Life’s been full on since I started my new job. So I’ll go from top down…

Social life: went to a wedding, there were light sabres involved - very cool. The most difficult thing for me, was realising I still had some issues to work through regarding cross dressing males. I sat next to a really lovely man. His girlfriend was there at the same table, she was pregnant, glowing, gorgeous! and you could see they loved eachother. My only problem, was when I saw him standing, and he was wearing a skirt, with high heels, waxed legs, and painted toenails - that caused me some issues. However, I focussed on the man, and not my memories of when I walked in on X, and he was wearing less than this bloke.

I’ve been invited out to a few social events through my new job already. New geek friends have been made, and I’m happy, got a ball to go to, dinners, movie nights.. it’s all happening!

Personal life: Things are happy in that department. I miss him though. Does anyone know a good immigration lawyer?
Family life: love my parents, I have been showing them the photo’s that I have taken over time with MM. They are pretty impressed with those too! The URL for that is: http://wingbitch.com/gallery/

Work: I’m still learning new stuff, I think my idea of a lot of work, and others ideas of a lot of work are vastly different. The new team I have are great. Very intelligent bunch of people that I am happy to look after.

I have taken on 4 new staff from my old team at my old work. They all got jobs now!! On the sad story side, the rest of the department I worked in was made redundant this week, about 60 call centre staff all gone, including team leaders. There’s only skeleton staff there now, and they are all expecting the Axe to fall soon. The assholes, I hope the shareholders rot in hell. They deserved to be treated better than that.

Health: I’ve started changing a few aspects of my life to push me into being a more rounded person. I have been investigating the Raw food lifestyle and downloading podcasts on the subject. It seems like it would be ideal. Essentially, it’s eating all food the way nature intended - uncooked. I am talking about vegetables only, not meats or dairy. Going 100% raw is a bit extreme I think at this stage as I am still investigating, but I think if I can do 50/50 that would be good. I’m also cutting out coffee, to one per day. No more, no less. I have also got a latin dancing DVD that I am picking up at the post office tomorrow, that’s exciting! I like latin dancing and I’m waiting for my food chopper thingy to arrive!

Tenancy Blues: Alas, Alack, my landlord has mentioned the word - rent increase. Yet another, less than 3 months after the previous ones. He wants to redo the flat, and bump up the rent to $300 per week. I know someone will pay that much for it, but it’s not going to be me. I will have to find another place to live, and I may have something sussed in Subiaco, I hope.

That about it, nothing pithy. I feel angsty about my old work, but we have to move on from that. I am excited about my new job, and my new life that’s starting. I am on the way to something great.

Who in their right mind would buy a pet groomer for their pet.. and subject it to such torture. Eventually the advert will disappear into the Internet ether, so I’ll repost the content from the website - dealsdirect.com.au

Show your pet how much you love them with this amazing groomer. The built-in ionic deoderiser works like a magnet to draw dirt and dust away from your pet’s hair, leaving fur soft, shiny and fresh. The adjustable groom allows you to set the comb length for all types of pet hair, be it your husky’s long fur or the sleek, short fur of your Siamese cat.
For the perfect groom without piles of fur on the floor or countertop you can even attach the Pet Vac Fur Master to your standard vacuum cleaner hose via the included rubberised hose connector. The result? A clean, allergy free home and a happy, healthy pet that shines!

FEATURES:

• Pet Vac Fur Master Pet Deshedding System.
• A well groomed pet is a healthier and happier pet!
• Instantly remove dust, dirt and dead hair.
• Adjustable comb to suit all types and lengths of hair from short to long.
• Unique stream of positive ions cleanse fur, leaving it soft and restored of shine.
• Attaches to your standard vacuum hose via flexible rubberised connection (3.5″ diameter connection).
• Anti-shedding design.
• Ionic technology.
• LED indicator.
• Slide brush for easy hair removal.
• Requires 1 x 9v battery (not included).

It attaches to a VACUUM HOSE?

Hands up pet owners who believe a cat or dog, would willingly hang around a loud noisy vacuum cleaner that’s switched on and sucking away at the dirty and fur on the carpet?

That’s rather torturous!! Imagine the scene now..

“here kitty kitty, it’s time for your ionic pet vac fur master”

*mwraawr?*

“trust me it won’t hurt a bit”

[clicking noise attaching the Per Vac Fur Master attachment to the hose]

*mwrrraaawr?* [cat rubs itself on your leg, and stares at you lovingly]

[flicks switch]

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE [cat fluffs up and hides under the couch, slashing at your ankles on the way past]

“here kitty - wait? where are you going? Don’t you want your fur sucked clean by the latest in Pet grooming technology?”

The things some people will do. I think it’s a creation made by those who hate pets.

Let it be known, that on 08 April 2008, I the owner of this blog - discovered that my next door neighbour’s dlink router was unsecured, and broadcasting so I could seemlessly connect to her internet without thinking twice..

However, it was more of a pain in the ass, since my laptop kept logging into her router before it would log into mine. So really, I had no choice if I didn’t want to keep screwing around with the network settings so I could connect using my own wireless  connection.

So.. I did the basic check, which dlink was it, did it want 192.168.1.1 or.. 10.1.1.1 - ended up being 10.1.1.1; nice time to have a wander inside the router, damn.. she has a better ATT than I do! Beeyotch! I noticed last night she was using dodo, so I wanted to see what her isp username was - and there it was - it was my nextdoor neighbour, and she had 3 other people using her connection. bwahaha.

So being the good neighbour I was, I knocked on her door. She answered it, it was late, and I’m like ‘hiiiii do you have adsl? did you get it connected recently?’ and she replied that she did, and she’d had it for ages. So I went in for the kill. ‘do you use a wireless router?’ Yes she does.. ‘Your router has no password, and I keep connecting to it accidently, and whilst I was connected, I logged in and you have 3 other people using your internet if you don’t own more than 1 computer’

Her face.. a sight to behold. “thank’s so much!!” she uttered as she basically slammed the door and you could hear her starting to have a go at her boyfriend.

I didn’t have the heart to tell her it’s been unsecured for more than a couple of weeks.  Who knows who else has been using it. I did also tell her there were about 20 other wireless networks in the building, and hers was the only unsecured one.

That’s my good deed for the day..

I’ve been at work for a few weeks now - starting to get settled in and enjoying it. I’ve been doing my own induction, finding out all the info I need to find out, I still don’t know enough. It’s great though, I still think I am the luckiest person in the world, working in the industry I still have passion for.

I went ice-skating tonight with one of my besties. I was terrified I was going to fall over and hurt my knee again like I did all those years ago. I think I’ll go back again, if only because I remembered how much I enjoyed it. just wandering around in a circle, around and around.  I think I might take my ipod because I think it’s about the only thing I can think of where you can be alone in a crowd, and not look out of place.  Brought back a lot of memories, some good and some bad.

Sorry if anyone takes offense to the title. I’m pretty upset about some news I heard today about my old team from my old workplace.

They all got escorted out the building today, made redundant as their jobs have just been taken over by an overseas call centre.

I feel so bad for them. I’m hoping they will get jobs where I am working at now. Fucking irrational business decisions.  No one can tell me that it’s a good thing when people lose their jobs like this. Even if we are in an employment boom.  I guess that means the rest of the call centre will be going soon.

If they weren’t offered jobs in the main call centre for customer service, I don’t hold out much hope for the rest of the people I have worked with over the last 4 years.  It hasn’t even been three weeks since I left.

I’m running on empty at the moment - new job leads to lack of brainage. On the plus side, I now get to fight it out, Eagle V Dockers for the next 6 months! Ahhh inter office rivalry. I can’t comment on work too much obviously, but let me just say, that I have seriously heard some of the most stupid people tonight when I was listening to calls. Word to the wise - don’t switch off your antivirus software when downloading with limewire; Don’t muck around with the MDF if you live in a block of flats in an attempt to do your own telephone wiring, and DON’T threaten to beat up telephone technicians.

Secondly, last night there was fire, but not in my flat. The neighbours below decided to have a BBQ with those smokey coals thingies. The BBQ caught fire, and I had smoke billowing upwards into MY unit; into MY flat; setting off MY smoke alarm. Stupid people. Next time they want portuguese chicken, they should go to Nandos.

Now, I use facebook, good to keep up with old friends and workmates, and less emo than myspaz. That being said, I am using the Ignore function to ignore many invitations, and the numbers of invites I get are dropping by the dozen every day. I found a 12 step fuck you about facebook, so I thought I would post it here. If I knew who wrote it, I’d say thanks.

To get you into the mood of this post. Here is some foamy, watch it - think Foamy.

THE 12 FUCK YOUS OF FACEBOOK!

Fuck You Number ONE

OK PEOPLE STOP POSTING GOODNIGHTS ON FACEBOOK. ITS NOT LIKE FACEBOOK IS UR FUCKING HUSBAND OR WIFE TO SAY GOOD NIGHT DUMBASS.

Fuck You number TWO

There is NO SUCH THING as a FACEBOOK Tracker.
It does NOT exist. So quit posting stupid bulletins like
“OH-MY-GOD this WORKS!!!”
No, it doesnt.

Fuck You number THREE

To the people who have like 25,000 friends;
Are you fucking serious?
You’re stupid.
Go play in traffic

Fuck you number FOUR

Don’t ever post pictures and say:
“OMG, I’m so ugly”
because if you were, you wouldn’t post them.
If you do you’re a fucking moron.

Fuck you number FIVE

NOBODY cares about threats over the internet,
so don’t try to act hardcore with the keyboard.
Fighting online is like racing in the Special Olympics;
Even if you win, you’re still retarded

Fuck you number SIX

Quit crying because you’re not on someones ‘Top 8′.
Who cares?!?
IT’S FACEBOOK!!!
If you really cared that much, you would
pick up the damn phone!

Fuck you number SEVEN

Who really cares if I don’t accept you as a friend?
MOVE ON!!!
Don’t send me another request or message asking
“What’s up with you not adding me?”
I don’t want you as a friend, that’s what’s up,
Asshole.

Fuck you number EIGHT

6th graders who have FACEBOOK and look like sluts,
and act like whores;
Go somewhere else because nobody wants you here.
And Parents -
Quit blaming FACEBOOK for your kid being a hooker,
she was a whore before FACEBOOK,
and she’d be a whore without it!
What does that say about your parenting skills?
Think about it!

Fuck you number NINE

If you open a MESSAGE OR SPAM and it says something like repost this in 100 seconds or a ghost will rape you tonight, or some dead bitch is going to rape your mom - quit being dumb

Fuck you number TEN

FACEBOOK was created to keep up with friends.
Quit trying to check up on your dumbass ex!!
Come on, now, people, its called stalking…you might as well be sitting in front of their house with binoculars.

Fuck you number ELEVEN

People who send you a million fucking application invites. Like fuck off I don’t want to be part of your goddamned zombie army or join your gay hockey fantasy pool. Lay the fuck off!!

And finally….

Fuck you number TWELVE

Stop Making groups saying facebook will shut down in 20 days if a million people don’t join. LIKE HOLY FUCK, GET A LIFE

I’ve had a pretty slack long weekend.

The weather had been in a word, Perfect. Just the right amount of heat, cool breezes and clouds in the sky to make you realise that we are now on the downward slope to a delicious winter. I for one welcome the winter, break out the doona, blankies and the hot water bottle!

All that aside, since it’s still not quite cold enough for all those nice wintery extras, I thought I’d comment on the geek meat I went to. I’ve been to two so far. One last week, and one this week. They have been pretty cool; met some new people, and some existing friends. This week included some from the furry community.

The only issue I have is that the venue for today’s meat, still slacked off on crap service and coffee. They can’t tell the difference between a mocha and a capuccino (which was all foam).

Also went to the new IKEA store in Innaloo, pretty impressed all round. The parking problem is still the same, apparently there are 900 bays, and that’s just not enough. I needed to park on the sandy block next door. The most enjoyable part of the whole adventure was having coffee in their cafe section. They use their own coffee, and it was delicious. I will definitely be going back there again. The 99 bus, for those of you who are in Perth, has a stop right next to IKEA, so you can use public transport. I recommend this to everyone in the city to avoid driving.

The new job starts in earnest tomorrow. I’m looking forward to the challenge.

update:: changed the theme, after much grumbling the one I wanted didn’t work out. So i fiddled as you do, and totally screwed it up. Nearly locked myself out of the blog; and thanks to a nice person from WP; fixed up a couple of extra bits and pieces

Sitting in a staff meeting watching someone in the team gobbing down a huge mouthful of wasabi, which was hotter than usual - and suffering in silence whilst it burnt the lining from his nose, throat and tastebuds from his tongue.

Being on the bus tonight thinking, wow no one is sitting next to me. Then having the world’s smelliest breathed man sitting next to me. Queue the breath mints, thank god I had some in my bag

I puchased a 4Gb Sandisk Cruzer USB drive, very nice - almost like a PC on a stick. It’s smaller and more portable than the macbook air