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1,160km’s, 10 cigarette breaks, 2 fuel stops, 1.5 cartons of Bundaberg Rum, 1 suit, 40 degree heat, several heated conversations and a partridge in a pear tree…..

Oh yeah, and we were about 5 millimetres away from being run off the road and killed not 20km’s from home… *sigh*…

These were the events that made up some of the ‘Valentines and single’ weekend adventure.

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Departure time was earlier than expected after a unanimous decision to occupy a friends house (in Brisbane) for the evening, then an early depart for the Gold Coast instead of waking at 4am on Saturday morning for the journey.

Muchos rum consumed and overall a fantastic drive down. We yelled and screamed at each other, attempted to acquire drugs from the police (you think i’m joking right)…. [and no, we don't do drugs, that didn't mean we didn't ask for them] and dragged off the hippies in their combie vans whenever we could.

Arrived on the Gold Coast for a swim and more prepatory drinks, culminating in the desire for a decent meal (steak ’twas to be), but alas every place in town was booked out for the evening.

…… hmmmm.. McDonald’s…. tragic I know, but when the urge strikes and it’s the only place you can eat, it does the job sufficiently.

From here we all peeled off in our separate directions and I headed out to Melbas for a night to finally let my hair down and get back to some of the things I love.

I may have exchanged some saliva with a couple of very attractive girls and I promise i’ll be calling them some time in the week *smile* ….. (and let me just say on that note, halter neck tops….. fantastic.. :))
Other than that I put away a few Vodka and Red Bulls, danced until I was absolutely drenched and exhausted and glad to just be out of the eye of the rumour mill for more than five seconds.

Bumped into a few of the work locals but by the time they were heading out I was almost at passing out point, so I headed back to the hotel, caught a movie and (finally) got some rest.

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So the countdown is on. I’m 3 days away from being in Sydney, and still completely without a clue as to what exactly i’ll be doing when i’m down. Take the most organised IT person you know, ask him to book some simple activities for a holiday 10 months in the planning and i’m lost.

Oh well, what can you do really?

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Not quite sure why i’m sharing this, and frankly I don’t even know where it came from, but I cried tonight. As most of you would know this is pretty much an experience designed for when somebody dies, or some serious heartache is felt over the loss of a car or some other equally expensive toy.

As I don’t know it’s origins, suppose I can’t really chat about it at this point, just that I want to cheer up a little before I go to Sydney because i’m burning the candle at both ends and my neglect of everything important to me is not only starting to wear, it’s downright starting to piss them off.

A

p.s - I finally feel like crashing. night.

1. What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done? hmmm.. skydiving?

2. What one thing would you like to try that your mother/friend/significant other would never approve of? Own a motorbike

3. On a scale of 1-10, what’s your risk factor? (1=never take risks, 10=it’s a lifestyle) hmmmm in some ways a 7 or 8 (ie adventure sports) … other aspects, 3 or 4

4. What’s the best thing that’s ever happened to you as a result of being bold/risky? Fell in love

5. … and what’s the worst? Got my heart broken..

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I was raised not to phone people at ridiculous hours of the morning. I’m in trouble from Eve because I said i’d call (I never used the word ‘promise’, that’s a whole different realm), but by the time it was 3:30am her time even I thought it would be ridiculous.

Now i’m in trouble because I didn’t call. I’m in the wrong, and I know it, but I do have some fundamental beliefs which dictate I shouldn’t be phoning that late…

Is that a bad thing or should I just stick to my ‘promise’?

Adam

I think i’m just going to throw a cross-section of what’s going on in my head for something to do… sleep is not for quite some time yet as i’ve just done another site upgrade and my endorphin levels are through the roof.

ed: it’s a sad day when you admit to an endorphin high after rolling out software to pc’s…. d’oh!

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FILL IT IN AND REPLY

1.What time is it? 23:23

2. Name as it appears on your birth certificate? Adam . …

3. Nickname: I don’t even want to think about what people call me
4. Parents name: Keith and Ann

5. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake: 25

6. Date that you regularly blow them out? 27th of Feb

7. Pets: Nada, they all die on me.

8. Eye colour: hazel

9. Hair colour: brown

10. Piercings: left ear

11. Tattoos: none as of yet, but would if my best mate would come and get o e done with me!

12. Favourite colour: Blue

13. Hometown: Brisbane

14. Current residence: here

15. Favourite food: Italian

16. Been in a car accident?: One

17. Sprite or 7UP?: Neither - Kirks Lemonade!

18. Favourite movie? Too many to write down

19. Favourite Holiday: Tangalooma when I was a kid

20. Favourite day of the week: Saturday, weekend has started but still plenty of time to go

21. Favourite word or phrase: Anything that makes me laugh

22. Favourite flowers: Classic.. Roses…. Modern…. Gerberas

23. Favourite drink: Water, Juice… Rum … anything cold and refreshing

24. Favourite sport to watch: Adventure sports

25. Favourite ice-cream: Cold Rock Ice Cream

26. When was your last hospital visit? Can’t remember (glad it’s been that long)

27. How many times did you fail your drivers test?: none

28. Who is the last person you got e-mail from before this? Michelle, web designer
29. Convicted of a crime?: Nothing as of yet

30. Which single store would you choose to max your credit card? A holden dealership

31. Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away? Mario

32. Bedtime?: 12-3am ..

33. Favourite movie or song quote?: Any one-liner by Bruce …

34. Do you have a crush on someone?: hahahaha, no comment …. actually no ‘crushes’ ….

35. Last person you went out to lunch with: Jason and Carly

36. Last person you kissed?: It’s been so long !

37. Last person you called? Eve

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In case you didn’t see my edit of my earlier post…..

Go here. I promise i’ll stop salivating soon.

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A two-pronged segment of thought is both the perception issues about the ‘blogworthiness’ of a post, and also the impact of the web page counter…

When I first started blogging, it was on the up-and-up but still reasonably techie to have a blog. There were some very cool people out there doing the blogging thing, but mainstream acceptance was catching up in a huge way. Today (only 18-20 months on from my very first blog) it’s almost unusual to hear about people who ‘don’t’ blog in one form or another. If they’re not active bloggers, they certainly know about them, can certainly tell you what they represent, and most people can point you to at least one they read on a regular basis.

And somewhere in there it went from nerdy to techie to trendy to cool to mainstream to blog. And whilst billions of pages of crap (mine included) are spewed forth every day on the ‘net I can’t help but wonder how many of those bloggers have modified their writing habits for the benefits of their audience or due to the popularity that they have found.

My blog was never meant to be a ‘public’ affair. It was a place where I wanted to push my thoughts and feelings out to the world, to have people anonymously surf by and read, or become interested viewers watching through the microscope, probing away gently and submissively at my existence.

Through certain channels, my blog gained a certain notoriety with my workplace, and I found myself in the middle of a storm. One one hand I was now bound to be very controlled in the things I said (no more abuse of colleagues or their actions) but I also realised I now had a very powerful one-way outlet to push conservative viewpoints without many readers realising. Was my manipulation meant for purposes of an evil or perverse nature, certainly not. But I did come to realise the power that the blog can hold, or how little affect it can have dependent on the audience, definitely.

If I am to anonymously receive 10,000 visitors a day (I can dream!) then the chances of impact to my life would be fairly minimal. However, give this ddress to 100 of my closest work colleagues and you have a completely different story.

Caraxus was lamenting that his page count had buoyed and then settled to a predictable level thereby causing him to question the nature of ‘are more hits what counts’? Now for someone in the public eye, in the acting profession, there is always a difficult line between popularity and artistic creativity. I’m not saying that they are always linked (take U2 for example), but is the impact for the actor more profound if they are not to receive the 500 desired daily hits?

I have decided to take down my counter when I move to new host and layout. Not because I won’t have stats available to me, but because I want to write for myself and to articulate my life and the lives that I care about in a chronological fashion for all to see. Will the site gain in popularity as it has been doing, one can’t really know. I would expect as the depth of content grows then I will receive more google-related lookups and possibly even a few extra visitors, but do I want this to be my main motivation to blog, no, not for me.

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I like writing about stuff like that…. more on it later I be thinking…..

Loving all your work
A

7-Eleven

Is this serious? Yeah…
Look like this site has hours worth of laughs on it!

Eve got the job folks… !
Congrats babe, well deserved and i’m now officially becoming your bitch as you’ll be earning more money than me, and 4 years ahead of time….

*sob*

hehehe….

Loving all your work and getting the lube out for the ride with Eve when she’s more financially stable than me.
Adam

I’m guessing by now that if I have noticed my reduction in human-contact hours then the rest of the world must think that i’ve abandoned them all. I’m not really sure if I have the right answer at this moment as to why i’ve become so shy, but I do know that I need to get to the bottom of it and soon as i’m about to venture off on holidays.

I’m guessing that the status quo that I know and love is going to be upset. Not that I don’t want it be upset, more the fact that i’ve found a certain comfort level, and as you know it’s very difficult to break out of those patterns even if you see the advantages of the newfound behaviour.

I haven’t been there for either Eve or Matt lately, and it pains me, though I haven’t taken any real actions to rectify the situation. Currently all I can do is apologise to these two, attempt to reassure them that i’m not ‘not’ sticking around, i’m just going through a phase and I need to get my shit together and work out why i’m so distant from everyone.

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I’ve passed on the feedback (thankyou to those who commented/e-mailed me!) and will see how the second incantation arrives to my inbox. (we’re talking about the upgrade of my website here in case you hadn’t guessed!) Since I published my first ideas, i’ve come up with a myriad more, still however sticking to the theme of ‘less is more’ and the minimalistic approach with the written word being the focus of the site. The fact that’s there’s any dependence on this writing is amusing at best, and disgraceful at worst.

But you know me, keep plugging away at it. It’s not one day that makes a story interesting, only when you have depth of character(s) do you really start to enjoy the tale.

I hope most of you stick around to see wher the next turn heads, because I know that it’s going to be a very big year for all of us!

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I think i’m going to convert.

Yes.. J has convinced me that …. … hmmm… ok.. maybe not ….. girls still have breasts right?
No, my next move is to (shock, horror).. buy a Mac. Now before you all start burning me at the stake, i’ve started to give this some serious thought after playing around with the iTunes package over the past weeks. (mind you, that’s not my only logic, i’ve always had a desire to get one and see how they go)

But when I sit at home for hours on end and only complete the following tasks:

- iTunes
- E-Mail
- Blog reading (and some other websites)
- Blogging for sciron.org
- MSN Messenger
and downloading some music files, I realised that I was the perfect person to be doing an upgrade to OS X.

Essentially I want something that’s rock solid stable, ridiculously easy to setup, run and maintain and completes the above tasks efficiently.

I don’t need a PC to do those things.

My next purchase was going to be a DVD burner. Then I realised that to upgrade my burner, I should just go all out and upgrade the guts of the machine. So from there I started the logical assumption that I could sell this for sub-$1000 and invest $2,000 in a new 17″ iMac (you know the ones with the tiny round base and swivelling monitor) with a DVD burner, Microsoft Office and all the trimmings that i’ll need and keep it for 3 years.

If I do that then i’ll end up spending less than continually upgrading my PC. And lets face it folks, reading e-mails and the odd (text-based) blog + listening to music aren’t suddenly going to explode overnight where I need some shit-hot 5GHZ machine.

So I think that’s what i’m going to do.

Wish me luck!

Loving all your work
A

ed: dribble

After years of waiting (ok, so just a few days)…. and a run of bad luck on Michelle’s side (not her fault, stoopid DNS/Web host issues), I have a template design of what the site might look like
So try these two links and feedback any constructive criticism:

Option 1

Ok…

1. Like the rocket?
2. Hate the rocket?
3. Like the colours/layout/*feel*?

Option 2

1. Like the photo?
2. Hate the photo?
3. Prefer if the photo was only in the two primary colours of the site as opposed to full colour (I know there’s a word for that!)?
4. (and linking back to option 1 as well) .. Do you prefer the ’sciron.org’ title to be on the Left or Right hand side of the screen?

Overall, these are my thoughts so far:

- I like the photo but would like to see it just in the two primary colours of the site
- I want a horizontal links bar like here which I am asking for.
- I like the font and colours
- I love the clean cuts and simple lines. Focus is on the writing (oh crap..)
- The text boxes on the RHS of the page will contain only small parts of the info (ie about, links), with ‘more’ hyperlinks to take you to detailed screens.
- I prefer the ’sciron.org’ title on the RHS of the screen (as per layout 2)

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So quickly peoples… unleash the critic. Tell me what you think. What do you love and hate, what would you do differently?

Ed: There are quite a few ‘technical’ details (ie archiving links, categories, hyperlinking modules, recent comments) that I want setup specifically so i’m down with those
Loving all your work

Adam

- I’ll be on the Gold Coast in …… 5 days and some hours
- I’m going to be in Sydney in…. 10 days and some hours
- I’m not prepared for either…
- Suppose I should do something about that…

Swimming again today.. need it again after the weekend after letting the food budget (or intake as it would be) blow out considerably….. and an unhealthy lunch today… and drinks over the weekend….

But sometimes you just have to live. Besides, it’s been a shocker of a day… outages galore (thankfully none that i’m in control of) and it seems that every site that I visit is having a DNS/router/web server problems which means that my website, discussion forums, internal network are no closer to giving me any joy.

So what can you do really…..?

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Be prepared son, that’s my motto, be prepared…

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(and no not you Eve, or even you Caraxus) .. but free kudos to the first person who knows where that line came from….. even more kudos if you can tell me the number of the house that the two characters are standing outside of when the quote is made….

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I’m tired but can’t swim until 6pm (kiddies peeing in the pool enmasse … yay for mouthwash!) …. Thankfully i’ve got so much work to do that I could stay here past midnight.

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Eve wants to kill herself because she’s so bored….

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And now she’s giving me sass…

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And she’s pouting
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And *now* she’s bitching!

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And she’s about to hang up on me!

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Now she knows what i’m writing and is threatening violence against me….. or maybe just a decent wrestling match
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Now i’m laughing at her expense
Loving all your work.
A

Aggression in the bedroom folks….

There’s that fine line between ’sweet lovin’, ‘aggressive lovin’ and ‘S&M’….. so which category do you fall under?

I had the opportunity this weekend to have a pillow-fight-cum-wrestling match with an acquaintance of mine. What caught me out was that in the middle of the sweat and tension, our (ok, maybe just mine!) arousal levels had absolutely gone through the roof, and I hadn’t had so much fun in a long time.
Though nothing came of it (no, not even kissing), just the heavy breathing alone was enough to cure a month of lonely nights for me.

I’m not a violent person, in fact I deplore it, but the scratches and bite marks that are hidden under my clothed exterior are a trophy as such of the fun that I had when (respectfully) pushing those boundaries with another human being.

I wrote this because I enjoyed the experience, and it made me realise how much I miss that aggressive side of my partners both in and out of the bedroom. There’s a certain tension that’s created when you go in hard (no pun intended) and push your comfort boundaries.

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I had a few drinks this weekend, though didn’t really enjoy any of them. It’s funny how quickly you forget the headaches and drained bank balance. I’ve gone onto the health/fitness kick and sticking to it is both fiscally and physically more responsible than the alcoholicly-induced haze that I float under so often
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Now for something completely nerdy…..

WebCentral has come under an enormous DDOS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack that has brought down their 50,000+ hosted websites for a 20+ hour period.*
Considering these guys have 4,000 megabits of connectivity, that’s one serious attack. (ed: A major company like ours would probably have 2-4 megabits of connectivity…. about 1,500 staff)

Ironically, this is also at the time when Australia is finally getting it’s own F-Root server which is going to be hosted by aformentioned company.

* Basically a truckload of computers simultaneously request a buttload of information from a website at the same time and flood the service out.

Ok, this topic isn’t broached very often, well apart form the herpes d’s on TV saying that all you need to do is take a tablet to get rid of them… It should be telling you how the hell not to get them in the first place or at the very least explaining that any contact of “down there” could actually result in contracting this disease.

Anyway, back to the reason I’m writing this post. I had a very limited sex ed at school, considering none of us were going to have sex out side of marriage, I spose the powers that be thought we wouldn’t need it… For goodness sake when we were at school our skirts had to touch the ground when we knelt down.

I went & did the adult thing a few weeks ago & got checked (all clear btw) & I proceeded to ask the doctor for some information on STD’s, what they are & how they’re contracted. Do you think she could give me any sort of information?

No.

Her answer was “ask me what you want to know”.

I felt like going, well honey, if I knew what I wanted to know I don’t think I’d be asking for information would I? Basically her advise “stick with one partner that you know well”. Lovely! & if I don’t want to do that…???

I’ve done a bit of research on my own, click here for a good website:

Herpies - “caused by oral-genital or genital-genital contact with a person.”

Chlamydia - “can be transmitted during vaginal, anal, or oral sex.”

Genital Warts - “caused by genital-genital contact with a person”

Gonorrhea - “is spread through contact between the penis, vagina, mouth, and anus. Ejaculation does not have to occur for gonorrhea to be transmitted or acquired.”

Syphilis - “is passed from person to person through direct contact with a syphilis sore. Sores occur mainly on the external genitals, vagina, anus, or in the rectum. Sores also can occur on the lips and in the mouth. Transmission of the organism occurs during vaginal, anal, or oral sex.”

HIV - they didn’t actually have a cool little fact sheet on this like the rest of them…

Considering it says that “Ejaculation does not have to occur for gonorrhea to be transmitted or acquired” does this mean that for the other STD’s ejaculation actually needs to happen for something to be contracted, well that would only really be Chlamydia, of the ones listed above, wouldn’t it…

What I’ve learnt (which is something I already knew) - If you bump uglys with someone you could contract a lovely little STD, either with or with out condoms. Is sex worth the risk… hmmm, that’d be a YES. Will I be even chooser about who I sleep with in the future… hmmm, that’d be another YES.