Let's take it slow...

I'm capped. Stop. Will post more later. Stop. Still here. Stop. Painful. Stop. Please let the pain. Stop.

Impossible Dream

Here's a little quote off Serena's blog

drummer of the doors, john densmore said this (in regards to rejecting an offer by cadillac for 15 million dollars to use a doors song in their commercial): "People lost their virginity to this music, got high for the first time to this music. I've had people say kids died in Vietnam istening to this music, other people say they know someone who didn't commit suicide because of this music…. On stage, when we played these songs, they felt mysterious and magic. That's not for rent."

The point being that music is something quite wonderful. Now there's plenty of music, that while are really good and all, just seem rather poppy. The music is nice for entertainment and that's about it. But in the ocean of sugary pop songs and repetitive beats, there are these songs that are fucking amazing. That these songs are mysterious, magical and powerful. Honestly I've never been into the whole "powerful, life-changing music" thing.

But.

This Honda advert pops up with what I feel as the most inspirational song ever. Holy crap. I'm going all sappy over a song that was written for a music back in 1965. Check out the ad below. This is one hell of a melding between video and music. Damn inspirational.



The song is The Impossible Dream, sung by Andy Williams.

All Power to the Imagination!

I beat Sophia in Brain Age. Granted the challenge was 30 simple calculations. Still, they can be tough stuff if you let your skills erode. I've being clocking in the 30-40 second range and the first time Sophia did the challenge she was in the minutes range. Unfortunately, Sophia can still claim the crown for Mario Kart DS, however, I'm not losing that badly. I think I have the mechanics worked out better and finished the game in the 50cc stage. Now up to 100cc and beyond.

That said, Brain Age is quite an interesting game. It's rival, Big Brain Academy, is a bit more colorful, but Brain Age has this cultish feel, as Sophia pointed out. To call it a game would be a tad incorrect. It's something you can give to a non-gamer and they would have a nice time playing. Mario Kart is relatively simplistic, but the mechanics of drifting, powersliding and getting the speed boost out of it is quite challenging. You really have to play the tracks several times to get a handle on when and where to drift. Next time, Sophia, I'm going to win.

Presentation is going well. My group has finished our slides and speeches and the final version has been tentatively named the HD version. No, not a High Definition Powerpoint presentation. A High Distinction Powerpoint presentation. A bit ambitious? A bit early? Perhaps, but we're not going to fail with this.

Playing Phoenix Wright Justice For All and Advance Wars Dual Strike. Dual Strike, for all its cartoony graphics, is starting to prove quite a challenge. Strategy fans should try and get a copy.

No uni tomorrow. Hell yeah. How about I make this post up to ya, eh?

Whatever Will Be, Will Be

I picked up my M3 Simply from the post office at 9am. I rushed home to test it out and it is some mad shit. Playing roms perfectly with no hitch, man, now that's $39 well spent. I just tested some video clip on it as well. It runs fine, although the sound is a bit scratched, probably to the smallish speakers. But it's pretty cool.

In a quick dicussion with a friend of mine, he stated that the Nintendo DS is crap because it has shit graphics, as compared to the Sony PSP. While I'll refrain from bagging out the PSP and putting the DS on a pedestal, I can't help but feel that he is misinformed. Games are not about graphics. The most important thing that makes or breaks a game is the gameplay. Yes, the graphics, story, etc of the game are important, but if you are not having fun playing a game with crap gameplay even with the latest graphics and whatnot. Tetris was a major game. It was addictive. Even now you can find freeware versions of Tetris floating around with people still playing them. Compared to today, it has shit graphics, but does that automatically make it a shit game? No.

Actually, that rant was supposed to be way longer, but it soon became a "DS is the best! PSP is crap!" kinda thing. Both handhelds have their pros and cons, and well, I'm naturally biased towards the DS.

And did you hear? Some teenage girl in the US is sueing her school, because they showed "Brokeback Mountain" and it has caused her grave psychological damage. WTF? Psychological damage? She's a teenager, so she knows about homosexuality, and I fail to see what could cause grave psychological damage in the film. It's not some hardcore gay porn film that involves death and blood. Kinda pisses me off that some people make a huge deal about something trivial. Only in the US, eh?

Anatomy exam results came back and I'm a bit down. I didn't fail. I passed. But I didn't get a great mark. Still that balances out the good feelings of my previous exam of 96.3%. Well, it was only a half-yearly, so I'm determined to do better for the yearly exam.

Like, zomg, the end scene for the dubbed english Naruto series. So it'll be really popular.

I have been the dullest of stars.

Just loving my DS at the moment. So it's a bit tough trying to maintain an even balance of uni work and gaming, but I've been leaning towards work more than gaming. I can save at any time, so it doesn't really matter. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney is finished and I have to say that it is an amazing game. 4.5 out 5. It can be fiendishly difficult though, especially the last two cases and you will either do a lot of reloading your save game or checking out a walkthrough for hints. But it's a cool game, nice graphics, great music and awesome gameplay. As soon as my M3 DS Simply arrives, I'm getting the sequel, Justice For All.

Uni has been good. With most of the basics out of the way, some of the work is getting interesting. We're doing theory work for doing chest and wrist x-rays and it changes some preconceptions. I used to think that D.R was a simple job with lots of button pushing, but that's only true for the regular cases. There will be cases that conventional techiques can't accomodate, so we have to compromise. Like people with arthritis in the hands can place their hands flat on the cassette, so they have to hold their hands upwards in a "ballcatchers" position. Not a perfect diagnostic image, but decent enough so the doctors can diagnose.

Oh yeah, CPR certification today. It only went for aboout 3 hours. It's hella easy. It used to be a whole lot detailed and harder but because there were different procedures for adults, kids and infants and a lot of exceptions to when to perform CPR, the CPR procedure has been trimmed down, so it's really easy. DangerResponseAirwayBreathingCompression. 2 breaths for every 30 compressions. 100 compressions in a minute. Keep going until you're physically unable to continue, the ambos take over, or a doctor or similar says the victim is dead. The test was a bit of a joke. Anyone with a bit of common sense would have aced it. So now I wait for my certificate to come in.

My exam results for homeostatsis, cell and basic chem came back at 96.3% which is pretty good. 12 people hit 100%. So still good overall.

And I'm continuing to blog. At least twice a week. Until next time.

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
- William Hazlitt

Breath by breath, Death by death

My copy of Advance Wars: Dual Strike arrived today! It only took 5 days, but it was kinda my fault since I transferred the money before they gave me an ID number to put on the direct deposit. My M3 Simply, which will allow we to play downloaded games, music and whatnot, is currently on the move and will land in my lap in 2 days or so I hope.

I had my radiation protection test today. I say test, but it was only 10 MCQ with 40 minutes to do it. I finished in around 10 and left soon afterwards, only to realise I answered one of the question wrong. That's because initially you couldn't leave so I had to wait for 10 minutes before the dude changed his mind. So during that time I started to question myself. Damn. Oh well, 9/10 is still good.

Saw Land today at around noon. She was about to have her first anatomy lab session. Said hello and asked a bit about how the med course was going. I tried to see if I could find Jessica Nghiem as well, but couldn't find her.

Had my D.R prac on how to take an x-ray of a hand. It all seems pretty simply, but the lecturer had a whole bunch of tips that made the whole process even simpler, with less chance of mistakes. The key was to start off doing the right thing and everything else flowed from that. Then we got into groups and started doing it for real. It did seem scary at first, because there were all these settings, but for hands there is pretty narrow range of settings, so it went cool. The best number to get was 2.1 for the exposure index, in other words a perfect shot. Our first attempt was 2.5, but the second one was probably better since we had more accurate settings. Didn't get a chance to check out our second attempt though. Bummer.

Now to finish off Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney!

Too looney for uni

So after my anatomy exam, to build up some cheer (because I reckon I did crap), I dashed over to Parramatta and bought myself a Nintendo DS Lite and Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney. The console is much better than I ever anticipated, the touch screen, the dual screen...It's pretty awesome. And Ace Attorney is a fun game. You gather clues and defend your client in court. It's so fun when you find a contradiction and yell out "OBJECTION!".

As you can see it's a white DS, because all they had at the time was white and pink. I would have prefered black but it's not really important.

The new DS Lite is balanced out but the fact that my chair has decided to put out its spine. I've been using this chair for nigh on 4 years, swivelling back and forth, rolling from desk to computer in many a late night assignment or whatnot. The screw has busted it self to pieces so this is what you get.
DS time baby!

The more alternatives, the more difficult the choice.

The decision has been made.

I will be buying a Nintendo DS Lite.

Thanks, but no thanks Jimmy, I'll handle this transaction.

And 17 Seftoners on Facebook? You reckon it's worth joining?

When the dagger digs too deep

Funniest thing happened today during our anatomy lecture. The topic is respiratory physiology and we're talking about lung cancer. Our lecturer is saying that when smokers have a bad cough and it goes on for several months, it's a possible sign of lung cancer, someone in the room blurts out "Oh shit..." quietly but distinctly. Everyone starts laughing and even the lecturer is grinning. I mean, that's some perfect timing and emotion right there.

The other smokers in the room might be getting uncomfortable, but I doubt they'll quit. I have nothing against smokers really. If they know the risks and they keep smoking, well, it's their body. We can tell them all the risks but it's to them to quit. Though I do wonder why people do smoke, regardless of the risks? Social reasons? Peer pressure? Looking cool?

Anatomy exam is going to be tough. I'm studying as best I can, but I'm not that confident. I'll probably pass but definitely not a distinction or anything.

I would really like a DS. I'm deciding whether to actually buy one or not. One part of me says go for it, the other parts starts weighing up the pros, cons, expenses and alternatives. I might get it. Or maybe not.

We were supposed to have a radiation protection lecture today, but our lecturer totally forgot about it. He was so into helping some third-year student that he lost track of time. And he didn't realise that he had a lecture tomorrow either! At least our protection test will be scaled down since there's no way now to get all the lectures done on time.

Until next time.

MCCCXXXVII

The mid-semester exams are making everyone serious. People now spend their time studying or discussing the subject. Even I have been spending some extra study time in the library. Woah!

Human Biology test today, encompassing the cell homeostatis and basic chem. It's probably the easiest test, we'll ever have. Only 40 minutes and all multiple choice questions. I'm a bit worried about the anatomy test, since there is a shitload of muscles and ligaments to remember. It's a week from now, so that gives me some time to study.

What I am going to do these weekends is to clean up my computer. I have all this stuff accumulated on my hard drive over the years. My Documents is so messy I have trouble finding stuff and don't even talk about my downloads folder. Some cleaning and a little defrag.


No updates for a while eh? Between the studying and being on the razor's edge of being capped, the internet has been ignored for quite some time. It slightly safer to use the net, only since my limits reset next month, which is like 3 sleeps away. So until then, no Naruto, no Bleach, no House and no Doctor Who. I've only missed a week or so, I'll probably be fine.

Study, study study....

I've divided by zero! Oh shi-

Haven't blogged recently, so sorry about that. Mid-semester exams are ninja-ing towards me, and I have to start taking some action before I get ninja-ed.

Since yesterday, most of the lectures have finished early, mainly due to the lecturers tying up odds and ends in preparation of exams. Coming back from the break was such a slog. Once you get used to lounging around at home, having to wake up and get to Uni on time so that you don't miss that essential lecture becomes hard. But there are some lectures that I don't want to miss and there are some that I can, so eventually things will balance out.

Work on our group presentation is progressing well, if slowly. Apparently other groups haven't even started. Things will get complicated nearer to the due date, so that's why our group is (attempting) to start now, to lay down the framework, so after exams, we can get this thing done.

Back to study now. Unfortunately, cramming is much less effective now, and I have a lot of shit to revise. So here's a little something for the short post:

Prepare for Glory

The mini-reunion was...well...mini. I guess sloppy organisational work, and private work prevented more people from attending. But just because it was small, didn't mean that the entire day was wasted.

So only eight people showed up, including me:

• Jack
• Lesley
• Alex
• Charles
• Kathy
• Land

On the way to the movies, we shared tales and stories from uni, and there was quite a nice representation of the unis Seftoners went to, USyd, UNSW, UWS and MacU. We had 3 Com/Laws, 1 Engo, 1 Pharm and 1 Med. But enough of that. What happened?

300 happened, that's what. This is not really a film that you would analyse about the plot, characters or symbolism. This is a movie to be enjoyed with your brain switched off and taking the delights of the raw, visceral action onscreen. I found 300 to match the hype. It is an excellent action movie with some witty dialogue. And it looks and sounds fucking gorgeous! Best line of the movie? There's plenty, but for me personally, is when Leonidas starts to walk off to talk to Xerxes and he says There's no reason we can't be civil, is there? and one of the Spartans replies Not at all, my lord while plunging his spear into the chest of a wounded Persian.

After we finished watching the movie, we walked down to Market City, and stopped by the food court. A whole bunch of food on offer, but I bought a kebab and chips. You can't go wrong with kebabs unless you OD on the garlic sauce. More talking this time, everyone was sharing their experiences about driving, with everyone present either has the Ls or Ps. Apparently, Lesley's tutor class thinks he's gay, because of the whole skirt dancing thing at the concert.

Galaxyworld was next but not a lot of money was spent. We did the rounds and the girls managed to racked up like 100-something tickets. I went to one of the games and on my second try managed to score 500 tickets. Phuong, if you're reading this, it was that Wheel of Fortune game. Added with some other tickets I think the final reading was like 600-something tickets. My tokens were gone by then though. Well another day.

From there, we walked to Central and headed off, getting off at our respective stations. Seriously, I would mind another day like this (with more people maybe) but that's maybe later down the track. It's just interesting to hear other people's uni experiences and catch up with some old friends. Maybe near the end of the year or something. We can organise something bigger.

When 300 comes out on DVD, I'm buying it. Seriously, it's a keeper.

200 posts on this blog. Quite a long time, considering the length of other Seftoner blogs. Hopefully, this will keep going for a while longer.

Beware of the Bug

Ah Monday. Easter Monday. Supposed day of rest for the just. But I should know better. There's no rest for the weary.

Tomorrow is a little day out for Seftoners, but already it has hit a snag. Phuong, the other organiser, has managed to fall sick today. So she's out and that catches me flat-footed, since I don't know the city as well as her. So now I have to break out the street directory and Google Maps. Now shit happens, on a daily basis, but apparently Phuong has frequently cancelled at the last minute before. It's like some bug takes out Phuong right before events that she organises or whatnot. I heard that she cancelled on Land and didn't even tell her, so Land stood waiting at the cinema for ages.

But again shit happens. Phuong is hit with nausea like a sledgehammer pounding her stomach. So if she can't go out at all tomorrow, then there's nothing much anyone can do. So, Phuong, stay home and get better. I was about to say "Don't do this sort of shit again" but there's enough anecdotal evidence that it will.

The mini-reunion thingo is still on, but I might have to take it slow otherwise we'll get lost, or maybe call the day short. Just rock up anyway. At least we get to find out how uni life has been treating you.

Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.

Note to self. It is possible to make your own poster on the cheap. That said it took a little bit of effort to finely align the separate papers together to from the overall poster. That said I think it looks quite nice.

All in all it took nine pieces of glossy photo paper to print out. I was about to do a 5x5 piece but the picture was a bit stretched and the pixellated. I still have a bunch of glossy papers left. So maybe another one another time. But I'm running out of useable wall space.

So I had to do a few errands today which involved a little bit of driving. Driving's cool until you run into a bunch of idiots that just make you swear. On one stretch of road, this sports car stopped and the driver had a conversation with some dude outside. Stopped right in the middle of the road. Just having a chat. Oblivious to the fact that a 20m line of cars were waiting. I was about to toot the horn, but the Toyota car just ahead to me probably had a pissed driver. The Toyato gunned the engine, and overtook the sports car but, deliberately I think, rammed the tailgate of teh sports car and took off. The drivers of the sports car chucked a fit and took off to hunt down the Hilux that rammed him. The sports car only went for about a 100m before smoke poured out. Serves the bastard right. I hope he cries tonight.

Happy long weekend people.

Those Who Learn Must Suffer

I've finished my radiation shielding assignment and submitted it today. It's like a burden has been lifted from my shoulders. Now I can focus on my other assignment. So far I have only 2 assignments and consider myself lucky since other courses have much more.

Next week is the recess week. So an entire week off to take stock on how Uni is going. And it's going quite well. Also tomorrow I only have 2 hours worth of lectures before finishing at 2pm. I might have to take public transport home since my brother doesn't finish his exams till 3pm. Then Good Friday.

Which is good, since I have to go over to my aunt's house to check her computer. The net access is fuzzy and apparently keeps dropping. It might be TPG's fault but I'll probably do that ant-virus and spyware thing before making any conclusions. And I have to go on Friday, because on Saturday it's my other aunt's birthday, so a whole bunch of people will be getting together, and that gives me a reason to clean up my room. Papers and books everywhere man. A little bit of mess has been proven to increase productivity and efficiency, but I way beyond the threshold. So some cleaning to do.

The worst nightmare for a Uni student? No, scratch that. One of the worst nightmares for Uni students? To find out that you somehow forgot totally about an assignment and find out it's due tomorrow. Now that's some pressure. This was basically decided when I was chatting with Nam over MSN.

Me: that's like 4 assignments
Me: they'll sneak up on ya and ambush you for sure
Nam: gee steven, i'll sleep soundly tonight.
Nam: T__T!
Me: you're minding you're own business one night
Me: then one assignment pops out "sneak attack!"
Me: and it'll be due like tomorrow or something
Nam: omfg
Nam: worst nightmare
Nam: EVER.

Anyway, besides a mini-reunion day for Seftoners during the break, I'm planning to do a little test. I'm a big fan of Evangelion, and you may remember me mentioning that I had a poster of a Dalek from the new series of Doctor Who. Well, I've been keeping an eye out for some Evangelion posters, but none seem to be around that suited me. But here's a pic that I like:
Apparently that's a Nissan Skyline in the background. So I'm planning on splitting the bigger version of the image in smaller A4 sized sheets of paper, so I can make my own poster of it. Of course, this means some glossy or photo paper and a bit of ink. So I have to buy a new colour ink cartridge and some paper. Probably do a stop at Officeworks after I finish fixing my aunt's comp. I'll report later on how that goes.

Until next time.

From Death comes Life

What a day! I don't like Mondays, simply because it means the start of a new week that I have to slog through. At least, the week long easter break is holding promise. It's like a brief respite before diving once more into the storm.

Anatomy practical today, as always. It was pretty good. We had to identify the bones and joints of the lower limb, so the lab people gave us like an entire leg to examine. But we could tell that the leg once belonged to a guy. Because it was still attached and cut in half. Our group refused to flip it over, but apparently all the plumbing and glands are still intact and in relatively good condition.

Then came the dreaded 3 hour break. I don't know why they put such massive breaks in. I don't need 3 hours for a break. Give me a hour or a hour and a half at the most. My group meeting for our presentation was cut short, because we all honestly agreed that any work done would be minimal and possibly non-constructive. So I dashed off to lunch and had a chat with Sophia before her next lecture. It's fun to find out what other courses are like and how things are going with old schoolmates.

But the highlight of the day...well...one of the highlights of the day was when I went to the iPoint counter to book a CPR course before my clinical. iPoint is the frontdesk of the student guild of Cumbo. Anyway, during my short walk there, I noticed two guys with two paper plates full of whipped cream. I was like 'wtf?' because I thought they were going to eat it or something. So I get to the counter and as I wait, there's some birthday party going on, and, yes, the two guys picked up their plates, circled around then shoved the cream into the faces of the two (presumably) birthday girls. Hilarious. Hilarious. One girl didn't take well and was pretty peeved off at getting whipped cream on her face and hair. The other girl took it better, but was stumbling around because the cream was messing up her contacts. Hey, that gives me an idea! Whose birthday is up soon?

Lectures were the same as usual, and my last lecture was with our Borat-sounding lecturer. Against mostly basic chemistry, so I booted up my iPod and took it easy for the hour. The second highlight of the day was when U2's Beautiful Day came up. I don't know why, but that song always bring a smile to my face for some reason. I can have a shitty day, listen to Beautiful Day and it will cheer me up a bit.

Any movies worth watching? I'm liking Mr Bean's Holiday, 300, and Pirates of teh Carribbean: At World's End, but it does kind of suck watching it alone. So if you're planning to go watch a movie during the easter break or even on the weekends, just give me a heads up. I'm usually free on Fridays and the weekends.

DOCTOR WHO SEASON THREE EPISODE ONE WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY!

THE DOCTOR IS BACK!

Power Corrupts but, Traffic Enforcement Power Corrupts Irrationally

I should have posted yesterday, but I was busy procrastinating over my assignment. And browsing the depths of Youtube didn't help either. So now the weekend is being spent to finish off my assignment.

Attempted to play cricket at Uni yesterday, but it was raining like hell. So we didn't get much of a game out of it. Still, we do have nets and a cricket field. It's pretty awesome, except it is a bit of a walk to get there and back.

I had a look at some of the Physics stuff Charles was doing for his Engineering course. And it looks pretty hard. That said this is just browsing the (shitty) lecture notes and past papers. Maybe I'll understand better if I actually attended the lectures. Or maybe not. But the physics in MRS is so much easier. It's pretty basic so far, so I'm breezing along.

Arrgh, the assignment is still on my mind. I'm trying not to procrastinate, but I always seem to find stuff to take my attention away. Youtube is the main killer right now. It's probably the largest collection of human ingenuity and stupidity in one place. So to compensate for this (alarmingly) short post, here's a little something something called Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show:

Directly to Your Brain

Wednesday is a packed day. 4 straight hours of lectures, then a measley one hour break, then another 2 hours. The sheer amount of information that has to be processed is staggering and most of the break is spent eating some food so you can process more information.

A 2 hour period of lectures was spent in R035, the coldest place on Earth. It was freezing and jumpers and jackets were put on in order to stave off the cold. The tiredness and coldness actually sent me to sleep. Well, only in the last 15 minutes of the lecture. Before, I was just closing my eyes and listening to the lecturer and popping up every now and then to take some notes. Then it got to the point that I closed my eyes and when I opened them the lecture just ended. All I remember was Compton radiation scatter then the lecture finished.

That said, the science part of the lectures were pretty cool, especially on radioactivity. The maths was managable, the lecturer was cheery and funny and it was smooth sailing. Radiation protection is next on the list, but it is a bit bland and dry, despite being very important. With proper protection and stringent guidelines (because rules were meant to be broken) the radiographer won't receive any over exposure to radiation, with the exception of the normal background radiation.

I finished my draft of my radiation shielding essay, so now it's just a matter to fixing it up, staying within the 500 word limit and getting my reference list in order. It's due next week, so that's plenty of time. Though, it's probably likely that I'll end up typing the final copy at the last minute, under pressure. You know what they say. No pressure, no diamonds.

Doctor Who season 3 is so close yet so far. So instead to posting a random hot chick pic, here's a little teaser trailer for Doctor Who season 3.

Dead from Beyond

Trying to get my assignment done, typing an essay can be hard when you have know idea on what to say. Anatomy practical today. Hella cool lesson. We received the upper chest and head that had been cleanly sliced in half. Some group even got a half a brain. It was mainly focused on muscles of the upper back and upper limb. So you learn stuff and get grossed out by an actual cadaver.

Today was the short day of the uni week. Altogether it was a 3 hour day, but it was the 4 hour breaks that lengthened the day. Diag Rad has it pretty good considering we get well-scheduled breaks. The Speech Path people usually have their entire day in chucks with no breaks. Ouch.

The best way to spend your 3-hour break? Playing pool. That said, we were playing it Asian style. It's $2 a game, so we have a few guys blocking the holes to prevent the balls from falling in. So we can get multiple games for the price of one.

Short post this one, so to compensate, you'll get the usual- some random hot chick. Must get back to work. Damn.

The End of the World

Two movies to look out for. Frank Miller's 300 which is hella cool and hardcore. This is a movie that I have to see in the cinemas. Forget P2P. I want my giant screen and surround sound. The second movie is Pirates of the Carribbean: At World's End. After the "what-the-fuck?!" ending of Dead Man's Chest, I want to see what happens next and how they wrap up the sucker. Will there be a fourth? I don't know. But I think that a trilogy is very good and there's no need to start pushing four unless the script is really good.

USyd's FHS is not that bad Jack. Okay so maybe it doesn't have loads of Seftoners, but more doesn't necessarily mean better. I know Charles was like "why don't you go to UNSW?". My response was "it doesn't have my wanted course." Well, it doesn't have this exact course, Medical Radiation Science (Diagnostic Radiography). Well, I could have done a Bachelor of Science at UNSW, specialising in Radiation Science (or similar), but it's not medical-orientated. That and this course is accredited. Anyway, the small-town feeling of FHS is not detrimental.

The Modern physics practical was pretty cool. Loads of people should up because the scheduling was screwed up and the two lecturers were like "OMGWTFBBQ!". We were simulating radioactive decay using cubes with one side painted black. If the the black side showed up, then that nuclei had decayed and was removed. And we had to draw the required graphs and so on. It's not too bad. I mean, there is a bit of maths involved, but nothing that can't be done with a little thinking and a calculator. Definitely not anything 4-unit.

So the PS3 came out last night/early this morning. The only thing I've decided about it, is that I'm not going to get it. The price is probably the main factor. A grand is a lot of money to sink to a console and not to mention the $90 to $100 cost of games. I know one guy has bought a PS3 and a true HD plasma tv to go along with it. Now that's dedication...and a deep pocket. Me? My pockets aren't that deep. Of course, that still leaves the Wii and the Xbox360 which are reasonably cheaper. Still tossing up on actually whether to get a next-gen console. Maybe soon. Maybe later.

And of course, this Saturday is the business end of being 18 and over. Having to vote in the state election. Since I'm an intensely non-political creature, the thought of actually voting for someone makes me cringe. That and my cynical nature on voting. Basically, we have three choices. Labour, Liberal or the Independants. All three sides are equally the lying and cunning scumbags that they are, yet voting may make a difference to the state of affairs of the state and nation. Of course, whether any party will actually make a difference if voted is debateable. It is likely that Labour will fix shit up in NSW, or the Liberals will make it worse, or the Independants...do what Independants do. Damn these decisions.

In the world of anime, I've been mainly keeping up to date with Bleach and Naruto Shippuuden. So no new anime really. I can't be bothered keeping up with loads of series. MAybe the odd 26-ep anime, but not an on-going series. I am reading the Naruto manga though, and it's exciting stuff. Too bad it only comes out weekly. I've been following House Season 3 and bits and pieces of Heroes on TV. I'm waiting for the new season of Doctor Who that comes out this month. That's about that.


Until next time.