of my visiting country cousins turned the cold water on full bore in the bathroom, so I got a delightful blast of hot water…
Me: Yaaaaaaaaaaargh!
Country cousin: What? What’s wrong?
Me: Are you using the taps or something?
Country cousin: Oh, sorry, did you get some hot water […]

Has anyone noticed the influx of strange Maggi 2 Minute Noodles flavours? I have to say, I never thought something like tomato flavoured 2 minute noodles could even exist. I don’t know how my old man can bear to eat them, especially the tomato flavour. Once you add the tomato flavouring the noodles turn bright […]

Well, today at work we all got shuffled around into different departments and we all have to move to different cubicles. The good news is, I’m still sitting next to Ms. J, and the even better news is that on my other side is a woman I’m going to call ‘The Rock’. The Rock is […]

Ah, the Herald Sun is such a quality newspaper. Yesterday it reflected it’s true journalistic integrity with a headline screaming ‘Sex Blitz!’. To give you an idea of what sort of newspaper this is, yesterday they placed a story titled ‘Women reveal what they want in romance’ 15 pages before their coverage on the latest […]

Not long until I fly up to Sydney for a weekend. I’m really exited. I’m aiming to steal more than $15 worth of stuff from the Qantas plane I’m flying up on (this was a record set by a friend of mine). Has anyone ever taken more than $15 of stuff from a plane? Let […]

Every morning at approximately 6.15am in this house I hear this noise coming from my shower… “Mwaaaaaaaaaaaagh!” Every morning I’m woken up by Mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh. I knew it was of human origin but it was quite a challenge coming to some sort of conclusion as to which orifice it originated from.
This morning when I heard […]

I’m very excited – I found out last night that my favourite band Filter is playing a Melbourne gig in mid February. This is the first time I’ve seen them, and a rare chance too as they’re from the US. I can’t wait!
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I was downloading some new fonts last night, and I’ve noticed that […]

I noticed last night, most of my friends on the internet were having problems with their computers, but only those friends who use Windows. My Mac-using friends were fine. I’ve got a theory: Bill Gates is causing havoc now that he’s resigned as CEO of Microsoft and is screwing with our computers.
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I’ve decided that […]

Today at work we found out the company we work for is opening a new call centre in Tweed Heads, Queensland. We also found out that there were quite a few jobs going there, and if we wanted to transfer there we could, but we had to make our decision by Monday. I came home […]

Last night I was having a few drinkies seeing as the weather was so hot. I normally steer clear of drinking Coke after dinner because it keeps me awake, but seeing as I was drinking bourbon (which in theory should make you tired, although it has the opposite effect on me), and Coke makes you […]

I’m finding on the database system we use at work, that sometimes I’ll be typing out a whole load of information and go to submit it, and it’s very easy to click on the wrong button which totally deletes everything you’ve been working on. I can spend up to 10 minutes typing up some information […]

Yay – our contracts got extended at least until May at work, although they’ve warned us that they are ‘downsizing’ a bit, and a few of us will have to go. I think I’ll be okay though.
That was really the only interesting thing that happened at work today, really. I spent most of the […]

When I get up late in the morning, it usually means a trip to McDonalds for breakfast. (I still have fears of McDonalds car parks after New Year’s). I heard something funny as I was eating my meal, when one of the McEmployees served some dero who’d wandered in:
McEmployee: (in a voice far too […]

“Curiosity… pom pom pom pompom…” Yes, I’ve thought of another song I want to make a hard rock version of: the theme from (the now sadly defunct) The Curiosity Show.
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Tomorrow’s the big showdown with me and Ms. J, in our battle to find the longest country name. I’m sure I’ve got longer names than […]

My parents got back from their holiday at Phillip Island. If you’re not familiar with the area, basically it’s a dinky little island that tourists flock to because fairy penguins run up the beach every night. There’s been an oil spill recently at Phillip Island and I was hoping the tourists would all be horrified […]

I went to Corio Village, a shopping centre this afternoon after work – I had to visit a friend out Corio way and needed to pick up some food as well. Corio is the end of Geelong where the bogans live, and the unemployment rate tends to be a little higher than the rest of […]

Okay. When I create a metal band there are three songs I’ve always said I would do heavy metal cover songs of.
1. “She’s Got The Look” by Roxette.
2. The theme from Tetris on the Game Boy.
3. That weird “Popcorn” song. (You know, “pom pom pom pom pom pom, pom pom pom pom pom pom […]

I rang up my old work, the TAFE college yesterday to catch up with the two Reception Bimbos. They’re both pretty cool. Probably the coolest thing is that they let me call them the Reception Bimbos to their face.
However, when I rang up, neither of the Reception Bimbos answered the phone. It was another […]

Last night I was chatting with my friend Rhino…
Rhino: What is that around your neck?
Me: Oh, it’s a little dragon tooth thing.
Rhino: Dragon tooth? Must be rare…
Me: Yep, the $2 Shop is investing in anthropology now, I hear…
Rhino: I hear the Reject Shop do frozen embryos now. They’re fine, they just have no labels. […]

Oh, shut up already! Won’t that millenium word ever go away?
I spent my New Year’s Eve with Riff and had a good time – the only lowlight being when I kicked his dog by mistake. The dog then decided to fart in my general direction for the rest of the night.
Then there was […]