My Mobile Phone

Last Tuesday saw the very tragic, very violent demise of my mobile phone. On my way to visit Ali, it fell out of my pocket on the way to the tram stop. I didn't notice immediately, and didn't spot it when I retraced my steps. I cancelled the phone, and set off to Ali's again. In retrospect, it's not surprising that I didn't spot it the first time. After all, I was looking for a mobile phone.

Orange Juice And Chicken Soup

I humbly request that you allow me to withdraw my recommendation of the stress + tea diet as a weight loss technique. Independant scientific analysis suggests that this diet also acts as an immunosuppressant. Now if you'll excuse me, I feel like crap and I'm going to bed.

Hamish Is So Metal That

He has crocheted his very own metal style armband, as worn by his hero James Hetfield.


Have any of you done anything THIS metal recently? Post here if you have, but Hamish for one, doubts it very much.

Weight Loss

Allow me to recommend the stress + tea diet.

It is very simple. All you have to do is be so busy that you replace almost all meals with a mug of tea. I have lost about 6kg in the last month and a half.

One side effect is mild insomnia due to the caffeine intake. Apart from that however, it's pretty economical.

Please do not ask me how I am, unless you want to know how I am.

I am attempting to teach the world this important lesson, one embarrassed, tongue-tied Australian at a time.

Believe It Or Not...

Now I'm going to be posting here less.
I've decided to split out the politics/philosophy ranting from the day to day news. I'll announce the new politics blog when I think up a suitably witty name for it.

Other than that, all is well.

Politics

It is looking increasingly like politics is where I'll end up. I rather suspect however, that this might be a crowded field in which to look for work.

I have landed successfully. There was water in the pool, enough water for a soft landing. Unfortunately, that water was 8°C. Central heating and insulation appear to be alien concepts here, and I sometimes find it warmer to stand outside.

I have made some friends, with luck I'll make more. Student union life looks like it could be fun. Nottingham University was largely apolitical. The opposite appears to be true at Melbourne Uni. Politics is radicalised, and very leftwing. In addition to that, there is a lot of it, and a lot of interest in it. Student demonstrations are big. Even before the start of semester, I've seen at least three groups of people canvassing students on issues ranging from workplace reform, or war in Iraq, to voluntary student unionism.

I want to write for the student union paper, Farrago. I'm a new arrival, unfamiliar even with Australian politics let alone Melbourne University student politics. As such, I had mixed feelings when I found Farrago full of articles written by highly informed and motivated activists, each with their own particular axe to grind. At this stage, I doubt there is anything I could say that wouldn't tread on a few toes, and potentially lead to a vitriolic and devastating denouncement of my ignorance. In order not to risk my future journalistic career at the uni, I think it is probably for the best if I try and learn the lay of the land before getting involved.