The Journal of Lee Davis-Thalbourne

MOAR WATER!!!

2008-07-01T06:48:08Z

Well, as it turns out, the water wasn't done quite yet - See, high tide hadn't quite reached it's peak yet, and when you get exceptionally high tides... Well, the drains back up. And Up. And Up. So, by the time I got out to lunch, the building next to us was trapped by the water. So, what could I do? I got my camera and took more photos, that's what!

WATER!!!

2008-07-01T02:18:37Z

We had a slight, umm, drainage malfunction outside our building. So, we have a spot of flooding outside our building. Amazingly, I actually had my camera with me at the time! Awesome! So, I get to show everyone!

As a note, I really like that last one. I hadn't intended to catch the reflection, but it turned out quite good anyway :)

3... 2... 1... and crash-down!

2008-06-23T15:14:12Z

So, Today I went to my counsellor today. The discussion started with trust issues, and through some divergence managed to reach the circumnstances around me and Lara's breakup. As well as the first few weeks after the rape.

When I got home, I called not_in_denial, and his phone went dead. No problems, move to the computer, talk on Gtalk. Computer dead, network card not responding. After an hour of trying to get the system working, I desperately called his housemate's mobile, and broke down, babbling to him. And then the phone started cutting out, and I completely freaked, because I needed him and everything was stopping me from talking to him.

So, after him calling me back and me babbling that I didn't know whether I wanted him around or not, not_in_denial picked me up. And I'm at his place now.

That was one hell of a trigger. Goddamn.

FIRE!!!

2008-06-22T07:04:42Z

So, last night me, not_in_denial, being_bec and laza_burnz went to Ignite at Docklands. We'd heard that there was going to be some fire performers, but alas, it turned out that they came the previous night. But still, we had a fun time, mostly because of the big installation they had there, the Pyrophone Juggernaut, basically a massive percussion piece and organ that was at least partially played with fire. Fire people! Goddamn awesome. My photography skills, on the other side, suck. So, most of the photos I took sucked. I did get this one though!

Highly recommended to watch!

Correcting severe anomalies!

2008-06-11T06:59:31Z

I've suddenly (well, by "suddenly" I mean "recently") realised that there are a very large number of people who haven't seen me for quite a few months, maybe not even seen me for a year or so. And of course, there are people on my friends list who have joined from Internet Land who have never seen a picture of me. This, I consider blatantly unacceptable. Also, I'm starting to realise exactly how many of my friends keep going "Hey Lee! I barely recognise you!" Also, I am really, really bored at work, and I at least have my phone with me, so...

As you can see, I've moved towards longer hair, keeping towards the blonde. I'm actually kinda enjoying it, truth be told. I'm enjoying the feeling of having long hair, of not having the most masculine hairstyle, although I'm still working on managing it (after all, this is the longest that I have ever had my hair, I never learned all the tricks of keeping long hair from being annoying).

I should at some point make a new icon of me, my current me icons so do not reflect my current look at all...

Weekend in a box

2008-06-08T06:05:59Z

So, this weekend I decided to actually do stuff and go out, and so I decided I'd head off to the Game On exhibit with friends of mine. Of course, I had gone and been rather short-notice on it all, so only danielrh and his partner Rhianna actually turned up. It was, however, an awesome exhibit - I was really glad that I had at least a couple of people to share the experience with. I got to see a whole bunch of really old games and see a whole lot of video game history that I could never have seen anywhere else (like an old Communist Arcade cabinet, which was one of only three surviving cabinets in the world!). I got to play a whole bunch of fun game (like the original Katamari!), I got to see a whole bunch of really old consoles and old hand-helds (and got to feel all nostalgic). I got to feel proud that I have a Power Glove (as there was one in the exhibit), I got to retell my history with Pokemon in front of the cabinet with a bunch of pokemon merchandise (including Pokemon ramen, I kid you not). I also got to see possibly the most convoluted and complex game controller I've ever seen (it was the controller for a mech game - it included 9 comms buttons that did different things in different missions, had levers for all the subsystems, had separate ignition, hatch close and start buttons... INSANE!!!)

God, it was a brilliant exhibit. I cannot more heartily recommend that people go. It has a great deal of focus on much older games than newer games, but that warmed the heart of myself - I got to see a whole bunch of really old games that took me back to my childhood. I also got to see a bunch of cool games that I might actually download and play myself. And there are some more recent games running around. Also, funkily enough, Smash Brothers Melee on the big screen for people to play, as well as Bomberman. Didn't actually get to play any of them, but then I was there on a Saturday Afternoon, when all the kids were around.

So, yeah. Go see it. Really. Dedicate an afternoon at least, and a day if you can. I was only there for three hours by the time I started to wilt, but I know I missed out on a ton of stuff. I will so be going back...

Meme-time!

2008-06-05T02:18:42Z

One of my own devising!

1. Go to this site, and find a quote you like.
2. Copy the quote to this site. Keep pressing the "try again" button until the translation stabilises, and stays on one translation (this can take a few passes).
3. Post the original Quote, and the mangled wreck that resulted from step 2.

So, my attempt:

"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet."

Becomes (after about 4 passes)

"The future he is he here. The fact that the distant absentee is not alambicco, distributes the fair"

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness"

Becomes (after 2 passes)

"The effectiveness is uselessness intelligent"

Because, you know, the first time is hilarious, but it's amusing to see just how mangled you can make a quote...

Memewhile...

2008-05-26T07:17:00Z

From not_in_denial:

Hit up this site. Keep reloading until you find 5 quotes that resonate with you:

"The future is here. It's just not widely distributed yet."
-- William Gibson (1948 - )

"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do."
-- Steve Jobs (1955 - )

"The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy."
-- Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)

"Efficiency is intelligent laziness."
-- Anonymous

"A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling."
-- Arthur Brisbane, "The Book of Today"

An odd, topical thought.

2008-05-26T05:33:58Z

As I was reading the opinions section of The Age, one of the letters provoked an odd question about the Bill Henson controversy, of which the answer I wasn't sure, but was probably worth sharing.

How much of the controversy stems from Bill Henson's identity? As in, how much of the controversy seems to stem from people perceiving Bill Henson as Male, as White, as middle-age, and how such people typically interact with his models? How, I wonder, would the controversy differ if the works were by a woman, by a person of colour, by a 20-year-old? Would it be far worse? Would it be not an issue?

I push my brain in a bunch of directions and I can see possibilities for either side. At the very least it's stretching that side of my brain out somewhat, so I figured I'd send the question out. Any thoughts, anyone?

kirby1024 @ 2008-05-23T16:05:00

2008-05-23T06:17:54Z

So, it's probably worth another update.

For those of you not keeping up with not_in_denial's LJ, I'm happy to report that he's out of hospital, in fact has been for quite some time. By the end of his 5-day stay, The doctors were pretty sure it was a Urinary Tract Infection that had spread to his kidneys, which combined with the CFS and fibro. He's back at home on a course of antibiotics, slowly recovering.

So, as for me...

Well, I'm settling in pretty quickly to my job at Carrick, My job, it seems, is mostly being Resource Centre Attendant, which comprises mostly of accepting printer credit from students, resetting passwords, occasionally selling the odd textbook or two, and even more occaisionally going to student's computers and fixing problems for them. All in all, it's a pretty uninteresting job, but I'm enjoy it - There's basically no stress to speak of which is quite good for me, I think.

The last week or so has actually been very quiet at the Resource Centre, so I've been quite bored as it stands. This of course has set my brain cogitating, and reawakening my desires for roleplaying, so I've started going through some old haunts, and joining some new games. It's been fun, actually -I'm remembering why I love roleplaying so!

A rather impressively impressive day.

2008-05-09T13:54:31Z

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.

Something every male should read

2008-04-29T08:10:36Z

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.

blows dust off LJ

2008-04-10T14:25:18Z

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

It is completely of no surprise that I have a lot of issues. Even aside from 2006's ugly stamp on my life, I had more than a few issues beforehand. Admittedly, it's only recently that I've started to actually, you know, realise they're there, mostly through the expedient of them rudely butting into my life.

But now they're really starting to piss me off. It feels like they're directly conspiring to take my boyfriend away from me.

I guess one of the big issues is that I'm not a person who's particularly good at letting people in. When I think back on it, I suspect that this has actually been the case for the vast majority of my life. I don't give much of myself out to people, and while I can hold a conversation for a very long time, you'll find that you learn very little about my internal states in these conversations. I can talk about any number of things except myself. When it comes to talking about stuff I have a personal interest in I'll talk generalities and discuss experiences but never how they make me feel.

Of course, it goes a little further than that - not even I know how I feel a lot of the time. Ask me how I feel, and I suddenly seize up. My brain refuses to let me feel at all. It's like my brain keeps my heart under a lock and key, refusing to allow access, even if it's me that wants access. It seems that I keep the entire world at arm's length.

Which of course, relates to another big issue - An incredible lack of self-knowledge. I feel, so often, that I have no clue whatsoever who I am. This is also a common issue, or so I'm told, but it makes a lot of things very unpleasant. I don't know who I am, and I don't know what I'm capable of. And worse, I don't know how I feel. Thus, I seem to be very susceptible to people making suggestions about how I feel, and then inserting them into my mind as if that's what I actually feel

So, why do I feel like explaining all this?

About a month or so ago, My mind dragged me down so far to the point where I was basically waiting for not_in_denial to give me an excuse to break up with him. It culminated in a day in the city where neither of us really got a chance to do anything that we actually wanted while we were in the city. The very frustrated me started getting angry at not_in_denial and accused him of something, what I can't remember anymore. At that point, the two of us (by which I mean not_in_denial) realised that I was doing this. I'd been distant even for myself, I'd been barely paying attention to the world around me. Why? Because my head was completely disengaging me from the relationship. We started to realise that the reason I was doing this was because I was becoming thoroughly dissatisfied with my life, and felt out of control, thus I was taking it out on the one thing I did have control over - my relationship.

Once sorted, we pushed through that and kept going, as after all, once you've identified what's going on, you can deal with it, right?

Today, not_in_denial came over and, being sleep-deprived as he is, he basically went right to bed when he arrived. That was fine and dandy - but while he started to sleep, he mumbled "Don't leave me anytime soon, please?". I of course said I wasn't going anywhere, but the comment freaked me out.

Why? There are competing possibilities, but I suspect the main reason is that a few weeks ago, after my younger brother's 21st, I was driving home with my Uncle Brian, and we discussed quite a bit of stuff about relationships. One of the comments made was how he had often stayed in a relationship because he didn't want to hurt his partner. That, of course, hit a nerve in my head, and that thought has been tumbling through my mind for the past week, eventually hitting the point where I was honestly confused. Was I staying with not_in_denial because I was afraid of what the breakup would do to him?

The comment pushed my brain further on this while not_in_denial was sleeping, and while I did chores to distract myself, I found myself feeling thoroughly horrible for the entire day. When not_in_denial asked I just noted that I was having a down-cycle day.

It all came to a head about 4 hours ago when I finally started curling into not_in_denial and he started teasing out of me why I was acting so weird. So I told him about the comment freaking me out, and then, bit by bit, I started telling him about what I'd been thinking today.

As is understandable, that went down really well. As I kept talking about it not_in_denial flatly pointed out that I'd better figure out real quick whether I was there because I wanted to be there or whether I was there because didn't want to hurt him by getting out. The questioning kept going until eventually I broke down and just sobbed, saying "I don't want to lose you", over and over. Which is very, very true - I don't want to lose him. Once again, I've realised that my brain has been stabbing me in the back, trying to make me break up with my boyfriend.

And I can tell you exactly how I feel: Frustrated. Confused. Betrayed. Out of Control. In short, I'm feeling exceptionally negative towards my mind and how it's treating me right now. I want it to stop shoving all these thoughts through my head. I want to actually feel as certain about my relationship as when I'm in not_in_denial's presence when I'm not with him. I don't want to have all these doubts and issues, because I know that, at the bottom of it, I don't just love him, I know that he's fantastic. He's the most understanding, caring man I know, and he deals with so much of my shit. I know he loves me, because hell, after all this he's still here, still in my bed.

I would like very much for my issues to leave not_in_denial and me alone. Why won't they? I feel like I'm constantly sabotaging my relationships, and this is a good relationship! What the hell is wrong with me?!

Invite to Birthday Party Bonanza

2008-04-02T22:03:11Z

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 :)

Always knew I had it in me!

2008-03-05T23:04:48Z

So, indeed the story goes, I rock.

2008-03-05T00:10:05Z

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...

BANDWAGON!!!

2008-02-01T13:24:02Z

Get your own valentinr

I figured it was cool enough last year, doing it all over again would be fun! Have at it!

Good Days and Bad Days

2008-01-18T11:57:52Z

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.

Christmas + New Years Post

2008-01-02T02:52:21Z

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.

A Quick shout-out

2007-12-16T10:43:05Z

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? :)

A little disconnected

2007-12-14T10:29:39Z

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?

pumps fist... Again.

2007-12-01T05:00:09Z

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!!!!!!

pumps fist

2007-11-25T06:35:59Z

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.

For the voter who truly wishes to be informed...

2007-11-22T10:41:24Z

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!

I HAS A JOB!!!

2007-11-08T05:33:23Z

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.