tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63721842012-02-12T20:33:59.493+08:00Erinnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6971100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-6292843534834997762007-10-31T19:12:00.000+09:002007-10-31T19:26:10.601+09:00

click here!I have moved to Wordpress! Please bare with me - I'm still sorting out the layout.

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Through a blog that I read regularly, I've been alerted to the fact that October is International Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Boobies are awesome, and it's important that we all do all we can to ensure their health & survival. I'm lucky to have not known anyone who has suffered from breast cancer - but I will. It might be me, or my sister, or my mum, or my best friend, and it might take 30, 40

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Today is my wonderful best friend* Carla's birthday. She's getting old, so tonight we're going to go to The Queens and the Velvet Lounge, drink too much, talk some crap, and generally have a good time.Above is a photo of one of my most favourite photos in the entire world. Despite the fact that it's blurry, and despite the fact that I chopped the bottom half of our heads off, it's still an

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Originally uploaded by ultimateCRUSTACEANenthuser1000Lol.Kids on wee d are the funniest.

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About two years ago, I went down to Curtin to join Carla at the Tav for a beer one Friday afternoon, and we were disgustingly delighted that the DJ was spinning some mad DnB (mainly Pendulum - who, at the time, had just released Hold Your Colour). It was still a pretty rare thing, back then, to hear drum n bass you know... out in public, not at a DnB event.Two years later, UWA seems to have

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I'm going to make a rule that myself, and those I love and want to hang out with, never have to work on Fridays.And we will go to the pub and drink beer and laugh and chat and take silly photos, and if it's warm enough we'll go to the beach (before drinking - if you drink and swim, you're a bloody idiot), or to the park, but mainly we'll drink beer (actually, I'll probably drink wine as it's much

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I'm trying to update my blog a bit, but I have absolutely no skill for this sort of thing, and even less time to spend on it, so it might look crappy for a while (or I might revert back to the non-difficult standard template!).Please either bare with me, or offer to help. :D

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So I've decided that I need something to look forward to, a] because I'm feeling down & useless, really not having much in life at the moment to inspire me, and b] because I'm doing a completely shit job of paying off my credit card.I figure that having something to look forward to - for example, an international holiday that I'm actually planning and expect to be able to take - will perhaps help

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In the Inbox this morning:wat up erinleestarkdamn, is your dick only as big as your pinky finger?Well I certainly fucking hope not.

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A bit late (it was last Sunday), but here are some of my favourite photos from Spring in the Valley. We visited Houghtons and Sandalford wineries, and Duckstein Brewery (well, some of us did, anyway).All the rest at Flickr (via the sidebar).

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You know...I thought at my age I would be old enough to have not have to live in a house where people fight all the time.I guess I was wrong. It's funny how when you're a kid you think things will get better. Maybe they do, but maybe they just become normal, not better, and you're expected to put up with it, you know?I'm a little, tiny bit over the fact that everything that comes out of my mouth

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Is it right that I am listening to a set in my bedroom (i.e. about 2 metres from my head) and I can STILL hear the FUCKING SCREAMING of the kids next door???They never fucking shut up. It's been going on like this for the past two years (and probably longer, but I didn't live hear before that). They make SO much noise, just screaming and yelling at the top of their lungs ALL DAY EVERY DAY. I have

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All I have to say is, Lolz (and - about time somebody officially noticed the danger inherent to drink-raving).'"Shuffling" — a mix between the moves of one-hit wonder MC Hammer and the frenetic steps required by dancing machines in amusement arcades — has long been a staple of the Melbourne rave scene.'Apparently rave dancing is getting too hardcore in Sydney. My favourite comment of the whole

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Rumours of Kanye West (secret shame...) AND High Contrast for Good Vibrations festival.And there I was thinking I could maybe perhaps limit my events this summer. I'm already predicting extreme brokeness. I think I just have to limit my partying.I have many-a-photo from Spew in the Valley on Sunday. I'm just being too lazy to upload them at the moment, but hopefully I will soon (i.e. before the

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My poor broken computer :( In addition to this sexy cracked screen (just cracked internally - no actual damage to the screen or the case), the battery is gone, and my computer switches off whenever it is unplugged. Poor baby :( I'm going to take him to get fixed on Saturday, hopefully.(Note the draft Thesis Intention in the background. Damn thing is shit, nowhere near finished, and stressing me

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What've you done this time, mate?Just quietly, I've seen people looking less fucked after a three-day-bender.Lay off the booger sugar, Sugar.

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On last night's show, Erin and Rhys displayed their burgeoning culinary skillz by creating two dishes: Gosh, Isn't Swordfish Expensive But Doesn't it Taste Good with Lemon and Garlic Butter Sauce?, and, Fruit Cut Up, with some Bits of Chocolate. Below:Clockwise from top: Salad; swordfish steak cooked in lemon, garlic, butter, salt & pepper; beans & mushrooms, cooked in the aforementioned sauce;

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... for some reason I find myself taking an almost perverted interest in the lives of people I know, many of whom I haven't seen in years, and even when I did I really didn't care about. But suddenly, through the appropriately anonymous medium of the Internet, I'm able to spy and snoop (almost) to my heart's content.In other news, today I'm going home early, and tonight I'm going to cook baked

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You'll totally have to excuse me for this being the shittest, least updated blog EVER at the moment, but the fact is that my life is completely uninteresting right now.There's no scandal, no excitement, no news, nothing. I wake up, go to work, come home, sometimes exercise, eat dinner, geek about, go to sleep. Rinse, repeat for 5 days. Then it's the weekend, and I wake up (later), geek about, eat

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It felt like a million years since I handed in my Honours thesis, when the Law students handed theirs in yesterday.My Honours year was of course not Law, but rather English, but it was less than eighteen months ago, rather than a million years. My brain has well and truly switched off in that time, and honestly, without the demands of lurking deadlines, it's really hard to get my brain switched

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Gobbletoad says Relax.

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You know...I think I might -actually- have fried my brain this time.Perhaps it's time to re-assess my lifestyle.

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I think I've spent the past week with the smartest kid ever. 15 years old, and asks the hard questions.I'm -actually- intimidated.

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At uni (I mean, work) today, I was in the toilet, and I noticed a sticker on the back of the door describing a Perth band as "Heartcore". No, that wasn't the name of the band (the name was something involving 4 words, along the lines of "Eleventh He Reaches London" or "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah" or any other of the bands with sentences for names), but then under the band there was this:"Perth City

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I am so exhausted. It seems like I'm tired constantly at the moment.. and I am. Between work, looking for a house, exercising, socialising... Sleep somehow doesn't factor in as a priority, but it certainly is. I'm easily grumped when I don't get enough sleep. And living at home is getting to be insanely tedious; I've just had enough of being nagged, of everyone having their opinion on what I'm

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First, my car was running out of petrol, so I had to rush to get to the petrol station before work so I wouldn't be late.Then my car ran out of petrol about 3 metres from the bowser - 1 metre further than the petrol hose would extend. Then I asked if someone would help me push my car up to the bowser; oh, wait, service stations can't do that!! Apparently staff can lose their job if they help

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I think I is addicted to squash after just one game, yo.Seriously though - best sport ever. Ever. And I don't say that lightly.Reasons why:1. It has a ridiculously stupid name. If only all sports shared names with vegetables! Like Eggplant (or, indeed, Aubergine (wait... is eggplant a fruit because the seeds are on the inside? In fact, does that also make squash a fruit? Is my title flawed???)).

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71%How Addicted to Blogging Are You?Mingle2 - Free Dating SiteLies! I am way more addicted than that!

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When I close my eyes I see San Sebastian and when I day dream I see London and when I remember good times I see Barcelona.I miss it.

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It's so long since I've just sat around in my room listening to drum n bass, and I must say, it makes me quite happy.

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Hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate die kill kill fuck die fuck hate hate hate hate hate.

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I've been challenged to a fun run.Now, for the record, I think that "fun run" is the stupidest word EVER, because there's nothing fun about running for numerous kilometres, especially through the rain, which is what happened during the Perth City-to-Surf last weekend. But, I've been challenged, and I'm very tempted to accept.The challenge is thus: my dad's best mate was beaten by his daughter in

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This summer is shaping up to be as big as last year (unfortunately? Fortunately? Call the ambulance now?). The best news of all??TC for New Years' Eve!This should, hopefully, make up for his non-appearance at Global Gathering. I'm so excited. My bank account hates me. Hurrah!And hopefully by next year I will either have gone deaf, or I'll decide I hate music and take up a nice, cheap interest,

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The first day of Spring.

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Rhys shaved off his beard!If he is not careful, he'll lose his title as the HAIRIEST MAN EVER.

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One of my kids (my "kids" being the students I deal with at work every day) came into the office and just charmed my heart this afternoon. The conversation went as follows:Kid: "Can I have my assignment for _______ back? Name is _____."Erin: "No problem. [Shuffles through messy pile of papers that seems to have no order.] These were in order once upon a time."Kid: "You mean WAS in order once upon

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I'm at work.Outside my window, Eye of the Tiger is blaring and people are running around either in their underwear or in sparkly capes and ah... tin foil hats, throwing stuff at each other (stuff may be bubbles, foam, bits of paper.. I can't tell from here).I love working at a university.I miss being a student.Not that I ever ran around in my underwear throwing stuff at people, but maybe I

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Hands up if you feel lost, frustrated, useless and stuck?I do.

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Oh god.I think I might be addicted to Facebook.How shit am I?

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Chase & Status - Hurt You // Sell Your SoulTC - Where's My MoneyState of Mind - Sun KingDub Alley - Jungle Bizness VIP

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[x] I'm pretty sure I just heard someone say on the news, "...to make your gonads look like you've been toughing it out at the gym...". Mmhmm. Okay.[x] Rhys and I are officially househunters. This is simultaneously awesomely exciting (moving out of my parents place again! Living with my boy! Yay!), and stressful-slash-depressing-slash-frustrating (not getting houses we want; dealing with

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Work is good.Pays well.Woo.

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Cities/towns visited: MunichThis is the first of my posts about my recent trip to Europe, seeing as I did a shocking job of keeping my blog up-to-date while I was away. I'm going to talk about my holiday a country at a time, rather than covering every town/city individually, seeing as I visited up to 7 or so cities in certain places.I flew into London originally, but I'm going to talk about

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OH MY...So excited.CHASE & STATUS tonight!I look forward to dancing like a crazy person at Gilkies until all hours of the morning, and then shit talking and fun having until all hours of the afternoon, and then going to Lauren's birthday and drinking too much expensive wine.YAY!And then starting my job on Monday. Boohiss.Download C & S madness here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Q02SECEAPS My new

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Oh yeh and PS, it seems that I'm suffering from some kind of insomnia. But given that I don't really have to wake up to do anything, should I really consider it to be a problem? I'm not sure, I can't work it out. All I know is that I'm regularly not sleeping before 2am, and that sucks, because there's jack all to do at 2am when everyone else you know is in bed.:|

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I really feel like I should have something interesting to say, but I don't.I've got in contact with my supervisors to organise meeting up and getting the ball rolling on my PhD preparations, so hopefully that will give me something to do over the next few weeks while I continue to look for a job. I've found houses I'd like to live in, but no jobs I want to work at, and the former isn't possible

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via PostSecret

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My first weekend back in Perth was wonderful, as I got to catch up with (nearly) everyone who means the world to me, and sink quite comfortably back into the Perth lifestyle.It's just a bit cold here at the moment, isn't it?Thursday, Rhys & I stayed at the InterContinental (Burswood Resort), and had dinner at the horrendously posh-but-still-nice Victoria Station. We shared breads & dips for

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Yes, I'm back at home! After 14 weeks and 1 day, 98 days in total, I'm back in the place I love most; this most amazing, beautiful, wonderful city of Perth, a city that I promoted mercilessly on my travels around Europe (and often succeeded in convincing people that they shouldn't bother with the Eastern states, but just come to Western Australia instead!).Over the next couple of weeks, as I

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So it's actually been a lot longer than I though since I updated properly. Well, since then, I've:xx Spent 10 nights in Lagos (which is probably 7 nights too long) at a hostel called the Rising Cock. I was only meant to stay for 8 nights, but we missed our bus (or it didnt pick us up, whichever), and the next bus wasn't for 2 days. Oops.xx Spent a night in Lisbonxx Spent 5 nights in beautiful San

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Whenever I send him a text message bitching about my dorm mates (which I invariably do, because they're mostly shit heads, and after 3 months of sharing rooms I hate everyone), he always offers such simple solutions. For example:Me: I've been woken up yet again by fuckheads, this time people slamming doors in the hallway.Rhys: I wish I was there to slam a door in their face for you. My poor baby!

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I'm coming home.I fly out of London tomorrow night and as much as this has been awesome, an absolutely mad experience that I'm so glad I've been through...I just want to come home. I can't wait to see Rhys (oh my gosh, how I can't wait to see Rhys), my friends, and my family. I can't wait for normality, for a free place to sleep and food to eat, to not have to do something every single day, just

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Global is in six days and my tickets haven't arrived and I'm getting very nervous.SHIT.In other news, I bought purple sparkly shoes. They are the shizz.Sorry about the lack of updates, Perth friends -- I'm finding that I really just can't be bothered. I'm home in 18 days, big update then.

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Happy birthday to me!I'm in Lagos.It's hot -- like 37 degrees, hot.I'm going to the beach soon.I'm sad.

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I tipped 8 in the footy tipping! Wooooo!

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I'm almost a week and a half into my trek around Spain and Portugal, and my sister has arrived (last Saturday, in fact), and it's been an absolute riot.What are the chances of making it to Barcelona in time for the San Juan festival (a massive party celebrating the longest day of the year)?And then making it to Valencia in time for the America's Cup?And then making it to Madrid in time for

Erinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-82360275137730715272007-06-22T23:04:00.000+08:002007-06-22T23:29:20.832+08:00

I´ve been in Barcelona since Wednesday. Not really sure what to write, I´m losing the momentum of this blog, being away and not being able to update as often as I´d like! It will come back to life once I get home, I´m sure (seeing as I´ll be unemployed and bored).Barcelona is such a great city - there´s always something going on, and it´s really densely populated and unimaginably cultural (for an

Erinnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-63156470901796479152007-06-19T22:11:00.000+08:002007-06-19T22:19:16.577+08:00

Erinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-28889533468722881082007-06-16T18:23:00.000+08:002007-06-16T18:47:19.157+08:00

CorfuCorfu was... interesting. I stayed at the infamous Pink Palace hostel, but found myself in a room on my own for the 6th and 7th nights in a row, so I was not impressed. The weather was also hardly beach weather, so all in all, going to Corfu turned out to be a bit of a waste of time.The Pink Palace is basically "shag everyone in sight!" central. Inhabited mostly by people around the age of

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-84841774354246016382007-06-16T04:08:00.000+08:002007-06-16T04:09:57.497+08:00

I've been so lazy with this recently! I think last time I posted I was in Santorini. I've since been to Corfu, the Amalfi Coast, Rome, and back to London. I have a lot to say so will update in the next couple of days.

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-44857313606259836992007-06-04T16:35:00.000+08:002007-06-04T16:38:39.937+08:00

I'm still in Santorini, leaving on the 6pm ferry to Athens tonight, then catching a bus to Corfu (which also involves a ferry... Corfu is an island, after all!). That's a slight change of plans -- I'm no longer going to the Peloponnese. I decided that I needed to seek out a party, because having only my own company for the past 4 days has KILLED me. I'm so sick of myself. :PSo yeh... Corfu for 3

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-19707726480797875752007-06-02T19:11:00.000+08:002007-06-02T19:14:10.704+08:00

I've finally found somewhere that I can upload my photos to the net, so I'm slowly doing that today. Check my Flickr page if you're interested (link on the side bar of this page) -- I don't have my information here to label most of them, but they're sorted into sets according to city. When I get home I'll label them so you know what you're looking at! Many of them aren't very interesting, but at

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-60855011754855252692007-06-01T20:45:00.000+08:002007-06-01T21:04:28.847+08:00

I'm currently on Santorini island in Greece, and I've spent the past few days here (in Greece, not Santorini - I just got here this morning).From Dubrovnik, last Friday, I flew to Vienna for the night, but my flight was much delayed and by the time I got to my hostel at 9:30 there really wasn't time to do anything, especially as I had to be back at the airport at 9am. Asides from that, I was sick

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-89987510186697617972007-05-25T16:31:00.000+08:002007-05-25T16:33:22.701+08:00

... and I'm bored.I'm flying out at 5pm so I have to waste time until at least 2:30ish (not that I know how or when to catch the bus to the airport).All my beach stuff is packed in my backpack, so no swimming.Bored.

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-65633751300611444922007-05-23T19:27:00.000+08:002007-05-23T19:51:02.471+08:00

I'm back in Croatia now, after three days in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and all I can say is thank god - Croatia is the most awesome country I've ever visited.Bosnia, on the other hand, is depressing. I shouldn't really say 'Bosnia', given that I only went to Sarajevo, so perhaps I should talk about that.It was cold, but that was the least of my worries. I can handle 10 degree weather (almost). What I

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-90052701969876895182007-05-19T22:44:00.000+08:002007-05-19T22:48:26.550+08:00

Not much time to update right now, but my trip has taken a slight detour: Im in Sarajevo, Bosnia, and its the most surreal place Ive ever been. Im a bit too overwhelmed right now to really make too much of a comment, but let me just say, the first time you ever see a building that has been destroyed by bullet holes, its an intensely moving experience.I spent the last few days on the Croatian

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-6010103723715361322007-05-15T15:29:00.000+08:002007-05-15T15:51:06.218+08:00

I think I might possibly be in heaven on Earth. Croatia is fucking awesome. I'm currently at Split, which is on the Dalmatian coast, and have been for four days now, and I'm in love with the place and never coming home.Not really. It's not THAT good. But it is pretty awesome.Here's the thing about Split: it's packed to the brim with tourists. BUT... it's also awesome. There are bars everywhere (

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-35499117790792931752007-05-11T16:17:00.000+08:002007-05-11T16:38:40.002+08:00

I really wish I'd had more time in Munich, because I found that I really loved it as I wandered around the streets on Wednesday, becoming more and more soaked every minute. It rained - man, did it rain! - but it was also really, really beautiful. The central area of town contains a whole heap of really awesome little streets with ornate buildings and sculptures, as well as a really funky market

Erinnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-76717152138667112602007-05-09T14:27:00.000+08:002007-05-09T14:54:14.513+08:00

I was feeling pretty shitty yesterday. I was going through something that I think all solo travellers go through, and basically just feeling very, very lonely.And then I decided to pull my head in and actually meet some people.I ended up at the hostel bar drinking very cheap (€2, or AU$3.20) pints of very drinkable German beer, and, in a small group consisting of Josh, a young American solo

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-24399435879522860282007-05-08T19:33:00.000+08:002007-05-08T19:35:35.761+08:00

I'm in Munich! The keyboard is weird. The traffic is weird. The people speak a language which is akin to the language the devil might speak, I think (it certainly sounds like it, anyway!). But.... it looks like it might be a cool place. I've only just arrived and it's bucketing down with rain, so I haven't got to explore yet, but soon hopefully!Right now though, I am hungry. More updates later on

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-1648471975965142292007-05-06T22:21:00.000+08:002007-05-06T22:21:49.784+08:00

I'm in London, and this is the first chance I've had to upload my photos and do a bit of blogging, so hopefully over the next hour I'll update for the past three or so days. In the mean time, my photos are up at my Flickr account (via the sidebar).I miss Australia! And Australians! And smiles! And my friends! And my boy!

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-19026276545864177342007-05-06T22:17:00.000+08:002007-05-06T22:21:01.641+08:00

I awoke this morning to find that yet again, my foot is wrecked. It's incredibly painful, so I'm spending the day resting (and jumping online to do my blogs!). As I mentioned in the previous post, sorry for the shitty updates - I haven't been doing enough to get too excited!I had a yummy English breakfast with my parents this morning, which for a mere £4.40 was really nice (and way better than

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-69645930158923917642007-05-05T22:05:00.000+08:002007-05-06T22:15:09.607+08:00

The lack of sleep over the past few nights caught up with me today. The Japanese dude's alarm rang out numerous times during the night, and the Canadian brothers spent more time telling each other to stop snoring, than they did actually sleeping. I met up with my parents this morning, who are also in town, and promptly went for a five our nap at their hotel.I've also really badly hurt my foot - I

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-21328415900215724152007-05-04T21:43:00.000+08:002007-05-06T22:17:17.891+08:00

I arrived in London this morning, and, unable to check into my hostel room until 2pm, found myself having to walk around the city for about 6.5 hours, which was pretty amazing. At times I felt horribly alone (like when I didn't know the time, and couldn't find somewhere to buy a SIM card, and couldn't get in contact with Rhys back home). It was cool to check out the city so early in the morning (

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-88038183992712326472007-05-03T08:00:00.000+08:002007-05-06T22:17:01.142+08:00

Spending 20 hours on a plane is possibly the shittest thing ever. I'm scared of flying, my arse gets sore, and if I'm lucky, I get dodgy seats.The flight to Hong Kong wasn't too bad. I was sitting in bulkhead seats (woo!) next to a family (boo!) who actually turned out to be quite cool (they had a 2.5 year old called Pascal, who - given his mum's heritage - is half Chinese. What a funky name!).

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-60162436134202666772007-04-29T11:32:00.000+08:002007-04-29T11:44:03.237+08:00

I can't sleep. It's 11:30am, so you know... not really sleeping time. But sleep hasn't come yet. Last night was yet another of those nights that is never intended as something that will go for a long time, but which somehow end up going on forever. Hehe. Rhys is asleep in bed next to me, and seems to be twitching in time with my typing. Cute, and weird. His sleeping mind has probably turned it

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-48533029405253326182007-04-27T16:51:00.000+08:002007-04-27T17:07:33.717+08:00

-- Going away party on Tuesday was fun & a success, I think. It seemed like most people were having a pretty awesome time, and as usual I didn't get anywhere near enough sleep. Good times! Check out photos on Flickr (I won't post any here, as I couldn't really find one that encapsulated the feeling of the evening). In so far as parties go, it was really, really stress-free.-- Have done lots of

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-15896037649214954462007-04-27T14:37:00.000+08:002007-04-27T14:44:42.729+08:00

Yeh, I finally got around to sending in my graduation forms, and this morning received my piece of paper (which, being an arts degree, I'm sure many people would argue to be worth less than a sheet of toilet paper).I had no interest in actually attending a graduation ceremony - it's not like I was graduating with a massive, close group of friends. Arts is kind of solitary like that. Going to a

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-34219265934789817122007-04-24T10:27:00.000+08:002007-04-24T10:38:17.129+08:00

So...Today is my last day of work. I was meant to work Thurs & Fri too, but I've decided against it. So this is it. Hmm.Feels like a normal day, except that I've got nothing to do. I'm cleaning out my desk, but there's really not much to do there.The next time I'll receive money into my account (birthday money aside), will be August. Hrmph.And how funny - I just found a plan I drew up some time

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-26988118122999170372007-04-23T18:05:00.000+08:002007-04-23T18:09:05.761+08:00

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The weekend just past was cool. Drinks @ the Royal on Friday with the usual crew. Taka's Kitchen for lunch & shopping with Rhys on Saturday. Dinner at an Italian restaurant in East Perth (the fourth place we tried!) with some people from school whom I rarely see. Playing with Rob's new decks later that night, again with the crew (I'm definately getting a set... you know, in between paying off my

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-45081675796716880532007-04-22T14:35:00.000+08:002007-04-22T14:36:24.955+08:00

I'm listening to a Ferry Corsten set that has the Prison Break theme song in it.Why, of course!!

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$42.10!!!Division 4 - bonza!!!

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I have an hour to have a shower, straighten my hair, find something suitably a] clean and b] ironed (and c] suitable) to wear to dinner tonight, and drive to the other side of the city. And I'm tired and just want to go to bed... I don't think I'll be going out boozing tonight. Dinner, and home. A movie sounds like a good idea. Movie + early bed.

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-88827457100346010412007-04-20T14:51:00.000+08:002007-04-20T14:55:18.929+08:00

I was about to bitch about how my boss is being a total fucking jerk and really shitting me off...but then I realised that, at most, I have 3.5 days left here.Therefore, my life >>> his.

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Today I am suffering (wrong word?) from the same nervous-excitement butterflies that I suffered from constantly when I started planning this trip.I think I'm going to throw up.12 days to go.

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WOW... the coolest thing EVER just happened, and has increased my love of Google about 1,000,000 times over (if that's even possible, I'm already quite in love with the G people).I've just booked my accommodation for Munich, following yesterday's transportation bookings, and I've decided to keep fairly detailed info about my bookings in my Google calendar. So I blocked in that I'm staying at this

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-58295523225183590792007-04-18T18:03:00.000+08:002007-04-18T18:34:50.219+08:00

This afternoon, while debating Munich vs. Vienna on my way from London to Zagreb, I found a disgustingly cheap train ticket from Munich to Zagreb - sold! 29 euros instead of the usual 84! So for the mere price of about AU$45, I've booked myself a 9 hour journey across Germany, Austria, Slovenia and into Croatia. It's a day journey (from about 7am - 4pm), so hopefully there's some nice scenery!

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Do, doDo, doDo, doDo, doDo, do[Boredom ensues.]

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I'm not meant to be in London that weekend... but it's looking increasingly likely that a re-arrangement of my trip is in order. Andy C! Hype! Subfocus! Chase & Status! Mampi Swift! TC! Noisia! Eksman! For 18 pounds! Whyy why why why can't all these DJs be playing three weeks later... when I actually plan to be in London town?!

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-83496574925641988082007-04-17T10:14:00.000+08:002007-04-17T10:19:09.214+08:00

It suddenly occured to me this morning as I was freezing my arse off driving to work (I hate heaters - hot air feels so stale - so I just make do with the cold, generally speaking), thinking about all the tshirts and tank tops and so on that I have to pack to go away, that it might actually be very cold where I'm going.London, for example, has had a maximum temperature of 18 degrees this week (

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-53230057938200777762007-04-16T16:51:00.000+08:002007-04-16T16:56:16.975+08:00

An awesome day was had at the Belgian Beer Cafe in Perth yesterday. Most of us indulged in giant beers, and not-so-giant but mighty alcoholic beers, and we saw the pub fill up and empty out again as we drank and talked and carried on. The band (actually just a guy playing guitar and a girl singing) even played us some Chisel on request. One of us was deemed to be a bit badly behaved, but the bar

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-27660337930027427122007-04-16T16:23:00.000+08:002007-04-16T16:46:25.470+08:00

I need recommendations for a good book to read on the plane. I was at the bookstore at uni earlier, and I was really hoping to find a novel based in Perth, but alas - there aren't really any that I could find. Perhaps one day I will have to write one (you know, when I actually learn how to write well, instead of just writing in this brain-spew form that I currently employ). Anyway, I like my

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-29409951612455088502007-04-14T13:38:00.000+08:002007-04-14T13:57:12.860+08:00

I've just spent 15 minutes jotting down a packing list of things I think I might need for my trip (after compiling a mental list for the past few days, since Reality set in and I realised I'm off in what... 19 days? 18?). So far, this is it:Medical/fix myself when I'm broken:BandaidsPanadolMylantaImmodiumZyrtec (antihistamine)Ventolin (I'm thinking about taking 4. Seriously.)Seretide (asthma

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-50309374649231521872007-04-14T10:35:00.000+08:002007-04-14T10:36:20.663+08:00

(I couldn't resist)

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I have the house to myself today. I have a few things I'd like to accomplish. Missions, aims, whatever. I just don't want to sit on my arse all day.- Clean my room- Do all my washing- Put away all the clean washing that has been sitting in baskets in my room for weeks and weeks- Take the bags of stuff out of my car - I put them there last weekend- Find my camera and upload photos from The Upbeats

Erinnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372184.post-47968518956758797102007-04-13T09:12:00.000+08:002007-04-13T09:23:56.373+08:00

I've been so lazy with posting this week. It's okay, nothing has happened. All that I've been doing is coughing, sneezing and crying - not necessarily all at the same time. But sometimes, yes, all at once.I suppose I have done other things. Went to see 300 last Thursday - that was cool. Such a visually stunning movie. I was well impressed. And there was lots of gratutious booby for the boys (

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