everything i own in a box to the left.
this is a very late and thus will probably be the usual, long but half-assed post =p

so the big news is that my dad is retiring! he isnt 58 till nov, but because of annual leave and long service leave he can actually stop working somewhere about july and still get full benefits of being 60. i wont go into the intricate details cos its boring. but he is on the old system of superannuation which basically means he gets paid a % of his salary every year instead of what he's "saved" into super. his net salary each year will be more than me even when he is retired =p

this all wouldnt be much of a big deal really, since he is gov and doesnt work much anyway =p but it does mean my parents are selling the house. they plan to move into a small apartment in the city. i dunno why, but thats the plan. so im out on the street. but maybe onto the streets or japan or something. for a while ive been saying that if i moved out, i would move overseas. so heres my chance. am i gonna do something? or just wuss out like usual?

i also saw two movies, the first was Spiderman3 at iMax. it was ok depsite being predictable and a bit of a cheese-fest. i mean it was so clichéd that i was waiting for someone do yell "c'mon you can do it peter. you just have to believe in yourself". but then again i didnt really expect much from this other than sandman fighting spidey. in fact if the movie was just half an hour of that fight i probly wouldve enjoyed it a bit more =p ive also come tot he conclusion that iMax is just too big to watch movies on. we were in the last row and i still felt like i needed to take a few steps backwards to see everything without turning my head and going "what happend in that far corner of the screen which i wasnt looking at?"

i also went to see Tales From Earthsea, which is the new Ghibli movie. it was pretty much what i expected. it was better than Howls Moving Castle, but not by much. the story didnt make any sense, it was like all over the place. there were like some good concepts but they just didnt put it together than well. It wasnt all that bad.. but its certainly no Spirited Away.

.. later that day i went to Rosies bday thing at Putt Putt. we played 2 rounds of Extreme Putt Putt, which was basically starting from crazy spots instead of the regular tee. this was often off the plants and furniture or involved bouncing off object which were on another course =p i think we gave up scoring half way, but im pretty sure i was winning.

i havent had much frisbee lately except for training. but i did pick up a game in div4 and played shoeless =p i wasnt intending to play so i didnt have gear, i only picked up to make up numbers. No shoes frisbee isnt too bad, as long as you dont need to change directions. i did score on my first point on the field though =p

work has been deadly. well relatively...
it went down something like this:

[6 weeks ago]
boss: hey can u help these guys out? theyre project is behind
ian: ok, ive probly got a bit of spare time between my other projects.
project manager: we are 9 months into a 12 mth project and we've accomplished about 10% of the work.
ian: *roll eyes*

[3 weeks ago]
boss: worker1 and worker2 have been reassigned, so its just you and the PM now to do 10 months of 4 ppls work in 2 months.
ian: *roll eyes* oh well. at least im not in charge of this train wreck.

[last week]
boss: the PM has quit. so now you're in charge of this totally doomed project.
ian: *roll eyes*

in other news: lately ive had this bizarre fixation with the song Maria by Blondie. i think if my life were made into a bad 80s coming of age movie, then this would be the song in the credits. possibly with me (played by Kevin Bacon) walking home some quiet suburban street under a clear night sky.

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