Why is life so busy these days? I've hardly had time for a breather this past wk or so. Here's how I unfolded:
1. Teaching. It was "western suburbs" week for the 1st yr tut so naturally there were plenty of lively & interesting discussion. But unfortunately Senile Kev also designated Tuesday as marking day for Essay 1 so the lot of us cramped into that tiny room on Level 5 for the whole day (8:30 start, so naturally I arrived at 9:30), stepping out whenever we needed to go do something else. I had 4 hrs of tut straight 11 thru 3 (as per every Tuesday) so I escaped that boredom for a little bit. Unfortunately the marking still wasn't done by the time my tuts were over & I got stuck for nearly 2 more hours finishing up them up with Karin while the rest went on their tuts & putting marks up on WebCT. 1st yr essays are such a dredge. More marking this wk - workshop reports. Great, tiny maps without colour. & I only have 30+ to mark x_x
2. Council. Headlining project for Blacktown Council yet again (why do I always get stuck with headlining even though I'm only there 2 days a wk?) & while we continue to struggle with the problem of not receiving any health data for the compilation of report on community health (how ironic is that!), Gaynor (Council planner) needed some prelim results to showcase the new style report to a meeting group. I thought I was in the clear after giving her the tables & graphs to an entire chapter the Thursday before, but in clearly Council fashion she did not reply to that email until Monday. She decided that she needed to change her mind & instead of showcasing one chapter she needed 1 indicator from each of the 10 chapters instead. As a result I went into work a day earlier than usual (thus skipping my Wednesday morning recovery session, which completely threw me off myrack for the rest of the wk) as she needed the stuff by Thursday. Spent Friday morning lulling around at home & at plant nurseries to try & regain momentum but failed with doing much mroe writing. Lucky I decided to skip the laser war game that night otherwise my Saturday writing session woudl've been wrecked as well.
3. Queen. Was orignally on a high earlier in the wk when I completed my Queen back catalogue buying spree. Well, also complete. I ordered A Night At The Opera from DirtCheap but it turned out to be a Chinese import (knew about the import part, but not the Chinese part. I wouldn't have actually minded except it has Chinese characters written all over it, making it looking nothing like an original/remastered copy. Very legal, just not very original looking). Have yet to open it, & am not planning to. Will sell on eBay instead & buy the 30th anniversary edition CD/DVD combo. Am still waiting for the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert DVD anyway. With those 2, the whole back catalogue would've cost me $350+!! Curbing spending my ass!
4. ABBA. Yes, am really curbing spending. Except I've also decided to buy the ABBA back catalogue. Luckily unlike Queen (22 albums, including Greatest Hits I, II & III) ABBA only had 8 albums & ABBA Gold (which I've had for yrs) & the Definitive Album (which I also have). Am not bothering with other ABBA after-the-fact compilations like Classic ABBA or whatever they are called. Am really stopping my back catalogue buying sprees after this. Really.
5. Peter Freestone. My "Freddie Mercury book by Peter Freestone finally arrived at uni bookshop so very happily paid for it with my bday voucher. Got change in yet another vouhcer (cos it was 30c over the minimum cash refund -_-). Am waiting for the Mercury & Me & Definitive Freddie Mercury bios to arrive from UK Amazon. Will take wks I'm told. More $$ spent on Mr Mercury there... Am really curbing spending.
6. Swans won by 92 on Saturday. Dejavu as we head west against to plat West Coast for the 1st qualifying final. Given what happened last yr, I wouldn't mind losing this 1 as long as we win the flag again. Oh heck, we'll win the flag even if we beat West Coast this coming Sat night. Great, finals fever just when I really need to put my head down so I can pick up my writing rate. Now where is my Swans wristband?
7. Croc Hunter Steve Irwin got killed by a stingray today. Good conservationist. His antics though, as I've always 'criticised' where a bit out there. Sure that did bring some humility and, umm, 'fun' to the whole greeny/nerdy conservationism front, am still wondering how Americans can take us Aussies seriously if the only regular Aussie they see if the croc-hugging Irwin. it'd be cool if his last word was 'Crikey' as he got stung by the stingray though.
1. Teaching. It was "western suburbs" week for the 1st yr tut so naturally there were plenty of lively & interesting discussion. But unfortunately Senile Kev also designated Tuesday as marking day for Essay 1 so the lot of us cramped into that tiny room on Level 5 for the whole day (8:30 start, so naturally I arrived at 9:30), stepping out whenever we needed to go do something else. I had 4 hrs of tut straight 11 thru 3 (as per every Tuesday) so I escaped that boredom for a little bit. Unfortunately the marking still wasn't done by the time my tuts were over & I got stuck for nearly 2 more hours finishing up them up with Karin while the rest went on their tuts & putting marks up on WebCT. 1st yr essays are such a dredge. More marking this wk - workshop reports. Great, tiny maps without colour. & I only have 30+ to mark x_x
2. Council. Headlining project for Blacktown Council yet again (why do I always get stuck with headlining even though I'm only there 2 days a wk?) & while we continue to struggle with the problem of not receiving any health data for the compilation of report on community health (how ironic is that!), Gaynor (Council planner) needed some prelim results to showcase the new style report to a meeting group. I thought I was in the clear after giving her the tables & graphs to an entire chapter the Thursday before, but in clearly Council fashion she did not reply to that email until Monday. She decided that she needed to change her mind & instead of showcasing one chapter she needed 1 indicator from each of the 10 chapters instead. As a result I went into work a day earlier than usual (thus skipping my Wednesday morning recovery session, which completely threw me off myrack for the rest of the wk) as she needed the stuff by Thursday. Spent Friday morning lulling around at home & at plant nurseries to try & regain momentum but failed with doing much mroe writing. Lucky I decided to skip the laser war game that night otherwise my Saturday writing session woudl've been wrecked as well.
3. Queen. Was orignally on a high earlier in the wk when I completed my Queen back catalogue buying spree. Well, also complete. I ordered A Night At The Opera from DirtCheap but it turned out to be a Chinese import (knew about the import part, but not the Chinese part. I wouldn't have actually minded except it has Chinese characters written all over it, making it looking nothing like an original/remastered copy. Very legal, just not very original looking). Have yet to open it, & am not planning to. Will sell on eBay instead & buy the 30th anniversary edition CD/DVD combo. Am still waiting for the Freddie Mercury Tribute concert DVD anyway. With those 2, the whole back catalogue would've cost me $350+!! Curbing spending my ass!
4. ABBA. Yes, am really curbing spending. Except I've also decided to buy the ABBA back catalogue. Luckily unlike Queen (22 albums, including Greatest Hits I, II & III) ABBA only had 8 albums & ABBA Gold (which I've had for yrs) & the Definitive Album (which I also have). Am not bothering with other ABBA after-the-fact compilations like Classic ABBA or whatever they are called. Am really stopping my back catalogue buying sprees after this. Really.
5. Peter Freestone. My "Freddie Mercury book by Peter Freestone finally arrived at uni bookshop so very happily paid for it with my bday voucher. Got change in yet another vouhcer (cos it was 30c over the minimum cash refund -_-). Am waiting for the Mercury & Me & Definitive Freddie Mercury bios to arrive from UK Amazon. Will take wks I'm told. More $$ spent on Mr Mercury there... Am really curbing spending.
6. Swans won by 92 on Saturday. Dejavu as we head west against to plat West Coast for the 1st qualifying final. Given what happened last yr, I wouldn't mind losing this 1 as long as we win the flag again. Oh heck, we'll win the flag even if we beat West Coast this coming Sat night. Great, finals fever just when I really need to put my head down so I can pick up my writing rate. Now where is my Swans wristband?
7. Croc Hunter Steve Irwin got killed by a stingray today. Good conservationist. His antics though, as I've always 'criticised' where a bit out there. Sure that did bring some humility and, umm, 'fun' to the whole greeny/nerdy conservationism front, am still wondering how Americans can take us Aussies seriously if the only regular Aussie they see if the croc-hugging Irwin. it'd be cool if his last word was 'Crikey' as he got stung by the stingray though.
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