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A rather impressively impressive day. [09 May 2008|11:22pm] [ mood | exhausted ] So, the last couple of weeks or so have been extraordinarily interesting times for me. I've been intending to get out of my Call Centre job for quite some time, having got thoroughly sick of it months ago. I'd recently got a tip from jaquiej about a job at her work, and I decided to apply. During my trip to Canberra with Erin, The job actually called back, and after the phone interview, I managed to get a final interview. This encouraged me to provide my Call Centre with my two weeks notice the monday I got back, since the only issue they seemed to have was with the two weeks notice. So, got that out of the way, and the interview got arranged for monday the next week. As it turned out, I didn't get that job (which was a little unfortunate), but they called back seeing if I was interested in another job. They scheduled an interview for Wednesday, which I duly attended, and aced the hell out of the interview. After glowing references from at least nquisitor, They offered me the job today. So, on Monday, I start my new job as Resource Centre attendant at Carrick Institute of Education. Which was good, since today was my last day at UCMS! Also during this period, not_in_denial and being_bec discovered that the person living across the hall to them was moving out shortly, and their apartment was going to become available shortly. This got my mind cogitating, and I've been considering applying for the apartment, seeing as it's not on the market yet and I could get an easy in if I was lucky. I decided to postpone the position until I knew for certain I got the job, and now that I do, I'm definitely going for it. So, impressive feat number two - I'm moving into my own flat (hopefully). Of course, today, while highly exuberant, has also been unfortunate. Over the last few days, not_in_denial has been quite sick and in quite a lot of pain. It hadn't been getting better, and today it was apparently agonising, so being_bec took him to the hospital. When I found out about it I naturally got distraught and my Team Leader let me skip the rest of the day, and I raced to the Alfred where he was being treated. I've just gotten back from being with him. The good news is that it looks like not_in_denial will be fine - the doctors think it's probably flu + Urinary tract infection + CFS/ME all interacting to form massive amounts of pain. He's been on fluids and antibiotics, and he seems to be responding reasonably well. He's staying overnight for observation, and the doctor seems to think that he'll be able to be released tomorrow. But, understandably, I've kinda been a bit fragile today. I've barely been holding it together. It was really not fun watching not_in_denial in so much pain, and watching the doctors put him in even more pain from attempts to find veins and take blood pressure. Also, you know, my boyfriend is sick enough to be in hospital, and obviously that freaks me out, especially considering his past history. At the moment I think I'm keeping my tears under lock and key - I've nearly lost it a few times, but I haven't felt like I can let it out just yet, not while I was still around Erin. No doubt it's going to flood out at some point, but it looks like right now is apparently not it. At the very least, I hope the tears are kind enough to let me drive home without issue, since I really need to go home and get some sleep (I'm writing this from not_in_denial's place), and I'd rather not tear up while I'm on the roads. So yeah, that's been my day today. Now, I think, it's time for me to log out and go home. 4 comments|post comment

Something every male should read [29 Apr 2008|06:09pm] Yes, even you. And you. How not to be That Guy. (Originally from here) To be fair, everyone should probably read it. But men especially. It's handy knowledge. 22 comments|post comment

*blows dust off LJ* [11 Apr 2008|12:20am] It has been some time since I've posted anything significant in my journal. I think it's about time to start reversing this trend. Alas, this post is quite heavy and angsty, so enter at your own peril ( Wherein I discuss my idiot of a brain and how it continues to impede my relationships. Extremely long. ) 6 comments|post comment

Invite to Birthday Party Bonanza [03 Apr 2008|09:00am] For those of who have haven't gotten around to getting on my friends list, I have placed invite and details of my upcoming birthday party for the 12th April on a friendslocked post. If you would like the details, and I haven't gotten around to friending you, comment here and I'll friend you ASAP. (or if you're not on LJ, post your email and I'll send details to you. Hell, if I just haven't gotten around to friending you, period, then post a comment here and I'll add you ASAP :) 1 comment|post comment

Always knew I had it in me! [06 Mar 2008|10:04am] Powered By Stimulators 1 comment|post comment

So, indeed the story goes, I rock. [05 Mar 2008|11:07am] There is nothing quite like walking in to your partner's flat, giving him a hug, then handing him the new laptop that you've arranged to get financed for him. There was much, much squeeage. The hardest part, of course, was not telling him the financing went through whenever I talked to yesterday... 4 comments|post comment

BANDWAGON!!! [02 Feb 2008|12:23am] Get your own valentinr I figured it was cool enough last year, doing it all over again would be fun! Have at it! post comment

Good Days and Bad Days [18 Jan 2008|10:48pm] So, yesterday me and not_in_denial were over at Airport West shopping centre, since we were picking up his broadband modem from Tullamarine. At some point, while we were eating lunch, someone stole my wallet. Yep. Right in front of me, so far as I can tell. I left in on the table in front of my while I was eating and it disappeared. So yeah, about $7 in change, a nearly-new Full fare weekly ticket, my debit card and about 120 more point of ID is now likely in someone else's hands. thankfully I've already cancelled the credit card (did that about 10-15 minutes after we realised that the wallet was gone), unfortunately getting everything else replaced appears to be a much harder issue, since I need to pay money to get my driver's licence replaced (which I can't do until I have my replacement card), medicare needs ID as well. So, at least for a while, people have a bunch of my ID cards until I get access to my cash again, and I get to start replacing everything. Dammit. Also, makes it damn hard to do things that I was intending to do, like get a new phone. Double dammit. On the plus side, today was much better. Work was excellent, and my last call today netted me 4 recontract sales (on one call! Unheard of!). That alone would have been excellent for my work strike rate, but I'd gotten 4 other recontracts that day too. So, I now have a new record of 8 recontracts at work. I was positively floating on air on the way home. 4 comments|post comment

Christmas + New Years Post [02 Jan 2008|01:31pm] [ mood | contemplative ] Yeah, so I haven't been posting much, probably due to lack of internets at my workstation. So, figured I'd do the obligatory posts... Christmas Christmas was excellent. Final Swag total includes a new Digital Camera (which me and not_in_denial have been playing with a bit!), BSG Season 1 (I got Season 2 Last Christmas, so I've been waiting a while for the first!), The Austin Powers Box Set (I had a craving for it. Don't ask), and various sugary goodies. Also got a car kit for my iPod, but as it turns out, the car kit was not, in fact, for an iPod, but was for another player instead, so I'm waiting for my brother to get that swapped for me. So, really, all good! not_in_denial and I ended up going to my parent's place for Christmas Lunch, which was pretty much exactly as I was expecting (which was good food, chance to see family, nice relaxed atmosphere). not_in_denial was a little uncomfortable there, just because he's not generally comfortable around my family for the obvious reason (like, for example, they're his boyfriend's family). Still, we had a good time, had a go on my family's new copy of Buzz (Sports Edition - needless to say that me and Erin didn't do so well). So, all up, a very good christmas, methinks. New Years Our household ended up having a small New Years (simma14's Party was far better advertised and thus just about everyone went there this year), but I think that was good because I actually enjoyed the small-party atmosphere for a change. Also, we had a couple of people come around that I hadn't seen for ages (Like Hannah and littlesir, pfhsblog, etc). So there was lots of nice discussion. It was, however, extremely hot, but I doubt that that's going to change significantly no matter where you went. Bizarrely, I managed to sleep like a baby afterwards - the heat didn't seem to affect my sleep patterns at all (I swear, my bed and I are sleep-bonded - any time I'm on my bed I get to sleep in less than 20 minutes. Well, to be fair, that's the same of just about every bed, but it's even more impressive on mine!) New Years Day was, thankfully, a touch cooler. Me and not_in_denial ended up hanging at velitu's place. We ended up bringing up a few issues that not_in_denial had on his mind, which was good because they really needed discussion (mostly about my emotional issues and how they seem to be affecting certain parts of our lives). As so often seems to happen on New Years, I had a bit of a breakdown, but it's gotta be a good thing in the end - We ended up coming out of it realising that I really need to work on improving my emotional skills, since I don't ever seem to actually feel much these days - I always seem to be one step removed from what I'm feeling. We're already making progress - I actually felt the love I have for not_in_denial for once, which was a little scary. I'm hoping that by the end of the year that becomes a constant thing, not something that Erin has to work on getting me to do. I'm hoping that this is a good omen, and that this is a sign of good things to come. Happy New year everyone, I hope your New Year exceeds everything you could dream of. 4 comments|post comment

A Quick shout-out [16 Dec 2007|09:29pm] [ mood | requestive ] As readers of not_in_denial's LJ will well know, My boyfriend is moving house on Saturday. Naturally, I am going to help him move, but my little car, Tilly, will unfortunately be insufficient to move all the large whitegoods and appliances that need moving. Tilly also lacks a towbar. Normally I'd try and borrow my older brother's car, but he's currently in the process of selling the car, and he's not only being uber-paranoid about the car right now, but there's also a very good chance that come Saturday the car will no longer be his. So! I would like to ask the many people on my LJ list, and other friends of mine who also read my LJ, is there anyone out there who has a car with a towbar, a Saturday free, and a willingness to help move whitegoods from my place in Clayton to not_in_denial's new place in St Kilda East? A free trailer would also be helpful, but I can arrange the trailer if you can arrange the car (in fact, the willingness to help is optional if you instead have a willingness to trust me with your car). I will be more than willing to compensate people for their Saturday with free Lunch/Dinner. Any takers? Please? :) 3 comments|post comment

A little disconnected [14 Dec 2007|09:23pm] [ mood | annoyed ] So, people may have noticed that I am significantly less active on the 'net for the past few weeks. This is due to one singular reason, that reason being that we have distinctly run out of bandwith on our broadband due to Optus deciding to be jerks and kick us off our old plan and charge for uploads as well as downloads and only give us 15GB and not giving us any off-peak data, just because we changed the owner of our account. Which, of course, is why we're moving to new providers. We're moving to Soul who have comparable ADSL2 packages (which are faster than our old Cable) and will give us off-peak time if we use their homeline service (which is much of a muchness with Optus's homeplan, so we figured why not?). Thus begins the very slow process of porting services and setting up new accounts and all that jazz. We have the homeline set up, and now that's set up we can expect the get the ADSL account set up, and once that's set up, they'll send us our included modem, and once that's set up, we'll finally have net access that doesn't feel like you're thinking through saran wrap. I hate Optus, have I mentioned this? post comment

*pumps fist*... Again. [01 Dec 2007|03:44pm] [ mood | exuberant ] In the latest in a round of good news, I finally got my results back! Code Subject Name Grade COM2020 THE SECOND MEDIA AGE 67 C MTH2132 THE NATURE AND BEAUTY OF MATHEMATICS 52 P PHL2650 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND 76 D (Again, for those who are not Uni Students, N = Not Passed, P = Pass, C = Credit, D = Distinction, HD = High Distinction, in order of impressiveness) The primary part of this which makes me happy and exuberant and feeling downright funky is the fact that there is not a single N this semester. Which means... I'M GRADUATING!!! Glory of glories, I'm actually done at uni and I don't have to worry about it for at least the next year or so! YAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!! 10 comments|post comment

*pumps fist* [25 Nov 2007|05:30pm] Oh yeah. Labor is back in Power! What a wonderful word. Right, with that out of the way. This weekend I ended up going to Portland for a danielrh's wedding, and what a lovely affair it was. Wedding at the botanical gardens, a beautiful bride, a wonderful reception, all lovely. I, however, am totally pooped, seeing as we drove down yesterday, and got back home a few hours ago from driving back. The drive was actually quite good, just tiring. Me and MDA shared the driving down, which certain helped the trip. And now, I am going to rest for a bit. 7 comments|post comment

For the voter who truly wishes to be informed... [22 Nov 2007|09:39pm] Yet more links to help you get to know your candidates. This one's from matcha_pooka, who has put in a great deal of effort to give reasonable comments on all the senate candidates for Victoria. Well worth the read! post comment

I HAS A JOB!!! [08 Nov 2007|04:22pm] Man, it's been a while since I actually updated people on my life. Guess that's kinda what happens when you get busy! Well, in the past few months since I did a life update, There's been lots and lots of changes. For example, today I just finished my last exam. Hopefully, this is the very last exam I'll ever be doing for uni - I'll be graduating at the end of the year! Yay! In related news, this means that my current job has kinda stopped for the year, and in fact, I won't be eligible for the job for next year, since it's a student-only position. Thus, for the past couple of weeks, I've been desperately seeking other employment. I ended up looking at two possible jobs, one was a face-to-face sales/marketing role for a sales/marketing outsourcing company, and other was as a Telstra phone monkey. I just got a call today to confirm that I actually got the Telstra job! This is rather exciting for me, because it's the first time that I've ever had a full time job, EVAR. After a few quick off-the-cuff calculations, I've figured that I'll be zooming from my $200/week previous job to a $700+/week new position. With leave and sick days! And penalty Rates! So. Very. AWESOME!!! It means I'll actually have disposable money to spend on stuff other than living, which is a very new experience for me. I'm already mentally spending the first few paychecks, which I probably shouldn't do, but is kinda hard not to. After all, what good is money if you can't spend it? So yes, rather exciting, really. The only real downside is that it's a full time job, so I probably won't be spending a lot of time around the place now. Not that I was spending that much time around the place anyway, but it was nice having free time to spend in not_in_denial's arms. So, yeah. The last few weeks have seen me be exceptionally busy and move very quickly out of University mode and right into Life mode. I'm quite looking forward to it, really. 6 comments|post comment

OMG! [03 Nov 2007|11:56pm] Me and not_in_denial and being_bec went to Pinewood Cinema tonight and saw Death at the Funeral (bloody funny movie, BTW). As it turned out, my parents were there. Seriously. By complete and total coincidence my parents went to the exact same cinema session as me and my friends. Needless to say, we were all rather surprised. After the movie, of course, our party decided that we wanted to continue the night's entertainment, so we went to the local bottle shop to get booze. And on the way out, we saw a high-speed chase in action - one van, and 6 police cars in pursuit. We were all rather excited, as one might expect! Now, back to the drinking, currently in progress! 1 comment|post comment

Drunk Update [22 Oct 2007|10:37pm] Oh boy, I am so very drunk. Well, okay, maybe not quite that drunk. Okay, maybe that drunk. not_in_denial is looking at me right now, saying I'm the cutest thing ever. Apparently I find me inner cuteness when I'm drunk. I'm going off to see if I play Peggle better while I'm drunk. There may be a phone-post later tonight. Keep tuned to my journal and not_in_denial's journal... I don't have a drunk icon. This makes me sad. OH MY GOD THE KIRBY IT'S FLYING!!! IT GOES WHEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! 2 comments|post comment

And we're back. [17 Oct 2007|12:26pm] My computer decided to chuck a wobbly, and decided that my C: drive's partition was totally borken. So, drive wiped, clean new install, no problems. We're back online and kicking bottom, and the new episode of Heroes is downloading nicely, only 24 hours behind schedule. Of course, this does mean that I've lost all my bookmarks, since I didn't have time to grab them before we wiped. Ah well, I'm sure I have a back-up around somewhere. I had enough web-apps on my computer that it has to be around somewhere... post comment

The rare photo opportunity [12 Oct 2007|12:38am] And now, I present to you a rarity indeed - a picture of both me and not_in_denial: ( Cut for those who cannot be bothered ) 7 comments|post comment

Some things are worth the extra petrol... [07 Oct 2007|12:50pm] [ mood | highly amused ] Party at Hannah and littlesir's place was excellent, as per usual. Nice, stimulating conversation, good food, nice atmosphere... All the good things. But as cool as that was, the highlight of the night was still the trip home with ozwiccagal and MDA. Mostly because MDA was completely drunk and ranting all the way home. Non-stop. Oh my god, I wish I'd had some sort of recording device, because he was just hilarious. Especially when he starts talking about McDonalds, the crappy kids who work there, and the wonders of a McChicken with a toasted bun, cheese and bacon. Just downright awesome. post comment

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