Happy BirthDay WilliAM

k orsum

catherine tate is hilarious lol

fuck
Jeans. Quite possibly the most common article of clothing you will ever see in a day. bland. some cunt in the front row to my right is looking around. for what?

I don't know.

Stop writing you prick you're just gonna end up putting it online to get some attention for your sad, sorry self

So? I don't care apathy apathy apathy

FUCK your apathy you bastard
asian languages are permeating the air
some cunt is banging the surface on which I am writing
what do you think this is, a bar?
it's University fuckface, shut the hell up
yay for numbers; numbers and letters whatever
umlaut
I hate this place - Vietnamese sounds like people trying to shit from their mouths
I'm going to hell
I don't really want to be here at all
where are you good sir knight
twink writing denotes the truth: chem sux.
awesome german wants you bastards to shut the fuck up
lights out for silence
why is my money spent so I can be annoyed?
rude cunts dont wait

It's been seven hours and fifteen days
Since you took your love away
I go out every night and sleep all day
Since you took your love away
Since you been gone I can do whatever I want
I can see whomever I choose
I can eat my dinner in a fancy restaurant
But nothing ...
I said nothing can take away these blues,
'Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you

It's been so lonely without you here
Like a bird without a song
Nothing can stop these lonely tears from falling
Tell me baby where did I go wrong?
I could put my arms around every boy I see
But they'd only remind me of you
went to the doctor guess what he told me
Guess what he told me?
He said, girl, you better have fun
No matter what you do
But he's a fool ...
'Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you ...

All the flowers that you planted, mama
In the back yard
All died when you went away
I know that living with you baby was sometimes hard
But I'm willing to give it another try
'Cause nothing compares ...
Nothing compares to you

26 Apr

Eft-Pos

Borders Books Music

88.88

lucky lucky lucky spend!!

I have to fill out an IR3.

Have you seen them? They're pretty chunky. Why does the tax department care so much how much I'm giving them exactly? I'm not that much of a services scab, it really pisses me off...gah. Stupid IRD I hate you

how does one describe it?
the exultant joy and laughter, a discovery of a possum,
your eyes shining far brighter than they should be, in this
black and white moonlight.
Or instead
the warm exterior that you are
a playfight, nimble and swift
quick wit and a fuzzy haircut
Perhaps rather
a silent gaze upon the shimmering waters
light playing amongst the windswept waves
the Sky Tower, a monument I wished I'd built for you
sharing our burgers and salted chips
Maybe
that hole in the side when you smile
and I malevolently bleed your gums
apologies, it was unintentional!
soft, luxurious eyelashes caressing your vision
A firm embrace when we are reunited;
you were slinking round the garden side, just like your adorable cat.

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been reading that nz fiction collection number 2 its actualloy pretty good! i like the one translated from french

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yeah actually it turns out we do have a biographies section...

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HAPPY FEET DVD IS OUT ITS SO CUTE

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Apparently I have passed Cheryl my illness. Haha! She joins an ever growing list of people I've manged to infect.

so like happy anzac day

time and a half oooh yeha yay for 1.5 and day in lieu oh ye


ok so like crazy busy day

there wer actlually people mulling around outside the doors at 1pm waiting to be let in. i mean wth lol its anzac day go home and rest or something but nooooo everyoen decides to go shopping

there were HEAPS of people just randomly walking around at 12.50 it was really weird

so yeah busy busy funfun ok

we have a section on mushrooms

bye

http://web.t-online.hu/archee83/sumotori/

omg ;_; im so dumb i forgot to wait for william @ tamaki and i just kind of drove straight home >< ><

urgh you just cant win with mobile phones,

on silent, you don't get messages cause you're too dumb to check like me
on normal, it rings in class and you feel like a douche

;_;

SO SORRY :* :*********

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x49WZRyXGe0&mode=related&search=

You HAVE to watch this lol

Thanks everyone for coming over for the steamboat, it was very nice and exciting and rawr!

Saw John Boden on teh road on my drive back from work.

Saw Melody + Nathan (guitar) @ borders.

end of break :(:( suxHARDKOR

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Henry's Handy Borders Hints

+ Graphic novels go Marvel --> DC --> other and by story
+ look at the shelf talker before you shelve in an unfamiliar section! for example, art monographs are shelved by subject, not by author (so all the Goldie books and Van Gogh books stay together)
+ music and dvds are shelved non-intuitively; AA is furthest in (hidden) and AB is further out and so on, and instead of left to right, it's a vertical ordering.
+ musical show soundtracks are separate from the movie soundtracks.
+ books on dance don't have a shelf talker. they are surreptiously placed in front of all the rock books.
+ in computing, follow the designations on the shelf talker. For example, Photoshop is @J04, so look for the shelf talker with J04 on it.
+ having said that, lots of customers don't know this and just replace books willy nilly so have a really broad look; i've found books on excel next to books on Java.
+ this goes the same for music.

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being sick sucks. ahem ahem cough sniff omg sneeze WTH IS THAT GROSSNESS ewww dribble touch lip ack

Hey lol I don't know what ARron is SMoking. Lolz like ok Disturbia was pretty low in the scale of things but it's really not as bad as he says, I think its only because he's seen rear window and apparently that is 190319491823409813204 times better and stuff. ***not just better......disturbia is a total ripoff of rear window....not a remake where they acknowledge other ppl and pay them royalties, just a blatant ripoff...for those of u who havent seen rear window, just read a plot synopsis and then read one for disturbia....theyre the same.......*** So yeah. I th...silly arron just intterupted lolz ok ok

but the funny thign is right

so like they wouldn't let us use the complimetnaries for the thingy maybe she is right i dunno but on the things it doesn't say not valid for no complimentaries right, and yeah so i was rather pissed off (its not like its only a dollar off, its pretty much like 5 bucks or something i dunno you work it out) yeah so like i threw them on the hoyts floor in a fit of anger and repressed rage.

and then we went to pak n save to buy drinks and then at the checkout, we got given two of those welcome passes

lol fate is awesome, she is funny assssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss


***every1 go to umi if u havent already.......fukn A***

its pretty nice if you can afford it, but i only have $20 in my bacc lol.

***haha poorer than a 17 year old white guy :P***

um no i just am dumb and i have it all in a savings account. OK BYE

haha its arron!! blogjacking again...
i think henry wanted to complain about the awful customer service we got at hoyts the other day....we were watching disturbia and we had those pass things and we tried to use them and she was all like "you cant use those this is a no comps movie" and we were like "we used them for black sheep (also no comps)" and then she was all like "well you shudnt have bin allowed to so we were all like "..." so then i paid like $27 and we were like wtf is wrong with ppl.......insert henry rant here.......

the movie itself was (imo...) much worse than the bad service we got.....if u were thinking about going to see Disturbia......ur better off just getting a shovel and hitting urself over the head for 90 minutes....it will b less painful, trust me.......but EVERY1 shud go watch the descent......ok im being told its not on anymore so dl it or wtv, most of u r pirates, shudnt b a problem.....

kk, Seacrest out.

Old people are very mysterious.

minus points for most but apparently

at work right

i was just doing my job, getting an old man a chair for his wife and opening cds for'em to listen to and stuff, and like

they were so impressed that they called back telling borders how impressed they were

and then like

i got like $25 bucks from manager yay!!!

yay for some old people


Arron: haha blogjack!!

6L: tick!

so yeah how about this weather aye

summer WINTER WINTER WINTER summer WINTER summer


i screw up @ work :o multiple timez lolz

yay caught up with assignments!!!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0061765/plotsummary

Country singers on their way to Nashville have car trouble, forcing them to stop at an old haunted mansion. Soon they realize that the house is not only haunted, but is also the headquarters of a ring of international spies after a top secret formula for rocket fuel.

Two pottles of yoghurt, two cups of pink grapefruit juice and a whole lot of keyboard bashing later; I've finished my 334 Assignment 1. Now believe it or not, I actually had Assignment 2 due today. I just missed the deadline...were it not for the heaven-sent week extension!!!

Considering I just scraped assignment 1 together in that time I had...yeah. Totally wasn't going to make it without the extension. Someone likes me this time :D

So yeah. Phew. I'm still to-date on everything.

Can't wait. holiday

sleep

but

really can't sleep in maybe if i get rostered dumb times

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tomorrow going to watch 300 LA PREMIERE FULL SERVICE YO

the projectionists...DONT SCREW UP OR I KILL U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgYhLIThTvk

lolz

lol @ black sheep so funny

the descent is also decent UNTIL THE DUMB ENDING OMG

bean bag cinema is nice.

hoyts projectionists need to get better much faster. aspect ratio issues both movies i watched, and someone forgot to dim the lights also.

borders!!! yay

First day of borders opening omgomgomgom

its crazy how different sylvia park looks i honestly was amazed that it was finished lol didnt look like it was anything good even up to 2 days before today

yeah so first day with customers omg so tired lol

learned how to do eftpos on the fly :o yay for the purchase buttons

unfortunately [or maybe fortunately because i probably hopefully wont do them again;

mistakes of today:

+lost an eftpos reciept. I had two. how did i lose them? i dont know it's probably related to my awesome talent of subliming paper
+assumed TLU was accurate. I told a customer that we had 40 copies on order and didn't actually go to section to check; and thne i look like an egg when the customer shows me the book lol
+ a customer buying 100 dollars + of stuff asked if they could have a calico bag for free. i was like hmmm i dunno if i can over it too mcuh so the dude was like one of those condescending things and i feel real bad. next time i shall call CSM immediately!!! and ask


omg kids is a nightmare i hate kids its the worst section in store roflcopter soi soi

its like having a ministore in a store, you *really* have to know where everything goes. "is there a holiday section!? maybe there is"

ok bye

our house smells really bad cause of baked eggplant apparently

but i have a feeling its something else. eggplant is supposed to smell nice.

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omg like i went to shell to fill up and there was a dude who actually filled up my car for me. wth i thought that only happened in america, land of the fat and lazy. and whats crazier is that he asked $40?? and like....omg i always fill 40 bucks HOW HE KNOW

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat? Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? Why do they use sterilised needles for death by lethal injection? Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? Whose idea was it to put an S in the word lisp? Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer? If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they slept like a baby when babies wake up every two hours? Why do people pay to go up tall buildings then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

I hate Avril Lavigne's latest song.

WTH happend to her omg

like if youre gonna go pop at least do a GOOD song not one with a shitty beat that some retarded 9 year old pushed out in Ez2DJ and wtf is with the fucking bullshit teenybopper lyrics?!

die

omg lol busy busy

CS375 assignment, 5 hours for one problemw hich wasnt really even a problem anyway!!! i hate png files lol

at least its done. i cna mark it off the rainlendar.

tale as old as timmmmmmeeeeee~~~~

lolz @ awesome Disney animations. WAY TO BRING BACK THE MMRS.

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Borders work omg tiring. Did register training, i am so screwing up sometime lol till is like last improession of borders omgomgomg pressure have to be at customer service BEST

A lot happens, in the space of a year.

Why do I always gloss over important subjects and points? I did it yesterday. I just did it again. Work? Is that as important?

I feel really bad now, because I'd forgotten what this date held, 365 days prior; back when I actually thought getting to my class on time was more important than some random text message sent from my father.

Even now I still feel really bad that on that day, I was more focused on getting to class than the wellbeing of family.

I'd been getting txt messages through the class. I don't even remember what the lecture was on. It was in Engineering somewhere, and the content musn't have been important because I don't remember it.

I was sitting with Matt. But what are you supposed to say? I ended up reading my messages in silence. The lecture. It goes on. It's important! It's study! Study study study study till you fucking go blind in the pursuit of what, predicate logic? I know which I would rather have right now.

It takes less than a day for a lifetime to be taken away, but big boys don't cry. We have to soldier on and crap and other dumb cliches.

I'm already forgetting things. The harder you grasp the faster it slips. Memory is an elusive thing. What was her favourite food? colour? I don't remember.

Here I go again, prioritising classes. 10:20 am. I have to leave the door at 11:00. Need to shower.

Maybe it's what she would have wanted.

Henry: "I would like to build a memorial to my mother in the garden"
Random Aunt: "No, your mum wants you to study don't waste your time on these things"

She's probably made about 2000 friends by now, wherever she is. Heaven, other life, whatever. Comforting thoughts? Not really. I'll probably never see her again.

I love her still, and that's the hardest part.

Study. Fuck study. I want my mum back :(

2 shifts at the sort for Borders so far. Very exciting.

I've shelved/sorted the following stuff, in this order

erotica (lol yes, the first thing I had to shelf when i entered the store was pretty much porn lol, funny section), then religion (yeah, porn to buddhism then taoism then iching then judaism then holocaust (yes holocaust is under religion)), then paperchase which is stationery and stuff and cups and yes, we sell Stretchy Goldfish.

Then yesterday did Travel, then sorted some Comics (really cool section, I wanna get my hands on the Calvin and Hobbes stuff), then a really brief stint in section C before I went to uni. Section C is Crime, True Crime, Sci-Fi, Horror and Romance lol. Fantasy books come under Sci-fi, so Harry potter has science fiction on it's sticker. =P

It's a lot of manual labor as well lol it's pretty cool everyone is doing it, managers not exempt! The store GM was down there with us moving boxes off the palettes into piles to be distributed throughout the store. I have like cuts down my arm from moving boxes lol it's bizarre, they don't hurt but it's like I have battlescars or some crap.

Very exciting. Still need hard hat and vest to get to the store. First day to obtain those was a mission lol but I know what to do now at least.

And yes. Borders has a section for incest.

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like a birth squeeze
The love for what you hide
The bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Solace is everywhere

Hopeless time to roam
The distance to your home
Fades away to nowhere
How much are you worth
You can't come down to earth
You’re swelling up, you're unstoppable
'cause you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Solace is everywhere

Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting our last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
'cause I’m drifting away
Away from you

Link it to the world
Link it to yourself
Stretch it like it's a birth squeeze
And the love for what you hide
And the bitterness inside
Is growing like the new born
When you've seen, seen
Too much, too young, young
Soulless is everywhere

Destroy the spineless
Show me it's real
Wasting their last chance
To come away
Just break the silence
‘cause I'm drifting away
Away from you

Delete 476 messages?

yes no

Induction; omg i didnt realise i was getting paid lol

that made it like even awesomer lol than free lunch~~

i got my roster

going to be real busy lol

well not as busy as i thought

there is one person with like. not that man yhours

but i cant say

anything

cause

its

confidential

k

bye

my watch time stop working :s so now its broken strap + non working time. the light still goes. i need to go get it fixed before i get confused.

why is there an old biker guy in our house :o

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance.

A.

Stunning movie.

Both characters are saddy sad sad everyone so sad such a sad movie. Deaf and mute guy is the bomb. Yay for revenge!

Baked cheesecakes are so much harder to do :(

yay for screwing up :( :( :( lol well i guess...i hope it's set

i mean i took it out cause it seriously lookedl ike it was burnt but now that ive taken it out it...it still look ok. its still a little wobbly on the inside. i hope it sets :\ :\

Pick the month you were born:
January--I kicked
February--I loved
March--I smoked
April--I dry humped
May--I did the Macarena with
June--I murdered
July--I choked on
August--I had lunch with
September--I danced with
October--I sang to
November--I yelled at
December--I ran over

Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a Mexican
6-------a gangster
7-------my cell phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbour
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19-------myself
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22------ -the University
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an ipod
29-------a permanent marker
30-------a llama
31-------A homeless guy

Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White----------because I'm cool like that
Black-----------because that's how I roll.
Pink------------because I'm NOT a fag.
Red------------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I hate myself.
Purple---------because I'm cool.
Gray----------because I was drunk
Yellow--------because someone offered me under 7383 dollars
Orange-------because I hate my family.
Brown--------because I was high.
Other-------because I'm a ninja.
None--------because I cant control myself

2nd run. better. walked more ran slower but longer so like

not as legdead lol

those shoes are real good my feet dont hurt at all

and they r like

bouncy

CS372 looks to be cool. get to use OpenGL! and blender! and then screw softimage cut out the middle man program it all in C YAY

YES THEY AHVE MY WLALETTLATLATOTALTAOATLOL

phew so relieved have to go picx it up

oh yeah forgot to mention used short loan for 1st time today cause the presc. txtbk for computer graphics is like, not sold anywhere (i looked both vol 1 and UBS both sold out) so i went into shortloan and ther'es like 3 copies lol yay

so yeah but the ulysses book from botany library set their thing off lol

but whatever lol

yay for saving money and having a txtbook which wasnt actually referred to yet lol

Okay, so I thought today was going to be a great day. Like, not a crappy end like yesterday.

Oh, no.

Okay so the rest of the day was great.

But let's start from the end.

I'm riding the bus home.

I step off the bus.

Fish for my keys...

...NOT THERE. I HAVE LEFT MY WALLET ON THE BUS.

I turn around forlornly, and the bus has already long departed.

My legs are far too sore to run after it.

So...now I have:

no university ID
no money
no library card
no EVERYTHING

...

ARGH.

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Computer Graphics 372 looks like it's going to be an interesting class. Lecturer is also german (like 372)!! omg. how itneresting lol maybe germany is the secret centre for this sort of tech. charming lectuer with charming accent GERMAN GErMAN

ok but like

372 is like the MASSIVE COMBINATION of all my papers lol

needs MATHS108 (vectors matrices differentiation)
needs COMPSCI101, 105, 220 (algorithms and analysis)
needs COMPSCI210 (C language)

lol

and then 344 is like the other side, with the 230 JDBC stuff and WHOAMG i really should have paied much more attention last year cause we neeeed it lol

i think i saw joy on the bus.

i managed to get through 30 pages of ulysses by james joyuce. its supposed to be #1 novel in the world. its very hard to read i have to be concentrating. :s

=40 minute lapse==

Wallet retrieval mission: part 2

ok. so after being told that buses route back once they've done bucklands beach and stuff, i decided to wait @ the priestley drive busstop in the hopes that the bus will be the same one i rode

7:05 arrival. but unfortunatealy not the right bus (the bus i was on had the big orange lettering) but the nice bus driver informed me that buses on their way back from the bucklands beach route *never* go through priestley but go down buck;lands bch road instead. which makes sebnse. so he radioed the dude of the bus he thought i was on, and then let me down on the bucklands bch stop

wait like 20 seconds

bus arrives *tragedy* not the right driver or bus. told him this. he said its ok all driver clear their buses, call depot at 8pm.

so i will. i also sent them an email.

RARRRRRR panicmotion

So. First day of University.

Went okay, I guess.

Well, it started okay; 4pm onwards was really frigging crappy. John Elmsly is a nice person yay!! but like lol he kept talking

and didnt stop

3:50, lecture not over

3:55 still not over

4:00 starting to fidget tons
4:05 i'm vry sorry i *really have to go*

RUN URNMRUNRUNRUN to bus!!! TAMAKITRANSFER!!!

...not there.

Fuck.

ok. hey lets walk down to britomart and catch the train then maybe i can catch at least some of the lecture

oh lets not walk lets take that free city circuit that comes round

no, that's not it, that's the link bus

nope not this one either, but should be sson, because link buses are 10 minutes apart...

no...that's the next link bus...

.....another link bus...

FINALLY the stupid as City Circuit bus. (at this stage if i had decided to walk, I would already be at britomart)

ARGH delays on queen st.

arrr arrr ok trainstation

finally going

Glen Innes!.... it's 5:30

lecture has finished, I can see peopel getting into cars to go home.


...

long story short, i traded 5 minutes of politeness for one hour of my own personal loss and being very irritated. you would have thought I had already learnt this lesson from Choir in first year. but no. apparently i need to be taught it again. so from now on, i dont care if you're the fucking pope, if you're goign to talk past the 55 minute mark, it won't be to a full class cause i will be running my butt off to catch my next lecture which i find more important since you spent the entire hour telling me about oscillators and sine waves and stuff i already knew. i guess its nice

but i only wrote two definitions down in my book, Ring Modulator and LFO.

ok. so yeah. now i am one lecture bhind already. and its only the first day. i guess its only the first lecture so it's all adminny stuff but i missed out some RSI what the hell is RSI i'm going to have to look that up.

i donte even know if its RSI. thats how bad i dont know lol

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ok. so yeah. then i go running. RUNNNN RUNRUNRUNRUN. Some simple facts about running:

1) I suck at it really bad. It's a fact.
2) Nikes are EXPENSIVE for a very good reason;
2a) they look cool
2b) they are comfortable
2c) my feet don't hurt at all. just, everything else....
3) no matter how much running gear and awesome shoes you buy, if you suck at running you suck at running lol

yay for holding other people back. :SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSssss

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ok

hope your first days didnt end with trading 5 minutes for an hour of pain ok bye

I forgot. Cause the cool thing to do atm:

SEMESTER ONE 2007
[Time]	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
8:00 - 8:30
8.30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:30
9.30 - 10:00	COMPSCI375
10:00 - 10.30	LEC
10.30 - 11:00	TRANSIT
11:00 - 11.30
11.30 - 12:00				COMPSCI 375
12:00 - 12.30	MUSIC310			LEC
12.30 - 1:00	TUT (EdeCR)
1:00 - 1.30
1.30 - 2:00				TRANSIT
2:00 - 2.30	MUSIC216
2.30 - 3:00	LEC
3:00 - 3.30		COMPSCI372		COMPSCI372	COMPSCI372
3.30 - 4:00		LEC	COMPSCI334	LEC	LEC
4:00 - 4.30	TRANSIT		LEC		MUSIC310
4.30 - 5:00	COMPSCI334				WRK
5:00 - 5.30	LEC
5:30 - 6;00

is to do that.

:( should have phone with me at all times. lol maybe its cause like, im from a not *quite* the mobilephonecrazy generation. 1/2 1/2 omg :( i feel so bad lol

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Starlight Symphony! Matt and Indira are...pretty good lol. and Tchaikovsky 1812 was *goooood* this year, the cannons actually managed to go off in time!!

But.

-200000 points for NOT PLAYING STAR WARS PROPERLY. URGH. They didn't even play the opening chord...no, just straight into the boring theme URGH didnt do it right BASTARDS


apart from that it was enjoyable i guess

WOF PASSED

02/09 due next one

did my good karma deed of the day helped some dude in a wheelchair out of starmart

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SPANISH AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE

so since tomorrow is academy first practice

i had to like practice the songs at least once lol

not a good look for a leader yo

but meh

i took my cello out of its corner and it was dusty and crap lol

and now that i've practiced i think i have a blister on my pinky forming cause that's like the finger i use the least normally but lol its just meejarkijeroiaurwoaurwaiurwaRWAKJFADLJGKJGAELJKJGAGSJAOITATMERZHSBOW

Okay. I understand the pros of txtspk and tlkin lyk ths

but

WHAT THE.

WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD BEFORE YOU WRITE THIS

"

ello ello hw r yah guys????wot yas been up tah?? well im stephen and i live in gud old christchurch im leavin skewl at th end of th year and am moving tah auckland at th start of th year ae which wil b gud as cos chch is a fukin hole lol o yea im a pritty easy going guy ae hu loves musik and hangin out wit m8s and crs lol um if u wanna knw mre leve me a comment

catch u up

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Music

dnt rele hav a preferrence ae nz music is pritty kul bt it dnt get enuff credit , hip hops ok i gues wen ur in th ryt mood and of course

Films

nethng ae dnt rele hav a fav nt a fan of th mushie love movies tho lolz

Sports

im a swimma lolz its gud tyms ae

Scared Of

GOD lol bt nuffn rele otha than tht

Happiest When

im wit ma besties danielle and luke and lee nd sleepin getn drunk and wit family and all ma m8s

drinks

VODKA lol and beer gotta say ma favorite is stella

"

WHAT.

The Taking is nice book by Dean Koontzzzzzzz ok

It's really sad to say that when you search Blakomen on google, every single page that comes up is related to me. lolz

make believe make believe make believe make believe make believe make believe

uni soon

doint want to

its dumb

what a dumb

099701036.

Why does this weird old asian lady from that number keep calling our house?

She asked if it's the residence of *indecipherable*.

I said no.

She then proceeded to ask "who lives here"

That begs the question "why do you care?"

Obviously, she is the one who called this number. If it isn't *indecipherable*'s house, hang up and don't call again.

She's called 3x so far.

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I have 2 new tops and 1 new pair of straight cut black jeans with slight fade

one of the tshirt is long sleeve black stretchy looks comfy for winter
the other is my first pink shirt lol it has checkerzzzzz

watching movie on beach is like yay but screen TOO DARK DAMN U

Happy Chinese New Year.

My sister's pet hedgehog is dead. Apparently, it got suffocated by fruit lol. (too much of a good thing)

yay for red packets!

D1 D2 G1 D2 G1 Eb2 D2 Bb1 D1 Bb1 C1 Bb1 C2 D2

My father arrives today.

lol 0800 junk run rox

its like

they like are awesome

yay

moving all this conckrete

yay

YAY I HAVE A JOB AT BORDERS

Happy Valentines Day!

+ Watched Little Miss Sunshine. I don't normally do this, but A+. Brilliantly written and acted, touching, moving, and hilarious.
+ Burger Wisconsin!!!

-points MINUS points to the management of Village Highland Park who didnt let us eat our burgers in there SUXXXXX TO YOU BASTARDS in spite, I left rubbish around

so yeah, it would have been a tidier cinema if the stupid idiots weren't such nazis

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Cool!! my sister found a porcupine its so cuteeeeeee yay!!! i will ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffoto in the morning its so cuuuuteeeee lol so cute sooo cute

STRESS STRESS STRESS

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omg you know what is gross

munging

please

do NOT look it up

trust me you will thank me on this one DON'T FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS

Today I was interviewed by David and Michael for the Borders job @ newmarket. yay. oits over iuts no longer in my hands so i can stop worrying and stufffgffffffffff

i was worried i didnt remember Dvvids name but its just kos he looks like marc loil ok

and like 20min yay longr than the dude after me so that means im cooler

but cheryl wins cause she was like 1hr lolzdog

then there are nice signs showing airport way we drive pick up william (oh so illegal)

stupid traffic warden who obviously dunno how to speak english dunno what he wanted to know ok bye

lol i had this weird dream where Gerard Way was in my bed and he poked my toes lol

http://www.xkcd.com/c202.html this guy is full of gold

LOL

http://www.xkcd.com/c148.html

bahaha im also runnin through perry bible but some of those a bit rude lol but still funnny as

http://www.xkcd.com/c53.html

LOL

omg lol ok you know how sonny has the awesome cover of Brooke Fraser lol

guess what showed up on youtube recently

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yG-gqLY9fns

LOL

and while you're there, look at the related links of the other covers LOL

LOL @ the one which is 54 seconds long, cause her memory card could only fit 50 seconds and she didnt know it stopped lol

14 seconds is my fastest time for beginner minesweeper.

i sux lol

I got woken up at 10:00 am this morning by my sister handing me a phone with a lady called...Pauline? on the phone. She had a very strong accent, I couldn't quite place it. Welsh? English? Whatever it was it was strong like absinthe. Anyway.

Why she called is probably what you want to know.

Well, I got invited back for a second interview for the Borders job. All right!

They also informed me they would be calling the references. I hope they call the ones on the application form first, and not my CV, since my CV has Philip who I never technically worked for, and Miss Rowbotham, which it's been years and y'know teachers, they get new people all the time and I doubt I'll be remembered.

But I told both anyway to be ready for the eventuality.

Alright. So yay, I guess I beat some people with a callback.

Anyway. Filling out that employee form, I had to use my University email again. I mean, how professional is darketernal_13@hotmail.com? Not very. blakomen@gmail.com is only marginally better. hcho085@ec.auckland.ac.nz is better, but it sounds like a random collection of letters and words. Which I guess is partially true (about the numbers)

So I tried to get my own version of arron.santry@gmail.com (yes, Arron has that. What a pro. I should have thought of it when gmail just started out, but I didn't bother...)

hchong@gmail.com is taken.
henryc@gmail.com is taken.
h.chong@gmail.com is taken.
henry.c@gmail.com is taken.
henry.chong@gmail.com is taken.
henrychong@gmail.com is taken.
henry.hw.chong@gmail.com is taken.

henry.l.chong@gmail.com is mine.

The l looks like a divider. But it isn't. Fancy that.

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I'm nervous. I hope I get the job.

(what to wear what t odo what to bring what what what what what I was in too sleepy a state to ask such questions arrrrr lol i'll bring a pen at least)

So yeah, just came back from the Borders Job Fair. Yay for selling books lol

i think it went ok i hope i get hyred

I also got like an email about CS101 demonstrating...but I think I won't do that if I get the borders job. borders job yay borders job i can't have too many jobbies lolz yay for yay im excited

they said they'd call me tomorrow that would be SO SWEETS

like

sweeteggs

Sufjan stevens is very guten

shepherds/cottage pie yay

dont know how to make the filling stix together but lol can't go wrong withe mince topped with taters and cheeez

interview job fair thin tomorrow ;s Im sO NverUS

NERVOUS RECK

hgope everyon is doin goodf k by

Rear view mirrors, driving alone at night.
The clothespegs floating like apparitions, hanging off the washing line like small demons.
The darkened laundry, haunting in the offsight.

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YAY for IRD refund cheques! ALL. RIGHT.

The Devil Wears Prada: Nice movie SO HAPPY omgorsh meryl streep is kool

Groove in the Park is noffuin compared to BDO

which is reflected in the ticket pricer eally

so much marijuana even with pooooliuce all over the place?!

same sort of mmmmPPSSTT music i guess i dunno i was too tired to dance and stuff maybe if i was more excited it would have been better

but the weather was good and it was laxxin.

yay for haircut
not yay for not hair cut ;_;

The new deck is pretty much almost complete. It looks pretty good. I jumped around it this morning to try and break it, and it didn't, so....then again it was pretty expensive. Hefty buy. Yay for money. The big rubbish skip is still outside our house. So convenient. 9.14am. What. Bye.

I still can't get over how half-new my laptop is. From the top it is brand new and shiny and the lid moves with such a magnificent and impressive weight, but then lol I open it and there's the sticker my left hand has worn down with two years of sweat and typing...

Last day of holiday programme work today YAY real cruisy got paid to fill water bombs and eat sausages and dip my feet in a swimming pool

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OLDBOY. A very solid A movie. MAybe even A+ but i dunno. great twists, the lead dude is funny and crazy as hell, and its jsut the sort of movie that compells you to watch it. I don't think there was really a slow moment in the film and if there was, well, it was well made up for by the rest of it.

and the corridor fight scene - enough said.

Today was a hyperproductive day;

-Sorted Student Loan
-Sorted Bonded Merit Scholarship
-Finished Justice League Heroes

OMGGOTMYLAPTOPFIXED

instead of shellin out at LEAST 1000 dollars for a anywhere useful laptop, i paid 120 to get it fixxered. A replacement LCD screen cost $80, and labour cost $40. They also cleaned out my laptop and cleared the air filter (the dude showed me the dust inside, it was pretty mungus) so it shouldn't overheat any more fingers crossed yay for ASUS

parking in city is very expensive :(

working tomorrow
saturday mowing lawn and thne finding out more about squash memberzhip

and damn i need sneekers :( :( money money

need to do student allowance sometime too
and fill out that borders app and think about stuff and redo my CV

The Eye; watched.

There is a remake being made omg lol

it was okay movie, like its not too scary and it suffers form the honkoneze problem of overdone emotional music cues but apart from that,,,,, i dunno lol its alright was worth the watch

A Clockwork Orange is brillant.

ok

drove big circle through east tamaki to get to sylvia park rooofl i looked on the map when i got home and it was like oh daym lol nexx time go thru plz pakarana tx

FINALLY bought the Nervous Wreck single!! $4.20 (not $5 cause like Warehouse had a 10% music sale yay!! good timing)

I have a supermassive pimple. I don't usally get them but when I do they are usually very obvious and commercial-style. so yeah lol its like...got a solid base and it feels yuck and painful like a callous but NOT so yeah i used a bit of my sisters cleanser stuff and like omg lol it worked kinda still there but it feels clenaernenrner CLEAN & CLEAR & UNDER KONTROL

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the service people said they couldn't get the noise out of the car maybe i should have mentioned it happens when turning but yeah i dunno lol i drove it around today and i got that sound and iwas like omg you guys dizent try hard?! it cost like 400 bucks

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i lost my card for the mumfund :L* have to get new one from ASBank

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So like, rented guitar hero II yeah? So like yeah how is it compared to guitar freaks? It's a MUCH more authentic guitar experience. guitar hero has like 5 buttons thats almost double guitar freaks' and also in guitar hero its more authentic lower notes dont bother higher notes and you can do hammer ons and pull offs YAY ok yeah its just that guitar freaks has more varied broad broad genres but like guitar hero is really about ROCK ok so yeah but it does have some nice like stuff like youkno blues/jazz kinda stuff but not enough!!! okbye

This is the 1331th post!

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SWEET lol

oikjay so today in the mail i got a statement of account thing right

for like

the tax year and stuff

like i owed them money

so obviously when i mailed them the personal tax summary crap it hasn't reached them yet

anyway WHATEVER i called them and stuff so like now its all sorted, the rebate has been applied and OH YEAH i get money back woo so i can ignore this Statement of Accounts that has caused me to go "whoamg shoxxxx!!!" but yeha lol itz kool cause like now i can not worry about owed money and actually get my entittymen back okay bye!!!

lol @ calling your band Dangerous Muse. Don't you idiots realise there's a band called Muse already? That's like calling yourself Dangerous Metallica. Duh...

So yeah i woke up at like 8 this morn

and like

drove to east tamaki to get the chariot serviccccc'd. its scary driving without know'n where you're go'n.

but loan car: you know the mitsubishi colt

the one in the soccer ads

that kicks that ball around

well yeha, they gave me that as the loan car and man lol i believe the ad, it can turn like a beast

it also looks like an ugly beast. very ugly lol but it drives smooth. too smooth. power steerin' iz like fo'shiz POWAH.

and driving BACK from manukau mitsubishi was a bit of a challenge , didnt know where i wuz goin and there was roadworks and also like, I couldn't figure out how to adjust the seat so its real dangerous like when you gots to stretchy your feety to reachy the xcelerata y'know? but i did eventually and its all good but it turns too well and arrrr touchy but its easy to drive you know so yeah that's my experience with the colt, im also not used to its mirrors and its weird size, my spatial sense is tingling but only for the chariot this paragraph is long and unending for something most people wont care about because honestly who is going to buy a colt? but i think its a little bit like the spacio? that dennis drives around, like, it looks hideous on the outside (no offense) but its a decent car so looks arent everything ok and stupid ads aren't everything either so like even though the ad is dumb and it has a dumb jingle and everything its still an alright car so dont go hurtin' itz feelings OK BYE

So like, I'm woken up at 6.30am by William and Kim leaving for a long weekend trip~

Actually, that's not quite true, it's probably cause I also woke up at 6.30 yesterday so my body thinkz I need to wake up again or some crap

stupid stupid stupid :P

Anyway, the microwave wasn't working and I was facing the prospect of a weekend of cooking for one without a microwave (omg no instant meals) but then I reset the multiboard and it was all good.

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Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

Starlight
I will be chasing a starlight
Until the end of my life
I don't know if it's worth it anymore

And hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

My life
You electrify my life
Let's conspire to ignite
All the souls that would die just to feel alive

But I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

Far away
The ship is taking me far away
Far away from the memories
Of the people who care if I live or die

And I'll never let you go
If you promise not to fade away
Never fade away

Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations
Yeah
Our hopes and expectations
Black holes and revelations

Hold you in my arms
I just wanted to hold
You in my arms

I just wanted to hold

Work today. Tired but moneyismoney.

Annoying indignant argumentative fat kid should be quiet and sit in corner.

:( @ random asian swearing from white people

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I'm like 2/3 through my motorcycle road code

lots of handy riding hints in it.

ive forgotten some stuff alreayd from my basic skills and handling though ><

like, do i have to catch the clutch every time i'm coming to a stop? is this the same for a manual car? SOMEONE HELP

Why put honey out in the sun when you can put it in your pantry?

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Had a great time tonight thx sonny, great food from everyone, yay @ mafia lol wooodogs

A brand new Suzuki GN250 (which I did the basic handling and skills on) costs $3,300.

now just need to study the road code...

Thanks Raymond.

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Okay, so I used to be a fan of Muse. But now that I've heard Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations, I'm a Supermassive fan of Muse. It's like the perfect blend of electronic, rock and progressive stuff. I can't...well, it's not so much as in it's indescribable but there is just so much that is good about it, i'd need days to finish.

Only workin Friday this week yay!

/Big Day out

big money spend

i saw

North Shore Pony Club
Minuit
Goodnight Nurse (omg watched them play Milkshake WOO)
My Chemical Romance (couldnt hear them that well cause of all the people, high frequencies die)
Lily Allen WINNER of the day, best act. She is funny and cute and omgomg we got her autograph also and like omg lol she played her sobngs with real people lol so like saxophones and shit it was amazing and she did all the good songs on her album and i was moved to tears by Littlest things lol omg lol never happenbefore
then a bit of dj justice

boiler room is aptly named it is friggin hot in there

then the killers, we were on the stands but not as good so we just didnt get view but joined crowd

then MUSE who are brilliant lol matt bellamy with his guitar and effects lol wtf

i didnt realise they were so dancey before

and like muse lol the moshing is like ow

toes toes toes

after that we skipped tool (no thx) and caught the end of The Streets, that was cool, then Crystal Method and then Shapeshifter

great day because of the music

organisers suck though

took me 1hr to get money from eftpos

i want to hit them

they are allowed to run out of money once but surely they would have worked it out for the second time

food and drink REALLY expsnsiveve in there, drink especially. like, 2x price gouging.

ok

bye


my calves are sore from jump;ing lol

so i was just using my laptop today

and like, i tried to close the screen

and it started falling apart lol

and i try to mash it back together like i usually do

but it wont

im amazed the monitor still works

i need a new laptop

or at least a new case for it

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big day out tomorrow

112 dollars

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laptops are expensive

urgh

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:( hate is a strong word but i really really really don't like you

A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle

Long ago
Just like the hearse you died to get in again
We are...
So far from you

Burning on, just like the match you strike to incinerate...
The lives
Of everyone you know
And what's the worst you take?
From every heart you break
And like a blade you stake
Well, I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Came a time
When every star fall brought you to tears again
We are,
The very hurt you sold
And what's the worst you take?
From every heart you break
And like a blade you stake
Well, I've been holding on tonight

What's the worst that I can say?
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Well if you carry on this way
Things are better if I stay
So long and goodnight
So long and goodnight

Can you hear me?
Are you near me?
Do we deserve, to leave the earth
we'll meet again
When both our hearts collide

Sometimes I find myself sitting back and reminiscing
Especially when I have to watch other people kissing
And I remember when you started calling me your Mrs
All the play fighting
All the flirtatious disses
I’d tell you sad stories about my childhood
I dunno why I trusted you but I knew that I could
We’d spend the whole weekend
Lying in our own dirt
I was just so happy
In your boxers and your t-shirt

Dreams, dreams of when we had just started things
Dreams of you and me
It seems, it seems
That I can’t shake those memories
I wonder if you have the same dreams too

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame but it’s so true
I know it’s not right but it seems unfair
That thing’s are reminding me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if only for one weekend
So come on
Tell me
[ these lyrics found on http://www.completealbumlyrics.com ] 
Is this the end?

Drinkin’ tea in bed, watchin’ DVD’s
When I discovered all your dirty, grotty magazines
You’d take me out shopping
And all we’d buy is trainers
As if we ever needed anything to entertain us
The first time that you introduced me to your friends
And you could that tell I was nervous, so you held my hand
When I was feeling down, you’d make that face you do
There’s no-one in the world who could replace you

Dreams, dreams of when we had just started things
Dreams of me and you
It seems, it seems
That I can’t shake those memories
I wonder if you feel the same way too

The littlest things that take me there
I know it sounds lame but it’s so true
I know it’s not right but it seems unfair
That thing’s are reminding me of you
Sometimes I wish we could just pretend
Even if only for one weekend
So come on
Tell me
Is this the end?

Dawn of the Dead is a *great* movie lol

Seriously, like, best serious zombie movie (best non serious one would be shawn of the dead lol)

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went swimming @ beach for first time in ages. water tastes really bad but it was fun

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WHY HAVE I NOT BEEN PAID MY $100 bond back from Video EZY YET?!

Cluedo.

Ok. So I didn't win and you wuz all like "i was hopin you didnt win" well i couldnt have anyway cause nobody was gonna pull her out lol and <.< you is thinkin itz the spannar?!

:P

Lily Allen album: AESOME. AEEESOME.

Alright so this is a song about anyone, it could be anyone.
You're just doing your own thing and some one comes out the blue,
They're like,
"Alright"
He's saying,
"Yeah can I take your digits?"
And you're like, "no not in a million years, you're nasty
please leave me alone."

Cut to the pub on a lads night out,
Man at the bar cos it was his shout,
Clocks this bird and she looks ok,
Caught him looking and she walks his way,
"alright darlin, you gonna buy us a drink then?"
"err no, but I was thinking of buying one for your friend..."

She's got no taste hand on his waste, tries to pull away but her lips on his face,
"if you insist I'll have a white wine spritzer"
"sorry love, but you ain't a pretty picture."

Chorus
Can't knock em out, can't walk away,
Try desperately to think of the politest way to say,
Just get out my face, just leave me alone,
And no you cant have me number,
"why?"
Because I've lost my phone.

Oh yeah, actually yeah I'm pregnant, having a baby in like 6 months so no, and yeah, yeah...

"I recognise this guy..."
That's what she's thinking,
As he comes over her heart starts sinking,
She's like,
"oh here we go.."
It's a routine check that she already knows, she's thinking they're all the same.

"yeah you alright baby? You look alright still, yeah what's your name?"
She looks in her bag, takes out a fag, tries to get away from the guy on a blag, can't find a light,
"use mine"
"you see the thing is I really don't have the time."

Chorus

Go away now, let me go,
Are you stupid? Or just a little slow?
Go away now I've made myself clear,
Nah it's not gonna happen,
Not in a a million years,

Chorus x2

nah I've gotta go cos my house is on fire,
I've got herpes, err no I've got syphilis...

So today I've pretty much spent my whole day playing FFXI. (Made like....1 million + gil though, which is like maybe 14 US dollars in real life currency)

And intermittently thorughout the day I was getting phone calls which hung up the instant I picked up.

And then later tonight three in a row. Same number.

BUSTED.

With the magic of Caller ID, I call back and tell them to fuck off.

If you're bored anytime these holidays, you have my permission to prank call 09 8386213.

That'll learn you.

Man. It's amazing how tiring a week with kids are.

Urgh. Man. Urh.

Watched Black Knight by Martin Lawrence lol I hate him

This kid spat in my hair

This kid came dressed up as James bond it was SO COOL but i didnt get a photo lol

This kid came as an emo (lol @ David) with eyeshadow and vivid nails

My personal tax summary has arrived. APPARENTLY I OWE THEM TAX :(

but I can apply for child / <9800 rebate

lol

sweets

bye

lol @ texas chainsaw massacre

not that scary but maybe 30 years ago.

best scene is when the damsel in distress gets beaten up with a broom LOL

Due to the loss of a number of academic staff from the Department of
Computer Science in 2006 we are unable to offer all of the courses that are
listed in our 2007 handbook. COMPSCI 366 is one of the courses that we have
had to cancel. Due to this cancellation you have been dropped from COMPSCI
366.

DIE OMG GARH

A GAME THEORETIC APPROACH TO THE TOILET SEAT PROBLEM

By Richard Harter

The toilet seat problem has been the subject of much controversey. In this paper we consider a simplified model of the toilet seat problem. We shall show that for this model there is an inherent conflict of interest which can be resolved by a equity solution.

Consider a bathroom with one omnipurpose toilet (also known as a WC) which is used for two toilet operations which we shall designate as #1 and #2. The toilet has an attachment which we shall refer to as the seat (but see remark 1 below) which may be in either of two positions which we shall designate as up and down.

Toilet operations are performed by members of the human species (see remark 2 below) who fall into two categories, popularly designated as male and female. For convenience we shall use the name John to refer to the typical male and Marsha to refer to the typical female.

The performance of toilet operations by John and Marsha differ in a number of respects. The costs of these operations are peculiar to the respective sexes and are fixed except with respect to the position of the toilet seat. In particular:

Marsha performs toilet operations #1 and #2 with the seat in the down position. John performs toilet operation #1 with the seat in the up position and toilet operation #2 with the seat in the down position. If the seat is in the wrong position before performing the toilet operation the position must be changed at an average cost C. Optionally the position may be changed after performing the toilet operation, also at an average cost C. (Changing the position of the seat during the performance of a toilet operation is beyond the scope of this note and is definitely not recommended.)

Consider the scenario where John and Marsha each use a separate toilet. It should be obvious to the most casual observer that each minimizes the seat position transfer cost by not altering the seat position after performing a toilet operation.

For Marsha the seat position transfer cost is 0 since all operations are performed with the seat in the down position. For John the cost is greater than 0 since seat position transfers must be performed.

Let p be the probability that John will perform a #1 operation vs a #2 operation. Assume that John optimizes his seat position transfer cost (see remark 3 below.) Then it is easy to determine that John’s average cost of seat position transfer per toilet opeation is

B = 2p(1-p)C

where B is the bachelor cost of toilet seat position transfers per toilet operation.

Now let us consider the scenario where John and Marsha cohabit and both use the same toilet. In our analysis we shall assume that John and Marsha perform toilet operations with the same frequency (see remark 4 below) and that the order in which they perform them is random. They discover to their mutual displeasure that their cohabitation adversely alters the toilet seat position transfer cost function for each of them. What is more there is an inherent conflict of interest. Attempts to resolve the problem typically revolve around two strategies which we shall designate as J and M

Strategy J
Each person retains the default strategy that they used before cohabiting. This strategy is proposed by John with the argument “Why does it matter if the seat is up or down?”. As we see below this strategy benefits John.

Strategy M
Each person leaves the seat down. This strategy is proposed by Marsha with the argument “It ought to be down.” As we see below this strategy benefits Marsha.

Consequences of strategy J:
Under strategy J the toilet seat is is in the up position with probability p/2. The respective average cost of toilet seat transfer operations for John and Marsha are:

John: p(3/2-p)C
Marsha: pC/2

The incremental costs (difference between pre and post habitation costs) are:

John: ( p - 1/2)pC
Marsha: pC/2
Total: (p^2)C

John’s incremental cost would actually be negative if p were less than 1/2. This is not the case; p>1/2. Note that Marsha’s incremental cost is greater than John’s for p<1.>

Consequences of strategy M:
In strategy M the seat is always left down. When John performs operation #1 he lifts the seat before the operation and lowers it after the operation. The respective average cost of toilet seat transfer operations is:

John: 2pC
Marsha: 0

The incremental costs are:

John: 2(p^2)C
Marsha: 0
Total: 2(p^2)C

In these strategy Marsha bears no cost; all of the incremental costs are borne by John. John objects. Note also that the combined incremental cost of strategy M is greater than that of strategy J.

It is notable that John and Marsha each advocates a strategy that benefits them. This is predictable under game theory. However the conflict over strategies has a cost M in marital discord that is greater than the cumulative cost of toilet seat transfers. It behooves John and Marsha, therefore, to adopt a strategy that minimizes M.

This is not simple. A common reaction is to advance sundry arguments to justify adopting strategy M or J. All such arguments are suspect because they are self serving (and often accompanied with the “If you loved me” ploy.) A sound strategy is one that is equitable and is seen to be equitable. In this regard there are three candidate criteria:

(1) Minimize the joint total cost
(2) Equalize the respective total costs
(3) Equalize the respective incremental costs

The argument for (1) is that John and Marsha are now as one and it is the joint costs and benefits of the union that should be considered. This principle is not universally accepted. It is readily seen that (see remark 5) that the joint total cost is optimized by strategy J which has already been seen to be suspect.

Criterion (2) seems plausible. It requires, however, that Marsha put the seat in the up position after performing a toilet operation some percentage of the time. No instance of this behaviour has ever been observed in recorded history; ergo this criterion can be ruled out. (But see remark 6.)

Criterion (3) argues that the mututal increased cost of toilet seat operations should be shared equitably, i.e., neither party should bear a disproportionate share of the costs of cohabitation. A short calculation reveals that criterion (3) can be achieved if John leaves the seat up after performing toilet operation #1 with a frequency

f = (2p-1)/p

Since the value of p is seldom precisely measured and is variable in any event it suffices to use an approximate value of f. If we assume that p=2/3 then f=1/2. This suggests the following convenient rule of thumb:

In the morning John leaves the seat up after performing #1.
In the evening he puts it down.

This rule may not be precise but it is simple and approximately equitable; moreover the use of a definite rule sets expectations. The seat is put down in the evening to avoid the notorious “middle of the night surprise”.

I expect that this analysis should settle the toilet seat controversey for once and for all - if John and Marsha are mathematicians.

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Remark 1: The toilet has an additional attachment called the toilet seat lid which can only be down if the toilet seat is down. When the lid is down the toilet is (or should be) non-functional for toilet operations. Some persons maintain the toilet seat lid in the down position when the toilet is not use. For these persons the analysis in this note is moot. Such persons pay a fixed cost in seat movement for all toilet operations.

Remark 2: Toilets are also used by domestic animals as a convenient source of drinking water unless the lid is down. (See remark 1)

Remark 3: Experimental evidence suggests that almost all bachelors optimize the seat transfer cost, the exception being those who put the seat up after performing a #2 operation.

Remark 4: Folklore has it that Marsha performs more toilet operations than John, hypothetically because of a smaller bladder. John, however, drinks more beer. We shall not discuss his prostate problem.

Remark 5: “Readily seen” in this context means “It looks obvious but I don’t know how to prove it; you figure it out.”

Remark 6: The toilet lid solution is to put the toilet lid down after all toilet operations. This solution imposes a cost of 2C on each party and is accordingly more expensive. It is, however, more esthetic. It also eliminates the “doggy drinking” problem.

Sorry Sonny, domain names cannot start or end with a "-".

Today, watched Brick (which like The Prestige started about a bit confusing but got much better) - not too bad nice twists yay!

And also rented a Wii. So fun lol, Wii play and Wii sports and Call of Duty 3. The controllers are so awesome :o

Now I know
That I can’t make you stay
But where’s your heart
But where’s your heart
But where’s your...

And I know
There’s nothing I could say
To change that part
To change that part
To change...

So many
Bright lights that cast a shadow
But can I speak?
Well is it hard understanding
I’m incomplete
A life that’s so demanding
I get so weak
A love that's so demanding
I can’t speak

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay, I’ll be forgiving
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

Can you see
My eyes are shining bright
Cause I’m out here
On the other side
Of the jet black
Hotel mirror
And I’m so weak
Well is it hard understanding
I’m incomplete
A love that's so demanding
I get weak

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay
I’ll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay
I’ll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

These bright lights are
always blinding me
These bright lights are
always blinding me
I say

I see you lying next to me
With words I thought I’d never speak
Awake and unfraid
Asleep or dead

I am not afraid to keep on living
I am not afraid to walk this world alone
Honey if you stay
I'll be forgiven
Nothing you can say can stop me going home

The Prestige is a brilliant movie. Seriously. Like honestly....it's a great script and everything GO WATCH

Alright, so I'm much too tired to type a really long year in review. But;

2007. Hi.

Last year I said:

"I don't think any of the years ever are really truly substantially different."

Last year proved me wrong in so many ways. 2006 has been the most different year out of all the ones I've had. I haven't made up my mind whether it's good or bad. Probably bad. A lot of crap happened in 2006, but if it had turned out any other way, I'm not sure it would have been for the better. But I still really miss her, every day.

Last year I said:

"Have you seen dead people? They are not particularly interesting."

Last year, I saw a dead person. It changes your life whether you're ready for it or not. Especially if you knew the person.

Last year, I said:

"Your boss is a bastard, or he just seems that way. Who knows?"

And then near the end of last year, boss changed. The person in charge is now a woman.

My brother is still a bartender. And, I still play FFXI. It's like a constant. But in the last couple of weeks, I've had real life. Real people. Reality. (sans internet)

Last year, I said:

"You start to drive, even though on the inside it seems like you are clashing with your lifelong ambition to ride a two-wheeled mechanical device. You learn how to turn. You know how the accelerator works now (it's pretty fickle)."

And then last year, I got my Basic Skills and Handling certificate. So I'm one step further along with my lifelong ambition. If I thought accelerators in cars were bad...throttles on bikes are about 20 times more snatchy. Add in having to figure out clutch and manual systems to the mix...

This year, I will have an iPod shuffle. They are cute. They are cute as.

So yeah. Last year was like the extreme mix of good and bad. Things I didn't even prepare for, didn't even cross my mind because well they just don't happen, right? Yeah, those things, they happened. I wasn't ready. It still hurts something chronic.

But last year, I also found true elation and happiness.

2006 was a rough ride.

Let's hope this year will be smoother.

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NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

1. Stop making new years resolutions.

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May this year be prosperous and filled with happiness and stuff for everyone, all my friends etc.