On one of his front legs. The nurse at the veterinary hospital took quite a shine to him apparently.
Photo courtesy of my sister, with whom he lives:
He has been going a bit mental lately. But he is okay.
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This Is One Of Those Ones That Just Doesn’t Want A Title
A couple of weeks ago – and not at all by design – I bumped into an old acquaintance from Canberra, P, at one of the supermarkets on Acland Street (I forget which one; I have been known to patronize both although these days I tend to favour the IGA on Fitzroy Street – prospective stalkers take note). He used to play the saxophone in a band, and sometimes pretends to have Tourette’s Syndrome. He is going through some heavy shit right now. I like him a lot.
We had a beer on Wednesday at the Espy. Whilst I was waiting for him I chatted to my friend Gethsemane. She was a bit drunk and asked me to transcribe a postcard for her – to Operative Tenex of all people. Seems they’re quite close – or were. I hadn’t even realised. It’s a small world.
iPod (part 2)
I finally got my battery-deficient iPod fixed. It’s like a whole new iPod. Literally. It arrived sheathed in all the exciting factory packaging I missed out on the first time around because it was purchased secondhand. “Please don’t steal music”, pleads the little slip of plastic covering the display plaintively. How sweet! You wouldn’t get that from the RIAA.
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I Heart My New Camera
It has this wicked macro too. These are fibres in my jeans:
Don’t believe me? Look:
I was impressed, I would expect that you are as well.
My CD is still broken though. I think my sister has one.
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New Camera!!
Photographed using old camera:
Old camera photographed using new camera:
Other gifts I have recieved:
- Amazon gift voucher from an undisclosed Neurocam Operative, with which I bought this.
- Someone made me a cake:
- About 60 people associated with RMIT Photography, the vast bulk of whom I did not know, sang me ‘Happy Birthday’.
- I was blessed with several text messages and a phonecall from baby sis.
- And Li, for reasons best known to himself, sent me this remarkable animated gif of David Hasselhof breakdancing in what appears to be a chipmunk suit:
I’m Going Into The City Today
To be assessed by a recruitment agency who are going to get me a (slightly more) lucrative job in a stupid callcentre.
Wish me luck!!
… And Here’s What I Spent It On
- Milk – Milk is delicious added to a range of hot beverages, and can also be poured very effectively over almost any breakfast cereal. It is an excellent source of calcium, so essential for building strong healthy bones and teeth with which to crush and dismember your enemies.
- Corn – Corn is not only an entertaining vegetable, it also contains a winning combination of fibre and protein!
- Evil battery-Farm Eggs – God help me, they were cheap.
- Nutritionally Indifferent White Bread – Also cheap. And novel!
- Burger-In-A-Biskits – Again with the novelty value. I’ve had these before but never when my good friend Ganj was in the haus.
- Two Environmentally-Unfriendly Plastic Bags – Which I badly needed to put rubbish in, and stuff.
Look, It’s My Earthly Fortune
Not including 5c coins and the $1.62 in my bank account: eight dollars and thirty cents.
What should I spend it on?
I get paid tomorrow, and I’ve enough food stashed for tonight. I was thinking maybe stuff for breakfast (milk, bread, eggs – that kind of thing) but that’s so mundane, and I crave novelty.
As advised at Chez Rorschach, my position on the Big Brother question: Vesna was robbed, but our maturity and commonsense as a nation will prevail tonight when Tim, quite easily the least obnoxious BB contestant ever, emerges rightly victorious.
(UPDATE – I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: there’s something wrong with the world. I don’t know what it is, but I feel it – like a splinter in the back of my mind, driving me mad..)
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Phone Companies Must Be Shitting Themselves
I just installed Skype and used it to have a lovely chat with Li. It worked great even though I only have a dialup. I’ve never been much of a one for IM-type things, but this is way cool and I will be leaving it up whenever I am online from now on, which is often.
My Skype handle is teigan84; giz a call sometime. Seriously, it’s so easy.
Could This Innocent-Looking Neurotoddler…
… be none other than notorious master of disguise, Robert Henley?
Or this unfortunate character…
…encountered suspended from an electricity pole outside this otherwise unexceptional north Melbourne train station?
What about this guy?
On 17/7/05, Robin Hely wrote:
> That damned Henley! He would sell his own Gran for a buck….
When he’s not too busy putting on exhibitions called “Who Is Robin Hely?”, maybe.
And then there’s this. Retrocam goodness! (UPDATE – Or not. Trust me: it was good while it lasted..)
PS I am curious as to who went through my entire archive earlier this evening, looking at pretty much all the comments back to April. Was it you?
Advisory (& Dan Pritchard)
Posts will likely be a bit thin on the ground this week. I am feeling sick and demoralised and – just for a change – I have a stack of email that I really want to clear.
Jo is taking me to Luna Park on Thursday. It’s just down the road from where I live but I’ve never been. We shall eat faerie floss and go on the Faerris Wheel. If it’s open. Which, looking at their site, it isn’t. Unless it’s school holidays right now. Is it school holidays? It isn’t, is it. Damn.
I’ve also been encouraged to attend a certain event on Friday, which should be interesting.. although I probably won’t be able to say much about it.
What else? Dan “Conchis” Pritchard is drawing attention to himself again. Dunno what it’s about, but it seems to have something to do with the return of the legendary Robert Henley and they’re all over it on the Neuroboards.
Here are some nice bonus pics of The Magus burning which somehow got left out last time:
iPod
My silver iPod mini (codename: Magnus) had been misbehaving; the battery wouldn’t hold a charge for longer than 20 minutes. But it was a gift purchased at Cash Converters and I didn’t have a receipt for it. Still don’t.
I was a little concerned about this, but I need not have been.
I simply went to the appropriate page on the Apple website, gave them my serial number, filled out a short multiple choice test description of the problem, and with no futher questions asked, by some miracle of internet/real-world crossover technology, a new (well, refurbished) one arrived via the analog postal service today, a week later.
Now I have to post my broken one back to them and they will refurbish it and send it to someone else. I have this warm, glowing sensation; I’m really a part of something.
Hooray for Apple, the large corporation it’s sort of okay not to despise.
(Subsequent to actually opening said package: it transpires that Steve & co. have, in fact, sent me a refurbished power adapter, which is of no use at all. Hmph.)
In other happy news, Ms Fits has acknowledged my existence. I feel a bewildering array of emotions. Of course this is a joyous occasion and a vindication of many years of struggle but I am somewhat plagued by a sense of unworthiness.
Also: what am I to do with the rest of my life?
The Neurocouncil
Operatives Rorschach and Li (note tragically melted face), and a non-blogging operative
It was a success, I think. A somewhat disappointing seven operatives showed up in person – Cat was there proverbially, and Operative Jojo sent an apologetic text message or two – but these operatives were not in themselves at all disappointing.
One I had never met but knew online. Three I had previously participated in an assignment with. Of these, one had officiated at my book burning, one I knew online, and one was half of the pair of elusive and, of course, mysterious non-bloggers who emerged from their holes – which is always good. One had discovered quite an interesting thing. (dude – email me)
A detailed report will not be made since somewhat inevitably more was said than is entirely suitable for broadcasting.
Operative “no pictures!” Reanimator and another non-blogging operative
Expect a William S. Burroughsesque audio cutup from Operative Reanimator shortly. Along with another interesting project or two.
An attempt at a collective audio blog post was made. It may require some work.
A good time was had by all.
I was a pussy and had to bail early.
Neurocam will be fine.
Everything is fine.
Relax.
Li‘s melted face is admired by a non-blogging operative and American Guy
UPDATE – American Guy & Reanimator have reports which actually cover what we discussed to some extent, if you’re interested in that. A lot of Reanimator’s is made up, though…
2nd UPDATE – Rorschach and Li have also posted reports, Li’s being by far the most accurate.
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