I'm back....
...but for how long?
Ok I know it has been a long time since my last post but hey...priorities y'know!
A great deal has been happening in my life and I will run through very briefly (ok maybe NOT so briefly) a few in no particular order.
Home front: I love my co-op house. Living alone has been SOOOOO DAMN GOOD!!!! Sure the place is tiny but it is ALL MINE! I regularly have friends visiting esp now I have my pool up and the heat is beating down. There is nothing better than lazing out in te pool with a good book in my dinghy and a coldy on the table in the centre of the pool. I intend to have poker sessions in the pool too. $10 and you r in. I have even found plastic cards :)
Many of you will know that bruce has moved in next door...well ok...has ben in the process of moving in over the past month...but he is almost in now :) Tres cool. He has a bbq and I have the pool...perfect combination! My surround sound dvd setup still rocks and my dvd library is exploding with around 200 legitimate dvds now. Who needs tv?
Now after having lived here for almost 2 years its about time I organised some kind of housewarming!
Work front: Well I have left Gloria Jeans. It really wasnt enjoyable. Though I do miss flirting with some of the regular customers. And the free Voltages (the BEST iced coffee ever). I still pop in and try to persuade my former workmates to get out of there. But they seem content to be unhappy there. Good luck to them.
I am now working at Stellar which is a call centre created by Telstra to handle some of their inbound calls. I know it seems odd that I am working for a former monopoly (with an ongoing monopolistic mentality) but at the moment I am simply being pragmatic and leaving my idealism out of the equation. It is temporary. I am in the mobile plus section which deals with most mobile enquiries. There is SO MUCH to know. and SO MUCH I dont! It can be pretty scary when the situation is SO complicated that I have to searcg through over 12 different pages of info only to find that I have to transfer them. Anyway, the saving grace is that it isnt something I am too emotionally connected to so I can leave it behind when I go home. My hrs at the mo are 4.45 in the arvo to 11 at night. this is great as I have the whole day to do my own thing. It does mean that I have little opportunity to do any extra curricular activities though. So no choir for me :(.
When things are slow in the centre I play chess with fellow work mates or read so it isnt too bad. And some of the girls are kinda cute. Not sure if I want to pursue anything with anyone there though.
Study front: It is getting to crunch time re my counselling course. I cannot attend the final tutes as it is during my wk hrs. I have until mid april to get my assignement completed. So all I need to do is actually find out what they actually are and pace myself to do a few a week and it'll be done. Shouldnt be a problem as there is little research involved. It is more how I can integrate the information already recieved. A walk in the park :).
Relationships: Well Adria and I have been together for 9 mnts now which is kind of a surprise to both of us! But hey I'm still enjoying myself and so is she...so yay!. We are still technically part of APT the adelaide swingers club but really the people there ARE a tad old, fat and ugly which doesnt really do it for either of us...She is actually meeting up with a man who is interested in her today for lunch. She is pretty popular with the guys. I love it. So long as I remain her primary partner I derive pleasure from her other interests :). I havnt seen much of my other interests recently as one has a somewhat possesive and jealous primary partner (who doesnt get along with me so well esp after adria made it clear she wasnt interested in HIM!) c'est la vie. Another is busy travelling and preparing to move interstate. Also adria was a little uncomfortable about her anyway. And the other is not quite sure what she wants...so I'm not pushing anything. I'll let her work it out for herself. Besides, I have been seeing so much of adria that, aside from lacking the variety which I enjoy, I really cant complain :).
Exracurricular: Music is still suffering. No choir and my viola needs restringing. Missing both. BUT on the positive side I am still doing my DJ/MC work though no enough of it. I am joining the Aquatic Centre Gym this week before my health care card expires. I am going to swim 3 times a week and visit the gym at least that often. I think in the morning around 9 ish when the workers are gone but the non workers are not yet awake. Should be perfect. I can do 10 laps (only 25 m a lap though) at the moment but I am buggered at the end of it. I am looking forward to being able to do 50 to 60 in 6 mnths time.
I am also doing my first musical in 7 years! I am doing Cabaret with the Hills musical society. It is a strong looking cast though I am wondering about the choice of emcee as he seems to be somewhat lacking in pitching ability! Oh yeah and there are some VERY sweet looking girls in it. We had our first rehearsal yesterday and a bunch went for drinks after (an important element of the theatre experience) and I already have my eye on one bright young thing. Well how could I not when she introduces the subject by saying that she wants to spend her 20s having passionate affairs and flings and is getting frustrated because it hasnt started to happen yet!!!!! I mean really...am I supposed to let that simply pass? I think not!
I think that will do for now. Lets see if I can keep this up for a change.
Ok I know it has been a long time since my last post but hey...priorities y'know!
A great deal has been happening in my life and I will run through very briefly (ok maybe NOT so briefly) a few in no particular order.
Home front: I love my co-op house. Living alone has been SOOOOO DAMN GOOD!!!! Sure the place is tiny but it is ALL MINE! I regularly have friends visiting esp now I have my pool up and the heat is beating down. There is nothing better than lazing out in te pool with a good book in my dinghy and a coldy on the table in the centre of the pool. I intend to have poker sessions in the pool too. $10 and you r in. I have even found plastic cards :)
Many of you will know that bruce has moved in next door...well ok...has ben in the process of moving in over the past month...but he is almost in now :) Tres cool. He has a bbq and I have the pool...perfect combination! My surround sound dvd setup still rocks and my dvd library is exploding with around 200 legitimate dvds now. Who needs tv?
Now after having lived here for almost 2 years its about time I organised some kind of housewarming!
Work front: Well I have left Gloria Jeans. It really wasnt enjoyable. Though I do miss flirting with some of the regular customers. And the free Voltages (the BEST iced coffee ever). I still pop in and try to persuade my former workmates to get out of there. But they seem content to be unhappy there. Good luck to them.
I am now working at Stellar which is a call centre created by Telstra to handle some of their inbound calls. I know it seems odd that I am working for a former monopoly (with an ongoing monopolistic mentality) but at the moment I am simply being pragmatic and leaving my idealism out of the equation. It is temporary. I am in the mobile plus section which deals with most mobile enquiries. There is SO MUCH to know. and SO MUCH I dont! It can be pretty scary when the situation is SO complicated that I have to searcg through over 12 different pages of info only to find that I have to transfer them. Anyway, the saving grace is that it isnt something I am too emotionally connected to so I can leave it behind when I go home. My hrs at the mo are 4.45 in the arvo to 11 at night. this is great as I have the whole day to do my own thing. It does mean that I have little opportunity to do any extra curricular activities though. So no choir for me :(.
When things are slow in the centre I play chess with fellow work mates or read so it isnt too bad. And some of the girls are kinda cute. Not sure if I want to pursue anything with anyone there though.
Study front: It is getting to crunch time re my counselling course. I cannot attend the final tutes as it is during my wk hrs. I have until mid april to get my assignement completed. So all I need to do is actually find out what they actually are and pace myself to do a few a week and it'll be done. Shouldnt be a problem as there is little research involved. It is more how I can integrate the information already recieved. A walk in the park :).
Relationships: Well Adria and I have been together for 9 mnts now which is kind of a surprise to both of us! But hey I'm still enjoying myself and so is she...so yay!. We are still technically part of APT the adelaide swingers club but really the people there ARE a tad old, fat and ugly which doesnt really do it for either of us...She is actually meeting up with a man who is interested in her today for lunch. She is pretty popular with the guys. I love it. So long as I remain her primary partner I derive pleasure from her other interests :). I havnt seen much of my other interests recently as one has a somewhat possesive and jealous primary partner (who doesnt get along with me so well esp after adria made it clear she wasnt interested in HIM!) c'est la vie. Another is busy travelling and preparing to move interstate. Also adria was a little uncomfortable about her anyway. And the other is not quite sure what she wants...so I'm not pushing anything. I'll let her work it out for herself. Besides, I have been seeing so much of adria that, aside from lacking the variety which I enjoy, I really cant complain :).
Exracurricular: Music is still suffering. No choir and my viola needs restringing. Missing both. BUT on the positive side I am still doing my DJ/MC work though no enough of it. I am joining the Aquatic Centre Gym this week before my health care card expires. I am going to swim 3 times a week and visit the gym at least that often. I think in the morning around 9 ish when the workers are gone but the non workers are not yet awake. Should be perfect. I can do 10 laps (only 25 m a lap though) at the moment but I am buggered at the end of it. I am looking forward to being able to do 50 to 60 in 6 mnths time.
I am also doing my first musical in 7 years! I am doing Cabaret with the Hills musical society. It is a strong looking cast though I am wondering about the choice of emcee as he seems to be somewhat lacking in pitching ability! Oh yeah and there are some VERY sweet looking girls in it. We had our first rehearsal yesterday and a bunch went for drinks after (an important element of the theatre experience) and I already have my eye on one bright young thing. Well how could I not when she introduces the subject by saying that she wants to spend her 20s having passionate affairs and flings and is getting frustrated because it hasnt started to happen yet!!!!! I mean really...am I supposed to let that simply pass? I think not!
I think that will do for now. Lets see if I can keep this up for a change.