Wot, a year? :o

So ...
Let me preface all of this by saying this is about me, my perceptions, the way that I feel about things that happen to me, around me. So if you are mentioned, if you are not mentioned, tough shit. Not so long ago, I was very confident in saying that this was the absolutely worst year in living memory, but thanks to Jen + Ray (although, after being rung up tonight and abused, I am flabbergasted at the implications of 'You are not sticking to the rules' - what rules? if we are playing some sort of game, could someone tell me what the rules are? Welcome to reality), the year ended on a rather interesting 'hi' ...
[But after effect of that shock is that I have not linked as much as I should have with these notes]

42, and these things happened ...

• Daddy died
• Fell off bike
• Fractured clavicle
• Brother fractured ribs and eye socket
• Moved five (5) times
• Had sex with three (3) girls, and no guys or dogs
• Worked at Centrelink, ATO, Go Via (Qld Motorways)
• Went to Sunset Sounds
• Did research project on RFID for brother
• Paid off credit card(s)
• Bought a road bike
• Black Opium - an 'interesting' art show of interaction between Aboriginals and opium, way back then. Nothing new, nothing gob smacking, but appreciate the effort
• Bought two (2) Sigma 1606 cycle computers - kept losing the head units
• Had a fling with narcotics (pills, powders) but to no avail
• Bought an Irigaray book 'Sharing the world' but for Mere
• Went to see Riptides at the UQ 100th b/day with Michelle, and there was Cam :)
• Made some very nice rissottoes
• Drank some rather decent alcohol-'01 Bin 128, Grey Goose vodka, Barcardi 151
  
• Emailed some corporations to express pleasure and gratitude for their products
• Read a very interesting book 'An edge in the kitchen' that changed my life, and the way that I perceive the world
• Reconnected with old friends (Jenny, Chrissi, Rachael, Emmy), met some new people (Moira, Trent)
• Bought this comp - 'Siver Rocket'
• Got my sister a lotto ticket for her b/day, got 4 numbers :)
• Wrote review of Crumpler 'Salary sacrifice'
• Saw a performance of Coogee at Jubilee Hotel, one languid Sunday
• Came second in the overall Trivia competition
• Sold most of shares
• Phone died very suddenly, so I lost a tremendous amount of contacts and references :(
  
• Saw a band at Boundary 'Black pudding' that was very encouraging
• Saw a performance of Peter Hook ((+ friends) doing 'Unknown pleasures'
• Went to UCI World Cup
  
• A lot and lot of training at ATO
• Saw Lost Domain gig with friends
• Rode to Gold Coast
• Great get togethers with work mates, shared time with some great people
• Got a new phone - HTC 'Wildfire' + new Nano

So, here I go again, so in the air, so much to change, so much open to change ... All I want to do is settle down, have a base of operation, be safe to move around ... sigh :o

Here we go (in)to the Sunset (Sounds)

Here we are again, with rain falling, again and again ... Seems some of the dams that were parched only a few brief months ago are now overflowing, to the point where water has been released, to cascade further down the valley, to add to the woes of those further down stream ... as if the weather has not been affecting them anyway ... lol
Went to Sunset Sounds, and had a fairly fun time ... With that spare ticket, I took Ray, who seems to have mysteriously resurfaced in my life ... Again ... A rather confusing situation, maybe? As if I am to be controlled, rather than the controller? But where did that sentiment come from? May need to recusitate past notes, but it seems that her position is one of pretending to know what she wants, and that I am to just follow along as best as I am able? At present it would seem that the best option is to just not involve myself, to just carry on as the facilitator of what wanted ... Of course, the complicating factor is Cameron ...
Anyway, the 2 day annual get together was quite a bit of fun :)
Joan Jett was particularly amusing - half the audience had seen the 'Runaways' film, and were bopping along, saying 'Oh yeah, she was in that movie I saw' ... Amongst the rest were people like me going 'I remember when ...'
Public Enemy was so energetic, get up and bounce! They still had a few lads on stage in their camo, but at least the uniforms had been updated to reflect the changes in the US disguise techniques ... One of the most attractive features was how they jumped about, dragged the audience along with them, and made it all so much fun!
Paul Kelly had his moments, that is for sure!

Today, not sure what time to begin at work, so thought I may as well iron some shirts, take them in, check to see if I started early - start at 10 ... Anyway, in anticipation for this possibility, just in case, why the hell not, have taken Silver rocket with me, so that I can update this. But got bored, so logged in, and there is Chrissie :) Tooth was hurting, forgot to take pain meds, so hope there were some in my bag ... Aha, there is one, albeit wrapped in plastic ... So had one, even though strange markings on tab, did not taste 'right' ... oh wait, that was a sleeping tablet :o DASH!!! How old am I again?

Well, the floods came, but no where near what was anticipated :( So had a few nights of preparation for the Apocolypse, but then kept waking up! Sort of defeats the purpose really ... It is Friday now, and there is a lot to do-seems the Joynt was not as badly affected as anticipated! Wish I could go and help out there, but wandering around on Wednesday morning, in anticipation for the full effect to become apparent, I have rubbed my little toes almost raw, and so am having some difficulty walking with shoes on ... Fortunately, wandering around barefoot in West End is not so out of place as some areas in town! Weird, but with some people losing houses, etc. (not that anyone I know has been that badly affected-the worst complaint has been the lose of power by many), and all I have to complain about is that my toes hurt, can't get access to my money, and that I am drinking too much Life sure is odd at times ... 'Forced' to take the rest of the week off from Wednesday by ATO, so I hope that we get paid ... Could be interesting, very interesting, if it eventuates that this is to be 'unpaid leave', as it were ... Something to look forward to, come Monday ...
Has been a rather interesting time to cook things, however, so at least I am using my time productively for something ... Went out to shop on Wednesday, and Coles had shut already, so went to delis down road. Anyway, long story short, still had some octupii in freezer, so grabbed all these ingredients (wakame, tobasco, onions, shallots, garlic, ginger, dark soy, bonito flakes, lemon juice, sesame oil, rice bran oil, fish sauce, red miso, red pepper) lying around and threw them all into a sort of hot/sour miso soup, sort of thing, with some frozen vegetables ... Surprised at how good it tasted, really :) Funnily enough, put 1 bowl of water into the wok, had 2 bowls of soup ...
Bored now ...