Friday night the ladies and I headed out to thai dinner before seeing Ding Dong Downe, Bob Downe touring with Ding Dong Drysdale. It was hard enough working out where we were going to go, because everyone has right of veto. We waited for ages for our meals to arrive, and eventually we had to abandon ship if we were to make it to the show. I went up to the counter and the apologetic woman said immediately “It’s coming now!” I told her the game was up and she had to wrap them in a container. It had already been about an hour at this point, and it actually took another 10 minutes for them to get the meals ready for us to take leaving us with only a matter of minutes to jog to the theatre.
When the curtain went up I was pleasantly surprised to see Jelly’s brother on drums because Jelly hadn’t mentioned anything to me at all. The show was great, typical Bob and Ding Dong ran herself to the floor (literally) to entertain. She even copped a grope from some creep in the third row whilst doing her triple summersaults. Once again our home town showed we are a bunch of dumb neaderthals and have serious rhythm impediments when it comes to clapping.
I had to get up early Saturday to work overtime, but it was good money (though I’m not sure exactly how much yet) to sit there for five hours and listen to my iPod. Oh, and the work too, but I was completely undisturbed for the whole five hours. I think I was located in the area I’m to be moved to at the end of this week. A real desk and a real phone and real drawers! I can’t wait!
I got the new Mac OSX (nicknamed Leopard) on Friday and had a play around over the weekend. The new synthesized voice is pretty impressive. As I fiddled I made it read out the time on the hour. I accidently left it on, and it has been scaring the crap out of me ever since. Overall, the huge changes to the OS pale next to the small but perfect modifications with things such as QuickLook. I also upgraded my hacked iPhone to the newest firmware, just because I can.
The rest of the weekend has been fairly lazy as I adjust to the daylight savings (at one point I was two hours ahead by mistake) and readying my DipEd application. Though it must be told that someone desperately does not want me to become a teacher. I’ve had so many obstacles. The latest is the Department of Education being completely unhelpful with regards to my inaccurate academic requirements assessment. Apparently a degree in music isn’t enough to teach it, though I know my degree has been fine for previous applicants. It’s now with a ‘senior’, though no amount of emails or phone calls can persuade them to action is a little more quickly, considering my DipEd application is due on Wednesday and I need this letter. Well, it took them 3 months to send out the first letter, who’s going to rush them?
So, you’ve reached the level of bureaucracy where they change the rules on you while you are buzzing down the career path of your choice – trust me, this won’t be the last time. Wait till you get to the “setting you up for a fall because you’re smarter than the people who employ you” level. That one will need more than a Bex and a good lie down.
You have a voice that tells you the time? You ARE the Supernerd! Go and get a cape with a big S on it immediately!
Kevin – As long as you’re not the person doing the employing, I guess.
Steph – When your screen goes blank or the letter ‘f’ stops working on your keyboard, who ya gonna call?