Australasia in the Playground II

[Skeppio]

I noticed the Australasia in the Playground thread died a few months back. And since thread necromancy is frowned upon, I decided to create a shiny new thread.

So, Aussies in the Playground...are there many of us still here? Where abouts are you all? How's life and all that jazz? Should I grab the map from the old thread, or is it out of date by now?


Edit: Changed thread title.

[Serpentine]

Quick, change it to Australasia in the Playground so it doesn't get locked! (international regions only, after a proliferation of national threads) Also the map is out of date but snazzy, so I reckon you should grab another (with the wider area - probably SE Asia, New Zealand, etc) and update it.

[The Succubus]

*pops into the thread to say a big hello to all our upside-down, cork hat wearing, lethal spider hugging Playgrounders*

[Lioness]

Whoooooo, Australiaasia.

So, which part of Australasia does everyone inhabit, and how are you finding the cold?

[Klose_the_Sith]

Uh, the AFL season is heating up? Which is good news, as it gives me something to think about that isn't schoolwork (finishing year 12, albeit not under HSC 'cause I'm a cool kid).

That's about all I can think about.

Well, I suppose there's been a fair bit of rain lately and a bridge collapsed. But those are details.

[Lioness]

Uh, the AFL season is heating up? Which is good news, as it gives me something to think about that isn't schoolwork (finishing year 12, albeit not under HSC 'cause I'm a cool kid).

That's about all I can think about.

Well, I suppose there's been a fair bit of rain lately and a bridge collapsed. But those are details.

I'm finishing year 12 too...but not interested in the football, except when it makes work really quiet.

[Dispozition]

I think most of you probably know me by now...Or something like that.

Whee for too much free time off uni and lots of nice Melbourne weather.

[Skeppio]

Whoooooo, Australiaasia.

So, which part of Australasia does everyone inhabit, and how are you finding the cold?

I'm a bit north of Melbourne, in the outer suburbs. And I'm not really noticing the cold much, being in an office all day.

[Fortuna]

Well, apparently we get lumped in with you. Hi, I'm a kiwi, and I laugh at your primitive notions of "cold" (I spent a few years in Canada, so I love the cold).

[Roc Ness]

Oh hooray! Australasia in the playground is resurrected! :smallbiggrin:

As for the cold, I don't whether to like it or hate it. I like it because it gives me an excuse to sleep in. I hate it because it gives me an excuse to sleep in... >_>

[Rawhide]

Yay, somebody rezzed it!

What is this cold you speak of?

[Skeppio]

Yay, somebody rezzed it!

What is this cold you speak of?

Apparently, the cold has invaded our island under our very noses!
Anyway, I rezzed the thread 'coz I wanted to talk to some Playgrounders I'd have a chance of meeting outside the webs.

[Rawhide]

Apparently, the cold has invaded our island under our very noses!
Anyway, I rezzed the thread 'coz I wanted to talk to some Playgrounders I'd have a chance of meeting outside the webs.

It has? Nobody told me...

[Roc Ness]

The cold's a nuisance! We asked for rain from the sky, not from the nose! :smalltongue:

[Skeppio]

It has? Nobody told me...

Where abouts are you, Rawhide? It's been cold in Melbourne for a couple weeks now.

[Dispozition]

Where abouts are you, Rawhide? It's been cold in Melbourne for a couple weeks now.

I think he's in WA somewhere, probably Northish. I want to say near Broome, but I doubt I'd be right.

[Lioness]

I think he's in WA somewhere, probably Northish. I want to say near Broome, but I doubt I'd be right.

I thought he was in Brisbane. Either way, up North.

[Dispozition]

I thought he was in Brisbane. Either way, up North.

Could be right...

I don't really keep tabs on where everyone on the forum lives (:

[Skeppio]

Could be right...

I don't really keep tabs on where everyone on the forum lives (:

We need to rebuild the map from the old thread. Any takers? :smallbiggrin:

[Moonshadow]

Well, apparently we get lumped in with you. Hi, I'm a kiwi, and I laugh at your primitive notions of "cold" (I spent a few years in Canada, so I love the cold).

C...old? What is word, cold?

Not in my vocabulary, just like snow :smallwink:

[Level8Mudcrab]

I'm in Victoria, doing Year 11. It's been really rainy here the last week, I don't mind the cold though.

[Skeppio]

C...old? What is word, cold?

Not in my vocabulary, just like snow :smallwink:

Cold's back in my vocab. And rain. Especially when I'm waiting for the bus. :smallmad:

[Moonshadow]

I know, it was a joke :smallwink:

Living out in the boonies as I do, I've woken up to find the car doors frozen shut before... but I get up at an ungodly hour for work anyways (5:30 wake up auuuuuuugh)

[Skeppio]

I know, it was a joke :smallwink:

Living out in the boonies as I do, I've woken up to find the car doors frozen shut before... but I get up at an ungodly hour for work anyways (5:30 wake up auuuuuuugh)

5:30? What do you do/How far do you travel? I get up at 7:00 and have about an hour of travel.

[Moonshadow]

Leave at 6, travel an hour into the city for work to avoid all the traffic.

Advantage of still living at home means I can catch a lift with my dad :smallbiggrin:

[Skeppio]

Leave at 6, travel an hour into the city for work to avoid all the traffic.

Advantage of still living at home means I can catch a lift with my dad :smallbiggrin:

Sweet. I take the train. I'm thinking about moving closer to the city.

[Dispozition]

I only have 40 mins travel time to uni, I still get up 2 hours before I need to be in. If I had my drivers license it'd only be 15 mins...But I'm a lazy sod (:

[Lioness]

Takes me 40 minutes to get to school by bus, 15 minutes by car.

Thankfully, I have a car.

My potential Uni is only 20 minutes away by bus.

[Level8Mudcrab]

It takes me about half an hour to get to school by bus and I don't usually have to get up till 7:30.

[Serpentine]

It has? Nobody told me...Shaddap bananabender.
I'm in Victoria, doing Year 11. It's been really rainy here the last week, I don't mind the cold though.Whereabouts? Just boring old Melbourne?

I'm in Armidale, north of Tamworth west of Coffs Harbour.

[Level8Mudcrab]

I'm in Armidale, north of Tamworth west of Coffs Harbour.

Rural Victoria, middle of nowhere.

[Serpentine]

Where? I've lived in Kaniva - far west beyond Horsham, between Nhil and Bordertown - and Tallangatta - north-east near Albury-Wodonga.

[Level8Mudcrab]

Taradale, it's about a hour, hour and a half from Melbourne.

[Serpentine]

Pft, practically Melbourne. Lame :smalltongue:

[Level8Mudcrab]

Far enough that I hardly go to Melbourne.

[Skeppio]

Hmm, a few Victorians here. We should meet up sometime.

[Xavios]

You last visited: 10-23-2009 at 02:48 AM

And the first thread I see is about Austral(as)ia. Just checking back in from Radelaide. 'sup?

[Level8Mudcrab]

Welcome back, person I don't know :smallsmile:

[Rawhide]

I'l give you a hint. We won the State of Origin.

[Skeppio]

Wikipedia tells me...Queensland?

I remember when I went to Queensland. It was pouring down rain and yet still 30-something degrees. :smallconfused:

[_Zoot_]

Wow, a lot of us are going to be finishing school soon-ish (me too!).

And I need some other views: Is it to political to talk about the PM's idea to make Australia a republic when the Queen dies?

Other than that, we should totally have a meet up at some point! That would be cool!

[Skeppio]

Wow, a lot of us are going to be finishing school soon-ish (me too!).

And I need some other views: Is it to political to talk about the PM's idea to make Australia a republic when the Queen dies?

Other than that, we should totally have a meet up at some point! That would be cool!

I'd stay away from it, just to be on the safe side. And yes, a meet-up would rule.

[Serpentine]

And I need some other views: Is it to political to talk about the PM's idea to make Australia a republic when the Queen dies?Yes it would. But just to throw it out there: I find the idea an interesting one, if a bit morbid.

[loopy]

Sydney, NSW. :smallsmile:

[Skeppio]

I noticed we have a higher concentration of playgrounders in Victoria and NSW. *takes notes* Fascinating.

[Serpentine]

There's a couple in WA, I believe. One of these, Death, Your Friend the Reaper, usually pops by at some point...

[Rawhide]

Yeah, Queensland. Though I don't actually watch the footy.

There's a couple in WA, I believe. One of these, Death, Your Friend the Reaper, usually pops by at some point...Shhh, if you say his name he's sure to come.

[Serpentine]

You promise? =D

DEATH DEATH DEATH, YOUR FRIEND THE REAPER!

[Jivundus]

Dubbo, NSW...where it's too hot in summer and too cold in winter.

[Serpentine]

Nice zoo, though.

[Skeppio]

Dubbo, NSW...where it's too hot in summer and too cold in winter.

Dubbo has a cool name though.

[Jivundus]

Only for the first million times...it gets a trifle dull after that

[Serpentine]

A million nice days isn't too shabby.

[Skeppio]

Fair enough.

Hey, noticed your join date. You're new around here then? Enjoying the boards so far?

[Jivundus]

Fair enough.

Hey, noticed your join date. You're new around here then? Enjoying the boards so far?

Yeah, for the whole three hours or so since I discovered the boards :p

Good fun, nonetheless

[Skeppio]

Yeah, this board is great. And one of the most sane and civil communities on the net that I've seen.

[Rawhide]

Jivundus: GET OUT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/funny-pictures-cats-contagious-orange.jpg


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Too late.

[Level8Mudcrab]

I joined a few months ago, didn't start posting until recently though.

[Jivundus]

We're roleplayers (for the most part) ...where on earth does sanity fit in with pretending to be elves and dwarves and halflings and chopping BBEG's into tiny pieces? :p

[Level8Mudcrab]

What is this sanity that you speak of?

[Skeppio]

My use of sanity is merely a favourable comparison between us and less savoury boards. I certainly did not mean to imply that any of us are sane by regular human standards. :smallbiggrin:

[Rawhide]

My use of sanity is merely a favourable comparison between us and less savoury boards. I certainly did not mean to imply that any of us are sane by regular human standards. :smallbiggrin:


.esiwrehto detnioppasid yrev neeb evah dluow I ,dooG

[Roc Ness]

If we're all being unnaturally open with personal information... then I live in Parramatta.

[Jivundus]

Who on earth is going care in a place like this? Most of us are too busy trying to kill dragons to bother (aside from CN people, who knows why they do things :p )

[Roc Ness]

Ah, but if we're all being naturally open with personal information... then that means I don't live in Parramatta.


... I missed the point, didn't I?

[Skeppio]

We're all friends here, Roc. :smallwink:

[Roc Ness]

Sorry, but I'm just an irredeemably paranoid little devil...

[Skeppio]

Sorry, but I'm just an irredeemably paranoid little devil...

Don't worry, we won't hunt you down. Probably. :smallbiggrin:

[Dexam]

There's a couple in WA, I believe. One of these, Death, Your Friend the Reaper, usually pops by at some point...

*delurks*

Well, I'm not Death, Your Friend the Reaper, but I will pop by to represent WA... I'm a Perthling to be slightly more precise.

[Jivundus]

You're location is pretty accurate though

[Rowsen]

*delurks*

Well, I'm not Death, Your Friend the Reaper, but I will pop by to represent WA... I'm a Perthling to be slightly more precise.
I love that term and I have no idea why.

[Roc Ness]

I know. Reminds me of homestyle chocolate-chip cookies, for some reason. :smallconfused: :smallsmile:

[The Succubus]

Sorry, but I'm just an irredeemably paranoid little devil...

A non-Tasmanian Devil?

[Moonshadow]

Tasmania? That place doesn't exist :smalltongue:

[Rawhide]

Didn't we chop Tasmania off and send it out to sea to sink?

[Lioness]

Ah, so that's why I can't find my long-lost friend on FB...she moved to TAS when we were 7.

[Skeppio]

Didn't we chop Tasmania off and send it out to sea to sink?

All part of our master plan! Mwahahahaha!

[Roc Ness]

On the subject of Tassie, have one Melbourner in denial and another giggling manically. Something's not riigghhhttttt ~ here!

[Dexam]

I love that term and I have no idea why.

I like the term because "Earth --> Earthling", therefore "Perth --> Perthling". :smallsmile:

Besides, "Perthling" just sounds so much classier than Perthian, Perthite, Perthsider, or any other similar terms.

Though I'm having a short break from Perth soon. In a little over 16 days I'm heading off for a 7-week trip to Europe. :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

I'm an Armidillian.
I like it cuz it sounds like what Wizards would call an armadillo-person :smallcool: (if they hadn't already called it an Armand)

[Moonshadow]

On the subject of Tassie, have one Melbourner in denial and another giggling manically. Something's not riigghhhttttt ~ here!

I reject your reality, and submit my own.

Much like I reject the claims by all the insane people who live in Sydney who think Sydney is better than Melbourne :smalltongue:

[Skeppio]

I'm an Armidillian.
I like it cuz it sounds like what Wizards would call an armadillo-person :smallcool: (if they hadn't already called it an Armand)

Wallanian? Wallanite?

Darn, it just doesn't have the same ring here. :smallfrown:

[Dexam]

I reject your reality, and submit my own.

Much like I reject the claims by all the insane people who live in Sydney who think Sydney is better than Melbourne :smalltongue:

Now, now... let's not start up any Sydney/Melbourne rivalry; because you know what happened last time when Melbourne and Sydney couldn't agree on something? That's right, we got Canberra - and no one wants to see that happen again.

:smalltongue:

[Klose_the_Sith]

Now, now... let's not start up any Sydney/Melbourne rivalry; because you know what happened last time when Melbourne and Sydney couldn't agree on something? That's right, we got Canberra - and no one wants to see that happen again.

:smalltongue:

Canberra FTW :smallcool:

Yer all just jealous of Fyshwick n such.

[Moonshadow]

Canberra FTW :smallcool:

Yer all just jealous of Fyshwick n such.

Haha no way, my girlfriend and I were just discussing Fyshwick as a place to go on our trip to Canberra at the end of September :smallbiggrin:

To quote her;

'haha yes, apparently we need to go to 'Fyshwick, an area crawling with warehouse-sized sex shops and brothels.''

We're also going to Questacon, and doing glassmaking and going to the library and going paddleboating... yay!

[Jivundus]

Gods, another Canberra? Where would we put it? It'd wind up being an absolute convergence.

[Klose_the_Sith]

Haha no way, my girlfriend and I were just discussing Fyshwick as a place to go on our trip to Canberra at the end of September :smallbiggrin:

To quote her;

'haha yes, apparently we need to go to 'Fyshwick, an area crawling with warehouse-sized sex shops and brothels.''

We're also going to Questacon, and doing glassmaking and going to the library and going paddleboating... yay!

Yeah, that's pretty much Fyshwick. Depending on where you wind up in Canberra they might be selling fireworks, too ...

Those are all pretty good things to do in Canberra, dunno what else I'd suggest cause pretty much all of the things I do require that you live here first :smallwink:

I spose there're things like the War Memorial, National Museum, Portrait Gallery, both Parliament Houses etc. in addition to those things, but they can be a bit touristy (except the Portrait Gallery - it's fantastic! :smallbiggrin:)

A long walk around Lake Burley Griffin comes recommended, cause Canberra is a city that (to outsiders) often looks pretty but contains nothing. So enjoy the pretty :smalltongue:


Gods, another Canberra? Where would we put it? It'd wind up being an absolute convergence.

Anywhere you can make a couple thousand roundabouts around an artificial lake should suit ...

[Jivundus]

Definitely take a nap on the couches in the National Museum's foyer. I slept for about 2 hours on one of those things...there's not much in there anyways.

[Roc Ness]

Anywhere you can make a couple thousand roundabouts around an artificial lake should suit ...

Parramatta! :smallbiggrin:

[Skeppio]

We need to organise something. I wanna meet you guys :smallbiggrin:.

Unfortunately, I can't really do much for now, since I'm away for the weekend.

[Rowsen]

We need to organise something. I wanna meet you guys :smallbiggrin:.

Unfortunately, I can't really do much for now, since I'm away for the weekend.

We shall fight on the beaches! Except with less fighting and maybe less beach. And more drinking.

[Skeppio]

We shall fight on the beaches! Except with less fighting and maybe less beach. And more drinking.

That's the basic idea. :smallsmile:

[Roc Ness]

Bugger. This is the sorta stuff I wish I could do more often.

[Klose_the_Sith]

We shall fight on the beaches! Except with less fighting and maybe less beach. And more drinking.

I'd be up for that sort of thing :smallbiggrin:

[Dispozition]

I would be present, so long as it was warm which is not normal for Melbourne beaches...

[_Zoot_]

If you come to Canberra, see the War Memorial, it's one of the best military museums in the world! Really, I can't recommend it enough!


Also, for all those over 18,

ENJOY YOUR DEMOCRACY!

ENJOY LINING UP FOR HALF THE DAY!

(Me? Not happy that I don't get to vote because I turn 18 at the end of the year? Why would you say that? :smallwink: )

[Moonshadow]

Argh, voting. I don't want to vote, no one has really given me a good reason to vote for one over the other :smallmad: Stupid politics.

That, and my girlfriend is going to make me watch the election tonight >.>

[Serpentine]

That's why I voted for... <.< >.> one of the others :smallcool:

[Klose_the_Sith]

I, for one, was proud to vote for Winston Noble rather than that midget Hubert Hoag. Why anyone would vote in a contrary fashion is an alien concept I reject :smallamused:

[Lady Moreta]

May I join in with one foot firmly on either side of the ditch?

I am a Kiwi, but moved to WA four years ago come the end of September. I must add, I love the phrase 'Perthling' - can I borrow it? :smallsmile:

(I'm also quite delighted to not be an Australian citizen, so I'm not allowed to vote. The country is better off without my two cents - trust me.)

[Roc Ness]

If you come to Canberra, see the War Memorial, it's one of the best military museums in the world! Really, I can't recommend it enough!

Hey! Went there a fortnight ago. It was really good, except the inside was sometimes very confusing to navigate.

[MoelVermillion]

Oops that was real world politics, fixed that. Anyway none of you really know me around here for the most part I'm a bit of a lurker but I'm from Perth so I thought I'd pop in and give you all a hello.

[Roc Ness]

Greetings, Perthling, we come in peace! Take us to your leader! :smallcool:

[gibbo88]

I'm a Perthian too. Are the other ozzies finding the election excellent and interesting television, radio and newspaper? [/sarcasm]

edit: slipped up on the language

[Klose_the_Sith]

I, for one, loved the election coverage - I got so much 40k painting done while letting it drone on in the background :smallbiggrin:

[bookeater]

It was kinda fun to see some of the more hardcore cheerleaders of each side slag each other off.:smallbiggrin:

[Level8Mudcrab]

I'm not old enough to vote and I was off playing D&D at a friends house anyway :smallsmile:

[_Zoot_]

I'm not old enough to vote and I was off playing D&D at a friends house anyway :smallsmile:

Now that seems like a good way to spend the day!

[Serpentine]

My sister had a suprise election party for her partner, who was helping with manning and counting the polls here. Noone came :smallfrown: But the roast and cake were delicious...

[gibbo88]

My sister had a suprise election party for her partner...Noone came :smallfrown:

Ouch...thats no good. Though it just means more food for you really doesn't it?

[Serpentine]

Yeah. I think it was just that it was a last-minute thing, really.

[Lioness]

I'm not old enough to vote and I was off playing D&D at a friends house anyway :smallsmile:

Heh. Me too.

D&D>election anyday.

[Rowsen]

Ah voting. They gave me SO many forms of "How to vote for my team."
But I better not delves further or thread gets eaten.

[Roc Ness]

If politics is outta bounds, what shall we Australasians discuss?

...

Spring?

[Skeppio]

My sister had a suprise election party for her partner, who was helping with manning and counting the polls here. Noone came :smallfrown: But the roast and cake were delicious...

Mmm....roast. No, bad Skeppio! I'm trying to DEcrease in mass, dagnabbit.



Also, for all those over 18,

ENJOY YOUR DEMOCRACY!

ENJOY LINING UP FOR HALF THE DAY!


I only waited for 30 seconds. :smallbiggrin:


If politics is outta bounds, what shall we Australasians discuss?

...

Spring?

Ah yes, that season that's coming up soon. Meh, I've never been big on daylight savings. Seems unnecessary to me.

[_Zoot_]

Well, the weather was really nice here in Canberra today!

[Serpentine]

Mmm....roast. No, bad Skeppio! I'm trying to DEcrease in mass, dagnabbit.Roasts are a good dinner :smallconfused: At least, they can be...

[Roc Ness]

Low in fat, high in protein, vitamins and minerals. :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

Lots of veggies...

[Skeppio]

Eeeeeexcellent.

[Leon]

Novocastrian here.

I went and Voted, got lunch and promptly stopped thinking about the related events till about 11pm when i was asked by a Friend online what i thought of a Hung government (I'd not heard the term before and was disappointed to find out that it didn't mean what i had hoped).

Was kinda peeved at it and the effect that it has on other people, there was a planned event happening originally at a friends place yesterday and it was canceled after everyone else but me piked on it "cos its election day"... So blimmin what, go vote and enjoy the rest of the day but nooo cant do that.

[Ruik]

Roasts are delicious, I await spring eagerly, and I got my voting done early so no long lines. Think that about covers it :smallbiggrin:

Not that it's as cold here on the Sunny Coast as down south, but it is cold enough for me to wish that I could derive warmth from something other than direct sunlight.

Weekend would have been good even with the election, except that I picked a fight with a goal post on Friday night and it kicked my arse >_<

[Roc Ness]

Wait, what?

@Serpentine: What sorta roast was it? Chicken? Lamb? I haven't had much in the way of lamb before.


Weekend would have been good even with the election, except that I picked a fight with a goal post on Friday night and it kicked my arse >_<

:smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

Um... Lamb, I think? With some fancy spice thing going on. And a delicious pepper and red wine gravy P:

[Roc Ness]

I feel hungry now. And all I have in the oven is modelling clay for a school assignment. >_>

[_Zoot_]

I do love roast, lamb and chicken are my favourites!

[MoelVermillion]

Ah yes, that season that's coming up soon. Meh, I've never been big on daylight savings. Seems unnecessary to me.

Us Perthlings chased out daylight savings with pitch forks and torches when it tried to sneak in to our state a few years back. Some people were trying to convince us that it would help us communicate with you other states but we saw through their lies :smallbiggrin:!

[Jivundus]

Cor, but how can you not love roast pork?

And the truth is you just want to alienate yourselves even more from the East Coast :smalltongue:

[Level8Mudcrab]

Roast is great, chicken is my favourite.

[Skeppio]

Us Perthlings chased out daylight savings with pitch forks and torches when it tried to sneak in to our state a few years back. Some people were trying to convince us that it would help us communicate with you other states but we saw through their lies :smallbiggrin:!

It took root in our state, and like a patch of gorse bushes, it's damn near impossible to get rid off. Ah well, I can deal with it.

[MoelVermillion]

It took root in our state, and like a patch of gorse bushes, it's damn near impossible to get rid off. Ah well, I can deal with it.

It's kind of ridiculous, during the trial period I used to like running at the park when the sun had gone down (I was overweight and trying to slim down I felt too self-conscious if I knew people could see me easily :smallfrown:, this has been resolved now) when the trial period for daylight savings was running I'd sometimes have to wait for 9 pm till I was able to go, all my friends told me it was great because they could enjoy the sun for longer but some of us enjoy the night too!

Ah well doesn't affect me anymore either way.

[Roc Ness]

I don't mind daylight savings. Although I never notice it either. :smallcool:

[Moonshadow]

I hate Daylight Savings. My sleep pattern is already messed up as it is, I don't need the Government deciding to be stupid (as is the norm) messing it up even further.

Abolish it! Abolish it, I say! I'll vote for whoever gets rid of it!

[Dexam]

I am a Kiwi, but moved to WA four years ago come the end of September. I must add, I love the phrase 'Perthling' - can I borrow it? :smallsmile:

Borrow away! :smallwink:


Was kinda peeved at it and the effect that it has on other people, there was a planned event happening originally at a friends place yesterday and it was canceled after everyone else but me piked on it "cos its election day"... So blimmin what, go vote and enjoy the rest of the day but nooo cant do that.
I'd link to the song "Drunk on Election Night" by Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males ( because it pretty much sums up my attitude to elections) but it contains some seriously NSFW language.


Us Perthlings chased out daylight savings with pitch forks and torches when it tried to sneak in to our state a few years back. Some people were trying to convince us that it would help us communicate with you other states but we saw through their lies :smallbiggrin:!
Gotta love WA and daylight savings: four daylight savings trials, four referendums, four times voted against. :smallbiggrin:
I eagerly await the next daylight savings trial in several year's time, so we can vote against it again [/sarcasm]

On the subject of roasts, I had roast beef and vegetables for dinner last night. Omnomnomnom! :smalltongue:

[Skeppio]

Hmm, I'm trying to conceptualize this meet-up idea, but I've hit a major road block. No matter where I plan it, I estimate at least half of us won't be able to make it. Not to mention I have no venue, time, or any idea what I'm doing...

[Level8Mudcrab]

I guess you have plenty of time to sort it out I guess, there's no rush for it.

And on another topic, does anyone else find themselves buried under piles of homework? I'm meant to be doing some maths stuff now, and we can see how that's going for me.

[Skeppio]

I guess you have plenty of time to sort it out I guess, there's no rush for it.

And on another topic, does anyone else find themselves buried under piles of homework? I'm meant to be doing some maths stuff now, and we can see how that's going for me.

I finished school 3 years ago. I'm buried under piles of regular work if that counts.

[zenanarchist]

Melbourne here. :smallsmile:

Just started work today at a new job. Took a 7k paycut....Better pan out that I made the right choice says I.

Especially with my future spawn on the way!

[Klose_the_Sith]

Hmm, I'm trying to conceptualize this meet-up idea, but I've hit a major road block. No matter where I plan it, I estimate at least half of us won't be able to make it. Not to mention I have no venue, time, or any idea what I'm doing...

That's why we should plan far, far, far, far, far ahead, so that everyone will have been booked well in advance. Say, 2015 good for everyone? :smalltongue:

[Roc Ness]

And on another topic, does anyone else find themselves buried under piles of homework? I'm meant to be doing some maths stuff now, and we can see how that's going for me.

Ditto. I should go do it...

[Lioness]

If you make it around the 15-20th of April next year, in Melbourne, I can probably come.

I go to Melbourne around that time every year...good times.

[Ruik]

I finished school 3 years ago. I'm buried under piles of regular work if that counts.
I was working full time and doing post-grad, which made me want to cry. All done now though, so I get to enjoy *only* being buried under piles of work :smallsigh:


That's why we should plan far, far, far, far, far ahead, so that everyone will have been booked well in advance. Say, 2015 good for everyone? :smalltongue:

But we'll all forget, and by that I mean I will forget.

[Dispozition]

And on another topic, does anyone else find themselves buried under piles of homework? I'm meant to be doing some maths stuff now, and we can see how that's going for me.

Thanks for reminding me about the essay I have to hand in on Friday...

[Level8Mudcrab]

Thanks for reminding me about the essay I have to hand in on Friday...

No problem :smalltongue:

[Lady Moreta]

Borrow away! :smallwink:

Thank you :smallsmile: Do I get to qualify if I've only been here four years (and still on the rare occassion, get mocked for having an NZ accent)?


Gotta love WA and daylight savings: four daylight savings trials, four referendums, four times voted against. :smallbiggrin:
I eagerly await the next daylight savings trial in several year's time, so we can vote against it again [/sarcasm]


It never bothered me that much... but then again, I moved over just as the trial started, and I come from a country where daylight savings is rather a necessity, so I never minded. Everyone else I know hated it though - and now I find myself struggling to get used to not having it.

Wish the phone would stop ringing (stupid thing rang and interupted my sentence just then)... of course, I am at work, and I am the receptionist, so I should probably shut up on here and go do some work...

[Skeppio]

Wish the phone would stop ringing (stupid thing rang and interupted my sentence just then)... of course, I am at work, and I am the receptionist, so I should probably shut up on here and go do some work...

Pfft. I'm on here all the time during work hours. Gotta do something more enjoyable than work sometime, and I don't have a rusty blade to disembowel myself with.

[Lady Moreta]

Pfft. I'm on here all the time during work hours. Gotta do something more enjoyable than work sometime, and I don't have a rusty blade to disembowel myself with.

:smallbiggrin: Weelll, as much as I said I should bugger off and go do some work. I actually didn't... I did sort the stationery, and started playing with the new label maker (yes, my job really is that sad).

Right now I'm wondering what the hang bit me and trying to remember what possessed me to move to a country with mosquitos... and y'know, snakes, spiders, the platypus.

[Roc Ness]

You've seen a platypus? I haven't seen any in person that weren't in zoos...

[Serpentine]

Me neither. Though I did spot a massive water rat (native) in a creek near my house once...

[Roc Ness]

Cool... :smallcool:

One day, maybe on Saturday, I'm gonna go down to river to see if there is a somethin' hiding down there that I've missed all those times before...

[Lady Moreta]

You've seen a platypus? I haven't seen any in person that weren't in zoos...

No, it was a joking reference to the fact that the male has poisonous barbs :smallbiggrin:

I'm from a country with two poisonous spiders (I think, it might be only one), no snakes, pretty much no animals that might kill you. I was questioning my sanity in moving to a country where nearly everything is poisonous. And if it's not, then it's big and hairy like the huntsman spider that took up residence on our curtains earlier in the year.

(and if the phone doesn't stop ringing, I swear I'm going to break it :smallfurious:)

[Skeppio]

You've seen a platypus? I haven't seen any in person that weren't in zoos...

I've seen a Platypus in a river once. I've also seen two half-burrowed echidnas (one in the middle of my primary school :smalleek:) and a small penguin catching fish just under a pier. I watched the penguin for god knows how long. Daaaaawwwwww....

[Roc Ness]

Skeppio, you have perhaps earned my respect for life. Viva la Penguin!

[Skeppio]

Skeppio, you have perhaps earned my respect for life. Viva la Penguin!

Oh, thanks! :smallbiggrin:

[Serpentine]

Aha! I've seen wild echidnas before! And my nephew played tiggy with a couple of extra-friendly ones in Tasmania. I'll see if my sister has photos online...

edit: I don't think this is the occasion I was thinking of, but oh well:

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-ash1/v134/117/52/606608174/n606608174_178143_4313.jpg

[Roc Ness]

Dawwwww... :smallbiggrin:

What's tiggy?

[Serpentine]

Tiggy, tag, tip, chasey, etc.

[Roc Ness]

Oh right! :smallbiggrin:

D'awwwwwww...

[Level8Mudcrab]

I've seen a few echidnas around here a few times, don't think i've seen a platypus here though. So many kangaroos around here.

[Roc Ness]

Kangaroos! I saw one of them when I went to Canberra; it was trying to fit its head into a fence for some reason...

[Level8Mudcrab]

I haven't seen the ones around here stick thier heads into fences. There are usually half a dozen or more kangaroos outside my house most nights.

[Rowsen]

Tiggy, tag, tip, chasey, etc.

Oh wow. I haven't heard tag be called that in a decade. Back when I was a fair haired little boy.

[Rowsen]

No, it was a joking reference to the fact that the male has poisonous barbs :smallbiggrin:

I'm from a country with two poisonous spiders (I think, it might be only one), no snakes, pretty much no animals that might kill you. I was questioning my sanity in moving to a country where nearly everything is poisonous. And if it's not, then it's big and hairy like the huntsman spider that took up residence on our curtains earlier in the year.

(and if the phone doesn't stop ringing, I swear I'm going to break it :smallfurious:)

Rule of thumb for Australia. If it isn't poisonous, it either hates you or is the Sun.

[Level8Mudcrab]

And the sun is also trying to kill you anyway.

[Rowsen]

And the sun is also trying to kill you anyway.

I was going to spare them the thought. We need some hope that we can live for 2 seconds here right?

I kid, I kid.

[Lady Moreta]

And the sun is also trying to kill you anyway.

I noticed :smallfrown:

It was cold this morning and I wished summer was here already. Then I remembered how much I hate the heat...

I have seen a grand total of one kangaroo in the wild. And it was last year. I was childishly excited and my husband made fun of me.

Penguins I've seen heaps of - but in NZ that's not difficult.

[Serpentine]

I see at least one kangaroo pretty much anytime I'm on the road in the evening... And I also see a whole lot of 'roos every day I go to uni, cuz we have a 'roo-and-deer park at the university.

[Rowsen]

Every now ant then I'll see a bunch of Kangaroos in the paddocks next door to my grandma's house. They own a few acres. Pity it's all dense scrub and trees. Still fun to walk around in though.

[loopy]

Dubbo, NSW...where it's too hot in summer and too cold in winter.

And a surprisingly high concentration of ravers.

[V'icternus]

Kangaroos! I saw one of them when I went to Canberra; it was trying to fit its head into a fence for some reason...

One?!
Whenever I go to Canberra, I see dozens of the things. They like to hang out on Soccer fields in the early morning.

And of course, you have to make sure you don't hit them when driving past, because they will hit you back, then hop away.

This is why I live in the suburbs. Far less things want to kill me here.

[Dexam]

Thank you :smallsmile: Do I get to qualify if I've only been here four years (and still on the rare occassion, get mocked for having an NZ accent)?

I hearby officially* qualify you with the title of "Perthling"... bro.
(Sorry, couldn't help myself :smallwink:)

* = official officialness may not officially be official.

[MoelVermillion]

Emu chicks are the cutest thing ever and I won't hear any argument otherwise. But seriously, I've seen some emu chicks in the wild while traveling around the north of WA, they're seriously adorable.

[Moonshadow]

One?!
Whenever I go to Canberra, I see dozens of the things. They like to hang out on Soccer fields in the early morning.

And of course, you have to make sure you don't hit them when driving past, because they will hit you back, then hop away.

This is why I live in the suburbs. Far less things want to kill me here.

Incorrect. The things that want to kill you in the suburbs are just smaller and less obvious.

Except the spiders. The eerie red glow of their lifebar tells you were they are.

[Lady Moreta]

I hearby officially* qualify you with the title of "Perthling"... bro.
(Sorry, couldn't help myself :smallwink:)

* = official officialness may not officially be official.

Thank you :smallsmile:

Don't worry, at least if it's in writing, I can make you say it in the proper accent :smalltongue: I mostly get people asking me to count to six, or say 'fish and chips'. Unfortunately for them, I'm not an idiot and I won't fall for that.

Then of course I go home for a visit and get mocked by my sister for having an Australian accent. I just can't win...

But she's never seen a kangaroo bounding along in the wild, and I have. So she can't win either.

[Skeppio]

So, um, plans for the weekend playgrounders?

[Roc Ness]

Finish my History homework. Finish my Commerce homework. Clean up Science book. Study for Maths test. Walk down to river and look for Platypi, or ducks, if there are no platypi. Stare at this message board for an hour or two while procratinating. Find out how to spell procracinating or however you spell it. Post in PbP games. Forget to do one of the above.

My life is both boring and hectic at the same time.

[Level8Mudcrab]

So, um, plans for the weekend playgrounders?

Do physics homework, do maths homework. Play games and spend some time on this forum instead of doing previously mentioned homework. Go to La Trobe open day.

[Lioness]

Roughly in order...

Sleep in, wake up, procrastinate, write English essay, write Psych report, procrastinate, write more essay/report, eat, procrastinate. sleep.
Sleep in, wake up, eat, homework, work, Dancing with the Stars, procrastinate, sleep.

[Level8Mudcrab]

Sounds like you have your weekend planned out.

[Skeppio]

Dang, I've got wake up, nothing, sleep for two days. :smallfrown:

[Serpentine]

My life is both boring and hectic at the same time.This sums up my life perfectly.

Saturday morning, I work at the town library from 10am to 1pm. Have lunch of some description. Bum around, go to bed really late.
Sunday morning, sleep in 'til too late, bum around, go to bed too late. Oh, and kiss my Boy goodbye for a few days at some point.
Monday morning, sleep in 'til too late, scramble to get ready for my D&D, wait around for an hour or two with half the group waiting for the other half to turn up, realise I've missed something crucial and time-consuming, start game 3 hours late, have dinner, keep going with game until too late, go to bed.

[Level8Mudcrab]

Dang, I've got wake up, nothing, sleep for two days. :smallfrown:


Nothing is usually preferable to homework.

[Skeppio]

Not really. I'd rather something to occupy my time. Or someone...

[Serpentine]

I dunno... Did anyone else get those double-sided weekly maths sheets, with the "riddle" type one at the end? I thought they were kinda fun :smallredface:

[Skeppio]

Those were pretty easy. I don't recall ever having a riddle question on them though.

[Level8Mudcrab]

If it's the ones i'm thinking of them I had them a few years ago. Now I get mostly textbook questions.

[Klose_the_Sith]

I don't do maths :smallbiggrin:

(My year 12 cert is going to look pretty weird, thought-

Major/Minor in English
Major in Economics
Major in History
Minor in Legal
Minor in IT)

[Serpentine]

:confused:
Since when have we had minors and majors in Australian high schools?

Mine was... Maths Methods, Studio Arts, Chemistry, Biology, English... I think that's it. I would've done Literature, but it was in the same block as Biology, and I would've been the only one doing it :smallsigh:

[Dispozition]

My weekend will consist of me watching anime, playing TF2, deciding I want to be stupid and begin modeling a Mirror's Edge inspired interior, get angry at said modeling, begin colouring something in photoshop, stop doing so because I can't be bothered shading/doing flats for one or more elements of it, decide to read for a few hours, contemplate beating FFX, just grind some more and not actually finish it, contemplate playing FFX-2, hit myself for such stupidity, go back to TF2 for a bit, read some more, go to bed.

MLIA.

Oh, and in Year 12 I did Further Maths, VisCom, History: Renaissance, English, Biology. On the side I was the yearbook photographer as well as general events photographer, and I was the drummer for a VCE music band. Good times.

[Klose_the_Sith]

:confused:
Since when have we had minors and majors in Australian high schools?

Mine was... Maths Methods, Studio Arts, Chemistry, Biology, English... I think that's it. I would've done Literature, but it was in the same block as Biology, and I would've been the only one doing it :smallsigh:

Year 12 is College :smallcool:

Or are you referring to your inferior, interstate system?

Cause, seriously, quit cramping our style. ACT schools are the envy of their peers - stop trying to ruin them with your damned national curriculum /tangent.

[Serpentine]

Ew :smallyuk:

Anyway, Tallangatta Secondary College, from what I've heard, is one of the few public schools that (when I was there, anyway) is improving, not deteriorating! So ner! :smalltongue:

(shame my English teacher damn near ruined literature studies for me :smallsigh:)

[Skeppio]

(shame my English teacher damn near ruined literature studies for me :smallsigh:)

I was put in Foundation English for some reason. You've never known true stupidity until you've seen the people that belong there. :smallmad:

[Klose_the_Sith]

Ew :smallyuk:

Anyway, Tallangatta Secondary College, from what I've heard, is one of the few public schools that (when I was there, anyway) is improving, not deteriorating! So ner! :smalltongue:

(shame my English teacher damn near ruined literature studies for me :smallsigh:)

One of the few OUTSIDE the ACT, you mean.

Public schools inside the ACT are so incredible it isn't even funny :smalleek:

[Lioness]

I've got an odd combination too.

English Studies
Chemistry
Psychology
Music
Japanese.

Right now, deciding whether to have a bath, revise for psychology test, or do both at once. Strongly leaning towards the latter option.

[Rawhide]

I've got an odd combination too.

English Studies
Chemistry
Psychology
Music
Japanese.

Right now, deciding whether to have a bath, revise for psychology test, or do both at once. Strongly leaning towards the latter option.

And how does that make you feel?

[Lioness]

And how does that make you feel?

:smalltongue:

Well, unfortunately, the test is on sleep. I know that I've already kick-started my melatonin production for tonight by having a warm milk drink, and that having a bath will only tire me further. However, I'm never going to revise if I don't get off the computer and go elsewhere...

[Roc Ness]

(shame my English teacher damn near ruined literature studies for me :smallsigh:)

My experience with English teachers is wierd. One of them was a remedial English teacher ('Cos I sucked at English then), who was always either late or didn't show up, and treated everybody like six-year-olds.

The other teacher, whom I had the year after the remedial one, was an incredibly good teacher. Strict (made us email work at a deadline of 6pm Saturdays), nasty if you get on the wrong side of him, but knows his stuff and was reliable. After him, my English skills have been great. :smallcool:

Plus, it was interesting to see a fellow like him dressed up in a Santa suit singing Down for the end of year party. :smallbiggrin:

[Lioness]

I've had a mix of English teachers too...

One teacher, I got him three times, he didn't care. He was more interested in people's opinions than their writing. He preferred us to write text in 1st person, didn't particularly care about essay structure, and gave us assignments that consisted of "I'd like an essay about something. Anything. I don't really care what. I just want an essay. No, you can decide how long you need it to be"
Most. Frustrating. Thing. Ever.

So anyway, thankfully, after that I got the most amazing English teacher ever, who rekindled my passion for the subject. She loved the language, she loved the books, and she loved the students. It is her who insipred me to become an English teacher.

This year my teacher is also very good. She loves reading and analysing, and she marks fairly (if strictly). She's not so strict with deadlines...it's "Email it to me before about 10am of the Saturday after the Friday it's due". Then, come monday, about half the class hasn't emailed her, and she gets annoyed, but there's no real punishment.

I always look forward to her classes though, unless first English teacher, where I could have passed if I broke every grammatical and structural rule in existence, just so long as I justified my point reasonably.

[Lady Moreta]

I can beat all that. I did Year 13 :smalltongue: (the year system is counted differently in NZ). Not sure I can even remember what subjects I did... it was ten years ago now... in fact, exactly ten years now that I think about it, I was in the class of 2000. I did...
English
History
Classical Studies
Biology
Chemistry

My weekend? Saturday:
sleep in, wake up, get annoyed with myself for sleeping in, do food shopping at some point... I'm open to suggestions for anything else :smallsmile: ooh, laundry, I almost forgot the laundry.
Sunday:
wake up, go to church, stuff around after the service, go home, probably do the laundry I decide I can't be bothered doing on Saturday, watch Dancing with the Stars, go to bed too late and wake up grumpy on Monday morning.

[Skeppio]

Sounds like fun, Lady Moreta.

Anyways, I do have something this weekend. I'm checking out another property Saturday morning. Wish me luck!

[Serpentine]

Good luck! Hope it's good, cheap, and you get it.

Looks like we all had an interesting mix of Arts and Science...

[Dexam]

Yeesh... you're making me feel old :smallsigh: you're all a bunch of vernal poultry. :smallwink:
Graduate of the class of 1994 here:
English Literature
Economics
Physics
Chemistry
Calculus
Applicable Mathematics

I also wanted to do Biology and Computing, but I couldn't fit them in my schedule. Yeah, I was a glutton for punishment.


... and wake up grumpy on Monday morning.
Wouldn't it be kinder to let him sleep in? :smalltongue:

My weekend plans:
Saturday - house cleaning, some shopping, visiting my sister and my new baby niece in hospital in the afternoon, and going out with friends for dinner at my favourite Japanese (teppanyaki) restaurant.
Sunday - prepare foodstuffs for house party, have friends over all day for 'farewell' party (me and Mrs Dex are flying off to Europe on our belated honeymoon the following Sunday).

[Lady Moreta]

Wouldn't it be kinder to let him sleep in? :smalltongue:


Probably, but he's on prac so he has to get up too :smalltongue:

Wish my phenergan would kick in already... I hate allergies :smallfrown:

[Rowsen]

My weekend?

This:
http://www.shaunchng.com/albums/blog/tf2_heavy_update01.jpg
And this:
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:NWDtToPoIu14KM:http://www.hlfallout.net/images/content/image_36376.jpg&t=1
In a continuous loop. I love being credit to team.

Oh, sometimes this too:
http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/8/81/Pyrotaunt1.PNG

[Lady Moreta]

Thank you so much... now I'm hungry... :smalltongue:

[Rowsen]

Here are some blueprints. Craft an epic Sandvich!
http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/9/90/Meetthesandvich4.PNG

[Skeppio]

It is good day to be giant man, eh Rowsen?

Except neither of us are particulary tall or large in stature.

[Rowsen]

Size does not matter. You can still be giant man if you believe in yourself.

[Skeppio]

:smallbiggrin:

But I play Demoman. Kaboooom to you all.

[Lady Moreta]

Here are some blueprints. Craft an epic Sandvich!
http://tf2wiki.net/w/images/9/90/Meetthesandvich4.PNG

Tis empty... although from here I can see the link and do a copy-paste job.

... Or not...

That site is blocked... serves me right for web browsing at work.

[Skeppio]

Tis empty... although from here I can see the link and do a copy-paste job.

... Or not...

That site is blocked... serves me right for web browsing at work.

Anti-Sandvich propaganda if you ask me.

Huh, wierd. I can check it out from my work.

[Rowsen]

Hooray! It's raining again! Just got caught in it on my way home from getting lunch. I hope we don't have an insanely hot summer to compensate.

[Serpentine]

It almost snowed here yesterday around lunchtime. Sooooo close. Definitely sleet, at least. I shall be very disappointed if we do not have snow in a winter that had record low temperatures.

[Skeppio]

This recent rainfall has been spectacular. I'm starting to think we mined a colony of water elementals out of the earth or something. At least the reservoirs are getting much needed replenishment, altough I'm a bit edgy on the whole easing of water restrictions so soon.

[Rowsen]

Agreed Skep. If they lower the restrictions, people are going to go nuts with it and we'll be back to square one.

[Serpentine]

Apparently Armidale's water supplies never go below 90% or somesuch, and our population could double or more before we'd have to worry about water. Or something <.<

[Roc Ness]

Skies are pretty clear where I am...


Also: Daffodil Day! :3
Did you guys support the cancer council? XD

[_Zoot_]

Skies are pretty clear where I am...


Also: Daffodil Day! :3
Did you guys support the cancer council? XD

Yep, my school sold daffodils and we got to wear free clothes as long as we wore something yellow (and donated a gold coin)

...

I may have completely forgotten about the free cloths bit, but I still donated!

[Lady Moreta]

Anti-Sandvich propaganda if you ask me.

Huh, wierd. I can check it out from my work.

As long as this place isn't blocked :smallsmile: It said something to do with gaming content, Wizards of the Coast website is also blocked here.

Don't suppose anyone would mind sending some of that rain over here? We've barely had any rain this winter, and we need it desperately.

I'm sorry, I missed the daffodils - they had packed up and left by the time I was ready to go buy some :smallfrown:

[Skeppio]

I'm sorry, I missed the daffodils - they had packed up and left by the time I was ready to go buy some :smallfrown:

Same here. They were gone the moment I wasn't busy. :smallfrown:

[Lady Moreta]

Serves me right for saying 'no' when someone else offered to get some for me. No pretty yellow flowers for me this year.

And I would just like to mention Serpentine, that I'm jealous of your almost-snow. I miss snow :smallfrown: I miss going up into the hills to find enough to have a snowball fight with. Wish Peregrine was around, then I could make fun of Perth's 'mountains' - that'd make me feel better.

I am so incredibly tired... 45mins til home time... except I'm not going home. Offered to help a friend make truffles for her business - she has a bad back and can't do it on her own right now. Blah...

[Roc Ness]

Aww, you guys missed daffodils. :smallfrown:

I planted one of mine. I don't think it'll grow, but least I set up a good symbol of hope.


Snow... *sigh*. I've only ever seen snow once, on an excursion to Canberra when I was 11. Me and my friends built a snow fort, and one of them got really mad because somebody stole our snow-fort to make a snowman.

[Lioness]

Bf gave me some daffodils...they're pretty

[Skeppio]

Oh, that's really nice of him. :smallsmile:
I got a daffodil badge. There was a table selling them at the station. Yay!

[_Zoot_]

Snow... *sigh*. I've only ever seen snow once, on an excursion to Canberra when I was 11. Me and my friends built a snow fort, and one of them got really mad because somebody stole our snow-fort to make a snowman.

Wait, what? You got to see snow in Canberra? Do you mean the surrounding area? Because it has only snowed like twice in my whole life here....

On the bright side, one of those times my Grandpa was up from Melbourn and got to see snow for the first time, he was about 80.

[Moonshadow]

It's only been cold enough once in my life time to attempt to try to snow here in Melbourne, and that was when I was... 10 or so? I remember that a little bit of ice fell from the sky, and I picked it up and threw it at my vice principal.

Hrm, perhaps not the smartest idea at the time... :smallconfused:

[Roc Ness]

Wait, what? You got to see snow in Canberra? Do you mean the surrounding area? Because it has only snowed like twice in my whole life here....

On the bright side, one of those times my Grandpa was up from Melbourn and got to see snow for the first time, he was about 80.

Oh right, sorry. We went to Bathurst the day before we went to Canberra (or was it after?) and so we stopped at the Snowy Mountains en route. Same excursion, anyhow.

[Skeppio]

I've only been up to the snow once, at Lake Mountain. I fell in a small pit of snow. :smallannoyed:

[Level8Mudcrab]

I used to live in Scotland, so i've seen plenty of snow. I also went on a school camp to Mt. Hotham a few weeks ago.

I was at the La Trobe open day today. I thought it was a pretty good university. Has anyone else been there or go there and care to comment on what it is like?

[Serpentine]

Is that in Albury, Melbourne, or somewhere else entirely?

[Level8Mudcrab]

Melbourne, at Bundoora

[Dispozition]

What course are you looking at?

[Klose_the_Sith]

My girlyfriend is looking at La Trobe in Bendigo and she thinks it's the best, but I don't know if that helps in the least :smallwink:

[Level8Mudcrab]

What course are you looking at?

Games Technology


My girlyfriend is looking at La Trobe in Bendigo and she thinks it's the best, but I don't know if that helps in the least :smallwink:

Would be nice as i'm close to Bendigo. They don't offer the course there though.

[Klose_the_Sith]

Would be nice as i'm close to Bendigo. They don't offer the course there though.

A shame (she's looking at Graphic Design, btw).

[Dispozition]

Games Technology

Can't help you too much then, but I have heard very good things about Swinburne in that field.

[Level8Mudcrab]

I'm still looking around various universities. I've only been to RMIT and La Trobe so far.

[Lioness]

I'm looking pretty solidly at Adelaide Uni. Flinders is my next choice though.

But yeah, Adelaide is awesome.

[Dispozition]

I'm still looking around various universities. I've only been to RMIT and La Trobe so far.

Actually yeah. RMIT has a very solid design reputation. You can't really go wrong if you're doing a design course and you go there. If games technology is a design course...It sounds like it should be...

Also what year are you in? I presume 11 since you're looking at all of the unis.

And just because, I'm at Deakin right now, first year of Film and Digital Media.

[Level8Mudcrab]

Yeah, I'm in year 11. Both La Trobe and RMIT were nice and the courses seem good. I think I like La Trobe better from what I've seen, though it is a bit hard to judge from just the open days.

[Lady Moreta]

Yay, it works again!

For some reason, our interwebs decided the forum should be blocked - I couldn't get on here all weekend :smallfrown:

Did anyone else watch Dancing with the Stars? Travesty of justice I tell you - Tamara should have won (although I wasn't expecting her to). Then again, I don't vote, so I suppose I can't complain (much).

[Skeppio]

The house I looked at on the weekend turned out to be kind crummy, and way too cramped. :smallfrown:

And welcome back, Lady Moreta. :smallsmile:

[Lady Moreta]

Sorry to hear it :smallfrown:

If it'll make you feel better, I can regale you with stories of the almost 2-years we lived in a one bedroom box er... apartment.

Is there any urgency to your need to find a new place? Because if there is, I can almost guarantee you won't find a place til the beginning of the week you have to move out. This has happened to us twice. We had to be out by the weekend, and didn't find a new place til the start of the week. Stressful, but I'm kinda getting used to it.

[Skeppio]

No real urgency, I just wanted to move somewhere closer to work.

[Lady Moreta]

Well, I hope you find something soon :smallsmile:

Having said that... it takes me an hour to get to work... I really hope you can find something closer!

Now! Back to whatever the hang it was I'm supposed to be doing...

[Skeppio]

Yay, work's over. It's the start of the month, so things will be a tad quieter at least. :smallsigh:

So what's everyone else up to?

[Lioness]

Hey Skep ^^

I'm currently procrastinating homework...stupidest thing ever. Tomorrow in class we have a practical report write-up. Sure thing. Problem is, he wants us to write it beforehand, then remember it all, and then write it again tomorrow.

How stupid is that? What do we gain?

Anyway, also procrastinating English essay, for which I have done the introduction, a plan, and nothing else.

I'd like to have a decent sized draft by tomorrow. But yeah...procrastination.

So I'm gonna eat tea, practise piano, and then alternate between 15 minutes of English, 15 minutes of internet, and 15 minutes of Chem.

...I have motivation problems :(

[Klose_the_Sith]

I'm drinkin' tea and suffering from onrushes of social media. Plus I think I should *technically* be doing either some History or English (possibly even preparing for some sort of in-class this Friday that the teacher blatantly 'hinted' at how to prepare for etc.)

So naturally I'm wondering if I wanna play Worms 4, Empire Total War, GTA San Andreas or Company of Heroes.

What was that about motivational problems? :smallwink:

[Skeppio]

So he wants you to write essentially the same essay twice? DOES NOT COMPUTE.

[Lioness]

I'm drinkin' tea and suffering from onrushes of social media. Plus I think I should *technically* be doing either some History or English (possibly even preparing for some sort of in-class this Friday that the teacher blatantly 'hinted' at how to prepare for etc.)

So naturally I'm wondering if I wanna play Worms 4, Empire Total War, GTA San Andreas or Company of Heroes.

What was that about motivational problems? :smallwink:

Baha, if you want to get technical, I should be doing more harmony for music, working on my psychology draft, and finishing my Japanese oral...

Japanese oral...merde...I think that's due Wednesday...

Ok, so I'm doing that tonight as well.