ho hum

Another exciting day in Melbourne, Australia.

Queeny

So, the Diamond Jubilee thing is still going on. Honestly, all this is doing is making me want a republic even more. Something like a million people standing around celebrating some old woman who was born into the right family not dying for sixty years. Good job. The Queen seemed like she had no idea where she was while the ceremony was going on. I also find it amusing that there is this massive ceremony with fireworks and boats and songs and stuff, and immediately after reporting on this the news will shift to how the economy is in the shitter or something. I don't mind people wasting money like this, but I'm not too sure that some of the poor islands that the Queen reigns over were too thrilled with it. Whatever.

Also, check out Gillard's stupid hat she was wearing while kissing the Queen's ass:

And in other news:

• There were floods in Victoria today. If I ever move somewhere I'm checking if it has flooded there in the last hundred years. It seems to flood all the time around Australia and I don't want to accidentally move to one of our many flood-prone areas. Or at least I'll try and move to the top floor of an apartment complex.
• Apparently the federal police take people smuggling very seriously. Good that they needed to tell us that.
• Went to some career counselling today. The lady thought that maybe I was a little negative. I don't think I will go into journalism, seems to social. I think I'll have to stick with sociology, it will probably give me the most options after uni. Even if it is super wanky. At least I'm good at it.
• And relating to that, I have my sociology exam on Thursday, my first exam this semester. It's just 50 or so multiple choice questions, I should be able to dominate. It's a Bachelor of Arts, I shouldn't need to work too hard.

Oh, and I got that job. Yippee. My first shift is on Saturday, I'll see what that's like before determining whether or not my job sucks or not. I'll detail my position a bit more after that, I'm not totally sure what I'll be doing. At the very least I'll be earning some dinero.

Link of the day

Hoo Roo.

If you're ever in Cody, Wyoming...

Fer your enjoyment:


Today I had my job interview. It went okay, I guess. I'm fairly under qualified for the position I applied for, so I probably won't get it, but that's okay, the place would be super shit to work at. It's win-win, really; either I get the job and get money or I don't get the job and I never have to enter that awful place ever again. Who says I'm not optimistic?

Anyway, after that I went out and about. I got to enjoy some fantastic (read: terrible) Melbourne weather and saw the exciting sights. I'll list everything notable:

• I finished reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It was pretty good, though a bit hard to follow. I watched a little of the film adaption, but I don't know if the book really works in movie form, lost a fair bit of the charm. As movie adaptions usually do. I'm getting into Vonnegut at the moment, I have Breakfast of Champions lined up to read next but I'm going to try to get through Super Sad True Love Story first.
• Found a pool called the 'Harold Holt Swimming Center'. Now, apparently this is a fairly well known place, but honestly, that just seems cruel. I guess it's in memoriam, but nobody suggested making a JFK memorial rifle range, did they?
• Saw a guy who looked like Steven Spielberg, if, instead of making movies, Steven Spielberg preferred to spend his days eating yoghurt and watching Japanese pornography.
• Went to this nice cafe/art gallery. The cafe bit was okay but the art gallery was super wanky, filled with pictures of dogs and birds that some hipster will spend $1200 on to add 'individuality' to their apartment. Just like everyone else.
• Got a copy of The Importance of Being Earnest that came with four other Oscar Wilde plays for one dollar from Vinnies. It makes me feel sort of bad that the people who need the money the most are the ones who charge the least. Well, I guess there's only so much you can charge for a soiled pram.
• And a dog in a bag:

 

Ciao.

Been a while

What a good 10 months it has been. Did some stuff. Moved. Did some other stuff. Maybe I'll post more here. I have a job interview tomorrow, so if that's interesting you'll hear about it.

Keep it real,
Big Boss