I wanna chicken a whole one

Well things are starting to look up, new laptop, new bankcard, my money returned to my account.. We are having a BBQ today for my housemates birthday and Im supposed to be attending another housemates friends BBQ at some stage... & its only 4 weeks until Im home. w00t!!!! Last night played some pool after work at the Clerkie with some workmates.. Phil and I were quite the combination and won a few games.. My unique style of pool has not changed since the good old days of Lakers... Anyways Ive got my practise in and Im ready for when we hit the local back home... Awww Lakers... Ive missed it.

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Cheers [:D]

Teh Olympics™ and a twist of bad Karma

Im a strong believer of karma and the idea that whatever you do in your past life affects your next one. Before I start chanting and lighting incense, could anyone tell me if a) I was Hitler or b) why wasnt I turned into a bug or a cockroach? At least if the shit hits the fan they only have a few weeks to deal with it. The repurcussions of not checking the lock on my back door are costing me around about AU$6000 (by the time I get a new laptop) which is quite frankly, shit, for want of a better word. Unfortunately for me, there ain't much I can do about it now, so such is life. After all, it is only money. However last Thursday whilst going to take money out of my account, it was way overdrawn. My money had been going quickly but it is London and its not an unusual occurence but I hadn't spent that much. So I check my balance and notice that some East London pikey has cloned my bankcard and been using it to pay for petrol for the last week or so. Considering I don't own a car and live in West London (and was working when most of the transactions took place) it cant have been me. I will get my money back within the next few weeks but that doesn't help me much at the moment with no bankcard and all my monthly budget gone (they took about £400) Luckily I have plenty of food left in the freezer so Im not starving or anything but as you can imagine Im well over Teh Dramah™ and cant wait until my trip home. It is only money but it does get you down when things happen one after the other like that...

On a more positive note Teh Olympics™ have started! Yay! I have been watching it non-stop the last few days. The only crap thing is being in Britland, they interview the (largely shithouse) Britland athletes. Its good to see Teh Great Ian Thorpe™ winning gold gold gold for Australia and we're currently second on the medal table. In the spirit of the games and sportmanship I thought I would suggest some exhibition sports should London be successful in their 2012 Olympic Games bid.

1. Drinkathlon - who can consume the most pints over 5 consecutive weeknights and still arrive for work on time the next day.
2. 200m Tube Race - a difficult course containing escalators and random American tourists standing in front of the tube maps, not to mention the 1m gaps between the platform and the tube.
3. Routemaster Jumping - The highly skilled artform of getting onto a routemaster whilst moving.
4. 60m Curry Dash - Making it to a working public toilet after a particular nasty Brick Lane curry.
5. 100m Spliff - a Camden speciality.
6. Freestyle Idiotics - Soccer Hooligans from all countries are tipped to take this one however if it were held in Spain or Ibiza the Brits would have this nailed.
7. Work Avoidance - All British postal workers, public servants are invited to sign up now to beat the rush.

Its only a month til my holiday! Yay!

Good News & Bad News

What a lovely Monday morning. Not. Its miserable after 2 days of beautiful British weather™. I was up early because I had to call Matt to wish him a happy birthday.. so Happy Birthday!! I also had to call the rental company for my laptop.

So bad news first....

I received a letter from the insurance company on Saturday saying Claim Denied. I wish they had of added on next time lock your doors you (insert expletives here) but they didnt. Either way doesn't matter much. I was also slightly hungover on Sunday but compared to last Sunday's hangover that was almost a good thing.

So now good news...

Badly Drawn Boy on Friday was amazing, really. It was his first gig since the new cd has been released and the first half of the set he played the entire CD from start to finish. Then in the second set he came out and played a lot of his popular songs including all of the ones I wanted to here. It was just an awesome gig.

Saturday night, I went to a friend from work's Hawaiian Party. I even got kitted up in a grass skirt and lei and everything. Catching the tube was interesting to say the least!! Was not feeling 100% the next morning after drinking a massive Mojito thing that Phil made for me to drink :S

Sunday, we went to the Tate Modern to see the Edward Hopper & Luc Tuysmans exhibition. I love the Tate Modern, so much so I actually joined as a member so I can go and see all the special exhibitions at both Tate's here in London for free. They change every 3 months and cost about £10-£15 to go see, so works out quite good value because I got the guest thing aswell so means I can bring someone with me. Will be good when Mum is here next year.

Anyways its time to get stuck into some work...

Wednesday night and working

Well the weeks have flown by and I still havent got around to posting, let alone fixed it up...

Had a busy few weeks going for drinkies with work peoples and housemates and housemates friends. Went out to dinner in Hoxton too.. OMG Spot the mullets in that place. Its so hip it hurts. They actually had some Shakespeare in the park on the night we were there and it was pretty cool. I just wish I had Aviator shades, a nice shemullet and some uber trendy outfit topped off with ugh boots. I mean I know Im uber trendy and all but I aint no uber-trendy Hoxtonite.. They are in their own league of trendyness... but enough about that.

Tonight it started pissing down with rain and half of West London is flooded, the tube is delayed and I am still in the office at 7:40pm. Ive had lots of work to do and now Im getting onto the freelance work. Been up til about 2-3am the last few nights so needless to say I feel like toasted shit but Im getting this work done and out of the way so that means a)money and b)a trip home. Its only like 44 days til Im back in lil old Perth pissing everyone off by a) sounding like a right pom b) saying things like gutted, geezer, innit, crisps, oh he's well fit, basically anything with well in front of it and c) looking uber trendy in my London and other exotic locales clothes... I cant wait. It also means 3 weeks of not working 70+ hours a week as well as fitting in a hectic social schedule. I will just have to fit in the hectic (drinking) social schedule. Rockpants.

Anyways best be getting this work done so I can get home before like the pissy tubes start running.. Badly Drawn Boy concert Friday!!! Yay.. BBQ tomorrow night.. YAY! Work drinkies Thursday.. YAY... A Hawiian Party Saturday night.. YAY... So much good things to look forward to.. So little time to sleep.. London is a tough place ;)