"Complaceny that the problem is solved is misplaced" Underwood, A.J. 1997. Experiments in Ecology.Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

I opened this window to start blogging 45min ago. During that time I've tried to understand Linear Regression..
I don't really have anything to say, this is just a proof that I'm not dead.

Though with internet security these days you can hardly be sure.

Have a nice day.

"Twas night, calm night, the moon was high; The dead men stood together." - Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Daylight savings tommorow. Get back the hour we gave up last year. :)

I think I'm starting a new trend in my reading. I have two more books in my Sherlock Holmes collection left, and then I move on to A short story collection by Edgar Allen Poe, The Picture of Dorain Gray, Count of Mounte Cristo and Don Quixote, possibly even Pride and Prejudice.
This will probably take a while to read. Especially with Uni and work atm. It's getting a bit tiring going into Uni every weekday and working from 9-11ish till 5 on the weekend. Its not so much that its particularly tiring.. It's more that I have short bits of time to do stuff in, and I've never been particularly good at handling that sort of thing.

I have two assessments due this week. One for each Biology unit: a Group Work Presentation on Wednesday and a Prac Report on Tuesday. Really annoyed that I left the Report this late.. I was looking up the primary papers they suggested a few minutes ago and they're not online.
Correction: Just checked Google Scholar and found them. Stupid Library Website.. making me think I could get out of working..

I should sleep. Tommorow morning should be devoted to latin Exercise and translation. Will worry about Marine Bio when I get home from work.. *knows he's putting it off so you don't have to yell at me*

Piss off Google!

First let me say that I didn't want to upgrade my stupid blog, (and I don't care if there isn't a difference) and just because I clicked the wrong button once doesn't mean I shouldn't be able to go back and correct it, or even ruddy login without upgrading...
/anger for no particular reason

*sighs* .. Just got out of line at the Co-op bookstore trying to get my textbks for the semester. After waiting in line for an hour I couldn't find them on the shelves. Went to enquiries and was told that there was 1 copy of one of them and 3 of the other... checked shelves again but they still weren't there.. Maybe somebody in the queue had them.. evil classmates!!

Late for latin this morning because I tried to catch a train that doesn't exist.. Turned up at the station for the 10am. Realized there is a 9am but no 10am... I feel stupid. And out of touch with Cityrail...
That may be a good thing.
Technically I was supposed to be in Latin atm. But some pro-active person in the class asked if we could have it 2hrs earlier... So my 1pm start becomes another 11am one. And I have a 2hr break before my Ecology Prac at 2pm.. I will blame them for me being late to latin

Several new games out this month for Wii. Will be getting Blazing Angels I think. It also seems to have an online multiplayer (Thats directed at you Ez :P). Maybe Medal of Honour if it looks ok.
It also seems like Battalion Wars2 (In the same vein as AdvanceWars etc) will be online multiplayer, but it doesn't have a release date..
Oh, I might also get Sonic.

If wishes were horses, we'd all be eating steak.

My ADSL2+ is finally connected! Hazzah!
What's even more remarkable is that its been connected since the first of February and my family only discovered this when the monthly telephone bill arrived, which had all the calls for the past 2 weeks listed.
So Optus, in its infinite wisdom, decided to send us a telephone changeover form even though they changed us over anyway.

So in the last two days I've been trying to catch up on all the comics I gave up on because of my laziness and dialup loading times, as well as joining a few populous forums (which I didn't join before because by the time I'd submitted my answer 5 other people had as well).

And before you ask, I don't actually know how fast it is going, I can't get the OPtus software or anything to tell me.
And my sister is pissed because she can't get it to work on her Mac.
Now, since its past midnight, I'm going to think of something to dl. (Plan is 14gb offpeak 12am-pm, 7gb the rest). Maybe another couple of GiS 2nd Gig Eps.

I've almost finished building my plastic Millenium Falcon, just need to paint a few things. It's kind of screwed up though; since so many of the pieces are really large I think they've warped slightly, so it only barely fits together. Added to this, due to fantastically illustrated instructions [/sarcasm], some of the pieces on the front prongs are slightly off, forming a 3*15mm gap. May need to use Warhammer green stuff.
There's two weeks before Uni starts again, so I don't know whether to try and build another model kit. I have a four day period of no work from Monday to Thursday. Not feeling enthusiastic about painting gaming miniatures, though I should do them. I also should try and get a head start on Latin so I don't fail it again...>_<"""
People! Advise Me!!

Just remember: Never wake a sleeping dragon. Especially not with a lobster.

First off, happy birthday to Kunama. :P
Haha, now the entire internet knows except the gargantuan percentage that don't visit or even know of this crappy blog.
Please don't hurt me.

Secondly, today my mum brought home Optus ADSL2+. In about a week when the phone line gets changed over from Telstra to Optus I will have fast net!! and about 20GB a month (if my sister doesn't use it all). It should be about 24mbps but dad thinks because of the distance to the nearest phone exchange (At Towers, about 3km's away) that attenuation will reduce it to about 10mbps. But I don't really care because thats still 50x faster than the 20ish I get at the moment.

I'm annoyed at Red Steel. Or my Wii. I can't decide which is to blame, but I guess I'll know next time I play it. I was playing Red Steel pretty constantly yesterday when I wasn't watching England's slow win on the cricket, and around 6-7ish it kinda froze. As I'd just forced myself incredibly slowly up a down escalator to avoid going through what was pretty much a mine field I don't know if I had just missed a trigger in the game and stuffed something up (Red Steel is pretty sequential), or if the Wii had overheated (haven't heard of this happening to anyone else) or if the game disc was screwed.
Naturally when I went to try again I was back at the beginning of the level, even though I had passed several checkpoints before this.. I got to the same spot again and this time went through the minefield and up to some cover a bit further (in the same room, but on the balcony of a building) in the game and had it freeze again.
At this point I'm angry, though hopefully I haven't stuffed the thing up. I might try it again tommorow but I thought I'd give it a rest today.

It brings to light an annoyance I have with myself. I seem to be very bad at finishing things. For one thing, I'm on the last dungeon on Zelda but I can't bring myself to finish it. I just have no enthusiasm for it whatsoever. The same is true with Monster 4x4 where there are a bunch of cars I could unlock but I don't have the mood to play it (though this could be understandable as bar the multiplayer its fairly crap; finished the racing league in a total of 5hrs or so over 2days). It goes for other things as well. I have about 40 Warhammer guys to paint sitting on my desk staring at me. The rearrangement of my room is about 60% done but I can't be bothered doing the rest.
As well as this, there is a bunch more stuff I _could_ be doing. I'm bored because I have too much stuff I can do, but can't decide what. What's worse in my mind is that I keep on starting new things without completing the old. As much as I'd like to finish things I'd dislike it as well because it would mean that it was ended. The end is both joyful and depressing and so I stand and stare at it, instead of going past it.
I really shouldn't self-analyse.

I wish I could play banjo like the guy in the Audrey's..

Today was ordinary. Fantastic you say. And so I strike up a monologue of what happened; feel free to butt in when you like.
But you can't.
It's a monologue.

Woke up around 8ish, for once I didn't have to go to work till 12 and so I got dressed, not in work clothes!, and went around to Castle Towers to see if I could blow some Xmas money. Went to Bank first but it was full, so I went over to Myer. The only thing in the Wii section, the entire section, was a grip for the remote. Nothing else. And so I didn't even bother lining up to see if my free game was ready to be picked up. Went back to bank and dropped in $430. *likes having money* Got to use the Commercial teller cos the guy in there called me over from the regular queue. Saw my next door neighbour on the way out, which is freaky because I followed him all the way from home out to Castle Towers. Went to Sanity and went to the counter with my $20Castle Towers voucher and $25 Sanity voucher, a Lily Allen CD and The Audreys CD. Girl spent 10minutes looking for the lilly allen CD behind the counter and couldn't find it. Ended up not using the CT voucher and only getting The Audrey's CD. Listening to it atm, folky country bluegrass is nice. And no one ever made me listen to it or told me! Went home after that. Family left for the Entrance, got ready for work and watched the first 2 overs of the Cricket. Go the Balmy Army. Ate last of my b'day Black Forest cake for tea and a bowl of leftover rice. Watched Cowboy Bebop on ABC2. No-one ever told me it was spacey. Now blogging. Heard the name Saskia twice today. It's a nice name.

My room smells like Strawberries from the deoderiser that was in my 2007 Dilbert calendar. Also have a daily Farside calendar. Got that for christmas/ b'day. Also got $150 to buy myself w/less keyboard and mouse, Sherlock Holmes books box set, $60 Dymocks vouchers, Atmosfear (Boardgame), Darwin Awards book, banjo and learn to play banjo book, GalaxyQuest DVD and some cash and more vouchers.

I've worked 50+hrs going on 60 i think in the last week. My feet kinda hurt. Worked 8.5hrs on NY's day, at double and a bit rate. Should end up being about $220 worth i think. I usually get that in one week.

Tired of typing. Need to read some more of sci-fi book.
*falls over*

3 days!!!!!one1oneone

There is approximately 72hrs before my Wii is with Me!! If you bring me sustinence I may let you pat it or even watch :P
In these final crucial hours I must find time to plan how to divide the hours between my games. Zelda must come first. But should I play GT Pro or Red Steel in the intervening time? Dare I lose a few minutes in Wii Sports?? I must also devise some mechanism of maintaining a nutritional balance. Is there anyone willing to steal an IV drip for me?
I may also need a chamberpot >_>"""""""

..Maybe I've just gone insane from staying up till 5am this morning watching Ghost in the Shell. Poor Tachikomas..

I still haven't rung up antenna people, got distracted with work and stuff..(Worked 11 -4 530-12 11-330 5-1030 on saturday and sunday.. 21.5hrs). Haven't heard from Kenthurst guy since last sunday, when he told me he had an appointment on the monday and not to come. I've lost his phone number, so I'll have to drive out there tommorow morning and see if he needs me or not.. Then I have some shopping and archery to go to.

And after this I still have to read 3000 odd pages of books, listen to 3 cds (currently liking and listening to 'the bravery' then two Radiohead CD's and one Beck), get to painting my pile of LOTR and 40k models, buy and/or make shelves.

Got most of my uni results back: 74 for Archaeology, 66 for Entomology and 69 for Marine Science. Still waiting for English but that should be alright i hope.