I went out last night and watched atonement at th palace centro - c/o babes in business (a great organisation if you are a business orintated female).
I really liked it. I have not seen many good movies lately. Good acting, intriguing twists, most bits were unpredictable. Nicely made (I am a sucker for fine detail) and great cinematography (i feel like a toss for using that word, but it is needed).
Good actors, and despite Keira Knightley being thinner than I normally like, damn she is hot.

It's been a lil while since I have ranted about traffic - but seriously - what has happened to brisbane?
So many bad drivers, either not indicating, just being asses, driving 20kms under the limit (you know thats illegal and you get fined for it)... and people not knowing how to drive in traffic.. You know if you take your foot off the accelerator you slow down, you don't have to speed up, then slam the brakes, continuously - or crawl and leave massive gaps that only allow 3 cars to get through a light.

If you are stuck for a christmas gift - consider giving a "gift of life" instead of wasting money on a token present.

CBM Gifts of life

is fun... not
AAARRRGGGHHHH

well, looks like my melbourne address will be burwood road, hawthorn... arrive 28/12 - removalists drop gear off 30/12

somehow, i manage to get a lot of free stuff.. a lot of crap mind you, but free. Today I scored another 2 1gb USB sticks and 50 dvd-rs.. making it a total of 9 free 1gb USB sticks I have received from companies...also anyone want a Halo 3 lanyard or wrist/sweat band?

damn evil - the potential of doctors.
an unsecured low interest $10k loan, approved in 5 hrs with just a photocopy of an intern contract.

"I'm getting tired bubba, might have to stop studying" is a pretty funny statement from someone already asleep.

I find this shirt



I wish my lawn was EMO so it would cut itself

Reasonably funny....

mmm ice cold red eye platinum...

p.s. removalists booked.. I am seeing phantom of the opera in melb on the 29th december aswell.

The ministry of sound annual 2008 (aus release) is one of the crappest MoS cd's i've ever heard..

I feel like listening to some good old hardcore dance, NRG, happy hard etc.. Any recommendations?

If you want to win the new mio c720T then go Here to view my entry, and get details on the competition. Feel fee to share it around - its run on a new site thats part of "ritchies room" a segment sponsored by Bing Lee stores down south.
1 of 3 c720T's have to go to an australian entrant (since mio aus is the one sponsoring it)....
not many people have entered so far, so go for it.. and pimp your link.

1) why is it so hard to concentrate

2) why isn't ibuprofen, caffeine or wine helping with my headache

3) I need to focus....

p.s. the coffee machine is for my "home office"... mm tax write off.

Our love of coffee led us to spend some money on a decent coffee machine.



The sunbeam EM6910.

anyone want our old $100 espresso machine.

Anyone interested in being the Mio customer representative and merchandiser for south-east queensland? (well all of qld really, but noosa - tweed heads). Own car required. ave 12hours/week, 45 "calls" per4 week cycle. One call involves about 50 minutes of training stuff how to use the device and dropping off merchandise etc. A bit of but kissing aswell.
It's not a bad job, I am only leaving as I am moving to melbourne to do my postdoc at MIMR.

Anyone after anything I own, chances are you can have it.
... and no daz, not steph.

Well another week goes by way too fast. The annual Jian Zhou lecture went ahead, with a different speaker as american airlines made the invited speaker miss his onnnecting flight.. Customs house is a nice venue for seminars though, even if not particularly needed. UQ did well in purchasing it.

Damn XP sucks compared to vista. struggling with this lappy.

Currently watching qld roar vs perth glory. I know its cheap to watch the A-league football, but I never remember when Brisbane is playing a home game. Since foxtel owns all rights there is crap all advertising on free-TV now aswell.

I really struggle selling tomtom GPS units at DSE now, even though people come in and ask for it.Garmin and Mio are so much better, but if people ask, its an easier sale to upgrade them to a better tomtom model then change their mind to a new brand. ahh sales, its so easy and requires no thought. I often wonder whether science is the right career. I know sales itself would lose my attention after a couple of months at full-time, but there is a lot of other stuff in that area.

For those geeks out there, if you want to know how to turn your mio into a full PDA, give me a buzz. I'm sad I know.

matt finally succumbed and joined facebook... who else out there hasn't joined yet?

I quite like pet sabotage and scrabble apps for it aswell.



so yeah - moving seems like the thing to do. A lot of people are giving brissy the flick. Next out of here will be alex, who despite hating americans, is choosing to live there.

Anyone want to move my stuff to melbourne for me? removalists are expensive and suck to organise.

kthxbi

my month of free platinum foxtel is over.. alas, i will survive without the excess crap.. going with basic + sports for a little while.. damn foxtel is crap.
also, ABC classic 106.1FM has its 100 top concero pieces starting tomorrow morning (sat) from 8 am.

ahh red eye platinum, how good you taste..
I have tried many energy drinks, and none compare.
p.s. dumbledore's gay

Lately, I have watched a bit of pro surfing (c/o foxtel). Its damn amazing to watch.The footage they can catch nowadays.. There's a lot more to it than it seems anyway.


So yeah, just watched Surfs Up. Cool movie. A few funny lines, great animation, several camios and they did damn well at capturing the surfing. The movements etc were scarily realistic. I think they must have been watching a bit of foxtel too.


so, anyone know a cheap removalist - my quotes so far suck, or seem quite cheap (and so I think must be from budget companies).

My posts have been somewhat negative lately, apparently. that will change.

so yeah - heard Geeban play at the lesbian's food hall on tues night (T'n'G). Twas cool.

The light saber (wii control+software for light saber sounds) featured... was mad.

Apart from that, I more than likely have a job sorted. The NHMRC gave bryan funding, so I need to get it sorted but a position is available at the Monash Institute of Medical Research, unless some massive high-roller scientist-type comes along.

On another note, this UQ international med student should be kicked out of both medicine and Australia.