DvoId

Friends only

2008-11-25T09:59:43Z

For no particular reason since I hardly update this thing any more, this is going to be primarily friends only from here on out. Just FYI.

dvoid @ 2008-04-18T00:05:00

2008-04-17T14:16:33Z

It's been quite a while since I last updated this journal.

New things:

-Last Monday I found out that the job I've been hanging around for since October is not being rolled out to the rest of the country. The results of the trial were good, but apparently didn't translate into dollars saved/earned enough to justify paying people across the nation the wage it would call for. So that made last week Utter Balls.
-As a result of the above, I got extremely drunk Saturday night.
-My centre manager has promised to look into jobs elsewhere in the business unit. Ie. Project Manager, Product Implementer, Product Specialist. These would all be good things, however at this point I trust her promises about as far as I can throw a yak. This is not far. So chasing will be in order.
-Putting out feelers to my various acquaintances around the nation to let me know when jobs that are worth the trouble are coming up.
-Very unmotivated about my job, and still outperforming entire teams of people on a daily basis.
-Bah. Humbug.
-Updating my resume right now.
-If anyone knows about decent jobs coming up, let me know eh?

In unrelated news, tonight was awesome. I'm sure I'll pay for it in the morning ;)

Alive

2008-03-14T00:33:30Z

Today I have the day off. Unfortunately it's only so that I can head out to the farm at some point this afternoon for my grandfathers 80th. My main objection being travelling two hours out of Brisbane and being completely cut off from any kind of communications device other than landlines. Oh yeah and there isn't one of those in my parents house up there.

Sigh.

I think everyone is staying Saturday night and going back Sunday but I'll be damned if I'm staying past lunchtime on Saturday. I have conveniently neglected to register for postal voting in tomorrow council elections however, so I can probably use that as leverage on my parents to at least get a lift to Beerwah and catch the train back Saturday.

Not sure what the plan is for the rest of the weekend yet. There's a few gigs on Saturday night that I'm thinking of checking out. Hmm.

I'm sure you've all heard of this before..

2008-02-11T10:31:18Z

The beer scooter..explained!

dvoid @ 2008-01-18T00:24:00

2008-01-17T14:32:53Z

Mmm..day off tomorrow. So far I have lunch planned, a brief Lincraft mission, and later on visiting a few more pubs followed by supporting single mothers.

10001110101

Tonight was good. Spent a little more than planned, but that will happen when I visit ze pub. Fun times in any case, and what else is money for really?

Time for bed, methinks.

dvoid @ 2008-01-16T07:07:00

2008-01-15T21:15:44Z

So, usually I work 9 day fortnights at work. For some reason though, I had last Wednesday off, I have this Friday off, then I have next Wednesday and the following Friday. Then I have a week of annual leave.

Basically, I'm not working a full week of work until February. Kick arse. I'm pretty sure they've stuffed up the roster somehow, but I'm just going to keep my mouth shut I think.

In other news I wish this damn humidity would fuck right off. It's not so bad when it's actually raining, but the rest of the time it is annoying the hell out of me.

Anyone else seen anything about this movie Cloverfield? It looks pretty damn good.

Bored, tired, not ready for bed yet

2008-01-08T12:30:24Z

Stolen from Meli.

1. Is there anyone on your friends list you would ever consider having sex with?
There are people on my flist I've had sex with, and other that I haven't that I'd consider it with. And many I wouldn't ;)

2. Sex in the morning, afternoon or night?
Whenever it works out ;)

3. On which side of the bed do you sleep?
Whichever side is furthest from the wall, by choice.

4. Pork, beef, or chicken?
Beef.

5. Have to pull over on side of road to puke?
I don't drive, and I rarely puke. So no ;)

6. Have you ever taken your clothes off for money?
Nope, I don't think anyone wants me to do it that much ;)

7. Shower or bath?
Shower

8. Do you pee in the shower?
I'm a man.

9. Mexican or Chinese?
Mexican.

10. Do you want someone aggressive or passive in bed?
Is passive another word for starfish?

11. Do you love someone on your friends list?
Love them like what? Like a fine wine?

12. Do you know all the people on your friends list?
Yep. To varying degrees of "well"

13. Love or money?
Both.

14. Credit cards or cash?
I rarely carry much cash.

15. Has there ever been anyone in your family you wish wasn't?
All of them, at one point or another. I love them all these days though.

16. Would you rather go camping or to a 5 star hotel?
Depends on the weather and the company ;)

17. What is the weirdest place you have had sex?
Umm..jungle gym at a kids playground may be the winner. It's a close thing though.

18. Would you shave your entire body (including your head) for money?
How much money?

19. Have you ever been to a strip club?
A few, yes ;)

20. Ever been to a bar?
LOL.

21. Ever been kicked out of a bar or a club?
Not kicked exactly. Refused service on one or two occasions, perhaps.

22. Ever been so drunk you had to be carried out of somewhere?
Not carried exactly. Dragged out, been supported on someone's shoulder perhaps. Not often though, usually it's me doing the honours for someone else.

23. Kissed someone of the same sex?
Alcohol is a hell of a drug.

24. Favorite drink?
Beer.

25. Had sex in a movie theater?
Not the whole shebang.

26. Had sex in a bathroom?
Natch.

27. Have you ever had sex at work?
Work people are rarely attractive.

28. Have you ever been in an "adult" store?
Lots.

29. Bought something from an adult store?
Yep. It's not a habit though.

30. Have you been caught having sex?
Define caught? I've been walked in on once or twice, heard many times.

31. Does anyone have naughty pics of you?
Nope.

32. Have you ever called someone the wrong name during sex?
Not that they heard :P

33. Who do you think has the guts to repost this?
Buchowski.

oh yeah..

2007-12-24T18:48:44Z

Also, merry christmas to all who celebrate it :)

Argh

2007-12-24T18:44:57Z

Although it's reminiscent of being a kid on xmas, I'm getting real sick of waking up at 4am every damn morning.

Seriously, why?? Third time this week so far.

dvoid @ 2007-12-11T21:23:00

2007-12-11T11:34:15Z

That was lucky.

I just noticed a calendar appointment for my sisters birthday (this saturday) which was going to set off a reminder alarm at 4:15am.

In the event details it says only "ha ha".

..

Sneaky bitch. Now I have to think up some way to annoy the fuck out of her in return. Which is difficult given she's in South Africa right now, not getting back til the day before my birthday.

Ah well.

Work has been reasonable so far this week. I'm looking ahead to taking time off though (of course). Last day at work is xmas eve, then no work til the 7th of Jan. I plan to spend most of the next two working weeks slacking off wherever possible.

And otherwise, life is pretty good!

dvoid @ 2007-10-11T20:03:00

2007-10-11T10:11:50Z

Oktoberfest at Musgrave park tomorrow!

When I sent out the morning email to the team today I told them I'd be going to drink beer at lunchtime Friday and not returning. Which generated a chorus of "awww!"

Suckers!

So yeah, that's the plan. It opens at 2pm so I think I'm meeting Stew and others at about 1pm and heading over there after one or two pre-beer beers. Should be a good (though likely expensive afternoon and evening ;)

Mmm pig knuckles.

This week has gone by quite quickly, which I attribute to being extremely busy what with trying to finish up the various tasks I still have in hand whilst also doing management stuff. It's been good though.

Ah Heroes is done encoding. To the tv depository!

dvoid @ 2007-09-27T07:33:00

2007-09-26T21:35:42Z

Heh so the only things I actually got done from my list of things to do yesterday were clean the kitchen and drink beer. But that's ok. I'll just write up the letter of application once I get to work. And not really sure what to do with my study aside from moving out a basket of laundry.

Today better not suck like Monday and Tuesday did!

dvoid @ 2007-09-26T09:30:00

2007-09-25T23:30:49Z

Day off today!

Chores to get done include:

- Kitchen again
- Try and organise my study a bit better
- Write letter of application for the job I'm applying for tomorrow
- Drink beer

Hope you're all enjoying your day at work :P

Goddammit

2007-09-17T21:48:23Z

Robert Jordan dead at 58

dvoid @ 2007-09-06T19:32:00

2007-09-06T09:36:34Z

Huzzah last day of work for the week!

Tomorrow morning flying down to sMelbourne at 11:05, and not coming back til Monday night. Woot! Time to blow cash in a frivolous manner!

Tuesday I get back to work to a new desk (team is moving floors over the weekend) and 4 newbies to train. I'm hoping the long weekend + retail therapy + misc madness will reduce the severe case of crankiness I've been having at work all week.

Time will tell!

Now I just need to pack everything and then attempt to be calm from now until we board the plane. As normally my brain just about explodes from stress when trying to make a flight, despite the fact that I have never, ever, missed one.

In other news, mmm ginger beer.

Also..

2007-08-27T13:15:07Z

Update!!

2007-08-27T13:05:14Z

So, as it's been nearly a month since last update..what's been happening?

-Still in the same job.

-Have a new haircut.

-Melbourne weekend after the one coming.

-I rock at Guitar Hero now.

ROCK.

Umm...not much else, sadly. People at work today were giving the shits in a very very hardcore manner. This is not really all that new of itself, but the level of "WTF?" they were delivering was ridiculous today.

I mean really, when the answer to your question is "No, that's not correct." how many times do you need to ask variations on the same question for my answer to sink in? It's not like there's some other authority to refer to, I fucking designed the process and the goddamn scripts that make 90% of the work happen.

*teethgrind*

Anyway...bedtime, I suppose.

dvoid @ 2007-08-18T00:57:00

2007-08-17T14:58:46Z

I'm drunk.

It's late.

Why am I not in bed already?

..

Oh wait, it's just over there!

dvoid @ 2007-08-15T18:47:00

2007-08-15T08:51:01Z

Interwebs are go at the new house at last, woo!

I don't know how we'll get by on only 150gigs a month though. OH NOES.

In other news..interviewed for the business analyst job last Tuesday, did not get it. Suspect that in typical Telstra fashion they had already picked someone and were just interviewing for the appearance of following process.

So, back to looking around again. Bah!

Other than that things are more or less as per usual.

My eyes are tired.

dvoid @ 2007-08-03T19:57:00

2007-08-03T09:57:52Z

Woo, lateshift done for another good while!

Sitting around O'Malleys waiting for people to get into town..it's times like this I love my phone for its boredom preventing features if nothing else.

dvoid @ 2007-07-21T11:29:00

2007-07-21T01:29:53Z

Chore Wars kicks ass.

It almost makes me wish I had 3 or 4 more housemates so we could get a proper party going. Of course, getting Dave to actually create an account and use it might be difficult enough.

Yes, you are a slackarse :P

In other news there was still money in my pocket this morning so I declare last night to be a victory!

dvoid @ 2007-07-16T12:22:00

2007-07-16T02:22:38Z

Right. Just finished Final Fantasy XII. I was kind of expecting that to continue being my entertainment for the final day of my leave from work.

Bum.

dvoid @ 2007-07-14T12:46:00

2007-07-14T02:46:56Z

dvoid @ 2007-07-14T12:35:00

2007-07-14T02:35:28Z

Dear god I'm dying.

Need the greasy food, stat!

dvoid @ 2007-07-12T00:57:00

2007-07-11T14:58:05Z

GIANT ROBOTS FIGHTING

It's even better the second time around :D