Neumanoid

So, I have a job. YAY ME. I'll be working in a genetics lab breeding mice.
I know, doesn't sounds spekkie but it's more complex than it looks i promise you that.
Also, i have a cat. Her name is Asherah, but we call her Ash. She's a bengal and is awesome!
She's just getting used to our place at the moment but i'm sure she'll love it here.
Also, i finaly got to hand up my resignation to woolies, the hell hole i've worked in for so long.
The relif was tempered with the sadness of not seeing my coworkers again, who are actualy the only perk of my crappy job.
Anyhow, got to go to said crappy job now so i'll post pics of my pretty cat once i get my camera back from a friend.
Laters,
Lert

You will go watch this mans beat poem. Trust me, it is well worth it.
Also, Twice as long!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UB_htqDCP-s

So, in the magical world of tomorow i'm told things will be better. Somehow i'm sceptical. But things are looking a little less grim these days.
Got a new house to live in, which is nice. Managed to ditch my irresponsible house mates so no more mess issues but i am god awful lonely now that they and their shennanigans are gone. Oh well, more surfing the net for me i guess. The place is in Elizabeth so the neibours IQs are lower than the number of teeth they each posess, which as you can imagine is pretty low. Possibly single didgits. It has foorboards and we have a spare room so i can't say too much to damn the place.

Still no new fancy science job but i'm still looking. My current work has finaly decided to change my job so i'm now going to be working counter. Hurray? Nah, optimisim doesn't suit me.

Also, posibility of house warming party at some point in the future. Not sure when but updates should be forth comming soonish. And for all those who are worrying about how to get here we live like 3 mins from the Elizabeth south train station. Yay for transportation. Now if only i could get the train times right. Sorry again Tawg. I suck and i know it.

I'm also not sure i like all this free thinking time. I mean the first few months were cool. But now it's just kinda boring. *shrugs* guess i'll just write more.

Anyway, I'm bored so i'm gonna make a sammich,
Later all
Lert

So, Adelaide sucks. I guess you already know this but i'll just point out a few things to clinch the deal.

1) There are almost no jobs - At least in the science centre. Maybe i'm just really ugly or have a bad aura i don't know

b) There are no rental houses - so when my lease runs out i'm sleeping in a tent on my dad's lawn till we find another. Middle of summer + tent = fail.

I'm sure i'll think of some more reasons to hate SA but i'll keep you posted.

Anyhow, on a completely unrelated note I've decided to write a book. It should be interesting as i haven't written any stories in about 3 years. Also i suck at updating. Sorry.

Love you all
Lert

So, i get to graduate. Yay and all. But what happens next? I assume i bust my gut trying to get a real job *sigh* I shall miss the stupid over reaching ideas of lecturers and the hallowed halls of my uni. Most of all being able to waste time with some excelent people on a frequent basis.
As for an update on how things are going, here is the following:

Getting evicted from my house
Yes that's right the landlord decided not to renew the lease and so i'm looking for a new place where 4 people can comfortably live. This sucks to no end cause now we will have to a) pay more rent and b) move. Both suck

Graduate
I get to wear the silly cape and hat but at the same time have to act like and adult and get a real job. Ah child hood, where hath though gone?

Find a Job
So far... nada. Haven't heard from anyone about anything. Bit concerned about that actualy...

Work
So as most know i stuffed my hand at work. Well it turns out it's a work stress injury that will keep happening if i keep doing my current job. So my work's solution? Pay me to show up and do pretty much nothing for 10 hours a week. On the face of it that sounds like fun, but when you have to listen to christmas carols while doing repetative boring crap and not being able to even talk to someone you will know what i imagine hell to be like.

On the up side christmas is comming, i'm seeing more of my family and finaly have time to watch firefly *yes i've finaly got around to it* So, hopefully things will look up soon-ish.
Also for those of you who don't know i have a dev art acount where i keep all my pretty pictures. Feel free to have a look around if you are bored some day. http://neumanoid.deviantart.com/
Also, i'm very large apology to Insanitypb as i couldn't attend her birthday. I intended to come as 99 from Get Smart but robert got sick at the last minute and i couldn't leave him here on his own. Stuipd boyfriends always ruin my fun.
Anyhow
Cheers all
Neumanoid

Once again exam time rolls around and i'm ill prepared. No idea what's going to happen after uni too... kinda scary. I finish up this year and will be wandering around begging at lab doors for work methinks. But at the moment life is good. I'm enjoying the large amounts of work uni gives me. I enjoy spending time with my friends. I'm enjoying being able to spend more time with my adorable Sparks since he's now an unemployed bum but this is also kinda scary cause now i'm the main breadwinner between us and i don't honestly earn that much. We'll get over it. We always do. Oh, also really enjoying being a bigger part of Goddless at the moment, even if it does mean lying to people. Yes that's right, i lied to people. We don't actualy have the original Wicker Man movie. All those posters were a farce. Not my fault though but i guess that's what you get for being head of propaganda.

Interesting fact: lifting heavy objects can cause repetative action sprains... Wish i'd known earlier about this. Sprained my left wrist while at work the other day not only angering my boss (workcover forms and stuff) but also making it fairly difficult to type (not to mention drive or pick up ANYTHING), so as you can imagine i'm pretty annoyed.
Adding to the list of stuff that pisses Kylie off are holiday assignments. Why do we have them? If they wanted me to do something then why give it to me during the holidays? Just means i'm going to sulk alot and do it at the very last minute. Or claim that i've been lobotomized and can't actualy do any of the work. Bah, pain meds make me type stupid stuff it seems. Probably also the lack of sleep *grumpy face*
So list of things i have to do but won't because i'm annoyed today:
Ecophys prac on eggs
Ecophys prac on diving bugs
Ecophys animal report
Genetics prac book work
Genetics prac questions
Genetics prac report
Study for Ecophys test.
On the lighter side of things the moving in of my 2 new house mates has gone fairly well and resulted in much Dr Who watching. Also, the house is now a biohazard zone. Be warned. I may be contaminated.
On an even better side of things OMG i love my new book. Titled 'God is not great, why religion poisons everything.' Just as arguementative and acidic as myself. Also lead me to some fairly shocking revelations about some atheists ie the brights network thingy. After careful consideration i've decided that they are almost as bad as the religious groups. Hear be out before you chastize me.
The group formed to give a 'voice' to atheists around the world. They say that all you have to do to join is have a naturalistic world view free of superstision. Their aim, as i see it is to prevent religion affecting policies of government, when what they should be doing is advocating for humanism. They have in effect turned the a lack of religion into a religious viewpoint, instead of a humanistic viewpoint. Curse me if i've erred but i think that's wrong. People should not segregate themselves into little groups and attempt to have that minoritys view pushed as normal but attempt to see things from a humanistic viewpoint (ie what is best for everyone instead of what is wanted by our minority group).
Sorry for the rant. Reading books does this too me
Cheers and hugs from
Neumanoid

So it turns out your supposed to write about other stuff than 'Hey this is  the shit i got up to last week peoples!'
And i feel the need to rant at a faceless mass, ie whoever dares read on really. So, you've been warned.
I'm sick, sick and tired of all the fronts and faces i've learned to put up against what i really want to do/say. I learned the trick when i lived with my mum, the ability to project feelings was one i needed then to stay sane during an insane period in my life. The ability to pretend that everything was normal made me feel like it was normal. I don't need to do it anymore but i often catch myself out doing this stupid projecting bullshit. And it hurts. Things i'd shelved away, never to be dealt with again constantly come jumping out of the dark to bite me in the ass at the most inappropriate times. Even now i'm getting the shakes writing this, it's a nerve thing i can't seem to shake. I feel like without my little Kylie mask i'm naked and everyone can see me for who i really am. The thought scares the shit out of me really. And that's the thing. Noone ever knows when i'm scared shittless. They don't know when i'm honestly glad to see them. They don't know when i'm sad or unhappy cause i'm still projecting the slightly offkey kylie that everyone knows and loves. It's like being two people at the same time, only i'm the one on the inside urging my 'good' alter ego on to do the stuff it knows it 'shouldn't'  because that's not what the good kylie should do. Nearly does my head in this does. Anyway i should stop writing now. My hands are shaking so bad i can barely type. Hope this hasn't freaked anyone out too much
Laters

So it's been a while since i updated. Stuff has happened to me once again, often without my permission but hey, little suprises are what life is all about. It's also what gets you in the most trouble.
1. D&D.
As you should know already i've been playing D&D again for the first time in a long time and really enjoying it. My character is the sceptic of the group and constantly assumes the worst, which often turns out to be the case. I find it extreemly funny that half the party is trying to kill the other half and that we seem to have picked up a goblin servant along the way somehow. Tom is doing an excelent job as dm and so far hasn't had to resort to 'Because i say so' though i assume he will eventualy have to do so at some point as several party members insist on doing strange things ie lighting other party members head alight for fun and giggles.

2. Aniversary
The end of August was my 2 year anniversary with Robert. We spent a delightfuly geeky night hanging out at a cafe and then going to see Hellboy 2 *Hellboy was the movie we saw on our first date ever if you didn't already know* I just wish we hadn't chosen to go and see it in Elizabeth. That place should honestly just be napalmed already or something. I mean evac all the usefull people who accidentaly live there and then turn the rest into a smoking crator. Jesus, those people are odd and creepy and not in a good way at all. *6 security guards at the entrance to the mall, 2 mounted policemen and 2 paddy wagons. I felt completely reassured*

3. My Birthday
Now getting old isn't a big phobia of mine. So the big 21 wasn't a big deal for me, just everyone else or so it seems. I got pinaples and limes from my mother *which to all you non-Aussies is 150 dollars and also OMFG she remembered i exist!* A cute tea cup cake from my dad along with a new computer speaker system *which i can't plug my mic headphone set into so sadly i have to shift my computer everytime i want to plug in my speakers ... le sigh*

General overview of the last couple of weeks is good. Job is ok, uni is easy at the moment and nothing to terrible asside from my Auntie dying has happened. I'm sad that she died but considering the circumstances it was the best thing that could have happened at that point. General undertone of sadness is also permiated by my massive angst issues. What is with this freaking angst?! I can't seem to shift it and it's getting far past silly now.

Upcomming events
1. My party
Wooh yeah! party! Trying to make a cake look like a death machine was much too much like hard work so i'm making it green instead. Also my dad and Tawq are giving me a hand with the preparations so i won't be totaly stressed on the day. Still need some bit and bobs for my cossie though so i may have to rush out and grab those tonight at some point.

2. Uni break
Was planning on going on holiday with Robert but since he quit his job and his tafe course starts as soon as he leaves i think that's not going to happen any time soon. Grrr, and i needed a holiday too. So i may just go stay in Victor Harbour for a few days in a tent or something and laze about on a beach... i don't know i'll think of something.

Now, off to drown some bugs, i mean experiment on some bugs!
Later

So, last week was not a fun week as some of you know. Way to much due and not enough time to do it in. I survived but only just. This week is filled with not much at all and is a stark contrast to last weeks craziness. Friday was full on as i had a presentation to do which i hadn't started half an hour before i had to present it. Unfortunatly i was the only group member who any idea what in the nine hells was going on. So after pulling that shamozzle out of the dirt and into presentation heaven (as i did with my conclusion at the end and answering questions using sentences like 'co-immuno protien precipitation gel') i went to a debate about which science will be the most useful in the next 20 years. It was actualy quite a lot of fun and strangley enough biology was declared the winner (though i had already decreed that the overal winner on the day was SCIENCE!). Then proceded to drinking in the uni bar. Now i don't often travel upstairs to the bar as there are lots of creepy drunk people there most days but i went none the less and ended up having a good time. Also watched some square man win the silly jumping over a pole using another pole event in the lypics. Saturday was sleeping (to recover from the week just gone) followed by work and sunday was work again. Which brings me to today. ... and that's about it. Hope you liked my version of the weekend, hope yours was as entertaining. Ta ta kids

So, not only are things going from bad to really horrible i'm also filled with a large amount of angst. I'll explain the angst a little later on.
Things for me are not looking up. Uni this semester is not treating me as well as previous years. Genetics is horrid, as i have Joan Kelly as my supervisor for my project and she is totaly cluless. Also Ecophys is taking up more time than i really have to give to it.
My work has decided to give me an extra shift a week, bumping me up to 4 shifts. Somehow i can't see me doing 14 hours a week at work on top of uni stuff and still passing anything.
My aunty is dying of cancer and considering my major fear of death that makes it hard to go and see her in the hospital without wanting to run a long way in the opposite direction.
Following on from todays encounter in the Uni coffee shop i'm now extreemly worried about the social makeup of my comming 21st party. I've known for some time that i seem to be friends with people who have very diffent views and oppinions from one another but it only just occured to me that all these people will be in the same room together for my 21st. Yeah.... Should be interesting and possibly loud. Also Joss uses male character deaths to motivate strong female characters, not just the other way around  *reference to Serenity when Wash dies and another scene when River's brother Simon is injured.*
Oh and the angst isn't helping either. Why so angsty you ask? Didn't you get over that in highschool? Apparently not. Now, i'm known for my happy if cynical dispossition on life but lately there have been things going on deep in my brain altering this. Some of it is to do with what's going on in my life and some of it has to do with things that happened earlier on. Regrets i thought i'd gotten over a long time ago are comming back to smack me in the face. Things i thought would never be an issue are suddenly... issue like in appearence. Anyway, when i've figured it out, turned it over a few times and organized the mess i currently am i might get back to you. Untill then, adiose.

Three weeks have passed since I last posted anything on my Livejournal so i must have something of worth to say right? Well kinda.
Exams are over and the results are in. Considering that i hardly studied for any of my exams, preferring to play video game all day and worry i did pretty good. Credits all round, with an almost Distinction in 2 subjects (missed out by a couple of marks). Also, received 94% on my insect collection which i was enormously pleased with as you can imagine.
Bad news at my crappy crappy job though as my boss is leaving. So not only are we crippled by low staff numbers now we must also cope with a shiny, brand new manager. Should be hellish. Should be fun to break his spirit. I think i'll enjoy it.
Also, scary news on the house front too. One of my housemates is moving out and two of my other friends are moving in. I'm not sure how it's going to work out but if you see me with an expression reminiscent of a plastic bag full of angry hamsters then best to not ask if i'm ok. Fair warning to all.
Just finished cleaning the place up after a friends 21st party at which new relationships were forged and the carpet got covered in vomit (god damn people on my god damn carpet). I was not pleased on either count but it has taught me what not to do for my 21st, ie don't invite Joey.
Family has been ok. Sister back as school, brother at trade school, dad diagnosed with diabetes, grandma crazy as a loon (or a lupin) and auntie dying of cancer. All in all pretty normal for me.
Can't wait till i'm back at uni so i have something important to focus on again instead of ... well nothing except books, writing and job. See you all on the other side.

P.S. Dark Knight was so awesome I'm going to see it again. GO SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T!

Well one exam down, 2 to go. I was pretty jittery this year before i went in, probably something to do with the construction site atmosphere around the exam hall. Why is it they chose to do that kind of stuff during exam periods? It happens every year. Also, I has a cold. Typical me style that i get sick right in the middle of exams. Also, bough the book Dexter. I honestly hadn't thought it would be as great as it is. Got me thinking (which most books don't) about a lot of things, time i should probably be using to study instead of probe the outlying provinces of my mind. Anyhow, if something interesting happens to me I'll post again, otherwise look forward to more non-existant posts from your least favorite author/composer/space ninja pirate know as Neumanoid. (I swear it's the head cold talking not me)

Bored, bored and more bored. Why is there nothing to do but study? I mean, I realized it's important but why does it have to be so godawful boring? Bah, should probably stop whinning and get back to it really. Laters

So i spent 6 hours in the insects lab today pinning, arranging and cataloging my collection, and i'm not even 1/3 done yet. This collection is getting more annoying by the second. Also, it appears as if I shall be getting extreemly drunk on Saturday as it is my man things birthday. There will be much boozing and schmoozing and comedy apparently. Doesn't leave much time to write up my paleo report which i still haven't started but meh, he only turns 21 once. Anyhow, since nothing else of dire urgency has occured this is the end of my short and kinda dull entry. That's what you get for bugging me to update more often. 

So, apparently i have to update more... so here i am.
Finaly finished the TOTT charity shows that have been eating up most of my free time and all my work hours so i'll be back to my regular time habits of thinking about stuyding and then ignoring it altogether.
Also spent all of Sunday searching through cow crap for bugs, and you thought your weekend was full of mindless crap.
Final started to polish off some of my mounting uni work but as usual I got to a question that made no sense whatsoever, got angry, threw my pen, book and the questions across the room and stormed out to kill something on my computer. Unfortunatly i found myself here instead. Funny old world ain't it?
Anyhow, finaly decided on a theme for my 21st the other day and if you are reading this your probably already invited. Supervillans! Yes you heard right. The celebration of my majority will be conducted by the most evil and sought after criminals on this earth (or any other).
Tawq asked if she could come as her own supervillan, obviously i couldn't say no but stipulated that if she were to come as an original supervillan she would have to come with her henchman. Same applies to eveyone else. Should be fun.
That's enough mindless crap for now. You'll probably see me here the next time my workbook receives a good kicking.
Later!

Sam is dead. I am sad. I knew our run couldn't last and that soon he would die but i still loved him, as much as you can love a stick insect. He was cute and made funny crunching noises when he ate gum leaves and freaked the hell out of my roomies. I'm going to miss him but at least his corpse will go to good use in my insect collection for entomology.
Goodnight Sweet Prince, you were my pet. Your name was Sam. You will be missed.