Journal
This archive is protected. Enter the password to continue.
Hint: An old friend's name.
Journal
Blog posts and personal reflections migrated from the old WordPress site and earlier incarnations of andiyar.com. These represent thoughts and opinions from various points in time — some may no longer reflect my current views.
Posts by Year
2014
- ladies and gentlemen... 2 Mar
… it's always, sometimes, often the time to find your balance. Sometimes a harder time than others, sometimes an easier...
- A new drug, a new you 21 Jan
So I'm taking a new medication these days in order to treat hemiplegic migraine - for those playing at home it's like...
2013
- Is it wrong... 25 Dec
... To be sitting at work on Xmas, thinking broken thoughts? I've caught my reflection's gaze a few times today and...
- let's break this 16 Dec
Ah well, the topic of the last entry turned into an odd few months. Nothing concrete, nothing real, but it's hard to...
- avalon 28 Sept
Hello world, n It seems I've often started entries like that. Perhaps it's a longing for a simpler time, when the...
- et in arcadia ego 23 Apr
nHello world.n n nIt strikes me that I've begun entries in a similar fashion before. I'd search and look, but I'd...
2012
- No Sacred Heart, No Sound 15 Nov
This is the way the degree ends. Not with a bang, but with exultation. Pardon me. It's been a long time coming, and I'm...
- london calling 17 Sept
Hello world. I'm currently sitting on the seventh floor of a medical officer residence with Portable Air Conditioning...
- stormtouched earthquake 3 Sept
Well, it's been some six months-ish since I last poked my head in here, said hello and spent a half hour or so...
-
It has been, shall we say, a longer time than I'd planned. My last post seems to have been in November, when I had...
2011
- after the hiatus 21 Nov
So it's been an… interesting few weeks. Hell, it's been an amazing few weeks. A friend asked me tonight online...
-
It's been a little while since I posted - a few things have happened, and I'll do a more detailed and thrilling...
- a certain touch of zen 19 Sept
I'm not a massive fan of this time of year. Sure. The plants are blooming, there's some gorgeous flowers, the weather...
- finding 4 Sept
Okay, this post is likely at this point to be several things. It's likely to be morbidly depressing, quite possibly...
- so very. damn. tired. 24 Aug
nIt's 10:30pm, and at this point I've been awake for nineteen hours, and taking out the two hours of sleep I managed...
- is it me you're looking for? 14 Aug
So the last entry here was... melodramatic? Perhaps. It's not often I use an ellipsis to title things these days except...
- ... 10 Aug
Oh hello there, soul-crushing paranoid melancholic loneliness. I was wondering when you were going to come back. Was it...
- letters and stories 7 Aug
Hello world.n nn It's been a few weeks, really, hasn't it? There's been a very rapid period of change going on, change...
- briefly 1 Aug
I apologise for the lack of recent updates, having poor internet plus moving plus a new phase of degree plus busy = bad...
- connections 6 July
nSometimes it's a mistake. Sometimes it's not. And sometimes, just sometimes, it's both at once. I'm talking at the...
- come pick me up 20 June
When they call you name, will you walk right up, with a smile on your face? No ladies and gentlemen, it's a rhetorical...
- tomorrow 3 June
I sit my first OSCE tomorrow - that's an objective structured clinical examination, for those playing along. It's a...
- zen 31 May
Today I received the best news I've had in six months. At this point, I do not need surgery. I was looking down the...
- cracks 25 May
It doesn't really get better from the last entry. If anything, it gets worse. Admittedly I've finished psych, got a...
- wallpaper 13 May
nI'm hoping this doesn't descend into self-pity, as I suspect it may as I'm working without filters these days. Gasp...
- with you 7 May
nI was going to do a proper post tonight, but I'm afraid it would teeter from one emotional extreme to another and...
- happy may 4 May
nThis is likely to be short, albeit probably not saccharine. I'll get back with more at some point in the near future,...
- down 22 Apr
"You seem a bit low, or maybe just exhausted." n"You need to learn to turn off your heart!" n"Wow, you really are...
- a warm gun 16 Apr
So, the Beatles tell us, happiness is - and so, *Across the Universe* showed us, is being addicted to opiates while...
- all the lost souls 10 Apr
Mark Twain, when writing about Jeanne d'Arc, found it difficult to comprehend certain 'truths' about her that were...
- once upon a december 30 Mar
Hello there internet. It's been a few weeks, hasn't it, and I hear you've been a bit unwell. I'm sorry to hear about...
- moments in stasis 9 Mar
nWarning: the following text has been read and classified as containing some contemplation, some complaint, some...
-
It's been about ten days since I last had a long and organised rant on this online space, and oh what a rant it was...
- Dear universe, 18 Feb
Right now, you and I have a slight deficit in our agreement on what should be happening. I think I've had a slight...
-
Right now, this world is quite/very/fucking painful. This would be a second Geriatricageddon post but I both a) wasn't...
-
I intended to post earlier, on the first day of my geriatrics rotation at TWH (Wollongong Hospital) but honestly, it's...
-
Well, it's been a bit longer than I'd anticipated since the last entry. Or rather, the last-but-one entry, as I...
- Hrm. 20 Jan
So ecto decided that it is beyond its capabilities to let me post an entry tonight. Okay, no, no that’s cool. I’ll just...
2010
- Two Thousand and Ten 31 Dec
I've never really been one of those people who sits back at the end of the year and casts a discerning eye on what has...
- holidays suck 14 Dec
So I'm several days into the holiday and I must observe: I've had a course of antibiotics, had blood taken, a MSU...
-
It's Friday night, and I'm all alone in Nowra. None of the nice physio friends are around, none of the other med kids...
-
Today I relearned how to make paper cranes. n A member of our student group at the GSM sadly died two weeks ago in a...
-
Hello there world. It's me. Yep. n I find myself in a slight pickle this evening - for the first time in living memory...
-
I'm sorry about the lack of updating for a while, dear audience. I had initially intended to make this a...
-
I was going to start this entry with a term of endearment directed at an old-fashioned paper appointment book, but I...
-
Well, I’ve survived coming ‘home’, as it were, to Nowra Hospital. Or, let’s be fair - the Shoalhaven District Memorial...
- Untitled (2010-08-29) 29 Aug
Hello there, livejournal. It's been a while. In an amusing sense, I dropped by more out of curiosity to see how long...
2009
- Untitled (2009-12-26) 26 Dec
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. For time off, random goings on, and playing with technology. This should be...
- Untitled (2009-12-26) 26 Dec
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. For time off, random goings on, and playing with technology. This should be...
-
--- Perhaps a misnomer of a title, as this isn't going to be a majorly long post, but rather a few dot points of...
- the once and future ben 1 Apr
So I'm delivering on two promises here. The first is that I'm finally 'life updating' here. The second is another quiz,...
- A Summer of Film 7 Jan
--- Well. I've finally started what I wanted to do last summer - shoot another short film. For those who haven't seen...
2008
- Untitled (2008-09-20) 20 Sept
For the Evangelion fans amongst us... ---  Yes, that's Evangelion...
- Untitled (2008-09-12) 12 Sept
Just a quick post here to show you all the poster for the new James Bond film - well, a wallpaper I found of it anyway....
- Untitled (2008-08-20) 20 Aug
There are three things I would primarily like to note here: The first is that it is irritating when your car, being...
- ....a post! 16 Aug
Ladies and gentlemen, in the interests of disclosure, I thought a post here might be interesting and fun... and why...
- Untitled (2008-05-18) 18 May
--- Would you date someone taller than you? Eh. No idea. How much taller are we talking - ie, where's my eye level?...
- Untitled (2008-04-02) 2 Apr
--- 1. When was the last time you hurt yourself? rnI flagellated myself with a whip after missing five minutes of...
- Untitled (2008-03-16) 16 Mar
I'm bored and tired, so I took this from Katie, and that way if people actually respond it might motivate me enough to...
- Untitled (2008-02-11) 11 Feb
--- Sorry to disappoint... I'm procrastinating from working for uni, hence the following :) rn1. Last time you had...
- listage 7 Jan
Just a brief list (snagged from Jen) about a few things happening/incorporated into the new annum. *Films seen at...
2007
- Untitled (2007-12-29) 29 Dec
[The](http://enchant.wondershock.net/?page_id=4) [Internet](http://enchant.wondershock.net/?page_id=5)...
- Untitled (2007-12-18) 18 Dec
Stolen from Jon, because I just finished work and am hungry and not thinking straight, and it made me laugh aloud. :)...
- Untitled (2007-12-13) 13 Dec
So this is a meme. Ironic, that I'm having a random break from livejournal and return to post a random meme. Anyway,...
- Untitled (2007-11-23) 23 Nov
 That is all ^_^ rnAlcata'riel. *-Andiyar*
- Untitled (2007-10-29) 29 Oct
Because this amuses me:  ^_^ Alcata'riel. *-Andiyar*
- God Judges 21 Oct
Well, for those who stayed off reading last time due to incompleteness, or for those who are curious, here's the...
- Untitled (2007-10-10) 10 Oct
I'm putting up the current prose work I am prose working on, for fun and giggles and possible feedback. Do keep in mind...
- Untitled (2007-09-17) 17 Sept
And so it [ends](http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/). I don't know what to think, really. Kirky and I joked about...
- a morning entry 13 Sept
Ines. Rhian. Carla. Madeleine. Now, what do those four names (or people, if you prefer to be nice and human), have in...
- poesy 6 Sept
Another entry, with a title. I'm regressing. This one's to post my poetry folio I'm handing in tomorrow, at least the...
- Look! A Title! ¡Madre Dios! 4 Sept
Okay, so I'm a bit bored and am going to both post a brief update and some stuff I've been working on. I may also get...
- Untitled (2007-08-23) 23 Aug
--- So I'm playing the letters game, and I'm supposed to find ten things I 'love' that start with an 'M'. There's some...
- Untitled (2007-08-23) 23 Aug
So I have some news. I'll share it in dot point form, and then I'll give a quiz, which I know is the only reason you're...
- Untitled (2007-08-19) 19 Aug
--- Do this and repost it with the title:rnI've done --- out of the 132 stupid things. Level 1rn() Smoked A...
- Untitled (2007-08-10) 10 Aug
I love ADV films. Just because, well, you know...  rnThere'll be a...
- Untitled (2007-07-24) 24 July
Aww:  rnIsn't that cute? ^^ rnAlcata'riel. *-Andiyar*
- Untitled (2007-07-18) 18 July
For a fun and effortless game: - Bold all of the following TV shows which you've ever seen 3 or more episodes of in...
- Untitled (2007-06-20) 20 June
The following is a rather extensive article I've written concerning the state of broadband in Australia, specifically...
- Untitled (2007-06-18) 18 June
--- 1. Who were you with last night? Lance, Sam, Tegan, Laurent. Ran into Andrew at home, but the rest of us hung...
- Untitled (2007-06-08) 8 June
--- 1. Where is your brother right now? I believe he is asleep next door to me. Well, kinda next door. Through a wall....
- Untitled (2007-06-07) 7 June
Well, finished editing my essay today (apart from last minute twitches tonight, perhaps), so with that in mind, and...
- Untitled (2007-06-04) 4 June
Incidentally, and nonwithstanding that I posted only about six hours ago, I have decided to stick up my current...
- Untitled (2007-06-04) 4 June
I'm going to do a trio of quizzes here, as I've just about hit the 1000 word mark in my 3000 word essay and feel like a...
- Ceramics 27 May
Here's my final poetry folio I'm working on at the moment. These are all final drafts, they are complete poems but are...
- Untitled (2007-05-19) 19 May
[...](http://www.starcraft2.com/) I. Love. You. Blizzard. I want to have your babies. All of them. I am seriously...
- Untitled (2007-05-17) 17 May
Well. I got my gamsat results this afternoon. Breakdown: Section I - 67rnSection II - 74rnSection III - 60rnOverall -...
- Untitled (2007-05-14) 14 May
With a wonderful flash of inspiration, I have decided to break this post up into more easily digestible sections, each...
- Untitled (2007-05-11) 11 May
Didn't go to work tonight. Went and saw Cats at the WEC. Close friend of mine was in it - she played a cat. Etcetera,...
- Untitled (2007-05-04) 4 May
I've decided to go through a long and involved bookmarks/contacts list for a singular purpose... and that purpose is to...
- Untitled (2007-05-03) 3 May
Two things. Non serious, then serious. :) --- [x] Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were talking. [x] Gum has...
- Untitled (2007-04-28) 28 Apr
[Jesus. Fucking. Christ](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-04-27/adv-licenses-air-tv-movie). rnI am in shock...
- Untitled (2007-04-24) 24 Apr
I was going to post a long and somewhat irate rant here tonight, based on certain events™ of the day and the day before...
- Untitled (2007-04-23) 23 Apr
some very brief points. • [sola](http://www.sola-project.com/) is made of win. Matsuri is just awesomely awesome....
- Untitled (2007-04-14) 14 Apr
--- There's going to be overlap here. But I'm bored, so that's cool. rn((A)) 1. What do you want for your Birthday? A...
- Untitled (2007-04-03) 3 Apr
In deference to [this](http://andiyar.livejournal.com/39611.html?thread=84411#t84411). I went to uni today. I handed in...
- Untitled (2007-04-02) 2 Apr
Okay. So [this](http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html) is pretty cool. Assuming the other labels...
- Untitled (2007-03-31) 31 Mar
--- ***Papyrus*** rnShe leaned forward, hair flaring over her shoulders in waves of metallic copper that cascaded over...
- Untitled (2007-03-24) 24 Mar
Went to Redfern today. Did the gamsat; drank a lemon, lime & bitters; and ate some wedges with sweet chilli sauce....
- Untitled (2007-03-18) 18 Mar
In the spirit of my last post, though greatly extended:...
- Untitled (2007-02-17) 17 Feb
[clicky](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/MyAnime/collection.php?user=andiyar&categ=5) Shameful, da? Alcata'riel....
- Untitled (2007-02-14) 14 Feb
--- LIFE SITUATIONS 1. If you were to find out you were pregnant what would you do? For one thing, I'd instantly...
- Untitled (2007-01-25) 25 Jan
Things I have done recently that I have not yet gotten around to talking about but will probably eventually detail in...
- Untitled (2007-01-15) 15 Jan
Dual updates, I know, how strange - and yet not so, as I thought this should be placed here as well as elsewhere....
- Untitled (2007-01-15) 15 Jan
I would just like to point out the fact that Canadian girls are incredibly hot. Yes, that's about it really. Seriously...
- Untitled (2007-01-01) 1 Jan
It's moments like [this](http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=950) (bottom left panel) that I am reminded, yet...
2006
- Untitled (2006-12-23) 23 Dec
Bored. --- ~*The Basics*~ Your full name: Benjamin W. --What does it mean?: son of the right handed wagon driver. Yep....
- Untitled (2006-12-22) 22 Dec
Just a couple of things. First a brief rambling update to my previous 'Deathly Hallows' post, which basically consists...
- Untitled (2006-12-22) 22 Dec
So according to various sites across the intarweb, Harry Potter's seventh adventure is named "The Deathly Hallows"....
- Untitled (2006-12-17) 17 Dec
I feel like testing something:  rnYay for musically...
- mood 10 Dec
kick up your hands,rnsing and dance my childrenrnwith joy and love irony? pick a peck of steeled-icesrnwhich slide...
- Untitled (2006-12-07) 7 Dec
Well, it's a bit of a weird day... I'm actually going to *commend* the government of Australia for two things today....
- archived: retrieved 30 Nov
I've just figured something out... kinda. Well, realised is more likely than 'figured something out' I suppose. This...
- Untitled (2006-11-22) 22 Nov
So. ...
- roads... 22 Nov
We've watched while the stars burned rnout, creation played in reverse. The universe freezing in half light. Once I...
- ghosts versus clones 21 Nov
Not exactly the entry I promised before my exam, but I'll get around to that one shortly - I want to include results as...
- apostoli 25 Oct
So. For the interested: [I, Apostle](http://apostle.andiyar.com). I'll do a more detailed post shortly - going to go...
- Untitled (2006-10-22) 22 Oct
So, essay is now finished (printing in the other room as I type) and I thought I may as well share it. Commentary is,...
- Untitled (2006-10-21) 21 Oct
Okay. Surrealism just grew to be all brands of awesome (yes, I'm aware of the inherent un-Englishness of this phrase,...
- what workload? 18 Oct
Assignment Status: WRIT222 Extended Prose - Novel Extract: COMPLETE (final edits). Due tomorrow/today. WRIT222 Extended...
- Untitled (2006-10-17) 17 Oct
So I'm writing up the first chapter of my novel to be handed in on Thursday for assessment. Thought I might as well...
- final folio, poetry style 10 Oct
So I've finished the folio, and decided to share it with all of you fine people. Aren't I wonderful? --- I think I'll...
- Untitled (2006-10-09) 9 Oct
Doing a poetry folio at the moment. Below is my attempt at a sestina, with a suitably witty name. Have a few other...
- of mice and ben 10 Sept
well, since I'm bored. --- ~Initial Attraction~rnYour... bad grammar, correct word "you're". Gender: malernAge: 22 &...
- omgwtfbbq? or a similar acronym 10 Sept
So. [Four new Evangelion movies](http://www.animenewsservice.com), written & directed by Hideaki Anno, character design...
- record setting 21 Aug
Hm. So I'm setting an 'all time record' for this journal right now, by posting a third successive daily post. And how...
- Untitled (2006-08-20) 20 Aug
In honour of Tegan. --- 1. FIRST NAME? Benjamin. 2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not that I know of, no. 3. WHEN DID...
-
Well. THE MANIFESTO FOR THE FOUNDING MOVEMENT OF PROPAGANDIST ART rnArt for the sake of art is dead. The progress of...
- elá 16 Aug
I would like to point out a few brief things. Firstly, being sick is absolutely crap. Especially being continuously...
- filial pride 5 Aug
I am feeling somewhat overcome with pride for Gracie this evening. And it is a rather geeky and somewhat self-amused...
- Untitled (2006-07-30) 30 July
Well, it appears that, I must confess to something. --- Thanks for ordering from Amazon.co.jp. Your purchase...
- for the love of... 20 July
I would like to make a small request of all of my myriad hordes of readers. It's not too onerous really, and concerns...
- ladders and such 11 July
Isn't the old saying "to go forwards you must sometimes move backwards" such a fun thing to contemplate. Especially as...
-
Woo. I feel like a real, honest to goodness LJ member, doing another quiz that I may have done before anyway. I really...
-
So. BIOL320 Molecular Cell Biology - Pass @ 57%rnWRIT212 Prose Fiction 200 - Credit @ 73%rnWRIT219 Modernist Theory -...
- a book review? 27 June
Last Monday, being the 19th of June 2006, I did something that I haven't done in quite some time - namely lie/sit down...
- avalon 17 June
A battle has been fought and now is over. Place your sword on the ground and rest in the temporal peace,rnAfter dozing...
- i will 16 June
*Will I?* rnfields, trees, houses merge in faces ofrnshattered shimmering bloody mud-stainedrnenamel on the cathedral...
- baggage 10 June
Isn't it amazing the amount of baggage that is attached to words, particularly to names, when used in the English...
- should probably be studying 2 June
Should be studying for bio prac exam on Monday. Am instead procrastinating. Go me! --- 1) Are your parents married or...
- Untitled (2006-05-09) 9 May
Never, ever, trust Miles near a piece of Apple Computer hardware....
- Untitled (2006-05-05) 5 May
A few brief points, dredged from the recesses of my brain (or what passes therefore). rn• 'Maurice Guest' by Henry...
- Untitled (2006-05-04) 4 May
Another entry based on a song - this one seems to be reflecting me almost perfectly at the moment, in terms of...
- Untitled (2006-05-02) 2 May
Tegan's quiz of procrastination. My quiz of "probably should be sleeping right now, eh" :) --- 1. First grade teacher's...
- montage 24 Apr
*Helplessly hopingrnHer harlequin hovers nearbyrnAwaiting a word rnGasping at glimpses of gentle true spiritrnHe runs...
- Kitties 23 Apr
This is just a brief post and a link to say farewell to Elis, a beautiful cat, and her two adorable kittens. They were...
- a silly quiz thingy 9 Apr
Because I am bored and avoiding doing my readings for prose, also avoiding obtaining lecture notes for bio. Read, and...
- depth of feeling 5 Apr
It's funny when you suddenly realise something that the core of your self is based on, when you just haven't really...
- melodies of life 10 Mar
*child of the wildernessrnborn into emptinessrnlearn to be lonelyrnlearn to find your way in darkness who will be there...
- i am a material girl 28 Feb
For the hell of it, I decided to put together a comprehensive list of all of my 'material girl' effects - in my case,...
-
[Gott in Himmel!](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8409) rn.... I .... I love you Funi. I thought I'd...
- incentives 26 Jan
Well, normally I don't do this kind of thing, as I dislike chain emails etc. in general. In fact, I refused to do this...
- all things must pass 4 Jan
This is just a heads up for everyone who still emails me using andiyar@epitheisterra.com. The basic message is......
2005
- 10th 10 Dec
*Remember* I, I feel thatrnwe, we should bernnot here, notrnthere amongstrnshattered scatteredrncracked shards...
- a long awaited story 3 Dec
Good evening, and welcome to Tonight's program. "The Life and Times of Andiyar." It's been a while since our last show,...
-
Congratulations, University of Wollongong. In the past four years, i have paid close to $800 for the privilege of...
- hold this space 29 Nov
I'll say here that I will be updating very shortly (by the end of the week) in incredible detail. Well, at least decent...
- dreaming 9 Oct
HEAVEN - Ayumi Hamasaki rnSaigo ni kimi ga hohoendernMassugu ni sashidashita mono warnTada amarini kirei...
- Elá 29 Sept
Wow. This is still here? Amazing... it's been a while now, hasn't it? Sometimes I wonder why I bother, and whenever I...
- rolling on 28 Aug
Reservations. I love having reservations about my life. It's what makes me aware that yes, something up there is awake...
- Skinned 14 Aug
Since I'm too lazy to actually type up an entry right now, here's something I've been working on to be handed in as a...
- With Deepest Appreciation 16 July
Dear Joanne Kathleen Rowling, What you just gave me was priceless. What you did to him was inexcusable, and yet,...
- thanks for all the fish 1 July
Well, perhaps not, as fish aren't normally my forte. I do love a nice piece of fish, preferably baked with some garlic...
- The Religious Condition 31 May
Here's a fun article/rant/essay/thing I wrote this afternoon instead of doing my Theory of Writing readings. It's a bit...
- it was his destiny 28 May
* This story happened along time ago in a galaxy far, far away, It is already over. Nothing can be done to change it....
-
Perhaps it's time for a bit of a rant, a little bit of a chat on the state of the world, or something similar. Well,...
-
Was just browsing my mp3 collection tonight, and I thought, "I wonder what songs are the most played around now".......
- two points 11 Apr
A pair of points for the day, one serious, one less so. First off, comes this article I read today in the...
- humans et al 3 Apr
It's reasons like [this](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-1506280,00.html) that make me wonder exactly how...
- eh? 21 Feb
Ladies and gentlemen, yes, it is true. This is, surprisingly enough, an update. Is it a decent update? A worthwhile...
- in the air 12 Feb
*touches of Frostrnechoing, tracernfingernailed caressesrnup down; inside-outsidernfill the void andrnlisten with me....
- Irritation 9 Jan
Am slightly miffed. Had a kernel panic whilst in the middle of typing a long and detailed post. So, here's a summary....
2004
- December 10 Dec
***10th December, 1988*** rnTime. It has passed,rnFlowing life like a river,rnAway from it's source,rnDrawing further...
- Clarified 20 Nov
I would like to apologise for my little deception of everyone concerning my last entry. Well, actually, not so much...
- Sometimes 19 Nov
It was raining. The entire world seemed grey, like one of those scenes you see in movies, with the black clad people...
- paige turns black i's read 17 Nov
*What do I miss the most? The small things; a touch, a glance, a warm smile, a bantered word. Oftentimes, bigger things...
- Elá 11 Nov
I thought I'd be boring today and not do a profound quotation from that collected thingy to start off my entry. I might...
-
*Perhaps both the most difficult, and the most necessary component of being human is the capacity to both acknowledge...
- Thought Me 26 Oct
The quest for Armageddon is never futile, it is something that enfolds us all in an envelope of simultaneous love and...
- Something a tad different 16 Oct
*There was the stage, two red lights and a dodgy P.A. You trod the planks way back thenrnAnd it's strange that you're...
- Just to prove... 15 Oct
that I can post two days in a row, when I said I could. For the moment, I'll say this: Poetry is progressing, samples...
-
[Note: This entry was composed over several weeks, in odd bits and pieces. Lack of continuity is probable. You've been...
- Let's Play September 11 Sept
I feel like making an entry, so I'm doing it now. Surprised? Not as much as I was. In fact, parts of this entry have...
-
It's tax time again, and, unlike last year, I think I'll actually get the tax returns done... yes, you read that...
-
Well, quarter past one, actually. But close enough. It'd be a lot easier to name these entries if I didn't insist, in a...
- Vague Hints 1 July
Just a quick post before I run off and do a few things :) Firstly, uni results are out. Passed Chemistry (50), Credit...
- Time 26 June
Time. Time is space. Space is time. Therefore, I haven't posted here for quite a few kilometers. Ah well. That's life....
- Someday Dreaming 29 May
Just thought I'd post these here. I'm working up to writing a proper entry, but until then, enjoy the poetry component...
- All The Small Things 13 May
It's the little things in life that matter. That's what they say, isn't it? Anyway, to that effect I'm going to write...
- A Brief Update 12 May
It's been quite a while hasn't it... Easter has come and gone, as, indeed, has April and the majority of what was left...
- The Many Faces 5 Apr
It's an interesting thought, to sit back, think in stereotypes and see which ones you can make fit yourself - or, if...
- Just to see if I can.... 21 Mar
Hmm. I just finished fiddling with my journal settings, and have subscribed to some 'email entries' thingy. I thought...
- Defending the Faith 11 Mar
Well well. Isn't this a novelty? Another post in a short period of time... something must be afoot! Seriously, though,...
- Unwinding 8 Mar
It's been a little while since I posted here. Thought I might as well have a go at it, include some interesting...
- Into the Swing 26 Feb
A lot of things have happened since I last wrote what I suppose could be defined as a 'penis size' post - if penis size...
- I'm a DVD Freak 5 Feb
For the interested, the uninterested, and those who are reading for no particular reason whatsoever, I've decided to...
- The Passage of Time 19 Jan
Well, it's been a few days since I said I'd update tomorrow... but then, when I finished typing last time, it was...
- Psalm of Darkness 12 Jan
Hmm. Well, a brief update here (I'll be more detailed tomorrow - I swear!). Today was an interesting day. Mum and Dad...
2003
-
Today was what we call a very, very good day. But then, it was a buildup from yesterday, so I suppose I'll start there....
- Pimp Daddy B 11 Dec
Well, as you might be aware, a few weeks ago I went to the Woolworths Christmas Party. The party this year was a 'fancy...
- Clearing House 1 Dec
It's nice to finally not be at Uni again. Although, of course, the rigamarole of marks is yet to come (three hours and...
- Inevitability 17 Nov
I feel heartless. As you're aware, I'm currently embroiled in a rewrite of the Fall of the Nervii, my old major work...
- A Few Short Notes 10 Nov
Well, I've just finished my first exam of the session (and in doing so, have half finished my exams ;-) ). 'Twas a...
- Stormclouds 27 Oct
Well, I've begun work on the new version of The Fall of the Nervii tonight, and so far am feeling fairly pleased with...
- A Few Thoughts 24 Oct
A few things that I'd been kicking around recently in my mind... well, mostly. And a few clarifications too. ^_^ First...
- Regret 19 Oct
It seems that a chapter of my life is, at last, drawing to a close. It seems strange to look back on the last couple of...
-
Well.....here's a little bit of news for the interested and the browsing. In about.. oh... three days, I'll go offline....
- A short note... 7 Oct
I just thought I'd share this with you all (who haven't yet heard it ~_^) It's a motivational song from a...
- Ce'st la vie 6 Oct
It's been a while since I wrote anything here... thought I might as well since I had the time. The last week has been...
- Hoorah. 28 Sept
It's been a few days since my birthday now, and I've come to grips with being 20. ... Now that you've stopped laughing...
- A Few Quiet Thoughts 24 Sept
It's been an interesting day, today. Fernne (my sister, for the uninformed) graduated from Year 12 today, and after her...
- Alpha Omega 22 Sept
It's been an odd week, to say the least. Uni's now in break (which is nice) and I'm at loose ends for a couple of weeks...
- Goodness! It Fits! 18 Sept
I've just finished proofing the most evil assignment of the year. My second STAT252 assignment is now done, complete,...
- Reflections 16 Sept
Well. Yesterday I went to Nan's funeral at the Lakeside Crematorium at 11am. Just a small family service, really, in...
- Loose Ends 14 Sept
Well, it's Sunday night, I've finished work, and I've more or less come to grips with my life again. More or less. The...
- Hesitant 12 Sept
I'm not entirely sure that it's a good idea to post this, but I thought I should.. yet shouldn't. I said yesterday that...
- Ryle Hira 11 Sept
I really don't know what I'm doing here now, but I feel that I might as well do something, and so, here I am again....
- Wonderful Timing 8 Sept
Well now. I've got an exam for Chemistry coming up on Wednesday - or Thursday, if I prefer.. maybe even Friday......
- Bubbles! 7 Sept
Well now. Finding Nemo finished downloading last night (sometime really early) but I watched the final part of the film...
- Fishies 4 Sept
Hmm. Well, speaking of the devil from my last post here. That server that I mentioned (the mirror one) came back up...
- Lecturers are Liars 4 Sept
[Edit] I just uploaded myself a couple of 'avatars' to show in the profile box. Currently, the avatar is of Rakka, the...
- Wednesday Afternoon 3 Sept
Well, another Wednesday. Today's been kinda interesting... and boring as well. Was originally going to work today, as I...
- Myself 31 Aug
Hmm. Well, I've been doing a great deal of thinking recently, about a few things. Quite a bit of what I've mulled over...
- Let there be Light! 26 Aug
Well, not that exuberant. But I could be worse ;) I finally have power. I finally have the internet... I feel alive...
-
Or so they say, eh? ^_^ I had nothing much to do rather than write this entry...so I'm writing. Yeah. Just finished...
- Naked Empire 21 Aug
Well, I've finished the book, I'm at Uni waiting for Statistics to start... hey, why not write up this thing? ~_^ At...
-
Or so I thought. Until I went shopping this afternoon... and was asked the fatal question: "Ben, can you work tonight?"...
- Raindrops on Roses..... 18 Aug
Yes. I like the title too. Takes you back, eh? ^_^ At any rate, I'm sitting in the Uni IT labs (Jupiter Lab, for the...
- Fragments of Chaos 8 Aug
I need sleep. Really. I do. But, since I've decided to be nice to all of my readers (two? ~_^) I'll put it off for a...
- Work, Uni, Life. 27 July
Well now. I'm back on my standard computer again... and it's nice to know that my external modem does in fact like...
- Evil, evil,evil. 17 July
Yes. Evil. Well. :p At any rate, I've been fiddling with my Uni timetable for this session... as of about an hour ago,...
- Idle Time 16 July
Well. Burnout, holidays, etc. Welcome to the real world, and then return to the journal. Sounds funny, doesn't it? :)...
- A Few Quiet Reflections 26 June
Hmm. Well, I've just read Order of the Phoenix again. Took it much slower this time, spaced the reading out over a...
- The Order of the Phoenix 22 June
Oh yeah. If you don't want any spoilers or anything about The Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter 5) I'd advise not...
- Holidays, sweet holidays... 19 June
Well now. That exam I mentioned a few days back.... ugh, and woohoo! It was a long answer/essay examination (for bloody...
- Exams.. Oh boy. 14 June
Well. Biology exam on Monday morning, 9.00am - 12.15pm, and then I'm out of [Uni](http://www.uow.edu.au/) for four...
- You know... 12 June
Strange, isn't it, life. Funny old world, and all that. I don't know, I'm just feeling a bit.... well, pensive at the...
- Alive, and still kicking. 10 June
Well now. I've just gotten home from an amusing shift at work. For those who care, I work on the service desk/smokeshop...
- Peer Pressure... 10 June
Well. Hasn't it been bloody ages? I was on [iChat](http://www.apple.com/macosx/jaguar/ichat.html) today with an old...
- Sigh. No D&D for me. 10 June
Hell. It's 8.37 in the morning, I've just hung out three loads of washing, and am still exhausted... I think I've had...
-
Well, I've just finished work and am sitting in front of my laptop, cursing as per normal at it. Normal for the past...
- Boo! 14 Mar
Well well. I've actually bothered to get myself an online journal.... at any rate, this post is mostly a test thingy,...