...from the mind body spirit festival

I can go to the ocean with a teaspoon or a bucket;

the choice is mine.

The infinite spirit is abundant, and will prosper me now.

Stoled from gemfyre

[1] Would you do meth if it was legalized?

Probably not. I don't want to end up with a meth face.

[2] Abortion: for or against it?

100% pro-choice. << Me too

[3] Do you think the world would fail with a female president?

I think that a female president would be a great milestone for America, opening up for a more open-minded America.

[4] Do you believe in the death penalty?

I don't quite agree with the morality of killing people as a punishment for them perhaps killing others - it seems slightly hypocritical.

[5] Do you wish marijuana would be legalized already?

I think that a lot of people would appreciate it, however personally I don't see how it would affect me at all.

[6] Are you for or against premarital sex?

I don't really see the link between Sex & Marriage in a non-religious relationship.

[7] Do you believe in God?

Not really.

[8] Do you think same sex marriage should be legalized?

Absolutely.

[9] Do you think it's wrong that so many Hispanics are illegally moving to the USA?

I'm very much in agreement with gemfyre here on this one. Immigrants need to wait their turn in queue and shouldn't be able to "cut the line" just because they were able to beat the system.

[10] A twelve year old girl has a baby, should she keep it?

As long as the girl has support from her parents and is well prepared, sure.

[11] Should the alcohol age be lowered to eighteen?

I think that in USA it should probably be lowered. That said, I'm against the idea of it being lowered below 18 in Australia.

[12] Should the war in Iraq be called off?

I'm very against the war. Absolutely it should be called off.

[13] Assisted suicide is illegal: do you agree?

I think that there are cases where euthanasia is a better option than watching people suffer.

[14] Do you believe in spanking your children?

My mother used to "spank" me and I think I turned out alright. As long as there isn't full on abuse a little hit never hurt anyone.

[15] Would you burn an American flag for a million dollars?

I'm pretty broke right now, so yes.

[16] Who do you think would make a better president? McCain or Obama?

Obama for sure.

[17] Are you afraid others will judge you from reading some of your answers?

Sure. Judge away.

Conversation I just had on Facebook with incredibly_emma...

Sammy David: hi hobo
Emma: so's your face
Sammy David: stop spending the day on facebook and go get a job
Emma: cant make me
Sammy David: I wish i could spend all day on facebook
But as much as I try, I just can't stay amused by it and have to turn to twitter instead
Emma: yeah i just leave it logged in all day and come and go


Emma: oh sammy im so sad
come here and save me
Sammy David: how come?
Emma: cos im a single muvva
and i have no job
Sammy David: ah
well
it could be worse
you could be black and it could be 1970.
Emma: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
i love it
Sammy David: Nothing good came out of the 70s... and black unemployed single mothers are just so hollywood stereotype that it's not even fun to pretend to be one anymore

This girl I used to know.. well, this girl who was a really good friend of mine.. One night, really really late, in like year 11, we were sitting around, we'd been drinking (atleast, I had been drinking).

We came up with this concept on how to make the world a better place. Well, in our drunken minds it seemed like it would...

We decided that the two most underused and most uplifting words you can use to describe someone were awesome, and amazing.

We decided that night that we'd try and use both words to describe one person a day; to their face, to a friend or colleague.. As long as one person was referred to with one of those words every day, it'd make someone feel warm and happy, atleast for a little while.

For a long time we'd have conversations over the phone over who we'd said it to; had we meant it; the reaction from the person; and how we felt after we'd said it. I think overwhelmingly it worked. For me atleast. Anyone I'd said to them was awesome, they smiled and it didn't really go away too quickly.

Amazing was always a word I held out on though - I didn't want to spoil it. I still found a use for it every day, which made me smile.

When we hit year 12, we sort of stopped talking as much. I continued to follow our 'plan' though, and really, I have to this day. Although I don't really use amazing much.

Incidentally, awesome has sort-of became a buzz word in the last few years, a lot of people are saying it. I could pretend that we had something to do with it. I'll never know if it's true though. I probably overuse the word now - I say it to nearly every person I talk to when something goes my way.

Moving on... I had a really, really bad day at work today.
Hectic, understaffed, busy, too much to do. Lots of things hit the fan, and everyone decided it was my fault. I drove home blaring All Fired Up in my car, which I always seem to do prior to a party or when I want to feel inspired [weird right?].

I remember thinking about those days, when something small like a few words could make me feel optimistic. It hasn't been like that in a while. I think I miss that feeling.

*sigh* okay, blurted. over it.

I'm reallly really bored :(

I keep thinking "WTF was I doing moving to Melbourne, think about what I could be doing back home".

But really, what would I be doing back home right now anyway?

Man, I need a life.

Can anyone name all the 'celebrities' (aka ex-idol stars) in this? I only really followed the first Idol series, but can recognise a few of the past winners and people who've released singles, etc.

It's kind of good though - I wonder if they'll release it on the next Idol album?

On that note, anyone want to put bets on Idol's chances of being canned like BB at the end of the year as well?

I have this habit of answering my work phone "Hello, Sam's phone"

One of the guys in IT called today and he asked afterwards, "Why do you always answer your phone, 'Hello Sam's phone'?"
My answer: "Because I might have wanted to pretend Sam wasn't around depending on who you are."

Once upon a time there was a boy, he moved to Victoria.
This is where he hoped to find his one true love...
While sleeping in his CAR, he heard a crash boom bang, so he looked to find the queen of the rain surrounded by fireworks.
There she stood vulnerable, and it was then he knew it must have been love.
The look, the dangerous look. It was then he realised he should take her home for milk and honey.

This came with a surprise present from emzkie today (written on the postpack). Look really, really closely at the words she's used and see if you can work out what she's referring to (and the present).

It's awesome. :D

How awesome is that? I sooooo want one. sucks that they're sold out :(

Almost finished my inventory form, and picklemered has finished hers too.

Sent in details of our cars. Flights are booked. Our temporary accomm. is booked.

All I have to do is get through the next week and a half. That's a challenge.

Seriously! What's the point of deregulated trading hours when every shop that's NOT a Woolworths Safeway or a Coles closes at 5.30 ANYWAY?

In fact, the Target here at this shopping centre closes at 5PM!

Crazy Mexicans.

So I'm at the Ibis hotel in Melbourne at the moment, for two weeks.

I need to decide what to have for dinner at the moment.

Last night I found some wifi. It wasn't there at midnight the night before. It was named "NETGEAR", which any nerds will know is the default for a NetGear DG834 modem.

It was running really slow, so my assumption is:
* At some time during the day someone had got a new modem, or a new connection
* Within hours of it being set up, it had become shaped by people 'war driving' (likely people in my hotel: free beats paid!)

Tonight there's another new one. This one named "Apple Network ...", which is what an Airport Express/Extreme defaults to. This one also seems to have free wifi. I wonder how long it will take for this one to get shaped too.

In other news, I haven't yet had a chance to discuss moving over yet, although other people in Perth seem to think this will 'happen' the first week of June, which means as soon as I get back from leave. I intend to sort this out tomorrow though, as I know I'll have some spare time.

I'm slowly importing my 5k+ mp3 collection into iTunes on my desktop PC, with the intention of syncing my iPod to it so I've got a fair amount of music to listen to on my 2 week Melbourne adventure, and then also some for when I go on holiday mid next month.

I've had to fix a lot of the ID3 tags, and I keep accidentally playing a lot of the songs.. One of them, I remember from like year 11.

don't stop dancing, by Creed

very 'dark' lyrics, with powerful rock/guitar backing music.
Looking back, I was in a crazy place then. Listening to this music, I remember how I felt, but it really doesn't feel like me anymore: like I'm remembering someone else.

I guess this is a good thing. I've grown up, moved on. Hmm.

Logged into myvodafone today to check how I was going, how far over my cap I was this month...

Entitlement	Used	Remaining	Expiry
281.82	166.54	115.28	18/04/2008

8 days left of my cap and still $115. Crazy. I don't think I've tried hard enough this month.