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Everyone gets a day off to play games. Some even get two off, making a 4-day, or in my case 5-day, weekend!
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QANTAS decided to put themselves first and neglect tens of thousands of passengers, including many sick and dying passengers, by grounding their entire fleet, losing more money over this pay dispute than they would've if they had done nothing. I think QANTAS needs to just grow up and stop being so selfish. If not, then Australia will die, and the Global Financial Crisis will worsen.
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So, because of TAFE and an upcoming public holiday, I get 5 consecutive days off TAFE! Friday (when I did my driving test) was a normal timetable day off TAFE for me anyway, Saturday and Sunday were the weekend, Tuesday we get off because of Melbourne Cup Day, and Monday the TAFE gave us off because of Cup Day. After that we only get 2 days of TAFE, and then 3 days off for a normal long weekend. Then things go back to normal (kind of; watch this space).
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I passed my driving test today and got my P plates at last! My first solo driving trip was to a reunion at my old primary school. So yeah, overall a great day.
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That's right, YOUR lesson, not YOU'RE lesson! Okay, let's begin by learning about the words "there", "their" and "they're". "There" refers to place. Eg. "I live just over there". It can also be used in such context as "There is no need to worry." "Their" refers to possession. Eg. "Their lawn needs mowing." "They're" is a contraction. It is short for "they are". Eg. "They're not heading to school today." Now, next up is the difference between "your" and "you're". "You're" is another contraction, meaning "you are". Eg. "You're wasting my time." "Your" refers to possession, just as "their" does, except the item belongs to you. Eg. "That's your problem." Only use "you're" if you mean "you are". DO NOT use "your" in this case. Next, we will learn about "to", "too" and "two". "To" expresses motion regarding a destination. Eg. "We are heading to the shops." "Too" means to a higher degree than someone or something can handle. Eg. "This boulder is too heavy for me to move." "Two" is the number 2. Eg. "People even get this confused with the other two words sometimes." Finally, we will learn the difference between "lose" and "loose". "Lose", pronounced "LOOZ", is the opposite of "find". Eg. "I hope I don't lose my watch." In some cases, it is also the opposite of "win". Eg. "Unless we do something we're going to lose the match!" "Loose", pronounced "LOOSS", is the opposite of "tight" Eg. "If we don't fix this loose screw, the whole machine may fall apart!" Thank you, and that's our second-grade English lesson for today. I hope no-one will get these simple words confused ever again. :angry:
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Well, today is my parents' anniversary, so they're out for dinner atm. My brother is also out at respite for the week, leaving me home alone for the night, so I only get to cook half the lasagne I usually cook on a Thursday. Sadly, it's taking twice as long to cook! I have to wait an hour instead of the usual half an hour! I LOVE MY LASAGNE! I CAN'T WAIT THAT LONG!!
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I just came back from an all-you-can-eat restaurant. Normally when I go there I have 3 or 4 dishes, plus desert. This time however, I could only manage 2 and desert. It's common for a growing teen to eat heaps, but I'm beginning to think that phase is now behind me... *starts feeling old*
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My driving test is coming up in a few days, and I'm a little nervous. If I pass I'll post it here even though post-it-here topics aren't allowed on BZPower. Watch this space!
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I want to continue study at TAFE to get into the computer games industry, but my parents are against my continuing to study because they think I'm going to become a professional student, and do nothing but study for my whole life. Even if I can convince them, I won't have enough money to both start a TAFE course I found that I want to do, and buy my dad's car off him (my driving test is coming in a week). I do plan to try and find work, but I'm scared. Getting part-time work is harder than people make it out to be, especially when you're in your early 20s and you've never worked for money in your life, like me. Plus, a series of ads featuring part-timers injuring themselves (making the kinds of mistakes I feel I'd make) has made it all but impossible for me to muster up the courage to even try.
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So, we were having a break during my first TAFE class yesterday, when suddenly the power went out! When it came back on with a generator, the alarm sounded! We didn't evacuate at that point, but we were eventually told what had happened: the surrounding area had a power outage! The primary generator couldn't be fixed within the day, so to preserve energy, the entire campus was soon evacuated and we had the rest of the day off.
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I just got home from TAFE due to a power surge at the campus, I arrive home alone, and there's an unfamiliar car in the driveway.
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If you are seeing this now, it means that I don't like it, When you turn my voice about, I don't like it, When you vote One Nation out, My language has been murdered, My language has been murdered, My shopping trolley, murdered! My groceries just gone! To be clear, I have nothing against Pauline Hanson. I just love that song. I wonder if any older Aussies remember that song...
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Yes! Dos Games Can Be Played On Mac Without Dosbox
Makuta_of_Oz posted a blog entry in blogs_blog_1719
I regret posting this after the "befriend a disabled Canadian" entry, which disrespectfully got no replies... During the downtime I downloaded DOSBox onto my Mac to try and get it to play DOS games. Somehow, though, it didn't work! Then a message I found by chance online told me of another program called Boxer, which I could use to play DOS games on my Mac. I downloaded it, imported a few games, and HEY PRESTO, they worked! I even got Rayman to work for the first time in years! Not only that, but Boxer doesn't even require you to type anything! Just select an imported program from the list, and Boxer does the rest! Even better, it's a free download, so I didn't have to pay a cent! I also discovered that all my .exe programs on my Mac now run Boxer when double-clicked on, which is only better! -
I believe suspending school students should be abolished and replaced with something more appropriate. People may think suspensions protect the victims of bullies, but they actually put them in more danger! The bullies who get suspended HATE school. They don't want to be there. Therefore, they WANT to be suspended. They see it as a REWARD. And what better a way to get that 'reward' than to torture an innocent fellow student? Long story short, suspensions encourage bullying.
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Well, the holidays are over. It's back to TAFE for me. I'm a little scared, because for one of my assignments, I have to find a client and make a website for them, all in 9 weeks!
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Just as we were about to have dinner, the glass in our oven suddenly shattered! Be warned. The same thing could happen to you at ANY MOMENT!
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So that means we have to be good!
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My family hasn't been doing well lately. We have to deal with TWO people having medical issues at once! My nan had a cardiac event last week and has been in hospital. I don't know what's next for her, but I do realise that I may never be able to go shopping with her on Thursdays, even if she does survive! My brother, who is severely disabled, won't go to the toilet and is now in nappies! It's not that he goes in his pants, but that he constantly holds it in, leading me to believe he's too afraid to go! This happens every time he returns from respite, but it has NEVER been this bad! Sorry if I grossed anyone out, but I had to get this off my chest.
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I'm considering giving blood on the holidays! The topic was initially brought up at TAFE (before you start, TAFE = Training And Further Education, kind of like College for Australians) when I gloated stated that I have an extremely powerful immune system (one that saw me never take a sickie from school for 3 or 4 years in a row!), and was later mentioned a few times in an ad on TV. One in 3 Australians need blood, but only one in thirty donates. I think it would be quite worthwhile for me to become one of those 1 in 30 and greatly help a lot of needy people with my super-blood.
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In recent times I've found I'm quite a cunning person, both in games and in real life. Rather than confronting a problem head-on, I like to play tricks on my opponent and catch them off-guard. And whenever I do I tend to perform a well-developed evil laugh! Eg. In a Pokémon battle simulator I frequent, I use a Pokémon called Zoroark, who comes in looking like another Pokemon, usually one that is vulnerable to attacks Zoroark is immune to (Among other tricks involving Pokémon like Shedinja, Shuckle, Ditto and Espeon). Eg. While tinkering around in Warcraft 3's World Editor, I've found I have the most fun making scenarios where I control a team of invisible units (such as Akama and a group of Draenei Stalkers), sneaking them into enemy bases to destroy them slowly while constantly fading in and out of view to the opponent. The opponents never see me coming until I land the first blow! XD Lately I've been making use of my skills on online chat. I've had issues with cyber-bullying on a chatroom I frequent, from people as high-rank as ADMINS! According to rumor, they say bad things about me behind my back. So, I've decided to enter the chatroom disguised as a guest, to try and catch them out. They haven't said anything about me yet (except one person asking if I was in the chatroom under a different name, during which time I said nothing), but they have no idea who i really am! It's so fun! Once they say enough worth reporting, I will make logs of what's said, and then show them to the owner of the chatroom, and hopefully disciplinary action will be taken. If it is, I will then reveal myself and watch and laugh at their reactions! If I was a Toa, I'd probably use masks like the Volitak, the Mahiki, the Kualsi and maybe the Huna, because they'd suit my cunning battle style and personality perfectly!
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I am a loyal follower of the reality show Survivor, and especially a fan of the Teridax of the show, Russell! In fact, I love him so much that I got extremely butthurt when he was voted out and then lost the Redemption Island duel! Like the Announcement that Bionicle would end, only quieter, kind of butthurt. I also now hate Ralph because he was the mastermind behind it all. If I was on that show and on the same tribe as those two, I'd be scheming furiously against Ralph, even if I get voted off for it. I'd stick close with the rest of Russell's alliance (which I would've been a loyal member of myself), and together we'd bring the tribe to its knees in Russell's name! We would introduce the tribe to a shade that's even darker than Russell could pull off! *anticipates "You take things WAY too seriously; you should see a psychologist"*
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One thing you may not know about me is that I have a severely disabled brother. He has a severe intellectual disability with Autistic tendencies. However, hidden behind that disability is a hidden intelligence, and a cunning that rivals even mine! Nothing is safe when he and only he is around! Last night I found this out the hard way: I left my good pair of shoes out in the computer room overnight while my brother was on the computer, and this morning when I got ready for TAFE I found them with both shoelaces and orthotics out and the laces chewed! OF COURSE I WAS FURIOUS! I was forced to take an older pair of shoes to TAFE! It is normal for him to chew on shoelaces, but taking the orthotics out is a new one. He recently got custom orthotics to support his flat feet, which he hates and often takes out and hides, so that might have something to do with this. /rant
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For a long time I didn't know what I wanted to be when if I grow up, out of animation or games programming. At last I've decided: I want to become an animator! The next question is, what kind of animator? I'm mainly considering either sprite animation, general digital animation, traditional animation or atop-motion animation (atm 3D digital animation is beyond my reach). However, for some reason acting is calling out to me... EDIT: Also 90000TH ENTRY!!!!!!
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A couple of weeks ago, the instructor for our second of two classes I have on a Thursday said he'd be away, so we'd have the class off (a popular rumor suggests that he's off to a Starcraft tournament, because he's a Starcraft fan). This morning, when I arrived at TAFE, I was told that the instructor for our first class was also away, so we got the day off! Normally I'd go straight home and play on the computer and talk on BZPower, but since today's Thursday, I instead decided to pay a surprise visit to my nan! I took a bus to a train station an hour away, and then took the train to her place and surprised both her and my mother (who always visits on Thursdays, hence why I went). I am a computer addict, but nonetheless, any chance to visit my nan on a Thursday is siezed upon. Whenever I visit my nan we go shopping for her, and then have lunch at a nearby RSL, where they make the BEST garlic bread and grilled fish!