HELLOOOOO [link] ... this is your brain, doing assignments, at half past two in the morning...


So, it was Mothers' day today... which in our family means that it's the McLeans Bridge classic car show. I'm allowed to go every second year The folks had been invited to lunch so they didn't come this time.

Smash and I did our usual thing of owning an Alfa, being in the Alfa club but hanging with the Lotus mob. Good turn out from both clubs about ten Alfas and around twenty Lotuses (what is the plural for "Lotus" anyway? ), including a new Europa, so apparently they are actually selling.

Nothing too much to report, no new cars there that I've not posted photos of before but it was a good excuse to get some much needed work done on the Alfetta. Gave her a wash, polish and wax as well as taking a look at those wheel bearings I mentioned a journal or so back. Turns out the play in the front offside bearing wasn't in fact the race, but the two screws that hold the hub onto the brake disk coming slightly loose, easy fix, the bearing itself was rock solid. Also checked the driver's side front bearing which had some play in it. Only needed a quick nudge round to the next pin hole to get it running true again. It's amazing what such a small change can make though as the Alfetta feels a lot more responsive in the front end now. Anyways, touch wood I won't have to look at those for a goodly long time now.


As a matter of interest: has anyone else been having trouble accessing scraps and the like? I've been having trouble for awhile. Can't get into scraps or past the first page of anyones' galleries. All I get is either a gallery page with nothing in it or a whole heap of unloaded thumbnails with no links attached.


And why "Last Hurrah"? Because I've now got four assignments to do and three weeks to do them in. So syonara social life and hello old and true friends coffee and Red Bull.

...I'm not addicted to Caffine, I just need it to survive...


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And just when I thought this week couldn't get any better entertainment wise...

FUCKIN' A! ----> [link]

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"My name is Nick Fury, and I'm here to talk to you about the Avenger Initiative..."

Seriously, why isn't there a "Zealous Fuckwin" mood setting?

Ok, incase you haven't worked it out yet: Ironman rocks.

Really, infact it's probably the best superhero movie I've seen to date. You can pick up reviews all over the place, so I'll just leave this with: make sure you watch to the end of the credits.


In other news: I have a cold and no voice. Which is annoying. Not to mention that the Ironman craze is really clashing with the chill-axed picture I need to draw for uni.


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For hire: 3rd year Industrial Design student. Graphic design and illustration undertaken, resonable rates, all jobs considered.

Please forward enquiries to designblocadmin@gmail.com


Ok, so not quite. For starters I probably don't have the time and second I'm definately not at a hireable level yet. The email address is entirely real though


So, I got to work today to find out that the stewarding shifts have been cut in half, and most of the cleaning work contracted out to an independent company. From what one of my bosses was saying we're lucky to have kept our jobs at all. We would have been totally redundant if a higher manager (who I've up to this point thought had very little interest in the people under him, but now sits a fair bit higher in my estimation) hadn't have put his foot down to the hospital brass. It's all in the name of cost cutting. Basically it's cheaper to contract out than keep the staff in-house. Not sure how I feel about it yet, will probably stick around for at least another few months to see how things pan out. They at least seem pretty keen to retain me *touch wood*, even if it means re-training into another position.

We shall see....


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May the 13th? MAY THE 13TH!? I have to wait till May the frikkin' 13th till the next book of ARIA manga comes out!?

That sucks balls, but at least I can stop looking like a dill wandering into Comics etc. every chance I get to se if it's there...


Aaaanyway.

The most recent piece of assesment went in on thrusday. Presentation for ID, went pretty smoothly actually, printer worked and everything... right up untill the point where I realized I'd left about 50% of my mark at home so off to do the approximately 2 hour round trip by public transport to home to pick it up. Got back, picked up a new set of glasses, printed more stuff out and got into class with about a minute to spare.

Moral of the story: update EVERYTHING on your USB, not just the files you think you'll need. Plus that USB's only 1Gb, so files have to be chopped and changed out. Might be time for an upgrade... I note that Western Digital make a nice 250Gb portable HDD...


To blow out the cobwebs of a week worth of work, uni and not much else (including sleep) Smash and I organized a run up the coast. Not the usual 8/10ths quick run, but a cruise on the same backroads. Four other cars came along, so it was Alfetta-chan leading a Adri's Lancer, 's Laser, Fisch's Tiburon and Matt's new MINI Cooper S. This meant two things: one, that I had to drive like a "normal person" and two, we were driving for five cars. That last one is REALLY difficult. Quick conclusion: don't take any more than about three cars in convoy unless you have time to photocopy maps and write up route directions. Still it was fun, and relaxing. Fisch (in the Tiburon) was nice enough to let us use his beach house at Coolumn for lunch, then a quick run back down the highway to home (seeing as all the ANZAC day traffic was headed the other direction)

Did note that there was a tiny bit of play in the Alfetta's leftside front wheel, will whip that off sometime this week and take a look. The bearing got replaced a couple of months back, so probably just needs tightening up again now that it's bedded in.


Anyways, no I've got a History Journal to write.



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Warning, minor design rant ahead...

Ok, I've been meaning to write something on this for awhile. Something against that school of interior design which I'm now deeming "clean desk" (there's probably an actual name for it, but I don't know what it is). Anyway, you all know what I'm talking about, that school of ultra sleek, modern, minimalist design which, as soon as you buy a book that's the wrong colour winds up with a completely ruined aesthetic.

So sure. It works nicely for large commercial spaces (and I quite like it there). Hotels, clubs, office entries... basically spaces that people don't have to live in.

But in the home? Sorry, doesn't work. I want to be able to leave my copy of Classic and Sports Car with the Alfa on the cover lying on the bench without making the place suddenly look untidy... probably ontop of the lastest edition of Sancturary and next to this week's coffee mug. That doesn't mean being able to let the place go to the dogs of course. Books not being used for awhile belong on a shelf; clothes in a dirty clothes basket, in a draw, hung or neatly folded... not on the floor or seatback (unless it's a jacket).

Basically, white on monochrome looks great in a glossy, but fails utterly to deliver on its promises in the real world... kind of like Toyota Prius. It'll seem cool for the first week or so, and you'll be able to show it off to friends, but eventually you're going to get embarrased when the bloke who bought a diesel FIAT gets better mileage. Not to mention that the FIAT guy had money left over to do some tasteful customizeation and gets to have fun on every drive.

This is doing it right ---> [link]

Basically, a bit of colour and pattern goes a long way. So next time you're looking for a new sofa or table, try something a bit different. Not everything has to be white with clean lines.

Oh, and wall decals are awesome.

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