What Annoys You?

[fish]

Hey folks, I'm afraid I lost the internet again Friday afternoon.

Never mind all that.
I want to know exactly what you're doing behind that poor tree.


Welcome back.

[Ian]

Got home to find Bigpond there (I suspect all that screaming abuse down the phone at them all weekend may have helped ). Back on, thank heavens!

[fish]

Must be contagious.

My internet connection has been dropping out on a very regular basis in the last couple of days, and I just hate ringing my helpdesk in the philippines, apart from one guy the rest of them are bloody hopeless.

I just wish my Tagalog was better so I could really abuse them.

[Rebecka Fan]

My step-brother came over last night and he stank! It was like that episode of Seinfeld when Jerry's car had that odor that latched onto everything and everyone. I may be a guy, but I've matured enough to not wanna be around someone who stinks like my step-brother did. I didn't even have to ask him, why he smells. He said it was because, he liked his natural "man-scent" and that he hadn't taken a bath in over a week. He's 17 and lives with my mamma and step-dad. Did they not say anything to him? I suspect they did and he just ignored them as usual. He's homeschooled, so at least no other students were subjected to his rank odor. i feel bad for my parents.

[Ian]

Oh dear, Kyle. Maybe you should spray him with a deodorant before you let him in, he might take the hint.


I think ALL the help desks are in the Phillipines, fish.

[snaps]

Sorry not been around much lately.

real life getting in the way, lots to sort out.

I can't fucking believe all this crap has blown up just as I have been elevated to the front rank of official bloggers on theLocal.se

Basically now my photo has been uploaded I'm in with the others i.e. it's all about who posted last. As long as I'm in the last four then I get a front page listing. It puts a lot of pressure on me though.

The novel is going well and all the pieces of the jigsaw are falling into place. I'm trying to get everything into logical sequence though before I post more. I even have a new male juvenile lead. He used to be a girl, but I just gave her a makeover ''He'' should be making an appearance in the next section I post.

I may just take a mini-break and post some other unrelated article though to keep things ticking over.

It's well worth following the Local. You can ignore the main news section as its just an excuse for various CIA sponsored trolls to post anti-Islamic cant (not that I'm a great fan of Islam anyway).

I doubt that many of the regular subscribers read my stuff though.

But it is worth digging around the discussions section on topics relevant to ''Life in Sweden'' It's been a great eye-opener for me. The more I know, the less I want to go there. You do get to find out all the important but wierd factoids about the Swedish and Swedish lifestyle.

One thing I discovered is that they consider it beneath contempt for anyone to laugh at them on an individual level unless they laugh first. Wierd considering English and Australian culture 12,000 miles apart, taking the piss out of one another is fairly key to social acceptance.

I think it may have a lot to do with why maybe we haven't had an official visitation and posting to this site by ''certain people''

Whatever.

Let it snow let it snow let it snow!

My next move? Fucking Portugal

[Ian]

Snapsie, no offence, but anyone who thinks UK and Aussie culture are at all similar has clearly never been here.

[fish]

...they consider it beneath contempt for anyone to laugh at them on an individual level unless they laugh first...

Now that's a huge cultural difference, isn't it?
You just have to laugh along with everyone else if you want to survive out here.

And don't mind Ian, he's just taking the piss.

[Ian]

(innocent expression) Moi?

[Ian]

My Dead Donkey series 4-6 boxset came today. FOUR WEEKS after being posted.

That is a new low.

[fish]

Not good is it?

You don't mind quite as much when they keep you informed of any delay, but how often does that happen?

[Ian]

The previous record was 3 weeks.

[fish]

Still better than the one who sent me all the postage details when the parcel never arrived, and Aus Post still couldn't find it, and I still believed the seller 'cause he was really helpful, so I didn't lodge a dispute, and after the 40 days expired I never heard from him again. Bastard.

Takes pill.

I have a theory.
Everyone has gone round to Snapsie's place and they're all having such a good time they can't be bothered talking to us.

And they didn't invite you.

Or me.

Takes another pill.

[Ian]

That sounds about usual.

[snaps]

Soz

Haven't been around much

I got my one month notice today. Can't say I'm surprised ... been expecting it for a while. Just one of hundreds of thousands in public service in the UK who are getting the push, and as a double treat they are reducing unemployment benefits. All this shit just to pay off the debts of the bankers who have fucked over the UK.

I probably have enough casual work, shovelling horse-shit and smiling at tourists to string it out over the summer months.

I have a kind of tentative offer to do something new from Autumn onwards, but it would mean relocating 300 miles south. There's a lot of negotiating, and finance, and shit stuff. I know in my head this makes sense, but it leaves me with a heavy heart. It's all very unsettling and upsetting I'll have to leave behind so many people that I care about. I don't even want to think about it.

I have a lot to weigh up, so don't expect me around much.