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Cooold!! *shelters in heated office*
I am having a bad hair day. Oh well.
I am having a bad hair day. Oh well.
Jan. 3rd, 2007
It's another meme!
Jan. 3rd, 2007 01:25 pm1.) Where did you ring in 2006? - Down by the Swan River in South Perth, watching Glocester Park fireworks. Just with a small group of friends. I think it was just Jakie, Matt and Rod.
2.) What was your status by Valentines Day? - Still with Matt.
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)? - Nope.
4.) How did you earn your keep? - Skilled Workforce, Centerlink, Pickfords, Echo, Natural Area Management, DEC.
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital? - Nope, not even to accompany Matt.
6.) Did you encounter the police? - The ones controlling traffic in South Perth during events.
7.) Where did you go on vacation? - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. My first trip overseas.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500? - Ummm... honestly I don't think any one thing came to that much.
9.) Did you know anybody who got married? - I know people who were already married and some who got engaged, but there were no weddings.
10.) Do you know anybody who passed away? - No-one close.
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with? - Sarah, but I often see her anyway.
12.) Did you move anywhere? - Moved into the place in Beechboro early in the year then moved to Narrogin when I got the job with DEC.
13.) What sporting events did you go to? - Does the Red Bull Air Race count?
14.) What concerts did you go to? - None
15.) Are you registered to vote? - Yes
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7? - N/A I'm in Australia. If there had been an election I would have voted because it's compulsory here.
17.) Where do you live now? - On the western side of Narrogin town.
18.) Describe your birthday. - You mean what I did? My actual birthday was a non-event, but the weekend following I went to Perth and had a friends party and a family party.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? - Well I didn't think I'd never do it but I certainly didn't expect to get overseas last year.
20.) What is one thing you regretted this year? - One thing? That's too hard.
21.) What's something you learned about yourself? - I like gardening.
22.) Any new additions to your family? - Lil and Bella - my two kitties.
23.) What was your best month? - July - cuz I went to Malaysia.
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by? - Dunno.
25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (excellent)? - 6.5
2.) What was your status by Valentines Day? - Still with Matt.
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)? - Nope.
4.) How did you earn your keep? - Skilled Workforce, Centerlink, Pickfords, Echo, Natural Area Management, DEC.
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital? - Nope, not even to accompany Matt.
6.) Did you encounter the police? - The ones controlling traffic in South Perth during events.
7.) Where did you go on vacation? - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. My first trip overseas.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500? - Ummm... honestly I don't think any one thing came to that much.
9.) Did you know anybody who got married? - I know people who were already married and some who got engaged, but there were no weddings.
10.) Do you know anybody who passed away? - No-one close.
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with? - Sarah, but I often see her anyway.
12.) Did you move anywhere? - Moved into the place in Beechboro early in the year then moved to Narrogin when I got the job with DEC.
13.) What sporting events did you go to? - Does the Red Bull Air Race count?
14.) What concerts did you go to? - None
15.) Are you registered to vote? - Yes
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7? - N/A I'm in Australia. If there had been an election I would have voted because it's compulsory here.
17.) Where do you live now? - On the western side of Narrogin town.
18.) Describe your birthday. - You mean what I did? My actual birthday was a non-event, but the weekend following I went to Perth and had a friends party and a family party.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? - Well I didn't think I'd never do it but I certainly didn't expect to get overseas last year.
20.) What is one thing you regretted this year? - One thing? That's too hard.
21.) What's something you learned about yourself? - I like gardening.
22.) Any new additions to your family? - Lil and Bella - my two kitties.
23.) What was your best month? - July - cuz I went to Malaysia.
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by? - Dunno.
25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (excellent)? - 6.5
It's another meme!
Jan. 3rd, 2007 01:25 pm1.) Where did you ring in 2006? - Down by the Swan River in South Perth, watching Glocester Park fireworks. Just with a small group of friends. I think it was just Jakie, Matt and Rod.
2.) What was your status by Valentines Day? - Still with Matt.
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)? - Nope.
4.) How did you earn your keep? - Skilled Workforce, Centerlink, Pickfords, Echo, Natural Area Management, DEC.
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital? - Nope, not even to accompany Matt.
6.) Did you encounter the police? - The ones controlling traffic in South Perth during events.
7.) Where did you go on vacation? - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. My first trip overseas.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500? - Ummm... honestly I don't think any one thing came to that much.
9.) Did you know anybody who got married? - I know people who were already married and some who got engaged, but there were no weddings.
10.) Do you know anybody who passed away? - No-one close.
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with? - Sarah, but I often see her anyway.
12.) Did you move anywhere? - Moved into the place in Beechboro early in the year then moved to Narrogin when I got the job with DEC.
13.) What sporting events did you go to? - Does the Red Bull Air Race count?
14.) What concerts did you go to? - None
15.) Are you registered to vote? - Yes
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7? - N/A I'm in Australia. If there had been an election I would have voted because it's compulsory here.
17.) Where do you live now? - On the western side of Narrogin town.
18.) Describe your birthday. - You mean what I did? My actual birthday was a non-event, but the weekend following I went to Perth and had a friends party and a family party.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? - Well I didn't think I'd never do it but I certainly didn't expect to get overseas last year.
20.) What is one thing you regretted this year? - One thing? That's too hard.
21.) What's something you learned about yourself? - I like gardening.
22.) Any new additions to your family? - Lil and Bella - my two kitties.
23.) What was your best month? - July - cuz I went to Malaysia.
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by? - Dunno.
25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (excellent)? - 6.5
2.) What was your status by Valentines Day? - Still with Matt.
3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)? - Nope.
4.) How did you earn your keep? - Skilled Workforce, Centerlink, Pickfords, Echo, Natural Area Management, DEC.
5.) Did you have to go to the hospital? - Nope, not even to accompany Matt.
6.) Did you encounter the police? - The ones controlling traffic in South Perth during events.
7.) Where did you go on vacation? - Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. My first trip overseas.
8.) What did you purchase that was over $500? - Ummm... honestly I don't think any one thing came to that much.
9.) Did you know anybody who got married? - I know people who were already married and some who got engaged, but there were no weddings.
10.) Do you know anybody who passed away? - No-one close.
11.) Have you run into anybody you graduated high school with? - Sarah, but I often see her anyway.
12.) Did you move anywhere? - Moved into the place in Beechboro early in the year then moved to Narrogin when I got the job with DEC.
13.) What sporting events did you go to? - Does the Red Bull Air Race count?
14.) What concerts did you go to? - None
15.) Are you registered to vote? - Yes
16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7? - N/A I'm in Australia. If there had been an election I would have voted because it's compulsory here.
17.) Where do you live now? - On the western side of Narrogin town.
18.) Describe your birthday. - You mean what I did? My actual birthday was a non-event, but the weekend following I went to Perth and had a friends party and a family party.
19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? - Well I didn't think I'd never do it but I certainly didn't expect to get overseas last year.
20.) What is one thing you regretted this year? - One thing? That's too hard.
21.) What's something you learned about yourself? - I like gardening.
22.) Any new additions to your family? - Lil and Bella - my two kitties.
23.) What was your best month? - July - cuz I went to Malaysia.
24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by? - Dunno.
25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (excellent)? - 6.5
Just let it rain
Jan. 3rd, 2007 09:48 pmYes, I own all of these (okay, so Matt technically owns the wok and the waffle maker, but then again, he also currently has use of the knife and deep fryer).
[Poll #899620]
No! The knife is not the best people!
[Poll #899620]
No! The knife is not the best people!
Just let it rain
Jan. 3rd, 2007 09:48 pmYes, I own all of these (okay, so Matt technically owns the wok and the waffle maker, but then again, he also currently has use of the knife and deep fryer).
[Poll #899620]
No! The knife is not the best people!
[Poll #899620]
No! The knife is not the best people!
News of the day
Jan. 3rd, 2007 10:33 pmThe Day After Tomorrow, based on a book called The Coming Global Superstorm. And the news tonight says "superstorm to hit W.A." or something. The forecast for Narrogin tomorrow is 16C, it's the middle of Summer! It SNOWED in Tasmania on Christmas Day! Parts of Australia had their driest year on record while other parts had the wettest on record. The temperature here is on average 1-1.5C hotter than average. Whoever is still denying climate change - whether caused by human activity or not - is delusional.
And of course with the drought comes a water crisis. The more I hear about this "recycled sewage" (whatever media moron let that phrase out needs to be shot) plan the more I like it. This course of action takes treated wastewater and pumps it back into the aquifers we've been drawing from for years, it takes a few more years to percolate through the rock and be brought back up again for drinking water, I think it's great because those aquifers take a few hundred years to fill naturally and we only take a few decades to empty them. The only concern is the chemicals that may not be filtered out by usual techniques (hormones from the contraceptive pill and such), but they seem to have the technology to get rid of those as well (one still wonders where they'll go). They keep going on about how it will need community approval and support. Stuff that! Just do it if the technology is there! The general populace will just think, "Eww, they want me to drink sewage!" and think no further than that and of course it's far from the case. We're in a crisis, do what needs to be done.
A suggestion in a letter to the editor today also made the suggestion to direct water off the thousands of square km of rooftops in industrial areas into reserviors to be used for purposes other than drinking - watering the garden, washing the car, flushing toilets etc. Brilliant idea! Of course he suggested it as an alternative to "drinking sewage". I say do both.
And of course with the drought comes a water crisis. The more I hear about this "recycled sewage" (whatever media moron let that phrase out needs to be shot) plan the more I like it. This course of action takes treated wastewater and pumps it back into the aquifers we've been drawing from for years, it takes a few more years to percolate through the rock and be brought back up again for drinking water, I think it's great because those aquifers take a few hundred years to fill naturally and we only take a few decades to empty them. The only concern is the chemicals that may not be filtered out by usual techniques (hormones from the contraceptive pill and such), but they seem to have the technology to get rid of those as well (one still wonders where they'll go). They keep going on about how it will need community approval and support. Stuff that! Just do it if the technology is there! The general populace will just think, "Eww, they want me to drink sewage!" and think no further than that and of course it's far from the case. We're in a crisis, do what needs to be done.
A suggestion in a letter to the editor today also made the suggestion to direct water off the thousands of square km of rooftops in industrial areas into reserviors to be used for purposes other than drinking - watering the garden, washing the car, flushing toilets etc. Brilliant idea! Of course he suggested it as an alternative to "drinking sewage". I say do both.
News of the day
Jan. 3rd, 2007 10:33 pmThe Day After Tomorrow, based on a book called The Coming Global Superstorm. And the news tonight says "superstorm to hit W.A." or something. The forecast for Narrogin tomorrow is 16C, it's the middle of Summer! It SNOWED in Tasmania on Christmas Day! Parts of Australia had their driest year on record while other parts had the wettest on record. The temperature here is on average 1-1.5C hotter than average. Whoever is still denying climate change - whether caused by human activity or not - is delusional.
And of course with the drought comes a water crisis. The more I hear about this "recycled sewage" (whatever media moron let that phrase out needs to be shot) plan the more I like it. This course of action takes treated wastewater and pumps it back into the aquifers we've been drawing from for years, it takes a few more years to percolate through the rock and be brought back up again for drinking water, I think it's great because those aquifers take a few hundred years to fill naturally and we only take a few decades to empty them. The only concern is the chemicals that may not be filtered out by usual techniques (hormones from the contraceptive pill and such), but they seem to have the technology to get rid of those as well (one still wonders where they'll go). They keep going on about how it will need community approval and support. Stuff that! Just do it if the technology is there! The general populace will just think, "Eww, they want me to drink sewage!" and think no further than that and of course it's far from the case. We're in a crisis, do what needs to be done.
A suggestion in a letter to the editor today also made the suggestion to direct water off the thousands of square km of rooftops in industrial areas into reserviors to be used for purposes other than drinking - watering the garden, washing the car, flushing toilets etc. Brilliant idea! Of course he suggested it as an alternative to "drinking sewage". I say do both.
And of course with the drought comes a water crisis. The more I hear about this "recycled sewage" (whatever media moron let that phrase out needs to be shot) plan the more I like it. This course of action takes treated wastewater and pumps it back into the aquifers we've been drawing from for years, it takes a few more years to percolate through the rock and be brought back up again for drinking water, I think it's great because those aquifers take a few hundred years to fill naturally and we only take a few decades to empty them. The only concern is the chemicals that may not be filtered out by usual techniques (hormones from the contraceptive pill and such), but they seem to have the technology to get rid of those as well (one still wonders where they'll go). They keep going on about how it will need community approval and support. Stuff that! Just do it if the technology is there! The general populace will just think, "Eww, they want me to drink sewage!" and think no further than that and of course it's far from the case. We're in a crisis, do what needs to be done.
A suggestion in a letter to the editor today also made the suggestion to direct water off the thousands of square km of rooftops in industrial areas into reserviors to be used for purposes other than drinking - watering the garden, washing the car, flushing toilets etc. Brilliant idea! Of course he suggested it as an alternative to "drinking sewage". I say do both.