Rare Flux

I had my resuscitation recertification this morning. There's been a few changes to the system. It's an attempt to make everything more simple and straight forward. And they've taken out the parts that people don't like doing. And the things that people aren't good at doing. Like checking for a pulse and things.

It was pretty painless. I always feel like a bit of a geeban at these things though. It's because when the instructor asks a question nobody else ever seems to want to answer a question. I don't know if it's because they don't know the answer, or if they're just shy. It's weird. I mean, if you think you know what the answer is you may as well spit it out. At least you'll find out if you're wrong that way. It's better than sitting there and listening to silence. It's a bit annoying. I kind of feel like the only person who answers. It wasn't as bad today as it has been in the past, there were some other voices.

I can only imagine what it must be like for the instructor. They must feel like they're talking to a wall. Or that their class is made up of dumb mullets. Oh well.

So after I'd finished that I headed into the careers expo. I might be looking for a new job in a few months, so I thought that I'd go and see what there is out there. I guess the time is coming up where I will have to make a choice. The only problem though was that as soon as I said that I had been working in administration, the people I spoke to decided that that was where I would always be interested. That sucks. Administration is okay, but I think that it's not where my strength lies. So I guess when the crunch comes I'll have to be more forceful about what I actually want to do, and what I don't want to do.

A highlight of the expo was definitely saying g'day to Toadfish Rebecchi off of Neighbours. He seemed like a nice guy. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance for a photo. It would have been a good one. Toadie had a stripey pink shirt on.

There was also some sweet break dancing b-boy action. Some of the breakers were great, some were broken. It was all entertainment. There was quite a few giveaways as well. I'm not sure what I ended up with, but I definitely had a couple of fortune cookies, some lollipops and a water bottle. There was other stuff, but I'm pretty sure that most of it will end up in the bin anyways.

Last night we had a roast at my grandmother's place. Nanna herself wasn't feeling too well, but the pork and veggies were still great. I was a little bit late as I had been wasting time on the internet. Then when I got there I was angry with myself because I had been wasting time on the internet. It's amazing how many crappy videos and uninteresting wikipedia articles and dodgy celebrity gossip sites you can look at when you've got something more important to do. Amazing in a sucky way.

At the dinner last night we went through a checklist of things for my sister's 21st. It's coming up in about a month. It should be a good time. In the past my mum was the big organiser behind the parties, but this time she's not around so my dad has stepped up. It should be interesting. Last night there was a discussion that went on for ten minutes about what type of envelopes we should send them out in. And what format the addresses were going to be. What ever happened to the days of just putting the invite into an envelope and writing the address of the person you're sending it to on the front? I'm pretty sure that's what Erin wanted to happen, but I guess some people just need to share their opinion.

We also went through the menu for the night. That took a long time. I tried to explain that people at 21sts don't really care what there is to eat, as long as there is plenty to drink. This is the system that has worked for my party, and my brother's. I don't think that there was any major problems. I certainly can't remember any. That could be because there are large portions of that evening that I can't recall. If you build it he will come.

The rest of the week has been good. A little bit busy in the afternoons and stuff, but that's okay. I finally finished the garden bed at the centre. It looks good. I'm happy with the work I put in there.

This afternoon my brother Stuart is having a housewarming party. He wants it start at 1pm, but it's after that now. He also wants David and I to bring over a heap of shit for the party. I'm not so sure about that. I still remember cleaning up all the shit from his party in the park. And David can remember cleaning up the shit from his Australia Day party here, while he went down the coast. Stuart seems to like hosting parties, but doesn't seem to like getting everything organised for them. Maybe we're all like that in some respect.

I had a very nice chicken and pumpkin risotto with Ria the other night. It was sensational.