Feelings To Make Us Stronger

So as many of you would know, I'm trying to get out of here. I've been looking at places, as well as their proximity to the city. Anyhow, I saw a street name I wasn't familiar with, so I google mapped it. A new feature on their maps is a listing of businesses near the place you're looking for. I was looking for the nearest road to this apartment when I came across this listing for some escort. I thought this was probably incorrect, as everyone in this city is well aware that those sorts of services are in the industrial areas, surely not in the middle of the residential/commercial haven of the city, right?? RIGHT??! The Government has mandated that these activities are to occur in those industrial areas, however, I think that may mean commercial brothels.

This piqued my interest, so I googled the name of the escort, and holy crap, yes there is a bloody escort operating right in the city. Not just that, she's in an apartment that I drive past every day to get home! I never would have guessed! Do her neighbours know?? Surely that's why there's so many cars outside that building, even when I'm driving home at like 1am after seeing the other? There were obscured pics of her on the website (obviously to protect her identity), but I swear I have seen this girl head into the apartment complex when I have been stuck at the intersection right out the front of the complex. Haha, I'll never look at anyone going into that building the same way again!

That brings me to prostitution in residential areas. Should it be allowed? Is there an inadvertent risk to others who occupy places near these places? What a crazy world!

Anyhow, had a brilliant jam session with the other! An idea fully fleshed out, and a few others worked on, it felt great! Time to get some more ideas into dropbox.

On that note, I'm out, have a nice day!

It's Hard For Me To Trust You When Your Pants Are On Fire

I just can't believe how quickly technology can catch up these days. I remember a few years ago when portable mp3 players were new to the market. They were very expensive and had little memory capacity. The other day I saw a 4 gig model for just 40 dollars! That's insane!! I think this effect will only get crazier with time.

I've have been looking out for new ADSL2+ plans. This new one from AAPT with unlimited downloads and no shaping sounds brilliant! I think I might just have to get it.

New songs have been coming up from the other on dropbox and I am loving it! Hopefully there should be a jam this weekend and some ideas concreted down. I recently finished a piece that the other and I had been working on a while ago, which came from a warm up riff that the other used. I laid down a nice progression I had up the sleeve and it just went well together. So from there I have put some more half ideas I had into it and now it's looking very complete! Can't wait to show the other. This putting together the smatterings of ideas we have is turning out to yield some fantastic results!

I have been incredibly busy at work, hence no blog notes to think of throughout the day. I'm even busy after work with silly social things, so hence, no time to blog either! Some respite please!

I have been getting in on the winter olympics action! However, the coverage on the Nine network has been abysmal. I want more bobsleigh! I want to know what curling is about!! Johnny Weir is a champion though!

I have really been enjoying Fleetwood Mac as of late. I bought the Very Best of album a few days back and it's been making a regular rotation on my work computer. In addition to my Kid Sister album the other day and Michael Jackson Essential album a few months ago, it's the most amount of CD's I've bought in years!

Anyway, I need to be up early. Have a nice day folks!

Close my close my close my eyes.

Oh No No, You Can't Disguise

Yes, I am trying my best to get out of the house. I've come to realise that this is not a pleasant place to be, and I was much much happier on my own. The sense of isolation and loneliness I felt before was definitely a precursor to get more organised and pursue my own interests and get more things done! Other initiators for this decision need not be discussed. All I know is that I need to get away from people who don't have my best interests at heart.

Hopefully it should be easy, as I make a crap load of money and have a University education, so my rental applications should make owners happy!

I knew this year would be tough, I said it before in a previous post. It's only February, and it's just killing me already! What the hell will the rest of the year be like?

Hot brunettes in training sessions should not wear low cut tops and sit opposite me! I learned nothing from that session, I can assure you.

The system is screwed. I was reading the other day about some med student in the US who had accrued a half a million dollar debt on student loans because of the way their student loan system is set up, as well as interest and admin fees. Student debt is a shitty thing. Tertiary education in Australia used to be free, and the beneficiaries of that system helped usher in a golden age of productivity here. However, now that we have moved to a HECS or HELP scheme, life has just become harder for students. To have it move with CPI adjustments is the icing on the cake, it is such a volatile system, and the rates are quite large! Not to mention the over inflated costs of education! My debt is probably $40,000-50,000. That is just ridiculous! I would have to pay off a lump sum in order to satisfy the debt within the next decade. Or else I'd just have to live with it and see the ridiculous amount of money that gets taken out of my pay in tax for this amount. I hate rich people for this reason. I heard of MANY students (former colleagues included) whose parents or grandparents paid off this debt for them. What the hell? This is not a struggle, you need to earn your stripes, and learn that the system is not there for the benefit of the people.

Back to my original point, student debt - how the fuck does this motivate people to want to enrol in higher education? You get a degree, accrue a large debt, then work in a field that probably isn't directly related to your degree and have to spend YEARS paying it back. Most kids (sadly) don't care about education these days. They don't care about learning, they just want a degree to help job prospects. Sort of a catch-22 if you will.

Another point, I think investment in property (for residences) should not be allowed. This leads to negative gearing, and prices for rent just inflate artificially. This tends to have some sort of effect on the buying market, and prices increase there. The net result? The rich get wealthier, while other people are left out in the cold, with no way to get a foothold in the market. I don't like the idea that one person can own more than one piece of property, you are only one person! This leads to other problems like over-development, when people are trying to maximise profits on smaller blocks, and quality of life for everyone in these places just suffers as a result. Investment is possible mostly through leveraging of equity in existing property. Since most properties are LONG term investments, where you usually don't break even for decades, the first property must be used as collateral to enter into loans for more places. The property market just gets choked up as a result.

Anyhow that's my rant for today! Joaquin out.

And That Stranger Seems To Listen To All My Relationship Problems

With a book in hand.

I do find it strange that bad things always happen to people I'm not fond of.

Coincidence? I think so.

But I still find it interesting!

Staring Blankly At The Screen

It has been raining like crazy here! I for one, am a massive fan of a big deluge. I don't even remember seeing this much rain before. Looks like London (from all the stereotypes that I've gathered anyway). I remember that in High School I never went to class if it was raining, I'd just stay in bed and sleep in. Ahh I miss those days. I wish I still had that policy in place!

My mouth burn has finally healed and I can eat crunchy good again, so I am uber happy! Yay!

Damn Mondays, killing me! But Tuesday is also the new Monday, so we'll see how that breaks down! I was so tired, I was struggling throughout the day.

I actually had work today, so I was happy for a change! I've been told that work tends to ebb and flow. Things are going to be busy for a while too, so woop! Haha this may also mean that I won't have as many blog notes to get through everyday.

There were girls doing some can-can like dance in the City today. I don't know why, but I could not look away. The outfits, the dancing, it was amazing. It was also ridiculously erotic. I just stared like a slack jawed yokel. Goddamn, it was like something out of Moulin Rouge! Suffice to say, female company was not impressed with my behaviour.

Is cache on the net, namely being able to track down old pages that have been updated/changed from the past a good thing? I don't know. I think if you're gonna put it up, you've already made a conscious decision to put yourself out there. Therefore, cache should not be a problem for you. If it's something you're going to regret later, don't put it up!

I am really disappointed by the failure of others! Especially when you were relying on them to get tasks done. I hate to keep falling back to it, but the only person you can trust is yourself.

With that, Joaquin out!

The Healing Fire

Already at 22 posts for the year, which is pretty damn good! Especially when you compare it against 2007, which had only 39 for the entire year. I put this down to it being my honours and last year at uni, hence I was too stressed out for anything. But I don't know why!

Getting into GTA4, probably a bit too much though! It was a slack weekend, and I don't remember doing anything BUT playing the game. Not good! Haha, it's just too damn absorbing! In relation to Independence FM, I'm not a fan. By putting your own music in the game, you put yourself in the game, and you detract from the story telling and immersing yourself in Niko Bellic's world. If you want to put yourself in, it just loses its impact, as well as the atmosphere.

Winter Olympics are on and I'm very happy! I actually favour them over the summer version. I can just leave them on in the background and just pick things up when I'm ready to watch what I want to. It's also a good way to learn about sports you don't really hear much about, especially living on a dry continent.

It's crappy when you have plans but then they just amount to nil due to other people!! Blahh!

Joaquin out!