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Monday, May 11th, 2009
12:05 pm	Slow work day Good morning LJ peoples! Well those of you that haven't defected to Twitter (Hiss!). It's Monday, I had a huge weekend, today is a slow work day, so I choose to update my LJ. I managed to have an active weekend, with exploring of Lynn Canyon, then my room mates 21st. I managed to put the kids to shame, the 21 yr olds passed out around 2, I was still going strong ! :D Lynn Canyon was nice, I went up there in feb as part of my moose tour, but it was snowy and cold, so I didn't get to see much of it, but this time, it was green and lush. I had a wander around with the boys, and we just soaked up the sun and surroundings. I also found, that if you stick your head into a snowmelt river, you can simulate a brainfreeze... god that hurt >.< Saturday night, I ended up at the Burbon, with my room mates and their friends, I was fun and games, the usual chatting and misbehaiving. They all piked out around 2, due to the birthday girl being drunk off her tree. *cough* lightweight *cough* Sunday was spent attempting to sleep, obtaining greasy food, and watching cartoons on my laptop. (Yay for Tripping the Rift!) All in all, it was good. I am trying to get this weekend organized, but at the moment, I just don't have the energy. If I want to go anywhere for the long weekend, I need to hire a car, and get all that organized. I can't get a straight answer from friends about coming or not.. so I may just head down to Seattle or something.. not entirely sure yet. I want to do *something* this weekend. It would be a waste to stay home, but I might just have to do it on my own, which is a bit of a bummer. Ahh well, I will ponder what I want to do, and I shall organize it.. but for now I need lunch, and a cookie. Cheers Laz Current Mood: drained (Comment on this)
Monday, April 13th, 2009
12:38 pm	Hola LJ Stalkers :) Well I have better update this thing with all that has happened in the last few months. For those that have been living under a rock, I have successfully moved to the land of beavers, pancakes and Lumberjacks ! I am in Canada ! I arrived back in Jan, and spent the first few weeks getting used to the place, getting my bearings, chatting with the crowd in the hostel, life was good. The first thing that I noticed is Vancouver is basicaly little Australia in the winter. The Australian's are everywhere, and in the beginning, that combats the home sickness, but after the first week or so, you are just trying to get the fuck AWAY from them. I came up here to meet and interact with Canadians and people OTHER than the bloody aussies :P It's also the snow bum crowd, so expect a bunch of 18-25 drunken yobbos from WA and QLD. I met up with Wade towards the end of Jan, and we had a ball in town, and made the effort to get off the beaten track and away from the other Aussies. We found The blarneystone over in the far end of Gastown, and it was a blast. I even got Wade up, dancing with girls :D After that, we headed out on our ski tour with Moose. It was lead by "Moose Matt" and he is a great guy. I am still in contact with him, going out for beer on Thurs :) We started the tour up at Whistler, and the place just oozes money. The views from the top of the valley are fantastic, and well worth the trip. I started my snowboarding with many falls, and messing about. We were up at Whistler for 2 days, and I managed to crack a rib coming off my board on day 2. Just a minor crack, but enough to notice. From there we headed back to town, and then up to Kewlona, and the lake oakanagan area, which has Silver Star and Big white. I finally took some lessons and I am sort of ok on a board now, I can stay on them, but my feet were killing me. I am going to have to splash out and get some proper boots for next time. Rental boots bring pain! The group of the tour was fun, but it was almost 100% aussie and Kiwi... well apart from Jamie, the yankie :P Poor girls, there was 2 girls and 9 guys, so it was a bit of a bloke fest. They were a great group though. After we finished on the slopes, we headed back to Kewlona for a hockey game and a wild night out at the Rose. Up until the end of the trip, the guy to girl ratio at all the places had been, well, awful... but Kewlona more than made up for it :) We had a good night out, and then headed back home. That took me up until about the 7th of Feb, then I started the job hunt, and man, when they talk about the economic crisis.. they aren't kidding. It took me almost 12 weeks to land a gig here, and for most of that, I was hanging around hostels, not doing much because I had to watch my money. Finally I landed a job with Telus, at the very last moment, if that had fallen through, I would have had to pack up and go home. Anyway, I am now working for Telus, on a rollout project at gas company here in Canada, and I am settled in with my new roomies out in East Vancouver. Not a lot else to report, I am now in settle mode, trying to get a new bed, (I am currently on a couch), a desk, a computer etc etc.. I am starting a few things in May though. I am joining, http://www.academieduello.com/index.html to improve my fitness and do something fun a few nights a week. I am also going to be taking up indoor rock climing. I was such a social hermit last year, I need to make up for it this year. Besides summer is coming, and I need to be fit and active for that. All the running around Canada has been good for me, I feel fantastic, and I have lost about 10kg. I think thats mainly from eating less crap and walking more. I am planning on coming home for a visit in April 2010. I have holiday time as part of my new job, so I'll take it, and have a jaunt back home to see you all. So those of you not in Melbourne, make plans to come down in April 2010, and we can have a monster catch up :), a sort of friends reunion :) As soon as they announce the dates for the F1, I will announce when I will be in town. So yes, Canada is awesome and I love it here :) Comment me, so I know your all still alive :) Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Monday, January 26th, 2009
6:58 pm	Made the papers in Vancouver in just 5 days http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/local/article/172182 That is all :D Current Mood: amused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
10:56 pm	It's one week... One week to go ! Wooooo !! Its Tuesday night, and in 7 days time, I will be at my friends place, freaking out because I am about to get on a plane, and fly half way around the world to freaking Canada! I have been swimming in my complex's pool, and I was looking up at the stars, and it has me thinking about things I need to do when I am in Canada. This isn't just idle want's this is things I need to do, to fully appreciate the country I am in. 1. Go out star gazing in the middle of nowhere, where there is no light pollution. I'll be looking at a different set of stars, and not be able to see the southern cross. It'll be like being on an Alien world 2. Play in the snow.. a lot. 3. Re create the famous scene from alien, with snowmen, a sock, and red food dye... a lot of food dye. 4. Rent a cheap car, and drive from Ottawa, to Vancouver. A full cross country drive. 5. Go camping, and exploring. Go looking for gold up in the wilderness. 6. See the northen lights, wild bevers and wild moose. 7. Learn to Snowboard, ski and iceskate. I am sure I'll think of more, but I am always open to suggestions :) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
1:30 pm	LJ @ work :D How did I not test this before ?!?? Anyway... I'll ponder the loss of my LJ time later. On to business.. *trumpets* Looking up the latest info for my Canada trip, it seems that the Great and Glorious Canadian government (I mean that, they are awesome) have changed the visa restrictions, which allows me to study while on my visa, and get any IT certs I would like. *joygasam* It means I am not pushing shit up hill to get as many certs as I can before I leave. That means I am will be getting my CCNA before I go, and that'll be it. I had thought about trying for a MS cert or two before I go, but I think It'll be a waste of time, as I won't have propper time to study. I have a bit of leveage when I am working in Canada too, as I can get more certs while I am there, or hopefully, have a job that will encourage (read pay for) me to get them. I am now in the last few days of my project role, and I am looking very forward to being un employed. My task is to clean, and pack my place. That's actually sort of half done, with most things in tubs. I need to organize said tubs and get them down to my folks place this weekend. That just leaves the big things, but most of them are either being given away, sold or thrown. I should be able to knock all that over in the week between Xmas and new years. Depending on my budget, I am not sure how long I will be bludging around Canada. I would really just like to take a couple of months off, and if my money situation works out, I should be able to do that. I might need to allow for a few minor things, but really, I should be able to take Feb/March off, and start the job hunt in late March. My other option is to try for a resort job for the winter, and then look for a serious job in the Spring. I really just want some time away from the world of IT, as I am just a touch burnt out. I also need to keep up the loss of this goddamn weight..*pokes tubby gut* Ski ing and generally being active in cold will help, plus the in ability to eat junkfood up there (both for budget, and health reasons) Now its just the little things, like clothes and odds and sods. Most of which I think I will buy when I am up there. I need ski boots and ski gear, but it will not be bought down here... ahh the horror of Australian prices. My biggest worry is P, and what she is going to do for a house/job. I am really hoping it all works out, but if anyone needs a part time student, for work, please drop me a line. She needs work to live, due to Aust study paying nothing near the cost of living. Once she is sorted, I will be a lot happier :D For those of you with Facebook, I am on there, look me up and add me :) You can follow my progress in Canada, and see my adventures. Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
6:21 pm	Come on Fatty ! On the treadmill! *sigh* I have noticed that over the period of the last 8 - 10 months, I have gained about 20kg. This is a bad thing, jeans are feeling a bit tighter, and i am really starting to notice how unfit I am. I shouldn't get puffed running up a hill. Its a combo of hitting the big 30, and the added weight. Its got worse in the last few months, as I am now, no longer running around 4 days a week, lugging equipment, and clocking up the foot Km's as you run around 4 Square Km's of proccessing Centre. So now I need to find an exersize that doesn't bore me to tears, and want to make me slam my bollocks in a door. Ok, for a start, I *HATE* the gym idea. No really, I can't describe how pointless I think gyms are. I am one of these people who wants to exersize AND accomplish something. When I am up in Canada, I am definately taking up ice skating, and maybe indoor rock climbing. What I need is an exersize buddy, then its more like socializing, and less like a form of torture. The other thing I need to do, is clean up my diet, which just takes more disipline. Being in Canada will help with that, as I can't eat the junkfood there, it makes me sick. It must be the corn sugar in it, but last time I was there, I just got ill from eating it. I'll go back to living on Subway when I need fast food. On the one hand, I know I need to take up some form of exersize, lest this annoying tubbyness gets worse, I just need to find something I can be excited and look forward to, not see it as a horrible chore. I know I won't stick with it if its a horrible chore. Now I have my throat issues under control, I might be able to stick with it as well. The other problem I have had, is I will start an exersize plan, it will last a week, then I will get a cold/throat infection and feel like death for 2 weeks, and fall out of the habbit. I might give it another crack, now that I am not suffering the nasty throat monsters I used to. Bah, roll on the anti tub pill ! (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
4:27 pm	Its wierd seeing your life compressed down to boxes. Well in my case, plastic tubs. (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 2nd, 2008
10:03 pm	Warning: Angsty subject matter ahead. (not too angsty) I have been on a packing spree tonight, packing up more of my stuff as part of my moving to Canada. Well I am off to Canada, my lifetime of loot is off to my folks place until I have a place, and I am settled. I am booking my ski ing tour this week, I am meeting up with Wade, and we are going to spend a could of weeks in and around Vancouver. I am tossing up which I want to learn, ski-ing or snowboarding. Either choice for me will result in bruisy pain and suffering, but at least I will be learning something new, and having adventures :D I am totally fed up with Australia, its giving me the shits for so many reasons. Melbourne is especially annoying me. Ok let President Fraser clarify those statements. Our Elected governments are driving me up the wall. I am not going to get into a Labour/Liberal bash because they are both as useless as each other. We are coming off the back of the driest spring/winter since 1914, and they STILL haven't upped the water restrictions, or got the Desal plant built. Victoria is now down to ~30% capacity in the dams, and we are heading into what will be a long hot dry summer, most likely followed but another long dry winter. Governments on all levels need to accept that this is a permanent change in Australia's rain pattern. Then there is the Federal plan to filter the internet here, under the old Helen lovejoy argument of "won't somebody PLEASE think of the children" I hate censorship, and the "TOTC" argument is a hollow one. It will always been expanded and abused to encompass more and more censorship. These are just two examples of boneheaded stupid decisions, and I am sure that who ever was in charge, the same boneheaded decisions would be made. I'm out, I am done, I am off. They only things I am really going to miss are; (in no order of importance) 1) All my wonderful friends down here 2) My family 2) Bundaberg rum 3) Tim tams I'll be back to Australia for visits, but I expect to spend most of my time in Canada. I am planning on buying a house up there, provided I like it, and I get a stable job and residence. Pah, details is all. I even have a plan for the house. The basement will be turned into a home theatre batcave, and there will be an outdoor spa, in a glasshouse type enclosure, complete with BBQ, and garden. It will be super awesome. I am just getting the litte things sorted now, like selling my car, all the odds and ends. I have been lucky enough to have this weekend off, and I have realised how much I have missed weekends. It will be so very wierd to be up there, because I will be debt free for the first time since I was about 18. It will be fucking awesome not to have to worry about payments coming out of my bank account, and bills and loans. I plan on being a gypsy for the first 6 weeks or so, until I need to actually get a job to maintain myself. Bah I just have a circus in my head at the moment, a parade of little worries and concerns, interspursed with a few biggish ones, but I guess it will all work itself out in the end. It always does. I just wish I could pack my friends up and bring them with me, to come and share the adventure. I think that'll be the hardest thing is once Wade heads back, I'll be on my own for a bit. With any luck I'll make some more friends on the tour, and it will branch off from there. Well at any rate, I am going to finish cleaning the house, and hit the hay. I need to try and bruteforce my sleeping patterns into something normal again. Also, help me decide people ! Should I learn to; Snowboard Ski Cast your votes in comments ! Current Mood: nostalgic (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
5:46 pm	Getting to the pointy end of things... Well its 3 months to go, and just over 6 weeks until I finish up in my current job. Man its getting scary now but in a scary awesome sort of way. I have been working on what I want to do when I first arrive. I have been in contact with Wade, and he has some holiday time coming up. We are planning to meet up in Vancouver, and then do a weeks worth of Ski ing So far the plan is this; Arrive in Vancouver 21st Jan Spend a week in vancouver, find and ex pat bar, and enjoy Australia day. 28th, Head up to Whistler, and spend a week skiing, or in my case, attempting to Ski. Begininng of Feb, Come back down from Whistler, hopefully in one piece, and not in a body cast. Wade goes back to the whacky states. Head over to Edmonton and spend a week seeing Bailey, and generally enjoying the depths of winter there, Inside.. with lots of drinks. Then I'll head down to Calgary, and see my friends there, with more adventures. Then I'll wander my way back to Vancouver to get my work stuff settled and organized. I'll also need to get my accoms sorted as well. It will be awesome to have at least a month off, with no worries, so fretting over debts, and bills to be paid.. Just what I need to recharge my batteries and have adventures. Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
11:19 pm	I <3 storms I was driving around today, thinking on my way to lunch with a friend and I was thinking about being out in a storm. I was in Sydney a few weekends ago, and I went sightseeing with a workmate, we took the ferry out to Watsons point, and on the trip back across the bay, we got caught in some wild weather. Nothing super serious but lots of lightening, thunder rain and some hail. I had to admit that I absolutely love being out in the rain and storms, the more lightening and thunder the better. There is something about being out in the chaos and power of a storm that puts me at peace.. strange as that sounds. I was thinking about it in the car while driving around today, and I guess its as close as I get to a religious experience. Now I have to say outright that I am an atheist, and have no belief whatsoever in some big imaginary friend who looks after us and build the universe.. If I am pressed for a belief, then I tell people I believe in the Orbital Teapot. Yes.. there is an orbital teapot... because I believe it exists.. The teapot was first suggested by Bertrand Russell, to illustrate the silliness of arguing there was a god, but not being able to prove it. If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time. There is an orbital teapot, because I believe there is, and you can't disprove it. It's just a very small teapot... and its blue.. with dolphins on it. But I digress.. I was driving around today, and I was thinking about my love of being out in storms, and why its so, and I guess in a way, its being able to touch god, in an Einstein sense of the word. Einstein used to refer to god, but when he used the word, he wasn't referring to an imaginary friend, or the teapot... it was more referring to the machine of the universe. Being out in a storm allows me to feel connected to the forces of the universe, as the storm starts in the heart of the sun, the massive forces fusing atoms to create heat, light and electrons, which fly the 7.5 mins here, hit our atmosphere, and interact with the air and water to create a mighty storm. I can see a fraction of that power expressed in mighty lightening bolts, pushing tens of millions of amps down. The power of the universe expressed for use to see it, and me lucky enough to be out and witnessing it. dues ex machina, but for me, its from the machine of the universe. Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
9:10 pm	Current Mood: silly (Comment on this)
Monday, August 4th, 2008
4:38 pm	They are back ! In youtube form ! Current Mood: bouncy (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
8:33 am	Weekend Awesomeness Wooo ! It seems that I have an un expected free weekend, as we got all the work done yesterday, which is nice. I am home and a bit snotty... I miss breathing through my nose, I really do. In other news, my spate of behaving like a responsiable adult continues, as I have just got all my tax done. I am pleasantly suprised, as I am going to get about 3k back. Well thats my travel insurance done for the trip, and I think my US visitor visa, and my international drivers licence, and I'll have a bit left over :D I have decided to get a 5 yr visitor visa for the US, so I can nip down and see my friends when I want to, and get not as hassled by the US customs guys. In other news, well work is good, and easy at the moment. I get the impression that will change next weekend. Went and saw Wanted a few nights ago. If you need mindless action, interwoven with semi nekid hot woman, then its a good night out. I am tempted to go for a drive today, and test out my new toy... I might nip down to Sale and suprise the folks... actually that seems like a good idea :D Current Mood: nerdy (Comment on this)
Saturday, July 26th, 2008
9:53 pm	*evil Grin WHP LETTER OF INTRODUCTION FILE NUMBER: XXXXXXXXXXXX AUTHORIZATION NUMBER: XXXXXXXXXXXX NAME: Me Your application for a work permit under the Working Holiday Program has been approved. Bwa Hahahhahaaha !! That is all Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
10:46 am	Canada prep updated :D hey all my stalkers... I know your out there >_> Well I am still preparing for Canada. I was off in Canberra this weekend working, and gods it was cold and miserable. I just look at it as Vancouver training. Lucky thing is, while I was there, my sis and I discovered a Katmandu shop that was having a mega sale.. So I went a bit nuts, I bought a big fluffy polar fleece jumper, some thermal long johns, and some gloves. I also bought my roomie a Polar fleece, as she is always running around the house in her big jacket.. she looks like the michillen man. Anyway, things are ticking along nicely. I have my first Cisco exam booked for the 19th of Aug... so I need to get cracking on the study for that. I am averaging a 70% on the testking stuff, so I just need to lift my game a little, and I am set :D I'll book the next one for Sept :) Waiting on Visa stuff, but I am not expecting to hear from them until at least mid August.. they said 6 - 8 weeks. I am pondering a run to the parentals this week, to say hi, see them, see my bro, and generally get out of the city. I can road trip again without fear of cops, now I have my windscreen, and tyres replaced. Things to Do... 1) Rewrite resume. 2) Study for Cisco 3) Book second exam. 4) Poke travel agent about bank account n stuff. (Comment on this)
Thursday, July 10th, 2008
12:08 pm	Hows this for retarded... I have called up and cancelled all my credit cards. They are all paid off an done.. no more.. gone.. never again. And what do I get in the mail today? A form from one of the banks I just told I was finished with, saying I have been pre approved for a brand new credit card! Sign up now !! Oh for fucks sake.. I just kicked the habbit... just fuck off and let me be. Needless to say it got torn up and thrown in the bin. More accomplished stuff... Booked Tattoo appointment for Oct... They are always flat tack..so Oct was as soon as I could get. Got new Jeans ! My old ones are about to fall appart. Dropped my Canadian visa app in the mail! Called all my credit card companies, and confirmed that they accounts are all closed and done :D Gods that felt good. I expect to be on the road this weekend, more than likely back in Sydney working at PAP house, which will be a nice change. Its good to actually be off deploying. Keeps me away from the bordem horrors of the Melbourne office. I am trying to find a decient software program for playing DVD's on my PC. WinDVD, just does not wanna work. Next week the other have of my debit card arrives, so I can book my Cisco exam, so thats another thing off my list on Tues :D I might drop back into the tattoo place next week and discuss the other two designs I want. I am expecting to maybe get one of them done before I go. The last one I am of two minds of. If I can get it drawn up and sorted out... fuck it would make an awesome whole back tattoo.... *ponderment* Current Mood: cheerful (Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
3:21 pm	*cackles insanely!* I am fucking organized !! Woof ! *Lord Flashart pelvic thrust* ** Today I have; Replaced my windscreen (fucking big crack in it for ages) Replaced my tyres (nearly bald and just begging for a cop to notice) Started a term deposit with 15K in it :D (mmm 8% interest) Paid off another credit card (Die you bastards!!! DIE !) Submitted my Visa App for Canada (Sweet legal working permit, oh how I loves you) But most importantly.... BOOKED MY CANADA TICKET! Booo yah! I am offically landing in Vancouver at 12.45PM on the 21st Of Jan 2009 I have a departure date.. its all happening !! SQUEEEEEE !! Well thats the low hanging fruit picked, I need to tackle the bigger stuff now. 1) Book Cisco exam (*cry*) 2) Source and pay for Travel insurance (meh... Nov some time) 3) Book accoms (Meh.... Nov sometime) 4) Re write Resume (Noooooooo, oh for the love of god! Please noooooo!) I also need to factor in various weddings into my plans. I found out another mate of mine is gettting married in Nov, which means a trip back to Perth for that...which means flights and accoms for the weekend. Rachie getting married in Sept, so need to be around for that... Ummm I expect at least one or two more weddings to pop up.. hopefully not too soon. other than that, life is pretty damn good. :D ** for those who don't know who Lord Flashart is... Current Mood: accomplished (Comment on this)
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
9:46 am	Cult of the Breeder.. I need to have a rant... mainly about the obsession with breeding. It seems to have infiltrated everything of my life at the moment, and I hate it. It started with one of my favorite comics, http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/ going from a fun wacky gaming comic, to a huge story arc about the gf getting preggers, and loosing he baby. While sad, the whole reason I read comics is to laugh and escape reality. Maybe I am getting older and grumpier, but if I hear another breeder mummy cooing about her ball of screaming snot is the cutiest thing on the planet, I am inclined to rip out her uterus and beat her with it. I do not want kids... ever. No if's no buts. It annoys the crap out of me when I tell people this, and they say "Aww but you just haven't met the right woman, you'll change your mind" Ok, that statement is retarded.. for two reasons; 1) No I won't. I have thought long and hard about my nature, and I see nothing in me that wants to have kids.. I am honest, and I am too selfish. I see having kids as pretty low on achievements in life. People now days act if having kids is some sort of incredible achievement, like climbing a mountain or traveling the world. It isn't. You have successfully done what the human race has been doing for tens of thousands of years!! You are not special ! Geeze get over yourself. I would rather my life be about travel, and exploring and experiencing life !! not tying myself down to 2.3 kids and a house.. and then lamenting the 3 years I spent in the once place, and all the things I could have done! 2) The "right woman" for me, is a woman who doesn't want kids. therefore your statement is null and void. It's getting weird out there, especially when it comes to the whole kids thing. I know fertility rates have dipped a bit, but that's not a bad thing! It's drifting towards "Handmaids tale" type of reality. The day they announce all fertile women must wear a red hood... well I am outa here ! It also seems to be a competition thing now, that kids are a fashion accessory, and that having teh baby is cool! It'll get you into all the right parties, and then annoy the piss out of the people there with your incessant coo-ing and bragging over your screaming poo machine. I am running into it more and more, now that all my friends are getting married, and starting down the kid path. Its kind of isolating in some ways, as I only know a few other people who think like me. Its nice to see the world hasn't gone completely mad. Current Mood: cranky (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008
4:18 pm	Gaahhhh !!! I need someone to engineer a small vicious animal that can live in my car..... just quietly on the back seat. And the next time those bastards back my back window to steal my stuff.... then can be mauled by said animal... I am thinking some sort of fizz-gig style creature.. fluffy and cute, except when faced with thieves.. then it proceeds to rip off limbs and maul viciously. Current Mood: aggravated (Comment on this)
Monday, January 7th, 2008
6:07 pm	*hates on Cisco* ~Warning: IT nerd content~ I know I need it... but 140 per Exam is still an annoyance !! To get my CCNA, thats $300... Grrr! Well I am back at work, and things are starting to get crazy again, had a long chat with a client, about their merger, and the possibly setting up a mini data center for their hosting. I have to admit I miss working in a big corporate network, sheerly for the project work and the toys you get to play with. I spent most of the afternoon day dreaming about setting up a SAN system, with a Virtual server front end. Well I had to do something while I programmed a router :\ At least I am getting more low level network work now, as well as the server administration side of work. It'll look good on my resume in Canada. I just need the big shiny CCNA as well as the MS certs to go with. I might even see if I can get my self organized to get my CCNP before I go too.. That'd be damn awesome. I have to admit I really enjoy the low level and networking side of things it engages me, and chills me out..something about it levels me. At any rate, life is generally good. For any of my interstate petrol head friends, I am off to F1 this year. Anyone wishing to come down for is, is welcome to bunk at my place for the weekend. :D Take care all Current Mood: awake (Comment on this)