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Thu AM 03/02
Nearly the end of the week again. We rode down to Retro Betty's to have a nice dinner with Rob and Leece last night. It's been a pretty non-descript week. Fighting off back pain and not being inspired to do much. Feh!
All the new anime for this month are almost consumed and there ae no new Madman releases until Feb 23rd. Wolf's Rain and 12 Kingdoms head the monthly list. Both continue to be good to the core. Last Exile ended this month. I'm a little confused about what the ending signified but getting there was pretty cool. And finally Gad Guard is still holding our interset on the second watching. I am immediately wary of any story about a bunch of kids discovering self assembling big robots in a post apocalyptic world. However, this one has held my interest as the characters develop in different ways.
Posted on 02 February 2005 at 08:38 PM by Stephen Gunnell
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Sat AM 12/02
Stuff happens as it always does. WASFF wants to have its books audited 6 weeks before the Con.
Watched the first 4 episodes of Lunar Legend Tsukihime. This series looks good.
Rode the trike up to gaming last night. It all went very well and I won Ticker to Ride.
I had a sad inditement of my film tastes from quizfarm:
You scored as Mindfuck.
Congratulations, you scored Mindfuck. You've probably seen a lot of movies, and have grown to hate mainstream shit. You're looking for the movie that will leave you breathless, and with 21 questions to think about. Check out: Donnie Darko, Being John Malkovich, Pulp Fiction, Memento.
- Mindfuck - 85%
- Drama/Suspense - 70%
- Artistic - 60%
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy - 40%
- Sadistic Humour - 20%
- Romantic Comedy - 0%
- Mindless Action Flick - 0%
Movie Recommendation. created with QuizFarm.com
Posted on 11 February 2005 at 08:17 PM by Stephen Gunnell
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Posted on 11 February 2005 at 08:32 PM by Pamela Smith
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Leece's movie tastes, apparently. Um. I haven't *seen* any of these!!!
You scored as Artistic.
Congratulations, you scored Artistic. You're looking for the unique movie in the bunch. You've probably watched a lot of movies that nobody has ever heard of, and good for you. You also know good filmmaking when you see it. You just get it, no questions asked. Check out: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Amelie, Garden State, Lost in Translation.
Artistic - 95%
Sci-Fi/Fantasy - 90%
Mindfuck - 90%
Mindless Action Flick - 70%
Sadistic Humour - 55%
Romantic Comedy - 50%
Drama/Suspense - 45%
Movie Recommendation.created with QuizFarm.com
Posted on 12 February 2005 at 02:59 AM by Alicia Smith
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I scored as Sci Fi/Fantasy. Surprise, surprise.
Posted on 12 February 2005 at 06:26 PM by Pamela Smith
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Mon AM 14/02
Today is humid and warm and likely to get very hot and unpleasant. There was thunder and lightning growling out around the coast late last night and again this morning.
We watched a really good program about the English language on SBS last night. It was hidden in the Lost Worlds segment with no explanations in the program. This weeks episode covered the language reformers of the 18th Century through Samuel Johnson's dictionary and the language usage in Wordsworth's poems, Jane Austin's novels, and George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. GBS aparently wrote Pygmalion as a commentry about how people would follow orators who spoke "well" as if speaking well blessed the content of the speech with mystical rightness. There was a bubble of jingoism he hoped to burst in time to prevent Englands entry into WW1. Instead the play was mired in controvosy over Eliza's single use of "bloody" in one scene and the larger message was lost. Good series ... witty and informative. *****
Posted on 13 February 2005 at 10:02 PM by Stephen Gunnell
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Tues PM 15/02
Oooooowwwww. Hothothothot! 42°C today. Poor little melted Stevegses were out in it visiting the city and then getting supplies from Herdie Fresh. Phwew!
We picked up Destroyer the 7th book of C. J. Cherryh's Foreigner universe as well as other booky goodies. Hmmmmm.
Posted on 15 February 2005 at 07:43 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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Fri Noon 18/02
It has been much cooler the last couple of days. So much so that I was wearing a light jacket when I went to the shops yesterday.
Went down to SCG for X-Rays and a checkup of the pelvis. Everything is progressing nicely. I had a chat with the doctor about the long term prognosis which is a hip replacement. Ulp I went. An accident like this upsets the blood flow to the ball joint which may develop into Avascular Necrosis any time up to three years from the accident. If I get past that (and the specialist says the chances are excellent) then I'll be ok for a few years. Somwhere around ten years down the track I start to cop an increased chance of needing an early hip replacement. Yeah right ... something to look forward to.
Posted on 18 February 2005 at 12:48 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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Mon AM 21/02
Waiting for the paperwork. Well I have a job ... just as soon as the paperwork is complete. Two months contract work in Perth doing Configuration Management.
The House of Flying Daggers
We went to see this one yesterday afternoon on a short notice whim and enjoyed it immensely. THoFG has romance, dancing, acrobatics, scenery, impossible slo-mo feats, good cop - bad cop, and martial arts up the wazoo. The "echo game" near the start is just about worth the entrance price on its own.
Saturday was gaming day hosted by Rob and Leece. I had a win at History of the World which would have been a lot less spectacular if I hadn't lucked into the Bryzantines when I did. Near the end of the night the parents of one of the gamers dropped by to give her a lift. Turns out to be old SCA people. It makes me feel old when suddenly I find out that I have known people I thought I had just met since they were children. *sigh*
Forgot to mention Poss's birthday. A very good dinner at the Himali Gurkha. Very tasty and consorting with pleasant company wherer I am not the oldest person. 8-)
Posted on 20 February 2005 at 08:04 PM by Stephen Gunnell
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>>Forgot to mention Poss's birthday. A very good dinner at the Himali Gurkha. Very tasty and consorting with pleasant company wherer I am not the oldest person. 8-) >>
Oh shut up.
Posted on 22 February 2005 at 03:35 AM by Poss
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Poss: Well, as it happens, neither were you!
Posted on 22 February 2005 at 04:07 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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Wed Noonish 23/02
Still waiting for the paperwork. Arrrrgggghhhh!
I need to go hunting Loctite. For some reason the local hardware store doesn't stock it. The bolts holding the mount for the GPS keep undoing so I want to "fix 'em proper like". There is also a sheet of corflute lying about out the front which I am eying off as a rear mudguard replacement. I'm thinking of building a short form of the bicycle battery box just to get the 12V touring power system up and running. Play, play, play. 8-)
Posted on 22 February 2005 at 10:54 PM by Stephen Gunnell
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">>Forgot to mention Poss's birthday. A very good dinner at the Himali Gurkha. Very tasty and consorting with pleasant company wherer I am not the oldest person. 8-) >>
Oh shut up."
Ha! Whippersnappers!
Posted on 23 February 2005 at 12:38 AM by Ros
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Fri Noonish 25/02
Work! Yay! Starting 8:30 Monday. I wonder how long it will take to lose its lustre?
Everyone except Ros and Poss: See, it's nice not being the senior all the time.
Posted on 25 February 2005 at 01:27 AM by Stephen Gunnell
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That's right, I WASN'T the oldest.
Richard has obviously so traumatised me I just assume that I am.
Posted on 26 February 2005 at 12:45 AM by Pamela Smith
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Hope you have a good day at your new work today, Steveg.
Posted on 27 February 2005 at 07:55 PM by leece
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Mon PM 28/02
Work worked. 8-). I had a good day. The local bicycle shop gives 15% off to people who work nearby.
The Transperth routefinder website sucks the piss bigtime. It cant even find me a bus route to get to work without a long walk. Now, while route finders in general are a hard problem, there are well known alorithms such as A* that perform very well with a few hundred options. Just about right for a bus network I would think. However this travesty behaves like it was programmed by a cubicle farm of monkeys randomly hammering on keyboards.
Posted on 28 February 2005 at 08:21 AM by Stephen Gunnell