Thesis? CHECK!

Trip payments? CHECK!

Lots of hours at work? CHECK!

All in all, things are chugging along alright. I wasn't happy with the exegesis component of my thesis but my goal is a pass and I think I did that.
I leave for Eygpt/Jordan/Morocco/Dubai on the 16th of December and I am so excited! I owe the parents 4grand but it shouldn't take too ( Read more... )

This year I’ve been doing honours in creative writing which means a 12,000word thesis. But I’ve recently come to the conclusion, much to late mind you, seeing as it’s due in October, that I don’t want to do it nor have I really wanted to all year. I don’t care about getting honours. Never have.

To be honest the only reason I did honours at all was ( Read more... )

Just had an almost 2hour staff meeting, a whole ten minutes of which applied to me. *headdesk*

Better have been paid for it.

I think I would get more crossed off my To Do list if I didn't spend so much time writing up my To Do list.

*headdesk*

We have an election on August 21st as the Labor Party outsed Kevin RUdd in favour of Julia Gillard as PM, technically allowed but frowned upon, so let the campaigning begin!

The Chaser boys put out these two lovely vides on each candidate. Sums them up well.

XD Hilarious.

Julia Gillard, Leader of the Labor Party.

Click to view

Tony Abbot, leader of the Opposition ( Read more... )

Everyone should head over to the SOuth Adelaide Footy Club website and see the piece I wrote for them about the weekend's game. XD ONly small and unpaid (and my name is spelt wrong :( ) but I wrote it!

Also, I worked out some money issues so my trip is all booked and partially paid for! So exciting. Now I  must pick up more shifts to top up my now ( Read more... )

So I’m going to Egypt, Jordan and Morocco (plus Dubai for 2days) at the end of the year for a month. It’s going to cost about $10,000 which makes my eyes bug. My parents are going to lend me $2-3000, I have about $4000 and I’m working at a resturant.

We need to pay airfares by the end of the month as well as travel insurance which is about $4,500, ( Read more... )

Kevin Rudd(who is currently speeching) has stepped down as PM in the face of a challenge by Deputy PM Julia Gillard. She is out first female Pm since we became a country in 1901. WIll she win the Federal Election and the people's vote? Who knows but until then...

We have a Ranga for a PM!

In smaller, personal news, I start an industry placement ( Read more... )

I ordered a $75 cake for my 21st Birthday today. I was just meant to be scoping but he got me with his frenchness ( Read more... )

It's a comic book store owner's dream: dressing up as Spiderman and chasing down a thief, while The Flash stands watch and two lightsaber-wielding Jedis guard the door.

But for Michael Baulderstone, the owner of the Adelaide Comic Centre, this incredible spectacle was no fantasy.

About 50 comic book fans had turned up at the store on Saturday for ( Read more... )