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On Friday night I went to see an awesome pianist perform.  I didn’t know of him before I saw him and I can’t recall his name now, but it was entertaining and a lot of fun.  I was glad to spend the evening with a close friend I don’t see much, too.

The only problem was I must have been walking in a stranger way than usual because I came home with huge blisters in the most awful place – just under my big toe… sort of.

Anyway, this wouldn’t have bothered me if I didn’t have a 7 and a half hour shift on Saturday.  I’ve never had pain that bad in my feet.  Ever.

I did have a point, but now I can’t remember what it was.

[Ten minutes later] Oh yes I do remember.

I want to play Team Fortress 2 while I wait for the washing to finish but I just can’t bring myself to do it, especially after the whole crate thing happened.  Yes, I’m one of those people who is incredibly annoyed at the crate thing…  I don’t care what anyone says.  It’s a stupid idea that gives rich (or obsessive) people an advantage over people with lives.  I’d go into it further but I can’t be bothered.

The other thing is I got kicked out of the clan whose server I used to play on, so either I play on a server with strangers and put up with, “ZOMG GIRL ONLINE HURP,” or I play with the obnoxious and perverted people that kicked me out…

Why did I get kicked out, you ask?  The reason I was given was that I’m not active enough.  Of course, how selfish of me not to play online games while I’m overseas.  Coincidentally I was removed after I corrected the leaders’ grammar repeatedly, and he happens to be an aspiring writer.  For shame.  Whatever, I can do better.  I love Pants Party.

Since remembering what I wanted to say and ranting about it the washing has finished.

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I got a formspring account.  I don’t know what possessed me to do so, or its reasons for possessing me against my will.  Perhaps it was an intelligent alien lifeform… who knows.  Anyway, it’s here now and here to stay.  My question to you is,
do you dare..?

I finally got hours at work this week.  I didn’t get any work for two weeks before I left for New Zealand and then I returned home to find they’ve hired a charming group of younger, cheaper employees.  I’m here to tell you that the amount you pay for your staff represents the quality of work you’ll get.

This week I’ve been called in numerous times to cover for staff who can’t fill their shift or just don’t bother showing up.  If you put reliable staff on to start with, you won’t have this problem.  If the same thing happens next week I’m going to look for another job to sustain me until I hopefully return to university next year.

I’m sick and I’m still going to cover for someone today.  Customers better be nice to me or heads will roll.  I have some feral sort of headcold – nothing bad, but enough to irritate me with the sneezing and body aches.

Snags’ computer has died, which in turn means my gaming life is dead.  It feels too cruel to sit here playing games in front of him while he slaves over his computers carcass.  Instead I half-sleep on the couch watching movies, occasionally patting his back in a supporting manner.  This can’t go on forever though, Pokémon Black and White comes out this week and I will allow it to eat my life.

Time to prepare for work… Happy, happy, joy, joy.

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I haven’t updated since last year, can you believe it?

It shocks me every time I realise how long it has been since I last ranted and raved about something entirely useless… but onto more important matters…

I’ve been on the doorstep of three natural disasters in the past two months.  How unlucky could you possibly be?

I live in Queensland, Australia, which most of the world knows was almost entirely underwater before being battered by cyclones.  75% of my not-so-small state was declared a disaster zone in January.  It was so sad to watch my city, the third biggest city in Australia, be swallowed by the Brisbane River.  I stayed put on my hill that became an island for a few days.

The cyclones up north just proved what a tough state we are, with no deaths and two births during cyclone Yasi.  I’m not going to bother with meteorological details but believe me when I say it was pretty big.

It was very comforting to know that I live in such a strong community.  I volunteered to help with the clean-up but hundreds of people were getting turned away because there were simply too many volunteers.  The strength of humankind is only revealed through trying times.

Despite drought, flood, fire and cyclone, I still wouldn’t live anywhere else in the world.

Of course, the third natural disaster was much scarier.  I was in New Zealand for the Christchurch earthquake.   Luckily I was staying in Wellington and not too close to where the earthquake struck.  Apparently it was felt in Wellington, but I was driving over the Rimutaka Range at the time so my friends and I didn’t feel it.  We heard about it briefly on the radio but I only realised the extent of the damage to Christchurch when I got online and had received about 20 worried messages from friends and family asking if I was alive and okay.

The night before I left New Zealand there was an earthquake in Wellington which my friends and I definitely felt, but it wasn’t big enough to cause damage.  I love New Zealand but I was glad to be heading home, back to stable ground.  Floods and cyclones are one thing, but earthquakes strike without warning and are unlike anything I’ve ever felt before.

Mother Nature is a terrifying thing.

Given my own personal witness of the upheaval of the Earth and stirring of the weather, I can honestly say you’re a fool if you don’t believe something should be done about climate change.  It’s real, it’s here and it’s going to eat us.

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