I love my new job.

I've never worked so hard or been so tired though! oh man.

Yes thats right folks, my existance is totally looking PEACHY AS FUCK right now.

BOOYEAH.

Also, league bowling starts this Sunday!! I <3 to bowl! It's such an awesome 'sport' 'game' thing.

Anyway, I don't really have much to say other than that, it's really nice to have something good happen, since Andy is a douche bag. I haven't cried in TWO WHOLE DAYS. Yeah. -Pretty good.

Anyway. Im hoping to find someone good looking and smart and kind and funny and stuff to kinda draw my attention. if you know anyone that meets this description, I *demannnnd* introductions. I gotta get back in the game-zordz! if I don't! I'll cry and sit here moping about a douche bag guy that wasted my time and never really loved me anyway! And that's no good.

Anyway, I'm off to meet some friendlies at beachhouse for ultimate pump it up domination!

xoxo

It kinda makes me feel like I'm in an episode of skins when I'm out and I hear it... it always makes me wish I was high, in a good way. It's a cute song... even though I don't usually like alot of hip hop / electro.

I was everything until I was nothing, and what remains might as well be

I'll give you the time and space to realise you don't need me

and I'll remain tortured that I do

Today I actually purchased a B Cup Bra. I haven't done that since I was.... 11. Wow. D to B is a big difference. Midn you, they're a big B and I also bought a small C. But stilL!

Oh yeah, Our bathroom is the shit.

Me and a LJ friend are swapping snack parcels (how fun!!!)

Now, Australians... I gotta pick the BEST of our food stuffs! I want opinions (I Included descriptions for American friends!)

Vegemite: Do I buy a jar *my* family would use, or a jar an *american* would use? Big Jar or little jar. I can't see how AnYONE doesn't LUUURVE vegemite.

Burger rings: Circular rings of chips that don't taste like burgers but still taste good

Tim Tams: Chocolate and caramel biscuits (best eaten as a straw, through milk)

ANZAC biscuits: Clarify, do Americans *have* anzac biscuits??

Milo: Drink, chocolatey awesome malt stuff

Natrual Confectionary Company Kangaroo sweets (self explanatory)

SUGGESTIONS REQUIRED!! x

I splurged today and bought a GIGANTIC TELEVISION. It's awesome. ^_^ So. Much. Debt. Oh wells!

God dahmit I'm really sick. I hate this.

I got a job at a mobile phone store, it's very far away from home so I'm going to need a car as soon as possible!! Oh wells! better than nothing!

I start on Monday.

What else. I really dunno! Gotta get on top of university stuff / work out what I'm doing. So many things to do, I really wish my K rudd money would go through!

x

I *have* to get this off my chest.

LJ user: Birth_in_flames

Posts a friends only suicide note on livejournal. What is the right thing to do?

In MY mind... The right thing to do was to call anyone with his surname asking if they knew him then to contact the police.

Noone knew him and I didn't have an address so nothing happened. When I called I gave NO personal information other than his name and that it was important i get in touch with him.

I thought it was the right thing to do.

I get this abusive MSN post about why the fuck would I do that etc etc?

Now maybe I was, if anything a little too considerate and took sommethign online a little too seriously. but I like to think in this world if you're down and you make an obvious plea for a reaction / help. That the faceless mass isn't going to block you out and pretend you don't exist.

If something had happened to that lad, I would've felt awful and I had to act in a way that reflected that. I dunno about this livejournal shit. it's ridiculous. I don't know if I should just delete my account, because I can't believe some people. I'm all shaken up and feel awful, as you do after being abused...

i think it's really unfair that being kind ends in being abused. It's not on. I hope they're embarrassed about their actions one day..


In other news I got a great job! I'm stoked.

If I mess up or do something wrong, I don't find it hard to say sorry.

I don't find it hard to accept sorry if it's said to me.

But some people find it really hard to say sorry, and even when it's staring at them in the face, and it's the obvious word to use: staying defiant, or angry seems like the right thing to do.

People take advantage of the fact that if they leave something with me, I'll get over it and they can avoid saying sorry or acknowledging a mistake. i seldom have the strength, never have the strength to hold off until they call me and say it. They know that i'm weak, and that if I fear if I wait for them to acknowledge a wrong doing, then i'll never hear from them again.

Time to take a stand. I can't just let people walk on me. It's making me miserable and I'm going to stop being such a pussy.

In other news, I got an awesome cook book tonight from a friend... La Dolce Vegan by Sarah Kramer. It's awesome and I'm looking at every single recipe. The vegan marshmallows seem really difficult, which is why I'm really glad that Kylie's Gluten Free and Allergy Bakery in Black Forrest (near le cornu adeladians, you should REALLY take a look in there and get some chocolate cake... they make the best chocolate cake) Already make vegan marshmallows to buy. I should know- Mum got me some for easter! ^_^

Football friday night. I'm going to face paint it up! Woo! go Saint Kilda!

last night I cooked roast vegetables. potato, sweet potato, pumpkin, capcicum, mushrooms, onion with deviled sausages... O course there's nothing vegan about deviled sausages but I'm starting to wonder if it would work with soy sausages.

This post is and was going nowhere, I'm having a rough trot of things currently.

Ah mario paint. *dances*

American constituents. What the hell does Candy Corn taste like? I've seen it on teevee. And I want to know. Is it actually corn flavoured or is it just colored boiled lolly, or is it candied corn kernal?

Answers. I must have answers!

I think I wanna get out of Adelaide. There's just too many people I can't avoid here.

It was the early hours of the morning in the rural town of Kamas, Utah, when police were called to the house of Robert and Ingrid Anderson. The couple had just returned home after spending a couple of nights in the neighboring town of Henefer, but their welcome home was far from pleasant: lying on their doorstep was the corpse of Rufus, their eight-year-old Labrador Retriever.

"We went to attend a friend's wedding out of town, so we left Rufus here in the care of a neighbour. We were in Henefer for two days... [and] when we got home this morning, we found Rufus sprawled in front of the door," says 32-year-old Ingrid Anderson, teary-eyed.

The couple confronted the neighbour they had entrusted with Rufus, 27-year-old John Gregorie, and were told that their dog had, "just died of old age." However, closer inspection of the Labrador revealed several deep lacerations, including one on the dog's throat that was later deemed responsible for its death. Despite Gregorie claiming that he was, "just as surprised as [them]," to see the injuries, the Andersons called the police, at which point Gregorie admitted to killing the dog.

Says officer Don Grant, "It's really horrible, hearing about something like this. This family put their trust into a neighbor, and for him to do something like this, it's just unreal."

When asked why he killed the Andersons' dog, Gregorie claimed that he was overwhelmed by, "a desire to hurt things," and that he, "was not himself when he killed Rufus". This prompted authorities to look into the man's medical records, and despite finding a prominent history of mental psychosis and instability, officials searched even further into Gregorie's life to find what could have motivated him to commit such a horrible act of violence and betrayal.

"The one thing that stood out about his life was the investment he put into playing videogames," explains Officer Grant. "From what we've gathered, he spends about twenty hours a week in front of his TV, playing games... and most of them feature violence."

One game in his collection that caught the authorities' attention was "Call of Duty: World at War", a game wherein players are rewarded points for killing dogs. The game even gives players the freedom to kill these virtual animals in a variety of different ways, including by gun, by flamethrower, and by knife.

"It's disgusting," remarks Ingrid. "It's absolutely ridiculous. We wonder why these things happen, we wonder how people can be driven to be so cruel, and the reason is right there: these games - these violent games - they're training people to kill."

This isn't the first time that videogames have driven a person to violence: almost every public shooting in the past five years has been attributed to the playing of violent games. This is just one of several instances in which a man, so engrossed by the alternate world of gaming, has lost his grip on reality. Despite this, all efforts to outlaw violent games have been dismissed by congress.

As they bury the corpse of their beloved dog, Ingrid and Robert Anderson have decided to lobby against the gaming industry, and encourage others to do the same.

John Gregorie is due for trial in May.

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Obviously the man was upset that Cod5 is nowhere near as good as Cod4: it upset many of us.

No but seriously guys. This is fucking bat shit. Video gaming is the most regulated, stifled media form on this planet. In Australia we can't even slap on an R rating. (I suggest that if we did, Cod5 would indeed have this rating...)

I'm just so tired of hearing this over beaten debate, it's complete bollocks. espcially for a country that consumes more meat than any other nation on the planet. One man kills a dog and it's fucked up, but an entire systematic culture of cultivating for death and genocide isn't? Give me a fucking break. Some people are bat shit crazy, last time I checked, Ed Gein didn't have a Play Station and Ted Bundy wasn't mad keen on First Person Shooters.

I really get tired of anyone refusing to take any responsibility for anything they do, and look for something to blame. How about for once we all accept that sometimes the decisions we make are our own.

I might also add that for those non gamers out there, the dogs you kill are german shepards, like, attack dog styles. I feel the game was a decent representation of World War Two combat (From what I've read and observed on TELEVISION. (THAT OTHER MEDIA EVERYONE LIKES TO FORGET... where violence happens)

I'm totally over this, over censorship, over regulated Americanised Society that we're squashed into... These games aren't meant for children, this man wasn't a child. He's an adult. A fucked up adult who killed a dog for nothing to do with video games.

I'd probably play video games for 20 hours a week myself. And I turned out fine *eye twitch*

Ran away from home last night.

Enter freakout.

The touch screen on my DS isn't working... This is one electronic I am glad I kept the receipt for. I think they have a one year warrenty.

I still haven't found a job, can't say I've been putting my full energy into looking: I'm going into town tomorrow (after uni) to pass some out, I saw some signs along Gouger St. looking for waitresses: not that I have any experience, which is a major downer. I wrote on my cover letter that I have 'experience in food service'. But thats pretty lame considering it comes down to working at Bakers Delight and Subway.

I'm stressed out and far behind at uni, I missed a few classes and I have to go get a sick certificate today for them.

So it's a really fun filled kind-of day. Tradespeople got here at 7 am and woke me up when I only fell asleep at 3.30 am so I'm feeling grumpy. Grumble, grumble, grumble.

Lots o love, Pia.

I bought a bike.



It's the most AMAZING THING EVER.