Day Thirty-Two

New Years eve. I can'tbeleive another year is g9ne already.
So my only plan for 2012 is to lose weight, and a significajt amount. Hopefully if I can do it, I can encourage other people to do,it too.
My apoligiesnfor my posts being short but it is tough to type on this tablet.

Day Thirty-One...

So much of a stuff around yesterday. They gave us a site that was unsuitable, then another that was even worse. Eventually we got into a non powered site and the organised power for us. Te site we are in is brilliant. We are going to go into Cowra for a look.
Went to Cowra. Saw the remins of the POW campand the war graves. It's odd to think something like the breakout happened here and so mny people have no idea about it. I will post some info up when I get home.

Day Thirty...

Departure day. Getting the last few things ready then we can head off. Camper is packed. Fridge is in the car and is full. Got the most important thing, beer. Shound take us about 3 hoursbto get there and set up. Probably won't write any more today as we will be busy.

Day Twenty-Nine...

Got the camper ready today. My back and knees are still hurting. Falling over at Mums while helping with the camper really didn't help. At least all the stuff is on the back of the camper, just need to pack food and clothes in the morning and we are good to go. Should be gone by noon, which will give us plenty of time to get to where we are going.

Looks like there is some issue with my Xmas day post. All that was saved was the title and I lost the rest of the post. I am not going to sit here and try to re-do it. I have batch posted the last few days worth and now I am back up to date. It is likely there will be no more updates until I get back, or maybe while I am in town, as there is not likely to be any mobile service.

See ya later, alligator.

Day Twenty-Eight...

Going home today. I love going home after being away, it is good to sleep in my own bed. Just have to pack the car which may be more difficult than normal. My legs and back are killing me from carrying Daughter up and down the Outlaws stairs for four days.

Fucking hell, the wheel fell off Mums brand new camper. The dealer then hung up on her. It looks as though all the studs have sheared off because they were overtightened. I will make sure I never deal with the Avan Dealership in Penrith. Bunch of morons that sell dodgy gear and then try and hide from responsibility. At least they are still going away, they will just need to use the old camper.

Finally got home, Soooo tired. Kids in bed, I'm in bed. Time for sleep.

See ya later, alligator.

Day Twenty-Seven...

Ahh, boxing day. My legs are killing me and my knee is giving me grief. Had a decent nights sleep. Went to bed about 11pm. Breakfast at Mums and then we hung around until about lunchtime. We wanted to get a tent for Toby but it appears the boxing day sales start tomorrow for most stores.

Dinner with Teenie and Jimmy. It was really nice but apparently the right ingredients were not available as everything was shut. It was some chicken thingy. We played my new games. Killer Bunnies is a bit more difficult than the old one and no-one was getting into munchkins. I love munchkins and think it is great fun.

Day Twenty-Six...

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Day Twenty-Five...

I love Western Sydney, saw a young woman and her mum and they were ginormous. The young woman was standing there with three shopping bags of 2 minute noodles and was eating KFC...at 10am. The mother ordered three dozen donuts from Donut king and when the young one said 'I will have some of your donuts when I finish this' the mother turned around and said' Fuck off, these are my donuts, buy your own'. Whot the fuck eats three dozen donuts, no wonder you are so fucking fat.

I hate fixing other peoples computers. Mine very rarely goes wrong because I remove any software I haven't used for six months, I am very careful with whats installed and I maintain my files so that old stuff is removed and stored on DVD. This one however has spyware and a hugely overblown anti-virus. I used to get Trend Micro for free which is why I used it. Now there are several fantastic free options out there so I have ditched it. I am looking through it now, it has tangled itself in everything and has a memory leak. That would explain the repeated BSODs then that I can almost predict every 3 minutes.I think I might cry :(

See ya later, alligator

Day Twenty-Four...

Bloody Gerry Harvey. 'The Australian government needs to stop direct imports from overseas. Don't import. Support Australian jobs. I don't make enough money.' the only one he has missed is 'Someone think of the children!'. Yesterday Harvey Norman announced to the gaming world that they would start their own direct import site for games. They were carrying on about how ga mers should check theor prices adn see how much cheaper they were. The site went live at 6pm last night.

This morning the gaming world is abuzz with price comparisons and as usual their prices are Hardly Normal. First I need to reiterate that they charge $3.95 shipping and that is not included in these prices (courtesy of gizmodo.com.au) and that Ozgameshop is the go-to store for gamers as they have free shipping and the best prices.

Assassin’s Creed Revelations (360)
Harvey Norman: $55
Ozgameshop: $57
Play-Asia: $50.50

Battlefield 3 (360)
Harvey Norman: $59
Ozgameshop: $43
Play-Asia: $67

Modern Warfare 3 (360)
Harvey Norman: $63
Ozgameshop: $54
Play-Asia: $55

Batman Arkham City (PS3)
Harvey Norman: $58
Ozgameshop: $45
Play-Asia: $64

Now these are all newish games and on the one item that they are actually cheaper on than OGS the saving is completely wiped out by the shipping cost. On everything else they are significantly more expensive.

Now Jerry I am not sure if you have shit advisors or you are actually stupid. I will give you the benefit of the doubt because you are about 190 years old and have no idea when it comes to gaming or the gaming community. I personally refuse to buy from your stores as all the furniture I ever bought from you was worse than what I got at Fantastic for half the price and your electronics are so overpriced its not funny. The only thing I buy from your stores are my laptops because I always wrangle it so I get a good deal and last time I paid $100 more than the best price I could find online and got a free Iconia Tab, so I won.

Gamers are obviously internet smart. We can sniff shit out for next to nothing and many of us can find the rarest items and collectables when everyone else has failed. We frequent the dark dank corners of the interwebs and make them popular. Your corporation has no chance of pulling a swifty on any of us. The only companies that survive in the online world are the ones that can move fast and not get left behind, this is why OGS has succeeded, it is also why Gametraders is taking the fight to GAME and EB. They don't have tons of red tape to get through to make things happen.

My free tip to you, Mr Harvey, is to take one of two options. Option 1. Abandon this idea before you lose even more money. or Option 2; Employ some gamers, let them make decisions and implement them outside of the usual bureacracy, be open and honest with sites like Kotaku/Gizmodo, Gamespot and independent game media, have a spokesman that knows what he is talking about and actually compete with companies like OGS. Until you take option 2 you will continue to have no influence on the gaming and wider community and you will continue to be an old bag of hot air.

Onto other things that are irking me today. The top-ten facebook searches are in for 2011 and 'facebook', 'facebook login' and variations appear 4 times in the top friggin' ten. I was going to start weeping at how fucking retarded people are then I noticed that one of those entries is 'www.facebook.com'. WTF is wrong with you morons. Why the hell are you typing the URL for facebook into google. You know what the URL is, type it into the address bar, moron. If you are unable to do this, or you don't know what a URL or address bar is, please remove yourself from the interwebs and smash your computer with a hammer. You obviously don't deserve one.

I highly recommend the range of veggie burgers at Grill'd. They are fantastic and even taste better for you. It was part of my experiment to start introducing two vegetarian days a week to my diet. Of course that can wait until after Christmas...too much delicious animal flesh to be eaten to start now. My aim is to be under 110kg by the end of next year, wish me luck. I am also going to have at least four alcohol and soft drink free days a week. Drink only water and black tea at work. Spend at least 30mins a day on the exercise bike and continue my already started regime of parking 1.5km from work. This gives me the benefit of walking and free parking.

Some fuckwit tradie has left his dog on his ute and fucked off to do his shopping. The dog is in the sun with no water and no shelter and is clearly in distress, the tray is so hot I can't touch it and the dog has burnt its feet.. We have given it water and called the RSPCA (who were really unhelpful) and the rangers (who will be investigating the matter). People like this fucktard do not desrve animals. He is a fucking moron and I would love to leave him naked chained on the ute in the sun for 90 mins. See how he fucking likes it. See ya later, alligator.

Day Twenty-Three...

So its the second last day of work for the year. I have just about done all the work that is due while I am away. I have a few loose ends to tidy up and then I am free. It is about now that things should start to slow down, less phone calls, less issues...but no. Instead I have three people who think thier world is going to end because I am not here for two weeks and ring me constantly to ask me every concievable question under the sun. FFS, I am gone for 2 weeks people. There are people in my office who are more than capable of dealing with your petty little issues. Just leave me alone.

So all the presents are bought. Some are wrapped. Time for bed. See ya later, alligator.

Day Twenty-Two...

Where the hell has summer gone? I swear it has just packed up and buggered off this year. It is currently 18 degrees 4 days out from Christmas and has rained every day (or night) for the last week or so. So much for global warming, I noticed they are calling it climate change now.

Why do we need to have a morning tea for every birthday in the building? Why does everyone have to attend? I have shit to do people. hapy Birthday, I signed your card, now fuck off. You are not a friend of mine so I don't care all that much. To be honest, I was more concerned about not stepping on snails on my way to the car this morning than I am about your birthday. I don't make a big deal about mine, what makes yours so special?

So, the day all geeks have been waiting for. After about 5 yers of excitement the day has arrivede. The trailer for The Hobbit is here. OMFG, I just watched it about 10 times, at work mind you, and when I get home I will be firing it up on the Xbox and watching on the big screen in HD. I can't fraking wait. I need to have the movie now......NOW I SAY. I love Peter Jackson (director, not peddler of cancer-inducing smoking goods). I want to have his babies. Peter Jackson is to awsome book adaptions as Michael Bay is to mindlessly blowing shit up.

I need to go home and watch the Lord of the Rings now and continue to watch them over and over until The Hobbit comes out.

And in news to make my day that much sweeter, I note (on Gizmodo) with joy that Samsung is now the number one smartphone company in Australia. Fuck you Apple with your half-baked inferior shitty products. It would appear that people are finally waking up that your products are all based on hype.

Well that's all folks. See ya later, alligator.

Day Twenty-One...

So, I have written a decent length tech peice today. It is here. I highly recommend that you read it. It potentially affects everyone. If there is anything else you would like me to discuss, chuck it in the comments.

I note with joy that the Steam Holiday Sale starts today. WWWHHHEEEEEEEE. I haven't had a good look yet, but I am sure there will things I want. I tend to wait until stuff is under $10 and then buy it. I only buy the games I really want when they first come out and then I tend to get them from overseas as Australia is a rip-off.

Saw my old boss today, she has a big baby belly. She is not due for 5 months so I reckon she will look like a beachball by then. Everyone is having babies now, we got ours out of the way. no more babies, two is plenty.

Also saw Woman and Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaa (remember to say it in the same way they say Kia in the TV ads for full comedic effect) at lunch today. They were buying stuff and it was boring so after 10 minutes I went and got a Crunchie shake and went bact to work. Also meant to tell them about Picard and Stan Lee at OzCon in Melbourne. I think a road trip is in order.

FOR FUCKING FUCKS SAKE.........AAAAAAARGGGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!Why do people insist on pissing me off. 'I know everything, so what I say goes because I am a fuckhead'. That is the attitude of the fuckface at work who pissed me off today. I raised genuine concerns about the fact I was given something that didn't add up and looked dodgy, but he accepted it anyway. Plus it had a massive pile of work to do, 3 days before I go on leave and he told me to get it all done before I leave, as well as all my work for the next 2.5 weeks. Go fuck yourself, cockdonkey. I can't wait until you are fucking gone on leave and I am doing your job, just wait until you get back and everyone loves how I do things and hates your fucked up way of doing it. They all hated you as a team leader, that is why no-one had anything nice to say about you when asked about your performance, you fucktard.

Now he has come over to my desk and tried to be nice to me about the whole thing. I was prepared to let sleeping dogs lie, right up until he said 'Geez that good music' in the most sarcastic tone I have every heard. Well, fuck-knuckle, maybe I wouldn't need to play Trivium so loud if you didn't piss me off all the fucking time. It's either play metal or punch you in the fucking face, although I am leaning towards punching you right in the middle of that self-serving shit-eating motherfucking stupid grinning face. Fuck, that would make me feel better...FFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!! See ya later, alligator.

Tech Post One...

So, being an avid follower of tech and geeky stuff, I have been following the issues with CarrierIQ with interest. For those who don't know I will give a breif run-down. CarrierIQ make tracking software that collects all, and I mean ALL, the information off your phone. This includes what apps you use, what websites you got to (ie. mobile internet banking), where you go (via your GPS and tower triangulation), who you call, how long the calls are, if you use a bluetooth car kit. It is believed that it even logs your passwords and user names, which is awesome if they also log what bank sites you visit.

This software exists in virtually every phone. Some carriers or manufacturers may or may not use it. Android have distanced themselves from the issue by saying that they do not include it in the Android Base ROM. It is added by the manufacturers or, more commonly, the carriers. Apple have no excuse as they control their product from start to finish, they manufacture the hardware and software adn do not allow carriers to change the base code.

It has now also been alleged, and virtually proven, that the FBI have access to the information collected. obviously this is a major privacy issue. However it is not 100% known if it is use in Australia. Personally I would not be taking any chances, especially after the hackings of companies that were previously seen as bulletproof such as Sony and Valve/Steam. If someone gets access to this info we are all screwed.

You can try and protect yourself. On Apple devices, you need to find the menu option about sending information back to Apple and disable it. The second thing you need to do is wake up to yourself and get a WP7 or Android device. Most Apple users don't realise that Apple can change your device remotely at any time, and you agreed to that when you first powered the device on. Android users can install a custom ROM, I recommend Cyanogen Mod. It is what I base my own custom ROM on. They are very easy to install and they are based on the Google Base ROM so they have no nasty manufacturer or carrier surprises on them. You don't need any programming knowledge and once it is on there you just carry on like normal and your phone will do all the same stuff.

There will be a normal Journal for today, but I didn't want to include this in it.

Day Twenty...

Rawr, I love dinosaurs. I saw a kid today on my way to work who had the coolest dinosaur backpack. I was going to ask his mum where he got it so I could get one for work. At the moment I have my crappy old Nike bag and I want something more interesting, but it has to be cool and none of this meme or angry birds crap.

I have been advised by Woman the Kim Jong Il is deaded. I am not upset by it, but I am disgusted at some of the comments being made. It is disgusting that News.com.au has a headline that says 'Good Riddance...' I was not a fan of the man, but show some fucking respect for the dead. Just another shit headline and shit story from Australia's leading peddlers of shit. I am waiting for them to bring in paid subscription, then watch how quickly they are abandoned. As it stands I get most my news from independent sites and ABC News. At least then I don't need to hear about who Kim Kardigan is doing now.

I am debating whether or not I need to get a flagon of cider for Christmas. it is far cheaper to buy a 5 litre flagon of Old Rosie than to buy individual bottles. Plus it is scrumpy and cloudy so no-one else will drink it such as the wanky little brother in law who drinks girls cider instead of proper mens cider.

See ya later, alligator.

Day Nineteen...

Well, I have fallen in love with ABC iView on my PS3 and have clocked up about 2gig in streaming tv shows today. I also allowed me to discover Haven, yet another sci-fi/mystery series that I can watch. My poor old portable hard drive is nearly full so I need to do something about it.

Made a yummy pie for dinner. It was steak and red wine, however we switched the steak for a mixture of steak and lamb and it was delicious.

Got heaps of washing done, about to hang some out and put another load on. Once it is all done it is time to pack for Xmas. I will post up entries over Christmas but they may not be everyday depending on how busy I am. I will be camping for a week over New Years so there will be limited posts then as well. But I will try my best. I will take my tablet and will still write them everyday and then post them when I can.

Well that's all folks. See ya later, alligator.

Day Eighteen...

Well, the party was fun. Food was good, some of the company was good. jokes :-) The food was great and I was able to get Kosciusko Pale Ale on tap. It is one of my favourite pale ales, it is a cloudy ale with a bitter fruit aftertaste. Didn't stay too late because I had to drive home.

Had a lazy day today. Xmas presents are all wrapped. The kids are getting spoiled yet again.

Well, see you later, alligator.

Day Seventeen...

Yay, Christmas party day. Unfortunately it is on the other side of the world from my house. So annoying. Its only because the people who planned live on that side of town. Fuckers...

Yummy chicken and salad sandwich for lunch. I reckon the sandwich shop is better since it reopened with new owners. The stuff actually tastes fresh now and the bread is not 4 days old.

So it turns out that I have to take people to the party. I suppose I should go and clean the car out a little. Throw some of the kids toys in the boot.

Well time to go now. See ya later, alligator.

Day Sixteen...

So bored, I want to go home already. There is stuff to do but all I have done is answer other peoples phones. At least I am chewing through all my work for next week. At this rate I will be able to take long naps next week :)

Cleaned my desk up today, I seem to have accumulated a months worth of crap on one side of my desk. I filled a paper box with paper for the secure bins. Not a bad effort for a 'paperless office'.

I have been thinking about options for the archery club clubhouse. I reckon we could get an old railway carriage and use that. It would need to have bars on the windows obviously, but it would be unique and might attract some interest. I am going to suss it out with the railway museum to find out where to get one and how much they are.

Christmas present for Woman has been purchased and wrapped. Wrapped it at work so she has no idea what it is. Now we just need to go home and wrap the rest of them, and then work out how to get them to Sydney. I might need to put the coffin back on the roof of the car.

Plonk tasting was great. Cognac is gross. It tasted nothing like what I expected. I will stick to Scotch.

Well that's it from me. Tomorrows entry might go up on Saturday as I have a Christmas party. See you later, alligator.

Day Fifteen...

Not much to say today. It was a pretty boring day. Yay for NCIS and NCIS:LA christmas episodes.

Can't wait for tomorrow night. Attending a tasting at Plonk in Fyshwick. They have hundreds of beers and ciders and apparently they are opening up some of their best tomorrow night.

Ordered a 'My Family' sticker today, however it is not like your normal ones. You will have to wait until it arrives and then I will post up a pic of it on the car. Also ordered one for Heff, I hope he likes it.

Struggling to think of presents for a few people. I may need to take a walk around tomorrow and think abut it some more. Need to work out what to get Woman, I am thinking a hug will do just nicely.

Well thats it from me. See ya later, alligator.

Day Fourteen...

Two weeks. I have managed to do this for two solid weeks now. Some days I didn't feel like it but I have forced myself to keep doing it. That's one fortnight down, twenty five to go.

Got through so much work today. I am trying to get everything done or when I am away over xmas/new year but that means I need need to get all next weeks work done this week so I can get the following two and half weeks work done next week. I only have two things due tomorrow and then I can hook into to my work for Thursday and Friday and hopefully Monday. Then on Thursday I can do the rest of next weeks work and then tidy up loose ends on Friday.

Just watched the new Terra Nova. Lucas has opened the portal both ways, OH NOES. I can't wait to see what happens next. I am loving this series. I hope they don't can it after one season. It is the first sci-fi show I have really got into after SG:U was so bad.

Apricot chinken for dinner. It was pretty yummy. Need to go make lunches now. See you later, alligator.

Day Thirteen...

Hiho hiho its back to work I go. At least there wasn't to much for me to catch up on. That is good, considering in the next 2 weeks I need to try and do all my work that is due between now and 9 January. The lack,of work,to,catch up onwas partly due to my boss doing as much as she could and the fact I logged in from home and got all but two things done for Friday on Thursday afternoon.

Had a yummy lunch. It was pretty good. I had a mixed meat plate from Ali Baba.

Feeling pretty tired today. Had a crap sleep with the Woman snoring next to me and then moved out to the lounge to try and get some sleep. That was thwarted by the cats jumping on me and wanting to sleep under the blanket. In the end I gave in and let Gary sleep on my feet.

Trying to work out what to do for dinner tonight. I am thinking I might just make a plain pasta sauce and some spagetti. I want to havea meat free night since I haven't had one for a while.

There is a distinct lack of Christmas songs in this office. Time to fix that with a healthy dose of 'We wish you a Metal Christmas'. I wonder how that will go down.

Day Twelve...

Spicks and Specks was freaking awesome. It was so good to finally see the show live. It was a bit sad because it is the last time I will get to see them, apart from repeats obviously. The opening number set the tone for the entire thing and I think I laughed harder than I have since I last saw Ross Noble. The end was pretty emotional. I can't imagine what it is like for the guys to stop doing it after seven years of  being on our TVs every week.

Cleaned out the shed at archery today. It was raining when I got there and no-one turned up until later so the three of us that were there started cleaning up. We got a fair bit done. The container is clean and organised and the clubhouse actually looks like a clubhouse again. No more archery until January, although I might go up if I have time over the break and try and get some stuff done around the range.

Toby got a whole pile of books given to him yesterday so now we need to make room to store them. I am wondering if we can move things around to get them into his room. I believe that Kat wants to give him the spare queen bed so I might be able to come up with storage drawers to go under the bed.

I am sorry for bignoting myself, but I make the best meals with nothing other than guesswork. I made burritoey things tonight. They were yum. It went like this.

Ingredients:
500 grams of Diced beef
1 jar of nacho sauce
1 can of mexebeans
Jar of salsa
sour cream
lettuce
cheese
mountain bread
rice

1. Cook your mince, then add the drained mexebeans. Cook, while stirring occasionally, for about 3 mins then turn off the heat. Add the nacho sauce and stir.

2. Cook your rice. Drain it then stir some pepper through it. Spoon it onto some paper towel and press firmly on top with more paper towel to remove the excess water.

3. Put the rice, then the beef onto a piece of mountain bread. Add the sour cream, lettuce, salsa and cheese. roll it up and then roll it into another piece of mountain bread.

4. Eat and then post comments to tell me what you think :)

Well, that's it from me. Remember there is a comments box thingy that you can use to talk back to me. See you later, alligator.

Day Eleven...

Note: Sorry, its a bit late. We were out last night and I had archery this morning so I this is the first chance I have had.

Going to Spicks and Specks tonight, I can't wait. Going to dinner at the Harmonie Club first for dinner. Looking forward to good old fashioned german food. They also make the best beers so that should be fun too.

I made the best bread rolls yet for lunch. Everyone commented on how good they were. Unfortunately they were all eaten so there are none for tomorrow. I might have to make some more. They were pretty good. I adjusted the recipe slightly to include less sugar and that seems to have made the difference.

So...the Harmonie club has no room for dinner tonight. We went to O'Malleys instead. I had the battered fish which was really nice. They also had a some carafe of something that Kat and Stinky were drinking. That was pretty nice, especially when they made it with red wine.

Well that's it from me. Going to the show soon. See you later, alligator.

Day Ten...

Still feel like crap. So over it. I hope I feel better tomorrow for Spicks and Specks. Been looking foward to it for months. Jimbo and Stinkyare coming down tonight. Tomorrow we are going to the Christmas Makets and then to the Harmonie Club for pork knuckles and schitties. Then I have the final archery shoot for the year of Sunday and a BBQ afterwards.

We had a blackout for about 2-3 hours this afternoon. Luckily the power came on about 5 mins before the deadline I had set to fire up the generator and plug the fridge in.

Been listening to metal Christmas carols all day. I highly recommend 'Things I want' by Sum 41 and 'We wish you a Metal Christmas and a Happy New Year'. they are both pretty good. The second one is a whole album of all your favourite Christmas songs, but they are less sucky.

Found out today that there will be a Lamb of God concert in Canberra in March. I was so excited I let out a little girly squeal. Luckily I was home on my own. Going to be so Busy in the first six months of next year. There is Soundwave, Lamb of God, Ross Noble, Strassman, An Evening with John Cleese, Macbeth, The Blanks (Teds Band from Scrubs) and quite possibly An Evening with Corey Taylor.

Joises, after that lot I am going to be exhausted. And that's just what is on in Canberra, except for Soundwave obviously. I am too scared to see what is on in Sydney in case there is even more I want to see.

Well, big weekend ahead. See ya later, alligator.

Day Nine...

I hate being sick. It is so crappy. It just destroys everything. I ended up spending a day watching The Office and feeling crapiful. I even had Chicken and Corn soup for lunch, it made me feel worse.

Sorted out the kids Xmas presents tonight, Just need to wrap them all now. Woman can do that, I am crap with wrapping paper. I am better at the handing out of presents.

Well that is all from me, I feel crap and can't think of anything else too write. I promise I will do better tomorrow.

See ya later, alligator.

Day Eight...

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's back to work I go. At least there wasn't too much to do, mainly because I did so much before I left. It was most definitely not because of anyone going out of their way to help me. BTW, I am not being sarcastic here.

Today is Xbox update day. YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY. It's my favourite day of the quarter. New Xbox features for me. TV on my Xbox. Youtube on my Xbox. Just need food and cider to come out of my Xbox and I won't need to leave the lounge room ever again.

To top my day off, the Warehouse 13 Christmas special is here. If you want it let me know. I will be providing it free to anyone who asks unless your name is Leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeea, then it will be $5. Teeheehee.

Put in security cameras at the Archery club tonight. It looks like someone has tried to break in again. they didn't get very far. Hopefully we can get them on camera now. If I get my hands on the bastards, they will find out why you should never mix a broadhead arrow and your anus.

Well see ya later, alligator.

Day Seven...

So, workshop day. I knew I was in for a good day when the Wildebeest walked into the room and said 'It's alright, I am here'. It took all my strength not to say 'Well that's a fucking shame, isn't it'. Thank god I only have one of these workshops left, then I don't have to see her or hear her fucking voice ever again. Disussing dispute resolution today. I was hoping I could start some disputes so that we could try to resolve them, but apparently that isn't part of the day :-(

Raining in Sydney again today. This city is strange. It is beautiful and vibrant when the sun is is shining, but dreary and grey and depressing when it rains. I love this city, I would move back here if I was a billionaire and could spend my day in the botanical gardens and walking around the harbour. Saw a great big cruise ship in the Quay yesterday, it was pretty awesome. It must have left last night because it is gone now. If I knew it was leaving I would have braved the rain to go and watch. Apparently there was a P&O one in Darling Harbour as well, I would have gone to look at that one as well if I knew.

11:41am - **snore**

Oh my fricking god, the Wildebeest is pregnant. Joises, someone actually had sex with that. I feel sorry for that child and the poor bastard that mated with her.

Now everyone is talking about psychics and clairvoyants. What a load of crap. When you die there is a 99% chance that you will just become worm poo and nothing more. If the 1% happens and there is a heaven and hell, I have accepted that I am going to hell and I don't care. The parties are better in hell.

Hopefully there is not too much traffic on the way home tonight. That drive is even more boring when you are alone. At least I will have Ricky, Steve and Karl on my MP3 player for company.

Made it home. About to go to bed. Back to work tomorrow, and no doubt there will be heaps to do.

See ya later, alligator.

Day Six...

So I am in Sydney today. Took a walk to Chinatown for lunch and had a laksa. It was pretty delicious.

Also decided to finally put a custon ROM on my Iconia Tab. Started off with Thors Rom and have spent about 90 minutes porting some of my apps and software off my phone. It now works wonderfully and can now tether to my phone to connect to the internet, something that Acer had blocked and I have been planning to workaround for a while. It is working so well that this entryis coming from my tablet. I will probably start using it more now for the archery club stuff. I haven't used it much in the past because it was free with my laptop and I had no use for it if it couldn't connect to the net.

I got the security cameras for the club today,they work pretty well. I was playing with them before and hopefully they will allow us to catch whoever is breaking in.

I hate coming up here when it is raining it means I can't go for a wander around the city with my camera and take pics of anything.

Had yummy Chicken wrapped in prosciutto for dinner followed by an apple and rhubarb crumble. It was delicious  Debating if I should go down to the restaurant or get room service for breakfast.

Well I am off now, I am sure tomorrow will be interesting with the wildebeest there to irritate me. See ya later, alligator.


EDIT: I looks that I got a bit carried away with my porting and coding efforts and wrote half my post in HTML. All fixed now.

Recipes for Day Five...

Here are the recipes I spoke about in the main post

Day Five...

So....Sunday. Archery day. Apart from that it is a chance to have a break for one day a week. We were going to go to Terribly British Day but unfortunately we never made it there.

Boy has shown an interest in taking up archery, so next year he is going to join me. Hopefully between us we can clean up some trophies next year. With a new sight and new bow I should be a contender for a few championships and hopefully, with the right coaching, Boy can take out the Junior Boys Shield. However I think with some of the plans we have for next year, he is going to have a bit of competition.

Off to Sydney tomorrow for work. I might drop into the archery place and grab some arrows for the club to keep us going. It will also give me a chance to check out if there are any other bows I am keen on since I have been set on the Martin Shadowcat since I shot it and it was better than anything else I tried. There is also a Hoyt model I would like to look at. It meet my prerequisites for arrow speed and having a length over 40 inches. I have noticed many of the new bows, even target ones are less than 4 inches long. It is hard to get anything over 35 inches, but I need the length due to my size and my draw length.

I need to remember to get a bow stringer tomorrow as well. The club doesn't have one, but we need to make sure the juniors are stringing the bows correctly and not the dodgy way that we do it. I will ahve a look at the sights at the same time and make sure I get the one that I want.

Kat made an awesome toblerone cheesecake and some coated lamb thingy. I will pot the recipes up for those that are interested. They were tasty.

Well that's it from me, next update will come from Sydney Harbour, unless I can't get internets, then I will write it but post it on Tuesday night when I get home. See ya later, alligator.

Day Four...

Fucking hell my wife is annoying. I know she does it on purpose, but it still drives me up the wall.

Went to the archery club today and discovered they were building a BBQ, so I went up and helped out. Our recovery from the break in is going well. We have had so much support from the other clubs in the state. It is awesome to see that there is still some support around.

I have been listening to heaps of Ricky Gervais lately. In fact Karl Pilkington was the inspiration for this journal. He did a journal for a year a few years back and I though it sounded like a good idea. It might even turn into something I keep doing in the long term, although maybe not everyday.

Had a nice cider the other day. Not sure what the brand was, but it was a winter cider. It had cinnamon and vanilla in it and tasted awesome. It is definitely at the top of my cider list now. I think it may even be equal number one with Old Mout Scrumpy. Also a fan of Old Rosie, which is a cloudy, still scrumpy. Not a fan of u-brew-it cider, it is too watery. U-Brew-It beer on the other hand is great. We made the Kings Lager and it was pretty good, thinking of going for a mid-dark ale next time. I prefer ales over lagers.

Speaking of alcohol, I think it is time for a scotch. See ya later, alligator

Day Three...

Well it looks like Spring has finally arrived in Canberra, and only a day after Summer started. At this rate Summer should get here by about February..................2016. I am not a huge fan of summer, I prefer to be cold than hot. At least humidity isn't an issue here most the time. I am a firm beleive that anything over 26 degrees is the same as a milion degrees. Somethign which is often said on one of the local radio stations.

Watched a lady just go by on a bike with a kiddy-trailer with a child in it. It seems to be dangerous enough riding a bike on the road, with all the morons who can't share the road. Why put your kids in danger by whacking them in a trailer on the back? Fuck that for a joke. Besides, she was in lycra dn that is just wrong, Whats wrong with riding a bike in shorts and a tee-shirt?

Speaking of kids, apparently whenever I leave the house (or go to the toilet, or have a shower, or take the rubbish out) Daughter sits there and says 'Where's Daddy gone' constantly unil I get back. I never beleived Woman when she said this until this morning when I was in the bathroom and could hear her in the bedroom asking it over and over again. It cracked me up, I am going to have to go out more now just to drive Woman up the wall.

Went to the Queanbeyan Sunset Markets tonight. They were not very big, but there was some nice stuff there. I picked up a nice bottle of sparkling Shiraz. The best part is that the winery is only about 15 mins from home. Yum Yum.

That reminds me that we should go back down to the Snowys and get schnapps again some time, the apple schnapps was awesome. I also need to check out a little brewery down there that apparently makes an awesome cider.

Well that's it for me. See ya later, alligator.

Day Two...

WHAT THE FLYING FUCKITY FUCK FUCK. Why the hell have our politicians been given a payrise? They haven't earnt it. In order to get a payrise, I have to perform well in my job. These Fuckers just rock up every now and then, spend more money we don't have, talk shit for a while then praise themselves for fucking up the country. We need to fuck the whole god-damn lot of them off. Start from scratch, not labor party, no liberal party, no parties at all. You vote based on your own convictions and on what your electorate wants after you consult with them.

Earlier this week they announced that the public service had to make cuts, which will probably result in job losses, and that the baby bonus would be cut. They are putting more and more financial strain on all of us, then they reward themselves with a massive payrise. FUCKERS!

Chicken and salad sandwiches for lunch, they look so yum. I have wanted to eat them all mornign but I am makling myself wait. I might go get another chupachup to tide me over for a while. Need more tea as well, better go make another one.

This afternoon one of the cockheads at work was trying to defend the payrise for the politicians. He claimed the Julia deserved it. No she fucking doesn't you tossbag, she is the reason this country is fucked. She deserves no pay for the rest of her term so she can pay back some of what she has wasted.

Had to go to the archery range again tonight to make sure it wasn't broken into. Hopefully the committee approves the purchase of the security cameras and we don't need to do this crap. Two robberies in three weeks, we really need a new clubhouse, we would like a new range as well.

Well that's it from me for another day, See ya later, alligator.

Day One....

So here we are, day one, the beginning, the big bang, the point of creation.....fuck I love baked beans. They are the ultimate food. They are yum and full of good stuff and come in a can so I can crack them open and eat them anytime.

On the other hand, I hate pointless shit. for example, pointless parts of my job. Why am I doing something that I did at the beginning of the month just because it was more than 14 days ago. Nothing has changed, I am just going to make heavy use of 'cut' and 'paste' functions. However because someone says it has to be done, I have to waste 30 mins doing it.

We had some awesome storms last night, really bright lightning and some massive thunderclaps. The closest strikes I counted were less than 300m away. It has since rained all day adn I don't want to walk back to the car. I wish it would stop raining from 5:00 to 5:15pm so I can get to the car. As I type this the rain just got really heavy again. There is a chick walking past in a singlet and shorts...WTF its raining.

Almost home time, but I have a hankering for a cup of tea. I wonder if I can brew one and drink it in 15 minutes. Not likely but we will see what happens.

I wonder whats for dinner, I don't think Woman told me this morning. I feel like noodles, I think I might make some tonight.

Woman pointed out last night that 2012 is a leap year so I will have to do 366 days of this. For fucks sake, why do I always have to do things the difficult day. It means that I will have to do something special for 29 Feb now, maybe I can hack my own phone and release nude piccies of myself :)

Well thats it for day one, hope it was fun for you too. See ya later, alligator.

Day Dot...

So, hello world...
I have decided to write a journal for 12 months about my life. I will write an entry everyday. They may be boring or funny or stupid or just plain insane.

In one years time we can look back over one year of my life. Maybe I will continue after that, maybe not. Maybe this will be famous, maybe no one will read it but me.

This will be the stupid observations of my life. I will probably write a post throughout the day and post it at night. There will be a new one each morning...unless I am camping, then I will write them each day but post them when I get home.

A bit about me to start. I am almost thirty, married with two kids and I am a geek (although some say I am a nerd). I love music (metal, jazz, blues, classical, rock) and gaming. I play PC, console, board and card games with a bit of Warhammer 40k thrown in for good luck. I live near Canberra, but I am still a New South Welshman and proud of it.

Ohhh well, the fun starts tomorrow. See you some sunny day, my friends.