I am now in my second, quarter of a century. I feel old.
But, times are a changing, and it's a good thing, i hink.
A flowing river, not a stagnant pond.
Now, Can I win it.

I remember once, as a very young kid, I was singing a song. Strokin' by Clarence Carter.

I didn't quite realise how dodgy it was at the time, and kept singing when my dad told me to shut up.He, of course, slapped me quite hard.

Quite a bit later in life, I wanted to hear that song again... damn the 90's were dodgy.

Click here to watch th film clip.

Every year harvey norman has a "supersized category conference" for the top sales staff/managers from stores around australia. 30 vendors are invited to hold stands and demonstrate their products to the staff (in 10 minute sessions, 10 peeople at a time etc). So Mio GPS had a stand with synnex (distributors). I got paid to stand there and occasionally rattle off specs.
I managed to pick up:
1x Playstation3 Hoodie/jumper
3x Mio polo shirts
1x mio soft softball
3x Mio pens (different types)
1x D-Link polo Shirt
1x Atari T-shirt
1x Atari hat
2x intel mouse pads (blue light and USB hub built in)
1x generic headphone/mic set from synnex.
A bunch of demo cd crap.

I also got paid to play a pre-release version of the new Need for Speed (xbox 360), Heavenly Sword (playstation 3) and PES 8 soccer (Atari/PC). Also paid to play with the new nikon D300 and some toys from canon.
an interesting break anyway.

played with an iphone yesterday. some dude was in and has an unlocked one (running on vodafone) to film the aus commercial.
sexy,
mio is also sexy, for the most part.

Some shots from the CRL sand mine on North Stradbroke Island (was there tutoring).



And my sister is a litle unique - her latest pets, hamlet and Maddi





Also, I am soon to be a pimp for Mio. Training in melb Thurs/fri - back sat night.

[Listening to: %T% - %A% - %B% (%D%)]

Wasabi peanuts and MS word... oh what a day.
Free 17" CRT monitor for someone.
superman energy drink is pretty average.
my tongue is burning.
deleting movies off my HDD - if you want the movie-list drop me a line.

I guess you could call me a coffee snob. I love a good coffee and know what I like.
It doesn't help that steph works at merlo and that gets me the good beans, or a good coffee when I go into james st.As much as that would bias me towards merlo, I still love grinders and di bella (or lavazza & vittoria made by the select few). Today on the way home I went into Merlo to get a takeaway. There were no parks (3pm, james st, understandable). I continued driving home to albion and passed di bella. For once, there was actually a park. I went in to get a T/A sk flat white, but they don't make it on your choice of blends any more. You are stuck with premium or their pick.
Their pick happened to be rainforest allianze something or other. A certified Fair trade agreement approved single-origin bean. As much as I love coffee, and like the idea of workers in the poorest countries having decent work conditions, I can't normally afford to stick with that choice. These beans aren't particularly more expensive though.
Unusual taste, nice (kid of rich, creamy but fruity) enough, but I probably wouldn't go it again.
It was free since I hadn't tried it before and the guy just gave it to me.
I don't really know the point of this story...

As much as a PhD depresses a person working on it, I have no totally lost enthusiasm.
I still love science. I still quest for knowledge and understanding. It still intrigues me and drives me further on.
I still want to work as a scientist - just not in the same project as my PhD :)
finished lab work, need to focus on writing better.
Any pointers on how to not procrastinate?