Two Morons > One Genius ?

One thing that I hate with a passion are those "administrative tasks". They usually involve paperwork, paperwork and actual work. But I accept the fact that it is like cleaning you house. Pretty sucky but absolutely necessary.

So I'm getting my vaccinations and stuff done way before I'm going to actually do some clinical placement. But I'd rather get it done now, rather then later since now I'm still on holidays. Apparently TB screening is done with a skin test and results are in threee days later. So that's cool. This is one of those administrative tasks, but then again I don't want to be struck down by TB while in the hospital.

Now on to some rumours. Apparently, the Cumberland campus of USyd is going to be sold to UWS, and thus all USyd Cumberland students will have to move to the city campus. I don't know how true this is, as it is all hearsay (Damn you Wild Swans!) but supposedly, USyd is already constructing replacement buildings at the city campus. I just hope that if it is true, then the deal is going to take a while. This is selling an entire campus here. Maybe it will take 4-5 years for it to eventualise. By that time I already have my bachelor's and have no interuppted learning.

Another rumour of the mill. My brother mentioned that this years year 12s (the 07 12's) may not have a year 12 concert, since our previous concert by the 06 12's was "too explicit". Those last words coem from Cree. I was at first outraged, then patted myslef on the back until I calmed down. The sticky point is our final act, which was supposed to be a coordinated dance with some guys in skirts became...over-saturated...with people who joined in for fun and so made some new "moves" for it. That final act apparently freaked out the administrators (my word for the school's top brass, principal, deputy principals and whatnot) that they may not allow the 07 year 12 concert.

That said, the 07 12's seemed to be cursed with a bit of bad luck. Remember in year 10, when pretty much everyone in our year took early leave? Then the next year they forced everyone to stay at school? If the 07 12's concert is cancelled, then that's another notch of bad luck. Still, they get to be the class of (2)007, so that's fair. Their concert would have been good but not as good as our one. Hmmm...I recall saying that our final act couldn't be beaten because we had guys with skirts. If there is no 07 concert then that will ring true.

Massive rain for the past couple of days. It rains like hell, then stops for a while, then rains again. The repetition is pissy, but we need the water. If dam levels keep dropping, you better hope the desalination plant is finished or we might have to drink treated effulent. I don't have anything against it. I just reckon it should be more of a last resort option, if all other plans have failed.

Still haven't got my timetables. Has any USyd person got their timetables or received any hint about it? I just wonder what takes them so long. If UNSW can do theirs by now, then surely USyd can.

And something funny I've jsut discovered on Youtube. The CBS channel has put up clips from the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. It contains these stand-up jokes, mocking the news and US politics, some which would have been dynamite for MCing during the year 12 concert. I'm putting a clip below, but you do need some knowledge of recent and past events in the US. I get plenty of that through TIME magazine.