Well I’m finally back again. I now have a job. Granted, it doesn’t pay very well, the hours are long, there aren’t really any breaks to speak of… but at least I have a job (and free coffee and quite nice food!). If you ever happen across Stuzzi (on High Street, Northcote) feel free to say “Hi” to the resident dish pig.

Latest fashion transgressions

After being in a western cultural vacuum for over 9 months (well okay there was Westlife, Backstreet Boys and Linkin Park — but they’re not what one would call culturally significant), I again find that many people (and unfortunately now my little sister) have no clue.

• Fluro! (My little sister has succumbed to this “retro” style… And I thought we left behind the fluro and lycra for good?)
• Emo (Anyone seen that Sprite billboard: “If emos are non-conformist, Why do they all look the same?” — it’s sheer brilliance)

And amusingly enough, the thick rimmed glasses are still around (I also recently found a pair in my nanna’s garage of funk, but promptly misplaced them somewhere). Personally I think only the Blues Brothers should be allowed to wear them. I was thankfully wrong about the shoulder pads.

My new toy

After about two months of consideration and two weeks hard work, I now have a white/pearl Asus EeePC 4G. :-)

I can say with pride (and a hint of smugness) that due to my foresight (ie: use a flexible style), this site works quite well on the 800×480 screen.

If you’re interested in one, check out EeeUser.com, as it’s more informative than the Asus page.

Really, Oscar Wilde was right. To paraphrase: Fashion is so hideous, it needs to be changed every 6 months. Womens fashion in particular, deserves special attention.

Latest aesthetic trangressions:

• “Butterfly” Sunglasses (you have a face behind those things!?!)
• Maternity-type tops/dresses (they make you look fatter than you already are)
• Coles and Bi-Lo “Green Bags” (hello homie)
• Country Road Canvas Bags (drug pusher)
• Black jeans and t-shirt (lacking imagination, emo-kid)

Watch out. 80’s shoulder-pads may be coming soon! Hide your women, lest they loose their femininity!

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On a slightly ironic note, thick rimmed glasses are apparently in. It’s now cool to look nerdy. Oh, such strange twists of fate…

Yes. Mum found this at the chemist. Pretty neat, huh?

In other news, I watched Mars Attacks (hilariously quirky), Dirty Dancing (very good), Open Season (a let down), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (excellently tense) and Wild Wild West (a lot of fun).

Ack Ack Ack Ack! Akak!

I bought a domain: lumaki.com :)

I also attended an interview for Architecture at RMIT. It wasn’t bad. However, I felt that 10 minutes wasn’t enough time to convey all I wanted to. Oh well!

I’m off to China on the 13th of February, and back on the 25th of August. It’s going to be great! :-D

After a short interruption of service, due to defacement. *frown*

I found it a little ironic that the cracker was dissing the french using french.

Kamal (?) looked quite malevolant.

Anyhow. We’re back! :)