ouch. ow ow ow ow. I got clearasil deep cleanser up my nose and it burns. IT BURNS!!! owowow.

kthxbai
- posted by Lach @ 19:45 (0) comments

 
"Lach. We have a situation. The power is off and the generator didn't start"

I got called into work on sat coz I live the closest. The idiots from Cummins left the generator in test mode after the last service so when an accident took out the power to the whole suburb (try getting off the freeway with no traffic lights) the generator didn't start and fail over.

When I got to work all the server UPS were at 1/3 or less which meant less than 5 minutes power left. The phone UPS was already empty so no calls in or out lol. Why did they wait 20 mins before calling someone? $deity knows.

Upside? We are floating our SMS gateway proposal (this is the 4th time) for offsite notifications and we might be able to get a decent UPS for the phone system instead of the crappy 300VA unit that gives up the ghost in about 8 minutes.

I am so goddam fed up with buck passing here though. The infrastructure manager was called and said that it's an IT problem? WTF? Utilities are not information technology. HTH
- posted by Lach @ 11:41 (0) comments

 
I need a job with a decent wage.
- posted by Lach @ 11:38 (0) comments

 
mmm Spent the whole weekend with Francisco again. Saw a moofie, mooched around, slept in etc. That man sure can shop!!

Him and his flatmate are moofing to a place a bit down the road that his flatmate bought. It's a fucking HUGE 4 bedroom apartment. I think my whole flat would fit in it's kitchen + lounge room. It's a really 70s place. heh. I'm sure they can make it look nice and stylish as they are gay after all.

As a result my house didn't really get cleaned as I usually do that on the weekend. My garden is also looking shocking due to 3 weeks without any attention. I can clean etc on weeknights but it's dark when I get home so I can't see to the garden. Gonna have to get stuck into it on Sunday. Major pruning ahead. I hope it's not raining this weekend as it also needs mowing and if it gets too long i can't get the push-mower through it.


- posted by Lach @ 09:20 (0) comments

 
OMG that was the best weekend ever!

1. I went up to my parents on Friday night which was ho-hum as usual. I always miss my dog so much when I go back there. Anyway I spent all Sat morning installing my new car radio and antenna which I shouldn't have bought coz i'm supposed to be saving etc. In the after noon I mooched around a bit and helped with what they were up to (dad- fixing the posthole digger on the tractor, mum- bit-o-cleaning). It was actually a bit soggy up there but still not enough rain to start running, which is when the dams start filling. Bugger.

2. Sunbury sucks big time. I used to go through there and up Gap road to get on the calder as it used to be easier and avoided the calder/tulla interchange which is a dog. But the roads in Sunbury are now so overloaded with all the housing developments etc that the roundabouts (of which there are about a zillion) clog up. It's just gonna be easier to go the old ringroad-calder way.

3. Its so nice having a cd player in the car.

4. I was chatting to Fran on Sunday night on MSN and he asked me to come over and stuff and i was umming and arring and then he went offline all of a sudden. I thought he was angror or exasperated or something so I called him and he asked me again and so i'm like arr what the hell so I drive to Kew and OMG he's like fucking gorgeous and we hit it off so well. Ended up going to see Harry Potter at northland at 11pm and then getting back to his place at 0130 and going to bed and stuff and then didn't get up till 2pm. Heh. Fuck i'm so happy i should kill myself. The weather was shit on Monday so we wandered for a bit and then he cooked me dinner. He's also a fantastic cook. Perfect body, gorgeous smile, snappy dresser (who couldn't understand how i survive with 3 pairs of shoes hehe), grounded and professional. Fucking amazing. We're so comfortable together. Cynical old me might be in lurrrrve.
- posted by Lach @ 10:42 (1) comments

 
Being a practical person, one of my pet peeves (aside from people who merge onto a freeway going walking pace) is people who pull a door shut without turning the handle. I'm not sure why this is suck a big issue to me. But allowing the tang to push the cam in makes 10 times more noise than necessary, especially at night. I can't really cite mechanism wear as it's trivial. But it just pisses me off.

Then you have doors that have sagged a bit so when you slam them the cam doesn't line up with the tang and they just bounce open again. Solution? Slam it harder. FFS.

Saying something about it would be petty; I know. Jeez i'm fucked up.
- posted by Lach @ 09:06 (0) comments

 
I haven't cried since my dog died in 2001. But on Saturday when Ty and I decided to part ways i had a good sob. I didn't expect it to hurt that much considering how our relationship had gone into a bit of a decline. Still it's for the best etc.

Now that he's worked his way up to a great body and some measure of independance he doesn't have to settle for someone like me. The world is his mollusc etc.

Hey this self-pity thing is quite a lark.

It's times like these I realise how I have lost touch with all my friends from uni. I was hanging with Ty's friends for a while but it would be uncomfortable to be around them now. Seems to be a recurring pattern in my life. Ie from Primary School -> Highschool; Highschool -> uni; Uni -> real life. I keep losing touch with mates. At least it's not too late to renew acquaintances with the guys. I'm not really a social person anyway. I am very guarded with my feelings etc.

Fran and I had a good long chat last night. He was very understanding etc. For a guy I have never met I feel like we could be great mates. But I don't want a relationship so soon after a failed one. We're going to see Harry Potter on Monday. Seems like an innocent outing.

Meanwhile I wasted a lot of money I shouldn't have by buying an MP3 player for my car and some new front speakers. I have a tendency to splurge on luxuries such as this while cost cutting on other more necessary items. Like saving for my next car service (front struts need to be replaced).

I get really envious when I talk to people who lived with their parents while going to uni. They didn't have to work all the time to pay rent and groceries etc. Consequently they come out with a degree and some savings. I know theres nothing I can do about it but it just makes me mad. My parents were great during uni. They gave all they could which I felt guilty about as my sister got into the Defence Force academy and hence was no burden at all. They were even going to get a loan to pay my way (on top of the mortgage) but I couldn't let that happen. So I worked my arse off at Safeway and at other cash jobs. I managed to pay my HECS up front the first 3 years. I think this makes me proud; as if I earnt my degree. Sure I didn't come out with honors like other people did and I had to spread the last 2 years over 3 so I could work more but it was a great introduction to my future life as lower-middle class.

The govt was no help at all. Basically the only way you could get youth allowance was to live at home. The system is so biased towards those families who live hand to mouth instead of saving and paying their own way. I got a grand total of $150 of rent assistance and youth allowance, and about $500 by trading my potential youth allowance (which I was never going to get) for a DEET loan. Which I am still paying back.

The End.
- posted by Lach @ 09:33 (0) comments